"What do you want?" Mu Qinghan asked.

"Revenge!" Gu Gu's crying voice made Mu Qinghan understand that these people were probably in the same group as the robbers he shot yesterday. So he asked, "What about your sister?" ”

"My sister was captured by them!" He began to cry again. Gu Laosan, who heard this, was anxious: "What! Xiaowei was captured? "For a while, I was a little unstable.

Mu Qinghan hurriedly held on: "Daddy, don't worry, I'll take the guy out to find it!" So saying, he went and fetches a bow and arrow, and a wood knife. Gu Laosan also said: "I'll go with you!" After that, he was about to go to the house to get an axe to cut down trees, but was dissuaded by Mu Qinghan: "Daddy, don't go, you're old, and it's not too early for this day, so I'll go." ”

Gu Laosan was angry: "What's the matter, I was also a personal soldier for the general back then, and I was better than those two bandits!" ”

"That's it!" Mu Qinghan said loudly, and then lowered his voice again. "Ah Niang and Xiao Gu are both in the store, let's go out, what if these bandits kill a horse gun?" Mu Qinghan also understood that these bandits were rushing towards him, and if he went out alone, he could also protect the safety of this family.

Obviously, Gu Laosan was persuaded, calmed down a little and said, "Be careful, the guy will bring you." Mu Qinghan snorted, and then prepared to go out, and thought of where these bandits were to find them, so he asked Gu Gu. Gu Gu is child didn't pay much attention, only said that he went south.

"To the south? To the south is the direction of Lijia Village. "Thinking of yesterday's incident, I went to Lijia Village to ask Xiaocui if she might know something. And he took on his bow and arrows and a sword. He went towards Lijia Village.

Soon it will be there. At the entrance of the village, he bumped into the village chief Li Laosi, and Li Laosi smiled when he saw Mu Qinghan: "Qinghan is here, hurry up, come to your uncle's house to sit, our Xiaocui is thanks to you." Mu Qinghan didn't have time to talk to him, so he only asked: "Fourth Uncle Li, where is Xiaocui?" ”

"It's in the village square." Before Li Laosi finished speaking, Mu Qinghan immediately ran to the square. Li Laosi looked at the formation and hurried over to see what the situation was.

Mu Qinghan ran to the square and saw that the Li family brothers and sisters were working in the square, and they didn't bother to say hello. ran directly to Xiao Cui and asked, "Xiao Cui!" The girl was taken aback, and Li Liuliu next to her also asked, "What's wrong Brother Mu?" ”

Mu Qinghan was anxious, so he said: "Our store was smashed by bandits, I took a look at the group that attacked you last night, I want to trouble them now, do you know who they are?" ”

This made Li Laosi rush over, and the surrounding villagers also came around. Xiao Cui looked at the situation, and she didn't have to say it, so she had to say let me think about it. Li Laosi said: "Then who robbed someone and left his name." Ask our Xiaocui, how does she know. ”

Mu Qinghan said: "Uncle, it's really important, help." ”

But Li Laosi was afraid that Mu Qinghan would find out and take the young men in the village to fight hard, so he said: "In this world, there is no way to be robbed by bandits, hurry up and help your father repair the repair shop." "There were also people in the village who chimed in.

It's ridiculous that Mu Qinghan just wanted to ask for a place, and he didn't want to take the middle-aged man in the village to accompany him on an adventure, and he was holding back a fire in his chest, but he didn't know how to go to Nasa. At this time, Li Liuliu said: "Daddy, you can't say that, Brother Mu saved Xiaocui yesterday." Li Laosi pulled the corners of his clothes and said, "Don't intervene!" ”

Turning his head and saying with a pleasant face: "Qinghan, Uncle knows that you can't be angry, but what can you do, your store is so good." There are no valuable things in the surrounding villages, who don't smash your shop? ”

Mu Qinghan is a good-natured person, and he couldn't suppress the anger when he heard the words, he tried to calm down his anger, and said in a suppressed voice: "Xiaowei was captured by these bandits. ”

"What?" This voice came from Li Liuliu, who shook off his hand and said, "Xiaowei girl has been arrested?" He immediately turned his head to Li Laosi and said, "Then we can't do this!" Brother Mu also saved Xiaocui yesterday, we can't ignore this matter! ”

Li Laosi didn't have anything to say for a while, after all, his family is in charge of this son, Li Liuliu's honest and righteous is famous for his honesty and righteousness in ten villages and eight stores, compared to him, the village elder, the villagers recognize Li Liuliu's words better.

Li Liuliu followed the words just now and said to the villagers who were watching: "Big guy, listen to me, Brother Mu has helped us a lot over the years!" Sensei said that we usually share some prey, and the bandits have come several times to help me repel them, so we can't be ungrateful at this time! Some of the surrounding villagers echoed it, and some were ashamed of themselves.

I only heard Li Liuliu say again: "To be honest, let's not look at Brother Mu's face, Gu Sanbo's face has to be given, no one in our villages has received help from Gu Sanbo over the years." Anyway, I have to help with this, you can do it, and if it's a gentleman, pick up the guy and follow me. It's okay if you don't go, but the big deal is that the brothers won't be in the future! This is true, the surrounding crops are all echoing, and some say: "Beat him up, snatch the little girl back!" ”

Looking at the excitement around him, Mu Qinghan hugged his fists, "Slip six, thank you." Thank you, guys. As he spoke, he was about to kneel down for Li Liuliu, and Liuliu hurriedly held him: "Brother Mu, you're going to see you outside!" Don't say anything, let's get something. Everyone then ran back to their own houses, and Mu Qinghan said: "Slip Liu, it's not peaceful around for a while, there are always bandits who rob girls, and it's okay to take away all the people who can fight." ”

"Yes, yes, what Qinghan has read is different." Li Laosi echoed on the side.

As soon as Li Liuliu heard that this was the case, he said, "Brother Mu, what do you say?" ”

Mu Qinghan said: "In this way, keep half of the younger ones, and then let's go to Guojiazhuang and Liujiacun to borrow a few more brothers, just like we used to fight bandits." ”

Li Laosi said again: "Then do you know where to go to the bandits?" ”

This statement reminded them that they didn't know who to look for, and it was so hot. So several people turned their eyes to Xiao Cui, but Xiao Cui said: "It seems that I heard them talk before, and I heard that something seemed to be mentioned...... That's right, Kitty Hill. ”

"That's right, it should be the bandits of Kitten Mountain, the city defense army of Xiyue has surrounded and suppressed the surrounding bandits before, and only Kitty Mountain has more than 200 people left." Li Liuliu said.

So Mu Qinghan took some of the crops and went to several surrounding villages to get together, and about 60 people each brought wooden sticks, hoes, shovels and other guys to the kitten cottage.

Kitten Mountain is fifteen miles southwest of Lijia Village, composed of five hills, overlooking like kitten paw prints, and the thieves of Kitten Mountain gather on the largest hill in the south.

The mountain is densely wooded and rocky, making it easy to hide. The army of the southern tour missed them several times to suppress the bandits. So much so that it has a scale of two or three hundred people. However, the bandits here are mainly homeless, not only are their combat power not good, but many of the little minions don't even have decent clothes. It's a pity that in the years of poverty, the people did not have enough to eat, and the bandits did not have enough clothes. Putting these aside, this hill is lush with trees, and you can hear the murmuring of water when you walk, accompanied by the gentle breeze of the sun, and it is also beautiful. It's just that no one pays attention to this beautiful scenery, the stone road and grass paths, there are no birds and beasts, and there is not a woodcutter on the road for half an hour.

The group walked to Little Cat Mountain, and it was already late. The crowd was hidden on a small hill in the northwest corner, and the smoke from the cottage could be seen in the distance.

"Brother Mu, it seems that these bandits are cooking, and it is estimated that there may be hundreds of people." Li Liuliu's words caused Mu Qinghan to think. The number of enemies is unknown, but it is about three to four times that of our side, and although these bandits are not good at fighting, they can't grab any of their own crops. One enemy is already the limit, and it is never advisable to attack so hard.

But Xiaowei is dangerous at the moment, and if she lets it go, it will be more dangerous. Then he said: "Wait for Guo Leopard to come back, let's see what the situation is." It turned out that as soon as he arrived here, he sent Guo Leopard, who had the fastest legs and feet, to sneak to the cottage to see the situation.

"If you want me to say, these bandits can't fight, let's just copy the guys, and we won't necessarily lose." Liu Yiliang from Liujia Village rolled up his sleeves. Li Liuliu said: "What about more than 200 people, how can you fight, don't say that you can't beat it, you can't bear to be tired." ”

Liu Yiliang listened and said: "You're not a coward, just have more people, you won't dare." ”

Li Liuliu put down the hoe at hand, "What do you mean?" I'm not saying I don't dare, it's not worth it. Knowing that it was a pit, you jumped into it in a daze. We'll have to figure it out. ”

Liu Yi or two said: "I think, let's stay here for a while, what is the way?" Just waiting? Li Liuliu was upset by what this fat man said: "Do you have the ability to think about it, is it useless to talk such nonsense here?" ”

Saying that, the two were about to fight. Mu Qinghan hurriedly stopped: "You two can rest, you will have a real sword and a real gun in a while, save some strength." ”

The two of them stopped, and Liu Yiliang paced left and right irritably, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, he pushed a tall and thin man next to him: "Money monkey, you are usually the best, do you have an idea?" "Qian Monkey's big name is Qian Hou, like Qinghan, he is one of the few people in this group who has read books, and he has been smart since he was a child, so the villagers gave him the nickname "Monkey", but few people know his real name.

Qian Hou patted the soil on his body, looked at it twice, and said, "Brother Mu, I think we can make good use of these two slopes." ”

Mu Qinghan listened with interest, and asked curiously, "How to use it?" ”

Qian Hou said: "You see, there are two roads from the official road to the south hill, one is the big road between the east slope and the next hillside, and the other is only this ditch between our slope and the next slope, and the slopes on both sides are steep. When I came, I took a look, and this trench is about fifty zhang long, and it can pass two or three people side by side, and it is not a big problem to pack two hundred people. ”

Mu Qinghan probably understood what he meant, so he motioned for him to continue. Qian Hou continued: "There are many big rocks on the slopes on both sides, we can find a few good legs and feet first, go to the door and lure them out, let's ambush on both sides, and wait for our people to run out of the trenches, we will take action, and we can almost destroy this group of bandits." ”

Mu Qinghan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then said: "No, I have thought about what you said, but the stones here are all big stones, and they are relatively scattered, it is difficult to move them to a fixed position, let alone cooperate when the time comes." And if only a small part of this village comes out, we just beat them, and the people come again, it will be difficult to do. ”

But I thought about it and felt that it was also feasible: "This method is not impossible, although the big stone is not easy to push, but with a hammer and a pry, three or four can be moved." We can arrange the stones at the two exits, and we will close the road as soon as people enter. ”

Qian Hou smiled and said: "That's what I mean, there is more firewood and grass around here, and when the time comes, throw it on the fire, and get twice the result with half the effort." Before he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by Liu Yiliang, only to hear Liu Yiliang laugh and say: "You kid is really a dog-headed military advisor!" ”

Qian Hou nodded silently, turned around and rolled his eyes, and said to Li Liuliu on the side: "Either I don't want to come out with him." ”

Mu Qinghan said: "In this case, let's get ready." Pay attention to the small points of action, don't let the other side find out. Then they found a few large rocks and pushed them slowly. At this moment, Guo Leopard came back: "Brother Mu, Brother Mu, I'm back." ”

Mu Qinghan asked, "How about it, you haven't been discovered, have you?" Guo Leopard patted his chest and said, "No, no, next to that cottage, there are half-human tall weeds, and it's too easy to hide." ”

Li Liuliu asked: "Have you figured out everything you inquired about?" Guo Leopard was triumphant: "That's, don't look at who it is, I roughly counted, one hundred and eighty people, there shouldn't be two hundred." ”

Liu Yiliang questioned again: "Have you counted clearly?" Didn't you say more than two hundred people? Guo Leopard snorted and said, "This can still be fake, he has a few thatched huts in it, and the boss's place is not bad, covered with wood." I was eating just now, and I counted a lot of people who came in and went in. ”

"No, I see that the outside of the cottage is full of fences, how did you go in and count, and it is so clear?" Li Liuliu realized the problem.

Guo Leopard said with a smile: "Don't talk about the fence, the fence, if it is pierced or not, the gap is so big, if you kick it, you can prevent a beast or something." I don't know how the guys in the Southern Patrol City Defense Battalion can't suppress them. He made a gesture that was half a man's width wider.

Qian Hou listened to Guo Leopard's words, thought for a while and said, "Brother Mu, if it is really what the leopard said, we have a better chance of winning." It turns out that I think we are few people, and we are all safe together. Now it seems that they are so lax in their defense, we can divide it into two. ”

"How's that division?"

Qian Hou continued: "Originally, we came here this time not to destroy this nest of bandits, but to rescue Xiaowei Meizi. When Li Liuliu heard this, he interjected and said, "How can they save people if they don't destroy them, and besides, isn't the Gu family going to smash the store because Brother Mu provoked them?" ”

Qian Hou sighed again: "It's okay for you to listen to me." Then he said, "We can divide our troops into two ways, and we can stay here and ambush them with most of the people." Brother Mu and Leopard took about ten fast-legged brothers to the door of the cottage in the south. ”

"And then?"

Qian Hou continued: "Bring the flint and steel, and after killing the guards at the door, Brother Mu, you will set fire to the door and lure them out." However, at this time, Brother Mu had to continue to hide, and the leopard led people to lead the bandits to the trench. ”

Liu Yiliang didn't explain: "Why let Brother Mu hide, he has a big mouth and the most accurate archery, and it is not better for him to carry the lead." ”

didn't wait for Qian Hou to answer: "You want me to touch in and save people while they are chasing them out." Qian Hou clapped his hands: "Yes!" Mu Qinghan said: "It's still that question, what if it doesn't come out?" Even if I sneak in, I'm afraid I won't have much chance of winning. And I don't think they're going to come out of the nest. ”

Qian Hou had an expression on his face that he knew you would say this: "This is what I said next." He turned around and said to Liuliu and Yiliang: "When the fire at the door is together, let's start preparing to do it." Then he said to Mu Qinghan: "Brother Mu, you are hiding in the shadows, and you can't let them find out." After waiting for someone to leave, estimate the number of people who came out. If more than half of the people come out, you will sneak in, and we will do our best to deal with them here. ”

Mu Qinghan asked again: "What if there are only half or less than half of the people?" ”

"Then you see a fire on our side, and set fire to the cottage and disturb them. Then find a place to cat, or secretly look for Xiaowei girl, in short, you can't let them find out. Qian Hou pursed his lips and continued: "If this is the case, not many people come out, then we will kill all the thieves who fell into the trap here." Then take advantage of the chaos to attack the mountain and finish off this nest of bandits in one go. ”

"Yes, if there are only a few people left there, I can shoot arrows with a bow and shoot all the rest, and kill all the rest by setting fire." Mu Qinghan thought for a while and said.

But Qian Hou quickly rejected his idea, "If there are eight or nine people left, with your brother's archery skills, it's okay." If there are many left, such as fifty or sixty people. You still have to wait, I think if most of the people in the village don't come back for a long time, they should send reinforcements. That's your chance. ”

"But what if there are no reinforcements?" Li Liutian asked. Qian Hou thought for a while and said, "Then it can only depend on the battle situation on our side." Then he turned to the leopard and said, "Leopard, remember that if there are few people chasing after you, kill them on the spot or go around first and force them out." Before leading them to the trenches, kill one more to earn. Only by bringing out eighty or ninety people can our plan be considered successful. ”

Mu Qinghan couldn't help but sigh, what kind of books has Qian Monkey read over the years. But for the urgent need to save people, he didn't sigh for long, so he and Guo Baozi took people to the cottage.

Guo Leopard is right, there are a lot of weeds and stones outside the cottage, and it is not difficult to hide them. Guo Baozi said that there were only two sentry guards at the entrance of the station, and if they were killed, they could set fire to the door. It was evening, and it was already dark. They gradually approached the gate of the wall.

Seeing the two gatekeepers, Mu Qinghan didn't say a word, just swished two arrows. Both were shot in the abdomen and fell to the ground. Guo Leopard hurriedly brought people to bring firewood and grass, and lit it with a fire fold made in advance, and soon the fire in the Zhaimen was burning.

There was a slight breeze at night, which blew sparks around, and the burning smell of burning wood slowly spread inside. Soon inside, "Hurry up, the door is on fire!" Then there was a sound of footsteps, and Mu Qinghan was far away in the shadows. Mu Qinghan thought that his task at this time was to wait, so he moved slowly and looked for a breakthrough to sneak into the cottage for a while. All I heard was a shouting and the sound of iron clashing. After a while, louder footsteps were heard, and the sound of fighting faded away.