Chapter 43 Conflict
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyebrows when she heard the word "inappropriate", and then she saw the man who was watching the fun at the back of the team behind Du Laozhuang.
After just one encounter, she knew what was "wrong" with him.
However, Zhou Yunshu was not angry at the questioning. Instead, she calmly extended her hand to Du Laozhuang and said, "Uncle Du, please sit down first."
Du Laozhuang actually felt a little regretful after saying this questioning remark.
The current Zhou Yunshu is no longer the Zhou Yunshu who had nothing when she first joined them. He is also afraid that Zhou Yunshu will be annoyed with him or even go against him.
Fortunately, Zhou Yunshu has not changed. At least she still respects him on the surface.
After Du Laozhuang sat down, he said to Zhou Yunshu earnestly, "That's just a girl from a brothel. She's not from a decent family. If she stays in our team, won't she ruin the morale of our team?"
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "Uncle Du, do you think this is the most important thing?"
Du Laozhuang asked in confusion, "Isn't it important?"
"Compared to some things, it's not that important."
"What is it?"
Zhou Yunshu glanced at the man following behind Du Laozhuang and listening to their conversation, and continued, "Provocation."
"provocative?"
"That's right, Uncle Du, have you noticed that there are more and more refugees around us after noon?"
Seeing Du Laozhuang's face darken slightly and he nodded, Zhou Yunshu continued, "Not only are there more and more people, but some are even intentionally or unintentionally asking about our team's affairs."
"Besides that." Zhou Yunshu looked around, "Haven't you noticed that those refugees have gradually surrounded us?"
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, the people around her, including Du Laozhuang, were so frightened that they immediately stood up and looked around.
Although it was late, their team always gathered together, surrounded by patrol teams, so the boundary between their team and the refugee team outside was clear at a glance.
Just as Zhou Yunshu said, the group of refugees sat around their team, and Du Laozhuang's heart dropped to the ground.
"Mr. Zhou, really, really! What should we do?" Du Lao Zhuang thought of the ferocity of the refugees when they broke into the county town before, and was so scared that he staggered and hurriedly asked Zhou Yunshu for advice.
"Strengthen your security and be prepared to fight them at any time."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, she looked at Du Laozhuang and continued, "The conflict at the end of the team just now was just a test. Once they find that we are retreating, that we are unstable, and that we can be bullied."
"Believe it or not, they will pounce on us like a group of mad dogs tonight." Zhou Yunshu raised the corners of her mouth, but her eyes were a little cold.
"Uncle Du, who do you think is stronger, our patrol team or the city wall of Anshan County?"
Du Laozhuang swallowed hard, looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "We..."
"So, no matter what kind of person she is, since she's in our team, we have to protect her from the outside world. We can talk about other things later. Don't let outsiders lead us by the nose. Don't you agree?"
Du Laozhuang nodded repeatedly, and Du Laoer beside him said, "Mr. Zhou, do we need to add another group of people to patrol tonight?"
"Two groups are enough now, and the others need to rest." Zhou Yunshu said, "If a conflict occurs, just draw your sword."
This is the only way to deter those who have bad intentions towards your team.
"I understand, Mr. Zhou."
After Du Laoer left, Du Laozhuang looked at the back of his second son, who always followed Zhou Yunshu's words in everything, and let out a deep breath.
The second and third sons in the family regarded Zhou Yunshu's words as an imperial decree. They were dissatisfied before, but now they see that Zhou Yunshu really thinks more and more comprehensively than themselves.
Should he really step down and let others take over? After all, according to the current situation, only someone like Zhou Yunshu can lead their team out of Luzhou safely.
Zhou Yunshu was unaware of Du Lao Zhuang's struggles. When she returned to her car, she looked at Hu Zi, who had been following her, and said, "You did a good job just now."
Although the patrol team also listened to her arrangements, none of them were as obedient as Hu Zi. What she wanted was a team that would completely obey her orders.
"Hehe, it's my job to be the boss!" Hu Zi touched his head and smiled foolishly.
I don’t know if it was because of Zhou Yunshu’s deterrence in the evening, but no conflict occurred at night. Even in the next two days, apart from the increasing number of refugees, there were no refugees who took the initiative to provoke them.
However, Zhou Yunshu saw that the eyes of the refugees around them were getting greener and greener as they stared at them. She didn't know how much longer they could endure, so she didn't dare to relax the patrol.
That afternoon, when Zhou Yunshu was thinking about how to strengthen patrols, a convoy suddenly came from behind them.
There were quite a few people in the convoy, but their progress was slowed down by the even larger number of refugees.
When Zhou Yunshu came out of the carriage, the refugees following behind their team had already clashed with the convoy, or rather, it was the convoy that unilaterally clashed with the refugees.
In order to speed up their journey, the people in the caravan used knives and horse whips to drive away the refugees in front of them.
If they were just ordinary refugees, they might have been intimidated by this group of people, but they had robbed the county government office and their numbers far outnumbered those in the convoy, so when the people in the convoy hacked to death two refugees who were like ants in their eyes, the refugees fought back.
The first thing Zhou Yunshu did after learning about this was to speed up the team.
I don’t know if the people in that convoy had any brains, and I don’t know who gave them the courage to attack the refugees when their numbers were so different from theirs.
However, after the riot, the refugees not only attacked the people in the convoy, but they had also long coveted the people in Zhou Yunshu's team. So at the moment of action, some people also waved long swords at Zhou Yunshu and her team.
If the patrol team had not blocked some of the attacks and the people in the team had not been on guard, their team might have really been like fat sheep in a pen, which would have lost its mind and collapsed at the first attack of a pack of wolves.
The people behind rushed forward, and the people in the front of the team drove the mule cart at full speed.
If they really had to run for their lives, they wouldn't be able to take care of too many things at once, but fortunately they were well-trained and the entire team didn't fall too far behind.
It was already late. Under Zhou Yunshu's command, Chunque led the crowd behind him and ran wildly for almost an hour. Finally, when they were almost out of sight, they found an open space with its back to the cliff and stopped.
Because Zhou Yunshu issued the order in time, their losses were acceptable except for some people who died in the last and westernmost areas due to the refugees. The most fortunate thing was that their food and water were not lost.
But as the fire started to burn, the suppressed crying gradually filled the air.
However, the crying did not last long. The chaotic sound of horses' hooves behind them made the people who had just escaped immediately clench their weapons and look behind them vigilantly.
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