After pondering for a while, Zhang Bin turned his head and said to Du Zhongpeng: "If Du Xian Ling can go down to boost the morale of the soldiers, promise a heavy reward, and tell them that what is hidden in the cottage is not an ordinary bandit, but a thief from the west, I think a thousand soldiers will have high morale and a stable murderous intent." ”

The battalion commander and Du Zhongpeng's eyes suddenly lit up, and they looked at Zhang Bin with admiration, and the latter said sincerely: "Zhang Ziyu, who is worthy of killing the envoy of the Western Thief in the Black Luo Department, this official admires it." ”

As he spoke, he went down the hill with the help of two personal soldiers, and according to Zhang Bin's words, he began to boost morale in a low voice.

As Zhang Bin said, the men of northern Shaanxi were not afraid of war at all, and promised a lot of rewards in the county order, and learned that there were Western thieves hidden in this cottage.

Looking at the murderous and awe-inspiring van soldiers, Zhang Bin secretly weighed to himself, if the plan was done properly, these thousand van soldiers should be able to exterminate this gang of thieves.

"We can't attack hard, otherwise even if we win, the thieves will fight to the death, and we will suffer heavy casualties." Without waiting for Du Zhongpeng, who couldn't wait, to speak, Zhang Bin took the lead in pouring cold water on him again.

"What does Senator Zhang mean to fight?" Du Zhongpeng knew that Zhang Bin had made great contributions in Dashun City, and he had another contact today, knowing that Zhang Bin was really a person with real skills, and he didn't dare to despise the other party because he was not admitted to the Jinshi.

Zhang Bin said: "With fire, in addition to the wall, the houses inside the cottage are mostly wooden, although it rained last night, but it was exposed to the sun all day, and it will not affect the effect of fire attack." ”

"How to do it, Senator Zhang might as well say it clearly, if the official thinks it is feasible, he will adopt it." Du Zhongpeng said generously.

The last worry in Zhang Bin's heart was put down, he was really worried that Du Zhongpeng would not do what he said, after all, his current identity could not be compared with the other party, and he could make the other party listen to his words, mainly pulling Han Jiang's banner, and hurriedly said confidently: "The county also saw it, the thief cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if we attack, not to mention exterminate the thief, whether we can get out of this valley in the end is two words, so I plan to use fire to force the thief out of the cottage." ”

Du Zhongpeng perked up and said happily: "The plan of fire attack is very good, Senator Zhang is really proficient in military affairs. ”

Zhang Bin smiled reservedly and said: "My two guards are scouts of the border army for many years, and the trouble is to command the envoy to select three hundred box soldiers who are good at archery, and after dark, they will lead the detour to the left and right sides of the cottage and the back, and throw rockets condescendingly in the dense forest, and after the cottage burns up, the thieves will naturally be forced out of the cottage by fire."

After that, the thieves will definitely send people up the mountain to kill our people, and then send three hundred people to rush to the gate of the village to shoot the thieves, and after a fight, pretend to be invincible and turn around and flee, one is to disperse the thieves' forces, so as not to go up the mountain too much, and the brothers on the mountain are invincible, and at the same time can lead the thieves under the anger to the place of death we have set. ”

"Dead?" Du Zhongpeng looked puzzled.

The commander of the barracks looked at the nearby terrain and thought for thought.

After Zhang Bin explained carefully, Du Zhongpeng was overjoyed and looked at Zhang Bin in admiration.

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The silent night shrouded the deep mountain bandit village, and also quietly concealed the hideous side of the village, and the lights and dog barking inside the village made this small valley seem peaceful and calm.

Looking at the calm cottage, Zhang Bin was naturally happy, they had been preparing in the dark for more than an hour, and they were worried about being detected by the thieves in advance.

Soon, everything else was plunged into darkness, except for the lights on the watchtowers at the two corners.

Standing on the hillside, Zhang Bin faintly saw figures swaying in the two corner sentry towers of the circular wall, but the number would never exceed three people.

"Give the signal, it's time to act." Zhang Bin said softly.

A soldier next to him immediately lit a torch with the fire prepared in advance, and according to Zhang Bin's agreement in advance, it circled three times counterclockwise.

The next moment, on the other three directions of the cottage against the steep wall of the hillside, three torches also responded with counterclockwise rotation.

Next, a hundred rockets were thrown halfway up the hill in each of the three directions.

It is more than 100 zhang away from the slope of the mountain to the cottage, and it is naturally difficult to shoot the feather arrow so far with the power of the bowstring alone, but it is different if you use the condescending terrain to throw it.

As Zhang Bin said, most of the houses in the cottage are made of wood, and even if they are made of stone and soil, they are all sun-dried thatched roofs, which are very easy to ignite.

Three hundred rockets fell into the wall, immediately setting fire to a house, and the mountain wind blew and spread quickly, and the fire soon broke out.

The thieves in the two-cornered sentry tower reacted quickly, and immediately blew a horn sound, Zhang Bin has been in Dashun City for more than a year, how can he not hear that this is a horn commonly used by thieves in the west.

With the sound of the horn, the thieves in the cottage woke up one after another, and after finding that many houses in the village were set on fire, they were horrified, cursed and began to extinguish the fire, and the big boss in the village immediately sent many good people to go up the mountain to find archers.

Huang Mazi and Li Siwa with three hundred soldiers naturally did not shoot only one round of rockets, but shot three rounds in a row before stopping, so that the thieves had no time to extinguish the fire, and soon the entire cottage was ignited, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.

The boss in charge immediately made a decision and ordered the thieves to escape from the cottage with the soft that they could take away, except for a dozen unlucky ghosts who were burned to death, the thieves did not have much to lose.

Just as the thieves rushed out of the cottage, three hundred soldiers suddenly arrived, and a rain of arrows killed more than 20 thieves, and rushed up to slash and slash wildly.

It's just that at this time, how can the thieves be defenseless and kill for a while, and the three hundred soldiers don't have to pretend to be invincible at all, but really invincible, and begin to retreat.

The thief's lair was burned, and he was already angry to the extreme, how could he allow three hundred soldiers to escape, plus he was more powerful than the officers and soldiers, and he roared and chased after him.

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"Don't worry, the thief hasn't run to the place yet!"

Behind a big rock on the slope of the southern part of the valley, Zhang Bin half-bent over, whispering, and pressed down Du Zhongpeng's hand, who was so excited and nervous that he wanted to give an order.

Du Zhongpeng nodded, but he didn't dare to speak, he was worried that he would scare the thief away with his loud voice.

The others did not respond, because Zhang Bin asked them to hold the title in their mouths and the standard horn bow issued by the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty in their hands.

The night was thick and the mountain breeze was a little cold, but everyone on the hillside could feel that the blood in their bodies was very hot, and their breath was hot and hot as if they were on fire.

In the valley under his feet, more than two hundred soldiers ran desperately in front, and about four hundred thieves chased after him, judging from the actions and killing intent of these people, they were really much more powerful and powerful than ordinary bandits, Zhang Bin even saw many people wearing armor, and faintly could hear the armor leaves on their bodies colliding with each other, and kept making a noisy "clanging" sound.