77. Salvation
This matter is related to the lives of the Quanju people, and it is not allowed to be merciful and sloppy to deal with, and the three old men holding dove canes have a gloomy face, and strictly order everyone not to bring more things, otherwise the violators will be expelled from the settlement. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The reluctant mountain people hurriedly acted, dragged their families with their mouths, rushed home to pack up life-saving food, clothing and quilts, and prepared to hide in the tunnel to escape, listening to the old people who had dug the tunnel before, this life-saving tunnel can lead to somewhere behind the mountain.
Yan Xing and the girl who rushed back to the gathering learned of the situation and measures, the girl hurriedly went to pack her things, and he himself ran back to his room to put on his armor and take his weapons and bows and arrows. When he returned to the central clearing, he was surprised to find that there were more than 20 young men who did not carry food and clothing, but held bows and spears, and quickly climbed the corner tower to prepare for defense, and the big bull and the tiger head were among them.
This arrangement made Yan Xing's heart tighten, it seemed that the enemy was also prepared, and he also hid his whereabouts by searching the mountains and forests, and he was not discovered until he approached within a few miles around the settlement, and more than half of the women and children in the settlement were old and weak, and this speed of retreat would not help even if he escaped into the tunnel.
After all, the unstoppable, long-driving enemy invaded the settlement, and found that the people in the settlement were empty, as long as they were not stupid, they would soon be able to find the clues left by the hasty retreat of the mountain people and the inability to cover their whereabouts in time.
At that time, once the enemy unfortunately discovers the tunnel where the people have fled, it will be a catastrophe for the mountain people. This kind of simple tunnel for escape is not like the kind of tunnel specially built for tunnel warfare, including underground fortresses, storage rooms and other fortifications, after the enemy finds out, there is no need to dig down the tunnel, follow the pursuit, only need to light a fire at the entrance and set off smoke, can easily drag their families with a mouth, slow movement, crowded in the narrow tunnel all the mountain people smoked.
Therefore, in the face of this possible evil consequence, the people in the settlement had to choose a strong man to break his wrist, leaving a part of the young man to defend and resist, in order to delay time.
The young men who stayed behind were either brothers in the family or took the initiative to ask for help, and they were all ready to resist the enemy with the mentality of sacrificing themselves at this time, and bought time for their families and clansmen to flee.
It's just that this method of breaking the wrist of a strong man is also unreliable in Yan Xing's opinion, and it is very likely that after sacrificing the lives of these twenty or so men in vain, the enemy army that attacked the settlement still found the tunnel.
After all, against an army of strong armor and sharp soldiers, what can be done by relying solely on more than 20 mountain men who only rely on the courage of a blood and spirit, the mantis arm is a car, and the weak resistance is just a matter of time, if the old and weak women and children are abandoned, it is possible to escape through the tunnel at the speed of these young men, but in this way, this settlement is like scattered, and most of the young men who have lost their wives and children and parents have no way to survive and reproduce in this mountain.
The only way to do this is to use stratagem to inflict a big loss on the menacing enemy, and then hesitate to attack rashly. When night fell, the people in the settlement took the opportunity to retreat secretly. Only in this way will it be possible to preserve the public to the greatest extent possible and reduce unnecessary casualties.
It's just that this time, will the mountain people in the settlement give up the opportunity to run for their lives in front of them and stay and obey their commands? In other words, the middle-aged Confucian scholar who failed to recruit himself, "Yan Shi", will he agree with his own views and cooperate with him to persuade these mountain people who have no gods and no masters to carry out an adventure of life and death?
At the moment, no matter whether the other party agrees or not, Yan Xing, who has always been resolute in doing things, must give it a try, this is related to the lives of most of them, and they must not delay it with hesitation.
Yan Xing strode to the side of Yan Shi and the old man who were commanding the manpower, and he said solemnly:
"Sir, Aweng, I have something urgent to say below!"
Hearing this, the old man glanced at Yan Xing, but did not speak, the Yan Shi's eyes flashed, and he stretched out his hand to signal Yan Xing to continue.
"This kind of retreat is quite inappropriate, the enemy is fast and fierce, and there are many women, children, old and weak in the gathering, once the people in front can't resist, the people behind will not have time to all withdraw, and when the enemy blows the fire and smokes into the road, I'm afraid that we will all be trapped and die in the tunnel——"
Yan Xing was worried, and before he finished speaking, he was already interrupted by the old man who had been impatient with listening for a long time, in the old man's opinion, Yan Xing was an outsider, and now the catastrophe was coming, if it wasn't for the fact that he had repelled the rebellious soldiers for the settlement before, which of the people in his own settlement would be willing to take him in. Now it's a good thing, the people in the settlement are hurriedly preparing to flee, but he came out to question his decision, if it weren't for the other party's extraordinary skills, I am afraid that he would have been loudly reprimanded by the old man who was in a hurry in his heart.
It was not surprising that the old man had this performance, he looked at Yan Shi, believing that with his intelligence, he also saw this fatal point, he was not as impatient as the old man, and lost his general judgment, so it was impossible to completely ignore the danger that was very likely to occur in his words.
Yan Shi also thought of this in his heart, but there was no better way, he stretched out his hand to soothe the old man's emotions, and asked softly:
"And what do you do?"
"The void is false, and doubts arise from doubts; When it is rigid and soft, it is strange and strange. ”
Yan Shi's eyes were full of brilliance, obviously Yan Xing's words had already spoken his mind, and he hurriedly said:
"What would you do if it were up to you?"
Yan Xing didn't postpone either, he said unhurriedly:
"If it is left to me to arrange, I will let the old and weak women and children go first, and all the young and strong will stay, and there will be no defense on the fence, and the troops will be ambushed in vain, so as to confuse the enemy and not dare to attack, and if the enemy tries to attack, he can counterattack with great fanfare. After nightfall, those who remained retreated one after another! ”
"No, if you do what you say, then if the gate is still breached all of a sudden, then it will not cost all the young people in the settlement, absolutely not!"
The old man's head shook like a rattle, he could never support Yan Xing's arrangement, he really didn't dare to imagine that if his own settlement was without all the young and strong, and there were only a lot of old and weak women and children left, how would the survivors live?
Yan Xing was not surprised to see the old man's refusal, he knew that the breakthrough point in front of him fell on this Yan Shi, and he retorted:
"If all the young and strong people can't hold the gate of the village with their concerted efforts, then what can you do if you leave these twenty or so young people, in the end, not everyone will be killed, rather than sit and wait to be killed, if you get up and save it, take the risk and fight, maybe most people can survive, even if they fail to be killed, it is better than being discovered by the enemy, and let out smoke to suffocate and choke to death!"
The old man was furious when he heard Yan Xing's rebuttal, he stretched out his finger and pointed at Yan Xing angrily, his thin body kept trembling, but he couldn't say anything.
"You, you-"
Yan Xing ignored the old man, just stared at Master Yan's expression, and sure enough, under his gaze, Master Yan also quickly made a decision, he clapped his hands and shouted:
"What a 'rather than sit and wait to die, if you get up and save it', this kind of courage and courage is really not owned by ordinary people! Then follow your method, well--from now on, all the gathered Ding Zhuang will be under your command! ”