"Third in command, maybe it's true as the people say, the Northwest Army is just bluffing." Bian San spoke first.
The Third Master glanced at him and asked, "Are you bluffing?"
Bian San nodded: "Yes, it's not that I haven't said it before, but when did we really fight? Those people in the Northwest Army are not idle. What good will it do them to waste their energy fighting us? And..."
Bian San was very proud: "Qingfeng Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It won't be that easy for them to attack it."
The Third Master looked at Su Yi and asked, "What do you think?"
Su Yi frowned: "Whether to fight or not is all we have heard. The ancients said that the people should not fight against the officials. We have an advantage in the mountains, but if the Northwest Army really decides to fight, we still have to be prepared and know ourselves and the enemy."
The Third Master nodded: "What do you mean?"
Su Yi said: "Why don't we leave a few people here to watch. It would be best if nothing happens. If the Northwest Army does make any movement, we can react quickly."
The third in command burst into laughter.
He said to Bian San, "Look, look at this guy's brain."
Bian San laughed dryly: "Yes, Su Yi is very smart. If it weren't for him last time, I wouldn't be able to escape."
The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Yi changed.
The Third Commander pointed at the two men he had brought with him and said, "You two stay in the city and keep an eye on it."
The third in command brought everyone back to Qingfeng Mountain. Compared to his previous coldness, he was obviously much warmer this time.
"How many people are there in your family, Lao Su?"
Before Su Yi could say anything, Bian San stepped forward and said, "Su Yi has a wife and a daughter..."
The Third Master glanced at him and said with a half-smile, "Did I ask you?"
Bian San didn't dare to say anything.
"What about my sister-in-law and my younger sister?" asked the third in command.
Su Yi explained how his family fled the famine and how they got separated.
"I don't know when I can find them." Su Yi sighed.
"Is that so..." the Third In Command said, "Tell the brothers to keep an eye out for you."
"Thank you, Third Master." Su Yi expressed his gratitude.
The group soon arrived at Qingfeng Mountain. Just as Su Yi said, there were many sentry posts on the entire Qingfeng Mountain. Moreover, the boss was not an ordinary person. The sentry posts he chose were very useful. As long as something happened to the people in front, the people behind could quickly run to the next sentry post and light a signal fire, and ensure that the news would spread quickly.
Su Yi and Wu Shu patrolled the mountain and became familiar with the brothers living at the foot of the mountain. Everyone greeted him warmly.
Everyone saw that the third in command beside him also showed a look of surprise.
This Old Su is really amazing. It hasn't been long since he got to the third in command.
Maybe I can become a small leader in the future.
Bian San looked at the third in command who was talking to Su Yi, then looked at everyone else, his eyes showing some subtle unnaturalness.
Soon everyone returned to the mountain. The third in command went to find the eldest in command, while Wu Shu ran over happily.
"Brother Bian San, Brother Su, you are back."
Bian San looked down on Wu Shu a little, and nodded in response when he heard this.
Su Yi took out a bag of chestnuts and handed it to Wu Shu: "I brought this for you."
Wu Shu was very happy because he loved chestnuts the most.
Bian San thought to himself, Su Yi is really good at winning people's hearts, and this Wu Shu, why is he like a fool.
As he was thinking this, a peeled chestnut was stuffed into his mouth. Wu Shu said with a flattering smile, "Third brother, you eat too."
Bian San didn't bother to pay attention to the big fool and turned away.
Wu Shu was not angry either, and explained to Su Yi: "Brother Bian is someone close to the boss, and he is different from us."
Su Yi asked: "Big Boss? I've only met him a few times."
Wu Shu said while eating chestnuts, "Actually, I haven't seen the boss many times. He stays in his yard most of the time and rarely goes out."
"Is it the courtyard on the mountain?"
Wu Shu nodded.
Su Yi was puzzled: "There's a cliff behind it. If it rains and thunders, won't the boss be afraid?"
Wu Shu looked around before saying, "I've been to the boss's yard once. It's not on the cliff, but about ten meters away. There's a flat area in front of it with a beautiful view. As for thunder and rain, it rarely rains here. Besides, the boss wouldn't be afraid of that."
Su Yi understood: "Then I think there is a house on the mountain."
Wu Shu smiled: "You don't know this, that is..."
He wiped his neck.
"If you make a mistake on the mountain, you'll be taken to the cliff and pushed off. They say your life is in the hands of God. If you survive, you're blessed, and if you don't, you deserve to die."
Wu Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "How could anyone survive a fall from such a height?"
Su Yi looked up at the houses lined up on the top of the hill, narrowed his eyes, and fell into deep thought.
It seems that it is not easy to climb up from there.
Boss Zhuang told Li Mu about the sneak attack plan. Li Mu had been thinking about it for the past few days. After hearing Boss Zhuang's plan, he thought about it carefully for a while and said, "Let's go and take a look at it in person."
It's boring to talk about it on paper.
On the day when the third in command left Han Ancient City, Boss Zhuang and Li Mu took their men out of the city, disguised themselves, and secretly went to Qingfeng Mountain.
Su Zhuo naturally followed as well. They avoided people and went to the back mountain. They saw some messy bones piled up at the foot of the mountain. Most of them were broken, and it seemed that they were pushed down from above.
There was a half-dried corpse hanging on a tree halfway up the mountain.
Looking up, the top was bare, very high and steep.
Li Mu asked a few of his men to try, but they couldn't climb up.
"If there is a rope hanging from above, can we climb up?" asked Boss Zhuang.
Li Mu's men nodded: "The middle section is too steep and there is no place to hold on. If you have a rope, you can try it."
Li Mu said, "But we don't have anyone in Qingfeng Mountain, so this plan won't work."
Boss Zhuang looked up at Su Zhuo, who was examining the bones on the ground. He could no longer tell who was who among these people.
He looked up at the tree halfway up the mountain and the dried corpse on the tree.
"Su Zhuo." Boss Zhuang called him and Su Zhuo walked over.
"Young Master."
Boss Zhuang seemed to want to say something, but he didn't. After Li Mu left, he asked Su Zhuo, "Do you know anyone in the mountains?"
Su Zhuo nodded.
Zhuang Da was not surprised and thought that the second brother was right.
"Who is it?"
Su Zhuo asked, "I told you that the eldest master wouldn't punish me for colluding with bandits, right?"
Mr. Zhuang laughed heartily: "Then did you collude?"
Su Zhuo shook his head: "Of course not, he is not a bandit, he was captured."
Su Zhuo sighed and recounted his family affairs.
"My father followed the caravan to Hangu City to find us, but they were robbed by bandits and he was captured. The others were ransomed, and my father had nothing left. He could only do hard labor within his ability."
As Su Zhuo spoke, he couldn't help but sniff and sigh.
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