There is a mountain temple on the mountain of Hutou Village. Since Dwarf Tiger led his people to occupy Hutou Village, the mountain temple has been completely abandoned and the main hall has become the meeting hall of Dwarf Tiger's village.

Dwarf Tiger was sitting where the statue of the mountain god was originally placed. There were two seats on the left and right in front of him. At this time, only the second master of the village was sitting on the left hand side.

"Master, it's not good, a group of officers and soldiers came down from the mountain." A bandit ran into the main hall of the mountain temple in a panic.

"Why are you panicking? How many officers and soldiers are here?" Dwarf Tiger stood up from his seat.

"No, it's not." The bandit gasped, "It doesn't look like an official army, it looks a bit like rural soldiers. There are about a hundred of them, just in the woods in the back mountain."

The second master advised: "Brother, don't worry. If the army comes, it's impossible for the Xu family not to send us a message. I think it's most likely that they will be rural soldiers recruited from several surrounding villages. This has never happened before, so why not let them send us a message?"

My younger brother will lead a team of men to kill them, and then go to a few villages to warn the villagers in these villages and ask them to be more honest."

Dwarf Tiger thought for a while and realized that what the second master said made sense, so he said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, second master. If anyone who comes is a local soldier, kill them all. By the way, let a few villages hand over to you."

For a pen of safe money, if you are an official or an army officer, please send someone back to deliver the message so that we can enter the forest in advance."

"Don't worry, brother, I'll leave this matter to my younger brother." The second master stood up from his seat, turned around and shouted outside the hall: "Bring up my armor."

At this time, the bandit who came in to deliver the message said again: "The first master, the second master, the group at the bottom of the mountain brought a lot of firecrackers, which looked unusual. Even the small country soldiers had seen them, and they only had a few bows at most.

"

"Damn you, you are such a useless piece of trash. You can't even tell the difference between an official army and a country soldier. You might be a bandit!" The second-in-command on the side walked over and kicked him.

The bandit fell to the ground and said hurriedly: "I'm wronged. I'm really not sure, but the officers and soldiers all have flags and armor. The group at the bottom of the mountain has no flags and no armor. The ones in their hands are

Most of the spears have wooden tips, but they carry dozens of firecrackers, and even the younger ones are a little confused."

The second master turned to look at Dwarf Tiger.

Dwarf Tiger sat back on his seat and tapped the armrest with his fingers. After a while, he said, "You said the group down the mountain has a blunderbuss?"

"Yes, at least dozens of them, and the rest all have wooden spears." The bandit sat on the ground and did not dare to get up, for fear of getting kicked if he said something wrong.

"Okay, I understand, you can go down." Dwarf Tiger waved his hand to the bandit.

The bandit, as if he was about to receive amnesty, hurriedly got up and exited the main hall of the mountain temple.

"Brother, those people at the foot of the mountain are not really government soldiers, are they? It's not like the rural soldiers can have so many muskets." The second master said, "If they are newly trained rural soldiers from several nearby villages, there is no way they can hide it.

Stay with us."

Dwarf Tiger pondered for a moment and said, "Did you know that a group of bandits were wiped out in Tianchengwei two months ago?"

"I've heard about it," the second master said, "The Lingqiu County Yamen also posted a notice about this. I heard from the Xu family that the commander of the Tiancheng Guard has been promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of Datong because of his merits in suppressing bandits."

Dwarf Tiger said: "That's right, but it's not so easy to wipe out the bandits with thousands of people. There will always be some fish that slip through the net."

Hearing this, the second master was shocked and said: "Brother, do you mean that this group of people at the foot of the mountain are the gang of bandits who were wiped out at the beginning?"

Dwarf Tiger nodded and said: "Although I have never seen these people, I suspect that the group of people at the foot of the mountain are most likely the bandits that were wiped out by the army."

"A group of homeless dogs dare to come to our Hutou Village. I will lead people down the mountain to kill them now."

"Don't worry, these people might be of some use."

The second master was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Brother, do you mean to recruit them?"

Dwarf Tiger nodded and said: "Well, our Hutou Village is big enough, and we are not short of food and money, but we have too few brothers. Every time the army comes to suppress, we can only go to hide in the mountains and forests. If we have enough brothers,

There are so many people, so the officers and soldiers don't dare to come to Hutou Village easily. If the people at the foot of the mountain are really bandits who escaped from Tiancheng Guard, they must have had a hard time along the way. With a little win over, they can completely swallow up this group of people."

The second master hesitated for a moment and said: "The idea is good, but have you ever thought about it, brother? There is also a leader in this group of bandits, and he may not be willing to join us. Even if he agrees, the number of bandits is not less than the people in our village, it is easy

Threaten your position, brother."

After hearing this, the short-legged tiger showed a sneer on his lips and said: "When we come to Hutou Village, I have the final say. There is no need to keep the leader of the bandits. He can go up the mountain and find a way to deal with him."

The second boss said: "The eldest brother means to trick this group of people into going up the mountain, then set up an ambush, and get rid of all the leaders inside in one fell swoop."

Dwarf Tiger nodded and said: "Lao San is not here and has gone to the county seat. I will leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, brother, I promise to handle this matter properly." The second master said, "A bunch of bereaved dogs, just throw a bone and go up the mountain obediently."

Dwarf Tiger warned: "Be careful in everything. We are only guessing at the identities of the people at the foot of the mountain. When you go, let your men test them first and confirm their identities before they show up."

The second master nodded, picked up his sword and strode away from the mountain temple.

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"Captain, we captured a bandit who came down from the mountain." A spearman leader escorted a bandit wearing cotton armor to Jia Liu.

Jia Liu raised his eyes and glanced at the bandit on the Hutou Village who was being escorted over. He saw the cotton armor on the other person's body. He groaned and said: "His grandma, I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that the bandit on the Hutou Village is

The bandits are extremely rich, and if any bandit is captured wearing cotton armor, he is not afraid of getting prickly heat."

It's full of sour taste.

He is a squadron leader with more than a hundred people under his command, no less than the bandits on Hutoushai Mountain, but he still wears a shabby and patched shirt. Compared with the bandits in front of him, he is no different from a beggar.

"Guan Ye, Guan Ye..." The bandits who were brought did not know what kind of official the captain was, so they had to call Guan Ye to test.

Jia Liu showed a pair of big teeth and said with a smile: "What a damn official, you are a bandit, I am a gangster, and all we do is U-turn business."

"Yes, yes, yes." The bandit nodded repeatedly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The second boss sent him here just to find out where this group of people came from. Now that he has figured it out, he can go back and do business.

Yang Yuan on the side said coldly: "Since you are a bandit on the mountain, why are you peeking at my camp? Could it be that you are exploring the way for your boss to attack us."

Hearing this, the bandit trembled and hurriedly explained: "I don't dare. I don't dare. I have been ordered by the second master to invite the two masters and all the heroes to go up to the mountain to gather together."
Chapter completed!