In Qingniu County, the defenders on the east gate tower were drowsy, and suddenly several cooing sounds came from the air.
"Look, it's a pigeon." A soldier standing guard shouted loudly.
Several soldiers on the top of the city opened their eyes almost at the same time, and some hurriedly ran to higher ground.
However, in Qingniu County, more places were dark, and the pigeons soon disappeared.
"Did you see where you were flying?"
The soldier standing at the highest point shook his head and said, "We have been going west, and we can't see where we are going."
The news was quickly sent to the county government.
Sure enough, there were pigeons. Wang Lei was secretly happy. He frowned and thought about it for a while, and came up with an idea.
"Go down with the order and go up to various commanding heights in the city to take turns watching. Check them carefully for me. If you find any traces of pigeons, report them immediately."
While Wang Lei was searching for pigeons with great fanfare, Chen Xiaobei and others on Qingniu Mountain had already fallen asleep. The villagers were still very tired after running around for days.
Chen Dachun personally stood on the first shift. As the captain of the village protection team, he still performed very conscientiously.
I was walking back and forth guarding a fire when I suddenly heard a slight movement in the distance. I took a closer look and saw that something seemed to be moving.
Chen Dachun immediately raised his foot and kicked Chen Dayong and Chen Daqiang who were sleeping next to them.
"Brother Dayong, brother Daqiang, wake up, there seems to be movement over there."
Chen Dayong opened his eyes and looked in the direction pointed by Chen Dachun. He picked up the crossbow in his hand and shouted loudly at the darkness, "Come out, or else you will fire the bow and arrow. The crossbow doesn't have eyes."
Soon a slightly panicked voice came from the darkness, "Fellow, please don't..."
Following the shouts, three men in green clothes walked out of the darkness, each holding a machete in their hands.
Chen Dayong looked wary, raised his crossbow and asked loudly.
"What on earth do you do?"
"Ah, we were ordered to search the mountain. We saw fire here, so we came here to see what you are doing?"
"Oh, it turns out they are the army. We are villagers from Hetou Village, and we came to the mountains to hunt." Chen Dayong still concealed his true purpose.
The three people in Tsing Yi looked at each other, smiled and nodded, "Okay, no need to disturb you, then we can leave after you rest."
The three of them said and turned to leave. At this moment, Chen Xiaobei, who heard the noise, opened his eyes.
"What's going on, Brother Da Chun?"
"Oh, the three of them said they were ordered to search the mountain. I said we were going up the mountain to hunt, and they left."
Chen Xiaobei looked at the three blurred figures, and a trace of doubt flashed in his mind.
When they were going down the mountain, they met Qi Chong, who was indeed coming up the mountain with a lot of people.
But they are all wearing black clothes.
And to take a step back, Qi Chong brought hundreds or thousands of people, how could only three people come?
Thinking of this, he suddenly had a bold idea.
Those people were not soldiers of Sou Shan, no, strictly speaking, they were not subordinates of the prince.
Thinking of this, he picked up the crossbow and stood up suddenly, "Quick, catch up with me, these three people are cheating."
Soon, seven or eight village protection team members gathered around, each carrying a serial crossbow, and gave chase.
After chasing for about two miles, he saw three blurry figures in front of him. Chen Daqiang held up a torch and shouted, "Stop, stop quickly, or else you will release the arrow."
It's okay not to shout, but as soon as he shouted, three cyan shadows moved forward quickly.
It was obvious that they were also running. Seeing this, Chen Xiaobei was not polite. He aimed at the legs of the three of them and shot a few arrows at them.
"Oops." There was a scream and someone was hit by an arrow.
Then there was a thud, which was the sound of falling. Looking at the three figures again, the speed had obviously slowed down. You could vaguely see two people standing up, one in the middle limping, and the three of them were still running forward hard.
Chen Xiaobei suddenly felt moved and hurriedly shouted to the village protection team members, "Stop fighting, stop fighting, catch the ones alive."
Hearing his shout, everyone did not continue to shoot arrows, but only quickened their pace.
Although they were well-trained soldiers, the two of them ran away with each other, and were soon chased by Chen Xiaobei and the others.
Seeing that they were surrounded by Chen Xiaobei and others, the three of them still acted very strong, each holding a scimitar and standing back to back, forming a fighting mode.
Seeing that they looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, Chen Xiaobei smiled. He cupped his fists towards them and said, "You guys have no other intentions. I just want to chat with you. I couldn't help it. I shouldn't have."
Shoot you with a serial crossbow."
The injured soldier looked at Chen Xiaobei with disdain on his face, "Don't say these high-sounding words. If you have anything to do, just say it directly."
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "If I guess correctly, you are Zhu Meng's subordinates."
The injured soldier's body trembled obviously. Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaobei knew that he had guessed correctly.
"Zhu Meng's army has all withdrawn to Jizhou, what are you still doing in the mountains?"
Upon hearing this, the three people's eyes were full of doubts. The injured soldier pointed a knife at Chen Xiaobei and said, "You are talking nonsense. The commander is clearly fighting a decisive battle with the prince's troops at the foot of the mountain."
Chen Xiaobei smiled calmly, "I am from Hetou Village at the foot of the mountain. My name is Chen Xiaobei. I just came up from the foot of the mountain yesterday and found out. I should know better than you."
"By the way, if I'm not wrong, you are here to explore the way, right? You also want to go down the mountain, right?"
The three men in Tsing Yi were silent for a while, and after perhaps dozens or hundreds of snaps of fingers, the injured soldier raised his head again, "How do you know?"
Asking this means that he guessed it right. Chen Xiaobei laughed again, "It's very simple. You touched the direction up the mountain, which means you are not familiar with the mountain, and you turned around and left immediately when you saw us there.
It means you don’t want people to know your existence.”
"Also, you are wearing casual clothes, which shows that you are pursuing the speed of action, so I boldly guess that you are here to explore the road."
The injured soldier looked at Chen Xiaobei with some admiration in his eyes, "My name is Shen Hao. If it weren't for this battle, I would be willing to get to know you. Your reasoning is very powerful.
"
This shows that my inference is completely correct.
"Brother Shen, please forgive me. At the foot of the mountain, the prince's army has surrounded Qingniu County. Even if you go down the mountain, you can't enter the city. Where will you go? Have you ever thought about it?"
With one sentence, Shen Hao fell silent again.
He believed that the young man in front of him would not lie to him.
"Alas." With a long sigh, Shen Hao threw away the knife in his hand.
"Brother Xiaobei, how much older am I than you? As the eldest brother, can I discuss something with you?"
Chen Xiaobei smiled and raised his hand, signaling Shen Hao to continue.