The sailors did not show weakness, and fought back with bows and arrows, although the arrows were not missing, but the number of rats was so great that they had used up all the sharp arrows they carried, but their casualties were minimal.

The vanguard of rats had reached the entrance of the cave, and dozens of them had climbed into bunker. The sailors slashed horizontally and vertically with their knives, resolutely defending their positions.

The tower swept the rat out of the hole with his palm wind, and pondered, "Why do rats go crazy?" Although they have a bad reputation and dare to eat anything, it is rare for them to actively attack humans. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt depressed. The tower was taken aback, with his current cultivation, he should have no distractions and no waves in the ancient well! How can it be interfered with by the outside world?

"Is it a precursor to an earthquake?" Tie Ta was stunned, "Yes! It must be so. ”

Before an earthquake, animals react abnormally, and rats live underground and are closest to the center of the earthquake, so they are the first to notice. The earthquake was so powerful that even the iron tower was not spared, let alone a small mouse! It's not hard to understand why they're going berserk.

Suddenly, I heard a loud cry of "oops", someone was injured! Tie Ta turned his head to look, it turned out that Xiao Hua's arm was bitten by a mouse, and he covered the wound in pain, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing down.

There are more and more rats climbing into the bunker, and the ones behind are still frantically surging, what should I do? The tower frowned, and it was not difficult for him to retreat with his whole body, but there were still more than thirty people here, and he couldn't leave them behind no matter what.

The more critical the situation, the more unable to mess with oneself, the tower calmly commanded: "Throw the food out." ”

A few sailors hurriedly threw out three or four bags of rice and noodles, and the rats rushed to grab what they had to eat, and the momentum of the attack eased slightly, but this little thing was not enough to stuff their teeth, and they quickly ate it up, and they didn't even let go of their pockets.

"Brothers, rush! They couldn't resist. After tasting the sweetness, the rats rushed up excitedly.

"Take off your clothes and burn them with fire!" The tower's orders were very decisive.

Soon, the burning clothes were thrown at the entrance of the cave, which was already full of rat corpses, grease and hair, and the fire burned even more vigorously, raising a wall of fire more than a meter high, and the smell of burning filled the entire cave.

The crisis is temporarily lifted, but as long as the fire is extinguished, the rats will come back, and everyone understands this truth, but they dare not say it. The clothes were all burned, and the sailors were left with only a pair of underwear left on their bodies, and their bodies were stained with blood, some of them were their own and some of them, although they were a little embarrassed, but everyone looked resolute, their eyes were full of confidence, and they all had a common belief in their hearts: "As long as we persevere, victory will eventually belong to us." ”

Zheng He looked at the group of young men approvingly, and said with a smile: "I knew that those grains shouldn't have been thrown away, I don't want to be a starving ghost." ”

Xiaohua couldn't help but laugh "poof", at this time, Lord Zheng was still in the mood to joke, and with this laughter, the tense atmosphere like ice finally cracked.

Ding Erniu said with a smile: "There is still a bucket of vegetable oil that has not been lost, if the adults are hungry, go drink a little!" ”

The sailors laughed as if this was not a dangerous battlefield, but chatting and chatting on the kang at home.

Tie Ta looked at Xiao Hua's bleeding arm and said with concern: "Xiao Hua, come here!" I'll give you some medicine to avoid infection. ”

People are going to die, what are they afraid of infection? Xiaohua didn't care, but seeing the sincerity of the tower, of course he was embarrassed to refuse.

Tie Ta opened the medicine box and turned over the pile of herbs on it, and when he saw the bag of medicine at the bottom of the box, he was immediately ecstatic, and couldn't help laughing.

Zheng He asked puzzledly, "What else can make you smile so happily now?" ”

"We're saved!" Tie Ta excitedly picked up the packet of medicine to show everyone, "This is cold food powder, which is for the treatment of typhoid fever." Seeing their blank looks, he quickly explained: "It also has a name called Wushisan." ”

Wushi is famous in China, not only by celebrities in all dynasties, but even emperors like to take it. Zheng He has lived in the palace for a long time, of course he knows this thing well, most of the sailors present are not strangers, now there is a trend in the capital, many dignitaries and nobles like to invite some sailors who have gone to sea to tell them stories at the banquet, it is nothing more than some strange things on the way to sail, when it comes to the climax, they will take some five stones to scatter to help the fun, everyone knows that this medicine has great side effects, a small amount of taking it can produce the illusion of fluttering immortals, and excessive intake will even endanger life.

The tower brought the only remaining barrel of oil, added five stone powder, stirred it evenly, gathered the sailors' helmets together, poured in the oil with "condiments", and after all thirty helmets were full, there was still a small half barrel left.

"The rats are crazy now, and if they eat these five stones, it will add fuel to the fire, and it is strange that they don't kill each other!" Iron Tower said confidently.

By this time the flames had been extinguished, and the rats launched a new attack, and the tower threw a few of the helmets full of oil at the entrance of the hole, and the others were thrown in all directions, and the oil drums were thrown precisely beside the giant rats.

These vegetable oils are squeezed from camellia fruits, and the oil is fragrant and fragrant, where can the greedy rats withstand this temptation? They all stepped forward to grab food, and the scene was chaotic.

The giant rat was strong and ate the most, and after eating a few bites, he suddenly screamed wildly, pressed a mouse next to him and bit it down fiercely, this unlucky guy was bitten into two pieces, and the body was quickly eaten by his accomplices.

The frenzied giant rats rushed into the rat group and bit the rats when they saw them, and all the rats that had eaten Wushisan also turned against each other and bit their accomplices one after another. This accident caused the rats to panic and flee in all directions, and the rats that had been all over the mountains just now fled without a trace like the ebb tide of the sea.

The hundred or so rats that climbed into the bunker were nothing to fear, and they were eliminated without mercy.

The sailors looked at each other and smiled, it was the most dangerous and unbelievable battle since going to sea, but it was still victorious.

"Rats go berserk is a precursor to an earthquake." The tower said worriedly, "Now that time is pressing, everyone will go their separate ways." Master Zheng, Xiaohua, you sit on my back to pick up Uncle Liu's family. The others immediately returned to Tangren Village and notified the villagers to board the boat and move as a precaution. ”

Although tired and hungry, the sailors did not dare to delay, nothing was more important than the lives and property of their compatriots, and they acted immediately after listening to orders.

The tower ran wildly all the way, and soon arrived at Uncle Liu's house, Xiaohua introduced the identities of Zheng He and the tower, and told them about the earthquake. The two old men sat on the back of the ox and sat between Xiaohua and Zheng He, and the iron tower returned to Tangren Village non-stop, and he hadn't practiced long-distance running for a long time.

Chinatown Village is still as calm as usual, the villagers are not in a hurry to do their own thing, it turns out that the sailors who reported the news have not yet rushed back, and people do not know about the earthquake at all.

Xiaohua came to the entrance of the village and rang the big bell on the tree, and the bell rang loudly throughout the village. After a while, the villagers gathered here with big knives and spears, hoes and flat poles, and pirates often came to rob in the past, as long as they heard the bell, all the villagers, regardless of men, women and children, would come out with weapons to encircle and suppress, and it was because of their unity that there was the prosperity of today's Chinatown Village.

Zheng He stood on a high place and said loudly: "Compatriots, this time it is not to fight pirates, but to have an earthquake. Everyone immediately boarded the boat and evacuated, and the things at home should not be cleaned up, leaving the green mountains behind, not afraid of running out of firewood. ”

The treasure ship was ready at the dock, and the people boarded the ship in an orderly manner, and at this time, Ding Erniu and they also rushed back, and the time was just right.

Chen Bo counted the number of people and found that there was one person missing. Eiffa asked, "Does anyone know what he's doing?" ”

"I know." A villager surnamed Zhang replied, "In the morning I saw Li Si go to herd sheep, probably too far away from the village, and he didn't hear the bell. ”

"Otherwise, don't wait, it's impossible to sacrifice so many of us for him!" A grumbling word rang out from the crowd.

Zheng He said righteously: "No! We are all Chinese people, and we should be in the same boat to tide over the difficulties together. ”

"That's right! We should not leave him behind. ”

"Be sure to wait for him to come back."

The villagers clenched their fists and were excited.

"How can I be so selfish! It shouldn't be. The grumbling dude bowed his head in shame.

Looking at this group of lovely compatriots, the iron tower is excited, there are such people in China who are united as one, what difficulties are there that we can't overcome? But then again, it is indeed irrational to put so many compatriots in danger. "Lord Zheng, you go first." Tie Ta shouted, "Brother Zhang, you and I go to find the fourth brother Li." ”

Brother Zhang agreed without hesitation, "No problem, I'll take you there." ”

The tower carried Brother Zhang towards the mountain outside the village, and he kept shouting along the way: "Li Si, where are you?" Something big is wrong. ”

Dozens of goats ran out of the forest, and a middle-aged man ran out after him, shouting angrily: "Zhang San, what's wrong?" Is it a pirate? I'm going to fight with them! ”

Zhang San smiled and said, "Brother, your temper hasn't changed at all, and you're still so hot." Come up first, I'll tell you slowly. After the two of them were seated, the tower turned and ran towards the sea, and the treasure ship sailed a short distance away, and soon caught up.

Seeing everyone's worried expressions, Zhang San and Li Si were extremely excited, sitting on the back of the Tower King just now was like a cloud driving through the mist, which was really exciting.

When the treasure ship returned to the port, Zheng He arranged for the villagers to live on the ship, and all the necessities of life were provided by the fleet.

Three days later, the fishermen sent to inquire about the news came back and said: "The landslide in Tangren Village is cracking, flooding, it seems that there has been an earthquake, and we dare not get too close, so the specific situation is not very clear." ”

After another two days, the weather was clear, and even if it was a big earthquake, it should be fine after so many days. Zheng He led three treasure ships to Tang Village, and this time there was an extra boatload of living supplies. When I came to the village, I found that there was not much damage, only a few houses had some slight cracks, and there was no major problem if I repaired them.

The tower carried the stubborn Uncle Liu home, and when he passed by the cave where the rats had been killed last time, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, and the whole valley turned into a flat lake. After a long detour of the tower, he returned to Uncle Liu's house, and found that all the houses on the mountain had collapsed, and this was probably the center of the earthquake, which should be the Tang Village that the fishermen said.

Tie Ta smiled: "Uncle Liu, you should go back to the beach and live with the villagers!" ”

"Okay, listen to you." At this point, Uncle Liu had to nod and agree.

Zheng He distributed all the daily necessities to the villagers, and donated 100 taels of silver to build a house for Uncle Liu, and only then left Tangren Village after everything was done properly.

The treasure ship gradually drifted away, and the overseas Chinese gathered together, watching their relatives in the motherland reluctant to leave for a long time.