The dilapidated Taishou Mansion in the city

After Liu Jie left, Liu Gui frowned and asked, "My lord, just let Liu Jie take his subordinates down to suppress the bandits, why do you need to summon the young man?" Those people who are not trained will not be useful at all, and they may be held back. ”

When Liu Ye heard this, he was not in a hurry to answer, but asked: "Which point do you think is the most important in governing Shouchun City?" His expression was serious.

Liu Gui thought of the eyes of the people with death and despair, and said without hesitation: "Naturally, it is the will of the people."

"Well, you're right, it's the people's heart," Liu Ye said: "After several killings, Shouchun has almost become a hell on earth, at this time, even if we are officials and soldiers, no one will have people's hearts towards us." What's more, we haven't announced who we are yet. ”

Liu Ye paused, and then said: "Let Qingzhuang participate in the suppression of bandits, so that they can fight side by side with us driven by hatred and make them identify with our army." So as to collect the indispensable thing for governing Shouchun through them, the 'people's heart'. ”

After listening to this, Liu Gui sighed: "It's still an adult who is thoughtful. It's just that if that gang of bandits assaults the Qingzhuang camp, nothing will go wrong, right? ”

Liu Ye chuckled lightly and said very confidently: "Naturally, don't worry about this, Liu Jie brought 800 people with him this time." If that gang of bandits defends the terrain according to the terrain, it will be fine, if they dare to go down the mountain, hum, it will definitely not come and go. You have also seen General Liu's combat ability, just a few hundred mountain bandits, they will not be General Liu's opponents at all. ”

"That's what my lord said." Liu Gui smiled bitterly: "This time it's really a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens, a nest!" Such a big battle, it was actually used to deal with a group of bandits, and it was a shame to say it. ”

Liu Ye also said helplessly: "According to the report from the spies, where is the ancient mountain easy to defend and difficult to attack?" It's basically a husband in charge, and you can't open it. And that group of bandits was afraid of retaliation, and felt that the mountain danger was not enough, so they even laid out dense traps on the only road, not to mention 800 people, even 2,000 people may not be able to kill them. ”

Liu Gui said: "Hey, General Liu is a little anxious, otherwise it would be much easier for us to repeat our old tricks." This time, I'm afraid that General Liu will have a headache. ”

"Hey, now that our army has been killed or wounded into the city, the bandits are not stupid, even if we repeat our old tricks, we won't be able to lure them out of the mountain." Liu Ye sighed and said

"In that case, this matter is a problem." Liu Gui sighed a little pessimistically

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However, Liu Ye and the others are destined to think badly, Liu Jie at this moment is not a headache at all, but is still very excited!

After inviting the old man into the barracks, Liu Jie asked anxiously: "I don't know what the path that the old man said is ......?"

The old man did not answer, but said: "General, very few people know about that path, if the general agrees to me a condition, I will take the general there." ”

Liu Jie said without hesitation: "Boss, please speak, as long as I can do it, I will do it." ”

The old man said excitedly: "The thief killed my child, and the old man will definitely kill him with his own hands to avenge my son." ”

When Liu Jie heard this, he patted his chest and promised: "Please rest assured, when the time comes, I will definitely capture the thief alive and send it to my father-in-law, and you can dispose of it as you want." ”

Seeing Liu Jie's promise, the old man no longer concealed it, and said: "Xiaomin was a medicine collector in the early years, and the ancient mountain is rich in medicinal materials, so he often goes. Once, in order to pick a precious medicinal herb, the small people ventured to climb the cliff on the west side of the mountain......"

Speaking of this, the old man was full of horror. Thinking about that climb to the cliff must have been extremely thrilling, he still has lingering palpitations.

The old man elaborated: "...... In this way, Xiaomin almost died on the mountain, but he also found the path by chance. It's not that Xiaomin is arrogant, I'm afraid that there is no second person in the entire Shouchun City who knows this road. ”

Liu Jie frowned and asked, "That gang of bandits has been entrenched in the ancient mountain for several years, this trail won't be discovered by them, right?" ”

When the old man heard this, he just shook his head and said, "Impossible, unless there is someone who dares to risk his life to climb the cliff on the west side, he will definitely not be able to find it." Don't hide it from adults, that road is too dangerous, and the little people don't dare to go a second time. ”

When Liu Jie heard this, he no longer hesitated, and took a team of personal soldiers and followed the old man to check the trail. In an extremely hidden crevice in the stone, the group stepped onto the path.

The old man is old, although his body is still strong, but he is not as flexible and agile as he was young. At the same time, the small mountain road is extremely steep, if it is not for Liu Jie to protect him along the way, I am afraid that he would have been in danger.

The old man pointed to an abrupt boulder on the rock wall and said, "That is the bandit's cottage up there." Afraid of being discovered by the bandits, the old man deliberately lowered his voice.

Liu Jie listened carefully to the old man's words, and when he looked up, his face suddenly turned pale, and at this moment, even warriors like Liu Jie were also frightened. The trail was covered with moss and was so slippery that if they didn't pay attention for a moment, they would have fallen off the cliff and turned into mud. Liu Jie frowned and muttered to himself, "This is too dangerous." ”

Liu Jie was about to continue asking, when he suddenly heard the sound of talking from the mountain overhead, and hurriedly held his breath and concentrated.

"Niu Er, whose troops did you say came back to Shouchun this time, there are tens of thousands of people. A few days ago, I said that I wanted to surround the mountain, I'm afraid I have an iron heart to clean us up. It seems that the rest of the day will not be easy. ”

"Brother Wolf, according to the report of the spies, the tens of thousands of marches are scattered, and they must not be a regular army, I am afraid that they will also go with us, but the strength is a little greater, I heard that the mountain bandits in Yushan were absorbed by them. But we don't have to worry too much, with this ancient mountain, even if 100,000 heavenly soldiers are coming, as long as we don't go out of the mountain to fight against them, we don't have to be afraid. ”

"That's right, alas, Niu Er, this time the leader killed so many people, isn't it too much. We are bandits, and seeking wealth without hurting our lives is. ”

Niu Er was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly covered Brother Wolf's mouth, and said in a low voice: "Brother Wolf, you don't want to die, the second king scolded the leader for this matter, and now he has been put on death row." You must know that the two kings have made great contributions to the cottage, and the leader even wants to kill him, don't you dare to accuse the leader, isn't this looking for death? ”

"It's me who was careless, Niu Er, let's go quickly, so as not to be heard."

When the two thieves left, Liu Jie muttered to himself: "Second king, hehe, the thieves are coaxing, God really helps me." After finishing speaking, he said to his soldiers: "Go, go back to the camp." ”

When the group heard the word "return to the camp" and thought of the deadly mountain road, their faces turned pale, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight; Even Liu Jie, who said this, had a bitter look on his face. At this time, I could only hear the old man who led the way and smiled bitterly: "It's nothing to go up the mountain, but it's really dangerous to go down the mountain!" ”