Chapter 608 Protecting the village is protecting our own family
As Guan Xiaorou's order was conveyed, the entire Xihewan Village took action quickly.
The three village chiefs stopped at the kiln factory, cement factory, lime factory and various construction sites and gathered all the male workers.
"Young and old men, brothers and sisters, I don't need to tell you what is going on in the village right now."
The old village chief stood on the stage and shouted: "The bandits took advantage of my husband's absence and came to Jinchuan to plunder. Now they have arrived at Liudian, Nanshan, more than ten miles away, and are heading towards the village!"
Needless to say what will happen after the bandits enter the village, right?
The lady said that from now on, men will form a tiger-fighting team and work with bodyguards to deal with bandits!
If anyone is scared, get out of Xihewan now! If you behave well, Madam will find someone to write it down, and you will be rewarded heavily when you come back!"
"Old village chief, you don't regard us as a family when you say that. Although I am not from Xihewan or Guanjia Village, my whole family has moved here. Madam, I don't need to explain, I will also help fight the bandits."
"Madam, what you say about rewards or not is too outsider. Although I, Lao Zhang, am a rough man and have never read a book, I still understand that protecting the village means protecting ourselves!"
"Yes, if the bandits enter the village, we will all die!"
"Brothers, fight the bandits!"
The world is in chaos, and the people all know the consequences of bandits entering the village.
Moreover, many male workers from other villages had their hometowns harmed by bandits, and they already hated the bandits in their hearts.
It didn't take the old village chief to mobilize, but the male workers themselves felt a sense of crisis.
One by one, they went home and picked up weapons such as hatchets, kitchen knives, and spears. If there was more than one man in the family, and if the weapons were not enough, they would go to the iron smelting workshop to borrow them.
In less than half an hour, the largest tiger hunting team in Xihewan was established.
Now the open space between Xihewan and Guanjiacun has been filled with factories and dormitories. Xihewan, Guanjiacun, and the Xihewan Second Team composed of people from other villages have been connected into a large area.
In order to facilitate management, the three village chiefs also divided the tiger hunting team into three parts.
The male workers in each village protect their own village.
For a time, the atmosphere in the three villages became extremely solemn.
Especially in Xihewan Village, female workers were spinning threads and weaving cloth, with hand crossbows and arrow boxes aside.
As long as the gong sounds, they can pick up the crossbow and join the battle.
Guan Xiaorou gathered all the old and weak in the village into the textile factory canteen.
When he originally designed the courtyard, Jin Feng had considered the issue of defense.
The textile factory, Jin Feng's courtyard, and the smelting workshop are all separated by only a wall. There are fortresses and hidden cells where arrows can be fired around the wall, which can be regarded as the last line of defense in Xihewan.
If bandits invade the village, Guan Xiaorou can lead the female workers in the textile factory to stage a final resistance.
"Sister-in-law, the factory and laboratory are all set up."
Xiaoyu came in and reported.
There are too many secrets of Jin Feng in the laboratory and various factories.
So Guan Xiaorou arranged for Xiaoyu to bury explosives under the laboratory and some key equipment.
If it is absolutely necessary, Guan Xiaorou will order these places to be bombed.
All the materials from each factory were sent to the back mountain warehouse.
As the old saying goes, an honest person's temper is like a thunder in the dog days of summer. Don't bully an honest person if you have no intention of doing it.
Honest people are not fools, they just don't want to care so much.
People with weaker personalities will be more ruthless than ordinary people once they become ruthless.
For example, Guan Xiaorou now has madness in her eyes, and Xiaoyu suspects that she is ready to die with the bandits.
"Have you sent the message to Brother Liang?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"It was passed, but Brother Liang was moving forward with the army at a very slow speed and there was no time at all."
Xiaoyu asked tentatively: "How about sending a message to my brother and asking him to bring someone back as soon as possible?"
Xiaoyu's elder brother is Liu Tie, who, like Zhang Liang, is one of the first villagers to follow Jin Feng.
At first he was responsible for leading the escort team to transport goods, but later the escort team was replaced by the escort agency. He became the general manager of the village, helping Jin Feng coordinate the relationship between the escort agency, the chamber of commerce and various factories.
When Jin Feng went to Xichuan, Liu Tie was responsible for leading the laborers to transport the heavy supplies of grain and grass, and was considered the person in charge of logistics.
Jianmen Pass is very important to Jinchuan and must be handed over to a reliable person.
Zhang Liang thought over and over again and decided to recruit Liu Tie into the Zhenyuan Army and then send him there.
So Liu Tie led hundreds of cavalry and rushed to Jianmen Pass.
The Zhenyuan Army's procedures were neat and the handover should have been smooth. However, the original guard at Jianmen Pass received instructions from the powerful. After the handover was halfway through, he was in trouble. He was always finding fault with the eggs and refused to go through the next process.
At this time, the document has been stamped. Speaking of which, Jianmen Pass already belongs to the Zhenyuan Army.
If something goes wrong at Jianmenguan, it will be the responsibility of the Zhenyuan Army. As the person in charge of the Zhenyuan Army, Jin Feng will definitely be implicated.
Under such circumstances, how could Liu Tie dare to take people away? It would be like being tied to Jianmen Pass.
Jin Feng had just over a thousand war horses in total, and Liu Tie had six hundred.
Moreover, he led three hundred bodyguards and three hundred Zhenyuan troops, both of whom were elite.
If Liu Tie brings people back for reinforcements, the crisis in Jinchuan can be greatly alleviated.
But Guan Xiaorou frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said: "The people over at Jianmen Pass are deliberately making things difficult for your brother, just to keep him there. If your brother brings someone back, it will be exactly what they want!
Mu Lan told me that if we lose the pass, we can be beheaded according to the law, but your brother can't touch it!"
Jianmen Pass is the main pass into Shu. According to Dakang regulations, the garrison cannot be less than 500 at any time.
It was also for this reason that Zhang Liang sent 600 people there.
The extra 100 men were just to prevent the defender from making trouble.
Jin Feng usually tries to avoid being picked on by others, and Guan Xiaorou was also affected.
So no matter how difficult the situation in Xihewan was, she never thought of asking Liu Tie to lead people to come back for reinforcements.
Because this may implicate Jin Feng, and let people take this matter to challenge Jin Feng.
"How about this? Let my brother send someone to bring back some of the war horses. Is that okay?" Xiaoyu asked.
"This is fine!"
Guan Xiaorou nodded slightly.
There are too few war horses in the village. You have to run on two legs wherever you go, which is too slow.
If there are war horses, the speed of supporting various places will be several times faster.
"Then I'll go deliver the message right away." Xiaoyu promised and ran out to deliver the message.
Xihewan was busy. Thousands of miles away, Jin Feng led Tang Xiaobei and others into Suizhou County despite the cold wind.
Suizhou is located in northern Hubei, two hundred miles to the west is the Han River.
The Han River is also one of the important tributaries of the Yangtze River, so the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce also has a station in Suizhou County.
After Jin Feng and the others entered the city, they went straight to the Chamber of Commerce's headquarters.
"Sir! Madam!"
When the female shopkeeper stationed in Suizhou saw Jin Feng, she burst into tears of excitement: "Finally we've waited for you!"
"What's up?"
Jin Feng and Tang Xiaobei looked at each other, each seeing a trace of worry in the other's eyes.