When the refugees in front saw Xu Yunjin and others, their first reaction was to be on guard.
The men quickly formed a circle with the women and children in the middle, and an old man who was fairly well-dressed walked out from the crowd.
"This fellow, we are from Nanyun Village, and I am the village chief of Nanyun Village. Where did you come from?"
Mr. Xu and Xu Danian looked at each other, and Xu Danian stepped forward, cupped his hands and spoke to the old man.
"Hey, we came from Hanshan Pass. When the barbarians attacked the city, the villagers waited at the entrance of the village with their belongings. They also sent people to inquire about the situation in the city. When the situation was not good, we left before the city was broken and ran away.
It took two days to get here.”
The person who spoke was Chief Shi of Yuqian Village. Their village got its name because of the large Yuqian tree.
Yuqian Village is also considered a relatively prosperous village in Hanshan Pass, but right now, these people seem to be worse off than the people in Nanyun Village.
"Grandpa, will there be an army of barbarians chasing you after you escape?"
Xu Yunjin, who was following Mr. Xu, asked.
"Yes, we were prepared at the beginning. Although there were natural disasters in the past two years, there was not much food, but each family still left some food in stock, but it didn't take long..." Village Chief Shi swallowed even more at this point.
"An hour after we left, the gate of Hanshanguan Gate was broken. It's not like you can walk through the mountains when we go south. The so-called trails have long been turned into avenues with people coming and going. They are not as smooth as the official roads, but they are closer than the official roads.
, not long after walking along the trail, we heard the sound of horse hooves from behind, and the villagers hurriedly hid. Only when we saw the retreating soldiers did we know that the city was broken."
"The army withdrew, how did you escape from danger?"
When Xu Danian heard that the situation was so critical, he lost the stability of a village leader and asked Village Chief Shi anxiously.
"Later, when we saw the army leaving, we quickly followed it, but the army was all well-trained soldiers, and there were horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts. We couldn't keep up, and we were left behind soon.
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Village Chief Shi paused before continuing.
"But then a team of about a hundred people came after them. They were the vanguard of the barbarians who came to explore the road. When they saw the people in the village, they started killing people and took away a lot of food. We fought hard but only managed to save half of the food and food.
The villagers, and finally a group of Qi soldiers from behind, rescued us, saying that the barbarians were massacring the city, and told us to leave as soon as possible, and hurriedly resettled our dead relatives, and we escaped."
After saying this, Village Chief Shi burst into tears, and the woman in Yuqian Village had already collapsed to the ground crying.
The people in Nanyun Village also had red eyes, and the men's eyes were red, obviously very angry. Mrs. Zhang and Grandma Chunhua directly cursed:
"These damn barbarians are so cruel and inhumane that they massacred the city. Why didn't God send down a thunderbolt to kill them?"
Xu Yunjin was also frightened. How many people would die if the city was massacred? Even if most of the people in Hanshan Pass were evacuated, wouldn't those who had not had time to leave become the dead souls of the sword?
Xu Yunjin, who grew up in peaceful times, felt the cruelty of ancient war for the first time.
"Chief Shi, my condolences. Alas, this natural and man-made disaster has made the people sad. I hope Daqi's army can defend Yuzhong County and prevent the people of Yuzhong from suffering like this again."
Village Chief Shi wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve and said to Xu Danian.
"Village Chief Xu, I don't know which city in the south your village plans to go to. Can our village go with you?"
There are only a few women, children and about twenty young adults left in Yuqian Village, and some of them are injured.
Their total number is less than a hundred, which is miserable compared to the current large team of more than 400 people in Nanyun Village.
"this……"
It's not that Xu Yongnian doesn't want to agree, but he is not an arbitrary village chief. He cannot decide on such a big matter by himself.
The villagers in Nanyun Village are very obedient. The Lin family, Li family and Wu family, as in-laws of the Xu family, although they are not from Nanyun Village, they are the only ones who obey the orders.
If the people of Yuqian Village disagree with them later, which village chief should they listen to?
"Uncle village chief, promise them. Our village has more laborers than theirs. If we let them stay with us, we can take care of them more."
"Yes, Nian, look at these women and children. If they are allowed to go on the road alone, they will definitely be bullied by others."
Xu Danian was still thinking about how to tactfully refuse the proposal of going with them, but the villagers already spoke up, and then everyone agreed and asked everyone in Yuqian Village to go with them.
"Okay, okay, since everyone has agreed to go with Yuqian Village, we should take care of them on the way and don't disturb them if nothing happens."
Xu Yongnian was very happy. The villagers in his village were very kind. Not only did they not refuse, but they also took the initiative to say that they would take care of them. They were worthy of being the villagers of Nanyun Village, but they still had to beat what should be beaten.
"Thank you all the villagers of Nanyun Village."
Village Chief Shi first thanked the villagers of Nanyun Village and then said to the villagers of Yuqian Village behind him:
"Fellows, we will follow the people of Nanyun Village from now on. From now on, we will follow the command of Village Chief Xu and follow them."
Village Chief Shi was very happy that there was a team that could accept them. The villagers of Yuqian Village thanked the people of Nanyun Village one after another. The scene changed from the heavy sadness at the beginning to a very harmonious one.
Looking at this scene, Xu Yunjin's eyes felt a little sour. These people were very simple and kind-hearted.
At least so far, I haven't met any top performers, but it seems like they haven't received the treatment they deserve.
There was no need to open a road, so the young and middle-aged people in Nanyun Village went to help some people in Yuqian Village push their carts. There was no need to waste time. They wanted to get to a place where they could rest as soon as possible.
As Xu Yunjin walked, he wondered whether Yuzhong County could be defended and whether they could escape safely to the south. The farther back they went, the more refugees there would be.
She was suddenly a little scared. If she met bandits and refugees on the road robbing food and water, or were overtaken by the northern barbarians, how would they, who were helpless, escape.
Although I have always tried to find ways to improve the health of my family members since I accepted them, and I have collected good medicinal materials to replenish their health.
After he was four years old, he taught his family how to do Juntiquan and Tai Chi, but this was not enough.
Speaking of learning Juntaiquan and Tai Chi, I learned them from my grandfather and father and brother in my previous life. Xu Yunjin has been very active since she was a child. When she was a child, she watched her grandfather playing Tai Chi and followed her to learn it.
When he was a little older, his father and brother who were soldiers took him to learn shooting and boxing, so Xu Yunjin was somewhat skilled, otherwise he would not have gone to the mountains alone and climbed up the cliff to collect herbs.
Although he was bitten by a snake and fell off the cliff and lost his life, it was not an accident.
After all, girls are afraid of such ugly, soft and cold things, so everyone in the Xu family is now in good physical condition.
In particular, she and her younger brother Xu Yunzhao are two weirdos because, for whatever reason, they both inherited the super strength of their grandfather Lin Dali.
Xu Yunjin didn't realize how strong she was until she was two years old, and it wasn't until she couldn't help but follow Zhang around in the vegetable garden that she realized how strong she was.
Although he was young, he was almost as old as Xu Yunnan, who was nine years old at the time, but the Xu family members tacitly agreed not to let the matter spread.
As she gets older, Xu Yunjin has become a strongwoman in the past two years. Although she is not strong enough to carry a cauldron, she can easily carry a hundred or two kilograms at a young age.
As a result, every time I went to my grandpa's house, I would be taken to wander in the mountains, so I also harvested a lot of good medicinal materials.
Among the three brothers and sisters, only Xu Yunqing is weaker. The other two siblings are both strong men.
At the end of the day (approximately five o'clock), everyone arrived at a place where they could rest. It was a small forest, and it was so crowded that it could barely accommodate most people.
The rest each found a flat spot, more or less shaded by trees, and settled down.
"Sister, let's go collect some firewood."
We have been walking for a day, and everyone is already hungry, hungry and thirsty.
Xu Yunjin felt too uncomfortable and wanted to do something. After he stopped, he said to Xu Yunmeng.
"You two, be careful. Just pick up some dead branches around here. Anyway, it's drought now, and there are dead branches everywhere. Bring your cousin Yi and the two younger siblings from Grandpa Li's house. Yunmeng, please keep an eye on it.
Them, don't let them get away."
After walking for a day, Mr. Xu and Ms. Zhang were very tired and went to rest. The two old men were old after all, and the two behind them also rode in an ox cart for a while.
"I know Auntie, we are nearby."
Mrs. Lin, who was packing her things, heard that they were going to collect firewood, so she ordered Xu Yunjin to take the children of the Lin family and the Li family with them. This chapter has been completed!