The sneak attack on the Black Tiger Village failed, and Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun returned to the camp with the defeated soldiers, but they didn't want to see Zhang Jing after entering the camp.

After seeing Zhang Jing, the three of them were a little overwhelmed.

Huang Ben and Gao Chun were at a loss, mainly out of embarrassment, on the one hand, they were embarrassed by the failure of their sneak attack on Black Tiger Village, and on the other hand, they were embarrassed by Zhang Jing, afraid that they would say something wrong and make the general unable to come to power.

After all, in the final analysis, tonight's sneak attack on Black Tiger Village was Zhang Jing's suggestion, and now it has failed, but it has been ambushed by the bandits of Black Tiger Village, and it is natural that Zhang Jing, as the general of the current dynasty, is the most embarrassed.

Compared with Huang Ben and Gao Chun, Ma Gai felt a little more weak in his heart.

Because when Fang was sneaking up on the Black Tiger Village, he had the idea of reminding this group of bandits, but he didn't expect that before his idea was implemented, they were ambushed by the Black Tiger Village.

Looking at Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun, who were each thinking about it, Zhang Jing asked solemnly and politely: "Three, how is the loss tonight?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Jing took the lead in asking to break the deadlock, Gao Chun breathed a sigh of relief, clenched his fists and replied: "It's not serious." Although he was suddenly killed by that group of thieves and seized the opportunity, he immediately ordered a retreat, and the casualties should not be heavy. ”

Zhang Jing nodded, and turned his head to look at Huang Ben and Ma Gai.

Huang Ben understood, and immediately said: "I, like the county lieutenant Gao, at the moment when the thieves ambushed me and waited, I knew that this group of thieves was on guard, so I covered each other's subordinates and retreated. ”

From the side, Ma Gai also nodded: "Me too." ”

Hearing that the casualties were not serious, Zhang Jing's tense face eased slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Three, I'll wait until the tent of the county lieutenant Ma to talk about it in detail." ”

"Yes."

At Zhang Jing's signal, several people came to Ma Gai's tent.

Zhang Jing still didn't mean to sit on the throne, he said to Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun: "Tonight's defeat is Zhang Mou's miscalculation, and the fault is ...... me."

Hearing Zhang Jing's self-blame, Huang Ben hurriedly said: "General Zhang's words are serious, who would have thought that the thief would be on guard?" ”

Gao Chun also persuaded: "Don't blame General Zhang, just blame the thief for being too cunning......"

Seeing that the three county lieutenants all excused him, Zhang Jing smiled silently.

Blame the thief for being too cunning?

No, it was just an excuse, and if he dared to accept it, his stepfather would surely reprimand him harshly when he learned about it.

Tonight's defeat is his Zhang Jing's fault, because he underestimated the group of thieves opposite.

Zhang Jing guessed that the bandits of the Black Tiger Village must have seen the task assignment of his officers and soldiers on the top of the mountain during the day today, and saw that half of the officers and soldiers did not help build the camp, but recuperated in the camp, so they guessed the night attack of the officers and soldiers tonight......

If it was him Zhang Jing, he would be able to see the clue at a glance.

And his fault is that he despises the bandits on the other side too much, thinking that the other party is just a group of small thieves who have never seen the world, so he doesn't even have anything to hide - if the other side is the rebel general he was responsible for suppressing, he will at least let the half of the soldiers rest in the distant forest, so as not to be undisguised under the nose of the enemy.

Having said that, the Black Tiger Village on the opposite side can see this, which also shows that the other party does have smart people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing turned his head to Ma Gai and said: "Lieutenant Ma, here is the one you know best about Black Tiger Village, can you tell Zhang about the past battles between Lieutenant Ma and Black Tiger Village?" I want to know what the strength of the bandits in Black Tiger Village is. ”

Ma Gai didn't dare to refuse, and simply told Zhang Jing and others about his confrontation with Black Tiger Village.

In the process of Ma Gai's narration, Zhang Jing's brows furrowed deeper and deeper the more he listened, because he heard something unusual from Ma Gai's narration.

Let's talk about Black Tiger Village first, this is definitely not an ordinary group of thieves.

What is an ordinary little thief?

Ordinary little thieves do not dare to do against the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress, this group of people will flee into the mountains, and when the officers and soldiers withdraw, they swagger out again, continue to rob the house, this is called the ordinary little thief, the threat is not great, but it is generally difficult to completely exterminate, unless a large number of people are used, spend huge manpower and material resources.

But what are the bandits in Black Tiger Village?

First of all, they dare to fight the officers and soldiers head-on, and this alone is not an ordinary little thief, but they are called Kou, and even they dare to take the initiative to attack the camp of the officers and soldiers.

Let's talk about the 'strategists' in the Black Tiger Village, that is, the people who make suggestions.

For the time being, Zhang Jing still doesn't know who the 'mastermind' of the Black Tiger Village is, but he can be sure that there is such a person, and it should be this person who saw through their plan to try to attack at night today, so he ordered the group of gangsters in the Black Tiger Village to ambush in the mountains and caught the officers and soldiers off guard.

And through Ma Gai's narration, Zhang Jing became more and more sure that there was such a 'plotter' in the Black Tiger Village.

Speaking of which incident in Ma Gai's account surprised Zhang Jing the most, it was the battle in which the Black Tiger Village relied on some mountain roadblocks to severely damage the officers and soldiers of Kunyang.

Just relying on some obstacles made of bamboo and vines, the group of bandits on the opposite side skillfully divided the officers and soldiers attacking the mountain and broke them one by one, Zhang Jing couldn't believe it when he heard it: This kind of excellent tactics that he thought were worthy of praise would actually be seen in a group of bandits?

In addition to being amazed, Zhang Jing became more and more sure of his judgment.

Although he didn't know who it was for the time being, he was sure that there must be at least one 'strategist' in the Black Tiger Village, and at least one of these strategists also knew the art of war.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing became a little interested.

An opponent who understands the art of war is qualified to be an opponent.

After a total of the night, several people went back to their tents to rest.

Before leaving, Zhang Jing reminded Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun: "The Black Tiger Village group once attacked Ma County's camp, which shows that they are not afraid of officers and soldiers, they are veritable tyrants, once for the second time, and now that our camp has not yet been built, it is more and more cautious." ”

Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun hugged their fists, saying that they would be cautious and organize people to patrol all night.

Hearing this, Zhang Jing left with Li Cheng and the others.

At the same time, the Black Tiger Village group of Kou who successfully ambushed the officers and soldiers, except for the necessary sentry posts and the people stationed in the old village halfway up the mountain, the rest of the people returned to the Black Tiger Village one after another, drinking and sleeping, and so on.

Only Zhao Yu stood in the open space in front of the main village, looking at the officer and soldier camp under the mountain.

Yang Tong happily praised him again for the successful night attack of the officers and soldiers, and the rest of the people, such as Liu Heimu, Wang Qing, Zhang Feng, and Chu Jiao, also paid more and more attention to him, but Zhao Yu did not have the slightest sense of joy in his heart.

He had a vague feeling that things were getting a little out of his control.

Tonight, he successfully calculated the opponent's night attack, and it turned out that only half of the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain behaved abnormally during the day today, so he had some precautions in his heart.

However, what I didn't expect was that the officers and soldiers really came to attack at night.

What does this mean?

If it weren't for Ma Gai's betrayal of them, it would mean that there was a person with a higher status than Ma Gai among the officers and soldiers under the mountain, and Ma Gai's opinion could not influence that person.

『…… Lu Kuang can be ruled out. Although the Lu Ye Freemasonry under Lu Kuang's name has a lot of power in these counties, in the matter of suppressing thieves, even if it is a former Ma Gai, he will not let Lu Kuang come to it. So who is that? Ma Gai is a county lieutenant, and the position of county lieutenant in Kunyang is higher, so there is only a county order...... It's not like Kunyang County ordered Liu Bi to come and kill the thief in person, right? Impossible, Ma Gai won the battle last year, Liu Bi should have trusted Ma Gai very much, and it is impossible for him to come forward in person...... Could it be someone from Yingchuan County? That's not right, if it's someone from Yingchuan County, there will definitely be a county army to help, but I don't see the banner......

Zhao Yu couldn't figure it out when he thought about it.

However, this is not surprising, no matter how smart Zhao Yu is, it is impossible to think that a general named Zhang Jing came to Ye County for a private visit to Ye County for his Luyang Zhao case, and then happened to be invited by Lu Kuang to encircle and suppress Black Tiger Village.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Zhao Yu's eyebrows raised.

Because he saw that outside the unfinished officer and soldier camp at the foot of the mountain, there were suddenly many lights of fire.

Judging from the arrangement, number, and movement trajectory of the ignition light, those should be officers and soldiers on patrol duty at night.

"Well defended...... Is it to prevent our night attack on the camp? ”

Zhao Yu frowned and looked at it for a long time, and he didn't see any flaws that could be exploited from the movement routes of the officers and soldiers on patrol at night.

In the next two or three days, Zhao Yu climbed high every day to look at the officers and soldiers camp under the mountain, and watched the officers and soldiers camp under the mountain start from scratch and gradually build.

During this period, the officers and soldiers under the mountain did not launch any offensive against the Black Tiger Village, and they knew at a glance that they were preparing to wait for the camp to be completed before taking action.

"Attack at night first and gamble on luck, and if you don't succeed, immediately strengthen your own defenses and make yourself invincible first......

Looking at the camp of officers and soldiers under the mountain, Zhao Yu's face also became a little dignified.

Because he suddenly, somehow, the officers and soldiers under the mountain suddenly became very good at fighting, and the combination of positive and strange styled was very different from the past.

"Now that the camp has been built, we should try to use soldiers, right?"

Zhao Yu muttered to himself.

As he expected, on the 10th day of the first month of May, that is, the day after the officers and soldiers built the camp, Zhang Jing and the three county lieutenants Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun, gathered in Ma Gai's tent to discuss an attempt to take an offensive against the Black Tiger Village.

The main village of the Black Tiger Village, located on the top of one of the hills in the mountains of Yingshan, halfway up the mountainside below the main village, there is the old village that the Black Tiger Village repaired in the spring of this year, if you want to capture the main village, you must first take the old village.

On the morning of the same day, Ma Gai, Huang Ben, and Gao Chun ordered 1,000 officers and soldiers to prepare to take the old village.

Thanks to Ma Gai last year, he put a fire at the foot of the mountain, and burned all the mountains and forests below the old village, so that the hillside on the side of the old village of Heihu Village still looks bare, although after a year, the hillside has been overgrown with unknown flowers and plants, but it does not prevent officers and soldiers from climbing the mountain.

"Line up!"

Not far away, the head catcher Ishihara shouted in a deep voice: "You have trained hard, just eradicate this gang of evil scoundrels today, and keep in mind everything Shi taught you......"

At this time, Zhang Jing passed by with Li Ying and other guards, and happened to see Ishihara and the three hundred Kunyang county soldiers under him.

"Huh?"

Looking at the county soldiers in Runan and Yexian, and then at the county soldiers under Ishihara, Zhang Jing suddenly found a difference.

That is the Kunyang County soldiers under Ishihara's hands, all of them with wooden shields.

"Ask who's that?"

Zhang Jing turned his head and said to Li Cheng.

"Yes!"