Crossing the Unknown Country

The village chief had already taken his family up the mountain. It was daytime and the road was still clear, so they ran faster. The people of Dongjie were really arrogant. They thought that there was no need to sneak attack to massacre a village. They could just kill so many people directly. It was their arrogance that gave the villagers time to run up the mountain. If it was at night, the climb up the mountain would be affected and it would not be so smooth.

Men and women, young and old in the village were running desperately, with the hunter leading the way in front. A group of young men were at the back to prevent the enemy from chasing them and to erase the traces they had stepped on. This was a cave that the hunter accidentally discovered while hunting before. The entrance to the cave was very hidden, because it was surrounded by weeds and bushes more than one person tall. They took everyone to hide in the cave. Not far away were dense forests and deep fallen leaves. After they ran into the cave, the hunter in the village camouflaged it again with leaves, which he was very good at. Finally, the entrance to the cave was sealed from the inside. Now they can only pray that the garrison in the town will find out what is wrong with the village as soon as possible.

The firewood was the idea that Su He came up with when he was hiding underground when the enemy came that day. If they just hid, they would die without rescue. In that historical era, many people were captured, and their own people led the enemy to capture their own people. Only when the officers and soldiers arrived in time could the whole village be saved. They put some wild grasses such as reeds and sedge in their firewood, which could be used as signal fire. As long as they had thick smoke here, the town would know that something happened here.

After dealing with the bodies of the bad guys a few days ago, the village chief listened to the Su family's advice and went to the town again. He told the people in the government about the situation in his village. If there was smoke in the village, there must be a large number of enemies coming in from the mountains. He was worried and told the soldiers guarding the town. Regardless of whether they were willing to pay attention to him or not, he told them humbly. At the same time, he told the village chiefs of the surrounding villages to give a good signal and let them light fires to signal the enemy when they saw them.

The village chief knew that his village had done what it should do, and now it was up to the lives of his people. The whole village hid in the cave in fear, and the children were covered by their mouths. They were coaxed to not make any sound, otherwise the bad guys would come and everyone would be dead. The children were so scared that they sobbed quietly, and the adults did not dare to breathe, for fear of being discovered.

The village chief had no other options but to whisper to families with children to keep an eye on their children and not let them cry. If that didn't work, feed them and cover their mouths. Cover their ears to prevent them from crying or making noises outside. It would be best if the children could be coaxed to sleep, and they would be much more at ease if their ears were plugged with cotton.

When they just ran to the cave, the soldiers of Dongjie Kingdom had already entered the village. Those who were good at martial arts jumped in from places where the fire was weak, and then opened the gate of the village and let their own people into the village. They kicked the gates open like bandits. The villagers still locked the gates, thinking that they could prevent these thieves. Who knew that it was useless. They broke into the house and started looking for things. If they couldn't find anything, they smashed the things in the house.

The village chief's house, Su He's house and another one had the best houses. Soldiers went to their houses the most, thinking they could find something good. But when they broke into the house, they found it was empty and each house was poorer than the other. Especially the two newly built houses, the beds were full of rags and the pots were taken away. After searching carefully, they even searched the rat holes and finally found some food stored in the cellar. Both of these families only cared about their reputation and had no good things. They didn't dare to set fire to the village. If it wasn't for the sneak attack, they would have burned it down.