Under Ma Wu's guidance, all the fleeing Han people entered through the entrance of the cave, with a total of eighty-five people.

So many people, just a day's food will consume dozens of catties of food, on the way to escape, only a few people brought dry food, but the others only cared about hiding the silver taels, forgetting this stubble.

After carefully removing the traces that might have been exposed, Wang Teng and Huang Hu and the others re-blocked the entrance to the cave.

At this point, searching for more food becomes a priority.

As for whether the Tartars will find it here, that's not something to think about right now.

Bringing everyone together in one place, Wang Teng proposed to gather all the food together and distribute it to each person every day.

At first, almost everyone with rations objected, but when Wang Teng went on to redistribute all the goods, the opposition became quieter.

"No matter what your background was before, and no matter how precious the items on your body were, at this time, in this hole, each of us has a common goal, which is to live! Outside the cave, we don't know how big the Tartars are waiting for our lives, if we don't work together, we will starve to death", after saying this, Wang Teng stepped away, he had already made up his mind to pay attention, if there were still people guarding the food after a quarter of an hour, then he would forcibly search his body!

Wang Teng was sure to shock these guys, and he believed that at the critical moment, Huang Hu, Ma Wu and others would definitely be on his side.

Now there are only twelve weapons in the cave, and more than half of them are concentrated on Wang Teng's side, as long as they don't make trouble themselves, others can't make trouble.

"Don't forget that the reason why you were able to escape was because of whose fight, if you really didn't have our protection, where would you be able to run? Those who know each other should hurry up and hand over the food and property, and I will do it", Huang Hu just got Wang Teng's reminder, and he didn't dare to make a loud noise, for fear of attracting the Tartars outside, so this coercive language was very hard.

The border people looked around, and finally, the first people took out the jerky in their arms, and reluctantly put down a package from their backs.

With the first, soon there will be a second, a third.

Huang Hu was very happy, he asked Ma Wu to watch the food carefully, and no one was allowed to approach, while he looked for Wang Teng's direction and chased all the way.

The sound of bubbling water attracted Wang Teng, and it was obvious that this was a stream of living water, and since it was flowing living water, it was very likely that there were fish.

If there were fish, it would be really possible for the nearly 100 people in the cave to live.

The stars flickered and sparkled, Wang Teng's eyes widened, but he still couldn't find any movement.

After waiting for a while, Wang Teng remembered the process of fishing at the dam when he was a child, and he picked up stones to cut off the stream, but dug a deep pit in front of the dam.

When Huang Hu arrived, Wang Teng was using wooden sticks to make a gate.

The water was no more than half a foot deep, and it was supposed to be a mountain spring, and the gentle stream suddenly increased its speed after passing through the narrow gate.

"Will there be fish in the water?" Huang Hu is full of hope.

"Whether there are fish or not, we will know tomorrow, how? They handed over the dry rations? Wang Teng's question was very casual.

"Brother Wang, you have spoken, who dares to disobey? I am asking Ma Wu to take people to watch, before we go back, no one is allowed to use it privately, but I estimate that there must be hidden food on these people, do you want to take a closer look after we go back? ”

"No need, let's see if there are any fish in this spring tomorrow, and if there are no fish, let's make this decision", Wang Teng didn't want to push the border people too hard.

As long as it is a human being, it is inevitable that there will be selfishness, if this selfishness does not affect the overall situation, Wang Teng will not be too serious.

"That's good", Huang Hu breathed a sigh of relief, unconsciously, he had taken Wang Teng as his backbone.

The night is getting darker, the unknown insects are screaming non-stop, and the night in late spring is still a little cold.

Wang Teng returned to the crowd and counted the food, the mess of dried meat and corn cakes, but according to Wang Teng's experience, these things were only enough for everyone to eat for two days, and if there was no new food to help, everyone would still be hungry.

"Brother Wang, can you give us something to eat?" The hungry man clutched his stomach and pretended to be unbearable.

There were no old or young in the procession, only a dozen or so stout women, and the rest were adult men.

As soon as they heard someone nodding, the quiet crowd suddenly burst into flames, and they shouted for something to eat.

"Shut up, shut up whoever wants to live, do you want to bring the Tartars?" The yellow tiger drew his knife out of its sheath, and everyone was silent.

"Chop things up, give each person a piece, eat a meal today, and think of other ways tomorrow", Wang Teng motioned to Ma Wu to divide the things into equal portions.

"It's very cold in this hole, who brings a fire fold, baking a fire to warm up", some people can't bear it and want to make a fire to keep warm.

"Fire can't be born, no one knows where the Tartar chased it, and I don't know if the Tartar brought the hounds, we have escaped here, and we must not give up all the efforts", Wang Teng also had several picnic experiences in his previous life, and knew that the fragrance and smoke would drift out of the wind for several miles.

"What if it's cold?"

"You can lean on each other to keep warm, in addition, I will say ugly things in front, in this cave I want to make three chapters of the law, first, the love of men and women must be agreed by both parties, and the overlord must not be forced to bow down, and those who violate it will be killed; Second; All food and property shall be confiscated, and those who rob without authorization shall be killed; Third, those who make loud noises, make trouble, and go out of the cave without permission will be killed! As soon as the three killing words came out, the temperature in the cave was even colder.

The more than ten surviving women were all relieved, they had already prepared for the worst, they never thought that the young Wang Teng had already thought about everything for them.

Although a few ill-intentioned guys were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to confront Wang Teng in person.

After all, the brutal scene of Wang Teng picking Tartars with guns and hammering the fugitives still lingered in his mind and lingered, and the weapons snatched from the Tartars were all scavenged by Jin Guowu and others, and the only dozen or so knives were kept by Wang Teng.

Without force, there is no voice.

After simply eating a few mouthfuls of dry food, the tired homeless finally fell asleep, and the sound of "snoring" sounded in the cave one after another, Wang Teng was also very tired, and he also wanted to sleep well, but reason told him that before the danger was gone, any careless omission could cost him his life.

The dry food and belongings were all gathered together, guarded by Liu Tian and others, and Huang Hu and Ma Wu went outside the cave and did not come back for a while.

The cold night seemed to be extraordinarily long, after surviving the most sleepy moment, Wang Teng gradually recovered a little bit of energy, he thought about his future plans, the Tartars' pursuers should be nearby, and they would never be able to go out without three or two days' work.

In three days, with the food consumption of more than 80 people, at least a few hundred catties of food had to be eaten, but the share of the cave was not even 60 catties, and more food must be found as soon as possible, so that the displaced people can maintain hope of survival.

Food is the hope of survival, and the guards are the guarantee of life, Wang Teng pondered, a few more people should be selected from the team early tomorrow morning, and there are still too few helpers now, if it weren't for Huang Hu, Ma Wu and others to help, the team of eighty people might cause chaos.

"Bang bang", there was a dull sound at the entrance of the cave, Wang Teng grabbed the sharp blade, and his spirit was highly nervous.

"Brother Wang, it's me, Huang Hu", Xu guessed Wang Teng's movements, and Huang Hu spoke out at the right time.

"How's it going out there?" Huang Hu's aftermath work determines the life and death of everyone in the cave, and Wang Teng can't afford not to pay attention to it.

"I have cut the reins of all eight horses and stabbed their hind legs, and I estimate that I will be able to jump seven or eight miles by this time", Huang Hu bared his teeth and smiled, and his words were quite complacent.

"Oh? Why didn't I hear the neighing of the horses? ”

"Haha, I asked Ma Wu to wrap the horse's mouth around"

Originally, Wang Teng was afraid of the horses' pain and summoned the Tartar scouts, but now he is too worried.

"Yours is yours!" Wang Teng sincerely admired, along the way, Huang Hu maintained everywhere, which really helped him a lot.

"What is this, Ma Wu, this kid also left some surprises for the Tartars, keeping enough for their dog's nose to drink a pot!"

"What's the surprise?"

"Brimstone, we put the brimstone in the place where we camped before, if the Tartar hounds chase there, hehe, the smell is ......"

Wang Teng was overjoyed, he had seen a lot of hunting dogs tracking in his later life, for fear that his party would be remembered by the hunting dogs of the Tartars, and he never thought that Ma Wu would still have this hand, which was really unexpected.

"Well done!" Wang Teng patted Ma Wu's head and admired it.

"Thanks to Uncle Zhang, it was he who hid some sulfur", Ma Wu did not take credit.

The man who was called Uncle Zhang didn't fall asleep, he was not far away, and he shook his head decently, saying, "This journey is thanks to Brother Wang'er to take care of it, and there is affection to make up for it, and there is affection to make up for it."

There was no fire in the cave, and I couldn't see my face clearly, but I had to be at least forty or fifty years old.

Where will Wang Teng be trusted, "Brother Zhang, wherever he speaks, they are all members of the Han family, and they should help each other, but where did the elder brother get the sulfur?" ”

"Uncle Zhang used to be a blacksmith, and the Tartars kidnapped him because they wanted him to make firearms", without waiting for Blacksmith Zhang to speak, Ma Wu relieved him from the siege.

It turned out that he was still a blacksmith, this is a talent, Wang Teng suddenly knew in his heart, "Brother Zhang, don't blame, I also think that this sulfur is very useful, so I bothered with it."

Blacksmith Zhang couldn't think of any other use for sulfur besides making gunpowder, so he smiled and said, "The Tartars attacked Lingqiu County a month ago, and this sulfur was taken from there."

"The Tartars have also begun to pay attention to firearms", Wang Teng was alarmed, this is not good news, but in an instant, he woke up to the fact that the important thing at the moment is how to live, not to study firearms, thinking of this, Wang Teng said, "All brothers have a good rest, busy all night, there is me tonight."

"Then what's the matter, you're tired all day, so I'll keep vigil all night", Huang Hu didn't give up.

"Okay, then I'll sleep alone for an hour", Wang Teng compromised.

"And me" "And me", Ma Wu and Liu Tian shouted together.

"Ahem, if Brother Wang doesn't dislike it, I think I can too", this is Zhang Blacksmith's self-recommendation in Maosui.

At this moment, Wang Teng finally felt that he was not fighting alone, and he said repeatedly, "Okay, well, then two people will work in a team and take turns to be on duty at night."

Everyone gave in again, and finally Wang Teng and Ma Wu went to sleep first, and the other two teams took turns to rest.