The villagers were not happy when they heard the news.
Food is not as important as life. What's the point of food if you have lost your life? They didn't understand Wei Xiyin's intention at all and thought that the girl wanted them to die.
But they didn't dare to make a fuss, or even question Wei Xiyin.
This dynasty had a clear hierarchy, and the Qinghe Wei clan was a renowned aristocratic family, with many members serving as officials. Under normal circumstances, they would never have the chance to meet a woman from an aristocratic family like the girl.
After discussing for a long time, the villagers had no choice but to cry and beg Commander Chang, asking the girl to spare their lives.
Chang Ying said with a cold face, "The lady said that she won't force you. If you don't want to go, she won't force you."
The villagers felt relieved upon hearing this.
Chang Ying then changed the subject, "But once we get to the fort, each person will need to pay ten kilograms of grain before entering. The Wei family can't support you for free. You will all need to be self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing, and transportation in the fort."
Now everyone was silent.
Many smart people have started to calculate how long the food they carry can last, especially the few families with families, who were very lucky and their entire families escaped.
If they pay grain per person, there will be almost no grain left after they pay it back, and the whole family will be starving.
There were also the villagers nearby who had fled to the mountains. All their belongings were at home, and they had nothing on their own. They had no food at all if they wanted to seek refuge in the fortress.
After a while, several of the villagers looked at the strong man, gritted their teeth and stood up, "Commander Chang, we are willing to go!"
In the end, a total of sixteen villagers expressed their willingness to kill zombies.
Chang Ying didn't care whether they did it voluntarily or had to do it for a living.
He simply divided the people into two groups, gave each person a long knife and a wooden spear, and asked them to go down the mountain and station themselves above two deep pits.
There is a long slope on the north side of the two deep pits, which is used to attract zombies in. This is not difficult. As long as those monsters smell the scent of humans, they will rush forward regardless of everything and do not know how to turn or take a detour.
At that time, the villagers only need to stand above the south side of the deep pit, raise their knives and chop the zombies' heads. If a zombie accidentally crawls out of the deep pit, they can easily push it back into the pit with a wooden spear.
After the guards informed them that all the traps had been set up and everything was ready, Chang Ying led twenty guards and the villagers down the mountain to prepare for action.
"I'm going too." Wei Xiyin stood up.
So far, they still know too little about zombies, so this is a good opportunity to observe the zombies in broad daylight up close.
Chang Ying, considering the girl's safety, was about to speak up to stop him.
When Wei Lang heard that his sister was going down the mountain, he immediately came over and raised his hand and said, "I want to go too."
In the past few days, Wei Lang has vaguely understood that those monsters that howl and attack people are transformed from humans. After thinking about it, he doesn't think there is anything scary about it.
If any monster dares to bully his sister, he will blow their heads off!
Wei Xiyin looked at her tall and strong younger brother, thinking that if she could train him and let him learn more about zombies, the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages, so she agreed.
Chang Ying had no say in the matter and could not stop it.
Helplessly, he had to take the siblings down the mountain.
There were two deep pits on the east and west sides of the mountain. Chang Ying took them to the east side.
According to the arrangement, there were ten guards and eight villagers guarding each pit. The guards were divided into groups of two to cooperate in luring the monsters, and the rest of the people were all concentrated on the south side of the deep pit.
After everyone stood still, the two guards set out, intending to lure a few monsters back for experiments.
It was just as expected.
When the zombies came nearby, the guards who were luring the monsters ran away. They didn't even need to move standing on the south side. The zombies walked down the slope by themselves, not even knowing how to detour or turn around, and just stepped straight into the deep pit.
The bottom of the pit was filled with bamboo spikes, and the zombies couldn't stand up after stepping in. One unlucky zombie fell down and hit his head on the spikes, which pierced his head directly and made him lose his movement instantly.
Wei Xiyin and Wei Lang stood above, carefully observing the zombies' every move.
Zombies in the daytime not only move slowly and have reduced strength, but even their intelligence seems to have deteriorated.
Their legs become straight and stiff and cannot bend. Their eyes are completely covered by the whites, and they seem to be unable to see. They rely entirely on smell and hearing to find prey.
Wei Xiyin guessed that perhaps it was because the zombie virus would lie dormant during the day and become active again at night, which caused zombies to have two different forms during the day and at night.
Unfortunately, there is no equipment to detect these viruses.
At this time, the villagers took action.
Several villagers held long knives in their hands, their hands shaking constantly. They raised and lowered the long knives in their hands, and the expressions on their faces were as terrified as they could be.
After hesitating for a long time, a villager took a deep breath, raised his long knife in one go, and stabbed the tip of the knife into the head of the zombie at the bottom of the pit below.
The zombie fell to the ground and became motionless in an instant.
He stared at the long knife in his hand for a while, it seemed that this was nothing, these monsters were not as scary as he imagined, and they were even very easy to kill.
As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. Once someone took the lead, others immediately followed suit, and soon the few zombies at the bottom of the pit were wiped out.
The guard stood by and checked, poking the zombies' heads one by one with a knife. After confirming that they were all dead, he tied a rope to a wooden spear, put it around the corpse's neck, dragged it out of the pit along the slope, and threw it aside.
The two guards who went out this time attracted twice as many people as before.
After overcoming their fear, the villagers regarded these monsters as bags of food and began to take more proactive actions. As soon as the zombies entered the bottom of the pit, someone immediately raised a long knife and stabbed the zombies' heads. There was even a phenomenon of grabbing human heads.
Wei Xiyin nodded with satisfaction.
After two or three trips, the zombies nearby were almost all killed, and the guards had to run farther to attract the zombies. Both sides of the pit were also filled with zombie corpses.
Wei Xiyin stayed here for a day, and they killed almost a hundred zombies alone.
The wooden spear is more useful than expected. The guards use it to attract zombies, which can effectively keep a distance and ensure they are within a safe range.
Some people even played a game of chase. When they saw a zombie walking slowly, they turned around and poked it with a wooden spear, as if to say, "Walk faster."
She thought about making a large number of spears with a lighter and stronger material after returning to the dock. By reducing close contact with zombies, the risk of infection could be reduced.
By the way, we also have to find materials to make gloves, masks and goggles, especially masks and goggles. Just now, a villager was almost splashed in the eyes by the zombies' blood. Fortunately, Chang Ying reacted quickly and pulled him aside. The villager himself was also very scared.
It was getting dark and most of the zombies had been killed.
Chang Ying ordered them to return, but some villagers still felt unsatisfied. Some of them were quick-eyed and quick-handed, and not only obtained the qualification to be exempted from paying grain, but also received an extra bag of grain.
Everyone returned to the camp on the mountain with a fruitful harvest. Another team of people also came back, and the leading sergeant hurried over to report the situation.
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