In a canyon outside Fangwu City, the Mangniu was lying on a big tree. It was a branch sticking out of the cliff, about waist thick, and the foliage was so thick that you couldn't find it even if you hid in it.

Underneath him, a carriage was slowly coming to a halt. The carriage looks a little shabby, probably because of the wind and sun. When the carriage stopped, a middle-aged man in his thirties stepped out of the carriage.

Around the carriage, five guards with big shoulders and round waists also began to light a fire and cook.

The middle-aged scholar was dressed as a dark shirt with a cross-collar and a large-sleeved coat. The neckline, sleeves and placket are trimmed. Although his face was a little tired, he still sat upright, without the slightest intention of breaking the rules.

Looking at this appearance, he can be regarded as a real Confucian student, but unfortunately this action did not last long, so he directly lowered his body and began to let the servant on the side beat his back and rub his shoulders.

The reckless cow pursed his lips, and there was a burst of disdain in his heart. It's just that now is not the time to investigate the other party's sanctimony, but to see who the other party is. But after looking at it for a long time, Mangniu didn't remember that there was such a person, but he heard the guards below and called him the second master.

The Cui family has a total of three brothers, the eldest brother is Cui Ling's father named Cui Lun, and the second brother is Cui Jing. But he carefully looked at the person under him, but found that he was not Cui Jing at all.

After thinking about it for a while, he understood, presumably the Cui family would not be stupid enough to let the people of his own family come out, and it was estimated that it was the second master who came out again.

The whole person of the cow was attached to the tree, and he was motionless. The five people under him were on guard for a while, and they looked up several times at the place where the cow was hiding, but they didn't find it after all.

Just like that, he stuck to the tree and listened to the conversation of the people below him. He also roughly knew the other party's intentions, and he was indeed here for Qin Ze, and it was indeed him who secretly instigated the people in Fang Wu City that day.

Originally, he wanted to provoke a popular uprising and let Qin Ze and the people come into conflict. Then Yang County ordered someone to suppress Qin Ze, but he didn't want Qin Ze to be so arrogant, but it also made this Second Master Cui waste his efforts.

However, this time they came out and they didn't plan to let Qin Ze go back alive, and the gambling contract of the Luyue Tower that day made his Cui family completely lose the initiative now. In just a few months, a large number of officials in his Cui family have been replaced, and they all know that if they don't move back to another game, they are afraid that Li Er will completely suppress his Cui family.

So after hearing that Qin Ze was going to the border pass, they naturally started to think about it. There is nothing else good about the family, only one point, that is, the foundation.

This means that not only manpower but also power is spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, like this Yang County Order, he has been taught by the old man of the Cui family before, so he naturally obeys the words of the Cui family.

And in Lingzhou, the third master of his Cui family's own family is serving as a special driver in Lingzhou, it can be said that as long as Qin Ze dares to go to that place, they dare to leave him completely.

However, this was not something that the reckless cow could hear, he lay on his stomach for a full hour, and finally got up after the other party had walked away and rushed towards Qin Ze's team.

Although there is not much useful information, one thing is certain, that is, the Cui family is really ready to make a dead move.

When he rejoins Qin Ze's team, tell him everything. Mangniu's task was completed, so he took Erhu to find Su Dingfang again.

Qin Ze didn't react when he heard it, he had already expected it. Anyway, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and he really doesn't believe that the other party can do it himself.

He was now worried about another thing, and that was that they didn't have enough food. When they came out of Chang'an, Qin Ze and the others brought a total of 2,000 catties of grain. One thousand catties of them are locust meal, and one thousand catties are miscellaneous grains of various colors.

According to the original plan, they were to make a detour from the west side of Guannei Province to Lingtai County in Longzhou, where they would regain food supplies. But now that the Jieli army is about to move, it is no longer possible to go that way.

And from the east of Longzhou, if you look for the official road from Fangwu City to Lingtai County, because of the complex terrain, you will have to walk for a few more days.

In addition, the number of their teams is increasing along the way, and the consumption of food is also increasing. So if they want to continue on this path, they can only fight the idea of robbers again.

In Qin Ze's opinion, these robbers were like rats, in their caves, there would be a lot of grain and grass hidden. Of course, someone like Zhou Cheng is a different story, but this guy is now the deputy leader of the fifth squad, and he looks much better than he should have grabbed it.

But in fact, he has no identity, and his background as a robber means that if he wants to become a real soldier, he must report to the army, but Qin Ze's team does not have such an existence as joining the army at all. Therefore, his identity can only wait until Lingzhou.

Moreover, his fifth squad sacrificed two people last time when he encircled and suppressed Qijiazhai, so now there are only five people with Su Dingfang. This made Qin Ze also worried, he still had a wish task for Zhou Cheng here. Although because of the heroic performance during the last encirclement and suppression, those veterans will not despise them too much. But this is far from meeting the criteria for the completion of the mission.

This is done for the sake of food and grass on the one hand, and to fill the fifth squad on the other. Qin Ze began to think about robbing robbers again.

It's just that Cheng Huailiang is anxious, and he can't wait to reach Lingzhou now to help his eldest brother. So when he heard Qin Ze's suggestion, he also rejected it in one bite. But when he saw that there was not much food and grass left in the army, he still sighed helplessly and agreed to Qin Ze's suggestion.

So in the next few days, Qin Ze and the others almost turned around, and wiped out a total of five or six bandits, large and small. And among them, they also encountered a robber with a strength similar to Qijiazhai, this time because the team had experience, plus the proficiency of Qin Zexin's tactics, but in the end, they also took down the other party at the cost of killing and injuring more than a dozen people.

Three of them died on the spot, and one was cut off by the other party, even if it was Qin Ze, there was no way to treat this injury. So I could only watch him die of excessive blood loss.

In these battles, both Qin Ze and Cheng Huailiang found that this team had grown to a terrifying place. Because of the appearance of the flag, the mobility of the team has been greatly enhanced, so often before the robbers can react, Qin Ze's side has already changed several formations.

And driven by this huge interest, the blood of every veteran has been completely ignited. One by one, it was like killing a god, and the other party was terrified.

If the previous team was a rusty sword, now it is a sharp killing weapon.

Because they wanted to encircle and suppress the robbers, they took ten days to travel in the original four days. But it's worth it, and now for them, their logistics are now full of food and grass, enough for them to eat for another three days.

But they still have to go to Lingtai County, although they have a lot of grain and grass, but it will take six days to get from here to Lingzhou. Because Qin Ze took in a lot of robbers, he added his fifth team to thirty people. Therefore, their grain and grass are still not enough to support Lingzhou.

It's just that before entering Lingtai County, Qin Ze and the others still ransacked the surrounding robbers once as usual, which was already their habit.

It's still the same old way, Qin Ze rode a horse with the two tigers and the reckless ox, and wandered leisurely under the mountain. The reason why this time was so leisurely was entirely because they had already inquired in advance, this robber only had about thirty people, and in terms of strength, it was not worth Qin Ze and them at all.

If it weren't for the fear that the blood that the veterans had finally ignited would subside, in fact, Qin Ze really didn't want to start. But he thought it was a drill.

It's just that what Qin Ze didn't expect was that he had been walking under the other party's mountain gate for half an hour, but the other party still didn't move at all. In the end, Qin Ze couldn't help it, the big sun was dangling here, and no one could stand it.

So without saying a word, he took Erhu and dozens of veterans and came directly to the mountain gate of the house.

The robber was really poor, and the hedge made of wooden wedges was not as tall as a man. Aside from being built on a cliff, this place is not defended at all.

On the top of the mountain, Master Wu looked at Qin Ze and the others who came down the mountain, and he was also helpless at the moment. These days, the entire Longzhou region has been turned upside down, and almost all the robbers along the way have been looted by Qin Ze and them.

Although the news in this era is relatively closed, it is enough to reach here. So when he saw Qin Ze and a few people before, he didn't even dare to go out to rob them.

But he never expected that the other party would swagger and find it himself, and he also began to count the grain and grass at the foot of his mountain in a very coquettish manner......

Is this when you are stupid!

Qin Ze also knew that this gang of robbers had actually done a lot of bad things, and it was only less than half a year since they were established. And although these guys are robbers, they have robbed some passing merchants, and they have not harmed anyone.

To put it bluntly, this is a person who can't afford to pay the land endowment, and he has given up his identity as a good citizen and is willing to become a mountain citizen.

The mountain people do not have to pay taxes, but they are also not protected by the Tang Dynasty, and they do not have any land. If it weren't for the official road here, they would have robbed the merchants, and they would have starved themselves to death.

Before the operation, Qin Ze and Cheng Huailiang both understood that this was a battle that could not be fought. According to the other party's situation, it is estimated that as soon as his men and horses appear, the other party will surrender directly. But now what does it mean that the other party doesn't go out, but those veterans are all red-eyed?

They don't care if they're tigers or flies now, they eat meat as long as they have it.