Xia Daohua was originally in a playful mood and lay on the grass very relaxedly, listening to the birds singing, smelling the fragrance of flowers, and feeling the wet dew and fluff on the grass leaves. However, she soon felt that if she lay down any longer, her clothes would get wet.
These days, the colors of clothes fade easily and they lose their brightness after a few washes.
Just as she turned over and tried to get up, she suddenly felt a slight vibration.
The ground seemed to be shaking slightly and regularly.
Before she could fully react, her brain had already made a judgment and her expression suddenly became serious.
He simply rolled over on the spot and quickly crawled under a clump of leafy bushes. He put his ear firmly to the ground and listened carefully, trying to confirm whether it was an illusion.
The ground shook again.
Getting closer, more intense, and more dense.
That's the sound of horse hooves.
An unknown number of horses were running rapidly in this direction.
Since the space was upgraded, Xia Daohua can pick up a small animal at will and no longer needs to eat to replenish energy.
She didn't know whether the horses coming were a herd of wild horses or a herd of war horses.
If it was the former, she could take the opportunity to test the storage capacity of the space, but she might also get hurt.
If it was the latter, she would have to hide in the space quickly to have a chance of survival.
But the problem is, if it is a group of war horses coming from this direction, it must be an enemy attack.
This season does not seem to be the season for nomadic people to "gather grass and grain".
But even if they are not enemies from abroad, they can be equipped with so many horses and come in such a fierce manner. They must at least be horse bandits entrenched in a certain area.
And behind Xia Daohua is Beiguan Village.
Old Master Xia and Mrs. Zhou were there, Xia Youtian and Mrs. Jiang were there, and Erlang, Taohua, Lihua, Wulang, Linghua, Liulang, and Zaohua, the children who were close to her, were also there.
Xia Daohua couldn't just leave them alone.
She gritted her teeth and decided to take a risk. After all, she had the space, so in a critical moment, it would not be difficult to save her life.
Xia Daohua flashed into the space, and after about two minutes, she came out with a telescope.
Holding the telescope, she ran as fast as she could towards the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from. After a while, she was out of the valley and halfway up the mountain. When she reached the forest, she chose a tall tree and climbed up with all her strength and at the fastest speed.
When she got to the tree, Xia Daohua found a safe place to sit, raised the telescope, and carefully observed the situation in the distance.
When she saw this, her heart sank.
It was the enemy army that came, not bandits, and they were wearing authentic Hu people's clothing.
The good news is that there aren't that many people. It's estimated to be a small group of no more than two or three hundred people.
Come to think of it, the border defense of Beiguan Town is not to be trifled with. It is impossible for such a large number of enemy troops to sneak into the village quietly.
But even if there are only two or three hundred people, these people are too many for Beiguan Village.
Although Beiguan Town is a place with tough folk customs, the people are still ordinary people after all.
It is not difficult to let them fight for water resources and start village fights.
When fighting, he even dared to swing a hoe and hit people's heads.
But if they were to use the same weapons and fight against the regular army, if they could hold out for a quarter of an hour without dying, they would be considered the elite among the elite.
Xia Daohua's mind raced, and she felt like her brain was boiling, but she still couldn't figure out how to get rid of so many enemy troops without making any noise.
Moreover, judging from their marching speed, they would reach the forest where they were hiding in perhaps half an hour.
For the first time in Xia Daohua's two lifetimes, she truly experienced what it meant to be "anxious".
Human life is at stake!
What’s more, it’s the lives of an entire village!
No, if they slaughtered the village silently and went to Beiguan Town, it would be more than just the people of this village who would die!
Xia Daohua thought about it for a long time and finally remembered the story of Xiangao rewarding the Qin army with fresh cattle.
However, she was just a little girl now, so this method couldn't be fully adopted. After all, no matter how much the Great Chu Dynasty liked to be special, it would not let a little girl be the country's envoy to reward the enemy troops who came from afar.
However, this story finally inspired her, and she thought of a way to delay time and maybe even mislead the enemy.
Xia Daohua entered the space again and made preparations in a hurry.
Then, a string of hydrogen balloons rose above the woods, with a wide and long banner hanging on it, with words as big as a human head written on it:
"Beiguan Town welcomes you."1
Xia Daohua watched the hydrogen balloon carrying a long banner floating above the woods, swaying towards the enemy, and her heart was in turmoil.
She was a little worried that the thing would be shot down by an enemy arrow, a little worried that the enemy might not even see it, and a little worried that it would get caught on a branch in the woods and get stuck there while floating...
In short, it was full of complaints, which made her so nervous that she felt like vomiting.
However, at least the wind direction was favorable, and at least it did not blow the hydrogen balloons towards Beiguan Village.
Xia Daohua, a bit awkwardly, flew a drone into the sky, buzzing. A large speaker hung on the drone, the volume turned up to full blast:
"The Beiguan Town Thousand Households Office welcomes you. Please bring your pass and submit to inspection at the city gate. Violators will be executed on the spot!"
"Beiguan Town Qianhu Suo welcomes you. Please bring your pass and submit to inspection at the city gate. Violators will be executed on the spot!"
…
This sentence will be played repeatedly until the battery is completely exhausted, and then the loudspeaker will stop shouting.
Xia Daohua's move can barely be considered as "startling the snake by stirring up trouble."
If the enemy felt that their surprise attack had failed and believed that Beiguan Town was prepared, they might turn around and go back.
But at the same time, she had to find a way to actually get the news of the enemy's attack to the village.
Maybe it will even be reported to the Qianhu Suo.
Otherwise, even if the villagers knew about the enemy's attack, they could only run to the surrounding villages or towns.
How could they outrun the enemy's horses on their own two legs?
Xia Daohua didn't want to see any war scenes in her own village.
What he didn't want to see even more was the Hu army wielding butcher knives and chopping off the heads of his fellow villagers and his own relatives as if they were chopping melons and vegetables.
But Xia Daohua had never played with drones before. She had just learned how to operate them according to the instructions and was still not very skilled in the operation. Naturally, she was unable to manage two drones at the same time.
How can we send a message to the village?
How can we make the villagers believe this news?
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