On the seventh day of the fifth lunar month, Zhang Ming, a thousand-man general of the Shang Shui Army, took the lead in leading his troops to the forest where the Huanhu Cavalry had stayed the day before.
Of course, there was no trace of the Huanhu Cavalry in this forest at this time. However, the few Green Crows accompanying them felt something was wrong.
There were no brothers from the front team who were also members of the Green Crows, and they did not leave any marks. It seemed that the pursuit of Huan Hu by the Green Crows ended here.
"Something happened."
One of the Green Crow Hidden Thieves, who was called Geng Laoliu, said with a solemn expression.
This person was once a hidden thief of Geng Lou of the Yangxia Hidden Thieves, and was later merged into the Green Crows. His original name has long been forgotten, but the number "six" on his back means that he was once the first class of Geng Lou.
A master of one.
"Lulu——"
Thousands of people stopped Zhang Ming's horse beside Geng Laoliu and other hidden thieves, frowned and asked, "What happened?"
At this time, Zhang Ming already knew that these people were the hidden forces recovered by Zhao Hongrun, and it was with the help of these people's tracking ability in the past two days that Zhang Ming was able to bite the tail of the Huan Hu Cavalry Bandits.
Otherwise, it would be a foolish dream for a single infantry force to track down the cavalry.
"I don't know, the mark is broken here..." Geng Laoliu looked around carefully, and then added: "There is no one to respond, and there is no mark left. Something must have happened."
After that, his gaze was fixed on the forest in the distance. After staring for a few breaths, he whispered: "Please rest for a while, General Zhang's soldiers, I will go and investigate."
After saying that, several of the Green Crows quickly ran towards the forest.
The speed was so fast that it made people feel ashamed.
Arriving at the outskirts of the forest, several Green Crows involuntarily took out the daggers from their waists, looked around, listened in all directions, and tiptoed into the sound, almost silently.
No matter how far they had walked, they suddenly caught a glimpse of a body lying on the ground.
Several people's expressions changed slightly and they walked forward quietly.
The corpse he saw was dressed similarly to them, and was undoubtedly a member of the Blue Crows.
After looking at each other, one of them stepped forward to inspect the body, while the others looked around cautiously.
However, until the companion who inspected the body spoke, nothing happened around him.
"My whole body is stiff and I have been dead for at least a day..."
After hearing this, Geng Laoliu and the others put their daggers back into the scabbards on their waists.
After all, generally speaking, the perpetrator will not stay in the same place for long. Since this companion died a day ago, his murderer has probably already evacuated.
"Is he Duan Lou's brother?" Geng Laoliu also stepped forward and took a few glances at the body, sighing slightly in his heart.
"Well, it seems to be Duan Siqi."
I remember that before they were merged into Shangshui Qingya, the relationship between Duan Lou and Geng Lou could not be said to be good or bad, but in any case, there was some friction on weekdays, so most of them were familiar with each other.
It would have been fine in the past, but now, they are both members of Shangshui Qingya, and someone actually killed their companions. This is simply a provocation to Shangshui Qingya.
However, Geng Laoliu couldn't care less about his anger at this moment, because he noticed the fatal wound on the dead body: wipe the throat! Stab the heart!
Kill with one knife!
The second cut to fix the leak!
"..."
Geng Laoliu's expression suddenly changed, because that was the usual assassination technique used by their thieves.
"Look around!... Duan Siqi's team, there are about twenty brothers!"
Several Green Crows looked at each other and dispersed.
After about a while, they returned to Geng Laoliu and shook their heads sadly.
"I found four brothers, but none of them were alive."
"There are nine on my side, three of them were assassinated first, and the other six, judging from the wounds on the corpses, were attacked by a group until they died."
"I found the corpses of more than a dozen brothers over there, and there were signs of dragging the corpses there. They should be the corpses of the enemy, but they were taken away."
"..."
Geng Laoliu stared at the corpse in front of him with an expressionless face.
It is simply unimaginable that the hidden thieves of the Green Crows could not even escape. The only explanation is that there were hostile hidden thieves ambushing in the forest at that time, and they had an absolute advantage in numbers.
"Did you leave any mark?" Geng Laoliu asked in a deep voice.
Several Green Crows looked at each other and shook their heads.
"We searched all around the body..."
"I did see that the bark of a tree had been scraped off. Judging from the freshness of the traces, it only took a day or two..."
"I didn't find anything useful...the other party was very experienced and didn't leave anything useful."
"Come with us?"
Geng Laoliu frowned again.
To be fair, at this stage, both the Green Crows and the Black Crows are at war with the hidden thieves in other counties, so it is not unusual to offend fellow hidden thieves. However, the problem is that near Anling, this rare group of thieves does not
There is no place for hidden thieves to come out in public.
"Withdraw first! Report this matter to His Highness Prince Su!"
"Um!"
Several Green Crows quickly retreated from the forest. Geng Laoliu stayed behind and asked a thousand people to bring Zhang Ming back to the bodies of the Green Crows' companions in the forest. The remaining Green Crows quickly returned to Anling and brought the bodies of the Green Crows back to Anling.
The matter was reported to Zhao Hongrun.
I have to say that when they learned about this, both Zhao Hongrun and Duan Pei, the leader of the Blue Crows around him, felt a little incredible.
More than twenty members of the Blue Crows were actually killed, and no one could escape and bring back the exact information. This was something that even the Black Crows were unlikely to be able to do.
The only possibility is that the twenty or so Green Crows were too careless and fell into the enemy's ambush by mistake. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late.
"Four-seven, thirty-nine...those two idiots!"
After learning about the sacrificed members, Duan Pei cursed with a complicated expression.
It's not that Duan Pei doesn't care about the deaths of other Green Crows, but because Shangshui Green Crow merged not long ago and are still in the running-in period, so Duan Pei's feelings for his former Duan Lou brothers are naturally deeper than for others.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was sitting behind his desk, frowning and thinking about the other party's identity.
Duan Pei was suspicious of the small hidden thieves groups that the Green Crows and Black Crows were currently attacking, but Zhao Hongrun didn't see it that way.
Firstly, Ying Kang from the Blue Crows and Black Spider from the Black Crows suppressed the small group of thieves very well, and the other party probably didn't have enough time to organize the manpower to hunt the Blue Crows in turn.
Secondly, those twenty or so Green Crows were killed while tracking Huan Hu, and Huan Hu was a Korean, and it was almost impossible to have any relationship with the Wei State, especially the hidden thieves in the south.
In this way, it is not difficult to guess the identity of the other party: it is a force that does not hesitate to "fall" to cooperate with forces outside the circle of hidden thieves, and is strongly dissatisfied with Zhao Hongrun, the man behind the Blue Crows.
Furthermore, this force still poses a certain threat.
"It's Jin Gou!" After thinking for a moment, Zhao Hongrun said in a deep voice: "Duan Pei, send someone to inform the mourning crows to temporarily cancel my previous order to kill Huan Hu, examine the black crows themselves, and eliminate the spies among them.
...Those with evil intentions will be killed on the spot, and the remaining suspects will be temporarily detained and slowly identified." At this point, Zhao Hongrun paused and added with an inexplicable expression: "Ask '佴' to do it."
The "佴" in his mouth was a young thief cultivated by Jin Gou, the former leader of the Fuqiu clan. Their relationship with Jin Gou was like a father and son, or a master and a disciple.
Duan Pei understood the words and retreated with fists clasped in his hands: "My subordinates will inform Mang Ya and ask him to keep an eye on you..."
Watching Duan Pei disappear outside the study door, Zhao Hongrun tapped his fingers on the desk with some irritation.
In his eyes, Huan Hu was originally a lunatic who went his own way and acted recklessly, while Jin Gou was a hero who was forced by him to abandon the people of Yangxia Fuqiu and flee in hiding. When these two people got together,
This is not a good thing.
You must know that although Jin Gou's power is not what it used to be, he has been the leader of the Fuqiu people for more than ten years. When he was defeated, he also took away two to three hundred people. This is not included. If this person raises his hand,
Shouting, Zhao Hongrun could not even guarantee whether those former hidden thieves from Fuqiu who had joined the Black Crows would be persuaded to switch sides and follow their old leader.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun stood up and walked to the window, thinking about the other party's next step.
In his opinion, Huan Hu did not look like the kind of person who would swallow his anger. Otherwise, he would not have led the cavalry bandits to break through the siege a few days ago, but also wanted to kill Wang Ming.
His actions were undoubtedly contempt for him, King Su!
Although he was somewhat shameless about Huan Hu's character, Zhao Hongrun had to admit that this man had the spirit of a hero. - It would be better to be in pieces than in ruins!
In other words, a hero like Huan Hu will never be willing to swallow this breath, and will definitely wait for an opportunity to retaliate.
There is no need to say more about the golden hook.
When these two people come together, Zhao Hongrun has no doubt that the other party's next step will be ferocious revenge on him.
"You're not planning to interfere with the competition between Anling and Yanling counties, are you?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun's expression suddenly became much more solemn.
You know, at the junction of Anling and Yanling, there are nearly one hundred thousand or even more residents of the two counties gathered. The two sides are fighting for a breath and a face. If Huan Hu is now
Suddenly he led his cavalry to attack him, and the consequences would be disastrous.
"Wei Jiao!...Send someone to deliver a message to Qu Cheng, asking him to personally lead the Yanling Army and work with Zhai Huang of the Shangshui Army to maintain order in Yosai."
"yes!"
After giving the instructions, Zhao Hongrun raised his head and looked out the window.
In the end, he decided to be more conservative and wait for the competition between Anling and Yanling counties to end. After all, there were only a few days left for this competition.
When this tournament is over, he will come back to deal with Huan Hu and Jin Gou.
It's not that Zhao Hongrun is being conservative, but this competition is of great significance, and even he, King Su, cannot afford to lose.
However, at this time, Zhao Hongrun never expected that he had far underestimated Huan Hu's courage and Jin Gou's hatred for him. The latter two had no intention of attacking Anling and Yanling counties. They chose the most difficult path.
It is also the most shocking path of revenge.
Attack Shangshui County!
"Puff-"
On the eve of dawn on the eighth day of May, on the city wall of Shangshui County, several Shangshui soldiers patrolling the city wall were assassinated by some hidden thieves in black.
Immediately, with a rumbling sound, the west city gate of Shangshui County slowly opened.
At the same time, Huan Hu led his cavalry bandits and rushed into the county.