For 20 days of stalemate, the Black Tiger Village group and the thieves and soldiers did not move.

Zhao Yu is calm here, and Zhang Jing is also patient over there, now it's up to who will make mistakes.

On the night of the second day of the seventh month, the Black Tiger Village finally took the lead, and the thieves led by Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng and others launched a sneak attack on Xiangcun that night.

As part of the 'bait' in Zhang Jing's plan, the county lieutenant of Ye County, Gao Chun, led the county guards to be stationed here.

Around midnight that night, when Gao Chun was about to rest in the house in the village, he suddenly heard shouts of killing in the village.

Suspicious, he immediately walked out of the house with his sword, and then saw a crowd surging in the northwest corner of the village.

While he was watching, Liu Heimu and Zhang Feng had already led a group of Kou to enter from the northwest corner of the village, and the county guards on duty were defeated and retreated.

The sound of the fighting alarmed the villagers, who were either watching from the windows of their houses or running into the courtyard to see what was happening.

Noticing this, Liu Heimu roared loudly: "Black Tiger Village acts, and the people of Xiangcun will all stay in the house honestly for me!" ”

Hearing Chu Yan's warning, the villagers of Xiang Village immediately returned to the house and closed the doors and windows.

During this period, some villagers could be vaguely heard complaining to their families: "I'll just say, those officers and soldiers have piled up their grain and grass in the village, which will definitely attract people from Heihu Village...... Alas. ”

In the midst of complaints, they closed the doors and windows and told their daughters-in-law to take care of the children, while they hid in the windows and peeked out.

Of course they are afraid, but what they are mainly afraid of is implicating themselves, because Xiangcun is also a village that secretly succumbs to Heihuzhai, and the two sides have a private 'agreement', as long as Xiangcun does not do anything that harms the interests of Heihuzhai, Heihuzhai also promises not to harm Xiangcun.

At first, Xiangcun was like Fengcun, he didn't believe much in the promise of the Black Tiger Village, but he couldn't resist, but he didn't expect that after a period of time, the Black Tiger Village didn't really come to rob them anymore in addition to asking them to offer some food and poultry every once in a while - this group of thieves was even willing to post money to them and let them go to the county seat to buy chicken and duck seedlings.

It is precisely because the two sides have gradually developed some tacit understanding, so when the Black Tiger Village group entered the village tonight, the people of Xiang Village were not too panicked, because they also knew that this group of evil bandits were coming at the officers and soldiers stationed in their village, as well as the grain and grass that the officers and soldiers piled up here.

Sure enough, when the people of Xiangcun Village closed their doors and windows one by one, the group of thieves led by Liu Heimu and Zhang Feng ignored them and went straight to the granary where the officers and soldiers piled up grain.

"It's finally here!"

Seeing the chaotic situation in the village, Gao Chun's spirit was lifted.

He immediately ordered all the county soldiers stationed in Xiangcun to retreat to the granary, and at the same time immediately sent people to the main camp of officers and soldiers to ask for help.

At this moment, he was not panicked in his heart.

Because Xiangcun itself was a bait set up by Zhang Jing, the purpose was to lure the gangsters of the Black Tiger Village down the mountain to loot, and there were 500 county soldiers under his command stationed here.

And all he needed to do was to drag down the invading Black Tiger Village thieves before Zhang Jing, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai led the army to help, and even, in order to achieve this purpose, Zhang Jing allowed him to give up the grain and grass in the granary, so that the Black Tiger Village group fell into the trap.

Of course, as far as the current offensive of the Black Tiger Village group is concerned, Gao Chun does not need to give up the grain and grass in the granary.

Half an hour later, the people sent by Gao Chun quickly came to the officer and soldier camp.

When he heard that Xiangcun was attacked by the Black Tiger Village, he immediately sent someone to invite Zhang Jing and Ma Gai.

A moment later, Ma Gai and Zhang Jing came to Huang Ben's tent one after the other.

Huang Ben immediately said happily to Zhang Jing: "General, the Black Tiger Village group of thieves really hit the plan, now Gao Chun is trying to find a way to drag them down, let's immediately bring people to support, and wipe out that group of thieves!" ”

Hearing what Huang Ben said, Ma Gai was a little surprised.

"Obviously, I have told them that Xiangcun is a trap, why did Yang Tong and the others attack Xiangcun at night?"

Just when he was thinking, he suddenly heard Zhang Jing say with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry." ”

"General?"

Huang Ben asked in astonishment, "What do you mean...... I don't understand. ”

Zhang Jing beckoned Huang Ben and Ma Gai to sit down.

After the two sat down puzzled, Zhang Jing smiled and said: "The reason why Zhang said that he was not in a hurry was only because Zhang Mou was sure that the attack on Xiangcun by Black Tiger Village was just a feint, and their real purpose was our camp, that is, ...... Over here! ”

He reached out and gestured to the ground beneath his feet.

“……”

Huang Ben and Ma Gai looked at each other.

Among them, there was a faint uneasiness in Ma Gai's eyes.

Previously, when he learned that the Black Tiger Village was going to attack Xiang Village when he knew that Xiang Village was a trap, he guessed a few points, thinking that the Black Tiger Village group might be trying to attack the west, but he didn't expect that Zhang Jing actually guessed it?

How did he guess?

"I ......don't understand," Huang Ben asked with a strange expression, "Didn't the general use Xiangcun as bait?" ”

"Of course."

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "Xiangcun is indeed the bait I set up, yes, but there are also many clever people in the Black Tiger Village, do you remember the first time we attacked the Black Tiger Village group at night but were ambushed by the other party?" I thought that night attack was nine out of ten, but it turned out that I underestimated my opponent, and there was a plotter in the Black Tiger Village opposite, who was quite powerful, and saw through our intentions at a glance. …… He was able to see through my intentions that day, and now he can naturally see through that Xiangcun is a bait, so he still has to send someone to attack Xiangcun when he knows that Xiangcun is a bait, which shows that he intends to plan the plan. ”

"Will it be calculated?" Huang Ben seemed to have guessed a few points.

"Not bad!" Zhang Jing nodded, squinted his eyes and said: "That guy is quite bold, he dares to jump in knowing that it is a trap, his purpose is to plan it." He guessed that as long as Xiangcun was attacked, we would immediately lead people to support Xiangcun and take the opportunity to wipe it out, so he would plan and pretend to attack Xiangcun, and trick us into sending troops to support Xiangcun, and in this way, our camp would be empty, and he could lead people to attack our army's camp in one fell swoop. However......"

Speaking of this, he showed a little pride on his face, and said with a sneer: "However, I originally planned to ambush him here!" ”

"Original...... So. ”

After listening to Zhang Jing's narration, Huang Ben finally understood.

In addition to understanding, he was also relieved in his heart.

That's right, this is like a strategy that one of the five tigers of the dignified Chenmen will use, in comparison, taking Xiangcun as a bait to catch the black tiger village to take the bait, it is really too simple...... Wait!

Since this was Zhang Jing's original intention, why did he deliberately conceal it before?

Huang Ben frowned and asked, "General, since the general originally planned to use Xiangcun as bait to ambush the Black Tiger Village group in our camp, why did you ...... Why did you hide it from us beforehand? ”

"Huang County Lieutenant is not strange, of course there is a reason for this."

Zhang Jing nodded, then turned his head to look at Ma Gai, and said with a smile: "County Lieutenant Ma, you have worked hard to report to the Black Tiger Village during this time, if it weren't for County Lieutenant Ma, Zhang Mou really didn't have the confidence to let the other side get into the scheme." ”

His calm words exploded in Ma Gai's ears like thunder, and by the time Ma Gai reacted, Zhang Jing's personal guard Li Cheng had already walked behind him without moving, drew his sword on his neck, and said with the same smile: "Don't act rashly, Lieutenant Ma." ”

"I...... Did he see through me? How so? I'm ......

Looking at Zhang Jing's cold look with a bit of mockery, Ma Gai's heart was like a storm, he didn't understand where he had exposed his flaws, so that he was recognized by this general.

Holding on to the only bit of luck, Ma Gai barely squeezed out a smile on his ugly face: "General, let's not joke......"

"You think I'm joking with you?"

Zhang Jing sneered and reprimanded: "Whether you are secretly connected to the Black Tiger Village, you know it in your own heart!" ”

With that, he snorted lightly and mocked, "Do you feel strange? Obviously, you have reported to the Black Tiger Village, informing them that Xiangcun is a trap, but the Black Tiger Village still wants to attack Xiangcun? …… Heh, in fact, the schemer in the Black Tiger Village is much more cunning than you think, and even I am not sure. I know that he must be able to guess that Xiangcun is a trap, and I guess that he will inevitably plan it, but I just can't tell if he can see through it, my military camp is the real trap I want to lead him to the scheme, fortunately, at this time, Ma County Lieutenant, you appeared, you sent a message to the Black Tiger Village, pointing out that Xiang Village is the trap, in line with the judgment of the conspirator of the Black Tiger Village, in this way, he will no longer doubt it, and take the opportunity to sneak attack our military camp, so that he just fell into Zhang's plan. …… That's why it's hard to work for the county lieutenant. ”

"Original, original ......"

Ma Gai's face changed suddenly, and at this time he realized that he had been used by Zhang Jing and delivered the wrong news to the Black Tiger Village.

“……”

From the side, Runan County Lieutenant Huang Ben looked at Zhang Jing and then at Ma Gai, his face was full of horror and dumbfounded.

He couldn't figure out what was going on.

He opened his mouth and asked with a look of astonishment, "Ma Gai...... Is it the internal response of Black Tiger Village? This...... How is this possible? General Zhang, is there a misunderstanding somewhere? …… Margai, what the hell is going on?! ”

"I ...... How do I know? ”

Although Ma Gai was terrified in his heart, he was still able to calm down.

He secretly knew about the Black Tiger Village, and in this world, apart from him, only Yang Tong, Guo Da and the child who seemed to be called Zhou Hu knew.

Seeing that Heihuzhai contacted him in such a cumbersome way some time ago, Ma Gai had the confidence to believe that Heihuzhai was also very strict with him, so as long as he didn't admit it, I believe that Zhang Jing would not be able to catch any substantive evidence.

Unless Zhang Jing has great powers, he will arrest Yang Tong, Guo Da and the child named Zhou Hu to confront him.

In contrast, Black Tiger Village got the wrong information, which made Ma Gai even more alarmed.

But at the moment, he didn't care about the Black Tiger Village, he frowned and said to Zhang Jing: "General Zhang, if you are joking, Ma can assume that this incident has never happened, but if General Zhang insists on determining that Ma colluded with Black Tiger Village, then ask the general to come up with evidence first." ”

"You're really confident. Where does this confidence come from? It should come from the importance that Black Tiger Village attaches to you, right? ”

Zhang Jing smiled and said to Ma Gai: "A while ago, Black Tiger Village passed the news to you in the form of a prisoner exchange, do you think I can't see it?" What do you say to ask those officers and soldiers who have been released to burn down our camp, that's just to confuse the Black Tiger Village, and their real purpose is just to pass on the news to you...... Just looking at this, I know that you are the only internal response of the Black Tiger Village, which is probably where your confidence lies, because you know that unless you catch a few people in the Black Tiger Village, no one can accuse you of colluding with the Black Tiger Village......"

"This Zhang Jing ......"

was broken by Zhang Jing's mouthful, and Ma Gai was even more flustered.

But panic is panic, at least he will not lose his proportion, because as Zhang Jing said, unless a very few people in Black Tiger Village are caught, or his confession is found, no one will have evidence to identify him as colluding with Black Tiger Village.

Thinking of this, he snorted with disdain, shook his head and said, "I offended the general somewhere, so that the general slandered him like this." After that, he turned his head and glanced at Huang Ben, who looked dazed, and asked, "Huang Ben, do you also think that I colluded with Black Tiger Village?" ”

"Uh......"

Looking at Zhang Jing and Ma Gai, Huang Ben has a hard time choosing.

As the county lieutenant of Runan County and Kunyang County, Huang Ben and Ma Gai have known each other for many years, including Gao Chun, the governor of Ye County, and the three of them know each other, even if they can't talk about confidants, it's not an exaggeration to call them friends.

In Huang Ben's impression, Ma Gai is a fairly upright person, and now, Chen Taishi's righteous son, when the general Zhang Jing suddenly pointed out that Ma Gai was the internal response of the Black Tiger Village, in all fairness, Huang Ben really didn't believe it.

After realizing that Zhang Jing was not joking, Huang Ben calmed down and asked Zhang Jing: "The general identified Ma Gai as the internal response of the Black Tiger Village, and channeled through the Black Tiger Village to report to the Black Tiger Village...... The general needs to know that this crime is quite serious, I don't know if the general can have evidence? ”

"Nope."

Zhang Jing shook his head.

It's not that he is sincere, but if he lies that he has, then Huang Ben will definitely ask him to show it on the spot.

Hearing Zhang Jing's personal admission, Ma Gai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Huang Ben naturally did not fully believe Zhang Jing's words.

But considering Zhang Jing's noble status, Huang Ben said euphemistically: "I still think that there must be some misunderstanding in this...... Ma Gai and I have known each other for many years, and I don't believe that he would collude with Black Tiger Village. ”

Seeing that Huang Ben didn't believe in his judgment, Zhang Jing didn't care, after all, people have been friends for many years, and he just happened to meet him, if it weren't for his identity as Zhang Jing, it would be impossible for Huang Ben and Ma Gai to have turned their faces at the moment, how could they explain so much to him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing Zhengse said: "Huang County Lieutenant doesn't believe in Zhang, Zhang is not to blame, but Ma County Lieutenant is indeed the internal response of Black Tiger Village, although Zhang has no evidence, but I believe that as long as the thief Yang Tong and his henchmen can be caught, then everything will naturally fall into place." …… But before that, I hope to detain the county lieutenant first, so that the county lieutenant Ma will not take advantage of my unpreparedness and report the news. ”

Hearing this, Huang Ben pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "General Zhang guarantees that he can prove this matter?" ”

Zhang Jing was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes!" …… Ma Gai conveyed the wrong news to the Black Tiger Village, the Black Tiger Village must have hit the plan, we will definitely be able to hit them hard tonight, even if we can't catch Yang Tong and his henchmen, we can also take advantage of the situation to attack the mountain afterwards and catch the fish that have been caught, and by then, everything will be clear. ”

Huang Ben was silent for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Ma Gai.

Seeing this, Ma Gai panicked inexplicably, and said urgently: "Huang Ben, don't you even believe me?" ”

That look made Huang Ben a little ashamed, and said with relief: "Ma Gai, I believe you will not collude with Black Tiger Village, but since you ...... Since General Zhang has talked about this, you can ...... Just be aggrieved, wait until we break through the Black Tiger Village and catch Yang Tong and his henchmen, and it will naturally come to light, if it is proved that you have nothing to do with the Black Tiger Village......" He glanced at Zhang Jing and continued: "I will make amends to you later!" ”

Hearing Huang Ben bring himself with him in his words, Zhang Jing didn't care, because he decided that Ma Gai was the internal response of Black Tiger Village.

In the case of Zhang Jing and Huang Ben's agreement, Ma Gai's defense will be useless, before being detained by Zhang Jing's guards, the only thing he can do is to say ruthless words: "I'll see how you explain at that time!" ”

Of course, a hard mouth is a hard mouth, in fact, he is also flustered in his heart, after all, Zhang Jing is like a divine help, and he guesses everything clearly.

Hearing Ma Gai's cruel words, Huang Ben showed a little guilt on his face, but Zhang Jing didn't care and ordered Li Cheng to take care of Ma Gai in person.

Seeing Ma Gai being taken down by Li Cheng to watch and detain, Huang Ben sighed secretly, turned his head and asked Zhang Jing: "General, what should we do now?" ”

The old god Zhang Jing said on the ground: "Pretend to support Xiangcun." …… I guess the Black Tiger Village group must be watching us from the mountain, only if they see us send troops to support Xiangcun with their own eyes, they dare to come and attack our camp, and then we will come back halfway! ”

"Just according to General Zhang's meaning." Huang Ben nodded emphatically.

The two discussed, and Huang Ben led people to pretend to support Xiangcun, and Zhang Jing personally sat in the camp.

A moment later, Huang Ben led hundreds of people out of the camp and went straight to the direction of Xiangcun.

These hundreds of county officials were all holding torches, which were extremely conspicuous in the dark night, and the group of soldiers on the mountain could see it clearly.

Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour after Huang Huangben led people out of the main camp, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Jiao, Chu Yan, and Niu Heng led an unknown number of bandits to attack the camp.

This group of bandits simply concentrates the most ferocious bandits in Black Tiger Village, plus Chen Mo and Wang Qing, the two people who have fought with Zhang Jing, are also among them, which makes Zhang Jing even more sure that the other party has been tricked.

At this time, Zhang Jing had taken over the command of the main camp, and under his order, the officers and soldiers abandoned the camp gate in the west and lured the bandits into the camp.

At this time, as long as Huang Ben led the army back and blocked the camp gate in the west, he could completely trap this group of bandits in the camp.

However, Zhang Jing never expected that under his laissez-faire, the bandits on the opposite side could completely attack the camp with a devastating momentum, but for some reason, the other party had been inking at the camp gate.

"What's going on?"

At this point, Zhang Jing had a faint feeling that something was wrong.

He carefully sent people to check the number of this bandits, and found that although this group of bandits were all brave and difficult to handle, the number was only about a hundred.

This amount of manpower is definitely not enough to capture the camp of his officers and soldiers.

At this time, the bandits on the opposite side also seemed to realize that they had revealed a flaw, and they withdrew like a tide in an instant, although Zhang Jing immediately sent people to pursue, but they still failed to hold back this group of bandits.

"Feint?"

Watching those bandits flee into the night and disappear, Zhang Jing was simply stunned.

At this time, Huang Ben led the five hundred county soldiers back to the main camp and stared at Zhang Jing.

What about the bandits?

Just when Zhang Jing and Huang Ben were both a little confused, suddenly Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Ye County who was stationed in Xiang Village, sent someone to ask for help again.

"Black Tiger Village suddenly sent additional reinforcements, and attacked our back from the other side, and the brothers suffered heavy losses and couldn't resist it......"

"What?"

Zhang Jing's conceited face showed a little consternation, and he looked around and looked at the silent main camp.

At this time, he finally understood that for some reason, the Black Tiger Village group finally chose to attack Xiangcun......

"Actually attacked Xiang Village? How is this possible?'

Zhang Jing couldn't believe it.

"General, quickly support Xiangcun...... Huang Ben urged beside him.

"Impossible, Xiang Village is such an obvious bait, and there is a message from Ma Gai, how can it really sneak attack Xiang Village?"

Zhang Jing was a little out of order, and he couldn't understand why the Black Tiger Village would attack Xiangcun at all.

But under Huang Ben's counter-urging, he finally compromised and rushed to support Xiangcun with Huang Ben.

However, they were still a step too late, and halfway through, they met Gao Chun, the defeated county lieutenant of Yexian County, and more than a hundred people under his command.

When he saw Zhang Jing and Huang Ben, Gao Chun couldn't care about Zhang Jing's noble status, and asked hatefully: "Xiangcun is already difficult to defend, why don't you send reinforcements for a long time?" ”

After Zhang Jing and Huang Ben asked each other, they learned that when they were planning to ambush the main force of the Black Tiger Village in the main village, the Black Tiger Village group sent additional men to attack Xiang Village, killing the county soldiers under Gao Chun's command.

At the same time, Yang Tong, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, Ma Hong, Feng Xing and others have led a large team of Black Tiger Village to break through Xiangcun, loot a large amount of grain and grass, and prepare to return to Black Tiger Village.

Looking at the subordinates who returned with a full load, Yang Tong secretly sighed.

Only then did he realize more and more that neither Liu Heimu nor Chu Jiao could replace the kid named Zhou Hu.

Look at this kid, he was able to severely damage the officers and soldiers stationed in Xiangcun under the noses of the main battalion of officers and soldiers when the officers and soldiers used Xiangcun as bait, and by the way, he could grab a large amount of food, and it was unbelievable that the main battalion of officers and soldiers was really stunned as the kid said, and he did not come to support for a long time.

Although he had also taken precautions before, guessing whether the kid would deliberately harm him, it turned out that the kid was simply like a god.

It's amazing!

Although the resistance of the officers and soldiers of Xiangcun was also very fierce, and Yang Tong and his party also paid a lot of losses, but when they were calculated, it was obvious that the losses of the officers and soldiers were greater.

"What about Yingchuan County? Haven't you been defeated by Lao Tzu yet?'

Yang Tong was complacent, thinking that after this battle, he should be the mountain tiger Yang Tong's prestige can be even louder.

And at this moment, Yang Tong and his party suddenly bumped into a team of officers and soldiers.

"How can there be officers and soldiers here?"

Yang Tong was shocked in his heart.

It seemed that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were also surprised to meet Yang Tong and his gang, and exclaimed: "It's Ying Mountain Bandit!" It's the people of Black Tiger Village! ”

"Kill!"

The two sides immediately fought.

With the help of the light of the torches, Yang Tong saw that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were all holding wooden shields.

He immediately realized that this group of officers and soldiers should be the officers and soldiers under the headhunter named Ishihara, and among the officers and soldiers, only those people were holding shields.

"Aren't these people on the west side of our main village? Damn it! They must have heard the fighting in Xiangcun and came to check on the situation...... Although Zhou Hu's kid calculated the movements of the rest of the officers and soldiers, he missed this group of people...... Damn!'

Returning triumphantly, he was intercepted by another unexpected group of officers and soldiers, and Yang Tong scolded with hatred in his heart.

At the same time, Zhao Yu, whom he secretly scolded, was standing outside the main village of Black Tiger Village, standing under the pitch-black night sky, looking at the direction where Yang Tong and the others were intercepted by Ishihara's group of officers and soldiers, and looking at the faint light of torches coming from there.

Immediately, a smile as if he had succeeded gradually appeared on his face.

"Huh."