After a silent night, in the morning, everyone ate dry food and continued to move forward. Jin Jiu was leading the way, Feng Yiyi Tianyu was in the middle, and Anu was behind.
Anu was breathing hard while eating dry food, and from time to time he would hit the grass next to him with a wooden stick, which seemed very relaxed.
Little did they know that the bandits had built a large cottage in the center of the Baicao Mountain dense forest, and the atmosphere in the cottage's meeting hall was very solemn.
I saw a huge tiger skin hanging on the main wall of the meeting hall, and a couplet hanging next to it. The first couplet said, "Robbing all over the world."
A large chair below was covered in leopard skin, with a wolf skin hanging on the back. Sitting on the chair was a man with fierce eyebrows, a garlic nose and a rectangular face with a catfish mouth.
The hair at the back is braided into a dozen fine braids and tied with animal skins. There is also a tattoo with a scorpion pattern on his forehead. He is wearing a green robe, purple-red bloomers, and a belt with brass buckles around his waist.
He was getting furious and lecturing the people on the chairs below: Are you all just doing it? You haven't even found a single person since yesterday.
Where are these mountain patrol minions? You all tell me. When you see the people below, you still don’t speak. Your voice immediately rises an octave, but you are talking!
The group of people below were so frightened that they trembled for a while.
At this time, a bold man from below stood up and said to the person on the chair: Brother, don't get angry so fast. If you ask me to tell you, those minions must be hiding somewhere to secretly drink yellow soup. Don't worry, wait until you wake up.
He came back naturally, and after saying that, he smiled at the person above him.
But he is so ugly that he looks uglier when he smiles than when he cries.
A person opposite him immediately stood up and glared at the person who was speaking and said: I think you are just drinking yellow soup. Who doesn't know that our eldest brother always attaches the most importance to the regulations of the cottage, who dares to disobey?
There must be something fishy about the disappearance of sentinels in recent days. I think it would be better to send more people to step up the search to find out what is going on.
The one who spoke now was the second village leader of this village, and the one who spoke before was the third village master. They had always been at odds with each other.
The leader of the village above said: Well, the second brother is right. Something must have happened. Send someone to investigate.
At this time, the person on the other seat below stood up and said, "Brother, no need. I sent people to check them all, and they were all killed."
This man spoke without any emotion and was as cold as a poisonous snake.
The leader of the village looked at the speaker and asked: "Fourth brother, have you checked, are they really all killed?"
The people below nodded and said: Well, they were all killed, and they encountered strong enemies from three directions, east, west, and south at the same time. Basically, they were killed without much resistance.
I suspect that someone is targeting us. I think it may be that the Southwest Marquis couldn't sit still and sent people to attack us.
When the remaining village leaders heard the news, they all agreed that they might be from the Southwest Hou faction.
The leader of Dazhai raised his hand and said: It can't be someone sent by the Southwest Hou. If it is someone sent by him, the people I have placed in Southwest City will fly like an eagle to pass the message. Who is it?
At this time, the leader of the fourth village spoke again: Brother, I have a way to catch the person who killed us.
The leader of Dazhai's eyes lit up and he said: "What can I do? Let me tell you."
The leader of the fourth village, whose nickname was Qin Huai, the Flying Snake on the Grass, took a step forward and said: This method is called luring fish to the bait. As he spoke, he lay down and muttered in the ear of the leader of the big village.
I heard the leader of the village nodding frequently, and then I saw the leader of the village shouting: "Brothers, listen to the order! I have ordered that all actions in this operation must be obeyed by the fourth brother. With his order, everyone must not be lax or lax. Anyone who violates the rules will do so."
, After saying that, he stood up and walked into the back hall.
The leader of the second village and the leader of the third village looked at each other and said to the leader of the fourth village: The fourth brother is still smart, this time it all depends on you.
Qin Huai, a flying snake on the grass, hurriedly smiled and said: "It depends on the support of the two brothers, and the following village leaders also came up to compliment them and say some polite words."
The leader of the second village and the leader of the third village felt that they were more dignified, and quickly said: We are all brothers, supporting each other and supporting each other.
The leader of the third village looked at Qin Huai, the flying snake on the grass, and said: Fourth brother, what is your method of luring fish to the bait?
The leader of the fourth village explained the secret to them again, and after listening, they all took orders and left.
When the leader of the fourth village saw that everyone had left, the smile on his face disappeared and became extremely cold.
He said in his heart: You two brainless guys, just watch, I will replace you two as the leader of the second village little by little. After saying that, he sneered and walked away.
Besides, Anu and the others kept moving forward little by little. Another day passed, during which they encountered another group of bandits.
There were about a dozen people wearing various clothes. After catching the little boss and interrogating them, they didn't find out anything useful.
Obviously these little leaders were low-level bandits and did not have access to too confidential information, so everyone wiped out all the bandits.
Because I heard from their mouths that they were all evil people who committed all kinds of evil, and I felt no compunction about killing them, and I felt clean and clear.
At ten o'clock at noon that day, suddenly there was the sound of arrows in the sky more than ten miles away in the east direction.
Everyone looked up and saw that it was a loud arrow with red smoke, and everyone's expressions changed.
Anu said quickly: No! The red sounding arrow means the situation is urgent. Our people are in danger. This is a distress signal. The direction is the distress signal sent by Ji Donglai and the others.
Tianyu waved his hand and said: "Quick, let's go." After saying that, he ran towards the bottom of the sounding arrow first, followed closely by Anu and the others. The four of them accelerated their speed and ran very fast. After half an hour, they were not far from the bottom of the sounding arrow.
Everyone was very anxious, fearing that Ji Donglai and the others would be in danger, so they rushed to them desperately and ran for a while.
Almost reaching the bottom of the sounding arrow, everyone looked up and looked around. They could still see the remaining light red smoke directly above them. This kind of smoke can float in the air for a long time and is not suitable for being blown away by the wind.
The four of them stopped and carefully observed the surroundings but found no enemy, and then began to look for the code left by Ji Donglai and the others. This was also the method they had formulated when they first separated to deal with danger.
Qingya had taught them this in the past two years, and also conducted special simulated actual combat training.
So they were not too panicked and calmly searched for any clues left by Ji Donglai. After searching for a while, Feng Yiyi found a piece of bloody cloth in an abandoned bird's nest.
Feng Yiyi hurriedly jumped down from the tree and said: Found it, everyone gathered together.
Feng Yiyi opened the cloth and took a look, and saw a line of words written crookedly in blood before her eyes. It read: There are two enemy generals. We are defeated and flee to the northeast. Quick reinforcements.
A simple line of text revealed an extremely urgent situation. After reading it, everyone immediately set off to pursue it in the northeast direction.
There were four people hiding in an abandoned bear cave more than ten miles away from Anu and the others in the northeast. It was Ji Donglai's group.
In the weak light, it can be seen that Ji Donglai and the others were injured, especially Ji Donglai's chest, where a large piece of clothing was torn to pieces, and his chest was stained red with blood.
The rest of the people also had wounds on their arms, legs, backs and chests. Although the wounds were simply bandaged, they were still bleeding slightly, making each of them miserable.
Ji Donglai lowered his head and said in frustration: I'm sorry, I was too careless and fell into the enemy's trap, causing you all to suffer. After saying this, he slapped himself twice in the face.
Shen Feng hurriedly grabbed Ji Donglai and said: You are crazy. I don't blame you. We also made mistakes, but now is not the time to discuss right and wrong. Let's first think about how we can escape.
Tiehu bandaged the wound and said: There are two generals on the opposite side and more than a hundred bandits. Our situation is very dangerous.
Ji Donglai took a deep breath and said: If they are discovered, I will try my best to stop them. Then you can run away if you see the opportunity. Don't worry about me.
Shen Feng said: We will not abandon you. We will die together and live together.
At this time, Jian Chengkong, who didn't like to talk, also said: Good brothers who live and die together!
Everyone glanced at him and said in unison: Yes, we will live and die together, and we will still be brothers in the next life.