Lu Song trotted along the dirt road, not even daring to breathe.

The Dark Sentinel had to change shifts every hour, and now it was his turn.

The sentry post was set up on the edge of a puddle not far from the roadside, and there was water in the puddle, but everyone on Xu Pingzhuang knew that there were several ways to avoid the water altogether.

The reason why such a place was chosen is because the sentry post at night is not suitable for high places, so as to avoid people from seeing it from a distance. The low-lying areas are dark, and the roads are wide and bright, making them ideal viewing spots. In addition, it is overgrown with weeds, and there is a small path close to the ambush place, so if you find a situation, you can sneak back and report it.

There is another reason why Xu Ping didn't say it, that is, this outpost is about two or three hundred steps away from the outpost at the ambush position, which is just enough to be connected. The crew-sized personnel marching at night can be heard and detected from a distance of about 200 meters, which is also Xu Ping's estimate of the size of Ke Wulang's group. The setting of sentinel posts should not only be effective and reasonable, but also scientific.

Of course, Xu Ping did not consider the possibility of Ke Wulang and his group coming on horseback. According to common sense, horses should only be able to travel five miles away from the target and then walk so as not to startle the snakes.

When he arrived at the location of the secret whistle, Lu Song covered his mouth and cooed twice on the ground, and then carefully observed the surroundings. Seeing that there was no movement, he shouted two more times, and then he heard an echo ten paces ahead.

This is the joint code at the secret outpost, Xu Ping originally wanted to design it more cleverly, such as using birds to call wild cats and the like, but few of the bankers could learn it, so they had to settle for it.

Bending down to the sentry post, a middle-aged villager let out a sigh of relief, raised his head from the ground, and said to Lu Song: "Brother, you are here, I was about to be relieved, and I was suffocated here." ”

Lu Song pulled down side by side with this person and asked him, "Uncle Zheng, is there any movement?" ”

Uncle Zheng shook his head, whispered to Lu Song about the surrounding situation, and then pointed to a small bush seven or eight steps away: "The other person is there." ”

Lu Song nodded: "Got it." ”

The handover between the two was completed, and Uncle Zheng went back along the path in the grass layer to report the handover.

The two sentry posts are divided into a positive and a pair, and there is only one person to take over the position of the main post, and the deputy post is promoted to the main post after the handover, and the newcomer naturally becomes the deputy post.

Of course, the handover procedure between Lu Song and Uncle Zheng is quite sloppy, and according to Xu Ping's somewhat rigid character, if he sees it, he will definitely be judged unqualified. But it is not easy for these bankers to be able to get these procedures roughly right.

Lu Song watched Uncle Zheng's figure disappear in the grass, let out a sigh, and lay down on the grass.

At this time, it was autumn, and it was cold underneath, Lu Song frowned, but he didn't dare to move. Although Xu Ping is usually very kind and easy to speak, when he starts to do the right thing, he can't be vague at all. After a long period of contact, everyone knows his temper, Xu Ping has a straight face, and everyone is naturally interested.

Lu Song was lying on the ground for a meal, when suddenly the sound of horses' hooves came from in the distance. As soon as he heard the movement, Lu Song's body straightened suddenly.

The sentry post on the other side whispered: "Brother Lu family, there seems to be the sound of horses' hooves." ”

Lu Song replied in a low voice: "I heard it too." ”

There was silence for a while, and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance became clearer and clearer, and showed no signs of slowing down.

The sentry post over there said in a low voice: "Brother Lu family, you go and report to the little farmer, I'll watch here." ”

The deputy sentinel wanted to obey the arrangement of the main sentinel, Lu Song responded in a low voice, bent down to find a path in the grass, and ran all the way to the location of Xu Ping's ambush.

After passing the guard post at the ambush position here, Lu Song came to Xu Ping, saluted, and said, "Little farmer, we heard the sound of horses' hooves over there!" ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's not just you, I heard it here!" This is really a bunch of thieves who don't know anything, so nonsense, I really don't know how they survived until now. ”

After sighing, Xu Ping said to Lu Song: "You still go back to the sentry post, see clearly how many of them are, what the weapons in your hands are, and then come back here and report to me!" ”

Lu Song responded and turned around.

Xu Ping looked around, although the villagers heard the sound of horses' hooves, they did not panic, and they were satisfied.

Lu Song returned to the sentry post and whispered Xu Ping's words to the main sentry post, and the two of them held their breath and carefully observed the situation on the road.

I waited for nearly half an hour. If it weren't for the constant sound of horses' hooves, and it became clearer and clearer, the two sentries would have thought that this group of people was not coming at Zhuangzi.

When the sound of horses' hooves seemed to ring in my ears, I finally saw a human figure.

Although the moon in the sky appeared and disappeared from time to time, and there were some clouds tonight, the sight was not very good, but the road was empty, and the road surface was flat and a little reflective, Lu Song still saw the group of people who came clearly.

There were thirteen men in all, and two of them rode horses with swords straddling their waists. The other eleven were all on foot after their horses, two of them with long knives and eight with short spears. These people were not in formation, and they came from the road in a hurry.

Lu Song was about to get up and go back to report, but the people on the road suddenly stopped.

Lu Song's heart suddenly rose to his throat, could it be that his two secret whistles were discovered? That's not good about being a sentinel, once you show your tracks, it's a dead end, and you don't even have a helper.

I heard a rider on the road ask another, "Gorou, why did you stop suddenly?" ”

Gorou replied: "This place is not far from the Xu family's Zhuangzi, the sound of horses' hooves is loud, and if you go further, you are afraid that the people in the village will find out." Listening to Li Wei, there are more than 30 bankers in this village, all of whom are young and strong, and if we have precautions in advance, it will be difficult for us to start. ”

The person who asked praised: "It's still Gorou who has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has this experience!" In that case, let's dismount here, leave the horses here, and walk over. Wait until you take the silver taels from his village, and it's not too late to go back here to find the horse! ”

The minions that followed behind him praised it together.

The two riders dismounted, led them to the field next to them, and found a stump to tie up.

They chose to tie the horses to the alfalfa field on the other side of the dark whistle, and the first one to speak said: "Alfalfa is planted here, although it has been harvested, there are still some remnants, just feed the horses!" ”

Gorou said with a smile: "Second brother said well, the so-called horse has no night grass and no fat!" ”

The second brother followed up: "How can people get rich without foreign wealth?" ”

After speaking, everyone laughed together, dragged away the big stride, and walked along the road towards Xu Ping Zhuangzi.

Seeing that the crowd had passed, Lu Song made a secret signal to inform the sentinel, and bent down along the path to report back.

On the road, I scolded in my heart, such a group of stupid thieves, when I arrived at the edge of Zhuangzi, I remembered that the sound of horses' hooves was easy to reveal the news. But I don't want to be in such an empty night, the sound of horses and horses can't be transmitted for ten miles but can be transmitted for eight miles, as long as there is a heart, the news of this gang of thieves has already been revealed.

In such a peaceful era, anyone can be a thief, and the owner of the small village has put up such a big battle for them.

In front of Xu Ping, Lu Song reported the situation, and also talked about Ke Wulang and his gang hiding horses in front of them, and did not forget to scold.

Xu Ping couldn't believe it: "There are only thirteen people? Is this the kind of people? ”

Lu Song nodded categorically. He completed his mission beautifully tonight, and he felt that there was a light on his face.

Xu Ping shook his head again and again, just such a group of people dared to rob their Zhuangzi! Not to mention that there is news of Li Wei ambushing here, it is to let them come in by surprise, and the head-on battle also knocked them over, and they were taken down without a single left!

In this case, tonight is not a question of victory, but at what cost!