The horse thief failed at the first time, and everyone's heart was very sensitive, from the leader to the lowest horse thief, everyone was afraid, and no one dared to act rashly, for fear of accidentally losing their lives.

If this continues for too long, it may cause a terrible roar of the battalion, in which a large group of people will all take up arms and attack each other until the whole battalion is dead and wounded.

Since most of the horse thieves have been eliminated, especially the small boss has lost too much, resulting in the complete destruction of the horse thief's system, and the ruling base has been unstable, in this case, the horse thief leader is very worried that he will be replaced by the people under his command, or even lose his life.

At this moment, he quietly looked at his former brother, and he didn't know whether what this thin monkey said was true or not, whether these words were sincere or not, and whether it was sincere or not, he couldn't feel at ease, after all, seven or eight brothers could restrain each other before, and now there was a brother, if one was temporarily promoted from below, if he was on an equal footing with the thin monkey, it would hurt the brother's heart, in addition, what kind of road these people were, he didn't know too well, and he didn't know who to promote, in case he promoted one who had two hearts for himself, It's a terrible thing.

This made the leader of the horse thieves very sad, and the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers was enough to make him miserable, and the internal problems were also very serious, so serious that he could not sleep well.

"It's not the eldest brother's fault that the brothers suffered heavy casualties, the second brother has to fight one by one, how can the eldest brother be blamed for this?"

The thin monkey opened his mouth to persuade.

"Anyway, I was the one who gave the order, and my brothers suffered heavy casualties, and I can't get out of it."

The leader of the horse thieves said: "These officers and soldiers are also powerful, at the beginning there were only more than 100 people, so let our brothers have no return, such powerful officers and soldiers, not we can defeat, I intend to leave here and go elsewhere to have a good time, what do you mean?" ”

After speaking, he looked at the thin monkey and waited for the brother's answer.

"Big brother, you can go wherever you say, the thin monkey will follow the big brother for the rest of his life, and he will never turn his back on the big brother."

The thin monkey hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

"Good brother, really my good brother!"

The leader of the horse thieves hurriedly helped the thin monkey up, and he was so excited that he burst into tears.

And at this moment, One-Eye had arrived here with a dozen horse thieves.

"Chief, the one-eyed leader has returned, and he has a dozen brothers with him."

A pony thief reports.

When the leader of the horse thieves heard this, his brows furrowed, and he looked a little puzzled, and the thin monkey was even more shocked, logically speaking, the one-eyed group should have come back a long time ago, they didn't come back for so long, they all felt that they were caught by the officers and soldiers, but they didn't expect to come back smoothly, how could this not make them suspicious.

"Big brother, the one-eyed brother is back."

The thin monkey said in horror.

The leader of the horse thieves nodded and said, "It's back, why did it take so long to delay, and it didn't take so long to come back from a detour!" ”

"Big brother, let's go and have a look!"

The thin monkey spoke.

The leader of the horse thieves nodded, and went with the skinny monkey to greet the one-eyed group.

One-Eye was about to reach the gate of the lair, and he said to the horse thieves behind him: "You have all remembered for me, we were not captured by the officers and soldiers, we hid in the woods to avoid the officers and soldiers, and it took a day and a night to get rid of the tracking of the officers and soldiers, do you remember?" ”

"Brother Yan, rest assured, we remember, we have never been captured by officers and soldiers, we are all heroes."

The foal said with a smile.

Obviously, One-Eye was worried that he would be looked down upon by his brothers, so he decided to lie with the big guys, and the rest of the pony thieves had the same idea, they were all people who wanted to save face, and it was too embarrassing to be captured, so naturally he couldn't tell others, otherwise, it would be too sad for others to despise him everywhere.

Before, One-Eye was going to tell the truth, and there were more than a dozen brothers to testify to him, and he didn't have anything to worry about, but there were so many of them, after all, they had been examined separately by officers and soldiers, although he felt that there was no problem, but the leader of the horse thieves and the rest of the brothers, if they knew about this, maybe they wouldn't think so, they would definitely suspect One-Eyed them, and in this way, they would have no status in the future, so after thinking about it, One-Eye felt that he had to hide this matter, and he couldn't let the matter of being captured by officers and soldiers leak outand let his brothers laugh at themselves.

The one-eyed ideological work was done very well, and the dozen or so horse thieves made it clear that they would never divulge the fact that they were captured by officers and soldiers, and everyone united to lie, so that the matter of their capture would always become a secret, a secret that only a dozen of them knew.

"Big brother, Brother Skinny Monkey, I finally saw you."

One-eyed excitedly went up and hugged the two brothers, looking very close.

"Brother, it's good to come back, it's good to come back!"

The leader of the horse thieves said excitedly, and the thin monkey didn't say anything.

"Big brother, I failed to protect the last batch of treasures, in order to get rid of the officers and soldiers, I smashed the treasure box and spilled all the belongings on the ground, and now I come back empty-handed, and ask my eldest brother to punish the crime."

One-Eyed said with a cry.

"Brother, the treasures are all outside the body, if you lose them, you will lose them, as long as our brother is still there, we can still get it back, as long as my brother is okay, my brother is fine."

The leader of the horse thieves said excitedly.

The thin monkey also hurriedly said: "One-eyed brother, it's good that you can come back, there are only three of us left in our brothers." ”

"Big brother, Skinny Monkey brother."

One-eyed is still very talented in acting, and he cried immediately when he said he cried, which is even more powerful than an actor.

After exchanging feelings for a while, and lying about how they got rid of the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, and how heroic they were, the three brothers began to eat.

The one-eyed brother was able to come back, and the leader of the horse thieves was much more at ease, so that he could at least let the two of them contain each other, so that the family would not be dominant.

"Brother One-Eyed, those letters of mine?"

"It's burned, it's all burned by me, since you can't bring it back, naturally you can't leave it to the officers and soldiers, hahaha!"

One-Eyed lied.

"Okay, it's good, it's good!"

The leader of the horse thieves said happily: "Two brothers, now we don't have many people, the most important thing is that the small leader has lost too much, these scattered brothers are scattered and no one can take care of it, I propose that our three brothers jointly manage, each responsible for more than a hundred brothers, as long as our three brothers work together, we will definitely be able to get out of this predicament." ”

When the thin monkey heard this, he was naturally a little unhappy, he already had more than 100 brothers under his command, which meant that there was no change, and the leader and the one-eyed could each get more than 100 people, and his rights were invisibly weakened, but as a brother, he couldn't raise objections, so he could only endure it.

One-eyed is naturally very happy, there have always been fewer people under his command, and this time he has lost a lot, and only a dozen people have been brought back, if it can be increased to more than 100 people, it will be equivalent to giving him a promotion, which is simply a blessing in disguise!

"Thank you, big brother, I will definitely do a good job."

One-Eye said happily.

The thin monkey was helpless, nodded and said, "Big brother has the final say, our brothers will unite as one to get through the current predicament." ”

Seeing that the two brothers under his command had no opinion, the leader of the horse thieves was very happy, so that the foundation of his rule could be firmly established again, and it was not impossible to return to glory in the future.

"Okay, great, since that's the case, then let's discuss the next move."

The leader of the horse thieves spoke.

His so-called next move refers to temporarily leaving Qiwu Mountain, going elsewhere to develop, and having the opportunity to come back in the future, after all, the current Qiwu Mountain is no longer able to stay, and if he doesn't go, he will be trapped in it sooner or later.

Neither the thin monkey nor the one-eyed objected to the proposal of the leader of the horse thieves, they both felt that leaving Qiwu Mountain was the only way to live, there were too many officers and soldiers in this place, and there was a tendency to continue to increase, and if they didn't leave, they would be looking for death.

"Big brother, we must leave for sure, but we have to reorganize the team first, now the brothers are scattered, it is not okay not to rectify it well, and you must find a place to go first, and you must be prepared to avoid the officers and soldiers, now the mountains are full of officers and soldiers, if the officers and soldiers find out, it will be a big trouble."

The thin monkey spoke.

"What my brother said, let's start preparing now! The three brothers and I made separate preparations, and after three or five days, we tried to leave the place. ”

The leader of the horse thieves spoke.

"Where does Big Brother plan to go?"

One-Eye asked.

The leader of the horse thieves thought for a moment and said, "Both the west and the east are fine, but the west side has to cross the Yellow River, so it is not easy to walk!" What do the two brothers think? ”

"Big brother, it's not difficult, you can get over by setting up a raft, it's better to go to the east, the east is richer, the west is all desert, and there is not much oil and water!"

One-eyed spoke.

"Big brother, I also think that I should go east, take a raft and cross the river, as long as I am not discovered by the officers and soldiers, I can go to the outpost."

The thin monkey spoke.

The leader of the horse thieves nodded and said, "How can you let your brother go out in person for such a thing as fighting an outpost?" Brothers just send a dozen people to the east to have a look, you can't do without brothers here! ”

Obviously, the leader of the horse thieves was worried that after the thin monkey went to the east, he would establish himself as the leader, and in addition, after the brothers left, the remaining plate of loose sand was not easy to control, and if someone made trouble, they didn't know who to turn to to quell the rebellion, and they could at least contain each other if they stayed.

"Okay, just listen to the eldest brother."

The thin monkey spoke.

At this time, the group of horse thieves, except for those who went out to investigate intelligence, the rest were concentrated in this hidden lair, of course, in Xiazhou City, as well as in the counties and counties, there were also some horse thieves' eyeline, and the contact between these people and the leader of the horse thieves had been temporarily interrupted, and it was estimated that it would take some time to recover.

And because the news was blocked, the horse thief spies in Xiazhou City didn't know what was going on in the mountains, but they just watched the soldiers and horses in Xiazhou City drive to Qiwu Mountain early in the morning, and felt that the mountains were about to encounter trouble, so these spies did not hesitate to send the information out.

It's a pity that because the nest has been occupied by officers and soldiers, these news directly fell into the hands of officers and soldiers.

In the morning, the horse thief's lair had already received an urgent letter, and in the afternoon, several more messages were received, all of which were urgent news, due to different spies, different progress of the sources, or different judgments.

"General, I received another letter, which was passed by the horse thief spy Feige from Xiazhou City."

A lieutenant hurriedly handed the letter to Lao Guo.

"This is the third one, it seems that there are a lot of spies in Xiazhou City!"

Ang Lee opened his mouth and sighed.

Lao Guo nodded and said, "That's right!" There are indeed a lot of horse thieves in Xiazhou City, shouldn't we write a reply to the horse thief scouts! Let them fall into the net. ”

Li An said helplessly: "It's a pity that we don't have pigeons, when the horse thieves fled, they should have taken the pigeons here, and now, these pigeons are used by the horse thieves scouts, and the pigeons will not fly back, so reply!" ”

Pigeons have certain limitations in transmitting messages, the general pigeon is not capable of two-way transmission, this kind of pigeon is too difficult to cultivate, horse thieves should not have such technology, and the pigeon that transmits the message in one direction can only transmit the message in one direction, and can not return, which is very pit.

Therefore, the pigeon is not so reliable in delivering the message, otherwise, there would be no human power to deliver the message.

Lao Guo smiled and said, "Haha! I forgot about it, but as long as I had these letters, I could find the spies of the horse thieves, and none of them could escape. ”

Datang has not imitated Song characters, let alone printing, so everyone's handwriting is different, as long as the handwriting is compared, you can find the person who writes, so as to determine who is the horse thief spy, and the education level of Datang is limited, not everyone knows words, and there are not many people who can write, so it is not difficult to find such a person, as long as you search in the person who can write.

"Yes! None of them can escape, and the horse thief scouts will be handed over to Lao Guo. ”

Li An said.

"Hey, how can there be the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of vehicles?"

Lao Guo was very sensitive, and immediately heard abnormal movements in the distance.

"There is movement, it seems that Lao Chen is here, he is disobedient!"

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"Chen Xuanli? What is he here to make a fuss about? ”

Lao Guo said unhappily.

Just a horse thief, he can do it alone, but now there are so many people, doesn't it seem that he is incompetent.

"Haha! Lao Chen was afraid that he was here to grab the credit, but the main force of the horse thieves had been annihilated, and he couldn't grab any credit, so he could only come over and take a look. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"That's right, but since you're here, you have to greet me, I'm going to greet Lao Chen, strange, how did he find here, he must have met my soldiers."

Lao Guo said and walked in the direction where there was movement.