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At this time, the mountain forest where Li Zixiao and the others were hiding was only twenty miles away from Liujiazhuang, which was not far from more than twenty miles, but for their group of people, they still walked for most of the day.

After all, Li Zixiao and his party had just been chased and killed by the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, and their physical strength was huge, plus these people had not eaten enough for a long time, and they were already weak.

After Li Zixiao raised his hand, everyone squatted down in a ditch, stretched out their heads on the edge of the ditch and looked at the earthen fort in front of them, which was the Zhuangzi built by Liu Laocai.

I have to say that this Liu Laocai is indeed wealthy, after such a long time of operation, his Zhuangzi now covers an area of dozens of acres of land.

Rammed earth walls of more than one zhang high were built around Zhuangzi, and there were arrow towers made of wood at the four corners, and only the front and rear doors were allowed to enter and exit.

There is also a deep trench dug around the Zhuangzi, and the suspension bridge at the entrance must be lowered when entering and exiting the Zhuangzi, and the Zhuangzi is surrounded by relatively open farmland.

People can see far away when they stand on the earthen wall, and basically someone approaches Zhuangzi, and it is easy to be found by the people standing guard on the earthen wall of Zhuangzi, which is definitely an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.

After reading the actual situation of Liujiazhuang, Li Zixiao and the others couldn't help but gasp, and said in their hearts: No wonder some time ago, several small groups of rebels couldn't defeat this Liujiazhuang, and it is really difficult to deal with here.

Otherwise, in the past few years, bandits have been rampant everywhere, but Zhuangzi, who is easy to deal with, has long been beaten down by bandits from all walks of life, and there is still a reason why Liujiazhuang has been able to hold on until now!

Some people can't help but start beating the drum again, I'm afraid it's not as easy as I said to beat this Zhuangzi, I don't know how many people will be killed and injured, I hope that there is really an inner should be able to open the Zhuangzi.

At this time, Li Zixiao was also lying on the edge of the ditch and carefully looking at the Liujiazhuang in front of him, and he was secretly a little worried in his heart, and his brows were furrowed very tightly.

He knows very well his current strength, if he wants to forcibly take Liujiazhuang with their little people, he is simply asking for his own death.

I'm afraid that if they don't get close to the bottom of the earthen wall in Liujiazhuang, they will be discovered by the guards standing on the earthen wall, and they will be killed by arrows outside the village at that time.

At this time, even he was faintly uneasy in his heart, feeling that he was a little greedy and not enough to swallow the elephant, and this operation might not be so easy.

"Big boss, there are about two hundred tenants left in Liujiazhuang now, and there are only a few die-hard families left by Liu Laocai in it.

Later, we just need to wait for it to get completely dark, today is my brother on the night shift, and when the time comes, when it is the dead of night, let him open the door for us.

At that time, as long as we react quickly, shoot hard enough, and rush into the village to knock over those few families, we can scare those tenants, and the grain in the granary will be ours! ”

At this time, Dong Zhuang was lying next to Li Zixiao, pointing to the Zhuangzi in the distance and said excitedly to Li Zixiao.

But Li Zixiao became more and more worried in his heart, if he didn't get it right now, he and his twenty or so people would probably all have to fold in.

At that time, his only advantage in crossing the late Ming Dynasty will be gone, and when the time comes, Liu Laocai will know that it was him, a bandit, who robbed his Zhuangzi, and he won't find someone to kill him!

"Is that brother of yours reliable?" Li Zixiao stared at Dong Xiang tightly with sharp eyes.

What Li Zixiao is most worried about is that there is a problem with Dong Zhuang's so-called brotherhood at a critical moment, so Li Zixiao has sent someone to investigate that person before and found no problem.

Dong Zhuang was a little frightened by Li Zixiao's sharp gaze, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said solemnly: "My brother Quartz was rescued by me from the outside a few years ago, when he was still a child, and since then he has worshiped me as his eldest brother, and I have always regarded him as my younger brother, and I can absolutely trust him."

My brother Quartz was born with divine powers, but unfortunately he was introverted, and he was extremely ugly, and he ate a lot of food, and many people in Zhuangzi hated him for this.

He didn't have many friends, let alone a wife and children, so he could be said to have no worries in the village.

This time, he saw that I had been wronged by this, and he wanted to avenge me, if he hadn't known that I was not dead and had been saved by the cottage, he would probably find an opportunity to kill that hateful Han steward. ”

"Yes." After listening to Dong Zhuang's words, Li Zixiao nodded slightly.

"Now everybody is resting and recuperating, and we're going to wait until late at night." Li Zixiao whispered to the subordinates beside him.

Then everyone lay quietly in this ditch and rested until night fell completely.

Time passed quickly, Li Zixiao leaned on the side of the ditch and was confused for a while, and estimated the time, at this time, it was already more than half of the two watches, and it was about ten o'clock in the evening in the future.

It's almost time for Dong Zhuang and his brother to open the door before, and that time is the time when the first duty guard change in Liujiazhuang every night, and tonight happens to be Dong Zhuang's brother quartz on duty.

In this era when getting rich basically depends on robbing, curing diseases basically by lying down, transportation basically depends on walking, and communication basically depends on roaring, there is really no entertainment at night.

So most people who have wives at this time have already hugged their wives to bed for entertainment, and those who don't have wives basically lie down and entertain themselves, just when they can do it.

"It's really cold tonight, who is the person who will take over our shift tonight, why haven't you come yet, Lao Tzu has to go home to accompany his wife and children to finish eating."

At this time, the two figures on the earthen wall of Liujiazhuang were huddled together, trembling all over, they were only wearing a thin torn cotton jacket, carrying a spear, squatting in the corner of the wall and talking together.

"It seems that the two of us will be picked up tonight by Zhang Tao and Dasha Quartz, they should be coming soon, they are really freezing to death."

These two people are Zhuang Ding in Liujiazhuang, and they are responsible for standing guard at the door, and it is time to change the guard at this time.

"You two are talking bad about me behind my back again, what's the hurry, aren't we here!"

In the distance, two figures, one large and one small, gradually walked towards the gate of the village, and it was the man with a relatively small figure who spoke at this time.

"Zhang Tao, you're finally here, now we can go back, and I'll leave it to you and Dasha here." When one of the Zhuang Ding saw the two of them coming, he rubbed his hands and stood up, and said to the man in front of him.

Then he beckoned to the other person behind him, and said, "Both of them; Here, let's go back, I don't want to stay here for a moment. ”

"It's really unlucky, standing guard with you stupid guy tonight, sullen, and not saying a word."

After the two left, Zhang Tao turned his head to look at the quartz who was already standing on the side of the earthen wall, his eyes showed a look of disdain and disgust, and said in a low voice.

The quartz was tall enough to be more than one meter eight tall, with a burly body, and the tattered cotton jacket he was wearing couldn't cover his whole body at all, and his arms and thighs were thin single clothes.

In such a cold weather, he even **** his feet and wore straw sandals, but he was not shivering like others, his physique was too good, and his physique was really rare in the late Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Quartz also heard what Zhang Tao said, he didn't even pay attention to it, he didn't say a word from the time he came over to now, and continued to stand on the earthen wall like a pillar, staring at the night in the distance, thinking a little.

"What a stupid hat, why don't you freeze to death."

Zhang Tao looked at the quartz standing on the earthen wall and did not move at all, his eyes showed a jealousy, and he muttered to himself.

And the people in Liujiazhuang didn't know that in a ditch not far from their village, more than 20 young and strong bandits were preparing to attack their Zhuangzi at night!

At this time, in the ditch outside the village, Li Zixiao had already gathered more than 20 young and strong bandits under him.

"Later, after the inside line opens the village gate, Da Zhu, you lead three people to defend the village gate for me, and you must not be taken back by the Zhuang Ding who rushed out, that is our way out."

"Yes, big boss, don't worry, with my Zhou Dazhu here, no one will want to take the village gate from me." The black-faced Zhou Dazhu said angrily.

"Yes."

Seeing Zhou Dazhu's resolute statement, Li Zixiao nodded with satisfaction, the reason why he handed over the village gate to Zhou Dazhu to guard, because Zhou Dazhu was his most trusted subordinate, so he handed over the most important retreat to him to guard.

Li Zixiao's expression became solemn, he looked at the group of subordinates around him, and said to them in a very low but serious tone: "I know you should be very nervous now.

But the matter has come to this point, there is no way out for any of us, and if we don't lay down this Zhuangzi tonight, all of us will not survive more than a few days before we will starve to death and freeze to death.

Therefore I say to you, whoever wants not to die, let him obey my commands, and act according to my plan, and finally I ask you, do you want to live or die? ”

"I want to live."

The men looked at each other and shouted in low voices.

"If you want to live, then do as I say, after the inside line opens the Zhuang Gate, you follow me and solve the Zhuang Ding near the Zhuang Gate as quickly as possible.

But don't make too much noise, then climb the earthen wall, kill the few patrolling Zhuang Ding on it in the dark, and finally I will lead someone to find the residence of the Han Steward and kill the Han Steward and all the Liu family's family members!

As long as we kill the Han steward and the die-hard Liu family, this Zhuangzi is our final say, as for those tenants, we must both deter and win over.

We must not treat them together with those Liu family members, otherwise once all the tenants will have hatred and hatred for us, it will be difficult for us to get out tonight!"

The task of persuading and winning over the tenants in the village will be entrusted to Dong Zhuang and Qian Rui.

Brethren, as long as we get this vote tonight, we won't have to go hungry for a long time to come! ”

Li Zixiao instructed them.

For the sake of safety, Li Zixiao asked Dong Xiang, who was familiar with the topography of Liujiazhuang, to draw a simple topographic map of Liujiazhuang on the loess with tree branches.

Let everyone basically understand the terrain inside, and after rushing into Liujiazhuang at night, they are all like headless flies, and now Li Zixiao can be said to be fully prepared, at least he basically has a little confidence in his heart.

"It's time, action."

In the end, when the time finally came for Dong Zhuang and Quartz to secretly agree on a sneak attack, and the time to open the Zhuang door, Li Zixiao waved his hand and said in a low voice.

The group touched the darkness and wiped it in the direction of Liujiazhuang.