The cottage originally had more than 1,200 soldiers capable of fighting, and the two-day battle lost about 250 manpower, and also caused 200 wounded soldiers, of which more than 100 were seriously injured and could not walk independently. In addition to this, there were hundreds of soldiers and dozens of women and children. The women on the mountain got rid of the wives and concubines of several big leaders and old captains, and the rest were prostitutes who were used by the soldiers to vent their desires, and almost all of them were the maids and daughters of wealthy families in several nearby counties who were robbed up the mountain, and there were also kidnapped meat tickets, and their families could not redeem them, so they became military prostitutes.

At dawn, the cottage was in chaos, the fifth team and the seventh team set off led by Sun Deming after a hasty assembly, the rest of the personnel were still hurriedly sorting out their bags, more than a dozen carts were parked in front of the Guangming Temple, and the horses had been set, and the female dependents of the leaders were noisily gathered on the side of the cart, and the soldiers selected the necessary baggage grain and grass according to the order, and the chickens and dogs jumped in front of the Guangming Temple.

When Long Qian received a clear order, it was already dawn, and Sun Dewang sent someone to summon him to the Guangming Temple, along with Cai Chengxi, the captain of the sixth team, a middle-aged man of medium stature and a scar on his face.

Sun Dewang personally gave Long Qian and Cai Chengxi the task of breaking off. Also present was Liu Yucai.

"Team Six has been held in my hands for the past few days, and Team Eight, Zhangjiazhai has proven Brother Long's skills......" Sun Deming introduced the situation and the decision of the cottage, and then accentuated his tone, "Two brothers, raise troops for a thousand days, and use them for a while." Now it's up to the two brothers. Sun Dewang gave the task of breaking off the back with red eyes, and said, when the task is completed, the retreat route of your two teams will be decided by yourself. After protruding from the clouds, he moved closer to Mengyin and went there to find the brigade.

Cai Chengxi said simply, "Please rest assured, the sixth team will definitely guard the gate of heaven until noon, and ensure that the gate of heaven will be handed over to the eighth team of Brother Long." After speaking, he squinted at Long Qian, who was silent, and waited for him to make a statement.

A few days ago, the six teams had been held in their hands and were useless, and it was natural to leave them behind. But the sixth team is the old foundation of the Zhou brothers, and there is a difference between the eighth team that grandma does not love and uncle, Sun Dewang still gave the sixth team a chance to get out, as long as the eighth team reaches midnight, the sixth team is enough to retreat safely whether it is east or south.

The eight teams that were formed at the latest were destined to become the victims of Sun Dewang.

"Why don't you speak?" Seeing that Long Qian didn't say anything, Sun Dewang asked gloomily.

If Long Qian refuses or opposes...... Sun Dewang prepared an extreme measure, that is, to slaughter this guy. The so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not financial management, mother-in-law and mother are absolutely impossible! Someone must make sacrifices now, and the only one who should sacrifice for the whole village is Long Qian's eight teams.

"I promise to finish the errand, please rest assured that the big boss will be relieved." Long Qian sighed in his heart, Sun Dewang was afraid that it was over, so he retreated in such a hurry! This will lead to a rupture, once thousands of people lose control, what is the difference between thousands of sheep and thousands of sheep? Thinking about his heart, he suddenly saw Sun Dewang's gloomy eyes, and knew that Sun Dewang was suspicious of himself, and hurriedly said, "However, I have two requests. ”

"Well, you say." Sun Dewang's face softened, as long as he accepted the task.

"The weapons of the eighth team are not good, there are too few guns, and the bullets are almost gone." Long Qian stared at Sun Dewang's eyes and made the first request.

This is not a fact, Long Qian's eight teams captured more than they consumed in Zhangjiazhai, and moreover, they were hidden by him and not captured. Long Qian gambled that his people didn't make a small report to the leaders.

Looking at Sun Dewang's expression, Long Qian was right.

"The big boss, the firepower of the official army is too fierce, and the brothers are not afraid of death, but ......," Long Qian added.

"Xiaolongzi's request is okay," it was Liu Yucai who spoke, "Big brother, at least leave some more marbles for the sixth and eighth teams." ”

"Yes, I'll tell Nong Mengfu to leave you as many bullets as possible."

"Also, the injuries of Team 8 are taken away by the big boss, they are all good brothers of the cottage, and leaving them will make the broken brothers feel cold."

"Well, don't worry about this," Liu Yucai agreed to Long Qian's request for Sun Dewang, "You don't have to worry about the injury, if you can't fight, send it to the old camp and hand it over to Nong Mengfu." What else? ”

"No more. Thank you two masters, please rest assured, as long as Long Qian still has a breath, he will stay until the early morning of tomorrow. ”

"No, little dragon, you have to live, live to join us." Liu Yucai grabbed Long Qian's shoulder and shook it, "The cottage needs you, understand?" ”

"Second master, please rest assured, although Long Qian's life is not expensive, Cao Kun is not qualified to take it away." Long Qian grinned, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth.

Sun Dewang interrupted the two of them and said to Long Qian and Cai Chengxi, "In addition, the two of you go to find the five masters, although the cottage is poor, you can't treat the brothers who shed blood and sweat for the cottage, you have to share some gold and silver to boost morale, and give you a big share." If the war doesn't go well, try to escape, and the gold and silver may help you. Well, you guys go and prepare. ”

"The big boss is as kind to me as a mountain, and Long Qian has thanked me here. Time is pressing, Long Qian is going to prepare, you take care all the way. Long Qian clasped his fists and saluted, and Cai Chengxi just nodded.

"Well, our scheduled destination is Old Montenegro, where we've been there countless times, and you go there to find us."

"It's good." Old Black Mountain is an abandoned cottage in the south of Mengyin County, and Sun Dewang, who has no ambitions, has never dared to attack the idea of the county seat, let alone the state capital.

With Sun Dewang's explanation, the cottage's chief housekeeper, the fifth master farmer, Mengfu, gave eight teams of ten fast guns and about 2,000 bullets, and gave Long Qian another 1,000 taels of silver and a small bag of gold leaves, which were made by the cottage itself, the size of a palm and as thin as a book page. It weighs half a pound and is very convenient to carry on the body. Nong Mengfu stated that the gold was given to Long Qian himself, and each captain had a copy.

"Thank you for the five masters, you can retreat with peace of mind, as long as the eighth team is here, the officers and soldiers will not be able to pass through the gate of heaven." Long Qian held the golden leaf in his arms, carrying the heavy silver naked in his hand, "There are still some things, if there are any, the fifth master will also leave some for the eighth team." ”

"What?" Nong Mengfu asked with a wink of his glasses. There are not many pigtails in the cottage, and among the five leaders, only Nong Mengfu retains the most famous symbol of the Qing Dynasty, "Long Qian, you don't want people's hearts to be exhausted......"

"Where do you dare, it's just shovels, hoes and grain, the tools are for digging fortifications, and the grain has to be brought to the brothers ......"

"It's easy to do. You can pick any of the tools in the library, the grain, there is not much flour ready-made, but I will give you some. In this way, the eight teams will retreat the most, and the remaining materials will be left for you to deal with, take away what can be used, and burn what you can't bring. Nong Mengfu was in pain, this stingy rich man has always been Sun Dewang's good housekeeper, and he has indeed saved some things in the past few years, where can he take away such a big belongings, and the retreat is so hasty. Sun Dewang explained that it would take time to destroy the things that could not be taken away, and that it would take time to destroy the grain, cloth and other materials stored in the old camp of Guangming Temple and Dongzhai and Duduzhai villages, and according to Liu Yucai's instructions, these things could not be burned immediately, so as to give a clear signal to the officers and soldiers that they must now buy time for the brigade as much as possible.

In the morning, the sixth team had already taken over the Tianmen defense line, and there was no movement on the side of the official army, which was the last time. Long Qian went back to the village first, shouted his squad leaders and chiefs, and informed them of the errand of the eighth team, in fact, many people, such as Wang Mingyuan, Lu Shan and Feng Guozhu, had already known the decision of the cottage, and the slightest brain guessed the truth from the messy scene of the old camp, and the friends who wanted to be good also revealed the key information. Everyone felt nervous and flustered, Long Qian was not there, and could only wait for their backbone to come back.

When Long Qian came back and told the squad leader and the leaders about Sun Dewang's arrangement, Lu Shan immediately scolded, "It's really unrighteous, you want us to die for them!" I really don't treat people as human beings! ”

Feng Guozhu also said, "Team Eight has always been raised by their stepmother in their eyes!" Captain, the leaders are all running away, we can't be too honest, you have to get an idea for everyone. ”

Long Qian stopped his emotional subordinates, "Of course I have an idea. To tell you the truth, it is both my estimate and my hope to leave us behind. It's not necessarily a good thing to follow the team. Now, more than 100 lives of the eight teams are in the hands of our people, brothers, if you can trust me Long Qian, listen to my orders and act immediately! ”

"What is this to say, we listen to the captain." Wang Mingyuan said calmly.

"That's right, Captain, where do we go from?" Lu Shan shouted.

"Don't go now, give us guns and bullets, three guns per squad, 600 bullets, for those who have good marksmanship and can be reliable. You assemble the team and stand by, the squad leader will take your team, and the captain will take your team, and whoever dares to escape will be corrected on the spot! Mingyuan, Lu Shan, the two of you immediately gather your people and hide the grain in the vegetable cellar. Hurry up! Guozhu, you take your team to send the injured number that cannot move to the Temple of Light and hand it over to the five masters to take away. If you can move, follow us. Jin Guo," Long Qian stared at Wang Mingyuan's chief named Song Jinguo, "You and Jiang Yun go to find the flour that has been ground and go to the big kitchen to cook the cakes, burn as many as possible, and we will take them to eat on the road." By the way, you go to the brothel to lead those women to work together, and now no one cares about them, tell them that they will not end well when the officials and soldiers come, and follow our eight teams to let them live. The others followed me to find the five masters to get something, quick! Take action. ”

With Nong Mengfu's slip in hand, Long Qian immediately sent someone to collect the silver, guns and bullets. At the same time, he took over several warehouses, Nong Mengfu was in charge of the soldiers in the cottage, these people were already panicked, Long Qian wanted to take over the warehouse, which was in line with the thoughts of the soldiers, and immediately handed over the warehouse to pack up their things. Nong Mengfu handed over the treasury to Long Qian, which was considered to have fulfilled Sun Dewang's order, and after repeatedly telling Long Qian to burn the supplies before retreating, he also left.

At this time, the cavalry had already left the square in front of the Guangming Temple, and more than a dozen carts carrying female dependents creaked and headed east. The square was full of people running in a panic, shouting and shouting, and the figure of Nong Mengfu quickly blended into the crowd and disappeared.

The valuable and easy-to-carry things in the warehouse have been taken away, leaving behind all the bulky materials that are not easy to carry, Long Qian ordered the people of the first and second teams to pick out the tools for digging trenches, and try to move the food to the Dudu Village to hide, and now no one cares about his eighth team.

Gunshots finally rang out in the direction of Tianmen, Long Qian ordered the two squads that were carrying grain and cloth to throw down the supplies and return to the village, it turned out that he had a glimmer of hope, hoping that the official army would not launch a general attack on the Guangming Temple today, so that he still had time to make a calm arrangement, it seems that Cao Kun did not give himself this time, food is important, but rest and preparation before the war are more important.