As the village chief issued orders one after another, Xihewan became chaotic.
First, the fastest Iron Hammer, with more than forty war horses, roared out of the village.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Tie took almost all the men in the village and trotted off pushing a dozen carts.
All the women in the village took action and rushed to the textile factory canteen with their children and valuables at home.
Tang Dongdong also suspended the night shift in the textile factory, and all the female workers in Xihewan and Guanjiacun gathered in the canteen.
Female workers who came from other villages to seek refuge were required to return to their temporary dormitories immediately.
Soon, Xiaoyu, along with several female soldiers and the wounded, set up heavy crossbows at various intersections leading to the textile factory and smelting factory.
The female soldiers were responsible for firing, and the women in the village were responsible for winding and filling the winches.
For a time, the entire atmosphere in Xihewan became solemn.
Not long after Liu Tie set off, the female soldiers on guard in the highlands hurriedly found the village chief and Tang Dongdong.
"Village Chief, Director Dongdong, someone is coming outside!"
The female soldier said anxiously.
The expressions of the village chief and Tang Dongdong changed drastically at the same time, and they ran to the high ground immediately.
Sure enough, more than a mile outside the village, a team came quickly.
Hundreds of torches look like a fire dragon, winding nearly two hundred meters long. It looks like there are quite a lot of people there.
"There won't really be any bandits coming to attack Xihewan today, right?"
There was deep fear on the village chief's face.
At this time, it can be said that Xihewan's defense is at its weakest. If hundreds of bandits really come to kill, the consequences will be disastrous!
But even knowing this, the village chief and Tang Dongdong did not regret sending people to rescue Jin Feng.
Because if Jin Feng died, the consequences would be more serious than if Xihewan was attacked by bandits at this time.
It can be said that all the people in Xihewan are soldiers now. There are many women who have received amateur training, and they are fighting at home. They may not survive until dawn.
But if Jin Feng dies, the sky in Xihewan will never light up again.
"Village chief, if bandits really came to attack us, they wouldn't be so blatant."
Tang Dongdong said: "Could it be someone from Guanjia Village?"
"It's indeed the direction to Guanjiacun."
The old village chief thought for a moment: "I'll go over and have a look. If it's a bandit, I'll fire an arrow to warn you. You should be prepared in advance. If it's Laoguan, I'll bring him over."
"No, this is too dangerous, village chief, you can't go."
Tang Dongdong immediately shook his head.
If it's someone from Guanjia Village, everyone will be happy. If it's a bandit, the old village chief may not be able to escape after letting go of the sounding arrow.
"I am probably the only man with intact legs and feet left in the village now. If I don't go, who will?"
The old village chief couldn't help but ran out directly.
Tang Dongdong also knew that this was the best way now. He bit his lip and glanced at the village chief's back, then ran to notify Xiaoyu to make preparations.
At the entrance of the village, the original patrol posts had been withdrawn to the textile factory. The village chief hid in the grass next to him, then lay down in the grass and crawled out quietly.
After all, he was old. The village chief only climbed a short distance before his back hurt. However, he still did not dare to get up, and he held the crossbow tighter and tighter.
As long as he discovers that the other party is a bandit, he will immediately pull the trigger and fire a loud arrow.
The village chief and the torch team are getting closer and closer.
When the distance was only a dozen meters, the village chief finally saw it clearly.
Who is the leader of the torch team, if not Mr. Guan Sanye from Guanjiacun?
Following Mr. Guan San is Jin Feng’s eldest uncle, Guan Zhuzhu.
The stone in the village chief's heart finally fell to the ground, and his arms fell to the ground.
"who?"
Guan Zhuzhu heard the movement in the grass and stood in front of Mr. Guan, holding a hatchet.
"It's me!" The village chief got up from the grass: "Guan Laosan, you scared me to death!"
"You crawled out of the haystack at night and you said I was scaring you?" Mr. Guan said angrily: "What are you doing?"
"Aren't you afraid that you are bandits?" the village chief asked, "Why are you here?"
"Lao Jun came to your village today to visit relatives. When he was returning from dinner, he heard two loud arrows being fired from your village on the way, so he ran back and told me."
Guan Sanye said: "When I heard that something big must have happened, I called all the men in the village to see what was going on."
"Then you really arrived just in time."
When the village chief heard this, he held Master Guan Sanye's hand movedly: "Now only women are left in our village."
"What happened?" Guan Sanye asked.
"Brother Feng and Xiaorou went to the county government today to apply for a marriage certificate for Miss Xiaobei. On their way back, they were robbed by bandits..."
"What?!"
When Guan Sanye heard this, his eyebrows stood up: "Brother Feng is not only from Xihewan, but also the son-in-law of our Guanjia Village. Such a big thing happened to him, why didn't you send someone to inform me?"
Jinfeng is not only the sky of Xihewan, but also the sky of Guanjiacun.
"When I got the news, I immediately asked Tie Hammer to take the men on horseback and leave first. Then Tie Zi took away all the men in the village. How could I have time to inform you?"
The village chief said helplessly.
“Let’s settle this account later!”
Guan Sanye pointed at the village chief, turned around and shouted: "Zhuzi, you immediately take the tiger team to chase Liu Tie. Lao Jiu, you take the rest of the people and follow Lao Liu's arrangements, do you hear me?"
"heard it!"
Guan Zhuzhu agreed and ran away with the Guanjia Village Tiger Fighting Team.
Guan Laojiu took the remaining men and followed the village chief into the village.
In fact, those people from other villages who came to seek refuge just now also approached the village chief and expressed their desire to help, but the village chief did not dare to let them take on defensive tasks, so he politely refused.
But Guanjiacun is different. Because of Jin Feng's relationship, the two villages are almost indistinguishable from each other, and they are completely trustworthy people.
…
On the other side, Jin Feng's group, led by the hunter, finally arrived at Heishuigou.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Zhang Liang saw Jin Feng under the small city tower and was startled by their appearance.
This was the first time he saw Jin Feng in such a miserable state.
"We encountered bandits."
Jin Feng explained the matter briefly and concisely.
"How dare you ambush sir? They are so tired!"
Zhang Liang's eyes widened in anger: "Sir, wait, I will send people to kill them all!"
"No, if I guess correctly, they have already run away."
Jin Feng said: "Hurry up and send a fast horse back to Xihewan and tell them to send a few carriages over tomorrow to take the injured brothers back for treatment first."
"I'm going to make arrangements now, Erkui, you take Mr. and the others up to rest first."
Zhang Liang agreed and immediately went out to arrange manpower.
Erkui took Jin Feng and others to the small tower.
There are several rooms below the tower, where the bandits usually rest.
At this time it became a dormitory for veterans.
When Jin Feng came, the best room naturally became Jin Feng's.
But the so-called best room was also very simple. There was a layer of black dust on both the table and the bed.
"I'm sorry, sir, this damn place is full of black ash. Even after wiping it today, it will still be there tomorrow. It will never be wiped away. Later, Brother Liang stopped letting me wipe it off."
Erkui wiped the stool with his sleeves and was embarrassed to explain.
"Wait a moment!"
Jin Feng stretched out his fingers to pinch some black ash, put it under the oil lamp, and looked at it carefully.
A hint of surprise gradually appeared on his face: "You said there is this kind of black and gray everywhere here?"
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