Just after Lin Fan subdued Chenjiazhai, his soldiers and horses and the officials sent by the Yongyang County Ya Office quickly stationed in the village. After all the things in Chenjiazhai were dealt with, Lin Fan was no longer needed here.

He handed over all the affairs in his hands to the officials sent by the county government, and he led his soldiers and horses, as well as Chen Fangshu and others back to the station of the inspection department.

After resting in the camp for three days, after getting acquainted with Chen Fangshu and other newcomers.

Lin Fan and the others didn't delay any longer, so they directly began to discuss how to deal with the last bandit force entrenched in Shuanglong Ridge in the territory.

"Fang Shu, you have been to Shuanglongling on behalf of Chenjiazhai, and you are more familiar with the situation there than we do, now you will introduce us to the situation there!" In the barracks where Lin Fan worked, everyone gathered around the table, and Lin Fan said to Chen Fangshu.

"Yes, sir!" Chen Fangshu pointed to the map and told everything he knew.

"Contrary to what many people who don't know what they think, the bandits of Shuanglong Ridge are not entrenched on the mountain, but in a cave halfway up the mountain.

These bandits, led by the two brothers You Jinglong and You Yinglong, dominate one side.

The two brothers had wandered the rivers and lakes in the early years, and they became famous, and the people in the rivers and lakes called You's Shuanglong, and Shuanglong Ridge was also named after it. ”

An Ning sneered: "Just by them, a group of strongmen who occupy the mountain as the king, what is it worthy of being called Shuanglong, I think it's almost the same as calling Shuangworm!"

Chen Fangshu said with a smile: "My lord and you are from the temple, so you naturally look down on these rivers and lakes recklessly!" And now in the rivers and lakes, everyone is touting each other, you call me Jiangnan Sword God, I will call you Saibei Spear King, hello and I'm good. ”

"As the saying goes, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and over time, these reputations have spread in the rivers and lakes, and they can't be taken seriously. After all, in the absence of a conflict of interest, few people are willing to offend others for no reason.

"Mixed rivers and lakes, the most important thing is a mixed word! Multiple friends, multiple roads, fewer enemies and fewer walls, is the only criterion that many Jianghu people believe. ”

And those so-called heroes who have been famous for a long time are either from a good background or have lived long enough. They are famous enough, and they are all well-known golden signs. ”

"It's just that they want to say that the prestige may be enough, but there are not many people who really have the ability, and there are even fewer who can be as worthy of the name as the Grand Thief Fu Tianlin."

As he spoke, he looked up at Lin Fan, "Even a master like Fu Tianlin died at the hands of an adult, it can be seen that the ability of an adult is ten thousand times higher than those so-called heroes of the rivers and lakes!" ”

Lin Fan touched his nose a little embarrassed, Chen Fangshu looked like he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he didn't expect that his face was not red and his heart was not beating when he patted his ass. is also a serious film, but it doesn't seem to be a fake at all.

Although he was very useful to Chen Fangshu's words in his heart, he still coughed, glared at Chen Fangshu, and said with a little weakness: "Ahem! Don't go too far, let's go back to Shuanglongling! ”

Different from the majestic and majestic when he negotiated in Chen Jiazhai, after getting along in the past few days, Chen Fangshu found that Lin Fan was very approachable in ordinary times, and basically did not put on any stand for his own people.

Because of this, he dares to make a few innocuous jokes from time to time, and can also enhance the relationship with each other in these ways.

However, now that Lin Fan opened his mouth, Chen Fangshu chuckled, pulled back the topic, and then continued: "More than ten years ago, the You Twin Worms occupied this cave. Relying on their reputation in the rivers and lakes, they soon recruited a group of lawbreakers and became the largest force within a radius of 100 miles except for the government. ”

"Over the years, the You brothers and the Shuanglongling thieves can be said to have done all kinds of evil, not only robbing the people everywhere, but even other bandits have been suppressed by them."

"Because the reputation of Shuanglongling is too stinky, the government has also organized several encirclement and suppression, but they have all returned in vain."

"The government dispatched the largest number of people, and a battalion of men and horses was transferred from Anzhou, and thousands of people fought around the cave of Shuanglongling for half a month, but they didn't fight down."

"In that battle, the officers and soldiers suffered a lot of casualties, and these bandits are still alive."

"In the end, the official army really had no way to take Shuanglongling, and the You brothers used a lot of silver to buy off the generals in the army, and the generals who got the benefits also retreated."

"In that encirclement and suppression, the government not only did not take Shuanglongling, but also caused several small forces and people in the vicinity to suffer, becoming the target of the official army to vent their anger, and many people's homes were robbed."

Since then, Shuanglongling has been in the limelight for a while, and more people have taken refuge in the past, and their strength has increased greatly; The bandits are even more unscrupulous. ”

"Even the local government, they dare not pay attention to it, I have heard that even those adults in the state capital are very headaches for them."

"And because of the fierce offensive of the adults for a period of time, except for Chenjiazhai, the remaining two bandits have taken refuge in Shuanglongling."

"After integrating these forces, their strength has increased a lot, and now if you want to deal with them, it will be more difficult than before!"

After Chen Fangshu finished introducing the general situation of Shuanglong Ridge, Lin Fan asked again: "Fang Shu, as far as you know, what is their strength?"

Chen Fangshu replied: "Just two days before the adults went to Chenjiazhai, Shuanglongling had already sent people to us, wanting us to join them too. ”

"Although their request was rejected by my uncle, according to them, there are now no less than 300 elite soldiers in Shuanglongling, and there is enough food and water for a thousand people to use for a year or two in the cave. In order to persuade us to take refuge in Chenjiazhai, there is inevitably some moisture in their words, but they should not be far from each other, which should not be underestimated. ”

Shuanglongling had already been to Chenjiazhai before Lin Fan, but this Lin Fan and the others had never heard Chen Fangshu mention it.

Lin Fan asked with some curiosity: "Since Shuanglongling has been to Chenjiazhai, I think the conditions given will not be too bad, why didn't you agree?" If you join forces and defend against the danger, with the little force in my hands, I won't be able to eat you at all! ”

Chen Fangshu said disdainfully: "If we take refuge in Shuanglongling, won't my Chen clan really become a bandit?" If we defend ourselves, we will already insult the souls of our ancestors, and we must no longer let our ancestors be disgraced! ”

"And even if we say yes, we won't get any benefit. Take the two village owners who took refuge in the past, although they are now sitting on the nominal third or fourth position, in fact, they are almost unable to interfere in everything in Shuanglongling, and even their original subordinates have lost control! And I don't think that if we had taken refuge in the past, the outcome would have been much better than theirs! ”

Regarding Chen Fangshu's words, Lin Fan was not surprised. Different from other cottages, the so-called heroes of the Quartet go up to the mountains to gather righteousness and make a living by looting.

All the people in Chenjiazhai are from the same clan, and most of the food, clothing, housing and transportation they need are self-sufficient.

What's more, the people of the Chen clan still want to wait until the peaceful and prosperous times and continue to live their own peaceful life, but they never thought of going all the way to the dark on the road of the bandits.

But if you take refuge in Shuanglongling, you will inevitably do some looting.

When the time comes, there will be no turning back when the bow is opened, especially after the clansmen have tasted the sweetness of unearned gains, how many people will be willing to turn back and live this kind of hard life? Once some openings are opened, it is not so easy to close them.

From Chen Qingshan's point of view, as the patriarch, he is naturally unwilling to lead the clansmen to fall willingly, and it is not difficult to understand that he made such a choice now.

In any case, even if Chen Jiazhai did not take refuge in Shuanglongling, or even favored Lin Fan's side, it would still not be easy to deal with Shuanglongling.

In this situation, everyone also felt that it was a little tricky, and looked at the map and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Lin Fan asked the others, "Okay, now that the situation is almost understood, let's talk about it, how are we going to fight this battle?"

An Ning pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, the terrain of Shuanglong Ridge is too unfavorable for us, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a tendency for one man to be the pass, and ten thousand people are not open."

"There is only this mountain road on Shuanglong Ridge that can lead to the cave of the bandits, our forces cannot be used at all, as long as the bandits hold the entrance of the cave, they can be invincible."

"And our number is not much more than the bandits, if we attack, even if we take our lives to fill it, I'm afraid we won't be able to fill it far before we have been killed and wounded! So in my opinion, we can't attack, we can only outwit! ”

Lin Fan nodded, and everyone present could see what An Ning said, and it was also Lin Fan's own thoughts. As a last resort, you must not choose to attack. Now the question is, how to outwit?

"I think the best way is to attack with fire!" An Ning said.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, An Ning smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "The terrain of Shuanglong Ridge is dangerous, and we are not familiar with the situation in the cave, so we have lost our geographical advantage. If you rush in, it is possible that someone will make dumplings inside. ”

"In my opinion, it's better to set fire to the entrance of the cave, smoke them all, smoke them out, solve them outside, turn attack into defense, and minimize casualties!"

"What An Ning said is not a good idea! It's just that the bandits guard the entrance of the cave tightly, and it is not easy to knock the entrance down. Moreover, this cave is huge, and the bandits have occupied this cave for so long, and after several encirclements and suppressions by the government, there must be a way to prevent fire attacks, and a simple fire attack may not be effective! Lin Fan thought about it for a while, but still felt that this method was not very safe.

"In order to pacify the bandit forces, my lord has used the method of surprise attack many times, why not repeat the old trick now?" Chen Fangshu said suddenly.

Although Chen Fangshu and Lin Fan had a short time, it was indeed the one who knew the most about Shuanglongling among them, so Lin Fan would not ignore his opinion.

He explained: "The point of the surprise attack strategy is to take it by surprise, and now the news of the government's suppression of bandits has long been known, especially after the return of Chenjiazhai, everyone knows that the next target of the imperial court is Shuanglongling, and the bandits must be well guarded."

"Moreover, the cave occupied by the thief army has only one cave entrance to the outside world, and the strange words of the surprise attack will not play a role. Even if you can touch it unconsciously, in the end, you can only fight against hard bridges and hard horses! ”

Halfway through speaking, Lin Fan suddenly remembered that Chen Fangshu shouldn't fail to see this, so he asked, "What, do you have a way?"

Chen Fangshu smiled, "My lord, some authorities are confused, who said that if you want to get there, there is only one way?" ”

Lin Fan's expression became solemn, obviously Chen Fangshu's words brought him a great shock, "Are you saying that there are other cave entrances that can also lead to the cave?" ”

Because of the importance of the matter, Chen Fangshu did not sell it, and said directly: "Well, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I have heard the elders mention that there is indeed a hole in Shuanglong Ridge, but it is too hidden and few people know!" Especially after it is occupied by bandits, it is inaccessible and even less known! ”

Lin Fan was a little enlightened, let out a sigh, and said with a chuckle: "I'll just say it!" If there is only one hole there, it is undoubtedly a place of death, and if it is surrounded by people, it will only be able to wait for death in it! ”

"I thought it was the bandits who were short-sighted, but it made sense when I heard you say that. Now it seems that the bandits are not so stupid, and they still have prepared a way to escape for themselves! ”

"And this escape method they left for themselves is also our breakthrough! Now the question is, where exactly is this hole? The first priority is to find out! ”

An Ning asked suspiciously: "If there is really a cave entrance, the government will find a guide for several encirclements and suppressions, there is no reason why you don't know!"

Chen Fangshu explained: "An Jiaotou seems to be reasonable, but it is not. One is that this cave is extremely hidden, and not many people know about it. After so many years of turmoil, the dead and scattered, the government may not be able to find a suitable guide. ”

"The second reason is that the reputation of those officials and soldiers is not much better than that of these bandits, and even those who know the way are still alive, they may not be willing to help them."

After Chen Fangshu finished speaking, An Ning was thoughtful, and Wang Hu suddenly interjected, "If they are not willing to help, then it is still equivalent to no way?" ”

"Of course not, within this radius of a hundred miles, who doesn't know adults now! Adults have done so much for the people, and the people are extremely convinced of adults, and those people are not willing to help others, but they may not be willing to help adults! Chen Fangshu said with a smile.

"Okay, don't sell it, let's talk about it! Does anyone know this way, I'll personally go and please! Lin Fan said.

"No one has walked this road for many years, and I don't know who else knows about it!"

Seeing that Lin Fan had a dark face and wanted to clean himself up, Chen Fangshu hurriedly said: "But those elderly medicine farmers often go up the mountain to collect medicines, and they are very familiar with the mountains, so they should know it!"

Lin Fan let out a sigh of relief and said, "An elderly medicine farmer?" I know someone who might know these people! Looks like I'm going to trouble him again! ”