Chapter 23, encroaching on Qingfeng Village
Qingfeng Village is located on a hill more than ten miles south of Heifeng Village, and the terrain is more favorable than that of Heifeng Village. Although Qingfeng Village has been established for less than a year, there are several small villages around him, and they will pay their property to Qingfeng Village on time to ensure safety.
Standing in front of the cottage, Yu Pu sighed with emotion, he was very reluctant to return to this place that he hated, but he had to come back.
Without hesitation, he limped towards the mountain gate, he also knew that maybe as soon as he appeared around Qingfeng Village, someone had already spotted him and reported it to the owner of the village, Chen Tan, maybe now the two owners of the village were studying why he was the only one who came back.
Yes, he came back alone, and the rest of the people were cleaned up by Liu Feng. Fourteen bandits Liu Feng dispatched forty village warriors, plus three junior generals, to take them down without destroying them. Except for Chen Da and two or three of Chen Tan's henchmen, who were killed on the spot, the rest were all captured.
And Yu Pu returned to Qingfeng Village according to Liu Feng's plan to carry out the next tasks.
It didn't take long for Yu Pu to appear in front of Chen Tan.
Chen Tan is a strong man in his thirties, as his name suggests, his complexion is very dark, but his strength should not be underestimated. He came out of Aoshanzhai, when Aoshanzhai was first established, he was already there, and it can be said that he witnessed the whole process of Aoshanzhai from weak to becoming the overlord of Aoshan. Next to him sat He Qing, the owner of the second village, this person was born with a good skin, with a white face and no beard, but the cruel expression on his face ruined his whole image.
"Yu Pu, can you explain why you are the only one who came back?" As soon as Yu Pu entered the hall, he heard Chen Tan's low voice, and he was immediately startled, and almost forgot all the things Liu Feng explained, which shows the depth of Chen Tan's prestige in Pu's heart.
"Back to the village master, Chen Da took us and his party to investigate the destruction of the Black Wind Village according to your instructions, and it was very unsmooth at the beginning. However, under the leadership of Chen Da, after our exhaustive search, we finally locked down a village, which seemed to be related to the matter of Black Wind. Yu Pu carefully organized the language, in front of Chen Tan, he didn't dare to call Chen Da "boss", so Chen Da sent a small one to investigate, but unexpectedly, the small one fell into the hunter's trap on the road and was injured and unable to act. Chen Da couldn't wait for a small reply, and sent someone to check it again, only to find out that I had fallen into the trap. So he rescued me, and prepared to send again. ”
"Unexpectedly, there are many traps in this place, and I didn't find them when I was alone, but when there were many people, and not long after I walked forward, half of the brothers fell into the trap again, so I had no choice but to retreat. But just then, we were attacked by wolves. Chen Da led his brothers to fight back violently, but there were too many wolves, there were fifty or sixty of them, and there was also a wolf king, so we had no choice but to flee separately. The little one was lucky, and when he escaped, only one wolf chased him, and he was trapped by the little one using the trap, so he escaped. ”
And when the little one fled, he took a look, and it seemed that because Chen Da had killed too many wolves, there were many wolves chasing him in the direction he was going, including the wolf king, who was only afraid of being more than lucky. It's just the owner of the village, isn't there any other brother who escaped back? After saying that after chasing, Yu Pu still seemed to ask with some doubts.
"You mean, everyone else is dead except you!" Chen Tan's voice was a little chilly, which made Yu Pu's body tremble a little.
"I don't know if it's small, but it was ...... That's right. The wolf pack was indeed not small, maybe seventy or eighty. Maybe the trap there is ...... Just to guard against these wolves...... The wolves set it up, and I don't know what the situation is now. Yu Pu said intermittently, and the wolf pack grew by dozens in a different way.
Chen Tan was silent, he didn't fully believe Yu Pu's words, he knew that although Yu Pu put all the credit on Chen Da, Chen Da's attitude towards him was definitely not good. If he encounters so many irresistible wolves, Chen Da will definitely be the first to escape.
"What's going on in that village you're talking about?" At this moment, He Qing, the second village master, spoke.
"Back to the second village, because it is not too close, the situation is not very clear, it should be a small village with full capacity, or it has just been upgraded to a medium-sized village, and the population will not be too much. Detailed data is not. Yu Pu replied.
"Do you think the wolves will be able to hold on to the village if they attack it?" The second village master continued to ask.
"I really don't know the little ones, I never touch these things." Yu Pu replied honestly.
The two village owners asked some more questions, and let Yu Pu leave: "You just came back now, and you are injured again, so let's go see your son first." Chen Tan sent Yu Pu away, this is not a concern, but a faint threat.
"Dick, what do you think?" Yu Pu left for a while before Chen Tan spoke.
"Big brother has an idea, so why ask me?" Just listening to the slightly mocking words of the second village owner, you know that this cottage may not be so united.
"Yu Pu's words must not be fully believed, but since he still dares to come back, I forgive him for not daring to do anything harmful to the cottage. The matter of Black Wind Village has not yet been settled, and something like this has happened, should we go directly to destroy that village, regardless of whether the matter of Black Wind Village has anything to do with him? Chen Tan asked. Although this second village master is a little dissatisfied with him, his resourcefulness is better than him, so there are some things that still need to be discussed with him.
The second village owner shook his head and said, "Big brother, do you remember Zhang Kui?" ”
"Is that Zhang Kui from the destroyed Black Wind Village? Of course you know, what do you mention of him? Chen Tan was a little puzzled.
"Then Zhang Kui is very good at setting traps." The second village master prompted.
"You mean, those traps were set by Zhang Kui? That's impossible! Mo said that the Black Wind Village had been destroyed, Zhang Kui had already died, even if Zhang Kui was alive before, the Black Wind Village would not have set a trap so far away. Unless he's sick in the head! Chen Tan said categorically.
"It's really mud that can't support the wall, I really don't know how it got mixed up with the owner of the village!" The second village master secretly slandered himself, "Big brother, I don't mean that this trap was set by Zhang Kui, but the person who set the trap." You say, if there is such a person in our village, wouldn't the safety of the cottage be greatly improved? ”
"That's the case, then let's just go and destroy the village and catch the person who set the trap." Chen Tan was a little excited. You must know that being a bandit is a risky profession, and you must be careful at all times, otherwise how can Aoshan only have a few cottages, and they are all affiliated with Aoshanzhai, because other cottages have disappeared for various reasons. A safe cottage is stronger than anything else, and the person who can set a trap is enough to raise the defense of the cottage to a notch. When Zhang Kui was still in Aoshanzhai, Chen Tan wanted to ask him over, but Aoshanzhai never agreed, until Zhang Kui came out to develop his power.
"Big brother, it's better not to do this." The second village owner shook his head again.
"Why?" Chen Tan's face was a little bad.
"Let's not talk about the truth or falsehood in Yu Pu's words, if there is really someone in that village who will set a trap, we will destroy their village, even if we arrest him, do you think he will do things for us wholeheartedly?" Seeing that Chen Tan's face was not good, the owner of the second village no longer sold Guanzi, "Therefore, the best way is to bring this village under the management of our cottage, and invite the people who can set traps to come up the mountain, so as to maximize its role and increase the safety of the cottage." ”
"Then we have to ...... now" Listening to the second child's reasoning, Chen Tan asked again.
"Now, naturally, we must first find out the truth of the matter, and whether there is such a person in that village." The second village master said categorically.
Soon, another team of bandits left Qingfeng Village and headed towards the scene of the incident that Yu Pukou said. Yu Pu, who heard the news, put his mind at ease and reunited with the child safely.
The scene of the incident was a narrow area before entering the valley where Baijia Village was located, and it had been treated, which at first glance seemed to be in line with Pu Kou's words, although his words were a bit exaggerated.
As soon as the thieves of Qingfeng Village saw this place, they believed it to be true, and were about to continue to move forward to find out the reality of the village, when at this moment, they were extremely happy and sad, and sixty or seventy villagers from Baijia Village suddenly appeared and surrounded them in a narrow place.
There were no special talents in this group of bandits, only a few of Chen Tan's henchmen resisted a little and were killed, and then these twenty or so people, like the previous group, all became prisoners of Baijia Village.
Liu Feng was right, Qingfeng Village really did not directly destroy Baijia Village with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, but continued to send people to investigate the truth, so he gave Liu Feng the opportunity to encroach.
"From the mouths of those prisoners, we know that there are 178 people in Qingfeng Village, in addition to the old and weak, women and children, there are 153 combatants, after these two battles, there should be about 110 people, if we can divide the troops again and defeat them, we will have the strength to confront Qingfeng Village head-on." In Baijia Village, Liu Feng and several leaders of Baijia Village were there. Once again, the bandits of Qingfeng Village were wiped out, giving them a two-day buffer, so they had the opportunity to discuss countermeasures in Baijia Village.
"But this is very difficult, after these two disappearances, Qingfeng Village should be suspicious, we don't know what they will do next." Zhou Yidao.
"I'll talk about this later, Elder Wang, how is the surrender?" Liu Feng asked.
"It's not bad, more than half of the people have already joined the village, it is estimated that there will be some tomorrow, and the remaining few will probably only surrender when they attack Qingfeng Village." Wang Hua replied. Because of his special skills, Liu Feng specially asked him to be responsible for recruiting prisoners.
The current Baijia Village, with the addition of these two captives, has a population close to the upper limit of 200. At the same time, Liu Feng trained 70 village warriors, more than one-third of the number, and the number is still increasing. Now he only wants to solve the matter of Qingfeng Village, and increase the number of troops by unscrupulous means, so that all industries and buildings are barely maintaining their operations - without him, there is a shortage of manpower.
"Very good, as long as we pass the level of Qingfeng Village, we will immediately upgrade the village to a large village, accommodate more people, and recruit more troops to protect the village. As for the question of whether Qingfeng Village will divide its troops again, it should be, I know a message from the captives, so they will definitely come again. Liu Feng swore an oath, "However, this time there are not just so few people." Although we still have the advantage, it is impossible to have a precedent without deaths, so everyone must be prepared for heavy casualties. Therefore, for the sake of the village, for the sake of your loved ones, let's work hard! ”
After the meeting, Baijiacun immediately nervously prepared for the war.