In fact, most of the bandits currently operating in Jinchuan are the surrounding people.
With the help of Master Chen, many bandits thought that Xihewan was full of money and food. After the fortress was burned down, they rushed into the village crazily, fearing that they would be robbed of their money and food if they ran too slowly.
As for the villagers in Xihewan and Guanjia Village, if the bandits rush into the village, the whole family will be destroyed.
So before Guan Xiaorou's order was passed on, the men from the Tiger Fighting Team spontaneously ran towards the entrance of the village.
The two sides met at the threshing floor at the entrance of the village and started fighting.
Neither of the attackers was a professional soldier, but the battle was extremely fierce from the beginning.
The fog was so heavy that the men in the Tiger Fighting Team had not received professional training and were unable to form a complete defense line. Many bandits took advantage of the chaos and rushed into the village.
Then waiting for them were the female workers on the day shift.
They hid behind courtyard walls, haystacks and other places, and fired cold arrows at the bandits who entered the village.
After several months of practice, the female workers were able to master their archery skills, but the bandits who entered the village were attacked one after another.
In case of miss, the female worker can escape quickly by relying on the familiar terrain.
It was the first time for the bandits to come to Xihewan. The fog was so thick that they couldn't even figure out the way and couldn't catch up.
Even if they could catch up, they would be secretly shot by other female workers.
The battle lasted from dawn to midnight, and ended only when the thick fog dissipated.
There were still too few bandits, and the terrain was unfamiliar, so the tiger hunting team and the female workers on the day shift teamed up to drive them out of the village.
"Village chief, bring people to add heavy crossbows and catapults at the entrance of the village. Be careful of bandits coming again!"
"Xiaoyu, count the number of casualties and arrange for military doctors to treat the wounded as soon as possible!"
"Dongdong, take two hundred people from the factory and go to the medical room to help!"
Guan Xiaorou calmly issued instructions one after another.
The village was once again busy.
Guan Xiaorou and Aju rushed to the medical room to visit the wounded.
The medical room has been expanded and a row of brick wards has been built.
At this time, all the wards were filled with wounded people. In the cold weather, Wei Wuya and a group of female military doctors were sweating profusely from their work.
"Sister-in-law, all the injured brothers and sisters have been brought here, and the brothers who died in the battle have also been buried and temporarily placed in the shed next to the threshing floor."
Xiaoyu found Guan Xiaorou and reported it.
"How many brothers were killed in the battle?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"Six female workers died, and 123 brothers from the Tiger Squad died in battle!"
Xiaoyu replied: "But we killed more than two hundred bandits and captured more than a hundred alive."
"So many casualties?"
Guan Xiaorou's heart trembled.
She knew that people would definitely die, but she didn't expect that there would be so many.
"Sister-in-law, people will definitely die in a war. There is nothing we can do about it."
Xiaoyu pointed to the ward: "The trouble is, many brothers in the Tiger Fighting Team were injured this time, and now there are not even half of them who can continue to fight..."
Only some of the bandits who came to attack Xihewan were arranged by Master Chen, and most of the others were ordinary people.
Who among ordinary people would dare to kill someone easily?
Even if you dare, without professional training, it is difficult to kill with one blow.
So during the fight, both sides basically used weapons such as kitchen knives to hack at each other randomly.
Many of the dead tiger team members and bandits died from excessive wounds and excessive bleeding.
On the contrary, the female workers who fired cold arrows pointed towards the fatal position, and the bandit who was shot basically died on the spot.
This style of fighting also resulted in many injuries to the tiger-fighting team members.
While the two were talking, a man on crutches came bounding over.
This man is Lao Fan, one of the two disabled company commanders left behind in the village.
Another company commander was on duty at the No. 2 fort at the time and had been burned to death by the fire.
At this time, there were still blood stains on Lao Fan's clothes and crutches, so he had obviously been on the front line before.
"Captain Fan, you are here!"
Guan Xiaorou asked Aju to move a stool and motioned for Lao Fan to sit down.
"Thank you, madam!" Captain Fan was very tired and was not polite.
"What are the casualties of the bodyguard?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"Everyone alive is here."
Captain Fan sighed and pointed to the ward.
The bandits launched a sneak attack, and the night shift escorts bore the brunt of the attack and suffered the most serious casualties.
The company's elder boy was burned to death directly in the fortress, and more than 70% of the rest of the bodyguards were killed in the battle. The 30% who survived were all injured and sent here.
Captain Fan came here to visit the injured bodyguard.
"Are there many casualties among the bodyguards on the day shift?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
Captain Fan shook his head and sighed: "Only 40% can continue to fight."
"Why is this happening?" Guan Xiaorou frowned slightly.
She could understand that the night shift escort was attacked and suffered heavy casualties, but the day shift escort was in the dormitory at the time, so how could there be so many casualties?
"The fog is too heavy today. We formed a battle formation and couldn't see where the enemy was."
Captain Fan said helplessly: "I have no choice but to ask everyone to disperse."
After saying this, Guan Xiaorou understood.
The combat effectiveness of escorts is mainly reflected in their mutual cooperation.
After being dispersed, the bodyguards were not much stronger than ordinary people. Once they were surrounded by bandits, they would be unable to defeat four people with just two fists.
Guan Xiaorou was about to speak when a female escort hurried in: "Madam, team leader, a message came from Guaizigou. There is a group of over a thousand bandits coming towards us!"
"Over a thousand people?"
Guan Xiaorou clenched her fists so tightly that her fingers turned white.
There are already many bandits gathering at the entrance of the village, and other bandits come from time to time.
The tiger-fighting team and the escort team both suffered more than half casualties, and the fortress at the entrance of the village was destroyed.
The most terrible thing is that it is cloudy again today, it is just after noon, fog has begun to form in the valley, and there will definitely be another thick fog at night.
Once another group of bandits with more than a thousand people comes over, Xihewan may not be able to survive.
Guan Xiaorou bit her lip twice, forced herself to calm down, and tried to think of countermeasures.
But now that Xihewan has become a hot spot in the eyes of bandits, and Guan Xiaorou doesn't have Zhang Liang's insight and talent, what good solution can she come up with in a short time?
We can only call Tang Dongdong and ask her to try her best to mobilize female workers to fill the vacancies in the tiger fighting team and bodyguards.
Soon, the news spread in the village that a large number of bandits were coming, and the whole village was enveloped in a tense atmosphere of impending rain.
After Guan Xiaorou arranged the task, she climbed up the hillside at the entrance of the village.
Looking at the dense crowd of bandits outside the village, he looked solemn.
Dozens of miles away, Zuo Feifei on Iron Can Mountain also had the same expression as Guan Xiaorou.
In the past few days, Iron Can Mountain had also encountered several bandit attacks, but they were all repelled by the guards and female workers stationed there.
The reason for Zuo Feifei's solemn expression was not that Iron Can Mountain was in danger, but that she had just received news that a large number of bandits had appeared near Guaizi Valley.
Those who went to Xihewan to harvest the new year's grain were the Tiegunshan bandits, and the two sides were not far apart.
Zuo Feifei heard about the battle that took place in the village last night and the current situation.
We also know very well how serious the consequences will be if these bandits from Guaizigou are allowed to run to Xihewan!
Although Tieguan Mountain is not the only way for bandits to pass, it is between Guaizigou and Xihewan.