On the way back to Baozhuang, Huzi was elated on this road and walked at the front of the team.

In terms of age, Huzi is only seventeen years old, not yet eighteen, and if he is in the 21st century, he may still be in high school.

This is the first time Huzi has entered the county seat, whether it is Huzi or Li Laotu, they have taken out the money they have saved from working in the Fang family for many years, and purchased it in the county town.

Huzi is very grateful to his young master, he bought two sets of padded jackets for his father, and it is soft to touch with his hands, the store said, "These two sets of padded jackets are finely made, and they are made of high-grade cotton, even if they only wear this padded jacket in winter, they will not feel cold."

Although the two sets of cotton jackets cost Huzi two taels of silver, this is two months' salary for the Fang family, but Huzi does not regret it.

When I thought of my father's old body and bones, when it came to winter, I said that my body was cold and my bones ached. There was a burst of pantothenic acid in my heart.

However, with these two sets of padded jackets, my father and mother should have a little better this winter. Thinking about it, Huzi laughed hesitantly.

"Huzi, what are you thinking, so happy!" When Huzi stopped on the side of the road and was stunned, Fang Mu and the others had already caught up.

Looking at Huzi's smiling face, Fang Mu couldn't help but become interested, and asked about Huzi jokingly.

Huzi saw that it was his own young master, and just wanted to answer Fang Mu. At this time, the voice of Li Laotu, who was scouting the road conditions in front, came.

"Young master, young master, it's not good!!

Li Laotu hadn't walked in front of Fang Mu yet, and from a distance of about fifty meters, he was there shouting, 'Oh no'.

Fang Mu was also shocked in his heart, could something have happened?

It didn't take long for Li Laotu to run in front of Fang Mu, first took a few breaths, and waited for his stomach to calm down before he said to Fang Mu in a hurried tone

"Young master, it's not good, there is a valley about two miles ahead, and on the slopes on both sides of the valley, a large number of bandits are ambushed, it seems that they are coming for us, what should we do? Master. ”

"Don't worry, you say slowly, what's going on?" Fang Mu comforted Li Laotu and asked him to explain the situation carefully.

Li Laotu was sent by Fang Mu to the front to inquire about the news, and since he heard Laifu say that there are many bandits in Sichuan Province. After that, Fang Mu gave this order to his team. After all, if the big plan in his heart has not been implemented, he will die in the hands of the bandits first, wouldn't it be too unjust!!

Li Laotu listened to Fang Mu's words, and also let go of the tension in his heart, after all, he had two hundred brothers and two hundred guns here! Although, now these brothers are so frightened that even their hands with guns are shaking!

"Ahem" may have felt that his performance just now had lost face, Li Laotu coughed twice, turned his head and said slowly to Fang Mu, "Young master, didn't you order the brothers to go ahead to find out the road conditions?" ”

Seeing Fang Mu nodded, he continued, "Just now, I took a few brothers to a valley about two miles ahead, and I felt that something was wrong at that time, because the hillsides on both sides were too quiet, so I immediately took a few brothers to a hillside and quietly touched it, I found that there were about a hundred people in ambush on the hillside, holding various weapons, and when I saw this, I immediately retreated cautiously and ran all the way back. ”

After Fang Mu listened, he thought for a while. "He knows that this group of people is coming for them, and there is no need for so many people to deal with ordinary people, and this valley is the only way to return to Baozhuang."

"If you take a detour, but it will take several more days, Fang Mu doesn't want to dodge, and he doesn't need to dodge, if he can't even deal with a few bandits with weapons, he might as well be the rich man of Baozhuang for a lifetime!"

Fang Mu asked Li Laotu, "Who are these bandits?" And what kind of weapons did they use? ”

Li Laotu thought for a while before answering Fang Mu.

"Young master, it is said that the only group of bandits that can mobilize so many people near our Baozhuang is Liu Mazi's gang, but Liu Mazi, even if he gives him ten guts, he doesn't dare to provoke our Fang family! This is strange, except for Liu Mazi, I really can't think of anyone! ”

"As for their weapons, there are only a few foreign guns, and the rest are either firecrackers or large blades."

Liu Mazi, Fang Mu has never heard of it, but he can mobilize the attention of two hundred people to fight Fang Mu, and he must be a character.

But Li Laotu said that their weapons only had a few foreign guns, and the rest were either firecrackers or large blades, thinking of this, Fang Mu was not afraid.

Even a few foreign guns dare to hit the attention of the Fang family, there must be something crooked behind this, maybe someone is making trouble.

Fang Mu looked around, the family members were very nervous, and the guns in their hands were tightly clenched, if Fang Mu hadn't sent Li Laotu to explore the road in front, when the time came, these bandits would be unprepared, and put a few shots, so that these family members who had never seen blood would not drop the weapons in their hands and scatter in a hurry, maybe they would be planted here today!!

"What are you afraid of, didn't you hear what Company Commander Li said? These bandits only have a few guns in their hands, and although there are as many people as there are, none of you have a Mauser in your hand, and there are plenty of bullets, so you are afraid of these bandits!"

Fang Mu's scolding made the expressions of these family members settle, and they all thought of it in their minds

"That's right! With just a few guns, these bandits can eat us? Then wouldn't we be too useless, if we escaped this time, it would be difficult to go back to Fang's house to receive the salary of one or two silver a month, the young master is not afraid, we are old and coarse, and we are cheap, what are we afraid of? ”

Realizing that if he escaped from the battle this time, there would be no silver for one or two a month in the future, and things related to his own interests made these family members grit their teeth with hatred for bandits, and some of them had to come to Fang's house for refuge as a last resort, and some people, even the whole family were killed by bandits, and for those bandits, there was a deep hatred!!

Fang Mu looked at the change in the momentum of the surrounding families, nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time told the people around him about the plan in his heart

"Brothers, Company Commander Li has already inquired about the situation of the bandits, and according to the comparison of forces, we don't have to be afraid of those bandits. But. Just in case, let's plan well first, and try to avoid casualties among the brothers. ”

"Huzi!"

"In!"

Fang Mu shouted to the tiger below, and the tiger immediately ran to Fang Mu's side, according to the military salute that Fang Mu taught these family members, stood up straight, and saluted Fang Mu.

"Huzi, you take a hundred brothers to copy behind these bandits, as soon as you hear the sound of gunfire coming from the valley bottom, you will shoot at these bandits indiscriminately, and when the brothers at the bottom of the valley rush up again, we will fight on both sides, until those bandits put down their weapons and surrender, we can stop shooting!"

"Yes, young master!" Huzi continued to salute Fang Mu, and went down to select and arrange people.

Fang Mu set his gaze on Li Laotu again.

"Company Commander Li, this time you take your brothers and me to the bottom of the valley, once you exterminate those bandits and return to the Fang family, each person will be rewarded with two taels of silver, even if someone encounters an accident, the Fang family will still pay fifty taels of silver for settling-in!"

When the family members below heard that they could have a reward of two taels of silver, they all cheered and jumped up, completely letting go of the fear in their hearts, and even some people had a trace of expectation for the bandits they were about to meet. After arranging the manpower, Fang Mu led the people to the valley in front

Valley, on both sides of the hillside, on the left slope.

"Strategist, why haven't people come yet? How long will it take? One of the bandits asked the military advisor next to him, who was the middle-aged man in the scribe's suit.

I saw that the military advisor listened to the words of the bandits around him, frowned, and scolded the bandits around him

"Panic what! I won't be a little patient, this time the big boss said, it must be successful, tell the brothers under him to put the tricks on the spot, if this time it is messed up, see if the big boss doesn't clean you up."

"Strategist, they're coming!!"

As soon as the man in the scribe suit finished reprimanding the bandits around him, he heard someone below report that Fang Mu and they had already come, and the man in the scribe suit glared at the bandit next to him and ordered to the people below

"Tell the brothers to prepare all the guys, wait for the people of the Fang family to enter the valley completely, and then do it, remember !!"

"Yes, Strategist"