The return journey still has to pass through Guojia Village, at this time the dawn has dawned, yesterday everything was normal in the village, now only a piece of wolf and green smoke.

In this situation, Xiaocao and the others couldn't help but think of Gaojia Village, and they couldn't bear to look at it at a glance, so they left in a hurry on horseback.

The entry into the mountain is mostly uphill, and the exit is mostly downhill, and the group of people on horseback travels much faster than when they come, if someone does not stop them, they can get out of the deep mountain in about two days.

Although Lao Guo Qi led the way, Zhao Aqi often rode a horse to the front, so he was also the first team to see the roadblock.

The other party also found his figure, both sides were taken aback, Zhao Aqi weighed it slightly, felt outnumbered, and it was not a shame to run away, so he immediately turned the horse's head and shouted to Hu Guiyang from a distance: "Senior brother, there is an ambush ahead!" ”

"Who?" Hu Guiyang asked.

"It seems to be...... I don't know! Zhao Aqi turned around and went back to watch, and soon returned again, "Holding the flag, it looks like an officer and soldier, but it doesn't look like a dress!" ”

Fan Dajian frowned and said: "Say something inexplicable, yes, yes, no, no, how can it be ......?"

He didn't finish his words, because a group of strange people really appeared behind Zhao Aqi, waving their flags, like a team of officers and soldiers, but most of the people under his banner were not wearing armor, dressed casually, and had all kinds of weapons in their hands, not so much officers and soldiers, but people from the rivers and lakes.

Those people chased after Zhao Aqi, and suddenly saw that there were more than ten people down the slope, and immediately stopped their horses, and they were as shocked as here.

"This must be an outpost of officers and soldiers, Xichang really sent people into the mountain to destroy the village." Yuan Mao guessed.

Hu Guiyang also guessed, he wanted to step forward himself, think about changing his mind, and said to Yuan Mao: "Are you bold enough?" ”

"Huh? Still...... Okay, right? ”

"Go to the other side and tell them not to take credit from me."

"Grab the credit? What kind of merit is grabbed? ”

"The merit of robbing and destroying the village, Guojia Village was fought down by me, and there is nothing for them to do."

Yuan Mao was a smart man, and immediately understood what Hu Guiyang meant, and said with a smile: "I have this courage." After saying that, he patted the horse forward, missed it with Zhao Aqi, and when he was not far away, he waved to the people on the slope and shouted: "My own people!" ”

Zhao Aqi stopped in front of Hu Guiyang and asked in astonishment, "What is he going to do?" Where did 'your own people' come from? ”

"You'll find out later." Hu Guiyang was in no mood to explain, and looked intently at Yuan Mao on the slope.

There were about forty or fifty people on the slope, and there must be more behind them, the only reason why they didn't attack immediately was that they couldn't guess the origin of the more than ten people under the slope, so Hu Guiyang simply sent Yuan Mao to disturb it even more.

Yuan Mao joined those people, was not attacked, talked a few words, turned around and pointed, and continued to talk, not hearing what they were saying.

Fan Dajian also understood, "Are you protecting the villagers of Guojia Village?" ”

"Delay as long as you want."

"Those people...... It's really not worth protecting, and you won't be thanked for doing so. ”

"I don't want to be grateful, as long as I destroy He Million's plan, this is a game, He Million builds momentum, I have to find a way to break the momentum."

Fan Dajian glanced around, and found that the others seemed to be more confused than himself, and his heart was slightly balanced, "It's you who is playing the game, you just know what you're doing, we are all chess pieces, but you can save some use." ”

Hu Guiyang smiled: "I just have a few chess pieces, of course I have to save them." ”

A few people were even more confused, and Xiaocao asked Third Sister He in a low voice: "Is the chess piece a good word or a bad word?" ”

"Usually it's a bad word, but it's a good word here." Third Sister He smiled.

Xiaocao wrinkled her eyebrows, feeling that the people outside the mountain were as complicated as what the third master said at the beginning, which was incomprehensible.

In the distance, Yuan Mao didn't seem to be speculative with the other party, raised his arms and shouted a few words, turned around and left, rode a few steps and was called back to talk again.

After talking for nearly two quarters of an hour, Yuan Mao finally returned, He Wu Madman and Zhao Aqi were waiting a little anxiously, rolled up their sleeves and prepared to fight, but Zhang Wuchen and Xiao Zhoucang felt that this fight had nothing to do with them anyway, and quietly retreated to the rear.

Yuan Mao drove the horse not fast or slow, and after stopping, he said to Hu Guiyang: "They agreed to stay here, and sent people to ask the rear generals for their orders, and they hope that you will also stay and be able to go over to meet." ”

This is exactly what Hu Guiyang expects, how long can it be delayed, "Okay, tell them, I'll bring someone over later." ”

"Yes." Yuan Mao rode his horse up the hill again.

When Yuan Mao returned for the second time, Hu Guiyang put up his shelf, and then took everyone uphill slowly.

On the way, Yuan Mao whispered: "They are all people from the rivers and lakes inside and outside the capital, and they seem to know you." ”

"Oh? Who is the commander in the rear? ”

"They didn't say it."

The people on the slope have all dismounted, and there are indeed more people on the other side of the slope, the total number is nearly 200, most of them are dressed in Jianghu costumes, and a few people are dressed like officers and soldiers, but they don't care.

Hu Guiyang also dismounted, and smiled at the person who was surrounded on the opposite side: "Who is my Dao, it turns out to be Teacher Ouyang." ”

It was far away just now, and before he got closer, he identified a few acquaintances, especially this "Teacher Ouyang".

Ouyang Yi is a well-known old martial artist in the capital, who has taught countless apprentices, including the forty famous sons of the Zhao family, so Hu Guiyang called him "teacher".

Ouyang Feng is not the best master, and Hu Guiyang is not the best apprentice, the two have not met for many years, and they did not expect to meet in the mountains.

Ouyang Ying is old, and he has shown fatigue after a few days of entering the mountain, and in the face of his former apprentice, he politely bowed his hand in return, "It turns out that it is really thirty-six, when did you enter the mountain?" ”

The old master spoke weakly, Hu Guiyang stepped forward a few steps, and helped Ouyang Feng to the side of the road, where there were a few folding stools, "Not long before the teacher." ”

Ouyang Yi sat down first, and after a few humble concessions, Hu Guiyang sat down next to him.

"So you already knew about it?" Ouyang asked.

Hu Guiyang said with a smile: "When the eunuchs of the West Factory found out about those counter-beliefs, I was on the spot, and Director Huo returned to the capital, and I directly brought people to the mountains, so I took the lead." ”

Ouyang Yi half-opened his old eyes, "You brought so many people?" ”

"There should not be too many strange soldiers, the teacher knows that I am a person, and it is not possible to attack hard, in the name of reporting the news, I will mix into the village, set a fire in the middle of the night, block the gate of the village, and it will be done."

"Hey, you're still smart, no wonder the Zhao family...... Well, if you get rid of Guojia Village, what about other villages? There is more than one village that has colluded with the sledgehammer to rebel. ”

"Come one by one, the same trick can't be used again and again, Guojiacun escaped a few people last night, and they will definitely go to Lijiacun."

"So what are we waiting for? Let's set off immediately to attack Lijia Village. ”

"Don't worry, I have another plan, Guojia Village will definitely not be convinced when I see that there are few people, after I arrive in Lijia Village, I will gather more people from the village, and wait for more people, wouldn't it be wonderful to catch them all?"

"Hehe, it's a good plan, but let's ...... that's it."

"With the ability of the third and ninth brothers, I can borrow the officers and soldiers of the brigade and exterminate the village of thousands of people."

Ouyang Yi opened his eyes slightly, "Do you know that the thirty-nine commanders are in charge of this operation?" ”

"Alas, there are only two of us left among the forty brothers, who are both captains of Jinyi and serve in the West Factory, so naturally we must keep in touch frequently."

"Oh."

Hu Guiyang hardly said a word of truth, but he said it with the truth, and Ouyang became more and more unable to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Most of these familiar and half-familiar faces were former "friends" of the Zhao brothers, and as soon as Hu Guiyang saw them, he guessed that the person in charge in the rear must be Shi Guida.

"When will Brother Sanjiu arrive?" Hu Guiyang has not used this title for a long time, but at this time he said it quite kindly.

"It should ...... In two or three days, our task is to uproot the villages of Guo and Li and relieve the officers and men behind them from worrying about the future. ”

"Half of the task has been completed, and Mr. Ouyang has made a lot of credit this time."

Ouyang was stunned for a moment, "Where did I get the credit?" ”

"It's better to arrive early or late than in time, I just need people to encircle and suppress Lijia Village, and Mr. Ouyang will bring people to arrive, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, isn't it a great achievement?"

"You kid just have a sweet mouth." Ouyang Yi smiled, and his tone was much more kind, "Sometimes it's also poisonous. ”

"Don't dare in front of the teacher."

"Okay, you're the captain of Jinyi, you say what's up."

"There is a teacher, and the disciple is willing to be a minion."

"Don't talk nonsense, I am a martial artist invited by the Zhao family, I have taught you a few days of fists and feet, not according to the master and apprentice, I can follow the orders of Thirty-Nine, and naturally I can also listen to you, although Thirty-Nine has changed your surname, you are always brothers, no matter how easy to talk."

The two brothers had already broken up, but outsiders didn't know, Hu Guiyang naturally wouldn't say anything, and arched his hand: "Then it's disrespectful, my idea is this: send someone to Lijia Village to monitor, and when the thieves there have gathered enough, and the third and ninth brother also arrives with troops, it is not too late to launch an attack." ”

"In that case, what credit do we have left for this large group?"

"The teacher reminded correctly, then we still sent someone to Lijia Village to monitor, two days later, I and the teacher led everyone to set off together, and surrounded the village before the officers and soldiers, and when the officers and soldiers arrived, we would at least have a first achievement."

Ouyang Feng smiled and nodded, he was persuaded and called a few cronies to go to Lijia Village immediately.

Hu Guiyang was worried that these people would see the flaws when they entered Guojia Village, and reminded: "Be careful, the mountains are full of traps for catching animals, and we demolished a lot of them when we came. ”

A few people thanked them for the reminder and set off on horseback.

Hu Guiyang estimated that these people would be able to catch up with Guojiacun's team in the second half of the night, and they should not dare to make a move, and they would be able to come back tomorrow afternoon to report the news, and the truth would be exposed.

He could only delay for so long, and he would have to find an excuse to leave early tomorrow morning so as not to confront him.

Everyone camped on the spot, Hu Guiyang walked around to visit acquaintances, and met Li Bandu, who had been the head of the nursing home in Zhao's house for a few days.

Li Bandu had heard some rumors of sibling discord, but he didn't dare to ask more, a bit like defending himself, saying: "If it weren't for the invitation of Captain Shi, we wouldn't have participated in this kind of thing, but the big hammer caused public anger in the rivers and lakes, and the mountain people didn't measure their own strength, and they actually colluded with the big hammer to rebel, and this mountain is at the foot of the Son of Heaven......"

Li Bandu said vaguely, and Hu Guiyang smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood.

Returning to his own people, Hu Guiyang whispered to Yuan Mao: "The sneak attackers that night were not these people. ”

Yuan Mao snorted, the sneak attacker would never be deceived by Hu Guiyang's words, "Then you won't be able to hide it for long." ”

Hu Guiyang smiled and looked at the grass next to him, "What kind of expression are you?" ”

Xiaocao had a cold face, "How can you lie when you open your mouth and your face is not red?" ”

"Haha, you are really a simple, lovely, beautiful and kind little girl."

Xiaocao's face turned red at first, and then she understood, "You're lying again!" ”

Hu Guiyang was about to speak, Li Bandu hurriedly ran over, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, Captain Shi set off ahead of schedule and will arrive soon, and he has already sent someone to deliver the letter." ”

The smile on Hu Guiyang's face froze, his words could not deceive the former Sanjiu brother.