Sun Tuzi did not tell lies. In the afternoon, a small boat came from the vast lake. Three lake bandits on the boat approached the waterway in the reed marsh. They did not approach the shore, but just looked from a distance.
When they saw three strips of cloth floating on the branches of the big willow tree, the boat immediately docked. Two lake bandits got off the boat, and the other stayed on the boat to watch. The lake bandits who got off the boat walked one after another towards the willow forest on the inside of the dam.
.The two people were very cautious, looking around, even holding their weapons on their waists, as if they were ready to fight at any time.
When they arrived next to the willow forest, one person stopped to take warning. The other person quickly ran to the big willow tree, reached out and took out the skin bag from the tree hole and put it in his arms. Then he turned around and ran away. The two quickly got on the boat.
The boat left the shore and rowed toward the center of the lake in a southwest direction.
All this fell in the eyes of Jiang Sheng and another nurse. Li Hui ordered the two of them to hide in a snow nest in the distance to observe the place. Jiang Sheng and the other two braved the cold and squatted for two hours, and finally saw this scene.
See it in your eyes.
After receiving the report, Li Hui was very happy. The news was taken away, which means that the fish has bitten the hook. Now he is waiting for the fish to react, whether it will directly take the bait, or it will sense something is wrong and give up swallowing the bait.
At midnight that night, Li Hui took Dachun and Dazhuang out of the city and started heading towards the lake embankment. The night wind was bitingly cold, but Li Hui's heart was burning. He knew that tonight would determine the success or failure of his plan. He hoped that he could
See the timely response made by the Lake Bandits.
According to Sun Tuzi, Feng Heizi and others will definitely respond quickly. They will make a quick decision after receiving the news. Therefore, they will definitely send someone to convey the order tonight. If there is no news after midnight
If it is passed on, it is very likely that they have doubts.
This is definitely not the result Li Hui wants to see.
The three of them braved the cold wind and arrived at the outside of the lake embankment. They hunkered down and sneaked step by step towards the big willow tree. The wind blowing from the lake was strong and cold, and the bare willow treetops made a whirring swaying sound. In the distance,
The dark lake water splashed against the shore, making a huge noise. The sound of the reeds splashing was also very loud. All these sounds made the surrounding atmosphere particularly tense.
The big willow tree was not far away. Although it was almost the end of the twelfth lunar month and there was no moonlight in the sky. But after the sky cleared, the stars were bright and the weak starlight shone on the snow, so there was still weak visibility.
Li Hui's cat was behind the tree, carefully observing the branches of the big willow tree. Because Butcher Sun said that if there was news of his return, the lake bandits would tie a bunch of reeds on the branches as a mark. But after Li Hui repeatedly confirmed
, and no such sign was found. This made Li Hui feel a little heavy.
It was already the fourth watch, and I deliberately waited until after midnight before setting off, hoping to have enough time to obtain information and avoid possible contact with the lake bandits.
In fact, Li Hui did not need to be so anxious and came here in the middle of the night to check whether the fish hook had caught the fish. But Li Hui knew that once the fish bit the hook, it meant that a battle was about to begin. It would probably be within a day or two.
Start.
And this time, after the unexpected failure of the last attack, Feng Heizi's gang will definitely mobilize in full force this time. To take on the opponent's battle, sufficient preparations must be made. With the current situation of manpower, weapons, etc. in the city,
There is no way to fight against the lake bandits. So you have to spend time setting up traps, coordinating manpower, and boosting morale. These all take time.
This time, I took the initiative to lure the wolf into the house, otherwise I would be eaten by the wolf. That would be a big joke.
But the current situation makes Li Hui feel that something is not good. Did the other party not take the bait? Or is the bait not attractive enough? Li Hui rejected this idea. The Feng Heizi gang definitely wanted to get rid of the refugee armed forces, and their arrival
The Lake Bandits were greatly threatened and could not control the situation in Juchao County. How could Feng Heizi and his group endure it?
This time, the acting was so good, the message sent by Sun Tuzi was so attractive, and the manpower in the city had been reduced to only fifty or sixty people. Wouldn't Feng Heizi take action? And last time Feng Heizi and others attacked
When they came in, they caught women everywhere. Now the lake bandits had no worries about food and drink, but what they lacked the most was women. He specially added the meat of women to the bait to better increase the temptation and ensure that the prey would take the bait. Feng Heizi
How can others not be tempted?
Unless Sun Tuzi had something to hide, he didn't tell the secret codes, which made the lake bandits suspicious. But this was unlikely. He waited for him to stuff the skin bag into the tree hole and arranged everything before arresting him.
Without him, he had no chance to tip off the news. The same was true for his subordinates.
Li Hui thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with his plan. He was very confused and decided to wait here for a while. Maybe the other party hadn't arrived yet and he didn't know.
So the three of them nestled under the roots of the willow forest and waited. But they completely underestimated the cold temperature on this snowy night in the twelfth lunar month. Juchao County is located between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, and is considered a place north of the Yangtze River instead of south of the Yangtze River. The coldness of winter
In fact, it is not much different from the Central Plains. The lake breeze blew into their clothes, making the three of them feel as cold as if they were in an ice cellar.
It was the coldest hour of the fourth watch, and it was completely unbearable to be in such a place. He gritted his teeth and persisted for half an hour. Li Hui's hands and feet were cold and numb, and he lost consciousness. He knew that if he waited any longer, he might be sent away.
He was killed. So he whispered to Dachun Dazhuang and prepared to evacuate.
The strong spring was like a general amnesty, so he hurriedly set off. But at this moment, Li Hui heard a noise. The sound of rushing water came from the direction of the lake beach. It was different from the sound of the lake water lapping against the shore, and it was obviously the sound of splashing water.
So he grabbed the two of them and squatted down again.
After a while, the sound of trampling on the snow was heard, and a few black figures were seen coming ashore from the reed swamps and heading towards the willow forest. Li Hui and the other three were afraid to show their anger and stared at them with breathless concentration.
The few people walked to the willow tree, stood under the tree and looked around for a while. Li Hui and the other three hid behind the tree and did not dare to move at all. The distance was already very close, and any movement would alarm them, and their efforts would be in vain.
I saw one person took something out of his arms and stuffed it into the tree hole, blocking it with random grass. The other person put a bundle of reeds in his arms on a willow branch and tied it. After the two of them finished doing this, they bent over again.
He looked around, then turned and walked towards the reed marsh. Soon after, he heard the sound of the oar hitting the water again, which gradually disappeared into nothingness.
Li Hui and the others were overjoyed. When Dachun heard the sound of water disappearing, he immediately walked towards the old willow tree to get something. Li Hui's heart moved, he stretched out his hand to hold him, and whispered: "Wait a little longer, in case there is a scam.
"
Even a fool like Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang felt that Xiaolang was too sophisticated. What kind of deception could there be at this time? But Xiaolang could only obey the order and endured standing there waiting. After about half a stick of incense, Zhao Dachun
They couldn't help it anymore and were about to speak. Suddenly, the sound of a paddle hitting the water came from the reed marsh. This time, the sound slowly went away, and the three of them even saw the dark shadow of the boat slowly getting smaller.
.
"These bastards are really cunning. They actually hid in the reeds and kept watch." Zhao Dachun whispered in surprise.
Li Hui let out a long breath. Fortunately, he had a foresight. He felt that since the Lake Bandits were so cautious about passing on information, they would probably be extremely cautious. The Feng Heizi Gang knew their own situation, and they would be caught if they were not careful.
extermination, so they must be extremely cautious and may commit fraud.
In fact, these methods are just trivial tricks, just like when I was a child playing hide and seek, I often deliberately pretended to leave and deceived, and then came back to catch the person.
At this point, Li Huicai went to the old willow tree and took out the skin bag from the tree hole. It was too late to look at it, so he put it in his arms and left. The three of them quickly returned to the city. After returning to the county government office, they were all so cold that their faces were white and their lips were blue, and they could not even walk.
It’s no good asking for it.
The night nurse at the yamen was shocked when he saw the appearance of the three people. The three people's faces were green and white, their eyebrows, beards, and hair were covered with hoarfrost. There was hot breath coming from their mouths, and they looked like they were about to freeze.
In the back hall, the three of them warmed up around the stove for a while, and then drank the hot ginger soup cooked by Pearl, and then slowly recovered.
Li Hui then took out the leather bag and took out the parchment inside and read it by the fire. It was not that he didn't want to read it earlier, but his fingers were so stiff that he couldn't even untie the bag on the leather bag. And such an important thing was
He doesn't want others to get their hands on the content either.
There was only one line written crookedly on the parchment: On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, after the third watch, open the west gate, hold up the torch as a signal, and kill them all without leaving a trace.
The signature at the bottom of the note had no name and was covered with a seal. The seal was engraved with a black fish. That was exactly what Sun Tuzi had told him. To ensure the accuracy of the information, Feng Heizi would stamp his reply with his black fish seal.
Feng Heizi carried this seal with him so that no one could touch it, so seeing this seal stamped on the reply letter meant that it was Feng Heizi's order, and there was no doubt about it.
The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, couldn't it be today? Li Hui suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Dachun Da Zhuang, you have to go out with me again."
Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang hurriedly stood up and followed Li Hui out. Azhu shouted: "Why are you leaving again? You have made hot porridge and baked bread."
Guo Dazhuang turned around and said, "Sister Azhu, keep it for us. I want to eat three big bowls and five cakes."
Li Hui had to leave. The third update on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month was the third update tonight. They wanted to attack from the west gate, so they only had one day to set up a trap. I had talked with Zhou Che before, and the west gate was wide open.
It was the most difficult place to set up an ambush, so they chose the west gate. Then they needed to discuss how to set up an ambush.
In addition, how to fight at night and how many manpower there are will also need to be finalized now so that there will be no panic by then.
This time, it is necessary to ensure that no one of the lake bandits can come back, and no one can be let go. All enemies must be wiped out. If one of them escapes, it is likely that the information will be leaked, resulting in the failure of the next attack on the island.
Li Hui's plan was not only to annihilate the invading lake bandits, but also to raid their lair. There was a lot of supplies and food there, so he must succeed.
There were too many things to do, and Li Hui had to rush to discuss the decision with Wang Guangzu, Zhou Che and others without any delay.