Yang Congyi asked urgently, "How many bandits are there in the mountains?" ”

Feng Lin drank saliva and took a breath, "I can't tell how big the hole is from the outside, and I don't know how many people there are. However, the bandits were not prepared at all, we were very close, and we heard the bandits outside the cave say that their cave master had gone to see some leader, and he would not come back until two days later. ”

Yang Congyi's heart was clear, the government wanted to exterminate the bandits in Tianzhu Mountain, and the bandit leader must have gotten the news, so he summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures. When the cave master goes to see the leader, he will definitely bring his most powerful men down, and the bandits who stay in the bandits' den must be weak, and it is a good time to rescue Zhang Biao and them. So he immediately ordered, "Feng Lin, lead the way ahead, let's go up the mountain and rescue them." ”

The crowd was in high spirits, Feng Lin didn't dare to shout tired, and took them to climb the mountain.

There were people on the mountain to watch, Feng Lin said that they would issue a warning if there was a situation, so Yang Congyi and the others went straight to the bandits' den from the mountain path.

By the time we got to the cave where the bandits were entrenched, it was already dark.

The fire shines through the cave, illuminating the entrance of the cave, and I can see two people standing outside the cave from a distance. Yang Congyi hid in the woods more than half a mile away from the cave, waiting for the opportunity.

Feng Lin said in a low voice, "Brother Yang, do you want us to go over and investigate the situation again." ”

Yang Congyi said, "Don't go over, it's too quiet at night, and it's easy to be exposed if you get close." No matter how many people are in the cave, we have to go in tonight and get them out. Let's rest first and wait until midnight before we do it. ”

The atmosphere in the forest was oppressive, so quiet that you could hear the heartbeat, and the tense atmosphere did not dare to come out, and almost no one could fall asleep.

These arresters are also people who have handled cases, thieves and bandits, and they have not experienced much in fights and brawls, but they have never encountered groups of bandits, bandits kill people viciously without blinking, and some of them have seen it in Lotus Village before. Bandits will rob whatever they like, they will use knives if they disagree, and they will kill people if they want to, which is unreasonable.

In a few hours, they will face the group of bandits in the cave, and the real bloody battle will begin, as soon as they think of fighting with the bandits, the corpse lying on the side at the scene of the Xiaosongpo bloody crime comes to mind, the palms of their hands are sweaty, and their legs begin to tremble.

Although Yang Congyi has experienced more than them, he has never experienced a firefight, the first person he killed in his life was the black iron bull he met in Lotus Village, and he still killed him with a blow at the last moment of life and death, if he was asked to face that person again, he probably didn't even have the courage to lift the gun. Thinking of the next battle with the bandits, he was also sweaty and extremely nervous, and he couldn't calm himself down even after trying several times. The first murder was an accident, an extreme resistance to the fear of death, and when it was investigated, it was to save his life, an unconscious counterattack, but tonight's killing was premeditated, although it was to save people, but in the face of whether the bandits could stab the gun into their bodies with peace of mind, he asked himself, but his heart was confused, and he couldn't get a positive answer.

Whether they die, or the bandits die, this is a multiple-choice question, but he did not choose, maybe both them and the bandits will die. He is afraid of death now, and he can't watch others die, he is not a good commander, he shouldn't take people into the mountains, and he was full of confidence that with the experience of living in the mountains for a period of time, he could let everyone hide in the mountains for a few days, but since Zhang Biao lost his trace, he can no longer sleep with peace of mind, Zhang Biao's disappearance must be related to the bandits, he knows that going to them will make the rest of the people also fall into danger with the bandits, but he can't convince himself to leave them and take people away, In the end, it became this situation where you had to go head-to-head with the bandits. If you left the mountain decisively a few days ago, at least you could save the lives of most of the people, but now that the words have been spoken, everyone is pushed in front of the bandits' den, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and everyone's lives are hanging by a thread, about twenty-six people, twenty-six families, is Chen Zhixian wrong?

"Brother Yang."

"What do you want to say?"

"I don't want to die, my family has three generations of single inheritance, I haven't gotten married yet, I don't want to die. We're sure we won't be able to defeat the bandits, so let's go. ”

Yang Congyi was silent for a while, whether to go or not, this was the last chance to make a decision.

No one in the crowd could fall asleep, maybe some wanted to go, maybe some didn't want to go, but they all kept what was in their hearts and didn't dare to say it. Those who want to leave have a righteous word pressed on their hearts, and those who don't want to leave have no right to decide whether others will stay. They are all waiting and waiting, waiting for Yang Congyi to make a decision for them, for a battle that is uncertain, maybe most of them hope that Yang Congyi can tell them to leave the bandits' den and leave Tianzhu Mountain.

Yang Congyi was extremely conflicted in his heart, and it was a mess, so much so that his head was about to explode. If you go, you can save the lives of 19 people, if you don't go, maybe you can save those 7 people, maybe 26 people will die here, whether you go or not you don't go is a matter of human life, what should you do?

After struggling in his heart for a long time, he couldn't make up his mind, which made him dizzy, restless, and sweaty. Keeping people alive will inevitably die, there is no high or low life, it is difficult to choose whether to go or not to go, he really can't figure it out, he simply no longer thinks about others, only asks himself whether he wants to go or want to stay?

Stay and fight with the bandits, if you are lucky, you can live, and go back in style, if you unfortunately die, then you will be relieved, and he will not be able to see everyone's sorrow.

If he leaves by himself, he takes nineteen people back, and nineteen families are reunited, Chen Zhixian will not blame him, but what will the remaining seven families think of him? will scold him, hate him, curse him, maybe go to the government to cry, he is a man, any insult and curse can be regarded as non-existent, but easily give up his companions, how to give an explanation to his heart? Having given up the lives of his companions, how will he live in the future? Never give up, even if you die.

Yang Congyi's messy heart gradually calmed down, and he only heard him say, "No one can go." Think about who we are, who are the people in the cave, and why are we here? Death, anyone is afraid, not to mention that we are afraid of death even if we are a little catcher, even the emperor who is high above is afraid, everyone can't escape death, the key is how to die, for what to die. There is a historian in the Han Dynasty who said that people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than Hongmao. Marshal Yue Feiyue resisted gold all his life, and finally died to restore the Central Plains, his death was heavier than Mount Tai, and his exploits were remembered by the people, even after a hundred generations, some people would remember. And the traitor Qin Hui betrayed the lord to flatter, lingered, and framed Zhongliang, don't look at him now in power, it seems to be beautiful, and after death, he will be spurned by thousands of people, and he will be stinking for 10,000 years. We can't decide how to live, but we can decide how to die, whether to go back like a lost dog, suffer white eyes and scolding, and die alone in regret for the rest of our lives, or fight with bandits, like Marshal Yue, although we still die honorably, or go back in style, this is not a question at all. As the head catcher, captain, I have only one choice for you, either die like Marshal Yue, or go back in red with flowers. I don't want to hear anyone say scared, someone say let's go, let's come together, we're going to go together. Did you hear it all? ”

After everyone listened to Yang Congyi's call, their uneasy hearts quickly calmed down, and they couldn't tell if it was because they understood the meaning of his words, or simply because of the sound coming out of his mouth, anyway, the final result was that their hearts were calm, and their hands and feet were no longer shaking.

Maybe sometimes just because of the will of the leader, Yang Congyi's heart is in turmoil, and everyone can feel it, so they are also chaotic. When his mind was calm and his thoughts were clear, everyone was at ease. As for what to do, as long as Yang Congyi can make everyone believe him, it is not a matter of his words, he is the leader, and he has the final say.

After everything calmed down, Yang Congyi began to meditate and practice luck to prepare for the upcoming fight. Others, in order to have enough energy to cope with the next battle, in order to save their lives in the fight, have slept and recuperated.

The moon never came out, the heavens and the earth were in chaos, and the only light in the depths of the mountain was a ball of fire floating out of the bandits' den, which illuminated the cave entrance clearly from afar.

After Yang Congyi practiced luck for half an hour, his whole body was extremely refreshed, his fatigue was gone, and his ears and eyes were clear. Half a mile away, the two bandits at the entrance of the cave were napping in his eyes.

In addition to fierce beasts in the deep mountains and old forests, what else is worth guarding, just block the entrance of the cave in the cave, why bother. Could it be that it was because they found Zhang Biao and others a few days ago that this gang of bandits became vigilant? If that's the case, then it's troublesome, if they are prepared, I don't know what the battle will be cruel tonight, and it's hard to say if they can return with their whole body, and they can't really die in Tianzhu Mountain.

Now it seems that the only chance to win is to be the enemy is to be in the dark, and only by sneaking into it can you do it without knowing it. Therefore, there was no hurry in time, and it was necessary to wait until the second half of the night, when the bandits were asleep.

The others were exhausted and fell asleep. But Yang Congyi can't sleep, he has to grasp the time for action. He took advantage of his sober time to mentally calculate the situations he might encounter in the cave, and then practiced dismantling them one by one in his heart, and came up with a way to deal with them in advance, so as not to have unexpected situations and mess up.

Time was passing, there were no stars in the sky, no moon in the sky, no fingers in the woods, and no time of day. The light of the fire at the mouth of the bandit's lair gradually dimmed, and the two night watchmen were overwhelmed by the cold wind outside the cave, and had already gone back to rest.

Yang Congyi suddenly thought, tonight is dark, the outside of the cave is still not clear, the cave does not know what the darkness will become, it was to take advantage of the night to sneak attack, if the cave is dark, everyone goes in like headless flies, wakes up the bandits, with the bandits' understanding of the cave, everyone will definitely suffer. It is necessary to act before the fire in the cave is extinguished, so that the enemy can be considered to be in the dark. Without time, he immediately woke up the sleeping team.

At the thought of what to do next, the person who was woken up woke up in an instant, and in a moment everyone came to their senses.

Yang Congyi said in a deep voice, "Tonight's task is very difficult, in fact, it is more a task than a battle of life and death for all of us, we can all live if we win, and we will all die if we lose." I don't think anyone wants to die, but the bandits are ferocious, if we can't kill them, we will be killed, so I ask everyone not to be merciful in the next battle, whether you have fought and killed people, they are vicious bandits who kill people without blinking, we are fast hunting, they are our enemies, but also our enemies, for them, we have only one way, that is, kill. After saying that, there was a pause, leaving some time for the newly awakened catchers to think and understand.

Then Yang Congyi said, "As for how to kill, wipe your neck and cut off your head, whatever you want, the key is to be fast, it is best to kill with one knife, otherwise when they desperately fight back, no one will be able to save you." Remember, we are eradicating harm for the people, and if we kill one more, the people will suffer less. Are you all set? ”

Everyone nodded their heads, knives in their hands.

Yang Congyi carried a gun in front of him and said, "Everyone follow me, be careful with your feet, and don't make a sound." ”

Under the leadership of Yang Congyi, after a short time, the group quietly touched the outside of the cave and hid aside.

There was no movement in the cave, and it seemed that the bandits were asleep.

Yang Congyi put down his spear, gently drew his saber, took the lead, and slowly touched the entrance of the cave.