“Yes, brother, you always say the time is right. We’ve been waiting for a month. Yesterday I sneaked down the mountain. The autumn harvest has started here. This is the busiest time for the military region. It’s easier to find an opportunity when they’re busy. If we don’t act now, once they finish the harvest and hibernate, they’ll be less busy and the guards will be even tighter.”

"Yeah, brother, that guy surnamed Lin isn't coming out either. Let's just go and take him down, get revenge first, cause him some trouble, and then go and ambush him at the commune. After the land is harvested, it'll be time to hand over the grain tax. Let's rob him, find a small village and gang up on him, and the brothers can have a good New Year."

"It's getting colder, and these mountains are no place for humans to live!"

"Ahem, do you think now is a good opportunity? You all heard what that person said a few days ago, what do you think?"

There was a moment of silence.

"Ahem! We're all brothers here. I asked because I wanted to hear your own thoughts. Just say what you think. Why pretend when we're brothers?"

After a while of silence,

"Brother, that guy, I think he's trying to get us to do something bad while he hides behind the scenes and doesn't show up."

"Yes, we have a grudge against this guy surnamed Lin because he destroyed our hideout and killed so many of our brothers. It's our way of seeking revenge. We have a grievance to settle and a debt to settle, right?"

It is a matter of course that a life should be paid for a life; no matter how you look at it, it is still reasonable.

But that guy, he didn't say anything, just incited us to fight, and even provided us with guns and bullets. Brother, I'm not stupid, I'm not an idiot. Can something like this falling from the sky really be a good thing?

"So you mean we shouldn't cooperate with him? But all we've managed to do these past few years is use those few homemade guns. Forget about revenge, the moment he shows his face, he'll just become a target for everyone to shoot."

“Brother, we’re not exactly good people, and we’ve done a lot of bad things, but this guy, he really isn’t a good person. He wants to use us to kill people, to kill those soldiers. Brother, I have a feeling this isn’t a good thing.”

"Do you feel that cooperating with him will prevent you from getting revenge, or do you no longer want to get revenge?"

Or have you softened your hearts, become afraid, and are no longer as willing to go all out against those soldiers as before?

After a moment of silence, someone seemed to have made up their mind, and their tone of voice became much more assertive.

"Big brother, we're not smart enough to think about it anymore. You're smart, so we'll listen to you. We'll do whatever you say."

Two seconds later,

"Yes, brother, I'll do whatever you say. Whoever you tell me to hit, I'll hit. If you say we can cooperate with this person, I'll go and drag him over right now!"

Simple,"....."

What is all this about? The bandit den that Commander Lin wiped out years ago is coming to take revenge on him?

Then, someone else came to ask for it, using someone else to do the dirty work?