Hou Jian stood in the wind and rain, his whole body became wet, the rain was not very heavy, the wind was not very strong, the weather still hadn't warmed up, and he still couldn't stand it after standing like this for a long time. Hou Si shook his beard, and his face turned a little blue. is old, and his body is no longer good, but he still stands beside Hou Jian, trying his best to do his duty as a servant.

"Fourth brother, go back first! Go see if they're ready? Last time we defeated those county soldiers, this time we were not so lucky! ”

Hou Si didn't move, still standing behind Hou Jian: "They are celebrating, they just won a battle, and saying this kind of thing will scare them." ”

Hou Jian smiled. He knew that as long as he didn't go back, Hou Si would definitely not go back, so he turned around and walked back. In front of it is the village of the mountain bandits, and originally more than a dozen cottages were encircled together, and no one peed on each other. In the past, when they were scattered, it was polite to meet and not move their hands, but now it is impossible to stir the horse spoon in a pot without touching the edge of the pot.

Fourth brother, did you say that guy would come this time? ”。

Hou Si shook his head: "I don't know!" ”

Hou Jian smiled helplessly: "Then let's just wait, until he comes!" ”

The quarrel in the house was fierce, and the sound of the sword unsheathed could be heard. Hou Jianyi raised his leg and kicked the door open, and the cold wind carried the debris of the ice and rain into the house, and the heated quarrel immediately stopped. Everyone looked to the door, at the demon who had terrified them. Since this guy came, there was only one word for disobedience to him, die!

Eleven of the fifty-two cottages were destroyed, and the remaining forty-one became obedient. They didn't want to fight with the officers and soldiers, but there was a ruthless man in front of them, and if they didn't fight, they would die, so it was better to fight. One cottage chose to escape, but unfortunately after drilling in the forest for two days, Hou Jian came back with the guy's head, and there was no objection from the remaining forty cottages.

The big black bull let go of the collar of the rabbit ears and said viciously: "If it weren't for the big leader's face, Lao Tzu would have killed you today!" Be careful in the future and keep your mouth clean! ”

Rabbit Ears sneered and took off the blade on the neck of the big black bull: "Who is afraid of whom?" Don't think that your big black bull will kill, so will Lao Tzu! ”

Hou Jian ignored the two people, just walked between the two, and the frightened two hurriedly took a half step back and got out of the way. Hou Jian walked to the innermost and sat on the back chair at the top. He glanced at the crowd with his eyes, ignoring the quarrel between the big black bull and the rabbit ears: "Who else hasn't come?" ”

The Ya Que was silent, and Hou Si glanced at it: "It's all here!" ”

"Good! Since they are all here, let's start now, let's choose these places to fight a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers, then listen to me, if anyone dares to have two hearts, don't blame me for being ruthless! Now I will assign it, ten cottages in Huilongkou, ten cottages in Feihuling, and the rest of the people will stay here, this is our last line of defense, whether it is life or death depends on this time! ”

"Don't worry, the master of Dazhai will fight to the death and never let the officials and soldiers take any advantage!"

"Good! As long as you win, you will be rewarded! ”

"Good ......!" There was a cheer in the room.

Rain is not a good thing, after the beginning of spring, more and more rain, although wearing a coat, the whole body is still damp. After finding a blanket and drying the rain from the white horse, Su Ren returned to the tent. The mountain road is difficult to walk, not to mention that it is still raining, and it is even more difficult to walk. Fortunately, Tang Meng sent a message and asked everyone to take shelter from the rain first, and then act when the rain stopped.

Hawking handed Su Ren a cup of hot tea, and Huang Shisan helped Su Ren take off his clothes. While drinking tea and roasting the fire, the whole body slowly became comfortable.

Hawking turned his head and glanced outside: "Hey, I don't know when the rain will stop, if it doesn't rain, we can rush to Zhangshugou tonight and attack while the night is right, it's good to stay here, everything is exposed, and there is not even a surprise attack." ”

Gou Tianming added a handful of firewood to the brazier and asked, "I heard that there are more than a dozen cottages gathered in Zhangshugou, and the number of mountain bandits is more than 3,000, and they occupy favorable terrain, can our 1,000 people win?" ”。

"Lao Gou, are you afraid?"

Gou Tianming smiled: "What am I afraid of?" I have lived with Mr. all these years, and it is worth it even if I die! I said Lao Huang, from now on, you are not allowed to leave Mr. for a single step, if Mr. has three long and two short, I Gou Tianming will not let you go. ”

Huang 13 smiled: "I know!" ”

Li Cheng has been looking at the map. The standard of the map of the Han Dynasty is not standard, let's not talk about it, the drawing is the same as the picture, and it is not like a map at all. While watching, he frowned and shook his head: "Oh, this camphor tree ditch is really a good place, easy to defend and difficult to attack, surrounded by mountains, even monkeys can't go down, only the road at the mouth of the ditch, there is a water source in it, if there is enough food in reserve, we have no way to take people, if you want to attack it, the two-mile-long valley mouth is dead!" ”

"Looks like we've met an opponent this time!" Li Cheng raised his head, pointed to the map and said to Su Ren: "Captain, you see, this is Zhangshugou, there is only one way in and out, if you want to destroy those mountain bandits, there is only one way to attack it." ”

"Attack and attack! Afraid he won't make it? Hawking stood up and glared at Li Cheng.

Su Ren shook his head: "This is not how the battle is fought, knowing that the losses are heavy and the attack is reckless, our brothers are from Yuanshan to join us, we can't joke with their lives, since we have said this, then brainstorm, whoever has a good way to say it, I will be rewarded for what I said!" ”

More than a dozen teams smirked, but no one interjected. Gou Tianming looked at it: "There are mountains around, can't you climb down?" Even if you can go down a cliff, why can't you go down this mountain? ”

"The military waiter doesn't know, this mountain looks flat, in fact, it is very difficult to walk, the rabbit ears have been operating here for more than ten years, the surrounding mountains have never moved, the vines are vertical and horizontal, and there are many traps, even if you are lucky enough to rush down the mountain, there are only a few of us left in this thousand people, and there will be no way to fight with the mountain bandits at that time!"

"Cut off the water! Surely they have their own water source? ”

"Huo Junhou is right, there is a spring in the camphor tree ditch, which does not dry up all year round, this is also the dependence of rabbit ears, not to mention the water cut, even if the water is released, he is not afraid, the camphor tree ditch is a ravine, the inside is high and the outside is low, no matter how big the water is, don't want to drown them!"

"Damn, then there's no way to do it?"

Li Cheng shook his head: "It's not good to fight!" Tang Meng asked us to attack Zhangshugou, I'm afraid it was not a good intention, in these three mountain bandit gathering places, Zhangshugou can be said to be the most difficult place to fight. ”

"Big brother, that guy Tang Meng is yin against us!" When Hawking heard this, he got angry: "I'll look for him!" ”

"Come back!" Su Ren didn't speak, and it wasn't until this time that he shouted out to stop Hawking, smiled, and sat down by the fire again: "The more difficult it is to fight, we have to fight down, so as to show the strength of our Chengdu soldiers, since the strategy is useless, we can't attack it, there is only one way!" ”

"Draw it out!" Li Cheng immediately added.

Su Ren smiled: "Hehehe, or Li Sima understands the art of war, you two guys study hard, you two know how to complain when you encounter trouble, how to lead the army in the future?" ”

Li Cheng hurriedly humbled himself, and Su Ren praised him twice. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing the other side will win all battles, if you want to lure the opponent out, you must know who the people in the camphor ditch are. According to the news from Li Cheng, the original owner of Zhangshugou, Rabbit Ears, was a small cottage of more than 100 people, and such a guy would naturally not become the big leader of more than a dozen cottages.

When Su Ren's military horse came to the mouth of the Zhangshu ditch, Hou Jian stood alone at the mouth of the ditch and waited. In the face of Su Ren's 1,000-strong army, Hou Jian's figure was so lonely.

Su Ren watched it for a long time, but he still couldn't equate the guy with a scruffy beard and a muddy face in front of him with a big waist and a round waist.

"Su Shipeng, let's meet again!"

Su Ren was stunned, looked at it carefully, and then smiled helplessly: "Who should I be?" It turned out to be the county lieutenant, I spared you twice and didn't die, I didn't expect you to dare to stay in Shu County, so you want to die! Not to mention, with your outfit, even if you pass me by, I may not recognize you. ”

"Am I not doing this because of you?" Hou Jian was a little angry at Su Ren's ridicule, but he still suppressed his anger.

"Haven't asked the county lieutenant yet, what are you doing here? Could it be that you have taken refuge in the mountain bandits? Oops, then I'm sorry, I was ordered to exterminate the mountain bandits entrenched in Zhangshugou this time, if you accidentally hurt the county lieutenant, please forgive me! ”

"Hahaha...... it's up to you?"

"What? You don't believe it again? Do you remember Laojunguan and Wonsan? If you still run away in embarrassment this time, you really don't have the face to live in this world again. ”

"You!" Hou Jian clenched his fists for a moment, closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "You want to provoke me, hehe, it's a pity that I saw through it, since you are so confident, then come on!" After Hou Jian finished speaking, he turned around and walked inside.

Su Ren did not stop him, and stretched out his hand and pressed it on the bow and arrow that Hawking had already aimed. He doesn't have the habit of killing people behind his back, and when he talks about this Hou Jian, he still admires it, he endures humiliation and does everything in order to take revenge. The first time I saw Hou Jian, I only thought that Hou Jian was as shrewd as a monkey, and the second time I saw Hou Jian, I felt that Hou Jian was a little arrogant, and when I saw him for the third time, he had completely changed as a person.

"Big brother!" Hawking looked up at Su Ren in confusion.

"To defeat him, killing him is not a good way, and defeating him from the heart is the most effective!" Su Renmu sent Hou Jian into the valley and ordered the army to camp a mile away from Zhangshugou.