may be because of the defeat of the Black Tiger Village in the last expedition, but this time, Ma Gai, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, is really much more cautious.

On the ninth day of the fifth month, when he led a crusade army composed of nearly 800 village warriors, rangers, county guards, and guards to the foot of Heihuzhai Mountain, he cautiously ordered the establishment of a camp, obviously planning to trap and kill the bandits in Heihuzhai for a long time.

The camp of less than 1,000 people naturally does not take much time to build, and after two or three days of work, the camp of the horse cover has a prototype, with barracks, fences, military houses, and sentry posts, all available.

In the past few days, Zhao Yu took Jingnu up the mountain every day, and watched the progress of the camp of the crusading army at the foot of the mountain on the top of the mountain, and by the way, he drew a rough camp map on a piece of cloth with pen and ink, and marked each area one by one, such as where the middle camp is, where the grain and grass are stacked, and so on.

On this day, when Zhao Yu looked at the camp of the crusading army under the mountain again, Jing Nu saw that there was no one left and right, and couldn't help asking: "Brother, do you say that the bandits can win?" ”

Listening to her, you know that she has never regarded herself or Zhao Yu as a member of the cottage.

"Of course." Zhao Yu replied casually.

"But......" Jingnu showed a little uneasiness on her face, and said in a low voice: "It is said that there are more than 1,000 people under the mountain, and in the cottage, the number of the ten bandits together is only six or seven hundred......

Zhao Yu smiled and said: "The number of people is not the key to victory, otherwise what else do you need to do in this world with strategy and the art of war?" Wouldn't two groups of people be able to decide the winner by comparing each other's numbers? You should say that the ten bandits in the cottage have their own opinions, and they can't reach an agreement, just like a plate of loose sand......"

"That ......" The more Jingnu listened, the more anxious she became, and her face showed a look of anxiety.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu smiled and reached out and gently pinched Jing Nu's nose, Jing Nu was ashamed and angry, and said in a low voice: "Young master, I'll tell you about business." ”

Seeing that Jingnu seemed to be a little angry, Zhao Yu spread her hands and said with a chuckle: "Don't worry, although we are a plate of loose sand, those people at the bottom of the mountain are not much better." …… Although the crusade army under the mountain is said to have nearly 1,000 people, almost about seventy percent of them are recruited from the townspeople, rangers and soldiers, these people may have some strength, but lack the experience of large battles, only the remaining 200 county soldiers in Kunyang County can be regarded as having a little relevant experience...... Don't look at them as an army, but they are not soldiers, these people are far from the soldiers in the army, if it is Wang Shangde's army, such as Peng Yong, if it is Peng Yong leading the army, even if the number is only 500 people, then I have to consider whether to avoid its edge. But at the moment, those people under the mountain don't need it. ”

Jing Nu didn't seem to understand: "Brother already has the idea to defeat them?" ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu smiled.

He has never led troops and has never fought a battle, but his advantage lies in the fact that he knows that there are many examples of defeating the enemy and the tactics, strategies and tactics summarized by the ancestors, if it is against a general like Wang Shangde who has been fighting all year round, then he does not dare to guarantee anything, but for county lieutenants like Ma Gana who were only responsible for arresting thieves and suppressing thieves in the past, Zhao Yu is still somewhat sure.

It's not that he looks down on Ma Gai, after all, he who can be the county lieutenant of a county must be quite a great figure, he can only say that the height at which the two sides stand is different, and the things they have seen are also very different, in terms of knowledge and experience, that Ma Gai is far inferior to him Zhao Yu - even if the experience that Zhao Yu knows is only the experience summarized by countless ancestors.

At this moment, a thief came out of the woods on the side, panted and ran to Zhao Yu and Jingnu, and said scoldingly: "Your mother, you are actually hiding here, it really makes me easy to find for a while...... Zhou Hu, Brother Guo told you to go back to the cottage. ”

"......" Zhao Yu turned his head slightly to look at the thief with an unclean mouth, and asked casually, "What did you say?" ”

"Brother Guo......"

"The previous one." Zhao Yu interrupted expressionlessly.

......Seeing Zhao Yu staring at him coldly, the thief opened his mouth, and his momentum immediately froze, only to see a burst of blue and white color flashing on his face, but in the end, he didn't dare to attack because of all kinds of scruples.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu said coldly: "Keep your mouth clean, don't have a next time." ”

“…… Be. The bandit replied with his head bowed.

It wasn't until Zhao Yu took Jingnu out a few feet away that he raised his head, although his face was pale for a while, he didn't dare to attack, and he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

It's no wonder, after all, Zhao Yu's status in Yang Tong's gang is not low, who in the cottage doesn't know that this kid is now the most valued by Yang Tong?

Even Guo Da, who used to be Yang Tong's most relied on and regarded as a think tank, is now a brother and sister to Zhao Yu, how dare others provoke easily?

Liu Tu and the others under Chen Mo still disdain Zhao Yu, and even Zhao Yu sometimes has to walk around them, but this does not mean that Zhao Yu has no way to treat them, but he just doesn't want to do that, after all, he still plans to recover Chen Mo, Liu Tu and others in the future.

Waiting for Zhao Yu and Jingnu to return to the cottage and return to the big house in the village, at this time, Yang Tong and Guo Da, Chen Mo, Wang Qing and the rest of the owners of Jiuzhai were still discussing countermeasures in the big house.

Zhao Yu stood outside the big room and listened for a moment, shaking his head secretly.

As he asserted, ten cottage thieves get together, just reaching an opinion is a problem, some of the village owners are reckless, such as Liu Heimu, his so-called strategy to break the enemy is to kill a group of people down the mountain together, and fight to the death with the crusading army under the mountain; Some of the village owners are more calm, such as Chen Zu, Wu Sheng, and Zhang Feng, and they suggest guarding the mountain.

There are also those who do not participate in the debate, and among these village owners who do not participate in the debate, it is Chu Jiao who makes Zhao Yu feel the most concerned.

Although this Chu Jiao has a sincere smile on his face all day long, it can be seen from his second lead of the bandits to support the Black Tiger Village that this guy has a lot of eyesight, but when discussing countermeasures in the past few days, this guy is silent, smiling and listening to the other village owners arguing, as long as someone asks him, he will say "Listen to the meaning of the Yang village owner".

Among the owners of the cottages, Zhao Yu cares about this person the most.

At this time, Guo Da, who was sitting on the side behind Yang Tong, seemed to notice Zhao Yu outside the door of the big house, and secretly beckoned to Zhao Yu, probably to let Zhao Yu enter the house to participate in the discussion.

But Zhao Yu shook his head.

Seeing this, Guo Da simply ran out and asked Zhao Yu, "Ah Hu, where did you go?" Going to the top of the mountain again? ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Ah, by the way, I drew this." ”

He took out the map of the crusade barracks he had drawn from his bosom and handed it to Guo Da to see.

Seeing this, Guo Da's eyes lit up, he was still a little wise, he saw the value of this picture at a glance, patted his head and said: "It's still Ah Hu, why didn't I think of it." As he spoke, he handed the picture back to Zhao Yu, and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to sneak attack the camp under the mountain?" ”

Zhao Yu was not surprised to be guessed by Guo Da, firstly, Guo Da did have some wisdom, and secondly, this was an obvious thing in itself, but he did not give a positive answer, but bowed his mouth towards the house and asked, "How is the discussion?" Have you ever agreed? ”

Guo Da shook his head and said: "I've been arguing for several days, this one said to defend, said that we didn't have as many people as the other party, and we had to take advantage of the mountain, and that said that we wanted to attack, and we had to strike first, right......" He seemed to think of something, and he continued: "Chu Jiao's righteous son, Chu Yan, put forward the idea of attacking the other party's camp at night, but it was rejected by Chen Zu." ”

"Chu Yan?"

Zhao Yu glanced at Chu Yan, who was sitting sullenly behind Chu Jiao in the room, and asked Guo Dadao, "What did Chen Zu say?" ”

Guo Da spread his hands and said: "Chen Zu said, our ten brothers in the village have almost no contact in the past, and they are not familiar with each other. ”

"Chen Zu is right, insightful."

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded.

Indeed, a night attack, it is not just a casual person can succeed, a small group of people is okay, so as not to recognize the wrong person, but like the current Black Tiger Village, there are ten bandits in the cottage, they are not familiar with each other, and they attack the military camp under the mountain at night, it is sure that there will be chaos.

Knowing that he dared to propose this strategy after a night attack, Zhao Yu could only say that Chu Jiao's righteous son Chu Yan was really reckless.

Of course, having said that, it is undeniable that Chu Yan at least knows how to use tactics, but he is not very experienced and has not yet recognized the pros and cons, unlike Zhao Yu, who knows the experience summed up by countless ancestors.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yu said to Guo Da: "Let's hold it for a while." …… The crusading army under the mountain has just arrived, and the morale is booming, and everyone is full of thoughts about taking our head to receive the reward, at this time, we will inevitably suffer huge losses if we are tough with them, so we will first take a defensive position to avoid its edge, and gradually let the other party realize that this bounty is not only not easy to take, but also lose their lives, and when those people gradually become afraid and their morale plummets, we will make another plan. ”

This reasoned and well-founded analysis made Guo Da nod again and again.

"I won't go in, Brother Guo will tell the owner of the village what I said."

"Good!"

After Zhao Yu left, Guo Da immediately returned to the big house and relayed Zhao Yu's suggestion to Yang Tong, the owner of the village.

Yang Tong also felt that it was very reasonable, so he told Zhao Yu's opinion to all the village owners present.

Sure enough, Zhao Yu's well-organized arguments convinced all the village owners present.

During this period, some people also noticed Guo Da's behavior of speaking to Yang Tong in his ear, such as Chu Jiao, when Yang Tong spoke, he did not look at Yang Tong, but stared at Guo Da, brushing his beard thoughtfully.

On 13 May, seeing that the camp had been built, Wei Ma Gai of Kunyang County tried to use troops against Heihu Village.

Under his orders, about 800 crusading soldiers lined up neatly at the foot of the mountain, forming a phalanx of 800 men, which at first glance looked quite bluffing.

During this period, Ma Gai sat on a war horse and slowly came to the front of the battle, raising his arms to boost morale: "Yang Tong and his gang in Black Tiger Village, occupying the mountain as the king, looting nearby villages, passing caravans, killing people and goods, robbing homes and houses, the crime is extremely evil!" Today, we are ordered by Liu Gong of Kunyang County to come to crusade against the Black Tiger Village, which is a move for the benefit of the people of Li County, and I hope you will abandon your distracting thoughts and fight to kill the enemy! …… I hereby promise that I will be rewarded with a hundred coins for killing a thief; Whoever kills the thief leader Yang Tong will be rewarded ...... Ten thousand dollars! ”

That last word, Margay almost shouted.

And the effect was also excellent, after hearing the word 'ten thousand money', almost everyone in the crusading army stared at each other.

"Hooray!"

For a time, the morale of the crusading army was bursting.

At this time, I saw Na Ma Gai raise his hand and point to the mountain in the distance, and shouted: "Attack the mountain!" ”

"Wow!"

Nearly 800 crusades shouted in unison, surging towards Yingshan like a tide.