"Don't worry, we and the White Wolf Village have a combined population of nearly 5,000 people, and no one dares to provoke them. They should be preparing for a grand welcoming ceremony with the rest of the brothers, so don't worry! Naturally I'll be back tomorrow. Yang Hu said confidently to Nie Xiong. With 5,000 soldiers and horses, they could easily defeat any cottage in Taihang Mountain. What's more, in Yang Hu's intelligence, there is no force or cottage between Yanjia Village and Menghu Village at all.

But Yang Hu forgot that his information was from before he went down the mountain, that is, in February, and now it is June 17. Nearly four and a half months is enough time for some repeated changes to take place in one place, such as the establishment of Chu Zhai and the solid barrier erected by Chu Zhai using traps.

Yang Hu didn't attach much importance to intelligence, and his self-confidence was extremely inflated after a few months of looting, which turned into a kind of conceit.

Even if Nie Xiong, who was worried about what would happen to the scout, was just out of prudence, in fact, Nie Xiong was also very arrogant, which also caused the tragedy of his defeat in the following battle.

The night passed quickly, and because the bandits did not act, Chu Zhai was given enough time to prepare, all kinds of equipment were in place, and even Fan Xiwen still had time to mobilize the people of Chu Zhai to participate in logistics and transportation.

At this time, Nie Xiong couldn't sit still, and the scouts sent three batches in a row, but one batch did not come back. The situation took a bad turn, and all four teams of scouts did not return, with a full forty men. You must know that scouts are generally composed of elites in the army, but now none of them have returned, Nie Xiong's heart is a pain!

Nie Xiong hurriedly found Yang Hu to discuss, and after Yang Hu learned about the situation, he didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly found another big man, Li Gang, the leader of the One-Eyed Village, to discuss.

In the end, the two decided to send a team of 100 people to investigate the situation again, and at the same time, the two villages each sent 500 people to form a coalition army, led by Nie Xiong, the third leader of the Tiger Village, to open the way for the large army. Yang Hu and Li Gang believed that they must strike at the enemy strongly, otherwise the two villages would be made fun of by other cottages in Taihang Mountain, which was intolerable and could only be washed away with blood.

A team of 100 bandits left Yanjia Village and advanced again in the direction of Chu Village.

And beside a boulder on a small hill not far from Yanjia Village, there were eleven people lurking there at this time. They wore plant-woven headbands and were dressed in gray and green camouflage. They were motionless next to the boulder, and it was difficult to spot without looking closely.

These eleven people are Fan Fenglin and the first team of the personal guards who came to reconnoiter on the order of Fan Xiwen. Fan Fenglin is good at reconnaissance and lurking, and has been in charge of reconnaissance work since he crossed over, and he has extremely rich experience. And the telescope almost became his private property because of this, which made all the high-level officials of Chuzhai extremely red, but they were helpless. "The enemy was about a hundred men, the marching ranks were scattered and the equipment was uneven. Among them were fifty broadsword soldiers, thirty-five pikemen, and fifteen sword and shield soldiers. Only eleven of them were equipped with some armor, and the rest were cloth clothes, which were supposed to be ordinary bandits. Zhao Long, you quickly go back to the village and tell the big leader about these situations. Fan Fenglin said to a stout guard beside him.

"Yes." The guard named Zhao Long answered in a whisper. Then he slowly climbed to the side, quickly stood up, and dodged into the bushes next to him, and walked back to report the news. "Jia Yu, Lu Meng, you continue to monitor here. The rest of the people followed me to cut off the back path of the bandits. After Zhao Long left, Fan Fenglin ordered again.

Jia Yu and Lu Meng, who were named, immediately nodded towards Fan Fenglin. Then, Fan Fenglin took the remaining seven people to quietly follow the bandits, until they reached the vicinity of the trap group, and then hid again.

The four trap groups in the southeast, east and west, due to their different uses, were originally designed with two different styles. Two trap groups in the northeast, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, are used to confuse the enemy and make them take it lightly, and finally die under the chain of traps. The two traps in the south and west are tight on the outside and loose on the inside, which makes the enemy fearful, and at the same time, the enemy's screams before death are the best alarm sounds.

And this time, in order to allow the bandits to enter the trap group smoothly, Liu Ke even deliberately exposed several traps, in order to lure the enemy deeper.

Ma Wei, the small leader of the Tiger Village. He is greedy for money and lustful, but he is timid. Yang Hu chose him to be the reconnaissance unit because of Ma Wei's timidity. Because generally timid people are very cautious.

Ma Wei led his bandits from the base camp to the trap group in Chuzhai, and he was always haunted by an ominous feeling, until he saw the wooden sign that said "Idlers do not enter, there are traps inside" that he relaxed a little. Knowing that there was a trap ahead, Ma Wei told his men to stop advancing.

"Li Er, take your men down and take a look." Ma Wei said to a strong man in armor next to him, that strong man should be a small leader.

"Yes." The strong man Li Er arched his hand towards Ma Wei. But the look is ugly. At this time, Li Er's face was pale, and there were hidden signs of anger, but when he saw the No. 8 or 90 bandit around Ma Wei, Li Er had no choice but to endure it. Li Er and Ma Wei were villagers of Lijia Village and Majiazhuang before falling grass, and they were also from neighboring villages. When the Tiger and the One-Eyed Coalition Army went down the mountain to plunder, they forcibly requisitioned most of the young people of the two villages, and Li Er and Ma Wei were also among them, and it happened that the two of them belonged to the same Tiger Village.

More than two months ago, Li Er and Ma Wei fought for a woman when they were visiting the Qinglou in Le'an City, and Li Er knocked Ma Wei's nose crooked. For this reason, Ma Wei has always held a grudge.

Not long after, Ma Wei climbed to the top three masters Nie Xiong by patting his farts and became a small leader, and Li Er happened to be among the 100 people in charge. As a result, Ma Wei often assigned Li Er some more dangerous tasks as a superior. Li Er wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Ma Wei, but who knew that the timid Ma Wei had not been left alone for two months, and Li Er had to endure it.

In the face of Li Wei's attack again, Li Er instinctively tightened the knife with his hand, but at this moment, Ma Wei was already standing beside no less than twenty people.

beckoned, and the ten thieves under Li Er's second hand followed behind Li Er. Li Er glanced at Ma Wei, who was hiding among the bandits, and there was a hint of playfulness in his eyes. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are many traps inside, and what Li Er wants to do is to introduce Ma Wei into the trap group, and then take the opportunity to attack Ma Wei and kill him. And Li Er also made up his mind that Ma Wei would become a vote for himself and join the vote of the unknown cottage in front.

After bypassing the trap deliberately exposed by Liu Ke, there was a sheep intestine path about five meters long. Li Er led people all the way to the end of the trail, but at this time, there was a fork, in the shape of "Ya". This is the first feature of the Chuzhai trap, the life and death election. Of course, this is only thought of by a sullen man who has traveled through the past from modern times.