Although Sangra County is close to Jingshi, it is not prosperous.

The city wall is very dilapidated, there are very few people in the city, and there are many shops, taverns and inns, but most of them are closed, and Li Wuchang and the other three finally found a decent inn to settle down.

There are not many guests, most of them are people from the rivers and lakes.

The guy was very enthusiastic, and according to Li Wuchang's request, after finding three rooms next to each other, he took the three of them to a private room, and then served a table of wine and food.

"I used to pass by Shangluo County, but it was much more lively than now, although I couldn't catch up with the capital, but it wasn't like this ghost, and I felt like there were fewer people. Zhao Xun said with emotion.

Jiang Minglun sighed and said: "Last year's summer drought and winter snow disaster caused food prices to skyrocket, and now it is a time when there is no green and yellow, and Shangluo is a place where green forest maniacs are rampant, and even the official warehouse dares to attack, and the people in the city either fall into the grass or flee, and it is reasonable for Shangluo to be so clean." ”

Before coming here, Li Wuchang inquired about the news from Li Qing.

Zhai Changping and his gang were ambushed near Niu Mao, there were forty-two of them, more than twenty like Zhai Changping, all of them were selected by this martial arts conference, all of them had the strength between the peak of the fourth rank and the beginning of the fifth grade, and although the martial arts of the other twenty or so people were not high, it was not a problem to deal with the ordinary green forest reckless.

It can be seen that the group of people led by Zhai Changping is a very powerful force, but unfortunately more than 20 people died on the spot, and the others are nowhere to be found, according to the report of the people below, they encountered an ambush of a bandit brigade of about 200 people, which was a ghost jointly carried out by the major forces on the mountain, saying that they received the news that the bandit squad was coming to Shangluo, so they came to intercept and kill halfway, so as to prevent future troubles.

Li Qingyou said that because of the complex terrain of Niumao Mountain, after a group of local green forest people used to hide, there were not many gangs, and they occasionally came out to rob, and the government did not attach great importance to it.

Since last winter, in addition to a few local green forest gangs, some forces from surrounding counties have mixed into the cow hair, plus some people who have fallen grass have entered the mountains, and the forces on the mountains have become more and more complicated, and the government has paid attention to it.

However, it is a pity that due to the lack of manpower, there has been no chance to wipe out the bandits on Niumao Mountain.

"Now the situation is like this, Zhai Changping may have been captured by a certain force on Niu Mao, can you tell me what good suggestions you have?" Li Wuchang briefly said the news he had heard from Li Qing, and then asked Jiang Minglun and Zhao Xun for advice.

Jiang Minglun was more cautious and said, "Do you want to borrow a group of people from the government......?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Xun interrupted: "You also saw when you entered the city just now, the sergeants guarding the city are absent-minded, the officers and soldiers patrolling are listless, and the officers and soldiers who interrogate the people entering the city are trembling and disheartened, I think they must be frightened by the bandits, even if we go to find their superiors, they will definitely find a way to shirk it, they will not send troops into the mountains, they will only think about how to hide in the city and wait for the next rescue of the imperial court." ”

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, every time the imperial court sends out a bandit suppression team, it is secretly arranged, and this time Zhai Changping and his gang were so accurately grasped by the bandits, and the secrecy of the government's work can be imagined. ”

After Jiang Minglun listened, he sighed helplessly.

What Zhao Xun said makes sense.

It's no wonder that Zhao Xun looks down on the officers and soldiers of Shangluo County so much, it is really that there are too many rumors that he has heard in Chang'an City before, and the officers and soldiers of Shangluo County are synonymous with cowards.

Zhao Xun finished complaining and proposed: "Saving people is like fighting fire, let's first assume that Zhai Changping was detained by a certain force on Niu Mao, no matter what their purpose is, Zhai Changping's situation must be very dangerous, I suggest that the three of us mix into Niu Mao Mountain, pretend to be bandits to find out the news, there are many forces on Niu Mao Mountain, there should be no problem with impersonation, after finding out the news, we will customize a foolproof strategy to secretly rescue Zhai Changping." ”

Li Wuchang said with a smile: "It seems that there is trouble everywhere again, which reminds me of the time when I pretended to be a guard of the Jin Palace's palace and the Hanshui gang in the west of Chang'an City." ”

Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun both smiled when they heard this.

Last time, under the leadership of Li Wuchang, the three of them made a mess of the west of the city, and also alarmed Cui Ping, the commander of the city defense, and finally the Jin Wangfu and the Hanshui Gang completely turned their faces.

Now the Hanshui Gang is not as high-profile and arrogant as before, all the staff withdrew from the range of Chang'an City, returned to Xiangyang City, waited for the opportunity, there was no big move for the time being, there are rumors that the last time the grain and grass in Hejian County, Jizhou was robbed and the Hanshui Gang has something to do with it, but it has not been confirmed at present.

Li Wuchang continued: "To be honest, I'm not worried about the ordinary green forest bandits, what I'm worried about is that there are large gangster forces and Khitan forces mixed into Niumao Mountain and tried to fish in troubled waters, so their combat power will be extraordinary, even if we find out the news of Zhai Changping, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to rescue him." ”

Zhao Xun frowned and said, "It's not very likely, after all, Shangluo County ......"

Immediately said: "It's possible, last time there were Khitan spies mixed into the palace, and this time it is not a big deal for Khitan people to mix into Shangluo." ”

Li Wuchang concluded: "No matter what, Zhai Changping must be saved, early tomorrow morning, we will go to prepare, and after dressing up, we will go directly to Niumao Mountain, and when the time comes, we will act at the opportunity, and we will make a plan after finding out the news." ”

Nothing to say for a night.

The next day, the three of them got up early in the morning and went to the street to buy a guy.

Black clothes, dry food, sweat medicine, smoke, and of course, Li Wuchang's own Qi Disperse Pill, which was not refined by himself, but given by Han Dazhi last time, were all ground into powder.

In addition, Li Wuchang also prepared a golden wire ring knife for the dragon set.

"The weapons of the two of you are too conspicuous, do you want to mix them with plaster?" Li Wuchang looked at Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun's weapons, and proposed.

Needless to say, Jiang Minglun's weapon is a boutique brought out of the Martial Arts Pavilion, not only is it amazingly powerful, but also has an extremely domineering appearance, and it is not something that ordinary people can hold at first glance.

Zhao Xun took advantage of the few days when he got the thousand-year-old cold iron, spent more than a thousand taels of silver, hired a senior forger, and created a sword.

Li Wuchang has already seen it, that sword is not only cold, but also amazingly powerful, and the shape is also quite beautiful.

Just kidding, the three of them are going to Niumao Mountain now, maybe they will pretend to be little minions, and it is too eye-catching to hold such beautiful weapons.

At Li Wuchang's suggestion, Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun had to dress up their weapons with plaster and paint, which looked like ordinary old weapons.

Niumao Mountain is not a mountain, but a group of mountains, stretching for dozens of miles, although it is not as dangerous as Nanshan, but it is also a first-class dangerous place, the entrance is very few, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Li Wuchang and the three of them were all dressed in black suits, with a simple makeup, smeared their faces, and looked around thirty, plus an arrogant walking posture, they were able to get rid of the three green forest bandits.

The three of them are now lying in the grass at one of the entrances to Niumao Mountain, observing the terrain.

"This is the safest entrance, the government has attacked several times, but they have all returned in vain, and it is really dangerous. Zhao Xun observed the terrain and introduced.

Li Wuchang and Jiang Minglun both observed carefully.

The entrance is very much like a gourd mouth, very narrow, a big road is about two zhang wide, leading to the mountain, the road is very empty, only some weeds and shrubs, can not hide the figure, on both sides are towering boulders, there are simple watchtowers, on the watchtowers are standing a lot of patrols.

If a few hundred archers were to defend it, as long as there were enough arrows, it was estimated that thousands of people would not be able to attack it.

is typical of easy to defend and difficult to attack, no wonder the government does not send troops to encircle and suppress.

This place is too dangerous.

This is still the safest entrance, and the entrances to other places are definitely more difficult to enter.

Even if they are lucky enough to get in, the bandits only need to drill into the dense forest, rely on their familiarity with the terrain, and fight guerrillas.

When the officers and soldiers can't stand it anymore, the bandits can come out and be arrogant again.

In the final analysis, Dayan is still powerless about these internal worries because he has suffered from external disasters.

"At present, we don't know how to get in, if we swagger in, we may be greeted by thousands of powerful arrows, what is the best way?" After Li Wuchang observed the terrain, he found that it was not appropriate to break in.

Jiang Minglun said: "There are not many entrances to Niumao Mountain, and there are many forces in the mountain, each entrance should have a special force to guard it, and there may be multiple forces to guard the entrance, no matter what, if you want to enter, there should be a set of special processes, maybe it is to look at the code, maybe it is to look at the clothes and the like." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Now there are two ways, one is to wait after dark, the patrolling people are out of sight, let's get in through light skills, and the other is that we go a little farther away to see if there are any bandits returning from the mountain, and when they enter the mountain, we will mix in their troops." ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "Both methods are good, I think the second method is better, after all, it is still a long time before it gets dark, we can squat next to the road up the mountain to see if there are any large troops, it is best to stun the three little minions, and then dress up as them, mix in them, act carefully, it should not be too conspicuous, if there is no chance to find a lonely, then we will quietly hang behind the troops, maybe we can also mix in." ”

Li Wuchang nodded and said, "Then go down a little first and find a place to squat." ”

So the three of them went down the mountain, found a place, hid it, and kept an eye on the roadside to see if there were any bandits who had gone out to rob and returned to the mountain.

The weather in May was neither hot nor cold, and none of the three of them felt particularly difficult.

The hard work paid off, and at noon, a group of people finally went up the mountain.

The procession was very long, with more than 100 men, some on horseback, some on foot, different clothes, and various weapons, such as broadswords, axes, spears, etc., and many more were carrying a wooden stick.

Li Wuchang, Zhao Xun, and Jiang Minglun glanced at each other, and they all smiled.

The group in front of them looked like a rabble.

Notice: The National Day is approaching, the author in order to fight for a few more days of vacation, take the initiative to ask for overtime, and then these days can only be put in the chapter at 12:00, 21:00 This chapter is suspended for a few days, and it will be made up next month, all the audience forgive me!