Tai Shi Ci was faintly uneasy in his heart. He looked up at the night sky again.

The moon is setting in the west, the east is white, and it will soon be dawn.

But Zulang never attacked.

The mountains and forests on the opposite side were dark and very quiet, no different from usual, but Tai Shi Ci knew that there were at least a thousand people hidden there, maybe more. He personally went to reconnoitre, and even saw Zu Lang himself from a distance, but he was too far away, and Zu Lang's sense of self-protection was very strong, he was not sure of the hit, and he was not sure that he would retreat with his whole body, so he could only give up.

Zulang's men were armed with four-stone crossbows with a range of one hundred and sixty paces, and more than one, and if he was exposed, he would be immediately targeted. They are armed with round steel shields that provide excellent protection, and their arrows cannot penetrate unless they are close at hand. It gave him a lot of headaches. His martial arts are very good, both long and short, and his archery is excellent, but against a group of well-armed opponents, his advantage becomes very weak.

After weighing it repeatedly, he gave up his personal actions and decided to lure Zulang into an ambush. A large number of fire-burning materials were prepared in the cottage, as long as Zu Lang entered the cottage, an order, everyone set fire at the same time, and arrows were fired on all sides, even if Zu Lang was good at the armament, he would not be able to escape death, and then these ordnance would become his trophies, and he could establish a force of his own.

But he waited for most of the night, and Zu Lang did not attack, and if the scouts in charge of monitoring had not sent a message, Tai Shici even suspected that they had withdrawn. Even if Zu Lang was able to intercept and kill the scouts, it would be difficult to catch all the scouts, so that not a single message could be sent.

What does Zu Lang want to do, he won't wait for dawn to attack, right? Tai Shi Ci was puzzled.

"General, General." A soldier walked over quickly, squatting beside Tai Shici, gasping for breath.

Tai Shi Ci chuckled in his heart, and had a sense of foreboding. This person was Xu Yan's subordinate, and he set up an ambush in the other direction. He suddenly rushed here, and he looked like this again, could it be that Xu Yan was attacked? He immediately calmed down again, Xu Yan is not incompetent, even if he is attacked, he will not be killed without any movement, something else should have happened, but it is more urgent.

Tai Shi Ciqiang pressed his heart uneasy, and waited for the soldier to catch his breath before he asked lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance. "General, there is a fire over there, Chen Dashuai and Wan Dashuai may be in danger."

Tai Shici was stunned, his body moved, he just wanted to stand up, but he gave up again, but his heart was gloomy. He understood why Zu Lang didn't attack, Zu Lang didn't plan to attack at all, his purpose was to nail himself here and couldn't get out. The real targets he has to deal with are Chen Defeat and Wan Bing, most of those people are old and weak, and they also carry a lot of baggage, move slowly, and their combat effectiveness is also weak, and they have evacuated the familiar cottage, they are panicked and uneasy, once they are attacked, they will undoubtedly be defeated, and it is likely to be the result of the annihilation of the whole army.

"Damn." Tai Shi Ci clenched his fists and scolded hatefully. It's not so much about scolding Zulang, it's about scolding yourself. waited for Zulang to enter the court, but he didn't expect to fall for Zulang in the end. Zu Lang was not trapped, but he was trapped here, Zu Lang was lurking in the mountains and forests opposite, if he rushed to save Chen Defeat, he could only forcibly kill him, and how many people could leave alive, no one knows.

But if he doesn't save it, the trust he has just gained will collapse. He vowed to fight side by side with Chen Defeat and others, but in the end, he could only watch Chen Defeat and others ambush and couldn't save him, who could still believe him in the future?

What else is there to do? Tai Shici went through the nearby terrain in his mind, but he didn't get anything. He knew that since Zu Lang could touch the vicinity of the cottage, he must have understood the nearby terrain, and the source of information was likely to be a bandit like Zhang Zhong who had settled in the mountains. They have lived in Tongguan Mountain for more than ten years and are well aware of the topography of Tongguan Mountain.

Maybe Zu Lang has such a person by his side as a guide.

Tai Shi Ci raised his head and looked at the brighter and brighter horizon, but his heart was dark.

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Chen Wei sat on the ground, watched Xu Gan slowly come with a blood-dripping war knife, sighed, and threw away the long knife and shield. The long knife has been rolled up, the shield has been broken, and after fighting for half the night, he has gone all out, just waiting for Tai Shi Ci to come to help, but Tai Shi Ci has not come, and his life is dead.

Chen Qian stood still in front of Chen Luo, put the long knife on Chen Luo's shoulder, and slowly dragged it to wipe the blood from the knife. He had just cut off Wan Bing's head with a single sword, and there was not only red blood on the knife, but also white bone fragments.

"Chen Dashuai, when you sent someone to attack Sun Ce's fleet and blame my brother, did you think of this day?"

"General Xu, I have explained many times that it was not my plan, it was your brother's plan. If you kill me, you can't avenge your brother, it will only make Sun Ce proud. ”

"He won't be complacent for long." Xu Qian sneered: "I will kill him sooner or later, let you confront each other together." ”

"Can I have a request?"

"You say, after all, we have been friends for more than ten years, as long as it is not excessive, I am willing to meet your requirements."

"I want to ask Shi Dashuai a word." Chen Wei looked at Shi Jian not far away. Shi Jian is the strongest bandit in Shimen Mountain, and he chose this path because he got Shi Jian's promise. Under the mediation of Tai Shici, Shi Jian promised to let him pass through Shimen Mountain to ensure his safety. But Shi Jian betrayed his promise and betrayed him to Xu Qian.

Shi Jian stood in the distance, motionless. Xu Qian scoffed. "You are all supported by my Xu family, when do you want to listen to Tai Shici? It's just you, a fickle villain, who will easily change the door, and whoever gives you food will listen to whomever he wants. What benefits did Tai Shici give you, you actually colluded with him to frame my Xu family? ”

Chen Wei squinted at Xu Qian and laughed silently. "It's a shame that you are still a member of the Xu family, you are so short-sighted, you only see Tai Shici. Don't you know who sent Tai Shi Ci, don't you know who sent Tai Shi Ci? If you kill me, Tai Shi Ci will not let you go, and the people who sent Tai Shi Ci will not let you go, even if your Xu family does not die in the hands of Sun Ce, it will die in the hands of others. ”

Xu Qian was dismissive. "I don't care who sent him, even if he was sent by the Son of Heaven, it's useless, Yangxian is the Yangxian of my Xu family, Fuhu Mountain, Tongguan Mountain, and Shimen Mountain are also the mountains of my Xu family, no one wants to take them away. If Tai Shici doesn't come to provoke me, just provoke me, and even kill him. When I kill you, I'll go to Sun Ce's trouble. You walk slowly on Huangquan Road and wait for him. ”

After speaking, Xu Qian held the knife in both hands, raised it high, and slashed it down.

Chen Luo's head landed, rolled out a long way, and rolled all the way to Shi Jian's feet. Shi Jian squatted down, picked up Chen Luo's head, looked at Chen Luo's eyes, sighed softly, and reached out to wipe Chen Luo's eyelids.

"Brother Chen, don't blame me, if you want to blame, blame this troubled world."