Time flies. In the blink of an eye, it was already four days later.

On this day, thousands of officers and soldiers gathered at the foot of Moyunling. These officers and soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain with great fanfare, and the leader was Yang Banhou. However, Yang Banhou did not attack, but only asked the soldiers to be stationed at the foot of the mountain, guarding the various intersections of the mountain and preventing the bandits from going down the mountain, intending to isolate Moyunling.

In fact, it doesn't work.

Four days ago, Li Zhen passed by Moyunling, and after capturing the bandits, he inquired, and he had already learned from the bandits that there was countless grains stored on the Moyunling, and there were still sufficient water sources, and the method of cutting off the road would not work at all.

However, this is just Yang Banhou's strategy.

What he has to do is to drag Zhao Tianbiao.

In order to attract Zhao Tianbiao's attention, Yang Banhou also sent people to scold the war, intending to provoke Zhao Tianbiao to lead the army down the mountain. When the news reached the cottage, Zhao Tianbiao laughed and said with a look of disdain: "I thought that Li Zhen would have the backbone to lead the soldiers to rush and kill, but I didn't expect that it was just for the soldiers to cut off the various mountain roads down the mountain, and wanted to block me on the mountain." It's a pity, it's a pity, the owner of this village will not be fooled, his method is useless at all. Li Zhen's name shocked Guangdong, and it seems that it is also useless in embroidered pillows. ”

Chai Tianwang's eyes rolled slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "The owner of the village, there are only more than a thousand officers and soldiers under the mountain. If we continue to kill, we will immediately kill all the officers and soldiers under the mountain, so as to solve the officers and soldiers brought by Li Zhen in one fell swoop. In this way, there is still a chance to capture and kill Li Zhen so that Li Zhen does not escape. ”

"No, that's not the right idea."

A middle-aged man with a thin figure and a Confucian robe said.

The middle-aged man's name is Deng Mingyi, who is the dog-headed military advisor of Zhao Tianbiao's cottage, and is responsible for giving advice to Zhao Tianbiao.

Zhao Tianbiao asked, "What advice does the military advisor have?" ”

Chai Tianwang looked at Deng Mingyi, confused, and didn't understand why Deng Mingyi stopped him?

It stands to reason that his proposal is correct!

Deng Mingyi pinched the mustache on his lips and said unhurriedly: "How did the person who reported the news mention the situation under the mountain?" What is the number of officers and soldiers under the mountain? Everyone forgot one thing, where did Li Zhen and his soldiers go? Is it really gone? ”

Deng Mingyi said coldly: "It stands to reason that Li Zhen is the commander in charge of the army, and the dozens of soldiers under his command are the main force, so it is impossible not to appear." Now only Yang Banhou appeared alone with the soldiers, and the situation was not right. ”

Chai Tianwang immediately said: "Military advisor, do you mean that Li Zhen led his troops to sneak into Moyun Ridge quietly?" ”

If Li Zhen listened to Chai Tianwang's words, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat.

This bandit actually guessed his purpose.

When Deng Mingyi heard this, he shook his head and denied: "Li Zhen once passed by Moyunling, and he will also send people to inquire about the situation of Moyunling, he must know that the mountain road of Moyunling is difficult to walk, and there is a large army stationed on the mountain, so I conclude that Li Zhen did not sneak into Moyunling quietly with soldiers, but hid under the mountain with soldiers and used as a surprise army." Just imagine, if the owner of the village led his soldiers down the mountain to attack Yang Banhou, once the two sides reached a stalemate. At this time, a surprise soldier suddenly appears on the battlefield, and it is likely to turn the situation around. ”

When Chai Tianwang heard this, he nodded and said, "The military advisor is really powerful, and he analyzes it meticulously. ”

It's just that Chai Tianwang didn't know that his guess was correct.

The speculation of military advisor Deng Mingyi was wrong.

When Zhao Tianbiao heard this, he also agreed with Deng Mingyi's statement, and said solemnly: "If the order goes down, no matter how the soldiers led by Yang Banhou scold the battle, they will ignore it." Keep the soldiers at all checkpoints on the mountain on guard and ready for battle at any time. ”

……

At the foot of the mountain, Yang Banhou sat firmly in the military tent and paid close attention to the movements on the mountain. He found out that Zhao Tianbiao had strengthened his defenses and had no intention of leading his soldiers down the mountain, and Yang Banhou immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

If Zhao Tianbiao doesn't come, he won't goof.

The thousands of soldiers brought by Yang Banhou were soldiers stationed in the county seat, although they were officers and soldiers, they had no combat effectiveness, not only the soldiers themselves were not well trained, but also the weapons were also very poor, and their strength was very weak. If Zhao Tianbiao led the army to kill him, Yang Banhou would not be able to stop it at all, and his bluffing strategy would be revealed immediately.

Now that Zhao Tianbiao did not send troops down the mountain, and the two sides have maintained a stalemate, Yang Banhou can continue to attract Zhao Tianbiao's attention and buy more time for Li Zhen.

……

Moyun Ridge, north.

This place has deep valleys and lush forests.

At the foot of the mountain there is a waterhole, and the stream in the pool flows down from the mountain. If you climb up the hill along the stream, you will reach the top. Li Zhen stood next to the stream, looked at Long Xi who was dressed in a strong suit, waved his hand and said, "Brother Long, you are familiar with this road, your path, we will follow you." ”

Long Xi nodded, strode forward, and led the group up the mountain.

It was easy to climb at first, but the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes.

The road up the hill is straight and steep and a little slippery, so be extra careful not to slip and fall. The group climbed up for about half an hour and was already on the mountainside. Looking down the hill, you can already see a lot of farmland and houses. At this time, Long Xi raised his right hand and signaled the soldiers behind him not to advance.

Li Zhen asked in a low voice, "Brother Long, are Zhao Tianbiao's bandits stationed here?" ”

Long Xi looked at the person behind him and said in a low voice: "There is still a distance of about ten zhang, and you can see the sentry post set up by Zhao Tianbiao and the bandits." There was a small pavilion with three people in it. When we went up, we used our crossbows to shoot the three men who were guarding the sentry, and then continued upward. As he spoke, Long Shi took out the crossbow he was carrying on his back, loaded it with crossbow arrows, and began to walk cautiously forward again.

Li Zhen and Huang Qiang also learned to boil the dragon, took out the prepared hand crossbow and loaded it with crossbow arrows.

The group followed behind Long Xi and continued to walk up.

The group climbed up for about five minutes, the terrain was slightly flat, and they could already see a small pavilion in the dense forest, and Li Zhen clearly saw three thieves in the pavilion. Long Xi hid in the mountains and forests, raised the crossbow in his hand, and said softly: "I'll count one, two, three, and then shoot together to annihilate the other party in one fell swoop." ”

Li Zhen and Huang Qiang both nodded, and then transferred the soldiers of the three sharp knife battalions to prepare.

"One, two, three, shoot!"

When the words fell, Long Xi had already pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrow shot out with a thud.

"Whew! Shout!!! ”

The other five crossbow arrows were fired in unison, flying towards the sentry bandits. The crossbow arrows were sharp and sharp, and when they were fired, they carried a huge amount of force, and there was a piercing sound of breaking through the air.

When the three soldiers on guard heard this, they all followed the reputation.

"Poof! Burst!!! ”

As soon as they turned around, a bloody hole appeared in their throats, pierced by a crossbow arrow. In an instant, all three sentry soldiers fell to the ground. They were all killed without even making a sound, and could never stand up again.

Li Zhen made a gesture and ordered: "Quickly, hide the corpse immediately." ”

The soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion rushed over quickly, quickly hid the three corpses, and used sand and stones to hide the blood on the ground to avoid detection.

Next, the group began to continue upwards again.

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