Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

Chapter 504 Spring Catapult

The lawyer stood respectfully by his side. He knew that his wife had sent him here to supervise these bandits. As long as they could successfully attack the village, he would immediately lead his men to kidnap Xiuying and her family and send them to the county government office to report.

The Second Master looked at the Master coldly, his tone full of sarcasm: "Master, do you believe what you just said?"

The lawyer gave an awkward laugh. He knew in his heart that the so-called vanguard was just a nice name; in reality, they were just cannon fodder sent to their deaths. Who would push their trusted aides into the fire and die in vain?

The reason the government cooperated with these bandits was to let the villagers of Futian Village fight the bandits to the death. Once both sides were defeated, the government would be able to reap the benefits and easily control the situation. However, he didn't dare to say these words in front of the bandits, so he could only smile.

The Third Master's lips curled up with a malicious smile, and he said slowly, "Master, our brothers from the Black Wind Village have made great efforts up front. Now, it's time for your people to show us a few tricks and perform for us, right?"

The lawyer secretly groaned inwardly, but reluctantly, he could only nod slightly. He raised his hand with great reluctance, waving it feebly. Seeing this, an officer dressed in bandit clothing immediately trotted over to him. The lawyer leaned close to the officer's ear and whispered a few words of instruction. The officer turned and hurried toward the back of the team.

Xiuying stood on the observation deck, while Wang Daya, beside her, held a wooden shield tightly in both hands, carefully protecting Xiuying. Wang Daya stared at the bandits below, eager to attack, and couldn't help but ask, "Madam, what do you think these bandits are up to?"

Xiuying observed the situation and reached out to take the wooden board from Wang Daya. "Daya, go and tell the sisters on the wall to retreat immediately and arrange for the men to go up and defend the wall. Also, have the stone slingers be ready and ready to act at any time."

"Yes, ma'am!" Wang Daya responded and turned to run down the observation deck.

Under the wall, a group of officers and soldiers dressed in bandit clothes, each holding a big knife, and several of them were carrying the stairs to the city wall and running towards the wall.

The lawyer stood a little further away, watching this scene. He subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the goatee on his chin. Well, let these bandits see the power of the government. When we attack the village, let the bandits and the villagers fight to the death, and then we can catch the bandits in one fell swoop.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, an extremely huge stone fell heavily not far away from the master.

The officials and bandits who were pinned down by the rocks didn't even have time to scream before they were covered in blood. The lawyer was so frightened that his face turned pale, his legs went weak involuntarily, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Boom! Boom boom!" Immediately afterwards, several large rocks came whistling down from the sky above the village like meteors. The master widened his eyes in horror, watching these large rocks smashing the ground into shocking deep pits.

He was filled with shock and couldn't believe his eyes. This...this stone was too big! Even if they had a slingshot, how could they throw such a huge stone?

The village's slingshot team looked at the huge rocks flying into the sky and exclaimed in amazement.

A young man said in disbelief, "This is incredible! I never thought such a big stone could be thrown into the sky."

An older villager nearby, who knew a thing or two about equipment, proudly explained, "This is all thanks to this thing called a spring installed on our trebuchet."

"Yes! If it weren't for Xiuying, we wouldn't have such a powerful thing." Another villager echoed.

"This spring is indeed very powerful, but compared to Xiuying, Xiuying is more powerful!" Someone else took over the conversation.

At this moment, Xiuying was standing at the foot of the wall, directing the women to work in an orderly manner. She was pouring the laundry detergent she had bought from the space into the water, while the women gathered around curiously.

A woman stared at the white laundry detergent and asked curiously, "Xiuying, what is this? It's white, looks like flour, and smells nice."

Another woman came over and looked at the blue particles in the laundry detergent. She couldn't help but guess: "Yes, there are small blue particles in it. If you use them to steam buns, they might smell delicious."

Xiuying had already prepared the laundry detergent. She had even removed the original packaging and had the servants carry the bags from the storeroom. To conceal the dishonesty, she had even used bags normally used for flour. So, at first glance, the women mistakenly thought it was flour with its distinctive aroma.

Tian Guilan was among the group of women. Her eyes darted around, and while no one was looking, she sneakily stole a bag of laundry detergent, then hurried home carrying it. Earlier, while everyone was looking for a place to hide, she had already been dishonest, stealing a bunch of cucumbers and pumpkins and hiding them in her own home.

At this moment, a sharp-eyed woman noticed Tian Guilan carrying a bag of flour-like goods on her shoulder. She frowned and was about to speak out to stop her. Xiuying saw this and quickly reached out to stop her, saying softly, "Let's ignore her for now. The most urgent thing now is to deal with the bandits. Don't lose sight of the big picture."

Xiuying then began to briefly introduce the bag of white material that looked quite similar to flour: "This is called laundry detergent. As you can probably guess from the name, it's specifically used for washing clothes. Don't eat it."

Someone in the crowd couldn't help but ask, "Xiuying, do you want us to wash clothes now?" As soon as she said that, she realized that this idea was ridiculous. In the current situation, with stone arrows flying everywhere, there was no time to wash clothes.

Xiuying didn't respond directly. Instead, she picked up a bag of laundry detergent and slowly poured it into a bucket beside her. Then she picked up a wooden stick and started stirring it in the bucket. As she stirred, she said, "This laundry detergent, besides washing clothes, has other wonderful uses. It can sting your eyes. If someone has a wound on their body and it comes into contact with this laundry detergent water, the wound will hurt even more."

The women immediately understood what Xiuying was going to do: use laundry detergent to fight the bandits! They sprang into action. There happened to be a well at the entrance of the village, and everyone rushed to the wellhead. They quickly drew water, poured the laundry detergent into the water, and then picked up a scoop and stirred vigorously in the bucket to dissolve the detergent.

Xiuying had indeed considered using chili peppers mixed with water to defeat the enemy. After all, the irritation of chili peppers could cause considerable trouble to the enemy.