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The place where Li Xingchen and the others were hiding was the upper reaches of the creek that Li Xingchen and Li Qiu found when they were walking in the mountains during the day. Walking along the creek toward the mountain, the vegetation on both sides has turned into dense trees.
, instead of bamboo, is more conducive to hiding. When Li Xingchen was studying the map before, he had already begun to look for an escape route, and he chose this hilltop.
In this darkness, although the bandits should not have the courage to attack the village - after the commotion at night, I am afraid that even if these bandits see the identity of the attacker, they will be afraid of the village. After all, Li Xingchen took out
The will-o'-the-wisps and traps were enough to make the bandits suspicious.
Before figuring out the will-o'-the-wisps and traps, Li Xingchen believed that these bandits would not act rashly toward the village. Once they suffered more losses, the number of strong men in the village might exceed them. As long as the bandit leader
If you don't go crazy, you won't launch such an attack rashly.
But just because the bandits don't attack the village doesn't mean they won't explore in the direction of the village - Li Xingchen and the others did something like this at night. The bandits have nowhere to vent their anger, and they definitely want to catch one or two guys.
Therefore, they are very likely to push or pursue in the direction of the village in order to catch one or two who are left behind to take revenge.
Therefore, Li Xingchen simply did not take the people back to the village directly, but retreated all the way to the south mountain. This could at least prevent him from being chased like a lost dog by the bandits behind him.
"Quickly count the number of people." Li Xingchen looked at the groups of people gathering under the big tree out of breath, and hurriedly said to Zheng Qing and the others.
"Two people are missing." Zheng Qing had obviously checked them out briefly, with a worried look on his face. These two people were his subordinates. They had obviously disappeared in the chaos just now, which made Zheng Qing quite worried.
And Li Xingchen also took a breath of cold air, because he clearly remembered that there were no casualties in the chaos. The absence of two people at this time meant that they were lost during the retreat, so it is very likely that they are still alive.
, is more likely to fall into the hands of bandits - with so many people advancing and retreating at the same time, it is impossible for someone to fall behind halfway without the rest of the people noticing.
Zheng Qing was obviously aware of this situation, so the application on his face was quite solemn.
"Are you going back to look for me now?" Song Fei and Li Qiu also walked over quickly, with ferocious expressions on their faces. They had both killed people with their own hands just now, and now they felt like risking their lives.
The feeling of being a disciple.
"Don't act rashly," Li Xingchen ordered in a deep voice as he walked to higher ground. "Send a few people who are agile and familiar with the road to go around from the west and inform the village of what happened here. The three elders in the village will know what to do.
How to do it. Let five other brothers go out and patrol the creek area at the foot of the mountain. If there are bandits coming, report it quickly. Don't cross the creek!"
Song Fei and Li Qiu responded and hurried to arrange the arrangements, while Zheng Qing said worriedly: "Brother Chen, it's me who didn't take care of the brothers..."
"Don't talk about this yet," Li Xingchen felt his temples beating suddenly, and his heart beat along with his temples, "Who are these two people?"
Zheng Qing hesitated for a moment: "Zheng Ming and Zheng Liang from the east end of the village. They are both honest and honest boys. They can lay traps, but they are not very good at running in the mountains. Who would have thought that something would really happen?"
Yes, if I had known this, I would have let the two of them stand in the middle of the team."
"I was walking in a panic at that time, and I couldn't even set the mountain on fire, so an accident was expected." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, and jumped on a big rock to look at the hilltop where the bandits gathered. The distance between the two hills was actually real.
It was not far up, and the bandits were using torches to burn half of the sky red, so Li Xingchen could clearly see the movements of the bandits gathered there.
The originally scattered bandits gradually retreated, and torch-bearing groups kept coming back from the dark bamboo forest. On the hillside facing the village, more and more people gathered, and several bandits could be vaguely seen holding two people.
We walked to the middle of the open space. Originally, the bandits had built a small platform there for the purpose of ordering troops and issuing orders. Now it came in handy. The two men were tied directly to the pillars on the platform, facing the darkness.
A silent village.
"Brothers, you don't have to look for it anymore." Li Xingchen sighed softly. He didn't expect that not only did things not develop in the best direction he expected, but because the two brothers fell into the hands of the enemy, it was likely to lead to even more unfavorable consequences.
Influence, "Also, tell Song Fei and Li Qiu to gather everyone together as soon as possible!"
Zheng Qing's face changed slightly. Obviously he also knew that this meant that things had reached the worst point, and the two people lost were both his subordinates and the younger generation of the Zheng family, so Zheng Qing felt ashamed and embarrassed.
Worried. But at this time, he himself had no idea and had no choice but to follow Li Xingchen's orders.
The young people waiting on the hillside obviously noticed the noise coming from the hillside over there, and as Zheng Qing, Song Fei and others ordered to assemble, they more or less expected what happened. The faces of these young people in the darkness
With expressions full of anger, it was obvious that as long as Li Xingchen gave the order, they would rush to save people without hesitation.
"Zheng Ming and Zheng Liang most likely fell into the hands of bandits. You must have guessed this." Li Xingchen said in a low voice.
All the young people leaned forward slightly, their eyes in the darkness full of anger and fighting spirit. They knew very well what would happen to their brothers who grew up together if they fell into the hands of these damn bandits.
"Brother Chen, tell me, how can we save people?!" A young man couldn't hold himself back and said.
"Yes, we can't watch the two brothers of the Zheng family fall into the hands of this bandit!"
"That's right, brother Chen, if you give the order, even if we fight with the bandits, we will accept it!"
"According to the method just now, we can definitely defeat the bandits and take advantage of the opportunity to rescue our brothers!"
"Brother Chen!"
Li Xingchen closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was expelling these noisy voices of petition from his mind. After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes, and his sharp eyes swept over everyone, even most people in the dark.
You can't even see where Li Xingchen's eyes are, but you still feel like you're being watched.
"Is it all over?" Li Xingchen's voice was low, filled with anger that could not be concealed.
Zheng Qing and Song Fei glanced at each other subconsciously, Brother Chen... is he angry?
For a moment, no one dared to speak, but Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and punched the big tree next to him, and then said coldly: "Listen to me, we can't save this person."
"Why?!" This time, the leaders, including Zheng Qing and Song Fei, all stood up straight, looking puzzled and even looking at Li Xingchen angrily.