It was just getting a little dark, and when the sentry on the steep slope saw someone coming, he only glanced this way and didn't notice anything unusual.
The Taoist Master Jue came to the bottom of the steep slope.
He raised his head slightly, glanced upward slightly, and made sure there was nothing unusual. Then he pretended to be like an ordinary person, holding on to the rope, and climbed up staggeringly.
On the steep slope, no one noticed anything unusual or felt that danger was coming. Some of them were still dozing off behind rocks.
When Ma Xiaogang heard the noise, he just raised his eyes and looked here, then lowered his head to eat the pancake in his hand.
After Jueding Taoist came up, he glanced at the scene and saw that a dozen or so people were scattered and scattered.
He thought to himself that if he was not sure of hitting all the targets, it would be best not to take action. He chose to continue to muddle through and walked to sit behind a huge rock as if nothing had happened.
He pretended to rest on a rock and looked around from the corner of his eye. When he was sure that no one noticed him, he got up and walked to a rock farther ahead.
Leaning on the rock, he looked back carefully, but he still didn't arouse anyone's suspicion.
The supreme Taoist became bolder.
He hunched over and walked a few steps further down the mountain, still hiding behind a rock.
After repeating this process for three or four miles, and making sure that he had escaped the sight of everyone above him, Jueding Taoist threw away his clothes and strode down the mountain.
The people guarding the steep slope didn't realize something was wrong until they were having lunch. Ma Xiaogang was missing one person no matter what. After checking, they discovered that the hidden sentry that had been removed this morning was missing.
After searching around, he saw the clothes thrown in the haystack by the roadside. Looking at the bloody clothes, Ma Xiao just realized that something was wrong.
I quickly ran to the woods to check, and found that the two secret sentries had been killed, and their bodies were placed on the back of a tree.
Everyone carefully recalled the scene in the morning, and finally convinced that one of the other parties had escaped.
This was no small matter, so Ma Xiaogang quickly sent someone to deliver the message down the mountain.
At midnight, the messenger came back, making the whole Hetou Village restless.
When Chen Xiaobei heard the dog barking fiercely, he put on his clothes and walked out of the yard.
After hearing the village team members explain the situation, Chen Xiaobei couldn't help but sigh.
In this matter, I was responsible. I sent five people down the mountain, which invisibly reduced the defensive intensity on the steep slope, which gave the opponent an opportunity.
Having said that, only one person from the other side came down, and there were many people trapped on the mountain. If this person was asking for help, the situation would be even more critical.
Chen Xiaobei hurriedly came to see Liu Rumei. Their judgments were basically the same. If this person went down the mountain to ask for help, then the situation in Qingniu Mountain would not be optimistic.
After thinking about it, Liu Rumei said, "Chang Li, I think it's better to withdraw your people and only guard the village, leaving Qingniu Mountain to us."
Chen Xiaobei understood very well what Liu Rumei meant, that is, his villagers did not know martial arts, and when they met these knights and knights, they had no other power to resist except to shoot a dozen serial crossbows.
But it is different if you are guarding the village. Guarding the village is a legitimate defense for the villagers. Even if the other party is crazy, they will not dare to kill the defenseless villagers.
Chen Xiaobei nodded and said, "Okay, then I will go up to the mountain and bring them back tomorrow."
Liu Rumei smiled and said, "We won't need it when we go up the mountain. By the way, can you make a few more things that smoke when thrown out for us to use?"
These words spoke to Chen Xiaobei's heart.
"Okay, then I'll make a few for you first and send them to the mountain as soon as possible."
When Chen Xiaobei returned home, she couldn't sleep.
I spent a day researching the Stone Thunder thing at home.
In addition to stone thunder, he felt that what Chen Ziyan said, whether it was iron or ceramic, had certain feasibility, especially if the iron one was thrown out, it would not break. However, he was not sure about the power of gunpowder and whether it could break it.
The cast iron exploded.
Another difficulty is making iron, which is a technical job, and how to burn the iron.
He remembered that in his previous life he had seen craftsmen who came to the village to forge iron, and they used charcoal stoves, but now it seems that there is no coal, and they can only burn firewood. The consumption of firewood may be a bit high.
Of course, I can afford the small amount I use now, but if I make large quantities in the future, I have to think of other ways.
Chen Xiaobei got up when the sky got slightly brighter.
Carrying a bucket of water, I came to the woods to the west of the village.
First, find the pot where the saltpeter powder was boiled. After boiling the saltpeter powder, this iron pot has been thrown here. After all, who would dare to ask for it just because of the smell?
Turn the iron pot upside down on the ground, add water and mud, and then paste it on the iron pot to make a pot shape.
Layer after layer, until the paste is almost three or four inches thick, then stop.
Then put it there and wait for it to dry naturally. This thing cannot be exposed to the sun. Once it is exposed to the sun, there will be cracks and it will be impossible to practice iron.
After finishing this, Chen Xiaobei went home to pack up and prepare to rush to the county seat.
But this time when he returned to the county town, Chen Xiaobei didn't just go alone.
Returning to the county with him today were Shen Ziyan and Huang Ying.
After teaching in Hetou Village for so long, the two of them had three days of vacation.
Naturally, I want to go back to the county town.
So Chen Xiaobei prepared two carts today, one was a donkey cart, which he drove himself, pulling vegetables and apples.
One was a carriage, driven by Cui Hongyu, who was pulling Shen Ziyan and Huang Ying.
But when the two came to the entrance of the school, Huang Ying got on Chen Xiaobei's donkey cart.
this.
Shen Ziyan's face became a little ugly, but Cui Hongyu had a smile on his face.
Chen Xiaobei quickly jumped out of the car, looked at Huang Ying and said, "Well, you'd better go to the carriage. It's too crowded for me to have many dishes."
Huang Ying waved her hand carelessly, "It's okay, Brother Xiaobei, I just want to ask you how to make fried fire."
"By the way, I also want to ask you if these two kicks can be made thicker."
Looking at Huang Ying with a sincere face, Chen Xiaobei lost his temper, but Cui Hongyu was fanning the flames next to him.
"Yes, husband, you have to teach Sister Huang Ying well. She still has to go back and report to the master."
Shen Ziyan looked at Cui Hongyu, then at Huang Ying, and finally shook her head helplessly.
Perhaps she couldn't understand why Chen Xiaobei, who looked ordinary and had no amazing talents, could make Cui Hongyu so devoted and Huang Ying reluctant to leave.
This made him full of curiosity about Chen Xiaobei.
While walking towards the county seat, Chen Xiaobei and Huang Ying really discussed active issues in depth, and Shen Ziyan, who was following behind, suddenly frowned and had an idea.
Arriving at the county seat and arriving at the gate of Shen Ziyan's yard, Shen Ziyan jumped off the carriage and suddenly reached out and grabbed Cui Hongyu, "Sister Hongyu, come and sit at my house. I have an embroidery question and I want to ask you."