After the mobilization meeting of the bandits, the entire bandit team started to march out of the city in the direction of Hare Mountain, and as soon as they left the city, they were discovered by Xiao Jiu's subordinates who were arranged outside the city gate in advance, and returned to Hare Mountain to report the news as soon as possible.

And Xiao Jiu, who had long been prepared for the encirclement and suppression of the government, immediately summoned the cottage people after getting the news, and almost within a few minutes, the cottage people had already gathered, and they all stared at Xiao Jiu in front of him without saying a word.

Xiao Jiu's expressionless eyes swept over everyone, except for the four wounded, all the thirty-seven members of the village were here, no one went down the mountain to escape, and they all silently waited for Xiao Jiu to arrange the task.

They knew that maybe the cottage would be uprooted after the officers and soldiers came, but the experience of the past few months had made them all regard Hare Mountain as their home.

Leaving Xiao Jiu, maybe there will never be such a leader in the future, who can lead them to gain the respect of the people.

With Xiao Jiu's order, more than 20 people were ordered, and Zhang Ben and Jin Zi rushed directly to the bottom of the mountain, while Lao Ma took more than a dozen people to stay in the village and wait for Xiao Jiu to return.

The group walked to the valley behind Pinglin Road, inspected the jar of soju that had been arranged here, and poured the jars of tung oil they had brought on the hay and firewood piles.

Inspired by the previous burning of the granary by Scarface in Wild Wolf Mountain, this time, Xiao Jiu wants to make a fire attack.

After everything was arranged, Xiao Jiu led everyone to ambush in the forest on both sides of the Pinglin Road in front, quietly waiting for the arrival of the bandit team.

Calculating the time, the team of the county yali to suppress bandits will go out of the city today, and there is a high probability that they will spend the night in the villages and towns in the countryside, and then attack the village in the early morning of the next day.

But Xiao Jiu didn't dare to guarantee that the people in the government would not launch a night attack, he had no capital to gamble, and at this time, he could only let his subordinates rest in the forest to guard against the bandits.

Time passed all night, without waiting for the night attack of the bandit team, everyone in Hare Mountain took turns to rest in the forest was not very good, with a trace of tiredness on their faces, but silently ate dry food after dawn and recovered their strength.

Xiao Jiu looked at these subordinates who didn't complain, and he also felt a little relieved in his heart, and he was even more determined to live with them.

Except for the sound of the wind blowing the grass and trees and the sparse whispers, there was not a single sound in the vast forest.

After a while, a mountain bandit who was on guard in front of him hurriedly came and whispered, "Coming, coming." ”

When Xiao Jiu and everyone in Hare Mountain heard this, they all cheered up and quickly ran to the pre-arranged position to hide, but the fine beads of sweat on their foreheads told Xiao Jiu that they were not as relaxed in their hearts.

About half an hour had passed, and the bandit team in the county government had driven into the path of Pinglin Road, and Xiao Jiu and the others also held their breath and watched the troops at the head of the platoon getting closer and closer.

Xiao Jiu's plan is divided into two parts, the first is to prepare an ambush in the forest of this Pinglin Road to see if he can shoot the key person of this bandit suppression and achieve the purpose of beheading.

If it doesn't work, they will retreat to the rear valley, and after the pursuers enter, they will directly carry out a fire attack, and then kill loudly with thick smoke, and the bandit team in the county government will not know how many people they have, and they will definitely be able to kill him by surprise.

Xiao Jiu, who had made up his mind, was not in a hurry, and watched the vanguard of the bandit suppression team pass under his nose, and when he reached the middle, he finally saw a powerful official riding on a tall horse, which was the county lieutenant Zhang in the county government.

Next to him were several wealthy landlords in various villages and towns, and a member of Hare Mountain also saw an old acquaintance who had met before, Song Yuqiao, the shopkeeper of Wanzhen Building.

Hearing the whispers of his subordinates around him, Xiao Jiu's face was also pale, although he had never seen this Song shopkeeper, but his appearance here at this time could only prove that the cooperative relationship with Li Jiazhen had leaked.

"I don't know what happened to Li Gui's family now?"

Xiao Jiu thought silently in his heart, but in his hand he was holding a bow and arrows, aiming at the high-headed county lieutenant Zhang.

With a whoosh, a cluster of arrows flew straight out of the forests on both sides, heading straight for Lieutenant Zhang in the middle of the team, and then another cluster of arrows came out, and a few figures could be vaguely seen in the direction of the shot.

"Enemy attack."

A shout instantly sounded in the team, and everyone in the bandit team looked around vigilantly.

Since the first arrow cluster crossed his cheek, Zhang Xianwei on that horse turned over and dismounted and hid behind everyone around him, but he was not shot at this time.

Seeing that the leader was not shot, Xiao Jiu did not delay, and directly shouted to retreat, and everyone in the forest ran back together.

The county lieutenant Zhang who reacted was shocked and angry at this time, he didn't expect to be ambushed in this small hare mountain, regardless of the rich landlord who was stupid by a round of arrows around him, he roared angrily with a wave of his big hand: "Chase." ”

Immediately, the officials in the county government took the lead, led a group of recruited villagers, and quickly chased in the direction of Xiao Jiu's evacuation.

They all saw it just now, there were not many figures shot out of the forest, and they had already fled if the sneak attack failed, thinking that it was an opportunity to beat the water dogs.

But they were wrong, the path of the entire Pinglin Road was tortuous, and the number of bandits this time was as many as more than 200 people, and at this time, a long queue chased out of the forest, and Xiao Jiu and his party had long since disappeared.

The large army marched out of Pinglin Road and entered the valley mouth in front of Hare Mountain, and County Lieutenant Zhang was almost hit by an arrow just now, and he didn't dare to ride a horse at this time, but frowned and stopped the team that continued to move forward.

Because since he walked out of the path of Pinglin Road, County Lieutenant Zhang smelled a strange smell, but he couldn't say it, so he just stopped his subordinates in front of him in confusion.

At this time, in the queue that stopped in front, a servant shouted: "Lord Zhang, there is a lot of wine ahead."

Zhang Countywei, Song Yuqiao and others in the middle of the team were also puzzled, and stepped forward to check together.

"Got wine? Is it because you can't treat yourself to the bandits? ”

Thinking like this in his heart, he carefully looked at the burning knife of an altar that had been opened, and looked around again, thoughtfully.

After a while, the county lieutenant Zhang came back to his senses, looked at the jar of soju in front of him, and the hay and dead trees around him, and instantly remembered what the smell he had just smelled was, tung oil.

"Be careful, thieves are going to set fires."

County Lieutenant Zhang had a cold face and blurted out a shout, but he was still a step too late, and he saw that on the gentle slope above the valley, Xiao Jiu and a group of members of Hare Mountain who were hiding here, either holding torches or lighting rockets, threw them at the ground in unison.

This time, the target was not people, but the altar of burning knives, and the hay and dead wood that had been poured with tung oil.

Almost instantly, there were bursts of flames, accompanied by thick smoke that quickly swept through the valley, and the bandit team in the valley was ambushed, and I don't know how many people and horses there were on the other side, all looked around in horror, and retreated towards the entrance just now.