Disband! ”

In the Black Tiger main village, with an order from the Great Commander Chen Mo, the newcomers who had received the drill breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this time, these people didn't dare to do anything, and it wasn't until Chen Mo walked away that these people complained.

"A bunch of unproductive guys."

Not far away, Liu Tu and a few black tigers sat on the wooden verandah outside the Juyi Hall, looking at the group in the distance with a little contempt.

At this time, among the several black tigers around him, Xu Bai and Wang Ping were impressively listed.

As spies who have been infiltrated into the Black Tiger Village, Xu Bai and Wang Ping have been in the Black Tiger Village for a while, because of their solid personal strength, they quickly passed Chen Mo's assessment and were accepted as a real villager, and they also got the favor of Liu Tu and became the latter's younger brother.

You must know that Liu Tu is Chen Mo's henchman, and Chen Mo is one of the core leaders of the Black Tiger Village, Xu Bai and Wang Ping agreed that gaining Liu Tu's trust will help them spy on the information of Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves.

But unfortunately, since the end of October last year, they have not seen the mysterious Zhou Hu.

"Black Tiger Village...... It's getting bigger and bigger.'"

Just when Liu Tu and the others laughed at the newcomers who were sighing, Xu Bai and Wang Ping secretly glanced at each other, and their eyes showed a little worry.

At the end of October last year, when the two of them disguised themselves and infiltrated the Black Tiger Village, there were about 500 or 600 people in the Black Tiger Village at that time.

However, after that, the number of people in the Black Tiger Village has skyrocketed, and from time to time there are people who come to the cottage, as little as three or five people, and as many as a dozen people, so that in just two or three months after the winter goes to spring, the number of people in the Black Tiger Village has skyrocketed to nearly 1,000 people.

Xu Bai and Wang Ping, who were suspicious of this at the time, asked Liu Tu in private, only to learn that most of the new people who came to defect were from Runan and Xiangcheng - the black tiger thieves, and finally crossed the county to attack Runan and Xiangcheng counties!

Isn't that good......

Xu Bai and Wang Ping were worried.

Because the two of them feel that the increasingly powerful Black Tiger Village is no longer something that can be exterminated by Kunyang County alone, how many county guards are there in Kunyang County? Less than half of the number of cottages today, what else is there to talk about thieves?

It is worth mentioning that in addition to this worry, Xu Bai and Wang Ping also discovered one thing, that is, the black tiger thief is not monolithic, and there are both people who support the big leader Zhou Hu in the village, and there are also people who have two minds.

For example, Liu Heimu, one of the 'Nine Thieves of Yingshan'.

Of course, this matter was told by Xu Bai and Wang Ping, and the two of them had not been in contact with that Liu Heimu, because Liu Tu did not allow them to contact that person at will.

This...... Good news, right?

After learning about this incident, Xu Bai and Wang Ping secretly paid attention to that Liu Heimu to see if they could provoke this person to disagree with Zhou Hu and plunge Heihu Village into civil strife, so as to help Kunyang County Yali cooperate with the outside world and eradicate it in the future.

At this time, the newcomers who were training in the open space in the village gradually dispersed.

didn't have a good show to watch, so Liu Tu stood up, patted his ass and said to everyone: "Let's go, see how lucky you are today." ”

He was going to take his men to patrol the mountains, and by the way, see if he could catch any prey in the mountains.

Now that winter is turning to spring, there is no shortage of wild animals in the mountains that have hibernate for a season and go out hungry to forage for food, just in time to take people to hunt, and if you are lucky, you can serve as a snack in the evening.

Xu Bai and Wang Ping stood up as they said, stretched their waists, and prepared to follow Liu Tu to patrol the mountains.

I have to say that they are also a little lost at this time.

Obviously, the two of them were the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, Zhou Hu, who infiltrated the Black Tiger Village, but Zhou Hu did not appear in the cottage that winter, and the two of them had to stay in the cottage for several months in vain.

Of course, it is said that it is hard, but in fact, it is not bitter, after all, they are lucky, as soon as they go up the mountain, they bump into Liu Tu, a small leader with a high status in the village, plus the personal strength of the two of them is also solid, so they were quickly accepted by the old people in the cottage, on the other hand, some of them went to the cottage at the same time, and some of them are even still receiving Chen Mo's training.

To be honest, Xu Bai and Wang Ping are quite proud of this.

As for life in the cottage, how to say it, many times Xu Bai and Wang Ping are a little suspicious that they have come to a mountain village, not a den of thieves, unless it is when the gang in the village sometimes fights for the sake of drinking and drinking.

By the way, according to the rules of the village, the internal fighting is subject to punishment, depending on the severity of the situation, it is responsible for carrying water from the river and stream below the mountain to fill the large tanks outside the house, which is very hard.

took Xu Bai, Wang Ping and others to the cottage, and suddenly saw that Liu Tu saw a group of people coming towards him.

The first one, not tall, wears a gray cloak and wears a tiger mask on his face.

Seeing this, Liu Tu immediately stopped, and stretched out his hand to signal everyone behind him to get out of the way.

Xu Bai and Wang Ping hadn't noticed anyone coming across at this time, and they were puzzled and asked, "Boss, what's wrong?" ”

Liu Tu said in a low voice: "It's the big leader, the big leader is here." ”

『！！』

Xu Bai and Wang Ping were shocked, and they were faintly excited.

Black Tiger Thief Leader Zhou Hu?!

After holding on for so long, I can finally see the leader of the black tiger thieves who has no end in sight?

According to the excitement in their hearts, Xu Bai and Wang Ping immediately looked at the oncoming group of people, and saw the most burly Niu Heng at a glance.

『…… Hmm, no, this should be the words of 'General Niu' Niu Heng and Zhou Hu......

Muttering to himself, Xu Bai's gaze shifted from Niu Heng's body to the man at the front of the group, the short man with the mask.

『……』

『……』

Coincidentally, Xu Bai and Wang Ping glanced at each other, and a few ...... appeared in their eyes Disappointed?

Although there were various rumors before that Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, was a short man, they really didn't expect this rumor to be true.

Zhou Hu, the leader of the famous black tiger thieves, is really not good-looking...... Well, in fact, they didn't see each other's faces, but the height of the other party really disappointed them.

Just when they were secretly disappointed, Liu Tu had already hugged his fists and greeted the visitor: "Big leader." ”

And at this time, the man with the mask and the short stature ...... Zhao Yu had already seen Liu Tu and a few people, he stopped when he heard this, approached Liu Tu, and said with a smile: "What are you doing, Liu Tu?" ”

Between Zhao Yu and Liu Tu, it is still quite easy-going, after all, Liu Tu is still the 'guide' of Zhao Yu and Jingnu in a sense - when Zhao Yu and Jingnu were cornered, they happened to meet Chen Mo and Liu Tu who were looting in Xuxiang, and it was Liu Tu who brought the two to Chen Mo at that time.

It is precisely for this reason that for a long time later, Liu Tu was very hostile to Zhao Yu, and the reason was naturally because Zhao Yu defected to Yang Tong in order to achieve his goal at that time, which made Liu Tu feel betrayed.

Of course, this is all in the past, and after the misunderstanding was resolved, Liu Tu naturally became one of the people who supported Zhao Yu.

Hearing Zhao Yu ask, Liu Tu grinned and said, "It's nothing, I'm going to go to the mountains to inspect and have a look, and by the way, let's see if I can catch a few beasts as snacks......"

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and turned back to Xu Bai and Wang Ping, Nunu: "Xu Bai and Wang Ping, haven't you two always wanted to see the big leader?" Why are you still standing stupidly? ”

"This...... Alas!'

Xu Bai and Wang Ping secretly complained.

They didn't suspect that Liu Tu deliberately framed them, firstly, Liu Tu was brave and had no scheming, and secondly, Liu Tu did not know that they were the spies of the Kunyang County Ya - if they knew, according to Liu Tu's temper, they would have been chopped up a long time ago, how could they have time to accompany them to talk nonsense.

It can be seen that Liu Tu still has a lot of good intentions, who let Xu Bai and Wang Ping say that when they first went up the mountain, they heard about the prestige of the 'Black Tiger Thief Leader Zhou Hu' and came to defect?

However, this kindness, Xu Bai and Wang Ping were not blessed, and their faces turned a little pale with fright.

"What to do? Before being exposed, did you risk your life to kill this Zhou Hu?"

Xu Bai and Wang Ping glanced at each other.

Probably noticing the abnormality of the two, Liu Tu frowned and asked, "What are you two doing?" ”

At this moment, Zhao Yu spoke.

He raised his hand to signal Liu Tu not to be impatient, then looked at Xu Bai and the others, and said with a smile: "Xu Bai, Wang Ping...... Is it a new brother in the village? ”

"Ahh Liu Tu nodded and said: "I defected to the cottage at the end of October last year, my strength is good, and I quickly passed Boss Chen...... Uh, the assessment of the Grand Commander, now these two are following me. ”

As he spoke, he frowned and motioned to Xu Bai and Wang Ping: "Still standing stupidly? ”

Seeing this, Xu Bai and Wang Ping had no choice but to clasp their fists and salute: "I've seen the big leader!" ”

After seeing the ceremony, they secretly prayed in their hearts, praying for God's blessing, and the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of them must not recognize them, otherwise, they may die without a place to bury.

I'm afraid the two of them never thought that the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of them had already recognized them.

I saw him smile and said, "They are all brothers in the village, so you don't have to be so polite......"

"Don't you recognize?"

Xu Bai and Wang Ping were overjoyed.

However, at this moment, the person in front of the meeting whispered their names and muttered, "Xu Bai, Wang Ping?" Hmmm......"

『！！』

Xu Bai and Wang Ping's hearts suddenly hung up, and they were so shocked that they subconsciously held their breath.

And at this moment, I saw Zhao Yu shaking his head again: "Hmm, you two have good names." ”

“……”

Xu Bai and Wang Ping were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, until they heard this, and then they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The person on the other side of the relationship just thinks that their names are good.

However, just as they were relaxing, the one in front of them suddenly muttered coldly, "Wait, have I seen you two?" ”

Xu Bai and Wang Ping's faces turned pale with fright, and just as they stammered and tried to explain, they suddenly heard a sneer.

Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked at the Jing Nu beside Zhao Yu, who was also wearing a mask.

"Woman?"

Xu Bai and Wang Ping didn't react for a while.

If they heard correctly, the sneer just now came from this woman who also wore a tiger mask.

And at this moment, the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of them reached out and patted Xu Bai's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Haha, I always can't help but want to make a joke about my own people. Follow Liu Tu well, I believe that you are both talented people, and you will definitely be able to become the pillars of my village in the future. ”

"That's ...... Got messed up?'

Xu Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded again and again, and secretly glanced at Zhao Yu.

At this time, he suddenly saw that under the tiger mask, the other party's eyes were looking at him with deep meaning.

Why is it so meaningful?

Because when he saw the other party's eyes, Xu Bai suddenly felt an inexplicable panic, and at the same time felt cold behind him, as if his secret was seen through by the other party at a glance.

But the leader of the black tiger thieves didn't say anything else, patted him on the shoulder and said kindly: "Do a good job, I'm optimistic about you two." ”

Looking at the back of the other party's group leaving, Xu Bai and Wang Ping looked at each other.

This...... Did Zhou Hu recognize the two of them?

From the side, Liu Tu said dissatisfiedly: "What the hell did you two do just now? Sneaky ...... Fortunately, the big leader is not to blame. ”

Xu Bai hurriedly explained: "Suddenly seeing the big leader, we were a little shocked, the boss is not strange......"

Next to him, Wang Ping also tried to change the topic: "Boss, are you very familiar with the big leader?" ”

These words happened to be said in Liu Tu's heart, and Liu Tu immediately forgot his dissatisfaction with the two, and smiled proudly: "Of course, I'm ...... Forget it, you two don't need to know about it, let's go. ”

“…… Be. ”

Xu Bai and Wang Ping looked at each other speechlessly.

You say that this Liu Tu is brave and unscrupulous, his mouth is quite strict, he really damn it!

"That Zhou Tiger...... Have you ever seen through the two of us?'

Glancing back at the direction where the leader of the black tiger thieves left, Xu Bai and Wang Ping were really a little apprehensive.

In fact, of course, Zhao Yu had already recognized the two of them, so he deliberately teased the two.

Jingnu had already seen it.

After returning to the two's residence, Jing Nu took off the mask on her face, pursed her lips and said, "The young master is really bad, deliberately tricking them. ”

Zhao Yu reached out and pinched her nose, and said with a smile: "These two people pretended to go to the cottage, they just had bad intentions, what's wrong with me teasing them?" ”

Probably because she had pierced that relationship, an intimate act like Zhao Yu would not make Jingnu feel shy anymore, she just puffed up her face and deliberately showed her resistance to being played with - although in fact it was just a refusal and a welcome.

"Don't seduce me, there's business." Zhao Yu said half-jokingly.

Jingnu whispered, and said with a red face: "How can I have ...... Seduce something......"

After a few words of laughter with Jingnu, Zhao Yu immediately ordered several black tigers from the side: "Please come over." ”

"Yes!"

The two black tigers clenched their fists and left.

Not long after, Guo Da heard the news and came, and when he saw Zhao Yu and Jingnu, he hugged his fists and congratulated: "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

It turned out that Guo Da had also learned that from the beginning of winter last year to the beginning of spring this year, Zhao Yu and Jingnu left others aside and lived together in a private house in Kunyang County.

Lonely men and widows are in the same room, and they are all old enough to have a relationship, Guo Dake doesn't believe that nothing has happened.

"I—I'll go see Ning Niang."

Hearing Guo Dana's slightly ridiculous words, Jingnu's face suddenly turned red, and she ran out without saying a word.

Xiao Nizi is still thin-skinned.

In contrast, Zhao Yu's face was much thicker, and he stretched out his hand to Guo Da to make a plea: "What about the wedding gift?" ”

Guo Da couldn't help laughing, nodded again and again and said, "I'll go back and prepare." ”

After some jokes, the two got down to business.

Guo Da was the first to speak: "I just got the news that the officers and soldiers of the five counties have arrived at the foot of the mountain and are preparing for the stationing......

Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "How is the preparation in the village?" ”

Guo Da replied: "Since I received the news from you a few days ago, I have discussed with Chu Jiao, Chen Mo, and Wang Qing, and arranged the defense matters. ”

"What's the atmosphere like in the village?" Zhao Yu asked again.

"The old brothers in the village should still eat and drink, but those who are new to the village will inevitably be afraid." Touching his chin, Guo Da frowned and added: "In the past few days, there may be newcomers who have taken the opportunity to flee, Wang Qing and Chu Yan have both arrested a few, and they have been punished for violating the rules of the village. Of course, this is only a few people, although most of the newcomers are panicked, but they are still waiting to see the situation, after all, my Black Tiger Village has also experienced three times of encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, although the officers and soldiers are powerful, but they will not flee in despair. ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and immediately said with relief: "The encirclement and suppression of the five counties seems to be full of crises, but in fact, this time it is much easier than the last time...... Of the 2,200 people from the five counties, 700 were from Luyang and Kunyang, and 500 from Zou Bu, the governor of Xiangcheng County...... I talked to Huang Shao beforehand, Huang Shao said that he had some friendship with that Zou Bu, and he tried to communicate with Zou Bu in the name of the Kunye Freemasonry, and I didn't force him to persuade that Zou Bu to withdraw his troops. ”

"Hmm." Guo Da also nodded.

As Zhao Yu said, he also felt that the officers and soldiers of the five counties were only on the surface of their momentum.

It seems that there are 2,200 officers and soldiers, and the number of officers and soldiers has hit a new high in recent years to encircle and suppress his Black Tiger Village, but in fact, the 200 people of Kunyang County Wei Ma Gai and the 500 people of Luyang County Wei Ding Wu actually do not need to be too vigilant, and even Zou Bu, the captain of Xiangcheng County, may not be unable to communicate, and the only people who are really determined to beg the thief are the 500 people under the command of Huang Ben, the county governor of Runan County, and the 500 people under the command of Yang Ding and Gao Chun - the total is only a thousand people, compared to the people who can be used as combat effectiveness in his Black Tiger Village now, there is not much more.

“…… But don't be careless. ”

Zhao Yu then said: "That Yang Ding is a disciple of Taishi Wang Ying, and he belongs to the same Wang family as Wang Shangde, and I heard Xun Yi's name a few days ago, even Li Min, the guard of Yingchuan County, wants to sell Yang Ding's face for some reason, and promised Yang Ding to send reinforcements if necessary." Therefore, we should not take it lightly, because Yang Ding can invite troops several times our size at any time......"

"yes, that's the most troublesome."

Guo Da sighed, and immediately asked Zhao Yu: "Ah Hu, how are you going to fight this time?" ”

He is one of Zhao Yu's henchmen, Zhao Yu naturally will not hide anything from him, and said in a deep voice when he heard the words: "Drag!" …… When it is dragged to the large-scale counteroffensive of the rebels, let alone Yingchuan County, I am afraid that Wang Shangde will not be able to take care of himself, so he will naturally not be able to send reinforcements to Yang Ding. By then, if Yang Ding is still not interested, we will kill him! …… But until then, we should wait for the attack, and try not to lose too many brothers, otherwise we will have no room for bargaining when the rebels attack. ”

"Hmm."

Guo Da nodded emphatically.

Immediately, Zhao Yu held a meeting in Juyi Hall, discussed it with Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Jiao, Liu Heimu and others, and gave instructions to the leaders in the village to 'stick to it'.

The reason is very simple, first of all, I don't want to stimulate Yang Ding to invite reinforcements from Nanyang or Yingchuan County; Secondly, he didn't want to cause serious internal friction between his Black Tiger Village and the officers and soldiers of Zhuxian because of this battle, so that he would cheapen the upcoming rebel army.

Just like what he promised to Xun Yi, Liu Bi, Ma Gai and others, Kunyang County is the territory of his Black Tiger Village, and it will never allow foreign forces to get involved, including the rebel army.

The agreement between Zhao Yu and Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal, was just to take what they needed.

When it was approaching dusk, suddenly a black tiger came to report, saying that the camp of the officers and soldiers under the mountain was almost built, which made Zhao Yu very surprised, and immediately walked out of the cottage and stood in the open space outside the cottage and looked down the mountain.

At this time, he was surprised to find that Yang Ding had really built five camps.

I saw that the five battalions under the mountain were distributed in a 'W' shape, and from west to east they were the Kunyang County Army, the Luyang County Army, the Ye County Army, the Runan County Army and the Xiangcheng County Army.

Wang Qing, who peeked at the military camp under the mountain with Zhao Yu, sneered: "These fools, they actually divided their troops to build camps, aren't they afraid that we will break them down?" ”

"......" Zhao Yu didn't say a word.

In his opinion, Yang Ding's 'W'-shaped distribution of five battalions is really interesting.

With such a layout, it is almost impossible for his Black Tiger Village to sneak attack the Luyang County Army and the Runan County Army, because these two county armies are in the rear, and at best they can only sneak attack the three camps on the front side.

However, these three camps are precisely Ma Gai's Kunyang County Army, Yang Ding's Ye County Army, and Zou Bu's Xiangcheng County Army - who do you say you are fighting?

There is a high probability that it must be the Ye County Army who beat Yang Ding, right?

After all, Ye County's army is the main force and backbone this time.

However, this is a trap: once his Black Tiger people sneak attack the Ye County Army, and the Ye County Army retreats back, as long as he does not retreat, he is lured by the Ye County Army to go deep, or retreats slowly, he will immediately be surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the other four counties.

"It's kind of interesting...... But I just won't take the bait you throw, what can you do with me?'

Zhao Yu sneered secretly.

Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the officers and soldiers who came from afar, he took the opportunity to go down the mountain to attack the camp of the officers and soldiers, although this was a more common strategy used by his Black Tiger Village, but it was not necessarily necessary.

Anyway, his Black Tiger Village now has a narrow cobweb road, and the officers and soldiers can't attack the mountain in a short time, so why should Zhao Yu take that risk?

For two days, Yang Ding did not move, and the Black Tiger Village did not move.

"Huh?"

Yang Ding, who couldn't wait for a long time for the Black Tiger Village to send people to attack at night, finally felt that the situation was different from what he predicted.