To burn grain but not to burn the village, it is also a bet that Pan Chenghu has become a frightened bird. He dared not come back after seeing the fire here.

After all, no one can bear to burn it clean with such an excellent place to stay.

The place where Xu Huai and Liu Qionger sit is the main hall of Chonghuangguan, and below is the Dongpo Valley of Xiema Mountain. The terrain is more open, and it is where the Chonghuangguan Mountain Gate and the Lower Courtyard are located, and there are also many deserted fields. There is a dirt road to the east when you go out of the mountain gate. After climbing several hills, you can go to Shangliu and other villages upstream of Qingliu Creek.

The granaries and thieves burned by the fire yesterday were all located in the lower yard. At this time, the granaries were in chaos, and the embers had not yet been destroyed, and black smoke rose from the depths of the valley.

As a famous temple that has been built for more than 400 years, Chonghuang Temple has been repaired throughout the ages and the building complex is large in scale. In addition to the mountain gate lower courtyard, there are more than 100 buildings on the upper courtyard halfway up the mountain. There are narrow and steep stone steps connecting the upper courtyard.

This stone steps are the narrowest, only four or five feet, with a high and steep slope, sandwiched between cliffs and cliffs.

The lower courtyard has a wide terrain and few people cannot defend it. However, the upper courtyard has only narrow stone steps connected, and the surrounding terrain is rugged and difficult to climb. If you can reserve sufficient food and grass, you will have thirty or fifty brave soldiers to keep the strong enemy out.

At this moment, when three cavalrymen were seen rising from the opposite side, Liu Qiong'er felt nervous, thinking that Pan Chenghu had sent outpost thieves to inquire about the situation here.

After a while, she saw that Xu Xin'an and the two of them rode their horses to the nearby gate to get off the horse. Only then did she realize that it was this place who took down Xiema Mountain. Xu Xin'an took people to spy on the nearby situation overnight.

Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang, Xu Wukun, Xu Guanshan, Su Laochang and others were all in the lower courtyard of the Shanmen Gate.

Xu Huai was too tired last night, so he sat on the steps and looked from afar. Seeing Xu Wujiang and the others waiting for Xu Xin'an to walk over and talk, without any panic, he said to Liu Qiong'er:

"Pan Chenghu didn't have the courage to bring people back; I can have a good sleep, don't wake me up if I'm fine! I was so tired yesterday. It seemed like I had a big fight with fifteen or sixteen women!"

As he spoke, Xu Huai lay back and fell asleep, and soon started snoring slightly.

Liu Qiong'er pushed Xu Huai twice, and saw that he was still moving, cursing twice. Worried about Chunchen's coldness, Su Zhong Xiaohuan went to find a thin mattress to carry it and cover it with Xu Huai.

Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang, Xu Wuqi, Xu Guanshan, Su Laochang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others walked up the mountain. Seeing Xu Huai lying on the stone steps in front of the hall, he couldn't help but shake his head and said to Liu Qiong'er:

"Pan Chenghu didn't have the courage to come back. At this time, he led more than 300 thieves to entrench in Shangliu Village upstream of Qingliu River. Xu Wufu gathered more than 300 people to the East Village overnight yesterday. This must have caused Pan Chenghu to dare not act rashly..."

Although Liu Qiong'er did not dare to stay in Shituling last night, and she admitted that she was timid, it is not difficult for her to imagine that Xu Wufu and Pan Chenghu were suspicious and restrained each other.

After all, Zheng Hui and others were backfiring behind their backs.

Zheng Hui let the wind say that Xu Wujiang was rejected when he threw himself into Hutou Village and ran to Jinshagou to hide. When Pan Chenghu heard about this, he naturally suspected that Xu had a covetous desire for Xiema Mountain. He then led the thieves to Lutai Village yesterday to launch an army to question the crime.

Shemashan was burned last night. Even if Pan Chenghu knew it was Xu Wujiang and the others, he would only believe that it was a plan discussed by Xu Wujiang and Xu Wufu.

Can Xu Wufu still send someone to explain to Pan Chenghu? Pan Chenghu's thieves were forced to entrench in Shangliu Village, not far from Lutaidong Village. Xu Wufu couldn't explain it, and was afraid that Pan Chenghu would lead the thieves to slaughter the Dongzhai to vent his anger, so he could only concentrate the main force of the Xu family's soldiers to defend.

In this situation, Pan Chenghu was afraid that the retreat was cut off by the main force of the Xu clan's camp, and he did not dare to return to Xiema Mountain. Both sides could only stalemate upstream of Qingliu Creek.

In other words, Xu Wujiang and the others stayed in Xiema Mountain at this time and did not leave. There was no need to be afraid of a large number of thieves coming back for a short period of time. Liu Qiong'er looked at Xu Wujiang and others with tired expressions and was excited, and knew that they should have made up their minds to gain a foothold here.

Thinking of this, Liu Qiong'er bowed and said, "Then we have to congratulate Xu on the family."

"It's easy to say," Xu Wujiang laughed and said, "How do we settle down in Xima Mountain in the future? I also ask Miss Liu to help discuss the idea..."

"Me?" Liu Qiong'er asked with some confusion.

"Without Miss Liu's help, we will never be able to reach our current place; and we are still weak at this time, so we still have to ask Miss Liu to continue to help with each other." Xu Wujiang said.

Yesterday, Xu Huai and Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang rushed back to Shituling Xinzhai, suggested rushing to Xiema Mountain, Xu Guanshan, Su Laochang and others were all very confused. Xu Xin'an and others also thought that this was a waste of time, but it was a female who was born in a romantic family who saw the beauty of burning grain in the village early on.

In the past month, Liu Qiong'er has taken out money and food to help Zhu Wushu's family transfer to Shituling to open a remote new village, breaking away from Xu Wufu's control, and solving everyone's worries.

Therefore, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others were very convinced by Liu Qiong'er.

"Aren't you waiting for this fool to wake up?" Liu Qiong'er pointed to Xu Huai, who was sleeping soundly on the stone slab, and asked in confusion.

"So silly, whether to settle here is here? We will discuss whether to capture this thief village. Xu Huai only said, 'The enemy advances and I will retreat, the enemy stands and I will disturb me, the enemy is tired, I will fight, the enemy retreats and I will chase me'. This sounds quite mysterious, but what should we do, we still have to discuss a specific statement." Xu Laochang said.

The lower courtyard of the mountain gate had been set on fire, and the upper courtyard was easy to defend but difficult to attack. The soldiers of the martial arts worked hard to carry three or four thousand kilograms of food and other light property overnight.

Even if Pan Chenghu led a large number of thieves to counterattack at this time, they could still guard the upper yard for more than a month.

As long as they can gain a foothold in Xiemashan, they will have no fear even if they are exposed. After all, no one wants to keep their heads and tails hidden for the rest of their lives.

Now, the worst thing is to withdraw my little family to Xiema Mountain.

As for whether the officers and soldiers will come to suppress the enemy in the future, there is no need to worry about it.

When soldiers come and generals come and block them, water comes and soil comes and block them; if they cannot be blocked, they will all go to the sky.

The poor at the bottom are just such a bachelor, without many concerns about not being able to sit in the hall.

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Liu Qiong'er stood by Xu Xiaohuan by Xu Huai's side, and she followed Xu Wujiang and the others into the hall.

After this temple was occupied by bandits, the statues of the offerings and clay sculptures in the hall were pushed down and smashed, and the bronze statues had long been smashed and replaced with money, grain and soldiers. The hall was vacated and became the gathering hall of the thief village and the meeting hall.

The hall will be five feet deep and more than two feet high. It is a very rare tall building in Tongbai Mountain. The nine giant pillars that one person can't hold together are mottled on them. The cards deep in the hall are also replaced with the three words "Juyi Hall" early, but the words are written too ugly. The soul-taking gun Pan Chenghu actually signed the name, which is really shameless.

There are six chairs placed in the hall, which is where Pan Chenghu and the main leader discuss matters.

Walking into the hall, Xu Wujiang asked his father-in-law Su Laochang to take the top seat. Su Laochang stood in the hall and said:

"You have no way to go except to fall into the grass. And you need someone to take the lead in making decisions in everything so that everyone can be calm - you should take the initiative to carry this burden."

In the past, Xu Wujiang made the main idea, but he did not talk about his reputation in a formal way. Seeing this scene, Liu Qiong'er thought that Xu Wujiang and the others were going to officially establish a village here, right?

Xu Wukun and Xu Wuji knew that Xu Huai was still too young and that the Wushang could not submit to him, so they all advised Xu Wujiang to take the top seat.

"Wu Kun is good at training soldiers. In the future, he will rely on him to assist Wu Jiang in such a thing as a cross-city. This second seat will be Wu Kun." Su Laochang said.

"No, no, I can't sit at the second seat," said Xu Wukun. "If you want to sit, Xu Huailai should sit at it. He is the most brave and puts the most effort. He sits at the second seat, and no one refuses to accept it."

"Xu Huai is brave and has seen by everyone. Yu Wudao still has a lot of room for improvement, so he cannot let too many tedious matters bother him. He can sit in the third and fourth seats, but the second seats have to help Wujiang handle many village affairs. Please help Wu Kun to work hard!" said Su Laochang.

Xu Wukun thought that Mr. Su Chang was right and said, "Since that's the case, let Wu Liang sit in the second seat. He is good at managing and forging. In the future, the cross-country camp needs military armor and must not be missing. Xu Huai is brave, but he does not care about danger in fighting and does not leave any remaining strength. It is a real worry that he lacks a general to take care of him. Before there is a suitable man, I will stay by his side, a reckless guy!"

"..." Old Su Chang nodded and said, "Wu Kun's suggestion is also very reasonable. Xu Huaili killed three thieves in front of Lutai Village. I was shocked to see from a distance. I really need a good man to take care of him on the battlefield, but it's too aggrieved, Wu Kun!"

"Ha, what's wrong with this?" Xu Wukun laughed.

"Wu Liang sat in the second seat, let Xu Huai, a rash guy, sit in the third seat, who should sit in the fourth seat?" Xu Wujiang was also very kind. It makes sense to hear his father-in-law discuss with Xu Wukun. Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others stood aside and nodded repeatedly, and then simply gave them the subsequent sorting to them for ideas.

Su Laochang said: "Xu Xin'an is a rare good player of the younger generation, but she is a little younger. This fourth chair is taken by Guanshan, which is more suitable. In addition, the chairs in the parables cannot be all taken by the Xu family. It is difficult to recruit soldiers and buy horses in the future, so it is better to get a vacant first..."

Liu Qiong'er secretly called Qi. She followed Xu Huai to Lutai Village a few days ago and saw Mr. Su walking out of the field, wearing a barefoot and holding a load of manure and water. However, in addition to being good at fist and foot skills, he also had an orderly work. It is even more rare that he could see the subsequent development problems of the copycat at this time.

"San Zhengjia, come and take the chair!" Liu Qiong'er heard Xu Xin'an greeting outside the hall, and looked out of the palace and saw Xu Huai yawning and walking in, looking like he had just woken up.

"The third leader, what the third leader?" Xu asked in confusion.

"Everyone recommends you to sit in the third seat, are you happy?" Xu Xin'an told him what everyone had discussed just now.

"I don't want to sit in this third chair. What Mr. Su said makes sense. You can't sit in this chair with my Xu family, otherwise how can you recruit soldiers in the future?" Xu Huai said, "Miss Liu's name is the shadow of a tree, and she should sit in the third chair!"

"ha……"
Chapter completed!