That evening, Zhou Ping trained his men and was about to return to his residence to get some things, when he had just walked through a courtyard, but he heard someone arguing inside, and the voice sounded very familiar. He looked in curiously through the crack in the door, only to see that it was Xue Liangchen, Xue Liangyu, and Xue Liangyun who were speaking, only to see Xue Liangyu say loudly: "Second brother, you are acting unfairly, which makes me so unconvinced!" ”

"Injustice?" Xue Liangchen was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Why am I acting unfairly, fourth brother, come and hear about it?" ”

Xue Liangyu was already flushed with anger: "Second brother, in terms of strength, horseback riding, archery, and bayonet guns, which of these people can match me?" Ah Zheng is just your Lang party, so you can be a team leader, why am I only a scout, how can you convince me? ”

"I see!" Xue Liangchen said with a smile: "Little brother, this is a war, but it is not a one-on-one battle at the head of the village, a one-on-two fight. Yes, if you talk about bayonet spear shooting, there are not many people in Anyang County who can match you, but the battle array is two different things. ”

"Second brother, don't you want to trick me, aren't they all archery and stabbing guns, it's just that there are more people, what's the difference?" Xue Liangyu said angrily.

"That's a big difference!" Xue Liangchen smiled slightly, and his face became serious: "Sun Ziyun's husband is the one who drums and carries the flag, so the eyes and ears of the people are also." If the people are single-minded, the brave must not advance alone, and the cowardly cannot retreat alone. 'The way of the art of war is to let everyone only have the flag in their eyes, only the golden drum in their ears, the front finger of the flag, the war drums in unison, and the sword mountain and the sea of fire in front of them cannot stop; The battle flag was backwards, the sound of gold sounded, and the front was full of gold and silver, and there was no turning back. You are a brave and ruthless surname, where do you remember your subordinates when you see the enemy soldiers, you have already rushed out alone, how can you be a team leader? Do you remember the situation in Gaoping Village, Zhu Zhi was greedy for profit, his subordinates did not give in to each other, and he was ambushed by thieves in the village. That Yue Fei is not inferior to you in terms of bravery, but if it weren't for Ah Ping's strategy, I am afraid that his bones would have been buried in that Gaoping Village. Fourth brother, if you change places, can you kill them? ”

Xue Liangyu listened to Xue Liangchen's words, the green tendons on his neck that were already anxious were exposed, and he stepped forward and said loudly: "Second brother, how do you know that I can't do it." "It seems that if it weren't for the second brother who was talking in front of him, I was afraid that he would have to do it.

"Fourth brother, stop!" Xue Liangyun stretched out his hand to stop Xue Liangyu and shouted: "These things are good ministers have their own teachings, you go down, don't bother here!" ”

"Humph!" Xue Liangyu saw that the eldest brother had spoken, snorted coldly and walked inside, seeing Xue Liangyu walking away, Xue Liangyun turned around and smiled: "Second brother, the fourth brother is still young, you don't want to be like him, but what he said also makes some sense, Ah Ping is just a field guest, and he can also be a team, and the fourth brother is also a little aggrieved when he is a horse archer!" ”

"Big brother, Ah Ping can write and calculate, and he has a strategy, so being a team is exactly what he should do! Besides, this time several brothers of our Xue family have become the head of the team, and the fourth is only sixteen years old, if he also becomes the team leader, don't say that it is in everyone's place, but in the county Zun. The fourth child is still young, and he has experienced two more times, and there will be more opportunities in the future! ”

"In that case, so be it!" Xue Liangyun saw that Xue Liangchen had even brought out the great god of Zhixian, so he only smiled and nodded, but looking at his face, he should be quite reluctant.

"I didn't expect it to be so difficult for me to be a small team!" Zhou Ping thought to himself, he was about to tiptoe away, so as not to be bumped by the Xue brothers, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and someone whispered in his ear: "Zhou Tanyue, what a coincidence!" ”

Zhou Ping was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, and turned around suddenly, only to see Zhishan looking at himself with a meaningful smile, and said in a low voice: "Zen Master, you are so light on your hands and feet, but it scared me!" ”

"It's not that the poor monk is light-handed, I'm afraid that Tan Yue will listen to you!" Zhishan smiled, he didn't wait for Zhou Ping to speak, and said softly: "Zhou Tanyue, you and I will go to a secluded place, I have something to tell you!" Without waiting for Zhou Ping to answer, he pulled his sleeves and walked to the back of the house.

The two walked to a secluded place at the back of the courtyard, and asked, "Zhou Tanyue, how long do you think this kind of training will last?" ”

Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, secretly thinking that he was just a small team leader, and there were only a dozen or so subordinates, how could he know how long he would have to train soldiers, and just wanted to shake his head, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart, and he thought for a while: "If my guess is right, it will be three or four days at most, and one or two days at least!" ”

"Oh?" Zhishan's face showed a slight hint of surprise, as if he was surprised how Zhou Ping came to a conclusion, and asked, "Tan Yue, why do you say that?" ”

"It's very simple, although we didn't kill the thieves four days ago, but the thieves' baggage has been lost, if these thieves don't come out to grab a handful, I'm afraid that even the rations will be gone. If the magistrate knew the news of this gang of thieves, how could he not urge us to send troops? ”

"Not bad!" Zhishan smiled: "You and I thought of going together, but there is another thing you didn't expect." ”

"One more point?" Zhou Ping was stunned when he heard this, and Zhishan didn't wait for him to ask, so he said to himself: "As far as I know, Zhang Chao, the leader of this gang of bandits, died of a cold arrow when he besieged Dayjin Hall, and now the leader of the group of thieves should be another person, this person has just taken the position and lost all the baggage, and the position must be very unstable, if he wants to sit firmly in the position of the head of the thieves, the best way is to do a lot of money and plug the mouth of the group of thieves with money." ”

Hanling Mountain, seventeen miles northeast of Anyang City. Legend has it that Han Xin tried to garrison soldiers here, hence the name. The common name is Shichirigang.

The sunny slopes are covered with chestnut trees, these branches are almost all the property of the Quguan people of Qujia Village under the mountain, at this time it has reached the late autumn season, the branches are full of ripe chestnuts, under the sunlight, many chestnuts dry and prickly shells have been cracked, revealing the full and attractive flesh inside, full of a harvest scene.

Yang Shun'er walked under a thick chestnut tree, he lifted his sleeves and bottoms, tied them into his belt, and after collecting his belongings, he spat on both hands, and climbed up the branch with a slight leap, his movements were like that of an agile ape, and in the blink of an eye his figure disappeared into the dense branches and leaves of the canopy.

"Good boy, it's hard to reach out!" One of the thieves standing under the tree laughed, "Monkey, get more chestnuts down!" ”

Yang Shun'er responded, and quickly knocked down the ripe chestnuts, and a few thieves under the tree picked them up on the ground. That Yang Shun'er really had a unique mystery in climbing and jumping, and I saw that he was in the shadow of the tree for a while, to the left for a while, and to the right for a while, and then he had knocked down the ripe chestnuts on more than ten chestnut trees nearby.

Under the tree, the thief casually opened the skin of a ripe chestnut, stuffed the flesh into his mouth, and said vaguely while chewing: "Don't say, this chestnut tastes quite fragrant, but it is a little astringent, and it has to be roasted to be delicious!" ”

"Phew!" Another thief next to him sneered: "What are the delicious chestnuts, feeding the pigs, even the poor people in the village have corn to eat at this time!" Aren't we robbing homes just to live a comfortable life for a few days? Not to mention the wine and meat, I don't even have to eat corn, what is this! ”

"Brother Zhang Sheng! Who told us to lose all our baggage? The thief smiled bitterly and handed the chestnuts in his hand to his companion: "Fortunately, there is a chestnut forest on this mountain, otherwise I wouldn't even have to eat chestnuts today!" ”

Zhang Sheng snorted coldly, chewed two mouthfuls of chestnuts, and said hatefully: "It's not that Yang Wu's fault, I've heard it all said, there were only six or seven archers outside the village that day, and setting fire was just a bluff, but that guy was scared and threw away his baggage and belongings." If not, we still need to eat this bullshit chestnut here? ”

"Yes, it is said that the leader of Zhang Chao is dead, and the one who will take over the position of the leader should be you, as a cousin, how can you let the surnamed Yang get the position!"

Several robbers complained under the tree, Yang Shun'er on the tree heard it clearly, he had been kidnapped by the thieves that day, and he had wanted to find a chance to escape, but two days later he heard that the government's bounty notice had his own name, according to the number of bounties still in the first few, the notice said that he was the thief's internal response, and wanted to attack the day Jintang at night to hide his identity and blend into the performing arts team, and the class owner died in his own hands. After listening to these Yang Shun'er only secretly complained, not to mention the reward of the government, even if there was no wanted by the government, it would be impossible for him to return to the team, his dwarf had no relatives in Anyang, where was there any other way out except to stay among the thieves? After this incident, Yang Shun'er also died of the heart of escaping, and stayed in this thief. He heard the thieves' complaints on the tree, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened, maybe because of the surname Yang, the current thief leader Yang Wu still takes care of him, if it is true that this group of thieves has taken the position of the leader, he is a dwarf without fists and bravery, where will he survive among the thieves in the future? Thinking of this, Yang Shun'er secretly made up her mind.

"The ripe chestnuts on these trees are all gone, if it's not enough, I'll go to the other trees to have a look!" Yang Shun'er shouted loudly from the tree.

"There are thirty or forty people, where is this chestnut enough! Monkey, go to the other trees and take a look, we'll rest here first! A thief sat down lazily, turned to his companion and smiled: "Don't say it, this monkey is also very diligent!" ”

"That is, he can't draw a bow, he can't swing a knife, if he is not diligent, Lao Tzu will cut him with a knife!" Another robber made a head-cutting gesture and said with a smile, "Save some food, too!" ”

Yang Shun'er jumped over a few chestnut trees, looked back at the bandits on the ground, and confirmed that the other party could no longer see his actions, so he quickly climbed down the chestnut tree and ran towards the hillside.

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