A great man once said that the power of the masses is endless.
The people of Jinchuan hated the gangs of bandits who harvested the New Year's grain. When they learned that Mr. Jin had sent people to blockade the lairs of the bandits, the people of Jinchuan all clapped their hands and applauded.
Every day, farmers go to Hutoushan, Shuangtuofeng and Heishuigou to visit Zhang Liang and others with grains that they are reluctant to eat.
The double-hump bandits thought they were unnoticed when they slipped down the mountain, but in fact they had been discovered by hunters in the mountains long ago and reported to Zheng Fang immediately.
Naturally, Zheng Fang did not dare to make the decision on such a big matter privately. After sending someone to confirm, he quickly informed Jin Feng.
In fact, Jin Feng has also been worried about several groups of bandits. After all, each group of bandits has hundreds of people. Even if a hard attack is defeated, it will cause heavy casualties to the veterans and female soldiers, so they can only block the confrontation.
These groups of bandits all make a living by harvesting grain, and each of their lairs stores a large amount of grain. The confrontation will definitely be protracted and may not end in a year or two.
And as time goes by, the veterans in charge of the blockade will surely gradually become tired and relax their vigilance. If bandits seize the opportunity to rush out one day, the veterans in charge of the blockade will be in danger.
After receiving the news from Zheng Fang, Jin Feng immediately sent people to Hutou Mountain to investigate, and sure enough he found that the bandits from Hutou Mountain had also slipped out of the alley.
The mantis stalks the cicada but the oriole is behind, so Jin Feng decided to use his trick and asked Zheng Fang to pretend that he had not discovered anything, and continued to block the two humps, while secretly sending people to watch the bandits' every move.
Today's Xihewan is a mixed bag. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, only a few people such as Jin Feng and Zheng Fang knew about the plan. Even Qing Mulan did not tell it.
The manpower used was also secretly transferred back from Guangyuan, and it was announced that they were escorting the caravan to other places.
After capturing Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng, in order to deceive others, Jin Feng asked Zhang Liang to send them to Hutou Mountain and Shuangtuofeng to persuade them to surrender.
All the planning is to find an opportunity to catch all the bandits at the lowest cost!
To do this, the first thing you need is a terrain suitable for ambush.
In the end, Jin Feng chose Changshegou, not far from Xihewan.
The so-called Changshengou is a thin and long ravine, so named because its shape resembles a long snake.
Once the bandits enter, they only need a few catapults to block both ends of the ravine, and the bandits will become the turtle in the urn.
Moreover, the long snake ditch is not wide, and catapults are set up on the mountainside on both sides to carry out coverage and strikes.
It's simply the perfect place for an ambush.
After selecting the ambush point and arranging the catapult, the only thing left to do is to lead the bandits into Changshengou.
Jin Feng knew that the bandits definitely wanted to take revenge on Xihewan, but they might be afraid of Xihewan's defensive strength and did not dare to go.
In order to reassure the bandits, Jin Feng deliberately formed the extra bodyguards in the village into a bandit suppression team and dispersed them.
Before I could figure out how to arrange for the men in the village to go out, there was an unexpected attack.
By some strange combination of circumstances, all the men in the village came to save him without Jin Feng's arrangement.
Naturally, Jin Feng would not let go of such a good opportunity. He immediately found a way to notify the bandit suppression team, increase the frequency of patrols in other places, and deliberately relax the area around Chang Shegou.
The bandits were afraid of arousing the enemy, so they took the Changshegou road.
Seeing that the plan was about to succeed, the bandits were about to enter Changshengou, but several smoke pillars appeared from the mountain opposite...
Isn't this a clear statement to the bandits, "Stop hiding, we will find you?"
In fact, the bandits are indeed panicking now.
"Mr. Feng, we won't be discovered, right?"
The more cautious Mr. Xu quickly found Mr. Feng and asked, "What should we do now? Are we still fighting?"
"We are all here. A few miles further we will reach Xihewan. We must fight!"
Master Lu didn't wait for Mr. Feng's reply, and rushed to say: "There are no men in Xihewan now, so what if we are discovered? Let's rush in directly. Can a few women still stop us?"
"What Mr. Lu said makes sense. The main force of Xihewan has been taken to the Jialing River by Jin Feng. Even if Xihewan sends people to ask for help now, when they go to Jialing River to inform Jin Feng, Jin Feng will bring people back and run away.
No matter how fast it is, it will take a day or two."
Mr. Feng said: "One or two days are enough for us to go through Xihewan several times and then evacuate smoothly."
Mr. Xu thought for a moment and realized that this was indeed true. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's do it!"
"The catapults and heavy crossbows in Xihewan are both very powerful. We can easily become targets if we gather together. I suggest that for the sake of safety, we should spread out from here on."
Mr. Feng said: "It is impossible to surround the entire village in Xihewan with catapults and heavy crossbows. Spreading out can minimize the risk!"
"Sir, what you said makes sense," Mr. Lu agreed and said, "Since Mr. Xu is so worried, then I will take my brother with two humps and continue walking through Changshegou. Mr. Xu, you can find a new way."
According to the previous agreement, the two groups of bandits attacked Xihewan together, but whoever grabs the things belongs to whom.
The fastest way to get to Xihewan from here is via Changshengou.
Mr. Xu is suspicious by nature, and if Mr. Feng or Mr. Lu asks him to continue on the same path, he will definitely refuse.
Because he was afraid of an ambush in Changshegou.
But now that Mr. Lu has taken the initiative to take the Changshegou Valley, he is afraid that the two humps will arrive at Xihewan first and take away all the good things.
After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said: "We at Hutoushan were already walking in front, so logically I should go to Changshegou!"
"Weren't you scared just now?"
Mr. Lu sneered.
"That's what I call caution!"
Mr. Xu retorted, and then looked at Mr. Feng: "Now that Xihewan has discovered us, it would be a waste of time to withdraw my people and then let the people with Double Hump go to the front."
"Mr. Xu is right. The longer we delay, the longer we have for Xihewan to prepare."
Mr. Feng patted Mr. Lu on the shoulder: "Old Lu, don't argue anymore at this time. There is a fork in the road ahead. You can also go to Xihewan. You can go over there later. If you hurry up, you won't be delayed for long."
"Hmph, I will give Mr. Feng some face this time!"
Mr. Lu said angrily: "But I promised you that after capturing the female worker in the textile factory, I will choose the meat horse first, and you can't snatch it from me!"
"Okay, all the meat and horses are yours, I don't want any of them!"
Mr. Xu waved his hand nonchalantly, quickened his pace and ran to the front, leading the Hutoushan team into Changshengou.
But he didn't know that Mr. Feng and Mr. Lu were looking at each other silently behind him.
Mr. Lu seemed to be reckless, but in fact he was rough and tumble. He also realized that there might be a problem in Changshengou, so he deliberately used the provocation method to stimulate Mr. Xu to explore the way.
After Mr. Feng noticed Master Lu's intention, he immediately cooperated.
In this way, the two men jointly sent Mr. Xu to Changshengou.