Night, the end of the hour.

At the beginning of the month, the crescent moon had already disappeared, and the mountains seemed to be coated with a layer of ink, which made people mistake it for the void.

The roaring sound of the mountain wind blowing through the trees is like the sound of ghosts, and the night breeze in the middle of winter makes people shiver.

It's dark, it's cold, it's the night in the mountains!

I don't know when, a glimmer of light appeared in this darkness, the light was very faint, as if it would be extinguished at any time.

Slowly, as the light got closer and closer, the vision became clearer and clearer, and the points of light became more and more, and finally the light was connected, like a giant snake entrenched on the mountainside.

The Radiant Serpent slowly approached, and at this time, the sound of someone could be faintly heard!

"Hurry up for Lao Tzu, damn, is this meal all in vain or haven't woken up one by one, and everyone walks slowly!"

"If you grind harder, those girls in the Black Tiger Village will run out!"

'We all work hard, they are not far ahead of us, and when we catch up with them, we will never break our promises, and the food and women promised to our brothers will never be less! ”

This fire dragon slowly advancing in the mountains is naturally the bandits of Huangzhu Mountain who are hurrying overnight.

In order to be able to catch up with the people of the Black Tiger Village in front of them quickly, they had already gotten up and hurried before dawn, such as the time of this meeting was only about four o'clock in the morning, and there was still an hour before dawn.

The reason why they got up in such a hurry in the middle of the night was because the spies reported in the night that they had found a temporary camp in the Black Tiger Village in a small valley about fifteen miles away.

In order to be able to catch up with them in time, the people from the Black Tiger Village ran away again, so Fang Dongquan and the others decided to rush overnight in the second half of the night.

It is good to go to bed early and get up early, and the war is more energetic, Fang Dongquan still understands this truth, so they had already rested as soon as it got dark yesterday, and they didn't drink and brag until midnight, so by the time they got up in the second half of the night, they had already slept for at least four hours.

But it's only feasible in this era, if it's in the 21st century, you Fang Dongquan let them go to bed early and get up early to try, even if they are tired to death at night, they have to survive until one o'clock in the morning, even if the sky falls the next day, don't expect them to get up if you don't wait for the sun to dry your buttocks.

It can only be said that the people of this era are still very pure, and their pure hearts have not been insulted by mobile phones.

But even if you get enough sleep, the big guys are in good spirits, but it's still quite difficult to travel in the dark night, especially in the darkest time before dawn, even with torch lighting.

In particular, they don't have GPS navigation, and they can't see too far in the dark mountains, and they can't tell the direction by referring to some obvious landmarks, so they can only rely on spies to lead the way.

Just went to the wrong section, fortunately the spies who led the way found out that it was wrong, and changed the direction in time, so that they did not go further and further on the wrong road, otherwise they plunged into the mountains in the dark, this is unlikely, after all, they are all old bandits who have been active in the mountains for many years, and they can distinguish the accurate direction as soon as the morning dawns.

But if you make such a mistake, it will be very difficult for those who want to catch up with Black Tiger Village in time in the future.

After all, people are not stupid, they will not be stupid waiting for you to be captured, they are living people, they can run.

Hurrying in the middle of the night, the speed is naturally not fast, but no matter how slow it is, this hour is enough for them to walk a short distance.

By the time the sky was a little brighter, their speed had obviously increased a lot!

As the sky began to whiten and the red sun gradually rose, Fang Dongquan and the others had already returned to their normal speed.

"Now that we're only seven or eight miles away from them, the big guy is working hard to get to their camp before they leave!"

At this time, Fang Dongquan was cheering up the team again.

In fact, needless to say, this group of bandits also consciously accelerated their pace, not that they desperately wanted to fight, and once they caught up, they could get rich rewards.

And more importantly, there is no danger of catching up.

The remnants of the Black Tiger Village had already been broken by them, and with such a large group of old and weak women and children, there would be little resistance at all.

After they catch up, it is estimated that they don't have to fight, and those people in Black Tiger Village will have to surrender, especially Fang Dongquan and Cai Erhu with them.

Cai Erhu also kept saying that after catching up, he Cai Erhu would persuade others to surrender.

With Cai Erhu, the leading party, it is estimated that there will not be much problem with the old and weak women and children who recover the Black Tiger Village.

At the same time, in a small valley seven or eight miles away, as Fang Dongquan expected, most of the people in the Black Tiger Village of hundreds of people were still asleep, they had been running away all night since the middle of the night before yesterday, and they didn't dare to stop to rest during the day yesterday, but forced themselves to hurry.

This day and night down, many old and weak women and children are unable to hold on, and finally rest at night, many people sleep very dead, they feel that this is already dozens of miles away from the Black Tiger Village, it should be safe.

Those people from Huangzhushan ran to the Black Tiger Village, and after finding that there was no one, at most they were looking for it nearby, and if they couldn't find anyone, they might leave now.

Maybe after a while, they will be able to return to Black Tiger Village.

But they didn't know that Huangzhu Mountain launched a war against the surrounding Jiguan Mountain, Black Tiger Village, and Huanggui Mountain, not to defeat them and plunder food or anything, but for their population.

For today's Tang Dynasty, population is a more valuable strategic resource than food and weapons.

The fundamental purpose of this war is the nearly 1,000 people in these three bandit dens!

Therefore, these people in Black Tiger Village ran away, and the people in Huangzhushan would give up, and naturally they would chase after them!

Now the people of Black Tiger Village don't know yet, the people of Huangzhushan are chasing after them, if they know, I'm afraid they will get up early in the morning and run away.

But there is no what if, so most of the people in Black Tiger Village are still asleep.

About half an hour later, the sky was completely bright, and the talents of Black Tiger Village got up one after another, and then began to bury the pot and make rice.

At this time, in a small forest not far from this valley, several spies from Huangzhu Mountain came out of the woods and quietly looked at the people in the Black Tiger Village who were cooking on a fire not far ahead.

Immediately, the man who looked like a small leader said to a short young bandit beside him: "Ruizi, you go back and tell the generals, just say that the people from the Black Tiger Village are still there!" ”

"Let's make the number clear, there are probably more than 400 of them, and it is estimated that there are less than 100 young and strong people!"

"Also, run fast on the road, don't be slow, be careful of General Chen pumping you if you delay!"

As soon as Ruizi heard this, he seemed to remember Butcher Chen's fierce appearance, and immediately said: "Brother Liu, don't worry, you don't worry about who my Lei Rui is, I will run all the way back, and I will definitely not make a mistake!" ”

"Well, go ahead, be careful on the road!"

As Lei Rui turned around and trotted back, the bandit leader surnamed Liu recast his gaze to the valley not far away, and muttered: "This time I, Liu Tianning, have made such a great contribution, and I can't be promoted when I go back, I can't be a general, but there should always be a deputy general, guerrilla or something!" ”