Zhang Jing guessed correctly, the so-called 'Guo Da Surrender' is just a delaying tactic of the Black Tiger Village, the purpose is only to drag the officers and soldiers until the night, to avoid the two sides from clashing during the day, so that the people of the Black Tiger Village will have fearless casualties, to avoid their physical consumption, so as to drag down the breakthrough.

Considering that there is Zhang Jing, one of the five tigers of Chenmen on the opposite side, Zhao Yu is actually ready to see through this trick of delaying the army, if the officers and soldiers see through his strategy, regardless of launching a fierce attack on the main village, then he can only resist for a while, and hold out until after sunset, after all, during the day with a group of women and children who insist on following them to break through, if you don't make careful arrangements and considerations, it is really a bit of a little underestimate of the officers and soldiers on both sides of the east and west.

But what made Zhao Yu feel a little surprised was that the officers and soldiers had really been deceived.

At that time, he laughed and teased Guo Dadao: "Sure enough, it is still Brother Guo Da who has face." ”

Guo Da laughed when he heard this.

ridicule is ridicule, Guo Da also has his judgment: "Ah Hu, do you think it will be that Zhang Jing has some tricks?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and shook his head, and said with relief: "It shouldn't be." …… Things have come to this point, what's the point of Zhang Jing hiding it again? If he has the opportunity, he will definitely do his best to encircle and suppress us, and will never give us time to breathe at this time, so that we can make sufficient preparations for breaking through...... At this time, the significance of setting up a trick is far less meaningful than directly attacking Black Tiger Village to drag us down. Therefore, I guess that Zhang Jing must have fallen out with Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai......"

His speculation is also well-founded, after all, in the battle of Xiangcun, he did succeed in pitting Zhang Jing.

In fact, Zhang Jing himself is to blame for this matter, in order to ensure success, he made full use of Ma Gai, if Zhang Jing was more confident at that time, and did not use Ma Gai to directly put the bet on the main camp of officers and soldiers, Zhao Yu was likely to fall into the scheme.

As a result, Zhao Yu just saw that something was wrong from the news sent by Ma Gai, just like Zhang Jing had judged that Ma Gai was the Neiying of the Black Tiger Village, and guessed the fact that Ma Gai was suspected and used by Zhang Jing.

Zhao Yu successfully got rid of Yang Tong, while Zhang Jing suffered heavy losses because the officers and soldiers of the Yexian county lieutenant Gao Chun and his group did not receive support and suffered heavy losses, which greatly reduced the prestige in the hearts of Zhang Jing's three county lieutenants, plus Ma Gai and Zhang Jing were 'not mutually exclusive', so Zhao Yu felt that Zhang Jing was indeed likely to be excluded and neglected by Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai.

If that's the case, then Zhao Yu really has to thank God, after all, this Zhang Jing, whether it is identity or talent, has brought a great threat to Zhao Yu and Black Tiger Village, in the face of this kind of character, Zhao Yu will not have the idea of seeing the hunt like Zhang Jing, this kind of opponent is too late for him to hide.

The sky finally got completely dark.

Fortunately, when leaving the Black Tiger Village, Zhao Yu instructed the people who broke through this time to each hold a torch, which allowed everyone to see the mountain road under their feet with the light of the torch.

But such a move undoubtedly increases the risk of exposure.

No, because of the distance, when Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai were rushing to the main village of Black Tiger Village with their officers and soldiers, Shi Yuan and his companions Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui had already noticed the fire in Black Tiger Village.

Subsequently, the officers and soldiers under Ishihara also quickly found the people in the Black Tiger Village who were strategically shifting, looking at the people holding torches, as eye-catching as a winding fire snake in the mountains at night.

Seeing this, Xu Bai said to Ishihara: "They really want to escape, so immediately lead people to surround it." ”

After listening to Xu Bai's words, Ishihara didn't say a word, still standing on the top of the mountain, frowning and looking at the fire snake in the mountain in the distance.

After a long time, he said, "It's not right......"

"What?" Xu Bai didn't understand a little.

Seeing this, Ishihara clasped his hands and frowned and explained, "I mean the Black Tiger Village group of gangsters, their reaction after Yang Tong's death was a little wrong. …… In the past, we have also encountered bandits, and even accepted the recruitment of the local government to participate in the suppression of thieves, every time as long as the thief is killed, the rest of the thieves will flee one after another, so that the people who encircle and suppress the thieves have to search for them in the end. But the Black Tiger Village ...... If you look at the size of that 'fiery serpent', I estimate that there are no less than 200 people, and even if some of them are women and children, it is enough to say one thing. ”

He paused, lowered his voice and said, "Yang Tong's death did not break the hearts of the thieves in Black Tiger Village. ”

“……”

Hearing this, Wang Ping and Chen Gui, who were on the side, also turned their heads and looked at it, feeling incredible.

As the saying goes, a snake can't do without a head, and a man can't move without a head, even among the bandits, there will definitely be a leader; On the other hand, if the snake is beheaded and dies, and a group of bandits are killed, then the people must be panicked and scattered.

But the Black Tiger Village is not, although the thief leader Yang Tong is dead, but the rest of the thieves are still tightly hugging - of course, this is a wise approach, but it is enough to prove that Yang Tong's death may not have caused a huge blow to the Black Tiger Village group.

How so?

Ishihara really couldn't figure it out.

But at the moment, he didn't care about thinking about this matter carefully, after all, he was ordered to be stationed here to prevent the Black Tiger Village group from breaking through and escaping, and of course he couldn't sit back and watch the Black Tiger Village group escape.

"To the South...... Are you fleeing in the direction of Runan?'

After determining the direction of the escape of the fire snake in the distance, Ishihara immediately led the officers and soldiers under his command to chase after him together with Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui.

Although the visual impact is serious at night, but with the torch in the hand, it is enough to illuminate the path of pursuit, as for whether it will chase and lose the target, it can only be said that the Black Tiger Village breakthrough team like a fire snake is really eye-catching in this night.

Here I have to mention that Ishihara and the others are worthy of being experienced rangers, and ordinary people are afraid that they will chase after them at this time, but Ishihara and the others, who are still about ten miles away, ordered their officers and soldiers to extinguish the torches in their hands and advance in the dark, so as not to alarm the Black Tiger Village group in front.

But it's a pity that Chen Mo and Chu Yan, who were in charge of the broken off on Zhao Yu's side, had already noticed them because of the torches held by Ishihara's group of officers and soldiers before.

Different from the rest of the villagers and women and children in the village who evacuated with torches on Zhao Yu's side, in fact, there are many people like Chen Mo and Chu Yan who are in the dark and broken, and these people who are responsible for the broken family hide themselves in the dark night, while slowly retreating to the bottom of the mountain with the team, and the large team that has been evacuated is dark and bright.

The absence of torches ensured their concealment, and the evacuation procession with torches held high ensured that those who were broken would not be lost.

As early as half an hour ago, Chen Mo and Chu Yan noticed that another fire snake appeared in the southwest mountain, and they immediately realized that it was the officers and soldiers of Ishihara's group.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to about ten miles, Chen Mo and Chu Yan immediately found that the other fire snake had disappeared, and it was obvious that Ishihara's group of officers and soldiers had extinguished the torch in order to avoid alarming them.

In this regard, Chu Yan sneered: "It's very smart, but it's a pity that it's ......"

『…… It's a pity that this side has expected it for a long time.'"

Chen Mo smiled lightly and finished Chu Yan's sneer in his heart, and immediately ordered his subordinates beside him: "Go and send a message to the team, Ishihara's group of officers and soldiers have chased ten miles away, have extinguished their torches, and are preparing to launch a sneak attack." ”

"Yes, Boss."

The bandit nodded, and immediately headed straight for the group, where the swindling fiery serpent was.

After sending his subordinates to deliver the news, Chen Mo and Chu Yan led their subordinates to slowly follow the team to evacuate while being vigilant in the southwest direction.

After a while, Ishihara's gang, who were chasing the Black Tiger Village group, stopped their pursuit.

Because they found that the target of their pursuit, that is, the fiery snake in the distance, was rapidly dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the vast night.

The goal, gone.

Ishihara immediately ordered to stop moving forward, frowning at the place where the fiery snake had disappeared in the distance.

From the side, Xu Bai shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "I was still discovered." ”

"yes......"

Ishihara sighed wistfully.

It is true that they were careful enough, but they were still discovered by the other party, and the other party immediately extinguished the torches, making them lose the direction of pursuit.

Although the previous fire snake was heading in the direction of Runan County, at this moment, the other party extinguished the torch and completely hid in the night, and Ishihara couldn't judge.

"Don't act rashly." Chen Gui reminded on the side: "The Black Tiger Village group was defeated but not defeated, and the evacuation was neat and orderly, which means that they have elected a new leader, and most of the plotters are still alive, so they are rashly chasing after them, fearing that they will be ambushed by the thieves." ”

Ishihara nodded approvingly, and immediately ordered his officers and soldiers to slowly advance in discoloration, and be vigilant to guard against an ambush of bandits nearby.

During this period, Wang Ping couldn't help but say: "That Yang Tong, is he really the owner of Black Tiger Village?" How do I feel like it? You see, let's kill that Yang Tong, but the Black Tiger Village doesn't seem to have any effect......"

While everyone nearby chuckled when they heard this, Ishihara was thoughtful.

It is indisputable that Yang Tong is indeed the leader of the Black Tiger Village, and he also wonders why Yang Tong's death did not cause the Black Tiger Village to scatter in terror.

Holding such a question, he slowly pursued for more than half an hour, and suddenly Xu Bai pointed ahead and said, "Ah Yuan, look, it has appeared again." ”

Ishihara immediately looked up into the distance.

Because of his experience, he tried to move at a high point when leading people to pursue, which was conducive to his vision, but fortunately, they found the 'resurrected' fire snake at this moment, but the distance of the fire snake was ten miles away, and the speed of movement was obviously more than a few points faster than before.

『…… Tricked.'

Ishihara clasped his fists together in annoyance.

At that time, when he saw the Black Tiger Village group extinguishing their torches, he thought that the other party wanted to ambush them, but he didn't expect that the other party would take the opportunity to flee quickly.

With a depressed mood, Ishihara immediately led everyone in pursuit.

However, only half an hour later, the fiery serpent in the distance disappeared again.

"Found us again?" Xu Bai couldn't believe it.

If the other party found them last time because he exposed his whereabouts during the pursuit with a torch, then what about this time? They haven't even touched each other's severed hands yet?

"What should I do?"

Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui discussed around Ishihara.

Hearing the inquiry, Ishihara turned his head to look in the direction of the main village of the Black Tiger Village.

Compared more than an hour ago, the fire in the main village of Black Tiger Village was obviously contained, and it was obvious that the three county lieutenants Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai had led people to the top of the mountain to extinguish the meaningless mountain fire.

Even, Ishihara vaguely saw the light of some torches like small snakes, which should be the people sent by Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai to jointly pursue the Black Tiger Village.

However, because Ishihara and the others did not play a role in containing the Black Tiger Village group in the first place, those officers and soldiers in the east were obviously separated from the location of the Black Tiger Village group of people.

This made Ishihara realize that at least until dawn, he had better not expect the officers and men of the main battalion to help.

"Chase!"

After some contemplation, Ishihara finally made up his mind: "Catch up, contain that group of thieves, and try not to make this group of thieves escape to the territory of Runan County." ”

According to Zhang Jing's previous statement, whether the Black Tiger Village group fled north to Runan County, or south to Ye County, it is a dead end in the general direction, which is probably true, after all, once the whereabouts of the bandits are exposed, they will definitely not be able to resist the encirclement and suppression of Runan or Ye County, but correspondingly, there will also be innocent implicated people in Runan and Ye County.

In the past, Ishihara didn't need to think about this, but now that he is the head catcher of Kunyang County, he belongs to the official family, so it is natural to take this into account, not to mention, Runan County Lieutenant Huang Ben and Ye County Lieutenant Gao Chun appreciate a few of them, and they have a very good relationship with each other, so Ishihara doesn't want these two county lieutenants to be punished by the county order or even the county because of the evil deeds of the thieves at the end of their ropes.

Unexpectedly, in the process of their pursuit of the Black Tiger Village group this time, they were ambushed by the other party.

At that time, the fire snake in the distance appeared again, still fleeing in the direction of Runan County, and at this time, Ishihara's gang did not hesitate this time, and stepped up their pursuit, and they were only four or five miles away.

Realizing that the opportunity would not come again, Ishihara immediately ordered his men to intensify their pursuit, trying to catch up with the Black Tiger Village before the fiery snake in the distance disappeared.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the fiery snake, Ishihara was even about to instruct his subordinates to see their opponents as clearly as possible, and not to kill the women and children in the team of thieves indiscriminately, when he suddenly heard a loud shout, and in an instant, more than a hundred black shadows came from the forest on all sides.

"Oh no, I'm in ambush!"

Ishihara was shocked in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Don't panic, form a formation to resist the enemy!" ”

Under his shout, the nearby officers and soldiers quickly approached him, but unfortunately he was still a step too late, and the first person among those dark shadows, holding a sharp sword, took the lead in killing them, and several officers and soldiers were injured in an instant.

Carefully identifying the other party's appearance in the hazy moonlight, Xu Bai shouted in horror: "It's Chen Mo!" It's that Chen Mo! ”

Hearing this, Ishihara was shocked.

After dealing with Black Tiger Village so many times, how could he not know that Chen Mo was the number one fierce man in Black Tiger Village?

This person can even compete with that General Zhang.

Just when he was frightened, another person bravely fought among the officers and soldiers, shouting: "Chu Yan is here!" ”

Chu Yan!

Ishihara was slightly shocked in his heart.

Chu Yan knew that since his father-in-law Chu Jiao defected to the Black Tiger Village, he has become the rising star of the Black Tiger Village, and it is said that this person's martial arts are equivalent to Wang Qing's, and he is obviously a difficult character.

Considering that there were still Niu Heng and Wang Qing in the Black Tiger Village, Ishihara suddenly retreated in his heart, and while trying to resist Chen Mo and Chu Yan with Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui, he hurriedly ordered a retreat: "Retreat!" Remove! ”

Under Ishihara's orders, the officers and soldiers quickly took their wounded companions and evacuated from the empress.

Chu Yan took the opportunity to lead people to chase and kill for a while, so that the officers and soldiers had to leave more than 20 corpses, seeing that he was still going to pursue, Chen Mo came forward to stop him: "Forget it, just repel them, there is no need to spend more energy on pursuit." ”

"Okay."

Chen Mo's persuasion, Chu Yan was still willing to listen, after all, this veteran second village owner was really powerful.

You must know that at this time, in order to prevent hurting his own people, Chen Mo has not used the spear that is most handy, once he gets the long-handled weapon, it is said that it is not a problem to face more than ten officers and soldiers alone.

Putting the sword into the sheath, Chu Yan turned his head and asked Chen Mo, "According to the ...... According to the instructions of the master of the village, we have to send someone to tell him. ”

"Hmm."

Chen Mo nodded, turned around and ordered one of his subordinates: "Go and tell the master of the village immediately, just say that we have successfully repelled the Ishihara group who tried to sneak attack." ”

"Yes!"

The man answered.

After about a stick of incense, this person returned to Chen Mo and Chu Yan in the dark, clasped his fists and said, "The master of the village asked me to pass it on to the two of you, and everything went according to the plan." ”

Chen Mo and Chu Yan immediately understood, turned their heads to look at the north side, and saw that under the northern hillside, the fire snake disappeared again.

At this time, Chen Mo turned to Chu Yan and said, "In order to prevent Ishihara and the others from seeing through, let's stay here for a while." ”

Chu Yan also knew Zhao Yu's breakthrough plan, and as soon as she heard it, she knew that this was Chen Mo's personal request, as for the reason, it was obviously for the sake of the team.

"It's a pity that this person is virtuous, and it's a pity to fall into the grass."

Chu Yan thought secretly in her heart.

So, at Chen Mo's request, Chu Yan accompanied him to stay where he was for a while, during which Ishihara sent people over to inquire many times, and was scared away by Chen Mo and Chu Yan as soon as he saw him.

The two sides are mired in a stalemate.

At this time, Ishihara, who had retreated to the distance, was not surprised to see the fire snake disappear again.

He didn't feel strange, after all, he was already very close to the other party at the moment, if it weren't for Chen Mo and Chu Yan on the opposite side who led the crowd to ambush them, they would probably have killed the other party's team at this time.

In this case, the fool will continue to hold the torch high and make himself a target in the night.

"It would be nice to be careful."

Xu Bai said regretfully on the side: "It's just that." ”

"Just a little bit?"

Ishihara shook his head slightly, he didn't see it that way.

It can be seen from the reaction of the Black Tiger Village group on the road that the other party is always on guard against them, and also sent Chen Mo and Chu Yan to break off - Ishihara even guessed that it was not only Chen Mo and Chu Yan who were in charge of the break, but also Niu Heng, Wang Qing and others, but they were lucky and did not encounter other thieves.

It took half an hour, and Chen Mo and Chu Yan on the opposite side quietly withdrew.

Out of caution, Ishihara personally led people to test it, and finally affirmed that Chen Mo and Chu Yan had indeed withdrawn.

Seeing this, Xu Bai asked Ishihara, "Do you want to continue chasing?" ”

"It doesn't mean much."

Ishihara frowned and said, "The thieves on the other side are too cautious, and when they detect us approaching, they immediately extinguish their torches, so that we can't find their exact location, and they take the opportunity to flee quickly; Moreover, there are Chen Mo, Chu Yan and others who specially break the ......"

He glanced up at the night sky, frowned, and said, "It's really not easy to pursue them at night. ”

From the side, Chen Gui thought for a while and suggested: "Why don't you send someone to contact the three county lieutenants Huang, Gao, and Ma, and ask them to send someone to surround it in advance?" ”

Hearing this, Ishihara turned his head to look at the east side and nodded slightly: "Chen Gui, you go, take three or five people, report to the three county lieutenants, and ask them to take a detour to block the way of the thieves." ”

"Good!"

Chen Gui nodded, and immediately headed towards the east with three or five officers and soldiers, while Shi Cheng led the rest of the officers and soldiers to continue the pursuit to the north.

About half an hour later, Chen Gui found the team led by Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai, after all, the main force of this army of officers and soldiers were all holding torches, which was extremely conspicuous in this night.

Seeing Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai, Chen Gui immediately told the three county lieutenants about their pursuit of the Black Tiger Village group, including that they pursued the enemy too deep and were ambushed.

After listening to Chen Gui's story, Huang Ben's face was a little anxious: "Did you really go to my Runan?" Damn it! ”

He immediately discussed with Gao Chun and Ma Gai: "Gao Chun and Ma Gai, you two continue to move forward to join Shi Zhutou and them, and I will lead people straight down the mountain to the north, and strive to intercept them in front." …… If this gang of thieves is allowed to infiltrate my Runan County, I am afraid that my county order will not have a good face. ”

Gao Chun and Ma Gai immediately agreed when they heard it.

Around the same time, Gao Chun and Ma Gai led the main force of officers and soldiers to converge with Ishihara and others.

After seeing Ishihara and the others, Gao Chun immediately asked, "Shi Zhutou, where is Yu Kou in Black Tiger Village?" ”

However, Ishihara couldn't say why at this time, he shook his head and said, "Since I was almost attacked by us, there has been no torch on the other side. ”

Hearing this, Gao Chun couldn't help but feel a little depressed, after all, if there was no clear goal, it would not be so easy to find hundreds of people in such a late night and in such a vast mountainous area.

He thought for a while and said: "Let's chase north first, anyway, Huang Ben has already led people to besiege it in advance, and when the sun rises, the traces of the thieves will be clear at a glance." ”

"Hmm."

Ma Gai, Ishihara and the others nodded one after another.

After that, Ma Gai and Gao Chun continued to pursue north.

Since their own number of people has increased, they naturally have more confidence to speed up the pursuit, but the strange thing is that no matter how they speed up their pursuit to the north, they can't find any thieves from the Black Tiger Village.

And those who broke through the Black Tiger Village never lit the torches again.

With only an hour left before dawn, Gao Chun, Ishihara, and Ma Gai gradually felt that something was wrong.

How could they not find any trace of the thieves when they pursued the thieves at such a fast speed?

Unless......

The thieves changed direction halfway through.

Standing on a hill, Ma Gai, Gao Chun, Ishihara and others looked around, but no matter which side, there was no trace of everyone in the Black Tiger Village, and the other party did not light the torches again.

An hour later, the sky was bright, and Ma Gai, Gao Chun, Ishihara and others met Huang Ben, who had arrived here in advance, at the foot of the north side of Yingshan.

However, there was no trace of the Black Tiger Village thieves within a radius of ten miles.

What about people?

“……”

Huang Ben, Ma Gai, and Gao Chun looked at each other silently.

At the same time, in the depths of Yingshan Mountain, dozens of miles away, Zhao Yu led Yu Kou of Black Tiger Village, who was crossing the deep mountains and advancing towards Luyang and Liang counties on the west side of Yingshan.