Liu Xin divided the 800 sergeants into two echelons, first let one echelon go up the mountain to capture the village, and after capturing the bandit village, send three arrows to transmit a message to the mountain, and then let the second echelon quickly go up the mountain to reinforce.

There were 400 soldiers of the "Migrant Army" in the first echelon, and they all obeyed Liu Xin's orders, took off their military boots one after another, and quietly 'touched' the bandit village on the mountain step by step with their bare feet.

There are more than 500 zhang at the highest place of Bijia Peak, the bandit village is built at a height of about 350 zhang, under the reflection of the moonlight, the bandit village is faintly seen like a huge bird's nest hanging on the mountainside.

At night, the distance is shortened invisibly, so it seems that the nest is not too high from the ground, and now, the 400 soldiers of the "immigrant army" are going up to bring the nest down.

Liu Xin's eyes shone with a bright light, and he stared at the sergeants who climbed up the mountain, after all, he had been the deputy commander of the cavalry 'shooting' battalion of the giant battalion when he was in Lechuan, and he was born with a kind of military composure.

He ordered the soldiers of the second echelon to stay some distance away from the foot of the mountain, in case there were rolling logs and stones coming down from the mountain, and told them to prepare their bows and arrows, so that they could come to the rescue at any time in case of misfortune to the first echelon.

There is an invisible drip in almost everyone's heart, time is lost in the drip device little by little, and people's hearts are also tightened little by little with the loss of time.

While the people down the mountain were staring at the mountain without blinking, there was a sparkling fire in the bird's nest, followed by a burst of war drums and shouts, and in an instant, countless rolling logs and stones flew down the mountain.

"The sneak attack on the bandit village was unsuccessful, so quickly beat the war drums, blew the military trumpet, and prepared to receive the first echelon of soldiers to withdraw from the mountain. Liu Xin gave the order.

Xu Dong admired Liu Xin very much, and even in such an emergency situation, he remained calm and did not show any panic and 'chaos', and this command style of not being 'chaotic' in the face of danger greatly boosted the morale of the army.

Hearing the beating of war drums and the blowing of military trumpets, the bandits on the mountain could not figure out how many sergeants there were under the mountain, and the bandit leaders who had no confidence did not dare to give orders to pursue, and at best they rolled logs and stones down the mountain.

After a while, the rolling logs and stones coming down from the mountain suddenly stopped, which gave Liu Xin a signal that there must be bandits chasing the retreating "Migrant Army" fighters.

It was estimated that the soldiers had retreated halfway, and Liu Xin ordered the archers to 'shoot' arrows up the mountain, because the arrows could only be 'shot' to a height of 150 zhang, but they could block the pursuers coming down from the mountain.

After a while, the sergeants of the first echelon withdrew to the bottom of the mountain, and Liu Xin sent some strong sergeants to carry the wounded on their backs.

Liu Xin was full of self-blame, saying that he only wanted the effect of the night attack, and underestimated the strength of the other party's rolling wood and stones, so that the bandit village did not sneak attack now, but lost so many sergeants.

Xu Dong said, "Don't be strict with yourself, where there is no mistake in leading the army to fight, if you want to say that the responsibility lies with me, because I have gone up the mountain to investigate, I know that the bandits have prepared a lot of rolling logs and stones, and I should strongly advise you to give up stealing the camp." ”

Listening to Xu Dong's persuasion, Liu Xin let go of some of his burdens, he knew that this matter had passed, so don't worry about it, and it is the most important thing to make the next move well.

He asked Xu Dong for instructions and took the troops to an open underground village a hundred miles away to prevent the bandits from going down the mountain to steal the camp, and Xu Dong nodded and agreed.

Under the leadership of Xu Dong and Liu Xin, the "Migrant Army" retreated a hundred miles overnight, and after dawn came to a grassland, where the field of vision was wide, and if an enemy came to steal the camp, it could be seen from afar.

After setting up camp, Xu Dong and Liu Xin discussed the next step to suppress the bandits.

Liu Xin said, "If I had known in advance that the bandit village would not be easy to attack, I should have adopted the method of luring the bandit down the mountain to fight him in ambush. ”

Xu Dongdao, "I think, how to crack the rolling wood and stone is the most critical thing, the bandits have the 'door' magic weapon of rolling wood and stone, thinking that they can ensure that the village is not breached, we just want to seize their weakness." ”

Liu Xin said, "Yes, it has reached this point, and other strategies seem to be difficult to work, so we can only find a way to consume the rolling logs and stones they prepared first, and then rush up the mountain to finish off their nest." ”

Xu Dong said, "Then how to consume their rolling wood stones, obviously, they don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, if we don't attack the village, they won't let go of the rolling wood stones, and if we attack the village, we will lose some soldiers." ”

The two sat in the tent and thought about it for a long time, but they couldn't think of a suitable way to get out.

Xu Dong proposed, "Liu Xin, it's so boring to sit in the tent all the time, we might as well go out for a walk." ”

Liu Xin said, "Okay, maybe take a breath of fresh air outside, let your brain wake up, and maybe you can come up with a suitable way." ”

The two of them came out of the tent to the meadow, probably two days ago there had just been a 'spring' rain, and now the warm sun is shining, the grass is 'covered' with a layer of white 'color' moisture, and patches of pale green young grass are 'exposed' to life.

There were not many cattle and sheep in such a vast grassland, only a few mules and horses gnawing on the grass in the distance, these mules and horses seemed to be far away in the sky, and it seemed that there were only a few wriggling black spots left.

"Baa, baa, baa, baa. ”

Suddenly, a goat's cry came into Xu Dong's ears, and the sound came from the back of their heads, and he and Liu Xin turned around together, it turned out to be an old man driving hundreds of goats into the meadow.

"Xianjun, there is. ”

Liu Xin's voice with a bit of excitement made Xu Dong stunned, "Liu Xin, what's there." ”

"There's a way to break through the rolling logs. Liu Xin said.

"How do you have...... Tell me about it. Liu Xin's excitement also infected Xu Dong, and his voice trembled a little.

Liu Xin said, "That's the case, Xianjun, you listen to me slowly." ”

So, Liu Xin expressed his idea, using goats instead of "migrant army" soldiers to attack the bandit village at night, and the bandits could not see the situation clearly on the mountain, only thinking that the "migrant army" soldiers were stealing the village, and they must have fallen into the woods and stones.

Liu Xin said, "We divide the goats into several echelons, and even if the bandits prepare more rolling logs and stones, they will run out, and when their rolling logs and stones are exhausted, we'll rush up the mountain to take the bandits." ”

After listening to Liu Xin's words, Xu Dong praised this as a good idea, and said that the "Immigration Army" has a general with a genius like Liu Xin, and no matter what army it fights with in the future, it will be invincible.

Liu Xin was embarrassed by Xu Dong's praise, he said, "Xianjun, don't praise me, this is just a preliminary idea of mine, whether it will work or not will be proved later, we will go to this old man now and buy all the sheep." ”