Chapter 3 The Eighteen Villages Are Really in Danger
Alubai Village is low at both ends, high in the middle, there is a big ditch in front of the village, after the Qingshui River passes through the Vimo Department, it turns around the mountain, just around Alubai Village, behind it is Tiger Mountain, but now it is estimated that there is no tiger.
The whole village sits in the east and faces west, Luo Yi doesn't know, whether people believe in feng shui now, if it is according to the future generations, it is not suitable to settle here at all, but fortunately, he does not believe in feng shui.
Because the village pattern is like this, there is a fortress on the north and south sides of the village, and the warriors under Daddy are stationed in these two places, Luo Yi even thinks that the people of the Servant clan will not settle here because there is a danger to defend here!
Luo Yi took Ah Guo today, and looked at all the places on the edge of the village that he had never been to before, and wanted to find a place to build a thatched house, Alubai Village was originally a small platform, a little higher in the middle, but the middle was covered with dense bamboo houses, and there was vacant land and a small mound, so it was not cost-effective to build a thatched house and move a mound.
After a walk, I found a suitable place, but I was disappointed with the security defense system of Alubai Village, and the so-called fortress was also a trap to defend, but two wooden fences were built, and more than 20 families lived on the north and south sides, and two families rotated to guard the wooden gate every day.
In front of the village, although it is a ditch, there is no one to guard it, there are still a lot of bamboos, and the mountains behind are densely forested, and there is still no one to guard it, is this really possible?
At night, if you climb a few people from the bamboo forest, or run down a few from the mountain forest, not more, more than a dozen people take advantage of the night to touch their own downstairs, kill Daddy, don't think about the end of the Eighteen Zhai Alliance.
Thinking of this, Luo Yi sweated on his forehead, panicking in his heart, not thinking too much about himself, in the chaotic Vimo Department during this period, anything could happen.
Looking at his brother's abnormality, Ah Guo asked worriedly, "Brother, what's wrong with you?" ”
Luo Yi, who was terrified in his heart, didn't seem to hear it at all, Ah Guo called his brother, not Forrest Gump, wiped his sweat and said: "Go, go to Daddy, I have something to talk to him." ”
As he spoke, he took Ah Guo, who was full of doubts, and walked towards the fortress at the entrance of the village in the north, where Daddy would be in the village.
In the fortress of Alubai North Gate, in the main hall of the bamboo building of Lu Di's house, there was a group of people sitting, including Luo Xiong, and a man in a Confucian robe sitting opposite Luo Xiong, who was older than Luo Xiong.
This person's name is Huang He, he is Luo Xiong's advisor, Luo Yi wants to find Mr. Literacy, Luo Xiong has mentioned this person, but Luo Yi has not seen this person.
Huang He said: "Lord Commander, the people sent out to monitor Li Peng, there is news that Li Peng is carrying the commanders of the Vimo Ministry behind his back, and the envoy of the Dali State is trading a large number of iron weapons with the commander of the Ministry of Education and Cooperation, and has also secretly contacted other commanders.
Li Peng was the most powerful in the Vimo Department, and the population of the villages under his command exceeded 10,000, and there were 100 war horses and 2,000 warriors.
But there should be a lot left, after all, our various ministries give him a lot of tribute every year, he only needs to give Dali a share, we have to give him a share every year in addition to the share we give to Dali.
After all, Li Peng is the commander of the Vimo Ministry recognized by Dali, but now, it is estimated that he wants to truly unify the Vimo Ministry, and how should we deal with ourselves then. ”
"Li Peng"
Luo Xiong, clenched into fists, his hands jumped violently, and he roared out two words, he dreamed of killing this person, it was this guy who defiled Ah Lan six years ago, and when he came back from hunting, Ah Lan had already left, and was washed away by the torrent.
After Ah Lan was defiled, it rained heavily in the sky, and the mountain flood was very large, but the clansmen did not stop him, and Ah Lan left, leaving nothing.
All this is the fault of the damned Li Peng, if he hadn't come to Tiger Mountain to hunt, he wouldn't have met Ah Lan who was working in the fields......
"Lord Commander, calm your anger..., I can understand your feelings, but the situation is weaker than people, although we have also saved some family funds over the years, and the armor is worth more than a thousand, but it is too early to take revenge.
Li Peng's next action will definitely be like a tidal wave of the sea, and we can secretly recruit soldiers, what about Li Peng?
We are one thousand and eighteen soldiers, but also the limit, after all, the total population of our eighteen villages is only more than 5,000 points, and then except for the old and weak women, we have used all the people who can be used, if it is not for the lack of people, there is no way, there are actually a lot of unqualified among the more than 1,000 people, they are not in the army at all. ”
Luo Xiong heard Huang He's advice, and slowly calmed down, without Huang He, he would not have been able to become this commander, and he might have gone down to accompany Ah Lan.
At the beginning, after learning that the murderer who had ravaged Ah Lan, Luo Xiong went crazy and took up the hunting bow and was about to avenge Ah Lan, but it was the old patriarch and Huang He who tried every means to dissuade him to calm down, and then swept through the eighteen villages with the help of the clan hunters and Huang He, and took the five hundred hunters in the eighteen villages for his own use.
Due to Huang He's exquisite calculations, when Li Peng reacted, the eighteen villages were also one, and the hunters did not have other skills, that is, the arrows were accurate, and Li Peng also had some scruples, so he had to admit that Luo Xiong was the commander of the eighteen villages.
Li Peng doesn't know who Ah Lan is, otherwise, it is estimated that it will not be just counted, after all, among the six major forces of the Vimo Department, Luo Xiong is the latest to be established, and the hunter Li Peng is not nothing, but he thinks it is not cost-effective, anyway, Luo Xiong's eighteen villages, should be given tribute every year, and Luo Xiong fights, he doesn't do other people's things.
Luo Yi and Ah Guo, walking from the south of the village to the north of the village, were so tired that they were panting, and it was estimated that it was about three kilometers, which was six miles according to this era.
With Ah Guo gasping for breath, Luo Yi walked towards Lu Di's bamboo building, why is there still someone guarding downstairs today, Luo Yi wondered, he usually didn't see this growth.
The guards didn't know Luo Yi, but there was a young man sitting at the bottom of the stairs, and when he saw Luo Yi, he greeted with a smile: "Young Commander, why are you here, Commander Luo is talking to Mr. Huang upstairs." ”
The young man is four years older than Luo Yi, he is Lu Di's son Lu Kui, he has just passed the coming-of-age ceremony, and he doesn't know what the servants think, even if he is an adult at the age of twelve, this kid is now a person who can marry a wife.
The two guards of the "Young Commander" were stunned, when did there be more Young Commander, they didn't know, they came with Huang He, for the matter of the Eighteen Zhai Commanders having more sons, except for Alubai Village, not many people knew about it, and after Luo Yi came, he had never been out of Alubai Village.
Lu Kui looked at the stunned two of them and said, "What are you doing in a daze, don't you go and report it quickly, the young commander is the son of the great commander Luo." ”
"Ahh Good! Good! The young commander waits, and the small one will report it. ”
The two finally reacted, and one of them ran to the bamboo building, which is divided into three floors, the bottom is used to lock up animals, the second floor is used for human residence, and the third floor is used to stack grain.
The smell of cow dung downstairs was too strong, Luo Yi couldn't stand it, and pulled Lu Kui to the side before whispering: "Brother Lu Kui, this is not like you, who are they." ”
"They, they were brought by Mr. Huang, damn, Lao Tzu won't let me go back to my house, do you think I can bear it?"
Luo Yi is funny, it turns out that this is the case, Lu Kui is one of the people he likes more in the village, unlike those unlucky relatives, this guy is quite kind.
Luo Yi laughed: "You can bear it, otherwise, you won't endure it until now." ”
Lu Kui was helpless, covering his head with his hands, a picture of working for you for nothing these days, what kind of notoginseng flower, Houttuynia cordata, Luo Yi knew that this guy was pretending, and he didn't pay attention to it, and the guards came out.
"Little Commander, Commander Luo told you to go up."
Luo Yi turned back to Ah Guo and said, "Ah Guo will play with Brother Lu Kui, and I will come down in a while."
Brother Lu Kui, take care of little Ah Guo and go to my house for dinner at night. ”
"Well, that's pretty much it, go ahead, go ahead."
Lu Kui, this guy, knowing that he could eat the Luo family's food at night, waved his hand like a fly, and walked away with Ah Guo, because here, there was still the smell of cow dung.
"Daddy, uncles and uncles."
After Luo Yi saluted casually, he sat on the gauntlet of Luo Xiong's chair.
The people in the hall were looking at Luo Yi, Luo Yi was also looking at everyone, Luo Xiong said with a smile: "This is your Uncle Wang, this is your Uncle Zhang......... This is Mr. Huang I told you, Mr. Huang is full of poetry and the art of war, can march and fight, and govern the village and the people. ”
Luo Yi hurriedly got up and saluted and said, "Boy, Luo Yi has seen Mr. ”
"Haha! Lord Commander, you are killing me, the virtuous nephew is dignified, the number of etiquette is good, it is really terrifying, the Great Commander is so blessed! ”
As soon as Luo Yi heard it, he knew that the old man was talking nonsense, this old man was from the Great Song Kingdom, and he would definitely not be able to get along in the Great Song Dynasty, the biggest possibility was to commit a murder or offend the powerful, otherwise, it would be impossible to come to the wild Vimo Department, and it would be much better to go to the Dali Kingdom.
Luo Yi still pretended to be a good baby, listening to the old man's, Luo Xiong looked at Luo Yi after laughing and said, "Forrest Gump, what's the matter with you coming to be a father, I have already arranged the person you want, and I will arrive tomorrow." ”
Luo Yi was also thinking, if he didn't say it, or if he said it himself, would these people listen?
"Hmm!"
Luo Xiong looked at Luo Yi who hesitated, his face was not good, and he said a little angrily: "Just say anything about it, there are no outsiders here, they are all old brothers, you kid do something, what are you hesitating." ”
Yes, I crashed into it by myself, and I'm afraid it won't work if I don't say it now, but I think it's chaotic enough now, these people are all people who are in the same boat as Daddy, and there shouldn't be anyone who wants to overturn the boat.
Thinking of this, Luo Yi tilted his head and said, "Uncles, Huang Lao, Daddy, don't you think that our Alubai Village is very dangerous?" ”
"Bastard, what do you say"
Luo Xiong was very angry, what kind of bastard words did this kid say, a good village, where is the danger, did he give this kid too much leniency, according to Mr. Huang, this kid is slandering the morale of our army.
Huang He said: "Don't worry, the Great Commander, listen to the words of the virtuous nephew, since the virtuous nephew said so, there should be a reason for him." ”
"Yes, the commander listens to the virtuous nephew."
With the help and persuasion of several people, Luo Xiong finally didn't drive Luo Yi out directly, but said with a bad face: "Tell me well, how dangerous it is, if you can't tell the reason, you and Ah Guo are not allowed to go out of the bamboo building." ”
It seems that the old man is really angry, this is the first time he has been angry with himself, for the sake of his own happy life, and for the safety of his own life, he has to talk about it.
After sorting out his thoughts, Luo Yi said: "The terrain of our Alubai Village is high in the middle, low in the north and south, the village road runs through the north and south fortresses, there is a bamboo forest in front of the village, and the lower corner of the village is the Qingshui River.
Five miles west of the Qingshui River is our rice field, there is a small hill after five miles, around the hill is a large piece of farmland, the end of the farmland is our eighteen villages of white-faced cottage, the small hill is not big but just separates the line of sight between the white-faced mountain and our Alubai.
You say, if someone comes to attack the White Face Mountain now, will we know about it? Then there is the bamboo forest in the concave pond, although it is a little steep, but it is not impossible to climb up, if there are dozens of people, take advantage of the night to cross the Qingshui River from the bamboo forest, the Qingshui River is only more than one meter deep. ”
The room was as silent as death, everyone was thinking, thinking about what might happen, talking too much and thirsty, lifting Daddy's bamboo cup and drinking it directly.
Luo Yi continued: "Behind Alubai Village is Tiger Mountain, and there is also a small road in the village going uphill, and after crossing Tiger Mountain, there are also large rice fields, and at the end are the muddy green villages of our eighteen villages.
That is to say, Tiger Mountain just blocked Alubai and Muddy Green, but no one guarded the two intersections of Tiger Mountain, let alone the ends of the north and south fortresses of Alubai, if someone entered Tiger Mountain from Muddy Green or the north and south ends, and then killed from Tiger Mountain, how should we deal with ourselves. ”
Luo Yi also knows what he said, a little alarmist, although there is a short distance between the eighteen villages, but on the whole it is around Alubai Village, and it is not a layer, now that it is said like this, it is right to suggest it, the key is to scare them, so as not to say that I am talking nonsense.
After a long silence, Huang He said: "Nephew Luo Xian, I heard that you have never walked out of Alubai, and you didn't pass through the two villages of Baimian Mountain and Muddy Qing when you came, how did you know that these places were not garrisoned?" ”
Suffered, am I not right, there are people stationed in these places, if this is the case, when you go out, you must stone Lu Kui to death with Ah Guo.
Luo Yi stubbornly said, "Isn't what I said wrong? ”
"No, what the young commander said is right, the old man in these places didn't notice, but the old man didn't understand, the young commander didn't come to Alubai Village for a month, and anyone who knew about the terrain of my eighteen villages."
Luo Xiong was also very curious, he had never told Luo Yi about other villages, Huang He and Luo Xiong either suspected that Luo Yi had any bad intentions, or they were simply curious.
Until now, Luo Yi didn't want to play any masters, and said with a smile: "Of course, the kid has never been to Whiteface Mountain, nor has he been to the mud green, but someone has been there." ”
Huang He knew it in his heart, but this kid was not simple, just by hearing people, he knew that those places needed to be defended, Huang He thought that he didn't have this ability, and immediately looked up to Luo Yi a few points, plus he also saw that Luo Xiong cared about Luo Yi very much.
Huang He got up and arched his hand towards Luo Xiong and said: "The Great Commander, the Young Commander is talented and thoughtful, and I heard that there are hermit masters who have taught it, this is the blessing of my eighteen villages!"
Now that my 18 villages are in danger, and Li Pengbu has newly obtained a large number of iron tools, I feel that there are some things that should be told to the young commander, and I may be able to help our 18 villages survive this catastrophe. ”
Alas! It seems that the eighteen villages are really dangerous!