The settlement is located between Datong City and Yanghekou, in the middle of impartiality. ()

The settlement was originally a thousand-person guardhouse, but now it doesn't even have a single soldier. There are people, mainly some refugees who poured in from outside the border, and some beggars, all of whom are yellow and thin. Dozens of young people, spontaneously organized, under the command of a sturdy man, smashed open the arsenal of the guardhouse, distributed some dilapidated knives and spears, and maintained order in the settlement. In the man's ragged belt, there was a black wooden plaque.

In the direction of the settlement to Yang and Wei, about a dozen miles, a hill carries a small village, which is called Yanluozhuang.

In winter, in the warm sunshine and the not very cold breeze blows, the elm trees and old mulberry trees at the edge of the village shake the yellow and white leaves that remain on the branches.

At this time, the people in the village gathered in the square outside the Ji family ancestral hall. Yanluozhuang is mainly surnamed Ji, and there are not many miscellaneous surnames, all of which are related to the surname Ji in the village, and they are also called to the ancestral hall square at this time. Everyone sat on the ground, quietly and silently looking at a few people at the door of the ancestral hall.

There was only a wooden chair at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and an old man with gray hair sat silently, silently watching several middle-aged people and a young man dressed in black arguing fiercely about something.

"Ahem", a majestic cough sounded.

The middle-aged men stopped talking and turned to face the old man one after another.

The young man in black looked at the old man with an angry face, and said anxiously: "Patriarch, if we don't move away quickly, we will be in great trouble when we fall into the village!" ”

The old man raised his hand to stop the young man in black and said, "Once, we all know it. About the relocation of the whole village. It was also discussed last time, and everyone thought that the Nawa Thorns were not guilty of one or two offenses, so why did they come here? Your mood old man can understand, but Yanluozhuang is our Yanluozhuang, if there is a offense, we will move. Then we would have moved away a long time ago. ”

See what, even if this time the Tile Thorns are different from usual. But so many of us don't mean that we can move out all at once? On this border, we are also a medium-sized village, with more than 200 households, including six or seven hundred people. Although it is a broken family. But there are also some farm tools and other things. Does it take time to clean up like this? ”

"Patriarch, if you had listened to persuasion a few days ago, now you have all cleaned up." Road.

Several middle-aged people suddenly glared at Xiao Qi.

The old man shook his head and said, "That's a good word. At that time, you were there, and everyone was reluctant to move, and you knew that. You are for our good. We know that, too. It's just that we don't believe that the imperial court will let the tile spurs make a mistake! ”

Xiao Qi opened his mouth. There's really nothing you can do!

"You are a member of the army, you must know where the Tile Thorn army is now?" ”

"The Tile Thorn army has arrived at Yanghekou." Xiao Qi hurriedly replied.

The old man nodded and said, "Did the army of the thorns defeat Yang Hekou?" ”

The Tile Thorn army captured Yanghekou.

Seeing Dao: "Since the Tile Thorn army has not captured Yanghekou, then we don't need to migrate." Even if Yang Hekou is lost, and Yang Hekou is so far away from us, we still have time to escape. ”

"Patriarch, a cavalry of thorns has come in through a gap in the border." Xiao Qi was in a hurry and hurriedly shouted.

"How so? Except for the pass, the rest of the place is the Great Wall, how can they run in? When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qi was speechless. How did they get in?

We also believe that after all, you don't have to lie to us. Did you see the Tile Thorn Cavalry? ”

As soon as he heard this, he said: "Xiao Qi didn't see it in person, but the probe horses in the army found it." ”

When everyone heard this, there was silence.

What the probe horse does, they all know, it is to spy on the enemy's military intelligence. They saw that it meant that there was really a cavalry of the thorns who had entered the pass. Could it be that Yang and Kou have fallen?

Everyone looked up at the patriarch.

The old man was speechless for a moment, and pondered.

"Patriarch, hurry up and get everyone ready to move, be careful! Staying in Zhuangzi is really difficult, even if we don't go to Datong City, we can hide in the mountains. How about we go to the back of the settlement? ”

Several middle-aged people also held their breath and looked at the patriarch.

The patriarch raised his head, looked at the woman in the crowd and said, "Let's move." Ji Lao Er, you take more than a dozen people, protect the women and children of the whole village and go first, don't bring anything but rations! Don't go to the settlement, take these women with you, I don't believe in officers and soldiers! ”

As soon as he heard that he agreed to leave, Xiao Qi couldn't help but let out a long breath. But the latter sentence couldn't help but make him stagnate.

A relatively thin middle-aged man knelt down and promised.

When the people in the square heard this, they immediately became noisy. The heads of each family began to instruct their own women and children.

A slightly older, sturdy middle-aged man stepped forward and shouted, "Calm down, the patriarch has something to say!" ”

There was a sudden silence in the square.

"When the women and children were gone, the old men and men packed up their homes, hid everything they could hide, moved food into the mountains, and moved the old people into the mountains. The strong men are all left to guard the village and fight against the aliens! Now it's all gone! Half an hour later, the woman and the child came here and followed Ji Er! ”

There was a commotion in the square, and everyone left.

The patriarch replied, "I hope you're right. ”

Said: "The patriarch's move is very good! ”

After the patriarch and Ji Boss and others discussed with Xiao Qi for a while, women began to come to the square with their children.

Ji Lao Er began to greet him.

In a few moments, half an hour came, and the women and children arrived. The people who saw them off also came.

The patriarch opened his mouth for a while, and then said to Ji Lao Er that he should be careful on the road.

Xiao Qi stood beside the patriarch and was suddenly shocked.

When Boss Ji saw it, he hurriedly asked, "Lord Xiao Qi, when did you panic?" ”

The patriarch and Ji Lao Er also looked at Xiao Qi.

"There's cavalry coming!" Xiao Qi shouted anxiously: "Quick! Fast! Hide! ”

"Where are the cavalry?" Ji Lao Er couldn't help but be furious: "Evil words confuse everyone! Didn't we all listen to you and prepare to migrate? ”

The patriarch roared violently: "Ji Er! ”

Seeing that the patriarch's face was full of anger, Ji Lao Er hurriedly shrank his neck and knelt on the ground.

Boss Ji's face changed color suddenly, and he shouted: "All the men go home and find weapons, and follow me out of the village to fight the enemy!" After saying that, he pulled his legs and ran towards his house. When the men in the square heard this, they didn't care about saying anything, and they rushed to their homes one after another!

"Ji Lao Er, quickly take the woman and the child up the mountain from the back of the village!"

Ji Lao Er trembled, and he also felt the trembling of the earth when he knelt on the ground. If it's not a brigade of cavalry galloping, then what! Hearing the patriarch's shout, he jumped up busily, and with a sigh, led a dozen young people, urging women and children, and ran to the back of the ancestral hall. (To be continued......) u