A complete early warning mechanism has been established in the cottage, as soon as I heard that there was an army of unknown origin attacking, the old man Wang got up and ran out of the Juyi Hall, came outside and rang a big bell hanging under the tree, I don't know where they got it from, the bell rang, I saw the soldiers who were resting and eating in the house, and the guns ran to the playground in front of the Juyi Hall, and a team stood up, and I was not there for a while, it seems that they have not practiced less, a team of ten people, I looked at seven teams, that is, more than 70 people.

Here the old man and *** rode on the horse, leading the people and horses to run to the village, I also followed where to go together, Liu Lianjiang also came out, followed closely behind me, the waist knife has been unsheathed, in his hand, it seems that this guy is not low alert.

Here, follow the old man to the wall, sure enough, in the field in the north, a group of people came, but this is already the night shrouded, not very clear, the old man in every place of the wall, the city wall has a lot of stone rolling wood, the defense measures are in place, but the first time there is a situation, the soldiers are still a little flustered.

At this time, the group of people got closer and closer, and the people on the wall stared wide-eyed, no one spoke, there was silence, no one knew who was coming, what would happen, and now if the officers and soldiers came, we couldn't hold it by relying on these people.

I came to Mr. Wang and said, "Old man, I don't look like an official soldier, if it were an official army, there would be no flags, you see those people didn't carry flags, did they pass by here?" ”

"I don't look like an official or soldier, but I'm on guard."

The group of people finally appeared in front of the wall, and there was a person in front of him, and the figure was a little familiar, but the person was unkempt and gray-faced, with a full beard, and his face could not be seen clearly.

The crowd stopped in front of the wall, and the leader stepped forward and shouted: "Brother Li, Brother Lei, are you on top, I'm Wang Jianying, I'm back." ”

Only then did we hear that it was Wang Jianying's voice, and the old man hurriedly arranged for someone to go down to open the door, and sent someone to report to the village and prepare food for them, and then several of us went down to the wall of the village together and came to the outside of the gate.

Wang Jianying was stunned when he saw me, and he didn't say anything, he directly saluted the old man and ***, and the group of people greeted him for a while, Wang Jianying said: "This is the person I brought from my hometown, and I walked for more than 20 days before I came back." ”

"Okay, let's talk about it in the village first, you greet them, I have already arranged for people to prepare food, kill more people in total, see how much food is prepared, and there is housing to arrange."

"Old man, there are two hundred and forty people here, but the young man is only seventy-five, and the eldest brother will not be unhappy when he comes back."

The old man said, "How come, your eldest brother will be happy when he knows that you will come back." He gave me a look.

Everyone didn't say anything, Wang Jianying commanded those people to enter the village, I saw those people, most of them were yellow and thin, carrying mattresses and quilts, and some people were carrying pots, most of them were old and weak, women and children, and young and middle-aged people were still driving two carriages, and there were a lot of things on the car, which was estimated to be food or something, and it was impossible to buy food along the way, so they also carried food with them, and saw that an old man was still carrying a hoe, and I don't know how he would have the strength to carry it here from outside the gate.

Came to the cottage, it turned out that a lot of cottage old people, all know these people, everyone came out to call friends, let the acquaintances to their own house, here Wang Jinhuai also came out and Wang Jianying to say a few words, to arrange people to receive supplies, so many people's clothes and bedding is also a problem, thanks to a lot of preparation in advance, it is estimated that it is enough, over there Mrs. Wang also took the women to cook, because there were too many at once, so they had to eat in batches.

Everyone is busy, just me and Liu Lianjiang are standing outside It's okay, Wang Jianying also went to see his old man, Liu Lianjiang said: "It's cold outside, young master, let's go inside." ”

I also feel a little cold, at this time it is almost late autumn, the day is OK, the night is very cold, especially in the mountains, I beckoned Liu Lianjiang into the Juyi Hall together, there is no one in the Juyi Hall, I saw a painting hanging on the wall over there, so I walked over to take a look, the painting is the surrounding terrain, very detailed, look at the handwriting should be Wang Jinhuai's masterpiece. In the past, as long as the talent was a scholar, he had to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which is the so-called six arts of a gentleman.

I am not familiar with the terrain around Leiyun Village, but after reading the map drawn by Wang Jinhuai, I feel that my vision has broadened a lot.

After a while, the old man came back first and said, "I'll tell Wang Jianying about you in a while, and ask him to be mentally prepared to save embarrassment." ”

"Well, I'm embarrassed to say it myself, then you'll be old."

The old man went out to find Wang Jianying again to tell me about my business, at this time, *** Wang Jinhuai was also busy, and when he returned to the Juyi Hall, the two of them saw Liu Lianjiang following me, and they didn't know what our relationship was, so they just chatted briefly in the parents, and it wasn't until the old man and Wang Jianying came back that I let Liu Lianjiang go to rest.

I knew that the old man had already told me my identity, so I came to Wang Jianying and said: "Brother has worked hard, big brother, I look at you like that, and I know that you have suffered a lot on the road." ”

Wang Jianying also stood up when he saw me coming over and said: "What did the eldest brother say, it was all what a brother should do, and this time it was thanks to the letter that the old man gave me when he left, when I walked to Shanhaiguan, the soldiers guarding the pass did not let so many people in, and they had to confiscate our carriage, thanks to the fact that I took out the old man's letter, and the general guarding the pass was also very familiar with the old man's second disciple Chen Zhong, so he sold his favor and let us come." ”

I said: "Now there are more people, the future practice is still the old man to catch up, you have to coordinate, but also have nothing to go out and run, it is best to pull some people, if you can't pull people to monitor, just like today, you are almost there we found out, there is no time to even prepare, just now I looked at the map drawn by Wang Jinhuai's brothers, this is very good, you can draw a few more copies, you have to hang a copy in your house, we have to train special sentinels, If I have anything in the capital, I will send this young man to report to me, and he is reliable. ”

"The owner of the village is right, we have to let the newcomer adapt to the life here as soon as possible, as for the problem of drill, let them bring a new one with an old one, so that the effect will be good, and the matter of weapons should be grasped, now there are more people, weapons are even more insufficient, bows and arrows are also needed, now the defense of the cottage can not only rely on stones, but also artillery or something, but we have no place to buy these things.

When the old man talked about weapons, I remembered that I had mentioned to the cheap old man that he had a batch in the manor outside the city, and it seemed that it was time to go and get them back.

"Old man, I'll solve the weapon matter in the next few days, I don't know if the food and clothing and bedding in the cottage are enough now? If it's not enough, we need to stock it up in advance. ”

This time it was Wang Jinhuai who spoke, because Wang Jinhuai was in charge of the materials, only to see Wang Jinhuai take out a piece of paper from his arms, which remembered densely, Wang Jinhuai read through the light: "The existing grain stock is 1,000 stones, 400 people are enough in three months, there are 10 stones of salt, potatoes and cabbage are 10,000 catties each, and now there are 30 pigs, 50 sheep, 20 cows, basically enough meat, and there are many chickens and ducks raised by each family, which are not recorded, 500 sets of bedding, 500 sets of clothes, and 40 pieces of cloth. It's just that now that there are so many people all of a sudden, I'm afraid that the clothes can't be sent by one person. ”

The old man said: "It doesn't matter, now there are more people, and it's going to be fast, it's about to be winter, except for the young and strong, don't send anything else, wait until winter to send it together, you can save time to make a new one." ”

A few people discussed that we didn't go to rest until midnight, and I arranged to sleep with Liu Lianjiang, and now there are so many people all of a sudden, and the cottage house is still not enough.