The women and children in the village began to come forward in twos and threes to vote, throwing stones into the third circle. There were significantly more people choosing the third option than before. Although there were still arguments among the villagers and within families, the result was no longer in doubt.
"Why are you the only one here? Where are your parents?" Wang Yao couldn't help but ask when he saw Wang Xiaoxiao squeeze out of the crowd and throw the stone in the third circle.
“My mother died when she gave birth to me, and my father drowned last month while fishing in the Burial Abyss,” Wang Xiaoxiao said nonchalantly.
Wang Yao stared at the child in astonishment, unsure of what to say next.
"It's nothing. Wu Sanbao and the others are the same. Our parents are all gone. If Ma the Cripple hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known we could vote... Oh... right, Li Laicai too. Instructor Tao, should I vote for Li Laicai as well?"
Wang Xiaoxiao first pointed to the two children who had practiced martial arts with him during the day, then turned to ask Coach Tao.
"Okay." Coach Tao nodded. Wang Xiaoxiao excitedly picked up a stone, ran over, and threw it into the third circle. Then he turned to Coach Tao, his smile exceptionally bright in the torchlight. "Li Laicai definitely bets on this one, no kidding."
The voting ended quickly, and the results didn't even need to be announced by Mr. Zuo. The villagers of Dark Moon Village ultimately chose to defend Dark Moon Village to the death, destroy the back mountain passage, and hide in the Burial Abyss.
Next, Instructor Tao began to arrange the defense. As he had discussed with Mr. Zuo before, the defense would mainly rely on the secret passage. Specifically, defenses would be deployed at each exit of the secret passage cave, using the method of three arrows and three swords.
The so-called "three arrows" refers to three villagers who are specifically responsible for shooting arrows, mainly targeting high-ranking demons of the War Demon level and above. In front of each villager who shoots arrows, there is a person holding a knife. Their purpose is to kill inferior demons who are attacking alongside the high-ranking demons and to protect the archers.
After all, the secret passage was extremely narrow, and the cliff paths connecting the secret passage to the cave were not long, with each section only accommodating a maximum of six people for defense.
Next comes the brutal part: Coach Tao specifically assigned five defenders to each defensive section, but he himself was responsible for the last defensive position in each section.
Because of the narrowness of the secret passage, the defenders of the passage could not retreat in order to prevent the defense line from collapsing. They could only fight to the death. However, Tao Jiaotou was different. As a fierce god, he could fly on the cliff face, so he could move back and forth without affecting the defense line.
For this reason, Coach Tao assigned many older men to defend the front of the secret passage. For example, Old Man Ma was assigned by Coach Tao to the first line of defense, serving as the sword-wielding guard for the first archer, and would be the first to face the demons' attack.
After the secret passage defense line was determined, Instructor Tao carefully planned the defense of the exit of the secret passage on the mountaintop and everyone's final defensive position, especially that final position, because it was determined that it would be the place where everyone would eventually die in battle. After all, by the time the battle reached that point, there was really no suspense.
Therefore, the defense there requires to prolong the battle as much as possible, to draw the demons' attention to the maximum extent, and to make the demons pay a heavy price.
Instructor Tao made arrangements for where the men and women were, how everyone should defend themselves, where the children were, and what they should do. He also made some requests to Mr. Zuo, since when women and children were involved, the strength of the defensive facilities would be even more important.
With all the defense arrangements in place and the sky beginning to lighten, Mr. Zuo sent most of the villagers who were responsible for defense back to rest. Then he called over some more people to start arranging logistical matters.
Although the secret passage defense is the main focus of Darkmoon Village's defense, due to the terrain limitations, less than thirty people are actually needed.
Although everyone else had their own positions at the exit of the secret passage on the mountaintop and at the last line of defense, there was still much work to be done before the secret passage's defenses collapsed.
The first rule Mr. Zuo abolished the long-standing practice of rewarding labor in Dark Moon Village. All food and resources were centralized and jointly managed by Mr. Zuo and Instructor Tao, and distributed equally among the entire village. At the same time, he divided the villagers into several groups.
The cooking team prepared and delivered meals for the entire village. As for the meals for the secret passage defense line, naturally only Instructor Tao, who was not affected by the terrain and could come and go freely, was responsible for delivering them.
Before the great battle began, the production team continued to maintain various production activities in the village. They didn't want the fields to be abandoned instead of the demon spawn, otherwise everyone would starve to death because they had no food instead of being killed by the demon spawn.
However, Mr. Zuo still asked the production team to concentrate their efforts on fishing in the Burial Abyss for a few days to increase the village's food reserves before the demons invaded.
The weapons and equipment group is responsible for preparing various weapons and equipment for the upcoming battle. For example, the secret passage defense line needs to set up some roadblocks at each cave exit so that the defenders can kill the enemy to the maximum extent while the demons are clearing the roadblocks.
Then there are a lot of arrows, which need to be made by cutting down trees. Finally, the defensive line needs to be built into a strong fortress with stones, as well as small crossbows, oil, etc. that children can use.
There was also a disguise team. Their main task in the early stages was to dismantle all the thatched huts that could see the Burial Abyss and transplant a large number of thorny bushes there so that the demons could not easily discover the location of the Burial Abyss.
They also needed to build a large thatched hut near their last defensive position for the villagers who had lost their homes to live in. As for the back mountain passage, Mr. Zuo's plan was to wait until the warning signal for the demon attack was issued before taking action.
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