Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

Chapter 513: The Master's "Brilliant Plan"

"Second brother, the pigeon is ready." The third in command handed the golden and crispy pigeon to the second in command and said with a smile, "Hey, look at this pigeon, it's really fat."

Just half an hour ago, the sharp-eyed Third In Command spotted a carrier pigeon fluttering across the sky. Without hesitation, he drew his bow and arrow and shot it down. The pigeon had a letter tied to its leg, but the handwriting was so crooked it looked like a ghost's scribble. The Third In Command stared at it for a long time, unable to make out what it meant, so he simply roasted the pigeon.

Zhou Dazhu sat nearby, chewing on some horse meat. He glanced toward Futian Village from time to time and mumbled, "After dinner, let the officials go ahead, and our people follow behind."

The fierce battle before caused heavy losses to the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold, and more than half of them were injured.

Upon hearing this, the lawyer hurried over and said soothingly, "Don't worry, Boss. The person I sent out will be back soon. Once he returns, we will launch the attack. By then, we are sure to capture Futian Village in one fell swoop."

Zhou Dazhu sneered, staring at his advisor and saying, "What good ideas can you come up with? In my opinion, we can only storm in, and then let those people you sent go in front."

At that moment, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance. The lawyer stood up instantly, pointed excitedly in the direction of the sound, and shouted, "Look! The people I sent out are back!"

Zhou Dazhu looked in the direction pointed by his lawyer and saw a lot of objects on the horse's back. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to be umbrellas.

He couldn't help but curse in his heart: This idiot, why did he just bring back some umbrellas after going into the city? The villagers in that village all had real weapons in their hands!

"Master, I have brought all the umbrellas I could find in the city." The rider dismounted and said respectfully.

"Well, well done! When we return to the capital, I will definitely reward you handsomely." The lawyer nodded with satisfaction.

On the village lookout tower, Ma Ergun instantly noticed something unusual in the distance and hurriedly informed Xiuying, who had just finished her meal.

"Xiuying, that old fox asked people to get a lot of umbrellas. I don't know what he is going to do with them." Ma Ergun said.

Xiuying mused for a moment, "That old fox got so many umbrellas, I'm afraid he wants to use them to block our detergent water."

"Ah? He's too stupid!" Ma Ergun couldn't help laughing. "Has he forgotten that we still have knives and arrows? How can a paper umbrella block knives and arrows? This is just stupid!"

Xiuying's brow furrowed instead of relaxing. She analyzed, "If he has the people holding shields walk in front, and the people behind hold umbrellas, that combination will indeed block some of our detergent water."

The bandits had a limited number of shields, so they came up with this method. If every bandit outside the village had a shield, they would have attacked without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingfeng asked, "Have you ever thought carefully about where these bandits got their shields from?"

At this time, the old village chief slowly walked over and said, "This shield is usually only equipped by government officials. The bandits in the mountains usually only use bows and arrows and swords at most."

Ma Ergun seemed to suddenly remember something. "I saw from the observation tower that the bandits slaughtered all the big and strong horses at noon, roasted them and ate them, but left the skinny ones behind."

After hearing this, Xiuying said without hesitation: "This only proves that those tall and strong horses are not their own."

Ma Ergun pressed on, "Whose could it be?"

Xiuying said word by word: "Government!"

Yang Qingfeng said, "Sister, are you trying to say that the bandits and the government are colluding with each other and attacking our village under the name of bandits? I just didn't expect that the soldiers who came were actually from Jizhou Prefecture."

"He's not from Jizhou Prefecture." Xiuying shook her head slightly. "If I'm guessing correctly, he should be from Nanyang Prefecture. Luo Jing'an is Liu Guozhong's son-in-law. Our village is such a big piece of 'fat meat', how could he let it go so easily?"

Yang Qingfeng went on to analyze: "Yes, if they are officers and soldiers from Jizhou Prefecture, the weapons they are equipped with must be much more sophisticated than these officers and bandits now, and they will have a lot more manpower." Outside the village, it was estimated that the officers and soldiers and bandits combined were no more than seven or eight hundred people, which was far from the military strength that Jizhou Prefecture should have.

Xiuying turned to look at Aunt Li beside her and quickly ordered, "Aunt Li, please ask the sisters to quickly prepare the empty buckets."

Outside the village, the lawyer waved his hand and gave the order: "Move!" The soldiers quickly formed into a neat line, shields in hand, clearing the way. Behind the shields followed a group of soldiers and bandits holding umbrellas. The people at the back of the group held umbrellas, and from a distance, it was impossible to tell who was real or fake.

The lawyer looked at the buckets placed on the wall and couldn't help laughing triumphantly: "This stupid woman is still planning to use that old-fashioned method. Country women just can't think straight and don't know how to adapt at all."

Zhou Dazhu stared at the women holding buckets of water on the village wall, feeling something was amiss. Knowing Xiuying, he knew she was no ordinary woman, and things might not be that easy.

At this moment, the master suddenly roared: "Attack at full speed!"

The officers, receiving the order from the front, rushed towards the village like a shot of chicken blood. When they were less than ten meters from the wall, the women carrying buckets suddenly bent down and squatted. Then, a group of men with bows and crossbows quickly appeared on the wall. A closer look revealed that the arrows were sparking.

"Shhhhh-"

With a sharp piercing sound, flaming arrows shot like meteors toward the wall. The soldiers and bandits holding umbrellas were caught off guard, their umbrellas instantly ignited, and they hastily dropped the flaming umbrellas. Some were even struck directly by the arrows, their bodies engulfed in flames, and they rolled on the ground in agony.

In an instant, there was a burst of crying and shouting from under the wall, and the scene was in chaos.

Zhou Dazhu suddenly grabbed the master's collar, lifted him up high, and then threw him heavily to the ground, shouting, "You idiot! Is this the lousy idea you racked your brains to come up with?"

The master looked in horror at the people in front of him who were being engulfed in flames and screaming in agony, muttering to himself, "We've fallen into a trap, we've fallen into a trap..."

These bandits had no interest in listening to the master's explanation. They only believed the tragic scene before their eyes. They had suffered heavy losses, but they had not even entered the village.