"Captain, we have chased him for two miles, why haven't we found Mr. yet?"
A veteran said worriedly: "Is something going to happen?"
They led the horses down the mountain and wasted a lot of time.
"Shut your crow mouth!"
Another veteran yelled and cursed: "Sir is driving a carriage. The bandits can't catch up with just two legs. What could happen?"
"Captain, look over there, it looks like there are bandits."
A veteran pointed at the hillside and said.
Tie Hammer followed the veteran's fingers and saw several figures running up the mountain on the hillside on the side of the official road.
"Captain, do you want to pursue me?"
The bandits were only two to three hundred meters away from them at this time. If they really wanted to chase them, they might be able to catch up.
"Forget it, you have to abandon your horse and go up the mountain to chase them. It takes too much time. It's important to find your husband."
Tie Zhui thought for a moment and decided to go find Jin Feng first.
"Consider them lucky!"
The veterans glanced at the bandit's back and followed the hammer to drive their horses wildly.
After all, the carriage was not as fast as riding alone, so they chased for another mile and finally saw the carriage.
Jin Feng also heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, looked back and saw it was a hammer, and stopped the carriage.
"Have the bandits dispersed?" Jin Feng asked.
"They all ran away!" Iron Hammer said with a smile, "Thanks to Mr.'s clever idea."
"Then go back." Jin Feng raised his head and glanced at the sky: "The sky is cloudy, it might rain."
"yes!"
The veterans guarded both sides of the carriage and returned to the fighting point.
Qing Mulan, the female soldiers and Guan Xiaorou were waiting by the roadside, while the remaining veterans were looking through the bodies that had not been taken away by the bandits.
"Why are you down here?"
Iron Hammer frowned and asked.
"The bandits have all come down the mountain from the trail, and the monkeys are watching..."
Qing Mulan said.
Jin Feng looked in Qing Mulan's direction, and sure enough he saw the monkey squatting on a small earthen bag, staring down.
Next to the small earth bag, there is a steep winding path that leads down the mountain.
"Bandits are just a group of rabble. Once they are killed and lose their courage, they will not dare to come back again."
Jin Feng asked: "Can you tell where the bandit belongs?"
Many bandit forces will have tattoos on their bodies, which not only enhances the bandits' sense of identity, but also prevents defections.
Many bandit forces will not accept people with tattoos.
"None of them have tattoos on their bodies, so you can't tell where they are."
The veteran responsible for examining the corpse replied.
"Where are the weapons?" Jin Feng continued to ask: "Archers are not so easy to train. There are more than 20 archers emerging from a bandit's den. They are definitely not ordinary bandits."
This is why Jin Feng equipped his veterans with crossbows.
It takes many years of sustained training to become a qualified archer, but with a crossbow, you can do it quickly, just aim and pull the trigger.
Regardless of gender, you can master it in a few days.
"They are all hatchets and long knives that can be bought in the market. The bows and arrows should be homemade, and the wood used is also various." the veteran replied.
Boom card!
There was a thunder not far away, and the sky became darker and darker.
Jin Feng instinctively felt that there was something fishy about today's ambush, but at this time he could not find any useful clues.
He looked up at the thick black clouds and said helplessly: "It's going to rain. Let's hurry up and try to get to the place where we're staying before dark."
"good."
Iron Hammer agreed and quickly urged the veteran and female soldiers to get on their horses.
Soon, the motorcade started running wildly along the official road.
With the lesson just learned, after setting off again, Iron Hammer released the monkey and let him explore the road ahead.
The summer rain comes as soon as it arrives, and it doesn't get very far before the rain starts to drip down.
It was just a light rain at first, but in just a few minutes it turned into a downpour. Even though the veterans were wearing raincoats, they were still soaked to the skin.
"Immortal, we're already wet anyway, so don't run away."
Jin Feng wiped the rain off his face and tightened the reins.
The rain was so heavy that the visibility was seriously affected, and the mountain road was narrow, so it was easy to be in danger if you ran too fast.
law!
The veterans slowed down one after another.
"Iron Hammer, arrange for someone to chase the monkey and let him see if there is a place to take shelter in front of him."
"good."
Iron Hammer immediately called a veteran and asked him to chase the monkey.
Ten minutes later, the two came back together.
"Sir, there is a cave on the hillside two miles away," the monkey reported.
"Let's go and take shelter from the rain."
Jin Feng led the convoy forward in the rain.
Turning a corner at the foot of the mountain, Jin Feng saw a dark cave more than thirty meters high on the mountain on the right.
Everyone tied their horses and carriages to the foot of the mountain and climbed up the steep mountain road.
The cave is not big, only about one person tall and one meter wide, but it is very deep. From the entrance of the cave, you can only see three to four feet, and it is pitch black inside.
There was a pile of ashes at the entrance of the cave, and a pile of dry firewood and hay three or four meters inside.
"Sir, please wait outside. I'll take someone inside to take a look first."
Iron Hammer took out a torch wrapped in pine oil, lit it, and led the two veterans into the cave.
The ashes and dry firewood showed that people should have taken shelter here before, but it was easy for snakes, insects, rats and ants to be found in the cave, so Jin Feng had no objection and just let Tie Hammer and the others go take a look.
Tie Hammer and the others held torches and walked more than thirty meters into the cave before stopping.
"This cave is deep enough."
Iron Hammer held up a torch and inspected it carefully, then shouted toward the entrance of the cave: "Sir, come in, there is nothing inside."
"go in."
Jin Feng asked Guan Xiaorou and the others to go in first, then the female soldiers, and finally he and the male soldiers.
The sky was getting darker, and everyone's clothes were almost dry, but the rain did not stop at all.
"Brother-in-law, when can we leave?"
Xiao'e ran to the entrance of the cave and pulled Jin Feng to act like a baby.
"This rain probably won't stop for a while. Besides, it's getting dark soon. Even if the rain stops, we can't walk on the mountain road in the dark. I'm afraid we'll have to spend the night here."
Jin Feng glanced outside and said, "Tie Hammer, let's make a fire and cook. Be careful not to let the thick smoke pour into the cave."
"OK."
Iron Hammer agreed, and took the veteran outside to the downdraft, built a simple shed with coir raincoats, built a bonfire, and started cooking porridge in a hanging pot.
"Xiao'e, please go in. I'll call you when the meal is ready."
Jin Feng rubbed Xiaorou's head.
"I won't go in. It's too dark inside. Even the stones are black. I'm afraid."
Xiao'e shook her head: "I'm staying with my brother-in-law outside."
"Are all stones black?"
Jin Feng's heart tightened and he asked: "What kind of black stone? Go get one and let me see!"
In nature, natural black stones are not as common as stones of other colors, so the first thought that flashed in Jin Feng's mind was coal mines.
But when Xiao'e brought out a stone, Jin Feng's breathing suddenly became rapid, and he turned around and rushed into the cave.