Two bandits galloped into the ruined compound.

Under the moonlight, the bandits and horses were stretched, Qiao Xiaojing and they curled up at the base of the wall, secretly looking at these two guys, riding on horseback as if they were in mid-air, tall and burly, their hands could touch the sky, as if a god had descended, and they were shocked.

"Where?" said the guy who was at the front, and the horse neighed, and he looked around and said to the man behind him, "not at all." ”

Could it be that we have been exposed, and the bandits already know that we are coming to look for them? Could it be that they have come to arrest us? Qiao Xiaojing thought so. The bodies of the three curled up even more, clinging to the damp walls.

"Maybe I'm mistaken," said another, "or go back first, it's not too early." ”

The man did not answer, but turned his horse's head, and struck the horse with his whip, and the horse hurried forward, followed by the other man, who rode out of the ruined courtyard one after another, and had to go further north, with a cloud of dust rising behind him.

"What is it?" the big man sighed as he picked up Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu, patting the dirt on his body, "Scared me." ”

"Bandits. Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi responded in unison.

"Bandits?" the big man was very excited when he heard these two words, and pointed to the north side, "Then what are we doing here in a hurry, let's go, don't we find the thieves' den of these guys after them?"

"Let's go!" Qiao Xiaojing agreed with the big man's proposal. The three of them turned around and walked straight north......

Cuiyu, Dazhi, and Boss Wu were pushed out by the tavern owner and came out onto the street.

"Although I learned that the people on horseback were bandits," Boss Wu said with a little regret, "I still have some regret that I didn't inquire about the location of those guys' nests." This boss is a miser from the bottom of his heart, but when he talks about bandits, his expression is in a trance, and he would rather give up his money than talk about it more, which shows how much harm those bandits have brought to the people!"

"Yes," said Jade, "I was very unhappy at first when I saw this man's greedy face, but when he found that he had made a mistake in his momentary carelessness, his face changed greatly, and he looked restless and restless, and I had only sympathy in my heart, and those thoughts before were gone." ”

"Who's to say it's not?" Dazhi sighed, "This tavern owner is also a person on the street, well-informed, sophisticated, and has capital in his hands, and he is still so jealous of those bandits, let alone those ordinary people." This time, no matter what, we have to get rid of this gang of harmful spirits for the people, and return the people to a peaceful world. ”

"Can you give the people a peaceful world," Boss Wu said lightly, "It's hard to say, Japanese devils, local tyrants and inferior gentry, local militias, etc., these jackals, tigers and leopards, none of them are good at stubble, we do our best!"

While talking, Cuiyu, Dazhi and Boss Na Wu had already returned to the three-way intersection where they broke up with Qiao Xiaojing, and the three of them discussed and unanimously decided to go to Zhenbei to find Qiao Xiaojing, Ah Zi and the big man.

At this time, Qiao Xiaojing and the others had already touched the vicinity of the bandits' den, and the sound of the bandits drinking and punching clearly came into their ears.

Qiao Xiaojing, Ah Zi and the eldest man secretly walked along the courtyard wall, passed by a gate, and walked to the edge of a half-collapsed courtyard wall, standing here, they could clearly see the situation in the courtyard.

In the courtyard there was a large square table, around which seven or eight robbers were sitting, full of all kinds of dishes, and a wine jar on the ground, and they were eating, drinking, talking, and laughing, enjoying a leisurely life.

"These beasts are so comfortable!" the big man sighed.

"Didn't you say that there were eleven or twelve?" Qiao Xiaojing stretched her neck to look at all corners of the yard, and said to herself, "Why are there only seven or eight thieves, where did the rest go?" Could it be that they went out to harm the people again?"

"It's hard to say," Zi responded, "We just saw two guys coming back from outside, and they almost blocked us in that dilapidated yard. ”

"I see," the big man said to Qiao Xiaojing, "There are only these few of them, and they are all drunk, so their combat effectiveness should be average, why don't we go over the wall and get in now, and kill these guys first." ”

"No," Qiao Xiaojing turned around, motioned to Ah Zi and the big man to squat down, and said in a low voice, "There are two reasons, one is that these guys have dry goods, you may not have noticed, each of them has a gun under their feet, including a light machine gun, and our bare hands are obviously not good for us; ”

The big man and Ah Zi didn't speak, but just listened to Qiao Xiaojing.

"If you want to hurry, you can't reach it," Qiao Xiaojing continued, "Don't rush for quick success, the more you must be more calm and calm when it seems easy, and beware of being confused by appearances and falling into a trap." For us, not only finding the bandits' lair, but also witnessing the thieves' lair, this is not a small reward, and the task has been successfully completed. ”

"However, going back like this is somewhat unwilling. The big man took a deep breath.

"Listen to Sister Xiaojing," Ah Zi said, "Go back first, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and you can't become a big fat man in one bite." ”

"Let's go!" Qiao Xiaojing lowered her head and walked in front, Ah Zi and the big man followed behind her in turn, passed the gate, and came to the avenue around the back wall.

The empty street appeared in front of Qiao Xiaojing and them again, still quiet as if dead......

At this moment, Cuiyu, Dazhi and Boss Wu were already on their way to Zhenbei, to be precise, they were not far from Qiao Xiaojing and them, but now they couldn't see each other's figures and couldn't hear their voices.

"I've been walking for so long," Cuiyu naturally said to herself, "I can't see the bandits, nor Xiaojing and them, the more I walk, the more unsteady I become, and the more I go, the more empty my heart becomes." ”

"Yes," said Boss Wu, "I feel the same way as you, but I am also unsteady in my heart, and I always feel as if something is about to happen." You say, will Team Leader Qiao have already returned to the hotel, but we don't know yet. Is that a possibility?"

"Probably not?!" Dazhi was not sure.

"No, it won't. Cuiyu is very absolute, she said, "Xiaojing, I understand, she is definitely not the kind of person who leaves her comrades, no matter what happens, I dare to use my personality to vouch for this." ”

"Looks like you're confident. Boss Wu said with a smile.

"Of course, I've been with her for many years and I know her as a person. ”

"There are exceptions to everything, and you must not say death. ”

"There may be exceptions for others, but for Xiaojing, she will not be exceptions. ”

"I finally got it. ”

"What?"

"Combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of your group. ”

"I don't understand. ”

"Your combat effectiveness does not depend on the sophistication of your weapons, nor does it depend entirely on your clever command and tenacious will, but more on the power of trust--- the trust of the warrior in the commander-in-chief, and the trust of the commander in the warrior, and this trust is condensed to produce an incomparably powerful force, and this power is the reason for the invincible disadvantage. ”

"Maybe. ”

"It has to be like this. ”

"Shall we go on then?"

"Let's go!" Boss Wu said with a smile, "I trust your judgment, Team Leader Qiao, they must be in front of us." ”

After some discussion, the three of them were in a much brighter mood, and they accelerated their pace of progress......

At this time, Qiao Xiaojing, Ah Zi and the big man were already approaching the broken arm of the bandits they had avoided before, and the three of them glanced at the abandoned courtyard together, and the hearts of the three of them became inexplicably heavy.

"How dangerous it will be," Qiao Xiaojing sighed, "If the three of us are a little careless and make a little movement, we may already be in trouble--- this place is too close to that thief's den, once we fight, we will fight against other people's bullets, and the result can be imagined, there will be no good fruit for us to eat." ”

"There is no need to be so pessimistic," Ah Zi said, an optimist, "although they have guns in their hands, they are in the open, although we are bare-handed, but we are in the dark, as the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend." If we take them by surprise and attack them unprepared, wait for an opportunity to strike a lethal blow, and don't give them a chance to shoot, who will lose or who will win?"

"That's naïve!" retorted the big man, "do you think those robbers are straw bales, and the guns in their hands are all burning sticks? Besides, it's best to kill with one hit, and if we don't do it, we may be killed. ”

"Can't you talk about it?" Ah Zi asked angrily.

"Nobody says no. ”

"And what did you mean?"

"I just said what I thought, nothing else. ”

"It seems to be just you......" Ah Zi said halfway, but was interrupted by Qiao Xiaojing.

"Listen," Qiao Xiaojing stopped and whispered, "Is there a sound of talking?"

"Nope. Ah Zi and the big man paused slightly, and then said.

"Did you hear the footsteps?" Qiao Xiaojing asked again.

"No, there isn't. Ah Zi and the big man gave the same answer.

"Hide for a while," Qiao Xiaojing pointed to the abandoned courtyard where they had stayed before, and whispered, "I obviously heard the sound of talking and footsteps just now, just when the two of you were arguing. ”

"You can't hear me wrong, do you?" said the big man casually.

"You think it's you, but your ears are too big to hear. Ah Zi took the opportunity to stimulate the big man again.

The big man knew that this was not the time to quarrel, so he pretended not to hear, hid behind the broken wall, and secretly looked at the street.

At this moment, a string of footsteps came, the sound was getting closer and closer, and with the help of the moonlight, Jade saw that there were three people coming, but she couldn't see their faces clearly. The three of them peeked left and right sneakily, and finally came to the back of the broken wall, almost squatting down next to Qiao Xiaojing.