At this time, the villagers have almost gone, at the end is an old man in his sixties surnamed Yu Minghe, very young to be admitted to Xiucai, but never able to pass the exam, only to go out to the curtain, to the old but accumulated a sum of money back to the village, the largest house in the village is his family, in the village quite prestigious. According to the plan, he will stay in the village to deal with the rebels, and is saying goodbye to his family under the archway, Liu Cheng and Huineng hurriedly greeted him, Huineng arched his hand and said: "Yu Gong, please bear more of the next thing!" ”

"Don't say more." Yu He waved his hand: "I know in my heart that even if I let that gang of rebels cut alive with a knife, I won't say half a word!" ”

Liu Cheng knew that if he followed his plan, the danger of He Laohan surviving was very small, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of apology in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Old man, my idea is to let you stay, it's—"

"Mr. Liu, why did he say this!" Yu He interrupted Liu Cheng's apology: "This is originally a matter of our village, and Mr. is already kind to us for his advice for this village, how can I let Mr. take risks again." The old man will be in three years, and he will be in his old age for the sake of the village, and he will be grateful to Mr. for having this opportunity! Speaking of which, Yu He straightened his clothes and bowed to Liu Cheng very formally, and the family members behind him also hurriedly saluted together, which made Liu Cheng at a loss, and he didn't let go of the salute for a while.

"Thank you, uncle, thank you for your sugar!" A familiar voice attracted Liu Cheng's attention, and a familiar figure sat on the donkey behind He, it was the cute drooping girl, and the black cat was still in his arms, Liu Cheng took two steps forward and reached out to stroke the girl's head, and suddenly remembered the cat's claws, and his hand retracted again.

"Uncle, don't be afraid, Xiao Hei won't arrest anyone this time!"

Liu Cheng was seen by the girl, his face couldn't help but blush, and he was about to say a few prevaricating words, but he heard a sharp whistle in the distance, and when he looked up, a puff of black smoke rose from the mountain not far away, which was really a signal to realize the agreement.

"This gang of rebels is coming so fast!" Huineng snorted coldly and arched his hand towards Yu He: "The chaos is coming, then this is the farewell, Mr. Yu take care!" “

"Take care!" Yu He said solemnly.

Due to the lack of discipline, many of the rebels put their weapons, armor and belongings on the backs of the stolen cattle, which were mixed with the rebels, not only dragging the ranks for a long time, but also often blocking the narrow parts of the mountain roads, confusing the marching procession.

"Uncle, look!" Du Guoying pointed to the pillar of smoke on the hill not far away: "I'm afraid there is an ambush ahead, let me lead a team of people to do outpost exploration and explore the way!" “

"Hmm!." At this time, Du Ruhu had regained a little bit of his former majesty, he looked at the rebels in front and back, frowned and said: "Everyone is wearing armor and holding soldiers, and the cattle are rushing to the side of the road!" “

Under Du Ruhu's order, the rebels began to hurriedly remove weapons and armor from the cattle, and for a time the cries of the cattle and the shouts of the rebels filled the entire mountain road, Du Ruhu scolded loudly, and it took a lot of effort to unfold the rebels in formation. At this time, Du Guoying also came back, his face was full of excitement: "Uncle, that village is in front, and it is just over a mile away." Speaking of this, he made a gesture with his hand, and an old man in a robe came behind him, but it was Yu He.

"This old man is from the village, everyone else in the village has run away, and he is the only one left!"

While Du Guoying was talking, the soldier pushed Yu He violently and shouted: "Little Lao'er hasn't knelt down yet, I've seen the general!" ”

Then Yu He was very strong, staggered and stood up straight, and muttered: "General, general, I don't know which general?" “

"Bold!" Du Guoying was about to draw his knife but was stopped by Du Ruhu, he looked at Yu He's dress, and said with a smile: "The old gentleman has also gone to school, right?" Sit down and talk! Du Guoying, who was on the side, reluctantly took a maza and put it down. Yu He was not polite, sat down and said: "I am the only one in the village, and it is up to you to kill or chop up, but don't mess with the village." “

"Sir, please rest assured, I'm just passing by, and we'll stay overnight!" Speaking of this, Du Ruhu's face became serious: "But please tell me the whereabouts of those two monks, there is a wrongdoer, a debtor, and we are not random people." ”

"These two people are passing monks, how do I know?"

"Wandering monks? Then why did you bring our people to your village? Du Ruhu sneered: "If you don't want to die, let your family exchange the whereabouts of those two monks." Speaking of this, Du Ruhu said in a deep voice: "Escort down, take care of him, don't treat him slowly!" ”

Among the rocks at the top of the mountain, Liu Cheng and Huineng lay among several boulders, carefully observing the movements in the village. When the rebels entered the village, they did not disperse and live in their homes, but in the largest and strongest courtyard in the middle of the village. Liu Cheng glanced at Hui Neng with admiration: "As the mage expected, this group of rebels really lived in the courtyard of the Yu family. ”

"Actually, there is nothing unusual, according to Na Dugu, this group of people used to be the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, there must be people who knew the soldiers in it, and two people were killed by us, and they will definitely not disperse in an unfamiliar environment, but choose a place that is most conducive to defense to stay. Most of the other houses have thatched wood, but this one is mostly made of brick and stone, not afraid of fire, and the courtyard wall is high and strong, if I would definitely choose this place. Speaking of this, Huineng smiled slightly: "But they didn't expect that this courtyard wall could not only defend against foreign enemies, but also become an obstacle to their escape." ”

"If martial arts can be practiced by one person, but these are clearly the art of war, he is just a monk, how can he know so many things?" Liu Cheng looked at Huineng's heroic face, and his heart became more and more suspicious, but he thought about it for a while, and finally didn't say his doubts.

The winter days passed quickly, but just now, the sky was already quite dark, because of the perennial march and war, Du Ruhu did not sleep deeply, but after a nap on the bed for more than an hour, he woke up. Du Guoying, who heard the movement outside the door, brought food in, and asked tentatively while watching his uncle eat: "Uncle, the food and firewood in this village are ready-made, and the brothers have worked hard a few days ago, so don't you stop to rest for two days?" ”

"No way!" Du Ruhu shook his head firmly: "I can't stop, rest for a night, and leave at dawn tomorrow." ”

"Uncle!" Du Guoying's face showed embarrassment: "The brothers are very tired, let's rest for two days!" “

Du Ruhu glanced at his nephew, he already roughly understood what his nephew meant, although those villagers fled, but they were surrounded by barren mountains and mountains, and it was winter, so they couldn't stay in the field for long, as long as they stayed for a few more days, they would definitely come back, obviously their subordinates were not willing to get a few full meals and a bed in this village, if it was in the past, Du Ruhu would definitely be stern, but now he is not the general of Yansui Town, Daming.

"Well, then stay two more days, two days at most!"

"Yes!" Du Guoying came out, six or seven hundred households surrounded the general manager, and before they could speak, Du Guoying waved his hand and said: "The master has agreed, stay here for two days, and set off the day after tomorrow!" ”

Hearing the news, everyone was very happy, and thanked Du Guoying without saying anything, and some people also said that they would definitely leave the harvest to Du Guoying's best share - whether it was a thing or a woman, and Du Guoying generously refused, these days in fact, he, not Du Ruhu, is actually commanding and maintaining this small team. Compared with Du Ruhu, who used to be a general, the mutiny hit the young Du Guoying much less, and even in a sense, the Liangxiang Mutiny made him feel very relieved, and he liked the current life more than the life of being in arrears for many years and begging his father and grandmother everywhere to find a full life. For the future, Du Guoying firmly believes this: drought does not starve good men, Kansai has been famine for several years, and strongmen who pull poles to loot everywhere will be everywhere, and a team like them with complete equipment and rich military experience is welcome everywhere.

In the pine forest on the hillside, Liu Cheng and Huineng patiently waited for the passage of time, and in the col behind them there were more than 100 young men squatting or lying, in order to prevent being discovered by the rebels who were keeping vigil in the village, no one could light a fire to keep warm. The biting mountain wind made many people's faces look very ugly, but no one dared to complain, not even those who were about to cough covered their mouths with their sleeves, and everyone knew that their own fate and that of the whole village was determined by their actions tonight.

"It's already two o'clock!" Liu Cheng looked at the luminous quartz watch on his wrist and whispered to Huineng, it took him a lot of effort to figure out the correspondence between the ancient twelve hours and the modern twenty-four hour system. Huineng nodded, he turned around and whispered the names of the two men, and the two agile young men lowered their bodies and ran towards the village, their backs quickly disappearing into the night.

Liu Cheng looked at the thick inky night outside, and said in a low voice: "I can't see my fingers outside, can those two people do it?" ”

"It's dark when it's dark!" Huineng is very confident: "These two are my disciples, and they are very familiar with this village, even if they are blindfolded, they will not go the wrong way." ”

Sure enough, just as Hui Neng expected, after about a cup of tea, the two young men came back, and the older one said with excitement on his face: "Maitreya bless, I entered through the tunnel and set the pine resin on fire, and I didn't find it at all." ”

"Ahem!" Huineng interrupted the young man's narration with a low cough and whispered orders for everyone to follow the plan.

Du Ruhu was awakened from his dream by a pungent smell, he jumped out of bed, grabbed the saber placed next to the pillow in his hand, and from outside the door came the sound of hurried footsteps and shouts, he pushed the door open suddenly, and was immediately so smoked by the thick smoke that he couldn't open his eyes.

"Someone, someone!" Du Ruhu covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve and shouted loudly.

"Uncle!" A person ran over from the corridor, it was Du Guoying, judging from his red and swollen eyes, he also suffered a lot.

"What's going on? Did someone set the house on fire? “

"I don't know, it shouldn't be, this smoky evil, let's go out and breathe!"

Du Ruhu's uncle and nephew supported each other and ran towards the gate, only to find that the door was already crowded with smoke-soaked soldiers with snot and tears on their faces - in order to prevent a sneak attack, the gate was not only covered with heavy tenons, but also locked with iron chains, and the smoke was shrouded in thick smoke and could not be opened for a while and a half.

"Damn, open the door! I'm about to suffocate to death! ”

"Ahem, what the hell is this!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, why are you like a girl, you can't even open a door for a long time!"

The shouts of the soldiers and the irritating smoke made Du Ruhu's brain feel like a mess, and the only thing he could do was to cover his face tightly with his sleeves, while Du Guoying on the side shouted at the rebels, telling them to quickly split the door with an axe

After more than ten minutes of confusion, the rebels finally found an axe for chopping wood, and cut the iron chain with three strikes and five divisions, and brought the door down. Amid the cheers of the rebels, the heavy elm gate was pushed open, and several of the most powerful rebels immediately rushed out, wanting to enjoy the first breath of fresh air, but they were greeted not by the imaginary fresh air, but by two rows of wooden guns pointed diagonally, and the torsos of the first few people were immediately pierced by the tips of one or more spears, making a terrible scream.

But unfortunately, their screams were muffled by chaotic shouts, and the sight of the people behind them was blocked by the bodies and smoke of the people in front of them, and they pushed their companions in front of them hard, which made the wooden guns pierce their bodies deeper and deeper, and soon the perpetrators became victims again, and the people who were still pushing their companions in front of them just now were pushed onto the torture table by the people behind, and when the remaining people found the trap at the door, there were already more than a dozen of the strongest and most agile men who fell to the ground in pain and bled **, The vast majority of them will die in a few minutes of painful death.

The structure of the trap is simple, but very effective—just two rows of wooden guns, one end of which is inserted into the earth, and the upward-facing end is sharpened and hardened by fire, and these two rows of wooden guns are tied to two rows of horizontal logs, much like the pointed balustrades of the seventies and eighties, except that the pointed balustrades are vertically upward, while the ancient dangerous brothers are lined with forty-five degrees and pointed diagonally upward, the height of the upper layer of spearheads is about the height of the man's chest, and the lower layer is about the lower abdomen. The stabbed man's struggle will only cause the other end of the spear to dig deeper into the earth, and only a certain number of spears will break the trap to fail.