Chapter 195: Meeting the Enemy
The summer rice flowers did not take it as an offense.
In fact, they wouldn’t feel strange even if they didn’t adopt any of the suggestions.
After all, she was just a half-grown child. If someone could listen to her quietly, it would be a great honor. Not to mention accepting her opinions.
The message tree was simple to work on, the mechanism was easy to make, and the small bamboo house for sentry duty was also easy to build. Everyone arranged this task easily.
After the head of the village made the arrangements, in less than two hours, a small bamboo building had been built in a proper shape.
The young boys in the village were chosen to be responsible for lookout and reporting.
There are many children of this age in the village, and they are all very energetic. If you find something for them to do, they not only don't find it annoying, but also feel happy.
Saburo and Silang are both on the list.
They rotate every day, and on average they only get a turn once every half a month.
Goro should also be on the list based on his age, but didn’t he start studying a few days ago?
As soon as he learned to read and write, he became a seed of learning, that is, "the hope of the whole village". The villagers automatically and consciously excluded Wulang from the sentry duties.
All the adult men in the village, including those who were strong and healthy, were mobilized and divided into ten groups. Starting from the homes of important figures such as Wang Lizheng and Feng Juren, they dug tunnels and made camouflages, in preparation for the possibility of hiding in the tunnels if the war spread and there was no time to escape.
It took one day to dig the tunnel for Wang Lizheng and Feng Juju's family.
The entrance to Wang Lizheng's underground tunnel was under the water tank in the yard, while the entrance to Feng Juren's underground cellar was under the firewood pile in the firewood room. Xia Daohua couldn't help but laugh in her heart.
As long as you give the start, these people can come up with any ideas.
The tunnels of the Xia family’s old house and the fourth branch of the Xia family are the second batch.
The fourth branch of the Xia family was able to catch up with the second batch, firstly because the pickle workshop was recruiting temporary workers in the village and many families in the village benefited from it; secondly because Wulang started to study and the villagers felt that the future of the fourth branch of the Xia family was very bright.
The reason why the Xia family's old house was able to catch up with the second batch was, firstly, it benefited from the fourth branch, and secondly, the old house was prosperous, and when encountering war, so many families came to seek refuge, which should not be underestimated.
After working for three or four days, there was still no movement outside the village, and the tunnels of almost every household in the village had been dug.
Everyone thought it through clearly - even if it doesn't come in handy this time, maybe it will come in handy next time!
Anyway, as long as there are no traitors in the village, having this tunnel means that everyone in the village will have one more life!
Otherwise, why is it that the fourth branch of the Xia family is able to come up with ways to make money?
Even their usually silent little girl Xia Daohua had an idea as soon as her eyes rolled!
The villagers admired and talked about it, and gradually resumed their farming life of working from sunrise to sunset. After all, the fields had to be planted at all times. They couldn't just leave the land uncultivated to avoid war.
Unfortunately, the peaceful life in the village was disrupted in less than a month.
On this day, the message tree fell.
The two people in charge of guarding the message tree in the village today are Tiezhu from Hu the butcher's family and Silang from the second branch of the Xia family.
Seeing a large group of people running towards the village from a distance, Tiezhu and Silang knocked down the message tree, rang the only gong in the village, and then ran back home.
Anyway, Li Zheng Wang had already made arrangements. He had to knock down the message tree and then strike the gong three times in a row, seven times each time, and the mission would be completed.
When the two boys got home, they drank some water, put some dry and hard biscuits in their arms, and called their family members to go into the cellar together.
Ever since Doctor Wang and his men came to the village, everyone has been frightened by the tragedy in the town.
I packed up my important belongings early.
Some families dug holes and buried the remains, while others put them in bags, intending to carry them wherever they went.
Ever since Xia Daohua came up with the idea of the message tree, everyone had been keeping an eye on the news from the town, but no news had been coming in.
Today, the enemy actually arrived. Everyone followed the plan that had been rehearsed before, took the things they needed to take, extinguished the fire in the stove, and quietly hid in the tunnel.
When Xiao Silu led his troops to Beiguan Village, the first thing that caught his eye was a deep trench.
Above the trench, there is a small suspension bridge that makes people feel nervous just by looking at it.
But the small suspension bridge had already been pulled up.
They shouted for a long time, but no one responded.
There is a bamboo building at the entrance of the village. It looks like a sentry post, but there is no one on top of it!
What does this mean?
Xiao Silu had attacked many places in the Great Chu, and had seen city walls, moats, camps, and forts, but he had never seen a situation like this...
No, he had seen this situation before.
Once in Xishan County, a county magistrate abandoned the city and fled. This is what he did.
The drawbridge was raised high, but there was no one on the city gate tower - they had already sneaked away from the other side of the city gate in the night!
The people in this village don’t do the same thing, do they?
This was also one of the strategies proposed by Xia Daohua. Although the trenches were meant to show that the place was rich, they could also stop the enemy to some extent.
The trench was dug so deep and wide that even a good horse could not cross it. The only way to get across was to walk on the suspension bridge.
Anyway, Beiguan Village has no shortage of land or strong laborers. For the safety of everyone, men, women, young and old can dig a deep ditch with a shovel of soil!
Xiao Silu looked at the place in front of him, feeling a little amused and helpless.
The children have been alone for several days... If we can't capture some men, abduct some women, and rob some treasures, I'm afraid we won't be able to control them!
But the trench was really wide, and even with the majestic BMW under his crotch, he couldn't jump to the other side in one go. Even though the boys' horses were pretty good, most of them couldn't make it across!
To cross this ditch, we have to build a bridge first!
Xiao Silu had no choice but to ask his men to cut down the trees.
There are many mountains and tall trees nearby.
It’s not difficult to build a bridge with a few big trees.
But this delay lasted from early morning until dusk.
The large group of people walked on the newly built simple log bridge, carefully crossed the trench, and finally entered the village.
After entering the village, Xiao Silu found something wrong.
It’s already this late, why is there still no smoke rising from the village?
Could it be that my previous guess turned out to be true?
The people in this village had actually fled far away long ago, but they deliberately left behind trenches and suspension bridges so that people behind them would mistakenly believe that there were still people in the village?
(End of this chapter)
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