The torrential rain made the refugees even more reluctant to leave.
The group of refugees was led by Hu Laoba. They were not from the same village, but rather a group of people who had survived their escape.
Jiang Qinyu's previous analysis was correct; those who could survive on the escape route, especially alone, were no pushovers.
This group of people plundered several villages along the way and have survived to this day by stealing things from the villages.
They didn't have any particular destination; they just heard that Yongshan County had plenty of water and food, and was close to Qiongzhou, so they came here.
Dingshui Village was the first village that people from Qiongzhou entered Yukang Prefecture. They had originally planned to rob a group and run away. Now that they had been rejected by Village Chief Li and others, and many of them had fallen into a trap after just entering the village, Hu Laoba's anger and resentment grew exponentially.
Just then, a heavy rain began to fall. Hu Laoba wiped the rain off his face, raised the machete in his hand, and shouted loudly to the refugees behind him: "Fellow villagers, if God won't give us a way to survive, we'll forge our own! Charge!"
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Li's expression changed. Ignoring the heavy rain that obscured the road ahead, he shouted, "Dingshui Village is our home. Protecting it is everyone's responsibility! Don't back down, everyone! Stop them!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Dacheng and Meng Meng were even more furious. Looking at the few bamboo arrows hanging at their waists, they gritted their teeth, stomped their feet, and decided to fight to the death!
So, Jiang Qinyu never forgot what happened next, even after many years.
Hu Laoba led his men in a charge. Because they were on guard, they retreated a distance before taking a running start and then leaping over the two-meter-wide trap zone!
Meanwhile, on the observation platform, Jiang Dacheng and Meng Meng also made their move.
The two men simultaneously aimed at Hu Laoba, drew their bows, and shot!
Unfortunately, their accuracy was not as good as Meng Tianze's. Hu Laoba was moving at high speed, and both arrows grazed his arm and fell to the ground, embedding themselves deeply in the rain-soaked mud, showing how powerful the two arrows were.
At this moment, Old Man Lu had also brought out all the entrenching tools that Jiang Qinyu had taken out earlier and distributed one to each of the villagers in front of his house who had no weapons.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. The people of Dingshui Village and Hu Laoba and his refugees were fighting each other. The ordinary villagers were no match for Hu Laoba and his group. Only Meng Tianze had the strength to fight them.
Seeing this, Jiang Qinyu suddenly shouted, "Everyone, don't panic! Use the three-on-three tactic we usually train for!"
They actually practiced two tactics: the three-three tactic and the six-flower formation.
But at this point, it was clear that there was no time to set up the Six Flower Formation for them, so the simplest and most practical Three-Three tactic had to be used.
Her words seemed to unlock a floodgate of memories for the villagers, who immediately recalled that they had used the same tactic when they went to Qinggang Village, and that they had also used the same tactic to hold off the One-Eyed King when he led his men to attack the village, before Lu Yanzheng rescued them.
"Listen to Ah Zheng! Everyone, don't lose your formation, beat these bandits to a pulp!" Village Chief Li shouted, his voice cracking.
At this moment, he, Old Man Lu, and Liu Erleng had already set up their formation back to back, undeterred by the rain pouring down on them, holding off two formidable fighters from Hu Laoba's side.
Meng Tianze, Chen Shao, and Liu Yazi formed a group, standing back to back, surrounding Hu Laoba in the middle.
On Jiang Qinyu's side, the women's team had already put on their raincoats, and the women had joined the battle.
Wearing a raincoat wasn't for keeping out the rain, but because women's clothes would get wet and revealing if they were exposed in the middle of summer.
"Sister-in-law Lu, watch out!"
Chen Hong was still in the same group as Jiang Qinyu. After dealing with the people in front of her, she turned around and saw an old woman wielding a kitchen knife slashing at Jiang Qinyu from the side. She was so frightened that she lost her soul and screamed.
The rain was too heavy, and Jiang Qinyu wasn't a martial arts expert, nor did she have eyes in her ears, so she naturally didn't notice that someone was attacking her from the side.
Fortunately, Chen Hong's shout made Jiang Qinyu turn her body, and with Chen Hong's entrenching tool, she was able to save Jiang Qinyu's arm.
Having fought to this point, unless everyone in Dingshui Village is a saint or a saint, no one feels they should show mercy to this group.
"They're trying to kill someone! Everyone be careful!"
"What did we do to deserve this? Let's fight them!"
"They don't even bother to find out who our Dingshui Village is afraid of? Those guys from Qinggang Mountain have graves overgrown with weeds!"
"Enough talk, kill them!"
"..."
The people of Dingshui Village became incredibly famous, especially Village Chief Li, Old Man Lu, and the Chen family.
"You can kill me, but if you try to kill my niece, I'll fight you to the death!"
“My eldest son isn’t home; he’s protecting the country. His wife can’t be harmed! Her safety is my responsibility, Lao Lu’s responsibility. You bunch of blind fools…”
"If you want to hurt my boss's wife, you'll have to get past this old woman first!"
"Me too!"
"And us..."
While fighting against Hu Laoba and his gang, the villagers subconsciously moved closer to Jiang Qinyu, intentionally or unintentionally protecting her in the middle.
For some reason, Jiang Qinyu felt a lump in her throat at that moment, and a few tears slid down her face with the rain.
In that instant, she understood why she was willing to endure hardship and risk exposing the system to lead this group of people to a better life.
When it came to life and death, these people were willing to give their lives for her!
Everyone who shows her kindness is precious.
Because of this precious gift, Jiang Qinyu decided to work even harder in the future to lead everyone onto the road to a life of plenty.
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