Under the order of Kunyang County Lieutenant Ma Gai, the officers and soldiers set a fire at the foot of the mountain, and then withdrew their troops back to the camp.

Looking at the rapidly spreading fire under the mountain, the thieves on the mountain did not go to fight the fire, first, the Black Tiger Village was ready to prevent the enemy from setting fires in advance, and those mountain fires would not spread to the Black Tiger Village; Second, there is no way to save a fire of this magnitude, and forcibly putting out the fire is tantamount to asking the brothers to die in vain.

As a result, the thieves of Shizhai simply returned to Black Tiger Village and prepared to celebrate.

After all, no matter how they said it, they also repelled an attack by the officers and soldiers of Kunyang, not to mention, this battle was fruitful, with those obstacles, the Shizhai bandits only paid the price of thirty or forty casualties, and killed nearly three hundred Xiangyong and rangers of the crusading army, this casualty rate, even they themselves could not believe it.

It is no wonder that many bandits boasted about themselves when they returned to Black Tiger Village, as if they relied on them to repel the Kunyang officers and soldiers.

But there are also those who look at this matter rationally, such as Chu Jiao.

He said to his son Chu Yan in private: "This time I can easily repel the Kunyang officers and soldiers, those seemingly simple but actually exquisite obstacles are indispensable, it is precisely because of those roadblocks and obstacles that the Kunyang officers and soldiers will be tied up and broken by us one by one when the troops are scattered......

Chu Yan nodded, and then said suspiciously: "Speaking of which, that Yang Tong doesn't seem to be as cunning and wise as my father said, the rest of the village owners have been arguing endlessly these days, and I haven't seen Yang Tong put forward any good suggestions, until that day, that Guo Da said a few words in Yang Tong's ear, and Yang Tong used those words to convince everyone." …… Could it be that all the wonderful ideas of the Black Tiger Village were come up with by Guo Da? ”

"Well, it's possible."

Chu Yan stroked her beard and nodded.

I have to say that the reason why he led the brothers in the village to support the Black Tiger Village for the second time was because he felt that Yang Tong could achieve great things, and the Black Tiger Village would become stronger and stronger.

But in the past few days in Black Tiger Village, he strangely found that although Yang Tong was ambitious, he didn't seem to be as cunning and insightful as he imagined, which made him think of another possibility: maybe it wasn't that Yang Tong had the ability, but that he had capable people under him.

This capable man, his father and son temporarily felt that he might be Yang Tong's henchman, the sky-catching eagle Guo Da.

After returning to the Black Tiger Village, Chu Jiao and his son saw Chen Zu, Yang Feng and other ten village owners bragging there, and Liu Heimu and other village owners boasted about the number of their brothers killed the enemy, although the boasting of both sides was a little funny, but it was undeniable that the atmosphere present was quite good, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

At this time, a thief came to everyone, clasped his fists and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the owner of my big village invites you to the big house to discuss." ”

"Counsel?"

"Discuss what? It's important to prepare food and drinks and celebrate well. ”

Although the owners of the village were a little confused, they still went to the big house one after another.

The same is true of Chu Jiao and his righteous son Chu Yan.

When they walked into the big house, Chu Jiao Guo Dazheng was discussing something with Yang Tong in a low voice, and seeing Yang Tong nodding thoughtfully, Chu Jiao became more and more sure of his guess in his heart: It must be this Guo Da who is giving advice to Yang Tong!

"It seems that it takes some effort to establish a good relationship with this Guo Da."

He thought to himself.

However, at this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yang Tong and Guo Da with a teenage child beside them, very close to the two, as if Yang Tong and Guo Da didn't care that their conversation was heard by this child.

"Huh?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Chu Jiao's eyes.

At this time, Yang Tong also seemed to notice the arrival of the rest of the Jiuzhai owners, smiled and greeted him, and beckoned the nine villagers and Chen Mo and Wang Qing from his Black Tiger Village to take their seats.

With a little confusion, Chu Jiao took Yizi to his seat and looked at the teenage child thoughtfully.

"Ah Yan."

He leaned sideways and asked Yoshiko, "Who is that child, do you recognize it?" ”

Chu Yan was confused, thought for a while and said, "This child really doesn't know about this, could it be Yang Tong's nephew?" Wait, it seems to be called Zhou Hu, I once heard Yang Tong call him like that...... Why did my father ask? ”

"Zhou Hu?"

Chu Jiao frowned slightly and said, "I'll wait for the next few days to discuss, this kid ...... Present several times. ”

Not far away, Zhou Hu ...... No, Zhao Yu also noticed Chu Jiao's gaze, and subconsciously looked at Chu Jiao, but saw the latter smiling at him with a kind look.

"......" Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, and he muttered a little in his heart, wondering why Chu Jiao would smile kindly at him.

You must know that during this time, he did not deliberately show himself in front of these village owners, on the contrary, he intended to secretly help Yang Tong, because he felt that the time was not yet ripe.

To put it more colloquially, he still has some things that need to be done in the name of Yang Tong, for example, the annexation of the bandits in the mountainous area of the eastern part of Yingshan, the lord of Jiuzhai Village who will be present, and the other four families who did not support Black Tiger Village, all annexed.

And this is obviously an offending move.

As for how to replace Yang Tong, whose prestige is increasing in the future, Zhao Yu is not in a hurry at all - the thieves under Yang Tong's hands, who doesn't know that he is making suggestions? As long as they live in the Black Tiger Village for a long time, these people will gradually understand who is the one who formulates those strategies.

But......

A thought flashed in his heart, Zhao Yu nodded and smiled, responding to Chu Jiao's kind smile, which made the latter slightly stunned, and looked at Zhao Yu's eyes full of doubts.

At this time, Yang Tong had already opened his mouth to say the purpose of inviting the owner of Jiuzhai Village to come to the house to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, congratulations, we have repelled the attacking officers and soldiers with small casualties, this battle, Kunyang officers and soldiers lost nearly 300 manpower, if nothing else, they will rest at the foot of the mountain for a few days, waiting for reinforcements from Kunyang County, therefore, now is not the time for us to celebrate, we must seize the opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop! Otherwise, when Kunyang sends reinforcements again, we will have all kinds of defenses destroyed by the fire under the mountain, and the officers and soldiers under the mountain will be able to attack the cottage in one fell swoop......"

"Not bad! Take advantage of the opportunity to pursue! ”

Liu Heimu was the first to respond to Yang Tong's words.

Don't look at the unhappiness he had with Yang Tong before, but today's victory in the Black Tiger Village really made him vent his hatred for being attacked by the Kunyang officers and soldiers that day.

Hearing Liu Heimu's words, Wu Sheng, Zhang Feng, Sun Yi, Ma Hong and other village owners also responded.

From the fact that the gang of people boasted to each other in the open space in the village, we knew that this group of people was now full of confidence, and there was a faint meaning that they did not take the Kunyang officers and soldiers seriously.

But there are also cautious among these people, such as Chen Zu, he frowned and asked Yang Daodao: "Take advantage of the victory to pursue, what does the master of Yang Zhai mean, let's take the initiative to attack?" ”

"Not bad!" Yang Tong nodded with a positive color.

Seeing this, Chen Zu frowned and said: "Chen Mou is not the interest of defeating the owners of the village, the reason why it is easy to repel the officers and soldiers of Kunyang today is because the Black Tiger Village has prepared in advance, and has prepared many ingenious obstacles in the mountains in Chen's opinion. …… However, if we take the initiative to attack, we will lose the advantage of the mountain, and the officers and men of Kunyang can take advantage of the camp and use all kinds of defenses to repel us......"

Yang Tong said with a smile: "Master Chen, listen to Yang's words." …… In terms of head-to-head confrontation, we may not be the opponents of those officers and soldiers who have the advantage of camping, but what if it is a sneak attack? ”

"Sneak attack?"

Hearing this, Chen Zu turned his head and glanced at Chu Yan behind Chu Jiao's body, and said with a smile: "Does Lord Yang Zhai mean attacking his camp at night?" Chen said a few days ago that this will not work. …… You think, it is said that there are 1,000 officers and soldiers under the mountain, and nearly 300 people died in this battle, but even so, there are still nearly 700 people on the opposite side, and a camp with 700 people is stationed, how many people should we send to sneak attack? Even if it is the Black Tiger Village of the Lord of Yang Zhai, there are less than 100 people available, and Chen also thinks that the victory or defeat is unpredictable when he goes to attack the camp of officers and soldiers; If the brothers of the cottage go to attack together, this black light is blind, in case they recognize the wrong person and kill their own people, it is nothing to make people laugh, and if the officers and soldiers use this to reverse the victory or defeat, this is the worst. ”

"This Chen Zu...... It's really thoughtful, it's a talent."

Zhao Yu glanced at Chen Zu a few more times.

At this time, seeing that everyone present listened to Chen Zu's advice and pondered, Yang Tong said with a smile: "Lord Chen Zhai is indeed thoughtful, in fact, Yang also took this into account, therefore, Yang's idea is that before the sunrise tomorrow, our brothers from Shizhai will quietly sneak down the mountain together, and when the sun rises, they will suddenly launch a sneak attack on the officers and soldiers, and the sky is getting brighter, so we won't recognize the wrong person again, right?" …… As for those officers and soldiers, I think they were probably still asleep at that time! ”

Speaking of this, a trace of fierceness flashed in Yang Tong's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Today's officers and soldiers are newly defeated, and the losses are huge, I believe that those officers and soldiers have fear in their hearts, as long as we rush up, they will definitely be afraid in their hearts, and they will not dare to fight, and when the time comes, we can defeat them in one fell swoop and kill them all to deter Kunyang County!" ”

Hearing Yang Tong's words, the audience suddenly fell silent, and immediately erupted in amazement and praise.

"That's a good idea!"

"Great idea!"

Even Chen Zu, who was against the sneak attack, couldn't find anything wrong after hearing Yang Tong's words.

When everyone praised Yang Tong, Chu Jiao looked at Guo Da behind Yang Tong, and glanced at Zhao Yu again, a little confusion flashed in his eyes.

was persuaded by Yang Tong's words, and all the village owners left one after another to prepare.

Chen Mo and Wang Qing were also about to leave, but they were stopped by Yang Tong: "Chen Mo and Wang Qing, you two wait for a while." ”

Under the suspicious gaze of Chen Mo and Wang Qing, Yang Tong watched the Jiuzhai village master walk away, and then lowered his voice and said to the two: "At sunrise tomorrow, I will ask Niu Heng to follow them to attack the camp of the officers and soldiers, you two don't act for the time being, wait for those people to make a move, which aroused the idea of the officers and soldiers in the battalion, you two take the opportunity to kill from the other side, I don't ask you two to do anything else, give me the Kunyang County Lieutenant Ma Gai, this is the camp map of the officer and soldier camp under the mountain, and the Ma Gai is mostly in the marked position." ”

As he spoke, he handed Chen Mo and Wang Qing a map of the camp, which was the one that Zhao Yu had drawn on the top of the mountain that day.

"It's all about the cottage!"

Yang Tong stepped forward and patted Chen Mo and Wang Qing on the shoulders, and said in a low voice: "Although we have had some conflicts with each other, but no matter what, we are only brothers in a cottage, will Yang still treat you two badly?" …… This matter must not be known to the rest of the people in Jiuzhai, and also, that Ma Gai must be caught alive, and I will keep him useful. ”

“……”

Glancing at Yang Tong, whose attitude suddenly improved greatly, Chen Mo glanced at Wang Qing with a subtle smile on his face.

From the handwriting of this drawing, it is clear that it will definitely not be from Yang Tong's handwriting, this guy can't recognize a few words.

Other words......

Chen Mo looked down at the camp map in his hand, and immediately glanced at Zhao Yu who was standing next to him.