Taishici felt a little uneasy. He raised his head and looked up at the night sky again.

The moon has set in the west, the east is white, and it will soon be dawn.

But Zulang has never attacked.

The forest opposite was pitch black and very quiet, no different from usual, but Taishi Ci knew that there were at least a thousand people hidden there, maybe more. He went to scout himself and even saw Zulang himself from a distance, but it was too far away. Zulang's self-protection consciousness was very strong. He was not sure whether he could get away with it or escape, so he had to give up.

Zulang's subordinates were equipped with four-stone crossbows with a range of 160 steps, and more than one, and once he was exposed, it would immediately become a target. The circular steel shield they equipped could provide excellent protection, and his arrows could not be shot through unless they were close at hand. This gave him a headache. He had very good martial arts, both long and short, and had superb shooting skills, but facing a group of excellent opponents, his advantage became very weak.

After repeated weighing, he gave up his personal actions and decided to lead Zulang into the cottage. A large number of fire-attracting objects were prepared in the cottage. As long as Zulang enters the cottage, he would set fire at the same time and shoot arrows from all directions. Even if the weapons are good, Zulang would not be able to escape and die. At that time, these weapons would become his spoils and he could build a force of his own.

But after waiting for the middle of the night, Zulang did not attack. If the scouts in charge of surveillance had not sent any messages, Taishici even suspected that they had withdrawn. Even if Zulang could intercept the scouts, it would be difficult to catch all the scouts in one place, so that no news could be sent.

What exactly Zulang wants to do? He can't wait for dawn to launch an attack? Taishi Ci couldn't figure it out.

"General, General." A soldier hugged and walked over quickly, squatting beside Taishici, gasping for breath.

Taishi Ci's heart skipped a beat and had an ominous premonition. This man was Xu Yan's subordinate, setting an ambush in the other direction. He suddenly arrived here and looked like this. Could it be that Xu Yan was attacked? He then calmed down again. Xu Yan was not an incompetent person, and he would not be killed even if he was attacked. Something else should have happened, but it was just a bit urgent.

Taishi Ciqiang pressed his anxiety in his heart. When the soldiers breathed evenly, he asked lightly: "What's the matter?"

The soldier reached out and pointed to the distance. "General, there is a fire over there. Marshal Chen and Marshal Wan may be in danger."

Taishi Ci was stunned, his body moved, and he was about to stand up, but he gave up, but his heart was dark. He understood why Zulang didn't attack, Zulang had no intention of attacking at all. His purpose was to nail himself here and not get out. The goal he really wanted to deal with was Chen Bai and Wan Bing. Most of those people were old and weak, and they were carrying a lot of baggage. They were slow to move and weak in combat. They evacuated from the familiar mountain village. They were in a panic. Once they were attacked, they would definitely be defeated, and it was likely that the entire army would be wiped out.

"Damn it." Taishi Ci clenched his fists and cursed hatefully. Rather than scolding Zulang, it was better to scold himself. He was waiting for Zulang to enter the trap, but he was fooled by Zulang in the end. Zulang was not trapped, but he was trapped here. Zulang lurked in the opposite forest. If he rushed to save Chen Bai, he could only kill him by force. No one knew how many people could leave alive.

But if he doesn't save him, the trust he just gained will collapse. He vowed to fight side by side with Chen Bai and others, but in the end he could only watch Chen Bai and others fall and cannot save him. Who can trust him in the future?

What other way to go? Taishici passed the nearby terrain in his mind, but he had no gains. He knew that since Zulang could touch the vicinity of the mountain village, he must have understood the nearby terrain. The source of information was probably the bandits who came out of the mountain like Zhang Zhong who settled. They lived in Tongguan Mountain for more than ten years and knew the terrain of Tongguan Mountain well.

Maybe there is such a person around Zulang as a guide.

Taishici raised his head and looked at the increasingly brighter horizon, but his heart was dark.

——

Chen Bai sat on the ground, watching Xu Gan slowly walk with a blood-dropping sword, sighed, and threw away the long sword and shield. The long sword had rolled its mouth and the shield had broken. After fighting in the middle of the night, he had already tried his best to wait for Taishi Ci to come to help, but Taishi Ci did not come and his vitality was gone.

Chen Gan stood in front of Chen Bai, put the long knife on Chen Bai's shoulder, slowly dragged it, and wiped the blood off the knife. He just cut off Wan Bing's head with one knife. Not only did the knife contain bright red blood, but also white bone fragments.

"Military Chen, did you think of this day when you sent someone to attack Sun Ce's fleet and blame my brother?"

"General Xu, I have explained many times that it is not my plan, it is your brother's plan. If you kill me, you cannot avenge your brother. It will only make Sun Ce proud."

"He won't be proud for long," Xu Gan sneered: "I will kill him sooner or later and let you confront him."

“Can I have a request?”

"Tell me, after all, I have been friends for more than ten years. As long as it doesn't last, I'm willing to meet your requirements."

"I want to ask Shi Dashen a word." Chen Bai looked at Shi Jian not far away. Shi Jian was the strongest bandit in Shimen Mountain. He chose this road because he got Shi Jian's promise. With Taishi Ci's mediation, Shi Jian promised to let him pass Shimen Mountain to ensure his safety. But Shi Jian betrayed his promise and betrayed him to Xu Gan.

Shi Jian stood in the distance, motionless. Xu Gan sneered. "You are all supported by my Xu family. When should you listen to Taishici? Only you, the impermanent little man, will easily change your door, and you will listen to whoever gives you food. What benefits did Taishici give you? You actually colluded with him and framed my Xu family?"

Chen Bai glanced at Xu Gan and laughed silently. "You are still from the Xu family. You have such a short-sighted vision and only see Taishici. Don't you know who sent Taishici? Don't you know who sent Taishici? If you kill me, Taishici will not let you go, and the people who sent Taishici will not let you go. Even if your Xu family does not die at Sun Ce's hands, they will die at the hands of others."

Xu Gan looked disdainful. "I don't care who sent him. Even if he was sent by the emperor, it would be useless. Yangxian is the Yangxian of my Xu family, Fuhu Mountain, Tongguan Mountain, and Shimen Mountain are also the mountain of my Xu family. No one can take it away. If Taishi Ci doesn't come to provoke me, he will provoke me and kill him. When I kill you, I will go to find trouble for Sun Ce. You can walk slowly on the road to the underworld and wait for him."

After saying that, Xu Gan held the knife in both hands, raised it high, and cut it down with one knife.

Chen Bai's head landed, rolled out a long way, and rolled to Shi Jian's feet. Shi Jian squatted down, picked up Chen Bai's head, looked at Chen Bai's eyes with his eyes closed, sighed softly, and reached out to wipe Chen Bai's eyelids.

"Brother Chen, don't blame me. If you want to blame, blame this troubled world."
Chapter completed!