The two thieves were trapped in the mountains for several months, and their stomachs were as if they had been washed with clean water. Although the thieves and soldiers brought a large amount of food and materials into the mountains, Liu Qi and Zhao Qi would not allow their subordinates to eat and drink too much, and they did not know when they would be able to get out of the mountains.

In addition, after all, there is a lack of materials, only a small amount of wine and meat, where is the turn of ordinary soldiers to enjoy, they can't take care of two meals a day on weekdays, and when it is not snowing, they can still hunt some game in the mountains and forests to have a good time, after the heavy snow closes the mountain, such opportunities are almost gone.

For ordinary soldiers, if they don't have enough food and clothing, they are no longer living a life, but a hard life, and they are still breathing.

"Is it delicious?" Song Nan asked coldly.

"Hmm...... Hmm...... the two thieves didn't have time to answer and nodded again and again, their left and right hands were full of food, a mouthful of beef jerky on the left and a mouthful of fragrant dough cake on the right, their mouths were stuffed slowly, they only chewed and swallowed desperately, and it was difficult to even take a breath.

Song Nan stretched out his hand and snatched the bread and beef jerky in the hands of the two and threw them on the ground, after the two thieves were stunned, they threw themselves on the ground and were about to pick them up, Song Nan flew up and kicked the two in the face, kicking the bulging food in their mouths and splashing out.

The two thieves covered their mouths and looked at Song Nan in a daze.

"You're having a good time, come on, pick up the clothes of these two thieves and hang them on the cliff." Song Nan shouted.

Wang Yong was stunned and said, "My lord, isn't that going to freeze to death." ”

Song Nan sneered: "It is to freeze them to death, freeze them overnight, freeze them into popsicles, and then throw them into the valley to feed the wolves." ”

The two thieves were shocked, and it didn't matter if they thought they would die before, but now that the wound had stopped bleeding, their bodies were warm, and they had tasted delicious food, their desire for life was stronger than ever, so they knelt down and shouted, "My lord's life, my lord's life." ”

Song Nan said coldly: "How to spare you, your hands are stained with the blood of my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and people, and you don't forget to do evil when you flee into the mountains, the twenty officers and soldiers on the mountainside in the south yesterday are afraid that they will die in your hands, and you still have the face to call forgiveness." ”

The two thieves kowtowed to the ground and said repeatedly: "No, no, it wasn't we who killed it, the villains were also forced to come here, and they were caught and couldn't follow the strong men. I beg you to be kind and spare your life. ”

Song Nan snorted and scolded: "You are going to deceive the ghost with this, since you are a coercive thief, and the guards are loose in this deep mountain, why don't you escape from the mountain?" ”

The thief on the right with a small black mole on his lips hurriedly said: "The adults don't know, it's not that the villains don't want to, but they don't dare." ”

Song Nan chirped: "What don't you dare?" Could it be that someone is holding a rope to tie your hands and feet? I see that you are cheap embryos, willing to fall, and would rather be a rebel and thief than change your mind, don't quibble, drag it out, and strip off your clothes. ”

The black mole thief soldier shouted like garlic in his mouth: "My lord doesn't know, because Liu Deshuai said something, we really don't dare to escape from the mountains." ”

Song Nan frowned and shouted, "Who is Liu Deshuai?" What did he say? ”

The black mole thief said: "The land is handsome, it is the leader of Liu Er, hmm...... It's Liu Qi. ”

Song Nan was funny in his heart, the title that Liu Liu and Liu Qi added to himself was quite bullish, what kind of handsome and handsome, and it was the one who engaged in the divine grant of power, so he couldn't help but laugh and listen to what the thief said.

"The local marshal sent someone to quietly go out of the mountain, and the news brought back was that the imperial court had found out all the brothers who followed the rebellion, and all the parents, wives and children in the family were executed, and we would never be allowed to surrender; There is no way to live, so everyone is naturally reluctant to go out of the mountain to die. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "He said that?" ”

"Yes, I said it in front of all my brothers, and the people who sent out the mountain also unveiled a few notices from the court and brought them back, and I saw them with my own eyes."

Song Nan pinched his chin and thought for a while, and couldn't help but admire that there were wise masters among the thieves, obviously using these fake announcements and false news to deceive the thief soldiers, so that they had no way to retreat, so that they would stay in the mountains in peace.

"That's how you believe their nonsense? It's just stupid. ”

"My lord, actually...... The villain is also suspicious, but even if he doesn't believe in the villain, he doesn't dare to flee lightly, the commander gave a military order, and we and other soldiers are every twenty people as a team, each other is a guarantee, once someone escapes out of the mountain, the remaining nineteen people will be guilty of sitting together, and they will all be punished with military law and cut off their heads, so once we go out to act, everyone is on guard against each other, and if anyone makes a difference, others will immediately arrest and report it, so that they will not be punished, but will be rewarded; In such a situation, who would dare to flee lightly? ”

Song Nan had to express his admiration for the person who came up with this solution again, people's hearts are separated from each other, and the suspicion and vigilance between people will not disappear at any time, it is the use of human nature that is not easy to unite together, the power of this order is much more powerful than the previous proclamation and other scams. And it is conceivable that once a task is needed, the team of twenty people will definitely be put together temporarily, and no one knows or understands anyone, so no one dares to act rashly.

Song Nan got up and paced a few steps, the two thieves looked at Song Nan pitifully, Song Nan stopped and asked, "Do you two want to live?" ”

The two nodded again and again: "Yes, please spare your life." ”

Song Nan said: "Okay, then I'll give you a chance, you also know that the imperial army has entered the mountains to suppress thieves, you just need to answer me some questions, I will treat you as atonement for your crimes, and I won't hold you accountable for being thieves after leveling the thieves, how about it?" ”

The two thieves glanced at each other and said in unison: "We know everything." ”

Song Nan said coldly: "Ugly words are in the head, if you dare to hide or talk nonsense, tomorrow you will be two cold corpses." ”

The two thieves even said that they didn't dare, and Song Nan ordered the two to be interrogated separately to confirm the authenticity of the situation they confessed to each other and ensure that they would not be deceived; The interrogation began inside and outside the cave at the same time, and after half an hour, Song Nan got most of the information he wanted.

One of the two thieves was a citizen of Yizhou, who was coerced into following thieves when the city was broken, and the other was arrested in Xiongxian County, all the way to this point; The two of them gave roughly the same answers to several questions that Song Nan had formulated, and it was generally concluded that the two were not lying.

Both of them explained that the camp where the thieves were stationed was in the valley under the peak in the south of this mountain, and there was a beast path leading to the valley in the south from the ancient road that ran through Taihang Mountain where Song Nan's army was conducted. It was in this area that the thieves found this hidden path in the woods, and then crossed two peaks, and found a place suitable for a long camp in the valley below the third peak. According to the two thieves, the valley was surrounded by thousands of walls on three sides, with only a narrow entrance, and inside it was a flat ground with ponds and rivers, like a paradise.

Song Nan almost scolded his mother, these guys can actually find a paradise-like place, it is really not long-sighted, according to the description of the thief soldiers, the thieves have established something like a drawbridge city gate at the entrance of the narrow valley; On the top of the mountain, which is surrounded by three sides, there is also a lookout post and a beacon fire for alarm, which can be said to be ready to be the king of the mountain.

The whereabouts of the officers and soldiers were also well known to the thieves as early as four or five days ago, similar to some surveillance places on this mountain beam, there is one every seven or eight miles on the mountains on both sides of the ancient road, no matter how windy and snowy you are outside, these guys can hide in hidden places and watch the traces of the officers and soldiers. The fly in the ointment is that you can't eat enough and don't warm up, if you are full and warm, and then there is a girl, I'm afraid that these thieves will not go out of the mountain for the rest of their lives.

In order to prevent the traces of the thieves from being missed, the officers and soldiers adopted the strategy of sending squads from both flanks to advance at the same time, which had long fallen into the eyes and ears of the thieves, and the bonfires lit by the squads on both wings every night were to report the location of these reconnoitring thieves.

Last night, more than 20 officers and soldiers on the opposite mountainside were hunted and killed by a specially formed hunting team, and the information was provided by the thieves from another hidden outpost six or seven miles ahead. It is also unfortunate to say that the route of this group of officers and soldiers will not only pass through a thief outpost, but in order to avoid exposure, they have to kill people.

Song Nan was a little worried that the whereabouts of his team had been exposed, although it was snowy and the visibility was extremely low shortly after setting off today, but Song Nan didn't dare to take it lightly, if his whereabouts were discovered, maybe early tomorrow morning, there would be a brigade of thieves besieging him.

Although this mountain beam is an excellent place for defense, in this way, there is no chance to approach the thief camp in stealth. Because according to the current situation, the numerical superiority of the officers and soldiers is almost useless, and the thieves are not on the left side of the ancient road, but in the valley to the south where the beast path leads, and the army is on the way to the camp of the thieves, it is very likely that the thieves who know it in advance will be ambushed, and the consequences are unimaginable.

The black mole thief soldier confessed that after the team led by Zhao Qi, one of the five tiger generals of the thief soldiers, killed 20 officers and soldiers yesterday, they temporarily withdrew to the camp of the thief soldiers, but they will come out soon, and the specific reason is not what the black mole thief soldiers can ask.

Zhao Qi spent the night in this hidden place last night, and he asked to determine the location of the officer and soldier squad at the bottom of the valley, and this time the target was the officer and soldier squad moving forward in the valley in front of him, that is to say, Zhao Qi's people would return to this mountain beam at any time.

Upon hearing this news, Song Nan quickly made a decision, first of all, he must immediately eliminate the surveillance post on the way where the whereabouts of the guards might have been discovered today, so as to prevent them from reporting the news and causing the thieves to be on full alert; Second, it is necessary to immediately prepare to greet the arrival of Zhao Qi, who hunted the officers and soldiers squad, on this mountain beam, and kill or capture him in one fell swoop.

The guards acted quickly, Wang Yong led thirty guards under the leadership of the black mole thieves to solve the thief guard monitoring post on the road, Li Daniu immediately took three guards to climb over the mountain peak on the left and return to the avenue to inform the situation, so that Xu Tai sent someone to get in touch with Jiang Bin immediately, and closely searched the hidden surveillance posts on the slopes on both sides. And Song Nan took the rest of the men to hide on this mountain beam, waiting for the arrival of Zhao Qi's hunting team.