In the wild field outside Baidu House on the rocky beach, a group of children were digging wild vegetables.
There is always not enough food here, and wild vegetables are only half the year's supply.
A little boy of eleven or twelve years old was carrying a basket on his back, taking the family's skinny big yellow dog and his eight-year-old sister, while walking in search of wild vegetables. These vegetable dumplings were the lunch at home.
Both parents were drafted to build the village wall.
They have to dig wild vegetables to feed themselves and their sister.
His name is Zhuzhu, and he is a child of a military family.
Lord Baihu moved everyone to the town. Now there are too many people digging wild vegetables, and they have to walk a long way.
Everyone was very hungry and walking was painful.
Fortunately, Baihu Adult T-shirts are available for everyone.
In the past two days, barrels of porridge have arrived by ship.
Every morning, the entire household, regardless of age or sex, was given a bowl. Each person was also given a stainless steel basin as cutlery and a steel spoon.
That steel basin is so beautiful. It can be used as a mirror and can clearly reflect people's figures.
That porridge is so delicious! There is a thick layer of oil floating on it.
I also added salt. How long have I not eaten salt?
There is also a flavor of spices in the soup.
Thinking of this, his stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
Quickly tighten the belt made of straw rope.
"Brother, I still have a piece of vegetable dumplings that my mother brought here. You can eat it first."
"Brother, you're not hungry. Nanny, be good. You can eat it. This is what my mother gave you."
As he spoke, he stroked the girl's withered hair lovingly.
"Woo, woof, woof woof woof" Rhubarb became irritated inexplicably and started barking in a low voice.
The little girl was short enough to hug the neck of this skinny dog with a big frame.
"Dahuang, don't scream, are you hungry?"
The little girl comforted Rhubarb with her little hands.
The boy felt something was wrong, so he climbed up a big locust tree with his hands and feet.
Looking around, the wilderness is open to the sun.
On the distant horizon, facing the sun, several black spots appear at the junction of heaven and earth.
Then, more and more black spots appeared.
The speed is very fast, as the distance gets closer.
He saw clearly, cavalry!
He quickly slid down from the tree. He grabbed his sister and put her on Dahuang's back.
"Sister, listen to me,"
The little girl was in pain from being caught by him and looked stupidly at her anxious-looking brother.
"Hold Rhubarb's neck and don't let go. Rhubarb will take you back to the village. Brother, if you have something else to do, go back later. Don't come out when you get home. Wait for your parents to come back. Remember that?"
The little girl nodded stupidly.
"Brother, give me your backpack, we are going to have vegetable dumplings tonight."
"Obey, don't stop. Dahuang, run back, go home, run!"
The big dog whined anxiously, refusing to leave its little master behind.
Zhuzi was anxious, picked up the branch and pulled it over.
"Get out of here!"
Dahuang let out a grievance scream.
Carrying the little girl on his back, he jumped out like an arrow.
The little girl stumbled and almost fell down, so she hugged the dog's neck tightly.
Zhuzi kicked the basket over, took out a gong that Mr. Wang had given him, and banged it with all his strength.
"Bang, bang, bang." In the wilderness, the sound of the gong can be heard far away.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood up to look around.
Zhuzi ran towards the town, beating the gong and shouting: "Stop digging, run away, the horse bandits are coming."
"Run quickly, the horse bandits are coming."
With a bang, the group of children exploded, running back in a swarm of cries.
Some shoes ran away and I came back to pick them up. Shoes are important property and you will be beaten if you lose them.
"Dunzi, you're crazy, don't stop, run away." Zhuzhu grabbed Dunzi and kicked and beat him to drive him away.
"Wow!" A little girl of seven or eight years old ran away from her family and sat on the ground crying.
There are people running around everywhere. I don’t know whose house it belongs to.
The cavalrymen in the distance heard the gong and immediately began to speed up.
Two legs cannot run as fast as four legs, let alone a hungry child.
Soon the cavalry caught up.
The sharp saber flashed past, and a small human head flew up. The body ran forward for a few more steps before falling down.
Zhu Zhu gritted his teeth, hugged the little girl and covered her mouth, rolled along with the situation, and rolled under a big rock. There was a small pit there, which he had accidentally fallen into before.
He leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Don't be afraid, don't talk, they won't hear you."
The killing outside continued. There were screams of people being trampled by horse hooves with their bones broken, voices begging for life, and helpless cries.
At this moment, the little girl opened her eyes quietly. The skinny brother beside her gave her a great sense of security. She suddenly wasn't afraid anymore and calmed down.
In the distance, Dahuang had already run into the village. The little girl looked back and cried: "Brother, brother".
The wall has not been completed yet. Everyone has worked day and night in the past ten days, and it has only been built three feet high and five feet thick. General Banner Wang Dali and General Banner Zhang Wuge looked outside anxiously.
Fifty cavalrymen drowned dozens of children in an instant.
Wang Dali angrily hammered the unfinished wall with his fist.
"These beasts."
Brother Zhang Wu shouted, "Hurry up and have the messenger go out through the back door and ride on horseback to report the news to Master Baihu and Master Qianhu."
"Distribute weapons, quickly, distribute weapons"
Thirty waist knives, thirty-five bows, and sixty sharp spears were quickly sent out. What was left of the three hundred and twenty-one strong men held the long handles used for felling trees that were brought by the Hundred Households by ship this time.
ax.
According to the order of the adults of the hundred households, the women first gave each person a bamboo pole with one end sharpened, and the sharp end was burned with fire to increase the hardness.
Everyone stopped their work and carried the simple horses made of thorny bushes and thorns cut from the mountains in recent days up to the village wall. Everyone huddled behind the three-foot-high wall.
The cavalry ran thirty meters away from the village wall and did not advance any further.
The leader saw a newly dug three-meter-wide and two-meter-deep surrounding trench, and a new three-foot-high wall built with rammed earth. There were also a lot of thorns placed on the wall to keep horses away.
Behind the village wall and the horse, many spears were swinging.
I don't know how many people are inside.
They were already prepared.
This raid has failed. There is no need to use precious cavalry to directly attack the enemy.
This small number of manpower is not enough to break through this well-prepared stronghold. It seems that there are many people with weapons inside.
Wang Dali waved his hand and said, "Shoot, shoot these bastards to death."
Some of the fifty or so hunters in the town used issued cavalry bows and striding bows, and some used their own hunting bows to shoot at these horse bandits.
For a moment, arrows flew like locusts. At such a close distance, the hit rate was still very high. More than thirty people on the opposite side were hit by arrows.
The next moment, Wang Dali and Zhang Wu Ge's eyes widened.
Only three people and a horse were shot dead on the opposite side.
The arrows were stuck in those people's bodies, dangling, and they had armor inside their robes.
Wang Dali and Brother Zhang looked at each other in horror.
They are not horse bandits.
The cavalry began to retreat, out of the range of the bow and arrow, and then began to walk around the stockade, faintly surrounding the stockade.
"Have the messengers gone out?" Brother Zhang Wu asked.
"Sir, I'm going out to burn incense. I'm riding the fastest horse. The horse bandits can't catch up."
Brother Zhang Wu and Wang Dali breathed a sigh of relief.
This chapter has been completed!