Zhou Xiaoyi came outside, looked at the black and oppressive sky above his head, and unconsciously slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity. The scene he saw in the Juyi Hall just now was so depressing that he didn't want to stay in it for a moment, and he really didn't expect that he, who was supposed to be fighting the Tartars in the border area, would actually hide in this ravine and gather with a group of thieves who killed people and set fires, raped and plundered, and did all kinds of evil.

A gust of wind blew, blowing a flag around him and hitting him, making Zhou Xiaoyi's eyes fall on the three words written on it - Qingtianzhai. Although he didn't know much about words, he still recognized these three words, and he could understand the meaning of the word Qingtian, and this made him even more disgusted with what those guys in the Juyi Hall behind him did.

What blue sky? It's just a group of self-deceiving murderers, they just rely on the seclusion of their own cottage place, and the officials and soldiers can't easily attack it, so they dare to be so unscrupulous. I can only hate myself as an official soldier, but I have to endure such a torment because my boss Xue Qian has long been in cahoots with them. 、

However, speaking of which, this Qingtianzhai is indeed in an excellent location, not only hidden in the middle of the mountains at the foot of Taihang Mountain, which is not very conspicuous, but also the terrain is quite dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The way up the mountain in front of them has already been set up by them, even if there are tens of thousands of troops attacking with all their strength, it is difficult to come up smoothly, and there are several watchtower posts that always pay attention to the movement below; As for the back mountain, it is a hundred zhang cliff, perhaps only apes and birds can easily come up, anyway, it is almost impossible for the officials and soldiers to come up from here.

It is precisely with these geographical advantages that these hundreds of thieves in Qingtianzhai have been entrenched in the Taihang Mountain area for a long time, but they have not been exterminated by the government. And this time, they are even more angry to slaughter the innocent people of the whole town, and kidnap a group of young women for their sexual pleasure.

At this time, the smug laughter of those guys and the sad cry of the woman came out of the Juyi Hall, which was not completely closed, which made Zhou Xiaoyi's whole person feel more and more irritable, even if there was a gust of mountain wind blowing at this time, it was difficult to blow away the anger in his heart.

He couldn't help but turn around and walk into the distance, out of sight and out of mind. In fact, he also persuaded his own Qianzong, but Xue Changqing was also difficult to ride a tiger, so he could only join these thieves. As for those comrades, they obviously enjoyed such a lawless and undisciplined day, and they were no different from those thieves.

Thinking of these in his heart, Zhou Xiaoyi's footsteps did not stop, and while walking, he unconsciously came to the back mountain area far away from Juyi Hall. Because of the distance, those annoying voices were finally no longer heard, and he could calm down and think about what he should do next. Is it to find an excuse to leave here and return to Datong, he has a faint feeling that after doing such things, the people of this Qingtianzhai will not have a good end, and this place is definitely not a good place.

However, what reason should I find to convince Mr. Xue Qian? While thinking, he swept his eyes around casually, and suddenly noticed that something seemed to be moving on the edge of the cliff in front of him, which made his heart tighten, and he pressed the knife in one hand and cautiously leaned towards the edge of the cliff.

"This is ......" Before coming to the cliff, after carefully looking at something in the rocky bushes on the edge of the cliff, Zhou Xiaoyi's face suddenly changed, and he recognized that the thing mixed in the middle of the stone was a hook with a rope! And when he looked down, he saw a black figure hanging on a rope that dragged straight into the abyss below.

The figure moved extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had already risen a distance of a few feet, and it was only two or three feet away from the top of the cliff. When you see clearly, when someone ventured to climb the back mountain, Zhou Xiaoyi's heart suddenly contracted, and then he pulled out his knife, and subconsciously wanted to cut the rope on the hook.

But the other party's reaction was faster than him, and just as he crouched down and was about to swing a fatal knife, the black shadow had already pressed against the cliff like a swimming fish, and jumped straight up like a sharp arrow. As soon as the person came up, his hand had reached out like lightning, and he buckled it on top of Zhou Xiaoyi's front door, covering his mouth and nose tightly.

At the same time, the person's upward momentum did not slow down, and with a twist of his body, he had already jumped onto the cliff. As soon as he stepped on the ground, the other hand that was originally climbing the rope had quickly drawn his knife and stabbed out. The sharp short knife immediately entered Zhou Xiaoyi's heart.

It's all complicated, but it happens at the moment when the rabbit rises and falls. Zhou Xiaoyi was smothered and just wanted to struggle to resist, but before he could make a move, the knife had pierced directly into the heart, making his whole person's strength dissipate immediately. And because his mouth and nose were suffocated, he couldn't even shout out the miserable cry before he died, let alone alert those people in front of the mountain. He only felt that a large stream of blood kept coming out of his mouth and nose, and then he lost his strength and fell down with a bang.

And at the moment of losing consciousness, Zhou Xiaoyi felt a little relieved. At least this way he doesn't have to worry day and night that he will be implicated by those thieves in the future, which makes his face look quite calm before he dies.

went up the cliff to kill people in one go, and the neat Yao Gan looked smooth, but he was actually afraid for a while. As long as he was slow down just now, not only would he die, but the more than 100 elites who followed behind him would also be discovered, and this surprise attack on Qingtianzhai would inevitably end in failure.

Just three days ago, under his leadership, a group of more than 2,000 officers and soldiers finally found the location of this thief cottage in the vast mountains with complex terrain. But after seeing the defense and danger of this Qingtianzhai from a distance, the generals who led the troops beat a drum in their hearts.

This Qian Zong is also a soldier, just looking at the mountain here, as well as the faintly exposed defensive position of the thieves, he knows that his two thousand men and horses are absolutely unable to capture this mountain. At this time, Yao Gan, who was bent on revenge, stepped forward and took the risk of climbing to Qingtianzhai from the cliff of the back mountain, which was even more difficult, and killed them from behind by surprise.

A credit was placed in front of him, and someone was willing to take the risk to help him sneak attack the cottage, and the Qian Zong naturally would not refuse, so he selected more than 100 elites who were good at climbing and agile in the army for Yao Gan to take with them, and went around to the rear of the cottage under the cover of night, and launched this surprise attack. The rest of the officers and soldiers quietly moved to the vicinity of the entrance to the front mountain, and as long as there was an accident inside, they would attack with all their might.

Relying on skills far beyond ordinary people, Yao Gan went all the way to the edge of the cliff without danger. I thought there would be no one in such a place at this time. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to approach the top of the cliff, such a guy appeared......

Thankfully, that's all in the past now. As he came to the edge of the cliff and cooed a few times and made a few secret signals, more than a dozen hooks were thrown up by someone, and soon after, black shadows also quickly climbed the rope towards the top of the cliff.

Although the cliffs of the mountain behind this mountain are steep, you can always find a few places to stay. It was precisely because they saw these points where they could stop and rest and throw ropes in turn, that Yao Gan and them were able to climb the mountain with such a rudimentary tool. Otherwise, even if they can take out dozens of hooks and ropes with a length of hundreds of zhang, they can't throw them at the cliff above a hundred zhang.

After the meal, dozens of elite soldiers had already come up to the precipice. After seeing the corpse of Zhou Xiaoyi who had fallen to the ground and had long since lost his breath, everyone was shocked, but there was a little more respect in their eyes when they looked at Yao Gan.

Yao Gan didn't explain anything, but just commanded in a low voice: "While the sky is still dark, let's go to the front and solve all the light and dark posts guarding there." Remember, you must be careful not to alarm the others in the cottage, otherwise we may be ruined and we will die without a place to bury. ”

Everyone immediately nodded in understanding, and then in groups of ten, they quickly separated and sneaked towards the goal they had set before going up the mountain.

Yao Gan's group targeted the two towering wooden tower posts in front of the cottage, so they didn't delay in the slightest, and rushed straight ahead to the vicinity of the Juyi Hall.

Although this tower whistle has a tower character, it is actually very simple, and at a glance, it is just a shack built on several layers of wooden planks. But its effect is not small, people stand on this and look down, almost all the movements in the front mountain area can be seen. If there is someone guarding this place, even at night, a large number of people will definitely be spotted at the first time.

However, the fate of the two minions guarding the tower tonight has long been sealed. They were all focused on the front, not expecting someone to sneak up behind them.

Yao Gan bent on his waist and approached the tower post quickly and lightly. In order not to alarm the others, it is impossible for them to use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, and they can only stab the enemy at close range after going up. As he went, he drew his knife in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the backs of the two thieves above, always on guard.

At that moment, there was a smug laugh behind him, followed by a woman's groans of pain. This sudden cry made Yao Gan's body stiffen suddenly, and his steps forward were also paused, and a trace of unbelievable pain quickly flashed on his face.

Although it was just such a moan, he could clearly hear the identity of the owner of the voice, because she was his little sister Yao Ling!

Yao Gan couldn't have imagined that there were still survivors among the relatives he thought had been killed. It's just that...... The little sister has now fallen into the hands of those birds and beasts and has been devastated, but it is worse than death! This realization made his body tremble slightly, and a voice sounded in his heart - I want to save her, I can't let my only relative suffer like this anymore!

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I remember this time, it's Monday, and it's time to openly ask for recommendation tickets...... What's the difference between an author who doesn't even ask for a recommendation vote on Monday and a salted fish?