Chapter 17: Preparation

Xu Zhengze's idea is good, those thieves may pass by the edge of the dense forest when they go down the mountain, maybe they will be a mile away, or that sentence, the road is so wide, people like to walk, how to go, so it is not realistic to set up an ambush here, but it is excellent to set up an early warning point in this place for beacon alarm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

"And who's going to go?" Wu Yong looked at the people on the side, but none of them dared to go, and they all avoided it. The scouts in the army who scout the sentinels must choose the most elite and brave people, and in terms of courage alone, these people are far behind, and it is impossible to expect them to be successful.

Xu Zhengze also looked at these students whom he had been with carefully for two days, but unfortunately he was disappointed, in fact, this task would only be safer when he went out to the jungle to post a sentry.

"I'll go there, and take them with me." Xu Zhengze took the initiative to say, and took Pei Song and Pei Bei away by the way.

"Brother Xu, the three of you, aren't you afraid of danger?" Wu Yong asked worriedly, among these three people, Xu Zhengze still has a little ability, and the other party is dozens of people.

Xu Zhengze shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, we sent a signal and drilled into the forest, no matter how many of them there were, it would be useless." "He originally wanted to stay and fight the enemy with everyone, but he didn't expect that no one wanted to go to the sentry, so he had to go by himself. It seems that there are dozens of people in front of them facing the enemy, but to be honest, ordinary people who would go to great lengths to deal with them who specialize in ventilating and reporting news, all went straight to the main force. And even if he sent more than a few people, he was not afraid, that forest was more than a mile in circumference, large and dense, and there were no more people in it, and it was quite safe—at least it was safer than the hard bar facing those people here.

Time was urgent, the two discussed how to deal with it in a few words, Xu Zhengze took the two brothers and sisters, holding his long knife, hard bow and bamboo gun, and set off quickly. There are still a lot of people in the village, do you think we should mobilize some more? ”

Wu Yong thought about it or shook his head and refused, the people who came in a hurry couldn't help much, and it was easy to do bad things, since this battle was difficult to defeat and needed to set up an ambush, then it was not so important to have fewer people, if it was used well, these nine people would be enough to defeat the thieves, otherwise, it would be a hundred people, and they could also slash and kill people cleanly.

Seeing that Wu Yong had made up his mind, he had already begun to lead the group of people to look for the weapons in their hands, they were just a group of fleeing peasants, there were few hoes, Xu Zhengze still had three bamboo guns left, and they were also taken away, and the rest of the people had no weapons to use, so they had to find some wooden sticks to take advantage of, so that they would not be bare-handed.

Looking at Wu Yong's appearance, he should have experienced a lot of fighting, Xu Zhengze put himself in the right position, wrapped some food, and hurriedly left the house with the brother and sister, trotting all the way to the dense forest, they also had to prepare firewood in advance, if they found the enemy, but they couldn't light the fire and smoke and spread the news, it would be a bad thing.

Although Linfen and Yunchengyun Basin are located in the mountains and the Yellow River, the inland terrain of the basin is flat, there are not so many ravines and ravines on the road, as soon as you get out of the village, the situation on the flat ground can be roughly seen clearly, and at this time you did not see the movement of dozens of people, he relaxed slightly, holding knives and bows along the way, and was on strict guard, lest he met the bandits' spies again, and caught him off guard.

Four or five miles south, they came to the foot of the mountain, and at the foot of the hill there was a large wood, which ran down the slope of the valley until they had now stayed, leaving around them a sandy and gravel field, high and low with weeds, and this was where they were to hide.

This wild forest grows quite densely, and in early spring, the trees have already sprouted young leaves, and from a distance they look like fresh green. And in this valley, two months ago, Xu Zhengze brought two brothers and sisters here to look for bamboo as weapons, but he didn't expect that only two months later, there was already a group of bandits here.

Several people hurried to find a lot of fallen dry firewood, piled together, such a large forest is indispensable for all kinds of dry firewood, gathered a large pile of firewood, prepared, several people quietly hid in the dense forest. From the forest, I gradually went up along the dense forest, and found a place with relatively flat terrain to rest. The terrain was a little higher, and standing here, they could easily see the large crowd of people moving at the foot of the mountain, and if they wanted to give a signal, they could run down in a minute or two, and light firewood.

In the next time, they have to wait slowly and patiently, always be vigilant, a negligence, even they may get in.

I don't know if there are any people sent by the bandits to watch the wind and sentry here, Xu Zhengze can't be sure, he can only let the sharp-eared little Pei Song listen carefully to the surrounding movements, several people are holding weapons, they all try to hold their breath, while carefully observing the situation outside, while carefully paying attention not to be attacked.

Originally, when Wu Yong came to find everyone, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon, and in the past few days, Xu Zhengze has been training for an hour in the morning and afternoon, and then let everyone disperse. After that, they were busy discussing, and by the time Xu Zhengze came over, the time had already reached about four or five o'clock. In the early spring, it gets dark early, about six o'clock to get dark, and what is more troublesome is the cold in the wild, and the temperature drops sharply at night, and several people are frozen enough.

A few people were under the nose of the enemy, and they didn't even dare to start a fire, but fortunately it didn't rain today, the canopy of trees in the forest was dense, and there was no wind.

The sun had set, it was already completely dark, and there was no sign of the bandits in the mountains. The three of them took out the food and ate it in small bites, trying not to make any movement, while staring vigilantly outside. Considering that the bandits didn't know when they would go down the mountain, and it was inconvenient for several people to go back at night, Xu Zhengze divided the work among them, and the two brothers and sisters first watched the first half of the night, and then asked him to get up and change shifts, and he was going to lie down and squint for a while.

Spending the night in the dense forest is not a very good experience, all night afraid of the appearance of the enemy, and from time to time to endure the howl of unknown beasts, Xu Zhengze actually regretted that he volunteered, he just thought that the dense forest was inconvenient for the thieves to chase, but he forgot that there are many fierce beasts in this realm now. And when he thought of the beast-nosed thief, he spent the night worrying that some beast would follow the popularity.

Originally, it was good to divide the labor, but after sleeping for a while, Xu Zhengze heard a distant howl, and didn't dare to sleep, several people stared at it tremblingly for a long time, but they didn't wait for a single hair, and finally they shivered in the cold, and in desperation, about seven or eight o'clock, Xu Zhengze lit a fire, carefully covered it by the dense forest and terrain, and a few people could bake the fire on the side, and by the way, they could also scare off some beasts.

This night, the three of them didn't wait for the person they were waiting for, and at dawn, Xu Zhengze was thinking, maybe these people don't bother to engage in any "night dark wind and high murder night", people want to kill the door openly, why didn't they go yesterday afternoon? Could it be that you haven't received the news yet, or is it just that it's getting dark and you're lazy?

In short, this is just his cranky thinking under boredom, no matter what the bandits think, but they are at an absolute disadvantage, they can only stare with their eyes wide open, and they will never dare to have the slightest negligence, Xu Zhengze believes that last night, the gang in the village definitely did not sleep well.

The two brothers and sisters were forced to sleep by him in the second half of the night, leaving themselves alone to stare at it, and when the sky was bright, Xu Zhengze couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to let the two brothers and sisters take over his shift, he and his clothes leaned on the haystack, and fell asleep.

Staying up late hurts his body and hurts his nerves, that is, Xu Zhengze has worked hard in the past few months, so he survived, lay down and dipped hay, and fell asleep in just a few minutes.

This sleep was very sweet, and when he was violently shaken awake, the sky was already bright, and when he looked up, the sun was three feet high, and it was estimated that it was about nine o'clock in the morning, and he slept for about four or five hours. The young man, with a good body and sufficient spirits, slept for a while, Xu Zhengze felt refreshed, and his reaction was also extraordinarily fast, he picked up the waist knife he was holding in his arms and looked towards the slope below.

The gang of bandits dispatched, and after a sweep, more than twenty people, walked slowly out of the valley. Sure enough, there were three or four mules and horses, but most of them were on foot, which slowed down the speed, and the overall march was relatively slow.

Xu Zhengze glanced at it, breathed a sigh of relief, looking at this appearance, when the gang walked to the village, an hour had almost passed, and the distance between the two of them was about two or three hundred meters, a few people quietly lit firewood, turned around and ran into the forest, and the gang had no time to catch them.

After a look, several people quietly went down the dirt slope, tiptoed to the firewood pile, Xu Zhengze handed the lighter to the little boy, and he drew an arrow feather, ready to shoot at any time to cover.

Pei Song has also used a lighter, it is rare on weekdays, and this will be the atmosphere does not dare to breathe, although it is only ten meters away, he is still cautious to the waist, rubbed in front of the firewood, and ignited the firewood with a lighter. The morning dew was heavier, and the firewood was wet, and it burned with a thick black smoke, and when the fire burned, the smoke rose and rolled up, and the little boy pulled his legs and ran back.

Over there, a team of dozens of people was stunned at the sudden fireworks, and after a while, two minions ran over there, and then the rest of the people continued to move forward, as if the fireworks in front of them did not exist.