On 20 July, Yang Tong held another meeting in the big house of Heihu Village to deal with the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers.

Compared with the previous 'Zhuzhai talks', the atmosphere in today's big house can be described as dignified, because in recent times, the rest of the cottages in Bazhai have been seriously hit.

In addition to Chen Zu's cottage because it is located in the northern mountainous area on the east side of Yingshan Mountain, it has not been attacked by Kunyang officers and soldiers for the time being, and the remaining seven cottages have almost been attacked by Kunyang officers and soldiers before and after, and even, as one of the owners of Bazhai Village, Sun Yi was ambushed to death by Kunyang officers and soldiers, cut off his head and sent it to the barracks of Ma Gai, leaving only some bandits who escaped by luck and fled back to Black Tiger Village in a hurry.

may be because of the forced temporary sending people under the fence, so compared with the past, Wu Sheng, Chu Jiao, Zhang Feng, Ma Hong, Feng Xing, Liu Mao, the six owners of the village all seem to be a little lacking in momentum, and they always seem a little restrained when expressing their opinions in the big house, and even faintly have the meaning of only the head of the horse in the Black Tiger Village, except for Chen Zu, who still maintains an attitude of speaking on an equal footing with Yang Tong.

"Hold back the Black Tiger Village and take the opportunity to attack the rest of the cottages, this is obviously Ma Gai's strategy this time......

When he said this, Chen Zu also faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

There is a suspicion that he has never been able to understand, that is, the strength of Ma Gai's attack on Black Tiger Village during this time.

During these days, Ma Gai has not attacked the Black Tiger Village, in fact, there are, and more than once.

But every time Ma Gai attacked the Black Tiger Village, it was not so thorough, and he often retreated immediately after a few casualties, as if he was testing the strength of the Black Tiger Village, waiting for the weakest opportunity of the Black Tiger Village.

But the problem is that the weakest time for Black Tiger Village is precisely when Zhang Feng and Ma Hong's cottage was attacked a few days ago.

At that time, in order to defend their respective cottages, the owners of the villages led their subordinates to return to the cottages, so the Black Tiger Village was the weakest at that time.

If Ma Gai's purpose was to defeat each one, then he should have stormed the Black Tiger Village at that time, and defeated the most powerful fortress in the eastern part of Ying Mountain in one fell swoop.

But Ma Gai did not do that, on the contrary, Ma Gai increased his efforts to continue to crack down on the remaining cottages, and wiped out the remaining seven cottages except for his Chen Zu in one fell swoop, forcing the remaining seven village owners to give up their respective cottages and go to Black Tiger Village.

No matter how you look at it, do you feel wrong?

What the hell are you doing in Magay?

If he doesn't fight the strongest Black Tiger Village, he wants to encircle and suppress the rest of the cottages first, is his purpose to level the rest of the cottages in the eastern part of Yingshan before attacking the Black Tiger Village?

But the problem is that the rest of the cottages can't resist the officers and soldiers, and they will inevitably raise the village to defect to the Black Tiger Village, which indirectly makes the Black Tiger Village stronger, which is not based on Ma Gai's attack on the Black Tiger Village.

Chen Zu felt that if it was him, he would first set foot on the Black Tiger Village in one fell swoop when the strength of the Black Tiger Village was the weakest a few days ago, and then slowly solve the rest of the cottages such as Chu Jiao and Wu Sheng, in his opinion, this was the best strategy.

But Ma Gai didn't do that, he seemed to be determined to exterminate the rest of the cottages first—he couldn't have imagined that his actions would help the Black Tiger Village in disguise?

Chen Zu thought about it, and felt that this was not like a rational judgment that a county lieutenant would make.

But the current situation does not allow him to spend more energy to think about whether there is something strange behind this matter, after all, the top priority is to help Yang Tong defend the Black Tiger Village, otherwise once the Black Tiger Village is broken by Ma Gai, Ma Gai may lead the Kunyang officers and soldiers to take advantage of the situation to crusade against his Chen Zu's cottage, trying to eliminate all the bandits in the eastern part of Yingshan in one fell swoop.

At that time, his Chen Zu's cottage may also be destroyed.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Yang Tong, who had a gloomy face, and asked: "Now that Qizhai has been destroyed before and after, there is no doubt that Ma Gai will inevitably launch a fierce attack on Guizhai next, I don't know if the lord of Yang Zhai has a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Under the gaze of the owners of the cottage in the big house, Yang Tong pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and asked Guo Dadao: "Guo Da, if you stick to the cottage, what are the chances of winning to repel the officers and soldiers?" ”

"It's hard to say."

Guo Da shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This time, Ma Gai obviously learned the lesson of the first two defeats, and in turn played us up, taking the opportunity to attack the rest of the cottages, and what is even more troublesome is that this time the officers and soldiers carried a large number of crossbows, trying to defeat us with the advantage of weapons." …… There is almost no danger to defend the old village, and if I have to defend it, I am afraid that it will have to pay a great price. ”

Yang Tong raised his eyebrows and asked, "You mean, retreat to Xinzhai?" ”

"Hmm."

Guo Da nodded and said: "Xinzhai is located on the top of the mountain here, there are thirty or forty miles of mountain roads from the bottom of the mountain, during which the mountain road is rugged, and there are cliffs and cliffs...... Unlike the old village, if Ma Gai is determined to attack, we will hardly be able to defend. ”

"I'll think about it."

Saying this, Yang Tong fell into contemplation again.

Seeing this, Chu Jiao, Wu Sheng and other Qizhai owners looked at each other, and this meeting ended hastily.

After the meeting, Chu Jiao took his son Chu Yan to the accommodation arranged for them by Yang Tong.

At this time, the women and children of Qizhai have all been placed in the new village of Black Tiger Village located on the top of the mountain here, and those who remain in the old village of Black Tiger Village are all strong thieves in Qizhai, and Chu Jiao and his gang are also the same.

Therefore, Chu Yan is not worried about the women and children in the village for the time being, he is worried about whether the Black Tiger Village can block the attack of Kunyang officers and soldiers.

He asked Chu Jiao: "Father, do you think that this time the Black Tiger Village can block the attack of Kunyang officers and soldiers?" ”

"It's hard to say."

Chu Jiao shook his head.

Don't look at the Black Tiger Village twice repelled the Kunyang officers and soldiers, but as Guo Da said, this time Kunyang County obviously moved seriously, using a batch of crossbows in the armory, Kunyang County distributed those crossbows to the recruited villagers and rangers, so that they could shoot the thieves in Yingshan with the help of this object, I have to say that these crossbows did pose a great threat to the thieves in Yingshan.

Seeing that his father-in-law, who had always been assertive, couldn't see how to win or lose, Chu Yan frowned and said in a low voice: "If the Black Tiger Village can't stop it, then where should we go?" Defecting to Chen Zu? ”

"Don't jump to conclusions."

Chu Jiao raised his hand to interrupt Yizi's words, shook his head and said: "Today, I watched the people in the Black Tiger Village, although Yang Tong's face was gloomy, but Chen Mo and Wang Qing were quite calm and calm, I think the Black Tiger Village may not have a strategy to retreat from the enemy." It's a big deal, just like Guo Da said, retreat to the new village on the top of the mountain...... As for what you said about defecting to Chen Zu, it is a good idea. If the Black Tiger Village can't be preserved, do you think Chen Zu's cottage can escape the catastrophe? Scold. ”

He chuckled and shook his head: "When Fang was discussing countermeasures in that big house just now, that Chen Zu was the most positive, do you think he was really that righteous?" No! Because Chen Zu knew that once the Black Tiger Village was destroyed, the next one to suffer would be his cottage. ”

Chu Yan suddenly realized, frowned and said: "What does my father-in-law mean is that only by helping Black Tiger Village repel the officers and soldiers of Kunyang can we have a way to live?" ”

"Hmm." Chu Jiao nodded emphatically: "If that Ma Gai really launches a fierce attack on the Black Tiger Village as Chen Zu said, we must unite Yang Tong and Chen Zu, unite the people of the rest of the villages, and resist desperately. ”

"But the problem is, Yang Tong and the others don't seem to have any strategy to retreat from the enemy." Chu Yan frowned and said, "Yang Tong is even thinking about whether to retreat to Xinzhai today...... I don't understand, he repelled Ma Gai twice, why was he scared by Ma Gai this time? Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Niu Heng under him, just like his father-in-law said, are very skilled, but why are they cowardly before they fight? Can't you just start first like last time? ”

“……”

Hearing Chu Yan's words, Chu Jiao stroked his beard, and a little confusion flashed in his eyes.

He also felt that what Chu Yan said was not unreasonable, the Kunyang officers and soldiers led by Ma Gai this time were indeed quite powerful, and they obviously learned the lessons of the first two defeats, but even so, the Black Tiger Village may not have a complete chance of winning.

As Chu Yan said, why didn't Black Tiger Village try to attack the camp like last time?

The attack on the camp before dawn last time can be said to have almost defeated the hundreds of people in Ma Gai's camp in one fell swoop, and even Chu Jiao had to admit that it was a very clever strategy, but this time, Yang Tong and Guo Da didn't even try to attack the camp, and they just wanted to retreat to Xinzhai, which made Chu Jiao feel a little strange.

"Could it be that Yang Tong was really frightened by the momentum of the Kunyang officers and soldiers this time?"

Brushing his beard, Chu Jiao really couldn't figure it out.

After thinking about it, he decided to take a look at the plans of Yang Tong and the others first, after all, they are now under the fence, and it is really difficult to teach Yang Tong and his gang anything, so as not to be suspected of being anti-guest-oriented.

Just as Chu Jiao guessed, Guo Da had already taken action at this time, but Guo Da's actions were very different from Chu Jiao's imagination, just when the vast majority of people were thinking about how to repel the Kunyang officers and soldiers, Guo Da was thinking about how to annex the rest of the Qizhai people.

For this reason, Guo Da invited Liu Heimu to his house for a drink that night.

As for how to deal with the encirclement and suppression of Kunyang officers and soldiers, there are two main attitudes in the current Black Tiger Village, one of which is to retreat to Xinzhai.

The people who hold this attitude are currently the only ones Guo Da on the surface, but in fact, Yang Tong and Zhao Yu are both supportive, including Chen Mo and Wang Qing - these two people neither support nor oppose it.

Obviously, all five of them knew what was going on.

The vast majority of people have another attitude, that is, stick to the old village.

In addition to Chen Zu, Chu Jiao and other outsiders, there are also people inside the Black Tiger Village such as Niu Heng, Liu Heimu, and Liu Tu.

Therefore, when Guo Da used the excuse of inviting him to drink at night, he pretended to hope that Liu Heimu would change his mind and support his strategy of 'retreating to Xinzhai', Liu Heimu suddenly became unhappy.

He frowned and said to Guo Da: "Guo Da, in this village, except for Boss Yang, I respect you the most on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to be such a greedy person who is afraid of death......

Thinking about it, Liu Heimu would never have thought that his words were exactly in Guo Da's arms.