As soon as the sky was a little brighter, Zeyun Village remembered the sound of gongs and drums, and then, many lights sounded almost at the same time, and countless noises came from the cottage, and it was obvious that they had discovered that something had happened on the edge of the cliff.

"Send out all the manpower, search me everywhere, and you must find who has infiltrated the cottage?" Hearing the report of his subordinates, Kuang Zhaolei, the big boss of Yunze Village, frowned, he knew the danger of this matter.

"Big boss, it seems that the officers and soldiers are about to attack, you go to the front to preside over the overall situation, and leave the task of cleaning up these infiltrators to me!" At this time, Chen Tianshun, the second master of Yunze Village, hurriedly ran over with his clothes on.

"Okay, then it's hard brother!" Kwong Zhaolei trusted Chen Tianshun very much, and after listening to his words, he led most of the bandits in the direction of the walled gate.

Chen Tianshun took the remaining bandits and searched around the cottage, although Zeyun Village was relatively large, but nearly two hundred bandits were scattered around to search, and it stands to reason that they would soon be able to find the traces of the infiltrators, but after such a long time, they did not find anything.

"Boss, didn't you say that the army would start attacking on time, why hasn't there been any movement until now?" On the path leading to the back mountain, Zhao Hu asked Ye Ying in a low voice.

"I'm also wondering about this question, these bandits can't find us in the cottage, and sooner or later they will search for us. And we have to stop their people from retreating to the back mountain, and it is impossible to leave here. Ye Ying looked into the distance, faintly feeling that something was wrong with this, and there was a trace of anxiety in his eyes.

On the lake below Zeyunzhai Mountain, many boats of different sizes were moored at this time, and each boat was full of heavily armed recruit battalion soldiers. On the largest of them, Sima Chi was wearing bright silver armor and standing on the bow of the ship in high spirits.

"My lord, didn't you say that Chenshi began to attack? Now that it's almost time, why haven't you let the brothers move yet? Zhengqiang, who was standing on the side, asked Sima Chi with some confusion.

"What's the hurry, wait until the sun rises, the dense fog will become much thinner, and then we will see more clearly, and the efficiency of the attack will be higher." Sima Chi looked at the direction of Zeyun Village and said slowly.

After listening to Sima Chi's words, Xu Qiang didn't say anything more, but he looked in the direction where Zeyun was, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

At this time in Zeyun Village, the big boss Kuang Zhaolei stood by the lake with a large group of bandits, looking at the officers and soldiers waiting by the lake, his brows were furrowed tightly, and he vaguely felt that the officers and soldiers would not move forward several times with the same thunder and rain.

"You go and inform the second master, let him organize the brothers in the cottage, and prepare to withdraw to the back mountain." After pondering for a while, Kwong Zhaolei turned his head to a bandit beside him and said.

And in the cottage, Chen Tianshun took the bandits who stayed in the village. I almost searched through the cottage, but I couldn't find any trace of the infiltrator, so I turned the direction of my search to the back mountain.

When the bandit passed Kuang Zhaolei's words to him, a thought flashed through Chen Tianshun's mind, which made Chen Tianshun's back immediately break out in a cold sweat.

"Brothers, come with me to Niujiaopo." Chen Tianshun's face instantly turned terrifying.

Niujiaopo is the only way for Zeyun Village to go to the back mountain, the road in this place is narrow, the terrain is precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if someone stops here, then it completely cuts off the retreat of Zeyun Village bandits.

After thinking about this clearly, Chen Tianshun suddenly became anxious, and while leading people to run towards Niujiaopo, he prayed that the infiltrators did not know this place.

At the top of the Niujiaopo mountain road, Ye Ying and his more than twenty brothers were quietly hiding in the bushes there, at this time, his heart was not calm at all, and the delay in launching an attack under the mountain made him feel a little uneasy.

When leaving, Sima Chi clearly agreed with him that the army would attack the cottage from Chenshi, as long as he held the enemy's retreat, this time there was a high probability that the bandits of Zeyunzhai would be annihilated.

In order to avoid exposing his whereabouts, Ye Ying only brought more than 20 soldiers under his leadership this time, and it is not a big problem to hold this place in a short time, but if it takes a long time, it will be troublesome.

What are you really afraid of, what are you coming? When Ye Ying was anxious, there was a sudden sound on the mountain road in front of him, his hearing had always been very good, and there were not many people who could judge from this footsteps.

This situation suddenly made Ye Ying's heart sink completely, it was obvious that the people who came at this time were friends and foes, but at this time, there was still no sound of fighting under the mountain.

"Boss, someone's coming!" At this time, Zhao Hu also heard footsteps, and he whispered to Ye Ying.

"Tell the brothers to hide their bodies, and if they don't come up, if they rush up, the brothers will attack, and not let an enemy rush up this hill."

Ye Ying looked at the mountain road in the distance, his eyes were full of determination.

A group of bandits soon appeared in Ye Ying's eyes, and the number of people was about the same as Ye Ying's prediction, there were about two hundred people, about ten times that of Ye Ying and his party.

Chen Tianshun breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't find anyone on the road of Niujiaopo, but he didn't dare to be careless, and ordered a few of his bandits to climb to the top of the slope and search the surroundings well.

And Ye Ying and the others on the top of the slope were also very nervous at this time, because there was no sound of fighting below, and they didn't know what was going on.

What made Ye Ying feel helpless was that two bandits actually searched for them on the slope, and if they came up, he and the others would have nowhere to hide. Thinking of this, Ye Ying had no choice but to wave his hand and summon Shan Fu and Zhao Hu over.

Shan Fu and Zhao Hu grew up with Ye Ying since they were children, they have a good tacit understanding with Ye Ying, and as soon as they saw Ye Ying's movements, they knew what was going on. So each quietly drew a crossbow from his back and aimed at the two bandits who were climbing up the slope.

Chen Tianshun below, also kept his eyes on these two bandits, seeing that they were almost at the top of the slope, and there was still no abnormal situation, Chen Tianshun's hanging heart finally relaxed a little.

At this moment, two screams were suddenly heard, and the two bandits who had gone up to check the situation suddenly fell to the ground, and then rolled down the slope with a grunt.

Seeing this, the bandits behind immediately ran over and pulled the two companions back, but they found that both of them had a crossbow bolt stuck in their chests, and the blood had stained the plackets, and it seemed that the two were ambushed.

At the moment when the two bandits rolled down the slope, Chen Tianshun already knew that the situation was not right. Next, the situation reported by the bandits confirmed his suspicions, and the last thing Chen Tianshun wanted to admit happened, and the infiltrator had indeed hidden on the Niujiao slope.

"Boar, your legs and feet are fast, go to the stockade and tell them to push those big guys up, and the others are ready to kill them with me." Chen Tianshun knew that the matter was urgent, and he didn't dare to delay any time, so he immediately gave an order.

After listening to Chen Tianshun's order, the bandits immediately took action, except for the bandit who went to report the news, the rest raised all kinds of weapons, and rushed towards the slope in a mess all the way.

At this time, Ye Ying and the others on the mountain no longer hid their figures, and they came out of the jungle one after another, took out their crossbow arrows, and shot at the bandits who were getting closer and closer.

The bandits who were at the front were quickly shot, each holding on to the wounded part, and either fell to the ground and began to roll around, or began to run backwards.

The bandits in the back didn't expect that the people in front would want to run back at this time, and for a while the whole team was huddled together, and many people were squeezed to the ground, gurgling and rolling down the slope.

Chen Tianshun looked at the bandits who fled back in embarrassment, and was ready to organize them again and attack the enemy on the hillside.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of shouting and killing at the bottom of the mountain, and listening to this sound, there were not a few people fighting below.

"Brothers, the officers and soldiers under the mountain have begun to attack the village, if we don't open the way to retreat, our Yunze Village will be wiped out by all the officers and soldiers, for ourselves, for our wives and children, everyone rush me!" Chen Tianshun shouted loudly, then lifted a ghost-headed broadsword and took the lead to rush towards the hillside.

Seeing this, the rest of the bandits finally mustered up their courage and once again rushed up the hillside with various weapons, and once again shot arrows from the hillside. But this time, the bandits were prepared, and they either blocked with weapons or dodged with trees and rocks beside the road, which reduced the hit rate of the crossbow arrows a lot.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, they climb up from the cliff, and they can't bring too many arrows!" Chen Tianshun knocked a crossbow arrow with a ghost-headed broadsword, turned his head and shouted loudly to everyone behind him.

So, under the leadership of Chen Tianshun, the bandits slowly moved towards the top of the slope again.

Chen Tianshun's judgment was very accurate, Ye Ying and the arrows they brought were indeed limited, and after a few rounds of shooting, their crossbow arrows had basically run out.

Ye Ying looked up in the direction of the mountain, but he didn't see anything, he could only hear the sound of shouting and killing from the bottom of the mountain, and there was an anxious look in his eyes.

Ye Ying really didn't understand why the battle under the mountain was later than the agreement, a full hour, you must know that these two hours are very fatal to himself and others.

Although the bandits outnumbered the officers and soldiers, their combat personnel were less than half at most, and the rest were old and young women and Confucians who were family members or servants, and they could not go into battle to kill the enemy.

Therefore, if according to the original attack time, the main force of the recruit battalion led by Sima Chi has now at least attacked the gate of Zeyun Zhai, but they have postponed this time.

Now there is no other way, and there is only a way to defend it, the military order is like a mountain, since you have accepted the task of defending here, then giving up here will be dealt with by military law.

At this time, Ye Ying finally understood that this matter was completely arranged by Sima Chi, and Sima Chi would be very satisfied if he died defending here in battle, or retreating and being dealt with by military law.

Up to now, Cao Zhen was temporarily transferred to the headquarters of the army, and it is very likely that it was also a conspiracy of Sima Chi, no wonder before leaving, Cao Zhen would specially ask his own soldiers to bring him a four-word message of "be cautious". Ye Ying thought that he was telling himself to be careful of the bandits in the mountains, but now he finally understood, and Cao Zheng reminded him that this sentence was more critical to make himself wary of the "own people" behind him.

And now, he has not been given the task of going out in the new barracks for a long time, and he can figure it out now, which Cao Zhen deliberately arranged in this way in order to avoid being plotted by Sima Chi. The last time he was arranged to escort Lu Tianzhao, Cao Zhen also sent himself out when he chose Sima Chi to go out.

Thinking of this, Ye Ying's gratitude to Cao Zhen increased by another point, this battalion commander with no background would definitely not be able to compete with the powerful Sima family, but he still silently protected himself in his own way.

Just as Ye Ying was thinking, the crossbow arrows brought by the soldiers had run out, and several army commanders were directing the soldiers to smash the stones they had hastily prepared after they came up. But in a hurry, what could be prepared was too limited, and there were no more stones.