Seeing Nan Yanxi coming, an outer deacon about twenty years old hurriedly came over to greet him.
He raised his hands and saluted, "This must be the new fourth junior brother, right? I'm Ye Feiyu, the deacon of the outer sect."
According to seniority, the disciples of the outer sect refer to themselves as senior brothers and junior disciples.
Of course, it mainly depends on age. When the two met, they nodded and said hello.
The older ones are called senior brothers, and the younger ones are called junior brothers.
They are all smart people, and no one will really abide by the old rule that whoever goes up the mountain early is the senior.
Humanity is so sophisticated!
"Oh, it turns out to be Senior Brother Ye." Nan Yanxi returned the gift and asked him, "What are we doing?"
"Hi! A few days ago, a farm at the foot of our mountain was attacked by bandits."
Ye Feiyu smiled and replied: "Master's wife means that we can just kill him!"
"Oh?" When Nan Yanxi heard this, she immediately became interested.
After going up the mountain for a long time, I almost had no time to fly.
He immediately asked Ye Feiyu: "Um...Senior Brother Ye, can you take me with you?"
"Uh... That's okay, but if I hurt you, I'm afraid the master and elders will blame me!"
Seeing his hesitation, Nan Yanxi quickly confirmed: "It's okay, it's all of my own free will! If I get injured, it has nothing to do with Senior Brother Ye!"
"Then...okay! Fourth Junior Brother will just listen to the command when the time comes."
Seeing what he said, Ye Feiyu could only nod in agreement.
Nan Yanxi was overjoyed and hurried back to bring his own weapons.
Everyone got on their horses and galloped down the mountain.
Looking at the familiar road, Nan Yanxi couldn't help but ask Ye Feiyu: "Brother Ye, why is this the way to Jin'an County?"
"Yes! This farm borders Jin'an County, but it is still far away from the county seat!"
The two were riding on horses and talking to each other.
After about a stick of incense, Ye Feiyu led the troops down the official road.
A large farm appeared in front.
The disciples stationed in the village had already received the news and were waiting here to welcome everyone into the village.
Ye Feiyu introduced Nan Yanxi to the deacon stationed in the village.
This man's name is Wang Sheng, and like Ye Feiyu, he is also an outside deacon.
Everyone was polite to each other, and Wang Sheng began to introduce the situation of this group of bandits to everyone.
Because this is the border area between Jin'an County and Qinglian Sword Sect.
Public security is relatively poor, and there are often bandits and thieves.
Therefore, in addition to the tenants, there are also more than thirty Qinglian disciples stationed in the village, led by Wang Sheng, the outer deacon.
In the past, bandits and bandits would not dare to provoke such a big Zhuangzi with such a background.
But this group of people is a bunch of young people, and there are a lot of them.
The more than thirty Qinglian disciples turned out to be no match, so they could only protect the common people and retreat first.
When I came back the next day, all my food and money had been wiped out.
Even the disciples' clothes were not spared, and they all left.
Hearing this, Nan Yanxi asked Wang Sheng: "Brother Wang, how many people are in this group? Are their martial arts high?"
Wang Sheng touched his chin and recalled: "There are about fifty or sixty people, and their martial arts skills are... not bad!"
"Uh... okay?" Everyone was puzzled.
Wang Sheng hurriedly explained: "The leading ones are pretty good and can fight me for more than ten rounds."
"The other people are average, but they cooperate very well and have a certain amount of progress and retreat."
"So...I say it's okay."
After listening to Wang Sheng's words, some grumpy disciples slammed the table and shouted: "What are fifty or sixty people afraid of him doing? We, more than a hundred people, are afraid of them!"
"That's right! Just cover him up and defeat him!"
Everyone responded, but Nan Yanxi waved her hand.
He looked at Ye Feiyu and Wang Sheng and said, "Don't worry, as the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Our numerical advantage is not obvious!"
"They're just a few cheap bandits. We don't need to make fearless sacrifices."
"I mean, how about we go investigate first and then make any calculations?"
Wang Sheng nodded in agreement: "Fourth Junior Brother is right, you still have to know yourself and your enemy."
Then he said to Nan Yanxi Ye Feiyu: "How about this, just the three of us, go to the bandit's camp?"
Everyone agreed!
It's midnight, when everyone is asleep.
There were three figures in black clothes, wandering by the edge of the forest, and then disappeared into the dark night.
Deep in the mountains, in a hidden canyon that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The camp of the bandits was brightly lit, and all the bandits were busy doing something.
"Brother, another batch has arrived this afternoon. Our current number is at least six..."
In the handsome tent, a rough-looking bandit was showing off to the leader, an elegant middle-aged man.
"Shut up!" The man frowned and yelled at the rough man: "What are you talking about!"
Then he turned back to a young man who looked like a scholar and asked: "Third brother, how are the arrangements going?"
"Don't worry, brother!"
The scholar named Lao San replied: "With the number of people we have now, as long as they dare to come tonight, they will definitely be able to eat it in one bite!"
"If they come back tomorrow morning, these agencies can trap them for another hour! By then, we will have finished it long ago,"
"Well, that's good." The elder brother nodded.
He turned back and said to a sinister young man: "Second brother, take the fourth and fifth children to prepare everything that needs to be prepared, and set off on time in half an hour!"
"It's the eldest brother!" The sinister second brother led the two people out of the door.
At this time, downwind of their side of the valley, the three of Nan Yanxi were lying hidden in the bushes.
"Oh, I'm talking about two brothers, this is wrong!"
"What's wrong?" Hearing Nan Yanxi's doubts, Ye Feiyu and Wang Sheng slowly came over and asked.
Nan Yanxi lowered her voice and said to them: "The number of people is wrong. I just counted them."
"There are almost seven or eight patrols in a team of eight!"
Wang Sheng scratched his head in confusion: "What's wrong with this? Seven or eight fifty-six, about fifty or sixty people, right?"
Ye Feiyu was also a little puzzled: "What's wrong, Fourth Junior Brother?"
"Are you stupid? You all go out on patrol to protect an empty house? You don't even sleep?"
The three of them gradually became familiar with each other, and naturally they became less polite when talking to each other.
Nan Yanxi continued to explain: "Have you forgotten how we patrolled the mountain?"
Ye Feiyu thought for a moment and said, "It changes every two hours."
"That's in my own mountain gate. After patrolling all night, I slept hard during the day the next day, and no one cared about me!"
Nan Yanxi lowered her voice and continued: "When a normal army is stationed in the field, it basically changes posts every hour."
"We can't waste the next day's training and preparations. A soldier has to patrol a lot in one hour!"
Then he pointed to the camp below and said: "In this situation, there are a total of twelve shifts during the day and night. Even if everyone takes two shifts, there will be three to five hundred people at least!"
"Three to five hundred people?!"
Wang Sheng and Ye Feiyu couldn't help being shocked!
If this is true, then if the hundreds of people like me really rush forward rashly, aren't they just here to deliver food?
The three of them were muttering, and three more people walked out of the handsome tent below.
Nan Yanxi raised her eyes and couldn't help but condense her eyes!
Although they were far apart, Nan Yanxi recognized her thin figure and sinister temperament at a glance!
This person was the leading man in black who last appeared on the night Nangong Ruoxue was attacked.