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"We can't leave now. If we go out, none of us will survive." Lin Qingxue came over immediately after hearing the noise from Village Chief Lin. She listened to their conversation from beginning to end.

"Qingxue, do you have any way to deal with it?" Village chief Lin looked up at his granddaughter from the next room. He had seen her behavior recently and naturally believed that she would not say this for no reason.

"Uncle, take twenty people and make a row of ladders. Place them on the walls of the front and back yards. Make sure everyone can move freely on the ladders."

Lin Qingxue thought for a while and decided to take a risky move. Whether they could win or not depended on how strong everyone's luck was.

"Okay, I'll take people to do it now." Lin Jinkang didn't know what to do with the ladder at this time, but he knew that Lin Qingxue would not harm anyone, so he agreed.

"Let my aunt find some aunts to heat up some water. We'll need it later. Then ask all the villagers to bring out some winter clothes that they can't wear anymore and make some torches. We'll also need them later."

Seeing that Lin Jinkang agreed to the job, she thought for a moment and spoke again. After hearing her words, Aunt Lin also stood up and agreed.

"Brother Qingchu, tell the uncles in the village to make some slingshots. Have boys the same age as Xiaoshan hide on the rooftops and sneak attack the bandits who are trying to break in by climbing over the wall."

Lin Qingxue said this expressionlessly, and the others' eyes lit up when they heard it. They were all annoyed that they hadn't thought of this before! They all sighed that Lin Qingxue was smart and worthy of being the daughter of a scholar.

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll find someone to make the slingshot," Lin Qingchu nodded and immediately went downstairs to arrange for people to do the work.

"Big brother, second brother, you two, find the remaining uncles and dig a cellar in the yard, and put the village elders, children, and luggage in there so that we can deal with those bandits without any worries."

After hearing what Lin Qingxue said, everyone quickly understood what she meant. They should transfer the elderly and children who were most likely to be taken hostage first, so that they wouldn't have to worry about being afraid to fight later.

"Okay, let's do it now," Lin Qingbai and Lin Qingming nodded and agreed to the job directly.

Soon, everyone took action, and the saying "strength lies in numbers" was fully demonstrated at this moment.

The cellar was dug very large. After each family threw their luggage down there, they also sent their elderly and children to hide in the cellar.

As for the war on the ground, Village Chief Lin handed it over to Lin Qingxue and asked everyone else to follow her orders.

After the old people and children were all hidden, the only ones left on the ground were Lin Qingxue and one female relative, Lin Qingchu and his eighty brothers from the patrol team, and twenty young boys hiding on the roof.

Lin Qingxue stood in the front yard holding her sword, looking ahead with an expressionless face.

"Here they come! Someone is riding a horse towards Mingyue Temple and will be there soon," soon the voices of the boys were heard from the roof.

Hearing their words, everyone in the patrol team became nervous. They turned to look at Lin Qingxue and wanted to ask her what to do next, but then they heard her speak.

"Several people come down and carry this boiling water up the ladder. When those people get close, when you feel you can pour the boiling water on them based on the distance, use the wooden buckets to pour the water on them."

Lin Qingxue closed her eyes and spoke calmly. In her eyes, those horse bandits were not human beings. Only one side would survive between her and the horse bandits.

So, if she doesn't want to die, then the only one who will die is the horse bandit.

After hearing Lin Qingxue's words, Lin Qing called out the names of several brothers and asked them to work together to get the boiling water up the ladder.

Less than ten minutes later, the bandits arrived in front of Mingyue Temple. Seeing the Mingyue Temple about ten meters away, they stopped and looked ahead with indifference.

The bandit leader looked around and made sure that no one from Mingyue Temple had come out, so he waved his hand and signaled his brothers to attack.

"Brothers, charge! Take over Mingyue Temple, and the women inside will be yours," the second in command of the horse bandits shouted, and rode his horse to lead the charge towards Mingyue Temple.

Hearing the words of the second-in-command, the bandits were extremely excited. They immediately jumped off their horses and rushed towards Mingyue Temple.

The war was about to break out. Lin Qingxue tightly gripped the long sword in his hand and stared coldly at the gate of Mingyue Temple. Outside the gate were the horse bandits rushing over.

The horse bandits came like a tide, holding long knives and shouting terrifying slogans. The first few horse bandits had already run to the door and were about to break it down.

"Pour!" Lin Qingxue shouted, and the brothers carrying wooden barrels immediately poured boiling water onto the bandits on the ladder.

The bandits were scalded by the sudden hot water and screamed like ghosts. Some rolled on the ground, some were blinded by the boiling water, and some even had their faces disfigured.

But the horse bandits did not retreat. Those behind them continued to rush up by stepping on the bodies of their companions. There were more than 200 horse bandits in total, and at least 20 corpses of horse bandits were piled up at the entrance of Mingyue Temple.

The horse bandits that came from behind stepped on the horse bandits in front and climbed up the wall of Mingyue Temple. They also saw Lin Qingchu and his group behind the wall.

But before they could react, they were met with buckets of boiling hot water, and in an instant, there were casualties.

"Slingshot operators, prepare to shoot!" Lin Qingxue gave the order again. The boys on the roof had been waiting impatiently for a long time. After hearing the order, they pulled the slingshots and shot at the bandits below.

Stones flew towards the bandits like raindrops. Although the stones had limited lethality, hitting their faces and eyes was enough to throw the bandits into disarray.

Lin Qingchu and his patrol brothers were guarding the wall with wooden sticks and simple weapons. Whenever any horse bandits climbed up, they would hit them hard with a stick, and someone would immediately give them a bucket of hot water.

At this time, the horse bandit leader frowned when he saw that his attack was blocked. He waved his hand, and several horse bandits took bows and arrows from their horses and began shooting at the roof and the wall.

"Be careful of arrows!" Lin Qingxue reminded everyone loudly, and everyone looked for cover to hide. Several villagers were unfortunately hit by arrows and cried out in pain.

After hearing Lin Qingxue's suggestion, the twenty young boys of the slingshot team immediately lay down so that the horse bandits could not aim at them.

Lin Qingxue seized the opportunity and flashed out of Mingyue Temple with twenty patrol brothers. She passed the corpses of the horse bandits and rushed towards them like a ghost.

She swung the long sword in her hand and instantly chopped down several horse bandits who were shooting arrows. Seeing this, the horse bandits surrounded her, trying to trap Lin Qingxue.