No matter how much it is said that there are immortals on the top of the mountain, there is still some sense of security in my heart, at least I won't worry about being eaten by some wild beast at night.

After a night of repairing at the bottom of the mountain, the dozen or so people left the hill of Qin Tian's retreat and prepared to head south.

Unfortunately, less than two hours after they left the mountain, they encountered a small group of Hu people who had gone south to plunder.

There are only three or five people in this small group of Hu people, and the equipment on them is not very good.

But it was more than enough to deal with their group of unarmed ordinary people.

The group fled into the mountains and forests on the side of the road in a panic, but fortunately, those people did not catch up.

It's just that these people are also lost and don't know where to go.

In a daze, they actually found a small village.

More than a dozen people hesitated at the entrance of the village, but decided to go into the village to ask for something to eat and drink, and by the way, to remind each other.

The people in the village were very wary at first, especially when they heard that there were Hu people entrenched outside, and many of them showed great hostility, and even did not want to let each other enter the village at all.

In the end, it was the village chief who pressed the objections, and welcomed these people in with the idea of one more person to do a job.

Although they were allowed into the village, they would never be allowed to wander around.

These people were only allowed to be near the entrance of the village and were not allowed to go anywhere else.

Although the villagers brought them food and drink, and also gave them weapons to defend themselves, the price was that if there were really Hu people coming, they had to resist in front!

Of course, the village chief will not let them die in vain, and the two sides are in a relationship of helping each other, not using each other.

If they don't want to accept it, it doesn't matter, they can turn around and leave now, and they will give some food out in friendship.

The village chief's idea is also very simple, no matter whether the other party is a good person or a bad person, so as to avoid conflict with the other party.

If you are willing to stay and fight against the Hu people, it doesn't matter, just find a few people to keep an eye on, it's not like they don't have any defenses in their village.

If they really have evil intentions, they will definitely not be able to make any waves under the precautions day and night.

But if it's really just a bunch of poor people, they don't mind reaching out.

In this troubled world, one more person is one more strength.

If the other party does not want to be watched, they can leave, and the village chief is even willing to offer food to them.

Of course, staying is to be full, after all, it is possible to fight Hu people.

But if they are not prepared to stay, then they will not have much to give, after all, everyone has a hard time these days.

The landlord's family has no surplus food!

Hou Laosi discussed with everyone, and then decided to stay and help deal with those Hu people together!

Since there is a small group of Hu people outside, the large army will definitely not be far away.

If they run around outside now, they will inevitably be discovered by the Hu people, and it will be up to them whether they will live or die at that time.

The only way to do this is to find a place to settle down, find out the situation, and then think about it in the long run!

Some people don't quite agree with this statement.

No one knows when the Hu people will come, and if they don't hurry up now, maybe they won't have time or chance.

But that being said, a very real problem is that they have no food, no water to drink, and no clothes to survive the winter.

Now on the road, I am afraid that before the Hu people find them, they will freeze and starve to death on the side of the road.

Therefore, under the leadership of Hou Laosi, a group of more than a dozen people joined the village.

Although it is a village, the defense force in the village is not small at all.

In particular, in recent years, the armament has been slackened, and the localities have been unable to maintain stability and peace, so it is allowed to organize defense forces on the village as a unit.

To put it bluntly, don't call it when you people encounter a bandit or something, just watch and solve it yourself.

If you are looted by bandits, then you can only say that you are not capable, just don't come to the court.

So in recent years, almost every village has begun to build large and small walls and craft all kinds of weapons.

In a normal village, I'm afraid that a dozen bandits will never be able to defeat them.

Generally, bandits and bandits come to loot, but they are also polite, and they don't do it if they can.

And it often takes twenty or thirty people to support the field, otherwise there will be fewer people and people won't pay attention to you at all!

Therefore, the news of the Hu people brought by a few people did not make the people in the village panic much.

Isn't it similar to bandits at best?

After coming to the village, the optimistic attitude of these people made Hou Lao Si very uneasy.

He had fled from the front and had seen the murderous of those Hu people with his own eyes.

Ordinary bandits can't compare to these Hu people.

Even the poorest Hu soldiers were much better equipped with weapons than bandits.

Even if it is only a squad of three or five people, it can chase more than a dozen bandits and kill, and the combat effectiveness of both sides is not at the same level at all!

However, the people of the village did not care about their vigilance.

They are more vigilant about Hou Si and his party.

Hou Laosi was also very helpless when he saw this, so he could only take people to rest temporarily at the entrance of the village according to the other party's request.

Although there was no bedding as before, the people of the village here brought out some thatch for them to use.

In addition to thatch, there are also bundles of dry corn stalks.

With the spread of corn throughout the country, various by-products of corn have also been developed by the common people for various purposes.

The corn stalks are dried and bundled into bundles, which are the best fuel for winter.

A tent made of bundles of corn stalks or placed outside the house is an excellent source of insulation.

In many cases, these things can be burned directly and used for emergency purposes.

It doesn't matter if the temperature is a little lower in winter, as long as there are enough corn stalks, you don't have to be afraid of the cold at all.

Whether it is spread under the body or directly covered on the body, it can maintain the temperature well.

They were in the wilderness before, and there was nothing, let alone bedding, and there were not even a few thatches to be seen.

Although there are only corn stalks tonight, these people can sleep peacefully and comfortably tonight in front of the campfire.

Hou Lao Si did not rest, but volunteered to keep vigil, which is the main reason why he was unanimously recognized by everyone.

There is something he really takes the initiative and will not back down at all.

He was accompanied by his big black dog.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, Hou Lao Si got up early.

They can't eat and drink other people's for nothing.

Now Hou Laosi is actually a little conflicted in his heart.

If the Hu people don't come, they don't make any efforts, and naturally they can't eat and drink for nothing all the time.

But if the Hu people come, it is not good news, which means that they will soon start fleeing again.

So Hou Lao Si is very entangled in his heart now.

But no matter what, whether Hu Ren comes or not is not something that Hou Lao Si can decide.

If you want to eat and drink in the following days, you must put in some labor.

Hou Laosi found the village chief and discussed with the other party whether he could exchange his labor for some food.

The village chief was a little hesitant because there was not much food in the village.

In these years, to be honest, no one is short of manpower, what is lacking is food.

In the past, there was still the government to exploit them, but I heard that they all ran to the south, and this large area of land in the north fell into a state of anarchy.

As a result, I didn't expect that the imperial court was gone, and their lives were much better.

This year, I have only saved some food, otherwise the village chief would not have agreed to let these people live in anything.

"Let's go back first, and wait for us to think about it."

After leaving, Hou Laosi thought that it was really not possible, so he took out the wild ginseng in his hand and counted it.

Although this thing is precious, it also has to have a life flower.

It really didn't work, so he took the wild ginseng and exchanged some food with the village chief, and ran away with the food.

Otherwise, no matter how precious this thing is, it will never work if it is gone!

After yesterday's contact, Hou Laosi can basically determine that the village chief is absolutely unwilling to flee with them.

In fact, they were the same.

After all, all of his belongings and properties are here, so he can run? How do you eat after you run away?

If they don't wait for the Hu people to kill them, they will never move their nests.

Hou Lao Si's village was like this in the first place.

He also knew that he would never persuade the village chief and the people in this village.

All the fourth can do is to remind them as much as possible so that they have a better chance of survival.

This is Hou Laosi's greatest reward to the people in this village.

If he has to drag others with him, he is afraid that they will turn against each other on the spot!

Unfortunately, reality didn't give Hou Lao Si much time to think.

In the afternoon of the same day, the figure of the Hu scout team appeared outside the village.

These Hu people were very arrogant, and they even asked for food and women.

Of course, the village chief would not agree, and a conflict ensued.

There are only a dozen Hu people, and they dare to launch an attack on their village!

As expected, the Hu people of the dozen or so people were quickly killed, five of them were lost, and two of them ran away, and the remaining five or six people fled back in a hurry.

And no one on their side died, only one of Hou Laosi's men was too seriously injured, and he saw that there was more air in and less air out.

This battle was also recognized by the people in the village.

After all, they really fought in front.

Otherwise, everyone else would be fine, why did one of their people die?

After this battle, the village chief's attitude towards Hou Lao Si was much better, and he even took the initiative to invite them to eat together.

The people in the village obviously recognized Hou Lao Si and thought he was a good person.

But Hou Lao Si is not optimistic.

"According to his understanding of fleeing for so long, since there is a scout team of more than a dozen Hu people here, the large army of Hu people is not far away!"

"If there are as few as three or five hundred people, if there are more, then it will be boundless!"

Hou Laosi doesn't understand military affairs, so he naturally doesn't know how many troops the Hu people will mobilize here, but whether it is a large army or a small army, it is not something that their small village can resist!

Especially now that they have killed the soldiers of the Hu people, the other party will not give up!

Hou Lao Si once again persuaded the whole village to leave together.

"Everyone is happy today, so don't talk about it."

The village chief was a little displeased: "That Hu people are just like that, aren't they easily defeated by us!" ”

"However, the great army of the Hu people ......"

Without waiting for the fourth child to finish speaking, the village chief interrupted again: "How can the large army of the Hu people come over so quickly? ”

"Besides, what are they doing in our little place where birds don't when they're idle?"

The village chief said lightly: "So, don't worry at all, in my opinion, you were just scared by that Hu man!" ”

Hou Laosi wanted to explain, but soon fell silent.

He knew he would never be able to explain it clearly.

Therefore, after dinner, the next day Hou Si asked to leave.

As for the grain...... Hou Laosi hesitated for a long time, but decided to take out his ginseng.

When the ginseng was picked, due to Hou Laosi's rough technique, a lot of roots were torn off.

It's just that when Qin Tian rescued him later, he treated the ginseng by the way.

So now the ginseng in Hou Laosi's hand is still intact, as if he came out of the ground.

Just for some food, you will definitely not need a whole root of ginseng, only one whisker.

Once the whole ginseng is incomplete, the price will definitely drop significantly!

But the matter is urgent, and Hou Lao Si can't care about anything.

Tearing off a few whiskers, Hou Laosi changed a lot of food in the village, and decisively left the village with people.

The day after Hou Lao Si left, most of the Hu people arrived and launched a brutal revenge on the village!

The revenge lasted a whole day, and when the Hu people left, there was no living creature left.

The village, which used to be quiet and peaceful, has been reduced to ruins!

The village chief's judgment was actually right, if it was common sense, they would not have been affected here.

Even if it's because the emperor has run away, there will be no one in the north to take care of it, and soon a new leader will take over here.

But the problem is that the emperor ran too simply at that time, and the entire court was directly messed up.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no one who came in handy, the Hu people would definitely not rush directly into the hinterland of the Central Plains so easily!

The result of rushing too quickly was that a large number of Hu people and large troops were scattered.

So these small groups of Hu people began to plunder everywhere in units of one or two hundred people.

It just so happens that the Central Plains is still anarchic at this time, not to mention those teams of thousands of people, even those Hu people of one or two hundred people can run rampant!

The attack on their village was a small force of only 500 men.

They didn't come here for any purpose, they just looted here.

They grabbed wherever they went, and when they met a large army and then returned, if they couldn't meet it, they kept robbing it like this.

Or when you can't bring the loot on your body, you can take someone to find a large army to join!

For them, it was just an ordinary plunder.

At most, a few spies were so careless that they were killed by some two-legged sheep.

Other than that, what happened here was no different from what they had done countless times before.

But they were unfortunate because of what they did, they were ...... by Qin Tian Found out.

(End of chapter)