Compared with the other two thieves in the "Three Thieves", the location of the Fox Mountain Thief's lair can be regarded as very bad. It's just a village built on Fox Mountain. Basically, you can't talk about what you want. Even the walls are made of wood. There is still a plain in front of the village, which can be regarded as a real easy to attack and difficult to defend. As long as you are surrounded, you can't escape.

If it's peacetime, this is definitely a good place for officials and soldiers to make meritorious deeds and farm wild monsters. But in troubled times, due to the strong strength of the Fox Mountain Thief, it can be regarded as a small bully around, but no one dares to pay attention to it.

Although Fox Mountain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it has an advantage that the other two thieves do not have, that is, there is a large plain in front of Fox Mountain that can be used for farming, which is very rare in mountainous areas. At that time, the fox mountain bandits, who were still homeless, took a fancy to this and stayed and settled.

In ancient times, being a robber was a very hard thing, as for the scene in the TV series where the robbers eat meat and drink in a big bowl. That's almost impossible. I can't eat enough, and there is still food to make wine. Especially in the dense mountains and forests (ancient bandits, bandits and robbers generally came from here. The land here is barren, everyone is relatively poor, and there are no big families. Robbers generally have to farm the land, otherwise they will not be able to feed themselves at all. Every autumn, local governments will organize anti-theft after the autumn harvest. It was because the robbers went out to loot after harvesting the grain in their fields. Otherwise, if you can't grab the food, and the grain in the field will rot again, then wait for the winter to starve to death!

In peacetime, eating and drinking completely depends on robbery, either dreaming or looking for death. If you are just a petty thief, as long as there is no relatively large number of lives, the general government will turn a blind eye and close an eye. After all, the thieves and mountain thieves can't be eliminated at all. There's no need to fight for a few mud legs. But if you want to rely on robbery to eat and drink, you must move the local wealthy families, after all, these poor villagers really don't have much oil and water.

These wealthy families usually don't see any stakes, but once their interests are touched, they are annoyed. They can use their connections and local influence to force the government to organize troops to encircle and suppress them. Some of the more fierce wealthy families will even personally lead people to encircle and suppress. In the face of the encirclement and suppression of the government and the wealthy clan, even the rampant mountain bandits could not last long.

In troubled times, such as the current Hushan thieves, there is no pressure from the government, but at the same time, there is no suitable target for robbery. In this poor place, there were few large households, and the rest either moved away or were wiped out by the Hu people. There was one in the East, but they didn't dare to touch it if they were ten dares.

However, compared to other bandits, the life of the Fox Mountain Bandits is still quite good. There are large plains outside Fox Mountain that can be cultivated, and although they are relatively barren, they still yield a lot more than planting wheat fields on the mountains. In addition, I usually go to the villages around Hushan to ask for some protection money. Although it can't reach the realm of 'eating meat in a big bite and drinking wine in a big bowl'. But it's still filling. Don't underestimate the current standard of living of the Fox Mountain Thieves. Liu Ye, a traverser who was called a "benevolent" by the people of Xixiang, still has many people under his rule who can't eat enough. It is not known how many people are starving to death every day in the northern land. Therefore, the living standard of the fox mountain thieves is quite good.

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On this day, Wu Wu and Wei Xing, two little minions of Fox Mountain, who had finished eating the morning meal, had just finished handing over to last night's guards and started their boring day's standing guard work.

Since Hushan is relatively strong in the surrounding areas, no one dares to mess with them, and the main members of the Hushan bandits are homeless people, so they are relatively lazy. So their sentry is very badly done. For example, the two people on duty in front of them, throwing their weapons, each leaning on a big log to bask in the sun, began to chat with each other.

Wu Wu and Wei Xing were subordinates of Li Wu, the leader of the Five Fox Mountains, and joined Li Wu's team together five years ago. However, they were the peripheral personnel of Li Wubu, otherwise they would not have been sent over to stand guard.

Wei Xing said a little mysteriously, "Have you heard? The three chiefs and the four chiefs fought again yesterday during the meeting in the main hall. ”

"And for what this time?" Wu Wu asked rhetorically. Apparently immune to the news of the fight between the two chiefs.

"It's for the attack on Saigo after the summer harvest. I heard my cousin say that. You also know that my cousin is a close confidant of the leader (Li Wu). This message is absolutely accurate! Wei Xing said triumphantly.

"Another war?" Wu Wu didn't bother to pay attention to Wei Xing's expression, but was a little nervous and scared.

"Don't worry, it's not settled yet." Looking at Wu Wu, who was a little scared, Wei Xing comforted.

"That's good, that's good!" Wu Wu relaxed slightly.

"Do you say that the four leaders are idle and panicked, and they have nothing to do to fight Xixiang!" Wei Xing grumbled.

"Isn't it? Xixiang is so easy to fight, last year, we gathered more than 800 people in Hushan to attack Xixiang, and several leaders were full of confidence, what was the result? Mao didn't touch it, but was chased by Xixiang light cavalry. More than 100 brothers were lost in vain. Now I still have to fight, I really don't know what these leaders are trying to do? Wu Wu said hatefully.

"You're right! And once the fight starts, the first to die will definitely be us, the ghosts who die for the dead. Wei Xing said angrily.

Suddenly, Wu Wu felt a burst of urine attacking, and said hurriedly to Wei Xing:

"Brother, I'll go to Xiaojie first! Come back and keep chatting! ”

"Okay, Brother Wu." Wei Xing said casually.

After Wu Wu left, Wei Xing leaned on the stake a little bored. Quietly waiting for the return of Wu Wu.

But as soon as Wei Xing stretched his waist, Wu Wu hurried back, his pants were not lifted, and the second brother Wu was still exposed.

Wei Xing said a little strangely: "Brother, you! ”

Wu Wu was very panicked and said: "The Xixiang army is here. ”

Wu Wu's voice was a little small, and Wei Xing didn't hear it clearly. So Wei Xing asked:

"Brother, what did you say?"

Wu Wu shouted loudly: "The Xixiang army is here." ”

After listening to this, Wei Xing's eyes suddenly widened. Hurriedly ran to the city wall in a panic.

I saw a large area of the fiery Xixiang Army in the distance, and they were slowly marching towards Fox Mountain in a very neat line.

One hundred, two hundred, three hundred...... Eight hundred.

Wei Xing was stunned, Wei Xing was scared, Wei Xing was afraid. Wei Xing used all his strength and shouted loudly:

"The Xixiang Army is here! The Saigo Army is here! ”

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"Stop!" Looking at the fox cottage that was getting closer and closer, Liu Ye ordered.

"Pass the lord's order, and the army will stop advancing." A herald galloped forward as he rode forward, shouting loudly.

Looking at the fully ripe yellow winter wheat, Liu Ye became interested. After dismounting, he took a person next to him and slowly walked into the wheat field. Touching the heavy winter wheat and smelling the fragrant wheat, Liu Ye's heart was very comfortable.

Liu Ye pulled one casually, but he didn't expect that this wheat plant actually had two ears of wheat.

"Mai Sheng Liangqi, this is a good omen!" Cui Xiao (Liu Ye's second brother-in-law, Cui Jia Erlang), who was standing on the side, said happily.

"Kang Ru, help Benjun spread this wheat to the whole army!" Liu Ye was also very happy.

On the battlefield, no matter what kind of opponent you face, you must fight the lion and the rabbit and do your best. Trying to improve the morale and confidence of his own soldiers is the work that every qualified general must do before the war. Pre-war auspicious signs are one of those methods.

After handing over the two-ear wheat to Cui Xiao, Liu Ye continued: "I didn't expect that the winter wheat in Hushan this year would grow so well, and it was absolutely ripe. It must be three or four percent more than in previous years. ”

Cui Xiao also carefully observed Dongmai for a moment and said, "What the lord said is very true! The winter wheat in Hushan is full and huge, which can be used for next year's wheat seeds. ”

"Kang Ru, you said that if Benjun harvested this piece of winter wheat, would the Fox Mountain thieves rush out to find Benjun desperately!" Liu Ye joked casually as if Dong Mai had nothing to do.

"What does the lord mean ......," Cui Xiao hesitated.

"It's troublesome for Kang Ru, help Benjun write a letter and shoot into Fox Mountain. In case they don't come out, add spring wheat as well! Liu Ye said indifferently.

Cui Kangru is a smart person, and he seems to have understood what Liu Ye meant. After receiving the order, he left. Liu Ye was left alone in the wheat field.

Holding the heavy ears of wheat, Liu Ye didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, a meaningful smile appeared. Su Qing, who had just rushed over, was confused.