Avoiding the main force of the official army on the West Road without danger, Long Qian led the team to jump out of the encirclement from the cliff west of the Aggressive Ridge, bypassed Zhangjiazhai by night, and continued to move west. The team no longer has questions about the direction, including Ning Shijun, who thinks he knows the most soldiers, and now he can be regarded as understanding the meaning of the more dangerous it is, the safer it is.

I ran all the way for thirty miles, and arrived at a forest in the north of Maoyang Town at dawn. Long Qian released the guard post, and then ordered the tired troops to rest on the spot.

The early spring mornings are still cold. Long Qian did not allow the soldiers to make a fire, there was no water, and he barely swallowed some of the dry food he brought, because in front of him was Maoyang Town, this big town did not dare to fight its idea easily in the heyday of the cottage, and there were hundreds of people stationed in the defense camp here, which was not so easy to mess with.

When the officers and soldiers came from the west, they had to pass through Maoyang Town. This common sense, most people who stand out from the encirclement understand. But they didn't understand why Long Qian brought them here, looking like this, it seemed like he was going to fight the town!

No one disturbed Long Qian, who was squatting on the edge of the forest and staring at the town quietly, and the team quietly hid in the sparse woods, waiting for Long Qian's further orders.

"Captain, are we going to go into town and kill him?" Lu Shan finally couldn't help it, leaned over and asked in a low voice.

"It's hard to say whether you fight or not. The person you take with the two tigers is responsible for the sentry, and the other brothers retreat a little bit and rest first. Each squad leader should bring his own people and must not run around. Whoever dares to run out of the forest will be slaughtered mercilessly. Long Qian gave the order.

"Got it." Lu Shan went to convey Long Qian's order.

Long Qian stared at the town two miles away, although the climate was still cold, the ground was already hot, and most of the light snow that fell last night had melted. Looking out over the edge of the woods, a path winds into the town, and judging by the road conditions, the woods are rarely visited. And the town was silent and peaceful, and there was not a single figure in sight.

Coming to Maoyang Town was not a predetermined plan. It seemed that turning south was the right choice, but Long Qian subconsciously suspected that Cao Kun had also set up an ambush in the south. That's it, for such a big operation, it is very likely that Cao Kun will use the local green battalion or patrol battalion to assist in the attack, and the green battalion may not be easy to attack the mountain, and it should be possible to guard the road pass. Therefore, Long Qian stubbornly went towards the way Cao Kun's main force came, and he judged based on this that the main force of the official army is now in Mengshan, and his back road must be empty, and even if he stays behind, his vigilance is poor. So, I ran all the way to Maoyang Town!

Long Qian knew that the current situation was not safe, and he was actually taking a big risk. Once Cao Kun finds himself in the air, it is very likely that he will send a force to turn around and return, it is impossible for Maoyang Town to have no garrison, two flanking attacks, and he doesn't know how much Lu Dao can survive.

If you want to take this team to mix, you have to fight! Because their own ammunition is running out. Yesterday afternoon's fierce blocking battle consumed most of the already small amount of ammunition, and the battlefield captures always failed to keep up with the consumption, and the capture of the blocking battle was even less...... There is another option, which is to take the opportunity to escape, and with your own ability, the chances of escaping are very high...... However, he was reluctant to let go of the brothers of Team 8 who already trusted him and regarded him as their backbone. Most of them have been killed; Most people are heinous scoundrels and bandits in the eyes of the people, with no basic morals and conscience; Most people don't know a single word; Most people like to drink, gamble, and prostitute women; Most people's philosophy of life is to live one day at a time, and not think about the future at all...... But I still love them, and I intend to take them to taste another life that they don't know.

That is, the work of a bag of cigarettes, Long Qian made a decision, he asked Jiang Yun, who had been lying behind him, to call the team leaders.

"Maoyang Town is Cao Kun's forward base, and it is estimated that there are a lot of good things hoarded, we are short of everything now, why don't we get him?" Holding the five squad leaders together, Long Qian said his thoughts, "Fighting Maoyang Town will mobilize the main force of the official army to hunt down and kill the brigade, and it is the best help for Sun Dang's family." Second, we are in dire need of weapons and food, and we can only ask Cao Kun for now. ”

That's bold. Several squad leaders didn't say anything, especially Ye Yanbing and Feng Lun, who were just glad that they had successfully highlighted the mountain, and Long Qian's proposal surprised them, and the eyes exchanged with each other showed unconcealed surprise.

"Whether you can fight or not, you have to touch it in first and see if you can talk about it. Let's rest first, Jiang Yun and I will put on makeup and go in to reconnoitre, if possible, we will get him. Long Qian looked in the direction of Maoyang Town and strengthened his determination, "After I leave, the troops will be under the command of Wang Mingyuan, and you must act according to his orders." ”

"Where can you!" Wang Mingyuan said with a smile, "If you miss that thing, you can recognize it at a glance." He tugged at his braids.

"Damn it!" Long Qian has not had braids since he went up the mountain, although the ban of the imperial court has been loosened at this time, but the lack of the Qing Dynasty symbol that was ridiculed by foreigners as a pig's tail still looks very unusual. Nearly 40 years have passed since the Taiping War, and the reason why long hair was called long hair was that it didn't shave its head and kept braids.

The thieves were all desperate to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, and they didn't care about the problem of keeping their hair or not. Long Qian has always shaved his head like a monk on the mountain, and he is not surprised. But at this time, makeup reconnaissance is really not good without that pig tail.

"I'll go, I'll take Jiang Yun there." Wang Mingyuan volunteered.

Long Qian thought for a while, and felt that Wang Mingyuan was steady and careful, and Jiang Yun was extremely clever, both of them were locals, and their accents would not attract attention, "Okay, you can go." Do you know what to do if you want to find out the situation in the town, especially the garrison? In what capacity are you going to go? ”

Wang Mingyuan scratched his head, in what capacity? He hadn't thought about it. Jiang Yun had an idea, "I have a distant relative who is doing tofu business in Maoyang Town, and I haven't been in contact for many years, so I will go in the name of going to relatives. Brother Mingyuan is my uncle, how about it? As for the secrets of reconnaissance, Captain, you taught me a lot, and I remember them all. Jiang Yun grinned, eager to try.

"Rush to the market? Why is it still so quiet? Long Qian asked in surprise.

"It's still early in the morning, and it will be lively later." Jiang Yun replied.

"That's it." Long Qian smiled, "But you can't go empty-handed. It's not appropriate to go to relatives, empty-handed. ”

"Let's go to the town and buy something, and if anyone asks, they will ask my cousin to borrow money to marry." Jiang Yun's mind turned quite fast.

Bringing a few taels of silver, Wang Mingyuan and Jiang Yun found someone to change into suitable clothes, dressed up as two authentic farmers, and headed for Maoyang Town.

After Wang Jiang and the others left, Long Qian checked the sentry post and found no loopholes. Except for the sentinels, the rest of the people slept in the woods, and the exhausted ranks really needed to rest, and many of them leaned against the trees and snorted sweetly.

Long Qian was most worried that the team would disperse after they left the mountain, so he gave the most severe order to Lu Shan just now, and whoever dared to escape would be killed! Now it seems that the situation is very good, and this situation has also dispelled the fleeting thought of leaving.

Long Qian also lay on the ground, thinking about things in his head, but he quickly became confused. When he was woken up by Cheng Erhu, Long Qian thought that something had happened, and learned that everything was normal, no one had come to this side of the woods at all, some people had already woken up and were eating dry food, and more people were still sleeping. When I asked again, I realized that I had slept for nearly an hour and a half, and it was almost noon now.

Cheng Erhu was afraid that something would happen to Wang Mingyuan and Jiang Yun, and the backbone of this honest man who spoke seriously was Long Qian, "Captain, he, they won't have an accident, right?" ”

"Probably not, don't worry. If something happens, there's going to be movement in the town. Long Qian stared in the direction of the town, "Jiang Yun has relatives in the town, and eighty percent of them have been left to eat." ”

Long Qian wasn't sure either. Based on his trust in Wang and Jiang, and even more so of the level of anti-espionage of the official army at this time, Long Qian judged that everything was normal, so he did not order the transfer and waited patiently.

"Captain, let's have something to eat." Gu Xiaolin took a piece of pancake and a bowl of water.

The pancakes were made by the old Song before the retreat, they lacked oil, the craftsmanship was poor, dry, and difficult to swallow, but fortunately there was a large half bowl of water, "Where did you get the water?" ”

"The snow in the shade over there hasn't melted ......"

"Ask everyone, are you full?" Long Qian chewed the cake in his mouth and gave an order to Gu Xiaolin in a vague manner.

"Captain Long, do you want to send someone in to take a look?" Ye Yanbing said in a low voice.

Long Qian knew that he was worried about his own safety, in case Wang Mingyuan and Jiang Yun were arrested, he would probably confess to the team's hiding place, "Don't, you have to believe your comrades." If you have sent them out, you must believe in them. Wait a few more hours, they won't come, let's go! ”

Fortunately, half an hour later, Wang Mingyuan and Jiang Yun finally came back, "Captain, there are a lot of soldiers and horses in the town, but there is no vigilance, you can kill him!" Jiang Yun and Wang Mingyuan came around from the east, which satisfied Long Qian.

"Tell me, what's the situation?" Long Qian saw that the two of them had already eaten.

"Most of the officers and soldiers in the town are soldiers, and there are more than 100 people. In addition, there are some soldiers, who seem to be the same group of people who fought with us in Zhangjiazhai at night, only a few dozen people. The dogs all drank in the compound of the town office. The guards at the gate were not strict, and the sentries guarding the gate were laughing and laughing, and they were not nervous at all. The articulate Jiang Yun reported.

"How do you know the exact number?" Long Qian asked.

"Taken from my relatives. He opened a restaurant, and the officials and soldiers asked him to send wine and food to the town office, so he knew their number. ”

"Oh, your relatives didn't suspect your identity, did they?" Long Qian asked.

"I don't think so," it was Wang Mingyuan who spoke this time, "his cousin is very warm to us." His shop was not far from the town office. Now is the time of the day, we can first mix in a group of people, hide in his cousin's house, and wait until it gets dark to suddenly kill the town office. ”

"Didn't you get questioned when you entered town? How many people are there in the janitor? Long Qian pondered.

"We took a detour to the south gate, and there were three guards guarding the gate. The interrogation was interrogated, and it was very loose. I said to see my relatives, checked my belongings and let them go. ”

"There are four gates in town, right?" Long Qian of Maoyang Town has been here, and there should be four doors like this.

"Yes, it's four doors. However, many places of the walled wall are abandoned, and it is easy to enter. Jiang Yun added.

"Did you get out of town the same way you came? The officers and soldiers of the guards have changed the guard, right? ”

"It's the way it is. The guards were not the same people as before. ”

"You can't bother your relatives," Long Qian muttered, "but it's a clever plan to work with the inside and the outside. Looking at the sun overhead, "The vigilance of the officers and soldiers after dark is higher than during the day, so we have to do it during the day!" He already had a plan in his heart, "In this way, let's mix in a group of people first," several squad leaders had already gathered around, "I'll talk about my plan, you guys listen well__"