Chapter 161 Wake up! Robbers are coming!
Try your best to remind everyone that each family is a family.
The quiet little mountain village was shaken by the cries of incoming robbers.
Uncle Li Zheng and his family were sleeping soundly when they heard knocking on the door and an anxious voice, "Uncle Li Zheng, there are robbers in the village! Uncle Dajiang! Auntie! Zhuzi! Wake up! There are robbers!"
Uncle Li Zheng is old and has a light sleep, so he woke up suddenly.
I listened again.
He lit the lantern, put on his clothes and went to open the door.
The two children, Dabao and Xiaoyuanbao, were knocking on his door in the dark.
"What's going on? What are you doing so late at night?" Uncle Li Zheng was still a little unaware.
Dabao took a step forward and blew out the lantern in Uncle Lizheng's hand.
"Master Li Zheng, a large group of robbers have come to the village, about hundreds of them..."
Uncle Li Zheng couldn't hold the lantern steadily in his hand and it fell to the ground.
"Really?"
"They have entered the village! Look..."
Screams had already been heard from the households on the edge of the village. Tangjia Village was large, with hundreds of households scattered widely apart, so the area it covered was also large. Uncle Li Zheng lived in the center of Tangjia Village.
From their home, the edge of the village is about a mile or two away.
At the edge of the village, lights have been lit and flames are burning.
Judging from the noise, there are quite a few robbers coming!
At this time, Tang Dajiang also stood up, "Dad, what should we do?"
Uncle Li Zheng ordered, "Hurry up and organize the village militia to prepare to defend Tangjia Village. Notify women, children, the sick and the weak to retreat quickly and hide in the mountains first."
Little Yuanbao also said, "Yes, they hid in the mountains. My mother and second brother also hid in the mountains."
Uncle Li Zheng asked, "Why didn't you leave?"
"Big brother said he was worried about the villagers, so big brother, third brother and baby stayed behind. Baby can beat up robbers, and third brother can run fast, so he can wake up the villagers and tell them not to sleep in!"
"Good children! They are all good children!" Uncle Li Zheng almost shed tears.
The old lady in Lizheng cried, "Damn those beasts, why are they here again! Pack up your things quickly and take Zhuer with you, these beasts come here in the middle of the night, they have no good intentions!"
"Oh my god! Oh my god! I'm so scared. My legs and stomach are shaking and they don't listen to me!" Dajiang's wife, Yang, was so scared that her heart went numb.
Old Aunt Li Zheng stepped forward and slapped him twice, "Is it any use? For Zhu'er, you can't get sick and act quickly. Our family is Li Zheng's family. We not only have to run by ourselves, but also run with the women and children in the village to show off."
Yang received two slaps in the face, but she still couldn't suppress her fear and her legs were still shaking.
At this time, Zhuer came out and pulled Yang's hand, "Mom, don't be afraid, I know this mountain well, just follow me."
The voice is timid and gentle.
Yang's eyes suddenly became warm; her son was braver than her at critical moments.
Her son is not afraid, so what is she afraid of?
"Okay! Mommy will go with you."
Time waits for no one, and everyone is busy.
The entire sleeping Tangjia Village woke up in the shortest time possible.
The children cried out in fear, and the women and children packed up the most valuable things in the house, preparing to evacuate.
For some older people, this was not the first time they had experienced robbery.
"Hurry up and take away the valuables. Leave the chickens, ducks, geese, etc. behind. Robbers are murderers. Save your life first. If you don't let them take some things away, they will chase you closely. Save your life first!"
"The village next door was attacked by bandits at night. The whole village was slaughtered. Let's leave quickly!"
"Help! My son..."
It's a complete mess.
The village militia was the best-qualified and had been organized quickly.
There were about a hundred people, all holding knives, forks, sickles and other weapons.
Uncle Li Zheng gave them some instructions and asked them to go and rescue the villagers who were attacked by bandits at the edge of the village.
Little Yuanbao grabbed Tang Dajiang's hind legs and said, "Uncle Dajiang, I'm going to beat the robbers too!"
Tang Dajiang took a look at her, with her small arms and legs, and a chubby face.
"Yuan Baoer, you should go hide in the mountains with my father. The bandits are blind..."
"No, the baby will fight the robbers."
Xiao Yuanbao insisted.
Dabao also stood up and said, "My sister and I will go."
"Then you two follow me. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately!"
Dabao said in a deep voice, "Okay."
As for Sanbao, he also wanted to follow, but Dabao stopped him firmly.
Let Sanbao and Zhuer lead the women, children, the elderly and the weak into the mountains.
Uncle Li Zheng also found two strong hunters who were familiar with the surrounding terrain, and took a detour to report to the town government and wait for rescue from the government.
Although it is of no great use now and cannot solve the immediate problem, it does make me feel more at ease.
Because it takes a long detour to report to the police, by the time you get to the town, it might already be daybreak.
Even if it was still dark, there were not many runners in the town government office, only a few dozen at most. How could they be a match for hundreds of bandits?
Even if you arrive in time, you will still be committing suicide.
Generally, when such large-scale bandits attack a village, the town government will get the news and report it to the county government, which will then dispatch troops to suppress the situation. By the time this is done, the village that has been attacked by bandits will be done for.
So, generally it’s self-help.
"Women, children, the elderly and the young should go first, and the militiamen should follow in the rear. If they can drive the bandits away, that's the best. If they can't, they can just hold them off for a while."
"Uncle Li Zheng and his family are waiting for us to gather. Hurry up. If we don't gather now, we will miss the best time to escape and will have no one to blame if we go up the mountain and wait for death!"
"It was Dabao and his group of kids who first discovered the robbers entering the village. They lived at the entrance of the official road, next to the river bank. The robbers had to pass by their door to enter the village. They could have escaped earlier, but in order to save the villagers, the kids stayed behind to report the incident..."
"Hurry up! Stop catching chickens! It's too late!"
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Let’s talk about Xiao Yuanbao and his sister, who followed behind the large group of militiamen.
The two young guys were also assigned weapons.
Dabao held a light notched sickle in his hand, and Xiaoyuanbao held a small shovel for digging radishes.
The closer we got to the edge of the village, the screams became clearer and clearer.
"My son! Wake up! I will fight you, you unscrupulous robbers..."
"Our old house is on fire..."
"Mom, wake up, wake up..."
There were flames everywhere, accompanied by screams and the sounds of children crying.
In the firelight, the robbers riding on tall horses, with their faces masked, held shiny long swords and spears in their hands, stabbing anything they saw, no matter if it was a person or an object.
He also let out a ferocious cry of joy.
They rode their tall horses straight to the center of the village. Every time they passed a house, a few people would stay and kill, burn and loot.
They met the militia from Tangjia Village. The man stopped and whistled. The robbers scattered and half surrounded the militia.
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