Lu Zifeng had been guarding his family's three mule carts. At this time, Lu Ziyan was holding a knife and killing a victim. Although Lu Zifeng was killing the victim, he was also keeping an eye on Lu Ziyan, fearing that he would encounter danger. However, it seemed that this kid had trained very well during this period. He was calm and steady, and did not seem panicked. Compared with other tribesmen, his performance was very good.
My father Lu Mingyuan also held a big knife in his hand, but he just guarded the mule cart and did not take the initiative to attack. My uncle Lu Mingshan held a long stick in his hand and kept sweeping around, which made the victims dare not get close.
Less than a quarter of an hour had passed since the melee, and many people were lying on the ground. Some were dead, while many were merely injured, though the severity of their injuries varied. After nearly a month of fleeing famine, the Lu family was no longer the same villagers who had just left Lujia Village. They no longer felt weak in the knees, trembling and vomiting at the sight of blood. They had become qualified members of the Lu family.
The victims may have realized that the Lu family was not like the people they usually saw. They had weapons in their hands and were extremely difficult to deal with. Within a quarter of an hour, many victims had died. Originally, these victims were a group of scattered sand, but they were extremely hungry and rushed up when instigated by others. Now that they saw that the people of the Lu family were not easy to deal with, they suddenly became a little scared and began to slowly disperse.
The Lu family was actually at the end of their strength at this time, but they were still very motivated. When they saw the victims retreating, they did not chase them, but stopped and looked around. Although they were very tired, they still maintained an attacking posture.
Lu Lanchen was also panting at this time. There was nothing he could do. He was old. Although he couldn't kill anyone, he was holding a stick in his hand and kept greeting the victims who rushed up. Now seeing the victims retreat, he hurriedly gave orders.
"Everyone, hurry up and pack up. Let's change from the front team to the back team and go back. Let's get out of here first."
The tribesmen were silent at this time, and were all covered in blood. However, this was not the time to take care of themselves, so they drove the convoy and slowly left the disaster relief area.
After half an hour, the Lu family convoy finally left the most dangerous place. Lu Zifeng asked Lu Ziqing to take people to the front to find a suitable place to camp, while he slowly moved forward with the convoy.
Lu Zifeng and his men were working hard to find a place to camp, while Linwu County was besieged by the Tatars. The county magistrate of Linwu County had already fled, and no one knew when he fled. The county chancellor was now in charge of the overall situation in Linwu County.
But the county magistrate also wanted to escape at this time. There were no guards in Linwu County, only a few yamen runners. However, the yamen runners looked pale as they looked at the Tatar soldiers under the city wall. The county magistrate also had a heavy face. The county magistrate had disappeared silently, and no one knew when he left Linwu County. Now he left this mess to himself.
It turned out that Qi Yan Pass was lost half a month ago, and the Tatars marched straight in. The commander of Qi Yan Pass, Lin Chaoran, was killed in the battle, and all 5,000 defenders died on Qi Yan Pass. The court has not sent any soldiers or generals so far. The Tatars occupied the entire Bingzhou Prefecture in less than ten days. Now the Tatars sent a small group of cavalry to test the attitude of Dayu Dynasty. Within a few days, the small group of cavalry approached Kunzhou Prefecture.
After today's battle, the Lu family's cohesion has become stronger. They are very grateful to Lu Zifeng. If Lu Zifeng had not trained them in the past month and taught them martial arts to protect themselves, the Lu family would have suffered heavy losses in a tragic situation like today.
Shortly after leaving the disaster area, Lu Ziqing, who had been exploring the area ahead, returned with information about a good camping spot ten miles away. Everyone was exhausted, but hearing they could rest in another ten miles lifted their spirits.
After walking for half an hour, they finally arrived at the camping site that Lu Ziqing mentioned. Lu Zifeng looked around and shook his head.
"This isn't a good place to camp. It looks like we need to move forward a bit."
Lu Lanchen sat on the mule cart and looked at Lu Zifeng. "Brother Feng, isn't this place good? I think it's not bad here. Look, there is a water source not far away."
"Grandpa, if we camp here, we're going to be wiped out. You see, the water source is upstream. If we camp here, and someone poisons or drugs the water upstream, we're finished."
"Let's go a little further upriver. The water there is more abundant than here."
When everyone heard what Lu Zifeng said, they all felt that it was right, so they continued to drive the mule cart forward. A quarter of an hour later, they arrived near the small mound and set up camp there.
After a busy period, everyone finally relaxed. Lu Mingyuan was injured just now, but it was just a cut on his arm by a disaster victim with a hatchet, so it was not serious. Yun Niang was bandaging him, and Lu Ziyan was standing behind Lu Mingyuan.
"Dad, look, this is the difference between learning martial arts and not learning martial arts. If my son hadn't learned martial arts during this period, how could he have killed so many disaster victims today?"
Lu Mingyuan twitched his lips and looked at Lu Ziyan with a half-smile. "Very good, second brother. You also noticed that your third brother is not very active in martial arts training. So today, Daddy will give you a task, which is to take the third brother to practice martial arts together. Your eldest brother has been busy with family affairs recently and has paid less attention to you two. As for you, Daddy doesn't worry about you, but the third brother is very lazy, so you need to supervise him."
Yunniang pursed her lips as she bandaged Lu Mingyuan's wound. Seeing that he was still thinking about how to let his third son learn martial arts, she laughed.
"I think the third brother is really not cut out for martial arts. Look, the two brothers started practicing martial arts with the eldest brother at the same time, but now the second brother can kill the enemy, while the third brother is still a weak scholar."
The third son, Lu Zimo, sitting on the mule cart, looked up helplessly at the sky after hearing his parents' words. He simply had no talent for martial arts. His second brother had memorized the moves after watching them and quickly mastered them, but he himself? No matter what he did, he simply couldn't remember them. His martial arts practice was a mess, and he was very depressed.
Lu Lancheng on the side said, "Alright, Xiao San probably doesn't have the talent for martial arts. We can't force him. Isn't Xiao San a very good student now? Let's get him to become the top scorer in the imperial examination and bring honor to our family!"
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