Figured out why the silver-armored man was left here alone, the masked man's eyes were bloodshot.

Subconsciously, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he had to catch up with him.

The silver-armored man rode his horse smoothly through the gate of the cottage, entered the village, turned left and right, and waited for the masked man to follow, but he was already gone.

The empty cottage was very quiet, and there was no sound.

He lost the target of the pursuit again, which made the masked man's mind calm down instantly.

Quickly lifting the reins, the horse's front hooves were raised, and he stood in place.

The masked man looked around carefully, and after a while, he noticed that there was something unusual on the road ahead, and it was very likely that a trap had been dug, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I stopped in time and was not carried away by anger, otherwise my life would not have been saved.

At this moment, there was a soft sigh in the unoccupied building in front of him, as if it was a pity, and then it fell silent again.

The masked man thought that it was the silver-armored man and did not run away, hiding in front and observing himself at all times, wanting to use a trap to get rid of himself, and couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard it.

Are you that easy to kill?

The corners of the masked man's mouth were slightly raised, and he was a little proud.

At this time, the group of men and horses chased into the cottage, and the masked man quickly waved his hand to stop the horses.

Then he sent some neat and agile sergeants to investigate around, and sure enough, he found a lot of traps.

Many of the pits are buried with sharp spear tips, which if you accidentally fall down, there is no chance of survival.

The masked man was even more fortunate.

However, Wu Chenggong and Bi Desheng arrived and told him that Sun Peng had lost his breath and could not be saved, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

In fact, he also suspected that the idea of decisively ordering the elimination of the four cottages was also made by the silver-armored man.

Annoyed, this old opponent seems to be a nemesis deliberately arranged by God!

Specially come to him!

Originally, he won over the four cottages, and with the advantage of the imperial court's military horses, he was eighty percent sure of winning this mysterious horse bandit, but now he is in trouble.

"Do you want to chase?" Wu Chenggong and the other sergeants broke all the traps nearby and asked.

The masked man thought for a moment before saying, "Send a small team of men and horses to follow slowly and see where the silver-armored man goes." ”

"Yes!"

Wu Chenggong immediately commanded a team of twenty people and went deep into the cottage.

"Your Excellency seems to recognize the silver-armored man?" Bi Desheng said suddenly.

The masked man froze, then rode away in silence, not answering a question.

Wu Chenggong and Bi Desheng glanced at each other.

After a while, a team of twenty people returned, leading everyone to the front.

This cottage is built by the mountain, behind is the cliff, can only come in from the front door, everyone came to the back mountain, saw a few hemp rope fluttering in the wind.

Obviously, the silver-armored man and the few bandits left behind slowly descended to the bottom of the cliff along the hemp rope.

Although he guessed that it was impossible to catch the silver-armored man this time, seeing that he really ran away, the masked man couldn't help but wave his fist.

At this point, no one needed to ask, and the masked man ordered all the horse bandits to be gathered.

There were one hundred and eighteen people in total.

Ask one by one to see if anyone is familiar with the terrain in the mountains.

A few people were familiar with a small part, and the others all shook their heads and said they didn't know what to do.

The management of the house is very strict, except for those old horse bandits who have been on the mountain for a long time and have been trusted by the family, the rest of the people can only move in the cottage, and keep an eye on one by one, in case there is no court or other cottage details mixed in.

Therefore, most people come to Pingluo Mountain to be horse bandits, except for following out of the Lu to rob, they can't get out of the gate of the cottage at all.

Hear the sergeant's report.

The masked man was rewarded with a whip.

This whip is naturally extremely heavy.

The sergeant who hit him was in tattered clothes and his skin was open, but the sergeant did not dare to snort in pain.

Otherwise, the masked man will be unhappy, and his life will not be guaranteed.

Waving his hand irritably, the masked man asked the sergeant to retreat, "I didn't expect that none of the four major cottage bandits would be useful."

The silver-armored man is fighting with Ben Hou, is Sun Peng dead?

He was killed with a single arrow! ”

This is obviously a complaining word that has nowhere to be sprinkled.

Wu Chenggong lowered his head, "The last general also has a place of dereliction of duty. ”

"Yes, although the last general guessed that the silver-armored man had ulterior motives, he ......" Bi Desheng shook his head, "At that time, the last general returned to the front of his own phalanx, thinking that he could improvise, and by the time he found that the arrow was not in the right direction, he was already out of reach." ”

At that time, the silver-armored man fired two arrows in unison, one arrow was picked up by the masked man, and the other arrow killed Sun Peng.

"Don't blame the two generals!"

The masked man hurriedly waved his hand.

Although Wu Chenggong and Bi Desheng had the intention of self-blame, the masked man did not dare to blame him slightly.

After all, the identities of these two people are too special.

The masked man cannot afford to offend.

However, seeing the attitude of the two, it also reassured the masked man a lot.

With such an attitude, it seems that he will fully cooperate with him.

Before, he was afraid that the other party would not obey the order and arrange.

It's just that the masked man started to have a headache again, and there was no one to lead the way, so how to encircle and suppress that mysterious horse bandit next?

There is no one to lead the way, and it is very dangerous to venture into the mountains, and a bad one will encounter an ambush, which will cause a lot of casualties.

This result the masked man did not dare to bear.

The credit was not established, but a big defeat, the heart is arrogant, and he can't stand it when there is no one in his eyes!

And if he stopped and retreated, the masked man would be unwilling.

Before he left Beijing this time, he had met the emperor and promised in front of the emperor that he would definitely encircle and suppress this mysterious horse bandit before returning to Beijing.

If you can't fulfill your original promise, you will leave the emperor with the impression that he has no ability under his hands, but prefers to talk big.

If there are important tasks in the future, the emperor will definitely exclude him.

Seeing the embarrassment on the masked man's face, Wu Chenggong thought about it, took a step forward, and said: "This time to encircle and suppress the horse bandits, does the emperor have a time limit for adults?" ”

"Nope." The masked man shook his head.

Wu Chenggong smiled, "There is no time limit for the last general, in this case, we can set up camp in the mountains and remove the map." ”

"General Wu is right." Bi Desheng agreed.

The masked man was worried that the situation was not good, and the two generals would directly throw off their sleeves and leave, in that case, he only had more than 20,000 people under his hands, and he was unwilling to return empty-handed, but there were too few sergeants under his command, and then he would fight guerrilla warfare with horse bandits in the mountains and forests, and it was on the territory of the other party, and he would be planted if he was not careful, which was very difficult and headache.

At this time, seeing the two of them express their attitudes, there was a touch of joy in their eyes.

He politely hugged his fists and said, "Thank you two generals for your help!" ”

"Your Excellency is so polite, we are all working for the emperor!" Bi Desheng smiled and replied with a fist in the direction of the capital.

"Yes, what General Bi said is very true."

The masked man laughed and agreed.

The reason why Wu Chenggong and Bi Desheng helped the masked man was first to praise the masked man's martial arts, and his pistol skills were indeed outstanding.

The second is to know the importance of this operation.

In the secret decree, it was repeatedly emphasized that this time it was necessary to eliminate this horse bandit as much as possible.

If he stops and turns around, the emperor is afraid that he will issue an edict to reprimand.

And they will feel that they are not important, and their dependence on them will naturally drop in the future.

As the general of the emperor's private army, it is entirely because of the emperor's trust and reliance that he can hold the military power and have a transcendent identity.

Once the emperor is disliked, he will immediately lose his official position.

The emperor wants to take off the black gauze hat of the official on the surface, and he must have a suitable reason to serve the public.

But if you want to take their official position, you only need a secret decree.

Because they are not able to see the light in the first place.

Now that he had made up his mind, the masked man immediately picked a suitable place and ordered the trees to be cut down and set up camp.

The location of the four bandit villages was good, but they were at the very edge of the mountain forest.

And this mysterious horse bandit's lair is more suitable, with its back to the cliff and fortifications in front of it, but the enemy is too familiar with his lair, and it is possible that he will have a backhand.

So masked people don't dare to use it.

I can only choose my own site and rebuild a camp.

Fortunately, there were enough sergeants to set up camp in only two days.

The place where the camp was built was a relatively open area in the mountains and forests, the terrain was flat, and many trees around it were cut down to broaden the horizon, and several watchtowers were built around the camp.

After the camp was built, the masked man let the bandits who were more or less familiar with some nearby areas lead the way, and the army shuttled through the mountains and forests.

The number of people is too small, and they are afraid that the other party will ambush and sneak attack.

However, there are too many people, and the efficiency is too low.

In the end, Wu Chenggong and Bi Desheng took the initiative to ask to bring a team of soldiers and horses to search the mountain.

The masked man readily agreed.

The three armies searched the mountains separately, and the efficiency was greatly increased.

However, Pingluo Mountain is so big that it took several days to search only one-seventh of the area on the outskirts of the mountain forest.

The mountains and forests are no better than the plains, the terrain is open, and you can see whether there are people at a glance.

The branches in the forest are impermeable, the old trees are tangled, and every step must be searched, and many branches and green leaves must be cut down along the way, and rows of waist-deep grass must be cut down, otherwise the other party is hidden in it, and you can't see it even if you stand a foot away.

There were many poisonous snakes in the woods and grass, for which dozens of sergeants were accidentally bitten, and more than a dozen sergeants have already died of poison.

However, compared to an army of more than 70,000 people, the death of a dozen people is not a big deal.

After a few days of nothing, the masked man gradually became irritated.

Vigorously pushing aside a branch in front of him, the masked man looked at the nearby mountains and forests, his face gloomy.

He suddenly remembered a ploy that he had won yesterday.

Set fire to the mountain!

I have to say that this strategy is very effective, and at the same time ruthless enough.

There were many dead trees in the mountains and forests, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of dead trees and leaves, and if you really set a fire, it would be difficult for the horse bandits inside to escape.

But the masked man didn't dare to take it.

It's not that his heart is not cold-blooded and ruthless enough, but what if he is worried that a fire will burn down Pingluo Mountain and anger the mountain god?

In this era, he believed in God and Buddhism, and he didn't dare to take the risk of offending the mountain gods.

Otherwise, the wrath of the mountain god is not something he can bear.

It may even affect the luck of the Great Qi Dynasty at that time.

If this is the case, how can the emperor spare him?

Not to mention that he still wants to be the first king of Daqi.

In fact, the anger of the mountain gods is nothing more than the occurrence of geological disasters, such as mud flows, landslides, earthquakes, avalanches and flash floods, etc., and the people do not know the real cause, and they are afraid of these big natural disasters and think that there are gods in the mountains.

If the gods are displeased, they will be angry and punish them.