Seeing that the villagers were cooperating with him, Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, having reached this point, he could have used a simpler method to have the villagers relocate directly.
As for Li Liguo and others, the militia fighters will handle them.
But he doesn't intend to do that.
Although Yin Wende acknowledged Li Liguo's evil plan, it was ultimately just a plan.
The saying goes, "To catch a thief, you must catch him red-handed." Until Li Liguo shows his fangs, all of this remains just speculation.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the villagers believe in Chen Yu now; who knows what other thoughts they might have in mind later?
Moreover, only a few villagers present have expressed their support for Chen Yu. How can they convince the other villagers who are unaware of the situation?
If he tries to persuade them one by one, it will be too late. Is he going to resort to force? What if some stubborn villagers resist? Wouldn't that lead to another conflict?
Moreover, even if they are successfully relocated now, won't they later think that it was all Chen Yu's conspiracy?
Although life at Tianyu Base is definitely more than 10 times better than when they were stuck in Wenshui Village, if they don't see any substantial evidence, some people will inevitably have a grudge in their hearts in the future.
This is human nature, and has nothing to do with an individual's goodness.
Since he sincerely wants to repay the kindness of his previous life and make amends for his mistakes, there is no need to dig such a pit for the villagers. Otherwise, it may cause everyone to be unhappy or even turn into enemies.
It was already 7:30.
Chen Yu instructed all the villagers to gather at the cave canteen.
Based on my experience from my previous life, Li Liguo's Fire Seed warriors would likely storm in around 11 a.m.
To prevent the villagers from being too scattered and difficult to protect in one place, Chen Yu decided to make some necessary arrangements and mobilizations in advance.
With the village chief's support, most of the villagers were very cooperative. Even the elderly who had difficulty moving around were carried to the canteen by everyone.
Of course, to prevent panic, Chen Yu did not tell the other villagers what was about to happen.
Everyone still believes that the village is only facing the crisis of whether or not to submit to the Fire Seed Base.
As usual, Chen Yu had Xu Anbang preside over the meeting to decide whether or not to submit.
Although Xu Anbang didn't understand why Chen Yu wanted to do this, he hesitated for a while before doing so.
As he brought up the topic, the villagers began to discuss it enthusiastically:
"I disagree with joining the Fire Seed Base. Our village has no worries about food or drink. What would we gain by joining the Fire Seed Base? To become their slaves?"
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"Sigh! This is just the way things are now. In this world that's practically the end of the world, surviving is the best thing we can do! A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle, so let's just accept our fate."
“That’s not right. What in our Wenshui Village could attract the Fire Seed Base? It’s the hot spring in the cave, of course. Since they’re after our village, we should use that as leverage in our negotiations and try our best to secure some of the benefits we deserve.”
"Old Liu, you're too naive. Who are those people at the Fire Seed Base? Do you think they can negotiate with us? They have more people and more firepower. We have absolutely no leverage to talk to them."
"Hehe, so this negotiation is also a skill. You have to find a balance. You can't be too tough and offend the other party, nor can you back down and lose your bottom line."
"Talk my ass! Our village will never bow down to evil forces!"
"Why don't we move? The village is doomed anyway. If we move now, at least we can still take control of our own destiny."
“Migration? Are you kidding me? Everyone knows how harsh the outside environment is. There are so many elderly and children in the village. How can we move them? Besides, what will we eat if we leave the village? This is no different from suicide.”
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Chen Yu did not participate in the discussion. At this moment, he began to set up a fire defense network in the village's passageways.
Although his militia could easily annihilate the people from the Fireseed Base, they were still in the rear. If the people from the Fireseed Base were to become desperate and rush up to kill indiscriminately, the villagers would be in danger.
Although his purpose in doing all this was to let the villagers see the truth and make them finally give up, it had to be done while ensuring everyone's safety. Otherwise, it would defeat his original intention.
After working for more than an hour, he had hidden and deployed a total of four heavy machine guns and two mortars, and equipped them with one-button start devices, so that all the guns and cannons could fire automatically with just one button.
In such a narrow passage, no matter how many enemies there are, they have no chance of breaking through.
It was nearly 10 a.m., and only one hour remained before the Fire Seed Base was to attack.
Chen Yu gave Wu Sen orders to attack the village half an hour after they saw the armed personnel from the Fire Seed Base enter the village.
Then he took Lin Lele back to the cave canteen.
We await the arrival of the people from the Spark Base.
Inside the canteen, the villagers were still arguing fiercely.
Xu Anbang, however, was not focused on the matter. Upon seeing Chen Yu return, he quickly pulled him aside and asked with a worried expression, "Brother Chen Yu, it's already past 10 o'clock. Are we really not going to prepare anything?"
Although he didn't know when the people from the Fireseed Base would return, he knew they wouldn't delay for too long.
He didn't understand why Chen Yu was still making him discuss these meaningless things with the villagers at this point. Instead of wasting time, they could set up more traps in the village passages, which would at least reduce the enemy's numbers. Considering that their village was located more than 30 meters underground under the snow and the passages were narrow, with proper traps, they might even be able to annihilate the first wave of enemies.
Seeing Xu Anbang's anxious expression, Chen Yu smiled faintly: "Uncle Xu, don't worry, I'm all prepared."
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