Song Mao frowned a little when he heard Lin Fan's words, thinking about what he had overlooked.

He suddenly thought that something was wrong, and the cold sweat soaked his whole body all at once.

He raised his head and looked around, and sure enough, there was nothing but the sound of cicadas and the wind, and there was silence in the dense forest.

No wonder I always feel that something is missing, it turns out that the neighborhood is too quiet.

According to the plan they had made before, they received their own signal, and at this time, Li Tianming should have led the bandits to rush out, and it was impossible for him to be so quiet.

If there is such a situation, there must be something wrong with it!

Song Mao, who came back to his senses, looked at Lin Fan again, even now, Lin Fan's face was still calm.

Song Mao already knew at this time that he was afraid that he would be planted this time, but he was also calm, so he would not do stupid things that would not be broken.

He just smiled bitterly and said, "No wonder the adults are so calm, it turns out that they have already been in their chests!" I thought I paid enough attention to you, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated the adult, the adult is worthy of being an adult, and the subordinates are ashamed of themselves! ”

"Now that the dust has settled, I don't know how adults did it, can you tell me one or two, so that I can understand?"

Lin Fan clapped his hands and shouted, "Everyone come out!"

With Lin Fan's words, hundreds of people came out of the forest one after another.

They were wearing the standard armor of the imperial court, but most of them were shabby half-body armor, which looked worse than the current inspection department, and their spirit was also inferior.

But when Song Mao saw them, he confirmed that he had completely lost this time.

Because many of these people were dragging some corpses, and these corpses were clearly those of the bandits.

He even saw that there was a corpse among them, which was Li Tianming, the big boss of Yan Huanshan.

Half a year ago, because of receiving news from Song Mao, Li Tianming led the crowd to ambush Lin Fan for the first time. Although the ambush failed, and he was also hit by An Ning's arrow in the shoulder, he escaped.

However, Li Tianming himself probably didn't expect that just half a year later, history would repeat itself again, but this time he didn't have such good luck and threw his life here.

The officers and soldiers surrounded the pavilion, unsheathed their blades, wound their bows and crossbows, and surrounded everyone in the core.

Song Mao nodded, "It turned out to be the two banner garrisons in Yongyang, but I didn't expect Gao Wensheng to hand over the two flag garrisons to adults, it seems that I lost unjustly!" ”

"But the adults have been patrolling the inspection department for the past few days, when did you start dispatching the garrison, I don't even know anything about it?"

Although he had already controlled the situation, Lin Fan was still very calm, and he said unhurriedly: "It was on the night I infiltrated the restaurant, after learning about your plan, I immediately decided to plan today's action. Since you want to kill me, it is better to plan and kill you all, and you can also reduce casualties. ”

"Then I rushed to the station of the officers and soldiers of the two flags overnight, told them my plan, and asked the two flag officers to cooperate, and then I rushed back to the inspection department before dawn, so no one found out."

"After receiving my news, they immediately arranged to set off and lurk here, which means that they should have been ambushed here before yesterday afternoon. Judging by the way they look now, it seems that they arrived earlier than the bandits! ”

"Hahahaha!" With a burst of hearty laughter, two people who looked like seventh-grade military attaches came to Lin Fan and the others. He said to Lin Fan: "Lord Lin, live up to your mission!" All the thieves who came down the mountain have been ambushed, and none of them have escaped the net, so let's take revenge on the adults! ”

Lin Fan returned the salute and said: "Thank you Zhang and Yang, you two can be regarded as saving my life today!"

One of the older flag officers replied: "Where Lord Lin said, although we were hidden in the shadows just now, we can see the bearing of Lord Lin clearly. is not chaotic in the face of danger, talks and laughs freely, and really has the style of a general. ”

"According to the intelligence of adults, how can these mere rats be opponents of adults, even without our assistance, you will definitely have other ways to solve this matter!"

Lin Fan chuckled and said, "Lord Zhang praised it falsely!" I just know that there are two adults behind me, so I have a little confidence, otherwise I would have been scared a long time ago! ”

Lin Fan's words made everyone present laugh, Zhang and Yang both understood that Lin Fan was joking, Lin Fan's courage they had seen just now, so they wouldn't believe that Lin Fan would be frightened by this kind of battle in front of them.

In fact, at the beginning, when Lin Fan first found them, they were also surprised.

Although they had already received an order from the county magistrate, Lord Gao, to assist the inspection department in the operation, they didn't expect him to come so quickly. As soon as they received the order, Lin Fan came to the door in the middle of the night.

After hearing Lin Fan's plan, they were even more surprised, knowing that there was an ambush, how could there be a reason for the Lord to personally commit danger. The slightest accident can lead to danger, which is too risky.

But since Lin Fan insisted on doing so, they could only cooperate. However, this also gave them the most basic understanding and admiration for Lin Fan, at least this young man is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can ordinary people have this kind of courage and courage to risk their lives!

Fortunately, Lin Fan's plan went smoothly, and after they arrived at the ambush site, they squatted here for most of the day.

Finally, when it was close to the hour last night, a group of drunken bandits slowly and arrogantly entered the ambush circle of the official army.

The two of them gave an order, and the bows and crossbows were fired together, and the officers and soldiers were waiting for work, taking advantage of the fact that the bandits were completely defenseless, and only used two salvos of crossbow arrows to eliminate most of the bandits.

In the face of well-trained officers and soldiers who fought more and less, the bandits had no chance, and basically the battle was over before it was their turn to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

It is estimated that these bandits didn't understand until they died, they were originally going to ambush others, but in the end, they fell into someone else's ambush!

In the eyes of the two flag officers, this battle feats are the same as those picked up in vain, and they have never fought such an easy battle. Although Lin Fan's strategy was a bit risky, the effect was immediate.

The battle came and ended quickly, and the officers and soldiers cleaned up the battlefield and continued to ambush here, waiting for the arrival of Lin Fan and the others.

From Lin Fan and the others from the Inspection Division to everything that happened after the Tui Xin Pavilion, they all had a full view.

After seeing Song Mao and the others draw their knives and aim at Lin Fan, the two of them were also anxious, they were afraid that those people would be impulsive and go up directly without saying anything and cut Lin Fan, so they really wanted to cry without tears.

This is not because they care about Lin Fan, but because Lin Fan is the main commander of this operation, and if something happens to him, the two of them will also be unlucky. Not to mention the war exploits, it's hard to say whether the black gauze hat on the head can be kept!

So they couldn't wait to rush out with people immediately, chop up all those people, and then Lin Fan rescued them.

But Lin Fan had been drinking tea there calmly, although they were anxious, they could only stay anxiously in the forest before waiting for Lin Fan's signal.

If they still had doubts about Lin Fan's courage before, they had seen it with their own eyes this time.

Although Lin Fan knew that he was hiding in the shadows, even if he had confidence in his heart, when facing the bright blade, he could be as stable as Mount Tai and not chaotic at all, how many people could there be in the world?

While they were worried about Lin Fan's safety, they also admired Lin Fan's bearing, and they kept suffering.

It wasn't until the end that they finally saw the signal sent by Lin Fan, and they immediately rushed out with people.

After everyone laughed, Lin Fan said to the two of them with some apologies: "Two adults, the following is the private matter of our inspection department, please wait for a while, what do you think?"

Zhang and Yang are not blind people, and these are not what they should ask.

They said: "This is natural, Lord Lin handles the internal affairs of the Inspection Department, and we should avoid it!"

Lin Fan thanked them, and they led the people back a little distance before stopping, turned around, stayed there, and handed over everything in the pavilion to Lin Fan to deal with himself.

After the officers and soldiers of the two banners withdrew from the pavilion, Lin Fan looked at Song Mao again, sighed and asked, "Brother Song, do you have anything else to say?"

Song Mao shook his head and said, "Now that it's happened, there's nothing more to say!"

"I thought I had the chance to win just now, and the villain was ambitious, and he showed off his might like a clown jumping off the beam for so long. Now that the adults are in control of the situation, they are still tolerant and generous to me, and there is no ridicule at all, I am already very grateful! The mind and bearing of adults make me really a little embarrassed, I am not as far away as adults! ”

Then he looked back at the cronies behind him. In the blink of an eye, the situation was reversed, and some of them had gone from knives to fish to be slaughtered before they could understand what had happened.

Faced with the heavy surrounding, they were all a little flustered and at a loss now, their eyes kept wandering between Lin Fan and Song Mao, not knowing what to do.

These people have been with Song Mao for many years, and their relationship is very deep, and he and Jin Hai are even friends for eight years, and Song Mao can't bear to let them die with him.

He said to them, "Throw away all the weapons in your hands, and the adults will not do anything to you!"

Hearing Song Mao's words, they subconsciously looked at the weapon in their hands, and then looked at Song Mao, a little hesitant. I don't know whether to fight to the death, or to listen to Song Mao's words and lay down my arms.

"Ding-bang!" With a bang, someone finally made a decision and threw the official knife in his hand on the bluestone slab ground.

Then there was a clanging sound, except for Song Mao, who still had the knife at his waist, everyone threw down the weapons in their hands.

After everyone disarmed, Song Mao smiled with relief and patted Jin Hai and them on the shoulder.

Then he said to Lin Fan: "My lord! From the very beginning, I was the sole perpetrator of the bandits, and I had nothing to do with them! They just spent too much time with me and believed in me too much! They were deceived by me and acted according to orders, so they offended the adults, and the crime did not lead to death, and I hope that the adults will let them live! ”

Lin Fan understood that this was Song Mao exculpating them, but he also believed that too many people could not know about the bandits, so he thought for a while before saying: "Since you have borne all the blame alone, I will report to the county magistrate and ask the lord to be lenient on them." But no matter how it is said, they are all accomplices, and the death penalty is avoidable, but the living crime cannot be escaped; They will definitely not be able to stay, and they should be sent to the Northland to serve in the army. ”

Hearing Lin Fan talk about the northern border, Song Mao's eyes showed a trace of remembrance.

the ice, snow, wind, and iron horses of the North; There are also the sound of war drums through the sky, the sound of slashing and slashing into flesh; And the corpse that you can't see at a glance, the vast earth red with blood.

It had been so long, so long that he thought he had forgotten this, he had forgotten that before the great battle, the horses were neighing in the sky, and the hooves of the horses kept digging the earth.

Forgetting the call of his bloodied companions on the battlefield, and even forgetting who had been seriously wounded, he returned to the camp and knelt in front of the military doctor to beg the military doctor to save him.

Now, all these images that he once thought he had forgotten have returned, and those people and things buried in the depths of his memory have all surfaced in front of him one by one.

The last thing Song Mao remembered was the smiling faces of his comrades-in-arms, when did the clean and innocent smile disappear from his face?

He came back to his senses, nodded and said, "It's okay!" Even if you die on the battlefield, it is better than being dragged to the execution ground and beheaded. I'm here to thank them for that! ”