Chapter 47 Here Comes
"Why am I so upset right now?"
"You know what, Xiaodie is right. Think about it, the village chief didn't say where the desert soldiers would come from. If we run into them as soon as we leave the city, wouldn't that be..."
The bravery of the desert soldiers has long been known among the people, and just thinking about it now makes people feel cold down their spines.
Finally, someone slapped his forehead and said, "Stay, don't leave!"
Others also responded. While there was still a chance, they quickly put down their luggage and went to the village chief to sign up, determined to do their part for the whole village.
Now, brothers Ding Rong and Ding De, along with their families, were staring at each other in disbelief.
Without those Miao families, even their two families wouldn’t dare to go out!
If you really encounter that, wouldn’t that be asking for death?
After thinking about it, it was useless to just resent Ding Xiaodie. It would be better to report as soon as possible to prevent everyone from treating them as different.
Ding Xiaodie sat quietly by the window, observing all this. She understood everything, a smile on her face, and she quickly ran to Wang Dafeng, "Don't worry, Grandma. My uncles and second uncles haven't left. Not a single person in the village has left."
Phew! Wang Dafeng's heart finally settled down.
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Not long after, Lu Yan and Guardian Geng rode over to meet them.
After Lai Fu introduced himself to everyone as Mr. Lu, everyone was no longer as panicked and uneasy as before when they saw that Mr. Lu was so young and looked so majestic.
Lu Yan is quick to speak and time waits for no one.
He roughly told everyone about the situation. The Lu family had a small number of guards, only twenty in total, but they knew martial arts, so these twenty people were divided into two teams to guard the south gate and the north gate respectively.
This forms the first line of defense.
The second line of defense is the able-bodied men in the village. The streets behind the city gate are made up of countless alleys, and their task is to run around in these alleys.
At the same time, the old and young women and children hiding at home would pick up all the pots and pans and bang them around.
All of the above things were done to make the desert soldiers mistakenly believe that there were many people in the town, so as to disrupt their formation and then defeat them.
Lu Yan said with a serious expression, "Everything will be signaled by me raising the torch, but everyone must be careful when running through the alleys and don't hurt your own people."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu. The men in Aozigou all have the unique skill of blowing the whistle. When we hear the whistle, we will know whether the person in front is one of us!" Lai Fu looked at everyone.
Everyone nodded. This was something they had been playing games with since childhood, but they didn't expect to use it now.
Lu Yan looked up at the lonely, cold moon in the night sky and sighed deeply. "It's a shame that the great nation of Qi and Yan was forced to retreat repeatedly by a small desert country. Today, those villains are here. If we unite as one, even if we can eliminate just one, we'll have done our part for the country! I, Lu, swear an oath here today: Anyone who takes the life of a desert soldier will receive a kilogram of pork from the Lu Mansion."
In those days, one kilogram of pork could not be bought even with a hundred taels of silver. When everyone heard about such a huge reward, their hearts were boiling with excitement.
The original feeling of fear suddenly turned into a desire to eat pork.
Everyone was eager to get started. As soon as Mr. Lu left, everyone rushed forward to listen to how Village Chief Lai Fu would divide the work.
Dante Gui was not in a hurry at all. He rolled his eyes and quickly followed while everyone was in chaos.
In the eyes of others, Mr. Lu is a rich man and a savior, but in Ding Gui's eyes, the two words "connections" are engraved on Mr. Lu's forehead.
That’s right, if the three of them want to survive in this era, they must learn to grab every possible life-saving straw. If they fail to seize such an opportunity, they will be blocking their own way.
"Master Lu."
After Ding Gui stopped Lu Yan, he bowed deeply.
"Who are you?" Lu Yan frowned slightly, not knowing what this person meant.
"I am Xiaodie's father. Thank you, Mr. Lu, for giving Xiaodie so much food. This kindness will be remembered by the three of us, the Ding family, forever."
"It turns out to be Xiaodie's father."
Lu Yan then smiled slightly: "Not bad, you taught Xiaodie very well. What's her name?"
"Ding Gui."
"Okay, Ding Gui, be careful tonight and don't let Xiao Die worry!"
"Yes, if Mr. Lu needs Ding Gui in the future, I will do my best to help him."
"Go and get ready!" Lu Yan sighed lightly, and that cute little face flashed through his mind. He really hoped that everything would be safe tonight and none of the children would lose their father.
Ding Gui put away the smile on his face after watching Lu Yan and Guardian Geng riding away on horseback. It wasn't that he didn't want to laugh, but he really couldn't laugh now. Thinking about going to the battle soon, he was really nervous.
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Ding Xiaodie, her mother and grandmother were anxiously waiting for news at home.
After a while, Ding Gui came back in a hurry, went to the kitchen to get the sharpest machete, and then told his family what had happened. He said that he was assigned to the alley on the north side of the city gate, and that he was with Miao Dayou. The two brothers would take care of each other, and told his family not to worry.
Then he told everyone about the plan Lu Yan had told them: once the screams of killing started, the old, weak, women and children were to bang pots and pans and shout, "Catch them, catch them!"
"Have you remembered?" Ding Gui looked deeply at his wife and daughter, with mixed feelings in his heart. Although he had just come to this era, he was extremely determined when he thought that without a country, there would be no home, and he did not feel afraid.
Ding Xiaodie and Zhang Xiu nodded together.
I wanted to say something, but my voice got stuck in my throat...
Ding Gui didn't give them a chance to speak and immediately turned around and left, fearing that he would be defeated if they spoke!
"Dad, you have to be careful."
"Dad, we'll wait for you to come back."
The mother and daughter shouted hurriedly, saying that they had finally gotten a second chance to live, and they didn't want anything to happen to him.
Wang Dafeng covered her mouth with her hands and shed tears. Even though she could scold him, he was her own son after all. Could she really wish him dead?
The three of them were immersed in grief. Ding Xiaodie took a moment to calm down and said, "Okay, we have to prepare as well."
No one knows how many desert soldiers there are. If the first and second lines of defense are broken, their safety will become a problem, so the most important thing is that the three of them must find a hiding place and hide when there is really no other way.
After all these have been discussed and prepared, turn off the lights immediately.
Soon, the street that had once again been filled with the smell of fireworks fell into a dead silence again.
Behind the cracks of almost every household's door, there are pairs of eyes staring at the street in fear.
(End of this chapter)
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