The female colleagues were also awakened by the disturbing noise outside, and they huddled together in fear.
Wang Xiaoxiao was feeling unwell, but she still struggled to be helped out by Xu Wei.
Liu Jiaojiao was clearly terrified. She clung tightly to Chen Jian's hand, leaning against the wooden house, her face pale and her breathing rapid.
Seeing her like this, I became even more worried.
Liu Jiaojiao's belly is already quite big. According to what Xiao Qiang told me yesterday, Liu Jiaojiao will probably give birth in about a month or so.
If she is frightened into premature labor, things will become even more complicated.
Because if a premature baby is born in a city, they can be placed in a hospital and taken good care of by doctors. But in this place, where even medicine is in short supply, if the baby is born prematurely and something happens, no one can take responsibility.
I immediately looked at Chen Jian and shouted, "Go in, take Wang Xiaoxiao and Liu Jiaojiao with you, make sure they are safe. Leave the outside to me, you can rest assured!"
Before Wang Xiaoxiao could say anything more, Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei had already helped her, one on each side, into Chen Jian's house.
Chen Jian looked at us, then at Liu Jiaojiao who was terrified, gritted his teeth, and helped Liu Jiaojiao into the house.
Fortunately, we had already made windows out of jade in Chen Jian's room, which provided some sound insulation.
But given the current situation, even soundproofing probably won't be of much use.
I quickly looked at Wang Ping and tugged at Yang Rui: "In this situation, it's either them or us, so we must hold this camp tonight no matter what!"
"I'll make these campfires bigger right now and light up the mountaintop. Since they dare to throw fireballs in, we can throw stones out!"
After saying that, I immediately turned to Bai Wei and the others: "Quickly pick up these stones around here and throw them out! Don't worry about whether they live or die, tonight it's a fight to the death!"
Bai Wei and his men were most afraid of dying, so in this situation, survival was the priority. They immediately picked up the rubble on the mountain, gritted their teeth and shouted loudly to boost their morale, while throwing stones outwards.
The indigenous people seemed to have come prepared, because by the firelight I could see that they were holding round wooden shields in their hands. The stones were hitting them, making a crackling sound, but they were unharmed.
After smashing the rocks twice, Wang Ping was furious. He turned to me and said, "This won't do. These are all the rocks we have on the mountain, and they were meant to keep wild animals away. Even if we smash all these rocks down now, they won't hit them, so it's just a waste! And if we throw these rocks out, and they bring them back later, wouldn't we be at a disadvantage? I think in this situation, if we can't use water, then we have to use fire!"
Yang Rui immediately chimed in, "I think so too. If we use fire, their leather clothes will catch fire easily. They'll either die or get hurt. If they get injured, they'll panic. If they panic, our camp will be safe!"
But I shook my head. Wang Ping was right. Fire is indeed a good tool, but don't forget that all the fences around us can be made of wood.
Moreover, although our gate was made very sturdy at the time, it was still just a wooden structure.
If we were to burn it, our wooden door would certainly be damaged. If we lost this only layer of protection, wouldn't these indigenous people be able to come in without any cover?
But if we don't use the fire for a while, it will be troublesome if they also remember to use it to burn things...
"Don't worry, don't worry, there's always a way!"
I paced anxiously back and forth on the mountaintop, observing the situation below.
Where the firelight flickered back and forth, you could see many heads, each holding a bone weapon and shouting below.
Even in the absence of fire, I could see many heads moving back and forth.
I don't know exactly how many people they brought this time, but even if we include all the women, our side only has about 20 people.
If you calculate it this way, we're always the ones who suffer losses.
I quickly racked my brains for an effective solution, but no matter how I considered it, I felt that this time it might be troublesome.
Just then, I suddenly heard a series of rhythmic shouts outside, followed by the sound of our gate shaking violently. Clearly, these indigenous people were trying to break down our gate and come in.
Seeing this, I became even more anxious; they really did want to rush in!
If we really let them in, things will get even more complicated! They outnumber us and are clearly well-prepared.
I immediately looked at Wang Ping: "Go and get our guns!"
Wang Ping nodded quickly, but Yang Rui looked at me and sighed, "But we don't have many bullets left. Even if you can hit every shot, there are so many of them, what are we going to do then?"
Right now, we can only focus on the present; how can we think about the future?
"Go quickly and take out all the fish oil we rendered earlier, melt it in a pot, and then bring that pot over. Tonight, your brother is going to set the camp ablaze!"
**I immediately dragged my two male colleagues back to our treehouse. Xu Wei had already come out and was busy helping out.
Not long after, Wang Ping came over with our guns and handed them to a few colleagues.
Because Chen Jian needed to stay inside the house to guard Liu Jiaojiao and Wang Xiaoxiao, he had no choice but to give Yang Rui a gun as well.
After picking up the gun, Yang Rui immediately found a good position and fired two shots, one of which actually knocked down an indigenous person.
But these indigenous people seem to have gone mad today; they're not afraid of us at all.
Even when their companions were knocked down, they remained standing there, pushing on our door.
I've already started to see our wooden door shaking, and if they keep ramming it like this, it probably won't last more than ten minutes.
Meanwhile, Xu Wei and the others had already poured all the melted and cooked fish oil into the pot.
I immediately used the wooden ladle we had made before to scoop up a large ladleful and then threw it over the door.
After the ladle of boiling oil was thrown out, cries of "Life is mine!" immediately rang out from the indigenous crowd.
But they all stopped very quickly.
Wang Ping had already handed me a torch. I found a good spot, calculated the angle, and threw the torch with a flick of my wrist.
Soon, flames roared outside the gate, and the indigenous people who had been pounding on the gate stopped instantly.
Watching them scatter and flee, I finally breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed this method would work.
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