The entire mountain was full of bandits patrolling back and forth with torches. Obviously, the two recent arrivals in the middle of the night really made them angry. If they didn't really know how many dangers were hidden in the darkness, I'm afraid these bandits would have been there long ago.
He was already shouting and going to attack the village.
The originally dim lights in the village dissipated. If it weren't for the moon in the sky that still had a glimmer of light, I would have been unable to see even if I left the range of the torch.
"The military advisor has an order, search the mountain quickly!" Several bandits who were responsible for delivering the order walked through the mountain forest with great skill. At a glance, it was obvious that they were also people who had been in the mountain for a long time.
The bandits holding torches cautiously groped forward. These bandits obviously had boundaries. Every time they reached the stream at the foot of the mountain, they would turn back and continue searching - it seemed that this stream was an insurmountable taboo for them.
"As long as we can get to the creek, we can escape." Li Xingchen stretched out his hand to push aside the branches in front of him and looked at the indicative firelight in the darkness.
Considering that the bandits would definitely focus on searching the forests on the west side and the north and south sides of the village, Li Xingchen and the others could only go in a circle to the east and hide in a big tree on the east hillside. This area was no longer a bamboo forest.
Instead, it is a dense forest that is integrated with the forest on the hilltop where Li Xingchen and the others were hiding before on the south side.
The old trees in these mountains are hundreds of years old, and unlike bamboos, these towering trees are strong and tall enough for four or five people to hide in the dense canopy. Now Li Xingchen is taking Song Fei and Zheng Qing on the trees,
The other two young men were standing guard on the north and south sides under the tree.
"It's not that simple to get back to the creek from here." Zheng Qing's attention also shifted from the shadow of shooting two of his brothers to the dilemma he is facing now, "I'm afraid these bandits don't hate
We are itching with hatred, there must be heavy defenses on the other side of the creek."
Li Xingchen smiled bitterly: "So now it's not that easy to escape with just a few of us."
Zheng Qing and Song Fei were startled for a moment, and looked at Li Xingchen together. Now that they can't rely on themselves, it's even more foolish to rely on those bandits. Then won't they be trapped here and die? You know, the bandits will definitely come tomorrow morning.
Launch an attack on the village, they will have to be there when the time comes.
"Brother Chen, you didn't say you should wait until dawn before leaving. It would be too late!" Zheng Qing said anxiously. The death of two brothers from the Zheng family made him feel angry, so he didn't kill two more.
He has been enduring the bandits for a long time. It would be too frustrating if he could only sneak back tomorrow morning.
Li Xingchen's voice turned cold: "Do you think these bandits are just for food? In the past, the enemy was exposed and we were hidden. We caught them by surprise and were unprepared, so we were able to take advantage. But now, do you think these bandits who have come back to their senses will give us
Is this an opportunity? As for the military advisor, I don’t think he is an easy character to deal with. He must have wanted to tear us into pieces.”
Curling his lips, Song Fei said with some disdain: "But Brother Chen, don't you see that they still dare not cross the stream?"
"That's because they don't know how many enemies there are in the darkness and whether there are any traps similar to the ones before, so they don't dare to advance rashly. After all, the scouts they sent were defeated by us, so now they have nothing to lose." Li Xingchen said calmly.
He said loudly, breaking Sein Fei's beautiful fantasy, "This is just that they don't want to pay a higher price. After all, it won't be long before dawn, and they can attack the village openly, and the people in the village won't be able to escape, right?"
Song Fei was startled for a moment and sighed deeply. If he really wanted to escape in this deep mountain and old forest, how could he defeat these bandits?
"This is what I've been worried about," Li Xingchen couldn't help but murmured. "The calmer and more patient these bandits are, the harder it is to deal with them. If they attack the village in a hurry now, it won't be possible."
Then there is a threat.”
"But Brother Chen, we can't sit here and wait for death." Zheng Qing said anxiously, looking at Li Xinchen, his eyes full of expectation. Because Li Xinchen has created too many miracles, and he believes that Li Xinchen will do the same this time.
Can lead them out of danger.
Li Xingchen raised his head slightly: "We couldn't save ourselves just now, but now we have a chance. Look."
The shouts on the mountain became louder and louder. The bandits who were searching for this side of the woods all turned around and ran back for some unknown reason. A long dragon made of torches just formed at the junction of the bamboo forest and this forest.
The place turned around, and the wind dispersed the sound, making it difficult to hear what the bandits were shouting.
A moment later, the forest once again fell into darkness and deathly silence, while Zheng Qing and Song Fei looked at each other, not knowing what Li Xingchen meant by the opportunity, let alone why these bandits left as soon as they said they would.
It would be reasonable to say that the bandits turned back when they reached the creek because they were afraid that the villagers would not know more traps ahead. However, they could not go far away from the village and went back. It is true.
It's unexpected.
After Li Xingchen said what he just said, he stopped talking. I don't know what he was waiting for. The night around him was getting darker. Even half of the moon in the sky was blocked by clouds. It was really hard to see his fingers now.
Already.
Although I don't know what Li Xinchen bought, Zheng Qing and Song Fei still followed suit and remained quiet like Li Xinchen.
After a long time, a young man who was on guard below slowly climbed up, trying his best not to make any noise: "Brother Chen, they...they are coming!"
Before they finished speaking, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded. With the help of the faint starlight, Zheng Qing and Song Fei looked at the scene and couldn't help but take a breath. Two groups of bandits came out of the forest at the same time, walking fast,
The swords swinging in each person's hands flashed with cold light, and in front of them, another young man was running forward quickly. For a moment, he couldn't even care about climbing the tree, and could only run forward as hard as he could.
"Ten people!" Zheng Qing said softly, and the two groups of bandits rushed under the big tree at the same time, forcing the young man to the bottom of the tree.
Li Xinchen nodded and raised his hand suddenly. Zheng Qing and the other three looked down attentively. Li Xinchen's gesture was a "hands-on" gesture used when hunting in the mountains. The young people in the village naturally understood that although there were ten people below, it was obvious that
This time Li Xingchen was not going to sit back and watch.
Sometimes patience may be the best choice, but blindly patience will only lead to low morale on one's own side, not to mention that for Li Xingchen and others, there are not many people in the first place, and one less person will lose a lot of strength.
"Catch them alive!" The bandit leader who led the team showed a ferocious smile.
Almost the moment the bandit leader finished speaking, Li Xingchen waved his hand down fiercely! With a sharp roar, the short knife pierced the chest of the bandit leader, completely breaking the silence in the forest.