Da'an's best son-in-law

"Li Yuan, I just told you, we still don't know who will be the fisherman today!" Seeing the team led by Ye Chen appear, Wei Xiao on the side swept away the depressed look just now and laughed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuan's pupils suddenly shrank, he waved the big knife in his hand and shouted angrily

"Everyone, withdraw!"

"Now that we're talking about withdrawing, Mr. Li, I'm afraid it's too late."

As Ye Chen's faint laughter rang out, behind the former were a number of elite government soldiers almost as many as them.

Dense figures gradually emerged from behind Ye Chen, and Li Yuan instantly understood the current situation of his group.

A chill that went straight to Tianling Cap instantly emerged from the soles of Li Yuan's feet. Only now did he understand the meaning of Wei Xiao's words just now.

The Wei family caravan and these Wang Yan's men just now were not a pursuit at all. They wanted to lure their group out of the ambush position just now!

Li Yuan suddenly turned around. Zhang Yan's team had already moved and gathered together with everyone from the Wei family's caravan, forming a siege to the forty of them.

At this time, everyone in the Wei family raised their long knives one after another and stared at the group of people under his hands with eager eyes. How could they still have the slightest look of dejection from just now?

"Second Master, the road back to Calabash Valley is blocked!"

The bandit beside him reported in a panic.

The bandits no longer had the proud look they had when they first reached the bottom of the valley. They all looked panicked and stared at the officers and soldiers who had formed a circle around them and the Wei family members.

"encirclement"

Ye Chen drove the war horse under his crotch and led the people behind him to quickly gather in the direction of Li Yuan.

Except for the rooster under Ye Chen's crotch, all the horses from the Wei family's caravan and the government were distributed to the experts selected by Zhang Yan personally, plus the twenty archers on Ye Chen's side.

Once the encirclement is completely formed, it's time for the archers and cavalry led by Ye Chen to come into play!

Seeing the heavy packages carried by many soldiers behind Ye Chen, Li Yuan recognized them at a glance. They were crossbows wrapped in cloth.

Now it's difficult for my group to look after them. If they charge head-on, they're afraid they'll be shot into a sieve.

Li Yuan's gloomy eyes quickly glanced toward the rear. The troops led by Zhang Yan and Wei Xiao had blocked all their retreats. Only the canyon route arranged on the left wing was weak.

"Everyone, don't panic, go to the southeast and break out with all your strength!" Li Yuan pointed the sword in his hand and shouted at the people who were already out of position.

The terrain of the Nanliang Mountains was far less familiar to Ye Chen and his group. Once they could enter the gorges in the mountains, they could break up into pieces and escape separately.

This is also their only way out now.

"kill!"

Under Li Yuan's angry shout, the bandits who were already on the verge of collapse regained their composure, quickly gathered together, and rushed towards the southeast where the surrounding troops were weaker.

Ye Chen looked calmly at the gangsters who were in danger of being defeated, and he could see through the intentions of Li Yuan and others at a glance.

Under the questioning gazes of Zhang Yan and others, Ye Chen shook his head slightly, and then gently waved his hand towards the southeast.

The meaning behind the gesture was to let Li Yuan and others pass.

Although he didn't understand Ye Chen's intention, Zhang Yan still winked at the soldiers in the southeast. Li Yuan and other bandits hardly encountered any obstacles, and they easily got rid of them with just a few blows. encircled.

"Uncle, what do you mean, are you going to let Li Yuan and the others go?"

The two parties gathered together after Li Yuan and others broke through the encirclement. Wei Xiao rode his horse to Ye Chen's side. Seeing the figures of Li Yuan and his group walking away, he said in confusion.

After spending so much effort and struggling for a long time, they just let these gangsters run away?

Wei Xiao knew in his heart that this kind of bandit was the most vengeful. If he didn't eradicate it today, the Wei family's caravan would definitely retaliate like a mad dog when it encountered them in the future.

Feeling the slightly confused looks from the people around him, Ye Chen did not explain, but instead pointed at the archer's cloth bag behind him, "Open it and take a look."

Under everyone's suspicious eyes, the crossbow soldier pointed out by Ye Chen reached out and untied the cloth bag he was carrying behind him, and the items in the bag were gradually revealed.

Is this... a stick? !

"Uncle, when did you turn all their crossbow arrows into wooden sticks? It's hard for me to explain this when I go back..." Zhang Yan was stunned and stretched out his hand to take the wooden sticks and gestured twice, and said helplessly. .

"This is all the property of the Yamen..."

"Okay." Ye Chen took the wooden stick from Zhang Yan's hand with some humor, threw it aside, and explained

"I asked your archers to take those crossbows away. I said, you, the leader, can't even count how many soldiers you have?"

After hearing Ye Chen's words, Zhang Yan reacted and carefully observed his soldiers. He immediately looked like he had seen a ghost and was about to cry without tears.

"Uncle, not only do you have no bows and crossbows, but you have also killed all your people for me?"

Behind Ye Chen, there were originally more than forty people, but now there are only twenty people left.

Ye Chen stretched out his foot and kicked Zhang Yan, who was crying, and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, you guys, I have other plans."

"What's the arrangement?" Zhang Yan came over and asked.

"At the entrance of the gorge, catching turtles in an urn"

Immediately, Ye Chen revealed his plan to several people again.

Ye Chen's first plan was just as discussed by several people, to lure Li Yuan's troops down to the mouth of the valley at Hulukou, and then encircle them.

Although there will still be many casualties, the chances of winning will undoubtedly be greatly increased.

But when Ye Chen led the soldiers and horses behind him to Hulukou, he happened to discover the gorge in the southeast and sent a few people to investigate.

Although it is not as dangerous and conducive to ambush as Hulukou, there are still several good cliff protrusions suitable for ambush.

The most important thing is that the canyon trails there are densely covered with pine forests and there are extremely many fallen leaves.

"A lot of fallen leaves?" After listening to Ye Chen's story, everyone was still a little confused.

So what if the pine forest is densely covered with fallen leaves? Could it be that Ye Chen wanted these bandits to panic and crash into the pine trees in the canyon?

"Fire, fire! The canyon just now!" The sharp-eyed soldier pointed in the direction where Li Yuan's group was breaking out and shouted.

It was autumn now, the climate was extremely dry, and the terrain of Calabash Valley was like a huge bellows. As soon as the ferocious flames started to show signs, they started to rage fiercely in an instant.

Zhang Yan and others followed the light of the fire and saw that the burning place was Hulukou where Li Yuan led his people just now.

Turning around again, he saw Ye Chen calmly watching the fierce fire burning in the valley, and felt a chill in his heart involuntarily.

It turned out that Ye Chen had already calculated the direction in which Li Yuan and others would retreat, and turned their escape place into their cemetery...