"Just let them succeed and lose the three horses well, it's really unwilling!" The beard on Gu Da's lips trembled, gritted his teeth and said: "I think so, we have a surplus of manpower anyway, and we have enough sixty people to follow San Lang to report to Wanyu, and the rest will stay with me to kill these few who don't know whether they are alive or dead!" ”

"How many people can there be? Didn't my shopkeeper and Chen Sanlang say it, those few have kung fu on their bodies. Just a few of your men are not enough to fight! Liu Hongsheng sighed.

"So what do you say? Just silently suffer a loss? Gu Da retorted: "Or return to Qibu and transfer to Qingyun Town from there?" ”

"Don't make any noise." Li Dan raised a hand to stop everyone, and the room quickly fell silent.

"Originally, I thought that the well water would not interfere with the river water, and the road would face the sky and go to one side, and whoever wanted people to come to the door to find a fight, I had to be polite!"

This is very clear, Li Dan is determined to teach the other party a lesson.

Gu Dahe, who was the most active in fighting, and Song Xiaoniu, who had wanted to show something earlier, suddenly had brilliance in their eyes, and the two nodded again and again.

However, Li Dan knew in his heart that his team had never experienced a battle formation, Gu Da, Yang Yi and their martial arts were all ordinary, it was one thing to fight in a group and use brute force, and it was another thing to fight in battle.

If there are really two or three veterans and masters in the opponent, even if there are dozens of people, they may not be able to come down. So this time we must outwit it, and we can't be as strong as Gu Da said.

Although the team has learned some tricks and barely defended itself, if it wants to be able to attack and defend, it still needs to be experienced.

Only after a few small victories and achievements can we gradually build up self-confidence and dare to deal with large-scale confrontations.

The first time I have to be tortured, and the back will be very difficult. Maybe these thieves use them as whetstones, who makes them suffer for themselves?

He was about to speak, when Yang Yi asked, "In this case, how can the errand over there be handled?" ”

"You have to take care of errands, and you can't go without taking horses." Li Dan looked at everyone:

"It's only been a day since we came out, and if we don't take back the horses when we encounter such a thing, do you still want to listen to our orders in the future?

Besides, without three horses, a four-wheeled cart would have to be left behind, and at least one of the brothers would have to chase the whole team on foot. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone understood that this was not only a matter of losing horses, but also involved the prestige of their leaders, and the morale of the whole team.

"This gang of thieves is really hateful!" Song Xiaoniu shook his fist and scolded.

"Yes, there are ironware, food, and luggage in the carriage, and they don't take these, but they steal horses!"

Gu Qi said angrily: "San Lang, you said that the errand can't be left behind, should we go to that group of people overnight to settle accounts?" ”

"That's what I meant." Li Dan smiled.

It is said that seven out of ten people at that time would have night blindness due to lack of meat, so they had to wait until dawn to talk about anything.

Either you have to raise a fire for lighting and exchange the exposed target for the safety of your eyesight.

But this group of people has been eating meat and offal for more than ten days, and there is no such problem for a long time, and they have patrolled the city wall, and they will walk at night.

"The problem is, we're not familiar with this area, and even if we find the Fire Temple, we won't be able to surround it.

The opponent is more familiar with the local area than us, and if we can't catch it, they will flee again, so this night will be very busy! ”

As soon as his words landed, he raised his hand when he saw me learning from others. Busy asked: "What does the shopkeeper have to say?" ”

"Let my family Wukun take you there, he often travels back and forth to Wannian County, and he is very familiar with the road with his eyes closed!"

Yang Yi hurriedly waved his hand: "How can this be?" We're going to fight the bandits. Da Lang followed, you are not afraid of danger? ”

Wu Yi grinned: "Xiao'er has also practiced boxing and kicking, otherwise how does Chief Xiaoyi think that my family can open a store here for a hundred years?"

Besides, there are you people here, and a few thieves can't hurt him, so it's okay! "Everyone suddenly realized that there is a reason why this old store has been standing for generations.

Li Dan thought, could it be that this shopkeeper also has a few martial arts? "Well, that's the case, thank you for my righteousness!"

Li Dan accepted it generously, knowing that the other party also intended to use their hands to solve the strongman who cut the path, so he no longer insisted.

My shopkeeper was overjoyed, and he hurriedly ordered his men to call Wu Kun to come up to listen to the arrangements and send. Wu Kun soon came to the house, listened to his father, and happily wished to go.

Li Dan asked him to explain in detail the situation and terrain around the Fire God Temple, and he had a general idea in his heart.

While asking, he made revisions, brushed a few strokes, and soon Li Dan drew a map of the surroundings of the Fire God Temple on paper, and even the woods and paths.

My father and son looked at each other.

Li Dan asked people to find three bamboo clips and a thin hemp rope, hung the picture on it, and then turned around and looked around and said:

"Brother Wukun just talked about the situation there, and I'll draw a picture to make it easier for everyone to look at."

After speaking, he called several leaders around, pointed with the pencil in his hand, and said:

"This is the direction of Maotang where we came, this is our current location, and here is the Guanlong Pond where the West Pearl Water flows into our northeast.

Along the West Zhushui is the official road, four miles to the southeast, there is an uphill slope.

The right-hand mountain stretched out a tongue in front of him, and the slope of the mountain down the left-hand axe ridge was still east-west, and the Xizhushui and the official road were almost attached to each other here.

Brother Fang Cai said that when the water is big, it will flood the official road, but now there is not much rain, and the Xizhu water will only pass through the feet.

So it's likely that the gang left horseshoe prints when they walked here, so let's take a closer look. The fire temple is in the col behind this left-hand slope.

If he can't see us on the official road there, we won't see them either. So, I guess the robbers will put a sentry on Axe Ridge to monitor the movement of the official road. ”

After speaking, he glanced over: "Brother Xiaoyi, you and the eldest brother will go first, it is best to hold down the eyes of the thief first, and then surround the mountain temple to find out the situation inside." ”

Then told Gu Da: "Let the whole team gather, you, me, Xiao Niu, and Thin King Kong (Zhang Cymbals) pack up and set off, put on the four cars, and the mule immediately chewed his head, wrapped his hooves in thick cloth and stopped two miles away from the Fire God Temple to wait for Xiao Yi's news." ”

After speaking, he turned to Liu Hongsheng and Li Biao, who were anxious: "You two take the fourth Shi to pack up your things and postpone the payment, settle the store money, and take the rest of the carriages and horses to join the brigade as soon as possible, and then continue to enter the front official road to the outside of Tuanji Village, and the train will be on guard." ”

After the arrangement, everyone went separately to prepare for departure, Xiao Yi was already impatient, took his Nashi people to bundle up the luggage and throw it into the carriage, carrying swords, shields, chain flails, and bamboo guns under the guidance of Wu Kun.

After an interval of half an hour, the main four Shi also hit the road. At this time, when it is already in Yin, the sky is overcast and bright, and the people behind will be able to see the back in front of them.

Everyone gritted their teeth and didn't speak after being instructed by the captains, silently walked forward about two miles, and got out of the car gently.

Li Dan jumped out of the car. As soon as the stick was placed on the ground, he heard someone whispering a password in the fog in front of him.

Soon, Gu Da led a team member wearing a hat and a cloak, who was Yang Yi's subordinate.

"Team rate," the man said, clasping his fists, "there is a sentry above that has been captured." Brother Xiao Yi surrounded the Fire God Temple and asked his subordinates to send the captives back. ”

Hearing him say that Li Dan noticed that there was a second firefighter behind him, and he knelt on the ground and shivered as he turned around and was wet and sleepy like a dumpling.

"Have you tried it?" Li Dan asked in a low voice.

"A few quick questions." The team member replied, "There are five in all, and there are three in the temple now." There is also a saying that Yin Shi went out to check the hunting trap he dug and has not yet returned. ”

"Hehe, there's still a big one." Song Xiaoniu said with a smile.

"Ask him where the man is going, the calf will lead the people to ambush in that direction, and be sure to capture or kill them without leaving any trouble!"

Li Dangang grabbed him after speaking, thought about it and instructed: "Since it is a hunter, maybe it is very capable of tossing, bring two rope nets!" ”

Then he told all the grooms and firemen to leave the guard carts and wait for the fourth to come up and join them, while the rest took their weapons and carried rope nets and bamboo fences up the hill.

When I looked over, the slope was gentle, and there was a valley in the middle. When I climbed another slope, I saw an adobe thatched-roof house outside the bamboo grove in the col.

Yang Yi was sitting at the root of a toon tree chewing dry food, when he saw them coming, he pointed his finger and said in a low voice, "Well, that's the Fire Temple." ”

"That's it?" Gu Da listened and bared his teeth: "What kind of temple is this, there is not even a mountain gate!" ”

"This is the place for really." Wu Kun leaned over and said, "You see that it has three thatched houses, nothing special, isn't it?" Here's the blame.

It is said that some people saw wildfires and lightning strikes around this area, and this hut was fine.

It stood unharmed for 200 years, and gradually the surrounding people felt that they were gods, and they molded a statue of the god of fire in it, and it became a temple. ”

"Oh, such a origin?" The crowd did not feel that the war was imminent, but were attracted by this magical story.

"Then if we take down the robbers inside, wouldn't it be better not to destroy it?" Zhang asked the cymbals, and everyone nodded in agreement.

While they were chatting, Li Dan had already carefully looked at the "temple" of the earth, so he asked Yang Yi: "How did your people arrange it?" ”

"It's in all four directions, especially the main entrance and the east wall. Because there was a gap in the east wall, it was only two feet high. Yang Yi explained.

Li Dan nodded and began to assign their respective tasks.

According to Li Dan's plan, it is necessary to surround three queyi, and the most important of these three sides is the east wall!

Li Dan observed that to the west were two half-fallen wings, and because he heard the neighing of horses, he speculated that it was used as a stable, but its back wall was still there, and thieves could not easily escape from here.

So in this direction he appointed Zhang cymbals. Zhang cymbals were handed over to Yang Yi and his troops, and he himself took Yi Wu and Yang Yi left two people in the west.

Portal...... The door panel actually didn't exist anymore, only the empty porch remained, and Li Dan put Gu Da here and strengthened the three people who Yang Yi placed outside the main entrance.

"One of them rushed in to control the horses in the wings, and the other stood in front of me as my backup. After these two soldiers entered, Brother Xiaoyi's people sealed the main gate with fences and rope nets and didn't call out, understand? ”

Li Dan said, seeing Gu Da nodded, he turned his face and said to Yang Xiaoyi: "I'll give you a soldier, and the other will use a fence to plug the gap, and I will personally take your three people to go in through the gap to block the door."

At this time, the other party must have panicked and will retreat into the house.

But there is no danger inside, and in the end it is very likely that they will go up to the beam of the house and poke the thatch on the roof and run to you, and you will need to set up a maze circle for him to use the fence to run towards the gap. Then you just spread your net behind the gap and wait. ”

Gu Da clapped his hands: "San Lang, there are a lot of us, it's better to grab it in and slash and slash the gun, why bother so much?" ”

"You want to swarm again? These people are strange. Yang Yi said: "Didn't you say it in the store, why did they steal our horses?"

Why don't you run away after doing something bad, and lead us to find it? I guess Brother Dan is trying to catch the question alive, and it's not interesting to die! ”

"Brother Xiao Yi guessed a few points, but it's not just this." Li Dan smiled: "We came out to serve as a husband on an errand, not to catch thieves."

If there are really people in the rivers and lakes, if there are words and misunderstandings, it is not good to hurt his life rashly, and form a grudge. ”

"Oh, yes, we didn't think about it." Gu Da and the others nodded again and again.

The discussion is over, and we go our separate ways. Chen Sanwen stayed below to lead the convoy, and Li Dan used the lack of manpower in the west as an excuse to let Mao Zai follow Zhang Cymbals.

The crowd descended from the western slope, and soon surrounded the earthen temple, quietly took their positions, and then began to close the circle.