Chapter 18: Overnight in the Village
The conversation between Uncle Yong and the young man guarding the tower, Chen Tuo, who was intelligent and intelligent, could naturally hear it clearly.
Unexpectedly, in this special period, this is called Uncle Yong, and he will take the risk of accepting him as an outsider of unknown origin, which can't help but make him very grateful.
"Child, you will spend the night in our village tonight, the sun is going down, and it is not safe outside!" Uncle Yong greeted him at this time.
"Thank you, uncle. ”
Chen Tuo was very happy, although even if there was a big wolf outside, it would be no problem for him to spend the night outside, but if he had a house to live in, it was naturally unbelievable, and of course he would not refuse.
Chen Tuo was arranged to live in a house in the middle of the village.
This is the village chief's home.
The village chief, that is, the middle-aged man called Uncle Yong.
The house is not big, but everything is cleaned up and neat.
In this house, apart from Uncle Yong, there is only one of his old mothers, an octogenarian old man.
After Uncle Yong arranged Chen Tuo, he left after a while, as the village head, the world is not peaceful now, and there are still many things for him to work on.
Uncle Yong's old mother was very kind, and looked at Chen Tuo, who was not very old but dusty, and said distressedly: "Alas...... You are a poor child, at such a young age...... It's not easy, now there are many bandits, and the world doesn't know when it will be peaceful!"
Obviously, this old mother also probably knew Chen Tuo's "things" from her son's mouth.
"Child, haven't you had dinner yet, are you hungry? old woman, I'll cook some pasta for you!" Although Uncle Yong's old mother is old, her body is still very healthy, and her hands and feet are flexible.
Soon, Uncle Yong's old mother brought a bowl of steaming noodles with a golden fried egg on top, wafting with an enticing fragrance.
"Thank you, mother-in-law, wow, it's so fragrant!" Chen Tuo sniffed first, the aroma was really tempting, and he immediately picked up the chopsticks and started moving.
Seeing Chen Tuo gobbling up, Uncle Yong's old mother thought that Chen Tuo's child was hungry, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "The child eats slowly, be careful of scalding." ”
Listening to Uncle Yong's old mother's concerned words, Chen Tuo's heart couldn't help but warm.
In fact, he is not very hungry, but on weekdays, especially when he is at the end of the world, he eats fruits, and he rarely eats food like this full of human habit. He ate well, so he didn't pay attention to his movements, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of Uncle Yong's old mother, he hadn't eaten for several days.
"Child, why are you still carrying a big stone when you go out?" asked Uncle Yong's old mother at this time. When Chen Tuo entered the door just now, she was very curious.
The black stone egg leaned quietly against the corner of the wall, and when he saw the old woman asking, Chen Tuo couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "This stone was given to me by my grandfather, and it is very important, so I took it with me." ”
"By the way, mother-in-law, was the giant wooden fence outside built by Uncle Yong?" asked Chen Tuo.
Along the way, although many villages have also built high-walled fences, but compared to here, but far less, if the fences of those villages before can resist wolves, jackals, tigers and leopards and those ordinary people, then the defense project of this desert village, even if it is an ordinary army, there are not hundreds of people, and it cannot be captured for a moment.
Moreover, it is necessary to have powerful siege equipment.
When Chen Tuo entered the village, he had already found that in addition to the watchtower on the bright face at the entrance of the village, there were many secret whistles and crossbowmen throughout the village.
"It's true that Ah Yong's kid took everyone to build everything, and now the bandits are looting everywhere, and everyone is at ease after building these defenses. The old woman said.
"I didn't expect Uncle Yong to be so powerful!" Chen Tuo said.
The person who can conceive such a defense project and build it is definitely not an ordinary person.
At least, Uncle Yong is not an ordinary villager.
"He used to make these things when we didn't come to the village before...... Later, when he came here, the village here was often raided by bandits, so he took everyone to gather here and build these fortifications, and the number of people increased later, and there was this desert village......"
The old woman told a secret, Chen Tuo was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this desert village was built by Uncle Yong.
However, the old woman did not continue to talk on this topic, looked at Chen Tuo and asked: "Child, I heard that you are defecting to a relative, but your relative is in this ten towns and eight miles?
"They are in Nandu. Chen Tuo said.
"Nandu?" the old woman was slightly stunned, and then said, "Child, are you talking about the capital of the southern country?"
Chen Tuo nodded.
"Child, this is a very long way to Nandu, and now there are bandits everywhere, and there are chaos and chaos, this is not safe!" The old woman showed a hint of superiority and said: "Child, listen to your mother-in-law's words, you will live in Damo Village first, and after a while, the world will be too peaceful, let's go to your relatives again!"
Chen Tuo's heart warmed again, and said: "Mother-in-law, it's okay, I have learned some boxing and kicking skills from my grandfather since I was a child, and even tigers and lions can't beat me!"
Chen Tuo was telling the truth, but the old woman naturally didn't believe it, how could a child beat a beast like a lion and a tiger.
"You kid, just listen to your mother-in-law's words, live in Damo Village first, and then decide. The old woman said with a straight face.
Chen Tuo couldn't help but smile bitterly, this old woman is a bit "domineering"!
After that, no matter what he said, the old woman still insisted on not letting him go, and Chen Tuo had no choice but to give up.
The night is getting darker!
The moon hangs high!
It's the third watch.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
......
Suddenly, shouts rang out from the direction of the entrance to the village, and at the same time, there was the sound of whining horns!
At this time, in the dark night, a group of more than 200 bandit cavalry rushed towards the village, and in the blink of an eye, it was already close to the desert village.
Whew!
Arrows are raining down!
Someone on the watchtower was hit by an arrow and fell from above. At the same time, there were also cavalrymen who were rushing to kill and fell from their horses.
The two sides had barely clashed before there were already casualties.
Uncle Yong stood on the watchtower, holding the longbow in his hand, and every arrow shot was to shoot down a bandit cavalryman.
However, at this time, the 200 bandit cavalry had already come to the outside of the wall with the help of the cover of the night, and a small number of them had also crossed into the village with hook and rope tools.
Uncle Yong's expression was slightly cold, and he roared: "The crossbowmen suppress it with all their might, don't let them in." ”