At night, Lu Zifeng took a few young people to be on guard. Fortunately, this was a valley. Lu Zifeng had already checked it and found no danger. There were four wild boars in it before, but they had been eliminated by him. All they had to do was guard the passages in and out of the valley. Lu Zifeng arranged the young people to work in three shifts, one hour per shift, because it was summer and the days were long and the nights were short, so they could all get a good rest.
The next day, when it was still dawn, some women started to get up, wash, and cook.
Lu Zifeng stood up and walked out of the passage. When he was about to walk out of the passage, he hid in the passage and looked outside.
Soon he saw several people running towards him from behind. His mental power had just seen several people on horseback galloping past from the direction where the people from Lujia Village came from. Judging from the clothes worn by the people on horseback, it could be concluded that they were yamen runners from the Xichang County government and were wearing military uniforms of the Dayu Dynasty.
Lu Zifeng pondered for a moment, and then remembered Chen Dazhuang's inference that the Tatars outside Qi Yan Pass might invade Dayu Dynasty. Seeing these people galloping on horseback, he thought that it was the Tatars who were knocking on the pass.
Thinking of this, Lu Zifeng's face darkened. Damn it, I'm fleeing from famine, and the damn Tatars are coming to knock on the gate again. It's hard to say what the situation will be. It seems that I can only let the people of Lujia Village leave here quickly and head south.
Lu Zifeng did not delay and went back to find a few old men to tell them about this matter and his suspicions at the moment.
After discussing with each other, several old men decided to set off south immediately without any further delay.
The team set out again and walked for a whole day. They only rested for less than half an hour on the roadside at noon before continuing on their journey. No one complained about being tired. The place where they camped last night had a good water source, so everyone filled their water bottles before leaving today.
After two days of non-stop travel, the group finally left Woniu Mountain. They were still in Taichang County, Bingzhou Prefecture. After discussion, everyone adopted Lu Zifeng's suggestion and walked eastward along the southern foot of Woniu Mountain, from where they could directly enter Kunzhou Prefecture. The reason why Lu Zifeng suggested this was that if Qiyan Pass was lost and the Tatars advanced straight ahead, they would definitely head south after leaving Woniu Mountain. At that time, the Tatars would be chasing them, which would be more tiring and more dangerous. Now they were walking eastward along the mountain road. If the Tatars chased them, they could directly hide in the mountains. This was also the safest way.
Of course, this is just Lu Zifeng's guess. If the Tatars knocked on the pass and did not enter, then these assumptions would not exist. The worst that could happen would be that they would have to walk a little further.
Now the people of the Lu family have no more complaints. They have experienced a lot during this period of time, including robbers and wild beasts. They know that this is not the time to act recklessly.
After this period of training, the team has gradually adapted to this kind of travel, and the martial arts training has also begun. After the decision of several grandfathers, all the men in the family aged ten to fifty began to learn martial arts, but they did not have weapons for the time being, so they all used wooden sticks instead.
What Lu Zifeng taught were several boxing and sword techniques that he had accidentally learned at the end of the world. They were all simple and clear, without any fancy moves, but they were all techniques to defeat the enemy.
Speaking of internal strength, Lu Zifeng didn't know whether it existed in this world, so what he taught could only be the external martial arts he learned in the end times. To put it bluntly, it was to train strength and the skills to kill the enemy.
However, there are still a few relatively talented people in the Lu family. There are nearly a hundred young and strong people in the family, including underage children.
Lu Zifeng asked his uncle Lu Minghui to be the team leader, in charge of many young and strong men, while he himself was in charge of more than 20 teenagers.
Lu Zifeng divided the twenty-four people under his management into two teams and appointed two people as team leaders. Lu Ziqing, the son of his second cousin Lu Minghui, was the team leader of the first team, and Lu Zishen, the son of his second grandfather's eldest cousin Lu Mingbo, was the team leader of the second team.
The two of them managed two teams. Lu Zifeng taught them boxing and swordsmanship every day, while the adults were taught by Lu Minghui. Of course, Lu Minghui first learned boxing and swordsmanship from Lu Zifeng before teaching them.
After walking along the mountain road for two days, the group ran out of water. Lu Zifeng ordered several teams to go to several directions on the mountain to look for water. The drought here was no less severe than that in Xichang County. There were very few people here, and it seemed that they had started fleeing famine a long time ago. If the Lu family had not walked out of the mountains during this period, they would have run out of food. After walking for more than half a month, the food they brought with them was almost gone. Lu Zifeng sent several teams to look for food, but they always returned empty-handed.
"Brother Feng! What should we do? There are so many people here. If we eat today, we'll all be hungry tomorrow."
There is food in Lu Zifeng's space, but how to take it out? He doesn't have much food. So many people can only eat for two or three days at most. It seems that he needs to find some food, or go into the mountains to find food.
"Grandpas, we don't have to be afraid. I anticipated this when I had the team follow the foot of the mountain. We'll always find food on the mountain. Now that each team has trained well, it's time to test them."
Lu Lankun looked at Lu Zifeng in surprise.
"Brother Feng, you mean to let them go into the mountains to find food, but that's too dangerous. What if something happens to them?"
After hearing what Second Grandpa said, Lu Zifeng immediately shut up and stopped talking. He wouldn't say this again. How could you let others risk their lives to go into the mountains to find food, and then you eat the food that's already there? Not to mention that you and them are just clan members, how could your closest relatives be unwilling?
After Lu Lankun finished speaking, he realized that there was something wrong with what he said, and he stopped talking with an embarrassed look on his face.
Lu Zifeng's grandfather Lu Lancheng glanced at his second brother.
"Let's put it this way. Whoever wants to go can go. Those who don't want to go can choose not to go. But if others find food, then there's no need to refuse to go. After all, people are afraid of death!"
After hearing what his grandfather said, Lu Zifeng almost laughed out loud. Grandpa is quite funny! This made the second grandfather's face flush red. He glared at Lu Lancheng, but didn't say anything else.
Great-grandfather Lu Lanchen nodded and said, "I agree with Brother Feng. At this point, there's nothing to be afraid of. Let's send these young men to the mountains to look for it."
Fourth Grandpa and Fifth Grandpa also didn't say anything, and their meaning was very clear, which was to support the eldest brother Lu Lanchen.
After the team chose to set up camp at the foot of the mountain, they divided the ten or so teams into five teams to go into the mountains to find water and food, and the other five teams to protect the camp.
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