Crossing the Unknown Country

At first, Su He thought that although it was a little poor here, as long as she worked hard, she could live a good life. Who knew that less than a year later, she was unlucky enough to encounter the war, and she was worried to death. She had lived in peace for so long, and had never experienced war. However, she had learned a lot about war in history books, which was very cruel and ruthless. Human life was not worth anything, especially the existence of the lower-level soldiers, who were just cannon fodder.

My brothers are still young and shouldn't have any problems, but my father and uncle are in big trouble. My family needs to save up money as soon as possible. If conscription and labor service come, it would be best if we can buy them out. If not, it would be better to let them all bring some money to the barracks to make arrangements. Recently, the atmosphere at home is very tense, and everyone is worried. Since we know that there will be a war, how can we be calm and act as if nothing has happened!

The village chief has already hinted to the villagers to store food and prepare all the necessary things at home, and it is best to prepare some weapons for self-defense. Based on the records in the old history books, Su He discussed with his father and asked him to talk to the village chief about whether to start building the village wall, at least to block the only way to the other end of the village, in case of enemies coming, it can be blocked to some extent, leaving the villagers a chance to escape. There are high walls in the border town, and their village must have a wall as a barrier! Anyway, the last thing here is stone, and piling more high will definitely play a role. If the villagers are united, they may be able to stop the enemy. Now it is the era of cold weapons, and it is people who attack. In this way, as long as the wall is tall and strong enough, it can stop the enemy's attack.

The next day, Su He's father called his father and eldest brother to go to the village chief to discuss the matter. After listening to them, the village chief thought for a long time and took a few puffs of dry tobacco before making up his mind to gather the young and old in the village to discuss the matter. Finally, everyone gathered in the open space outside the village ancestral hall and began to discuss the matter. Several respected elders from the Li family in the village sat at the top, and the other men in charge sat down and began to discuss this major event that concerned the entire village.

The elderly people all looked worried when they mentioned the war, because they had experienced it. This village was once invaded by the enemy country. At that time, there were countless casualties in the village, which was almost equivalent to being looted. All the food and supplies were taken away, and even some women were abducted and never came back. The wars in those years made all the villages here dare not live, and the villagers hid in the mountains and dared not come out. This is why they are the survivors. The younger generations in the village don’t know, but these old people still remember it vividly. Whenever I dream back to that time, I am awakened by nightmares, cold sweats all over my body, fires, crying and shouting, which makes people seem to return to that terrible time. They were still young and were stuffed in water tanks or kang holes to escape, but they watched their family members being killed or abducted alive, and those scenes became their lifelong pain.

Finally, everyone agreed to build a wall, preferably one that surrounds the entire village, so that the whole village would be safe. Starting tomorrow, every household should send an adult laborer to start repairing the wall together. The sooner the better, before the war comes. Children should go to the mountains to pick up small stones, take them down and pile them together. When the enemy comes, these can be used as weapons, and both young and old can use them.

Su He is now thinking about what weapons he has and what weapons his family can use to defend themselves. The whole family has started running. After they had enough food, they started exercising. At first, it was just the children. When they knew there was a war, the whole family started. At least they can escape quickly and survive. How can they run up the mountain if they don’t have enough physical strength? During this period, the family started to eat three meals a day. At least they have to keep healthy. Who knows if they can eat enough and wear warm clothes when the war starts.

Su He filled the basement with firewood and food. This was the last guarantee for his family when the enemy retreated. It was also the life guarantee for his family hiding here when they had no time to escape. Only by making the worst-case plan could he better deal with emergencies. Saving the lives of his family was the most important thing.

They were preparing here in a panic, and the situation in the border town was becoming more and more tense. Wanyan Ahan had already assembled the national forces to prepare for the front line, and the war was about to begin. General Wang An had received a secret report from the hidden spies of Dongjie State, and knew that Dongjie was preparing to send troops. Wang An also began to arrange enough offensive and defensive forces. The three cities increased their forces, and some young and strong men were drawn from the prisoners in the mine to join the forces of the three cities. Five people from the Ye family were drawn away, all of them were Ye Jingchen's uncle and uncle, and his father. There was no way to say whoever was drawn must go.

Fortunately, their family had been practicing martial arts with Ye Cheng for more than half a year, and all of them were much stronger than before. Although the food was not good, the physical labor also strengthened their will. Because their family members could read, when the five of them arrived at the barracks, they were assigned to some generals to take notes and do some guard work. In this way, they did not have to guard the city wall directly, and they were a little further away from death.