That night, in the yamen, a certain residence.

Truman opened the door and walked out.

He clenched his hands into fists and began to practice one move at a time.

The drill was very rusty, but Truman didn't stop.

The cold light that flashed on the street made him gradually understand that this county order could not be so leisurely.

His life could also be threatened at any time, so he urgently needed to learn martial arts.

What he practiced just now was the iron cloth shirt that was systematically extracted.

After reciting the iron cloth shirt in his mind, he practiced again.

The iron cloth shirt is an external skill, which cannot be learned in the blink of an eye, and relies on overnight accumulation.

So Truman decided to practice several times every day when he went to bed and got up.

Strive to learn the iron cloth shirt as soon as possible, and he will also have an additional means to save his life.

After beating seven or eight times in a row, Truman took a bath and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Truman woke up, and he was awakened from hunger.

The iron cloth shirt is an external force, and what is consumed is not internal force, but energy.

After beating it seven or eight times last night, it was already exhausting the energy in his body.

If he hadn't been too tired, he would have woken up a long time ago.

When I walked into the kitchen, the man was cooking.

When the county order came down a few days, Truman and they were already acquainted.

Seeing Truman come in, the man immediately put down the spatula and prepared to come forward to pay a respect.

Before he could make any moves, Truman waved his hand and said, "No need, what is Uncle De's breakfast today?" ”

"My lord, there are buns and porridge for breakfast today." Uncle De introduced.

"Then bring me ten steamed buns and five bowls of porridge!" Truman sat at the small table next to him and waved his hand.

"Ahh Uncle De was shocked.

"Don't worry, it's okay, if it's not enough, cook a little more, if you don't have money...... Well, ask for the king's book. Truman said calmly.

"Yes, sir."

......

After all, Truman still didn't finish the buns and porridge, and when he ate the fifth cage, Li Fansheng had already come to the door.

"Bad news." Li Fansheng sat down next to him and said with some seriousness.

"What's the matter?" Truman's expression became solemn.

"There's news from the north that I've seen some sneaky figures."

"Arrested?" Truman asked.

"No, when I saw them, I couldn't be sure if they were the three bandits, so General Zhang sent two people to follow, but when I followed them to the woods, I lost them."

Truman swallowed the bun in his hand, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

Before leaving, he took three more buns, and Truman told Uncle De: "Keep the unfinished ones, and I'll eat them again when I come back." ”

In the north, in the woods, Trumen followed Li Fansheng to the place where the figure disappeared, and behind them, followed General Zhang and four or five soldiers.

But Li Lianyi, who was supposed to be with the guard who was beside him, disappeared without a trace.

Truman didn't bother to ask about this, he looked at the lush trees around him and the disappeared footprints on the road, Truman thought thoughtfully.

The palace exam in March, the list in April, and now half a year has passed.

It's winter.

In winter, you should stock up on food and prepare firewood.

In the woods, there is no shortage of firewood, but it is not suitable for growing food.

So, the bandits are going down the mountain.

Truman looked into the distance, smiled, and said lightly: "They finally can't help it." ”

"It's time to be unbearable, in another month, the ice and snow will close the road, and they won't be able to come down if they want to." Li Fansheng heard Truman's words and continued.

"What is the plan of Li Zhutou?"

"When the bandits go down the mountain, they will burn and loot all the way, if they live outside, the people will definitely suffer, do you want to let the people move to the city first? Yangzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus General Zhang's 500 elite soldiers, they will definitely not be able to attack. Li Fansheng thought for a moment and said.

"What about General Zhang? What do you think? Truman turned to General Zhang again.

"I also agree with Li Zhutou's idea, there is a vacant land in the east of the city, which was originally trained by soldiers, and now the soldiers are patrolling here, just so that the people can move over and set up some tents or something." General Zhang said.

Truman pondered for a moment and then asked, "Can tens of thousands of people live in that vacant land?" ”

"My lord doesn't know that the north has been looted by bandits for many years, and many people have moved away, but there are not tens of thousands of people." Li Fansheng corrected, but the next moment, he suddenly thought of something, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Truman said: "Not to mention that the vacant land cannot accommodate the thousands of people in the north, even if it can accommodate the people in the north to move into the city, but the bandits will not only rob in the north, they will go around in circles to the east and west, and even the south, at that time we will be in Yangzhou City, and we will no longer be able to manage them." ”

"What your lord said is indeed true, then we will have to stay here and wait for them to come."

Truman didn't answer his words, he still stared somewhere, lost in thought.

Suddenly, his face changed instantly, and he shouted: "It's not good." ”

Li Zhang and Zhang both looked over.

"General Zhang, where are your soldiers stationed?"

"There are 100 left in Yangzhou City, 200 in Niujiatun, five kilometers away, and more than 100 patrol.....ling everywhere," General Zhang said.

Truman interrupted him and said anxiously: "Divide all the soldiers in Niujiatun into two groups, one group goes to the east and one group goes to the west, and at the same time call the soldiers on patrol to come back and garrison Niujiatun, hurry up and ......"

General Zhang didn't understand what Truman meant, but the county magistrate gave such an urgent order, and he also made clear the seriousness of the matter, and after giving it up, he quickly retreated.

Li Fansheng didn't know why, and asked, "My lord, what's going on?" ”

Truman turned around and said with a sigh of relief: "I hope they still have time, we should also go, get on the horse quickly, and go back to Niujiatun to talk to you in detail." ”

"Yes."

Soon the horses were brought in, and the people rode away at a gallop.

......

Just after the Trumen people left, the place fell silent.

After about a quarter of an hour, the silence was broken, and a rustling sound came from a distance, and a flag painted with a fierce tiger was raised in the dense woods.

Then the earth shook, and dust came like a storm.

After the dust clears.

I saw dozens of horses lined up in the woods.

Immediately, there were big men sitting with long knives in their hands.

With a murderous look on one's face.

The next moment, dozens of horses gradually spread out to both sides, and one person and one horse walked out of it.

Dressed in leather armor and armed with a long axe, the man was muscular and very tall, and on his bare arm was tattooed a tiger resembling the one on the banner.

At this moment, a man came up on horseback and said to the man with a long axe: "Helper, they have run away." ”

The leader of the Tiger Gang, this person is a hundred miles crazy.

Baili Mania's face full of meat smiled slightly, as if everything was under control, he waved his big hand and said, "Chase me, they can't escape." ”