1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 86 The Crisis in Jianye City ([-])

At night, it was as dark as ink, and everything was quiet.

Luo Daqi stood on the towering watchtower, trying hard to find something in the dark night.However, apart from the light around the brazier, nothing seemed to be seen in the silent forest.

He rubbed his aching eyes, grabbed the water bag next to him, took a few sips, and then sat down.In the past few days, all the guards have been on high alert, making all the guards very nervous.

Everyone didn't care a little about the possible attacks of indigenous tribes.As the first line of defense, this fence only serves as a warning and delay.When everyone retreats to the storage area, that is the real defensive counterattack.

In the past few days, Qi Tian led a group of people to build the storage area like a turtle shell.Based on the level of combat effectiveness of the indigenous people, Luo Daqi believed that even if they only had more than 50 old brothers, they would be strong enough to defend.Those savages, give them a month, and don't even try to get in!
With a musket on his back and a long knife in his hand, Niu Hu walked around the fence, checking and urging the brothers on duty not to oversleep.For the natives, his mood was somewhat ambivalent.

I met them for the first time a month ago, and then followed them to find the mine, and then helped them repel the raid of the hostile tribe.In the end, Cao Xiong sent him to the indigenous tribes to guide and assist them in fighting against hostile tribes. In exchange, the indigenous people carried coal on their backs for use in the camp.

Originally, the relationship was relatively harmonious.Unexpectedly, after only one month, the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley found and broke up three indigenous tribes one after another, annexing their entire population.

The increase in the tribe's population has enhanced their strength and made them the most powerful tribe within forty or fifty miles.

However, due to backward production capacity and lack of access to food, the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley must not be able to feed such a large population.For this reason, they excitedly mobilized more than 200 people, carrying a large amount of coal to the seaside, hoping to exchange for some food.

But who would have thought that the camp in Jianye City was also worried about the imminent food shortage.But the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley may think that the people by the sea are unwilling to give them food.

If you want to leave it for more than a month, if there is no food, the whole tribe will move to another place to find food.Just like their centuries-old tradition, they are constantly migrating and looking for food.

But now, the tribal population has increased a lot, and with several tribal wars, we have trained warriors who can fight, and there are dozens of iron swords, so can we grab some food to feed the increasing tribe? population.

Niuhu was thinking wildly as he walked, guessing the thoughts of the indigenous tribes in the Black Valley.Do they dare to come and grab our food?

Niu Hu shook his head, not denying this possibility, but feeling that the natives were a bit overwhelmed.As Qi Tian said, you are a few generations behind us, can you still kill us?
"Tiger!" Wang Baozhu squatted under the watchtower and greeted Niu Hu when he saw Niu Hu coming.

"Is there any movement?" Niu Hu stopped and asked softly.

"Nothing happened!" Wang Baozhu shook his head, "But I always feel that someone is staring at me in the dark night ahead!"

"Huh?" Niu Hu looked at Wang Baozhu's finger, but he couldn't see anything in the dark area.

However, as a battle-hardened fighter, sometimes his intuition is terribly accurate.

Niu Hu groped on the ground for a while and picked up a stone.

"I'll throw it over, you pay attention to the movement."

Wang Baozhu nodded.

Niu Hu stood still, twisted his waist, held the right hand of the stone, and threw it towards the dark place vigorously.After a while, the sound of stones falling to the ground was heard.

"Who!... Enemy attack!" Li Yuanxiang on the watchtower yelled, and before Niu Hu could make a signal, he heard a "bang!", and the gun went off.

In the silent night sky, the sound of muskets was particularly loud.The watchtower not far away, hearing the movement, slammed the warning gong, and there was the sound of musket firing.

The camp suddenly became noisy, with adults' roars, women's screams, and children's cries, all resounding.

"Don't panic!...all enter the storage area!"

"It's the men, come here!...Come here and take all the knives and guns..."

"Fucking shit, why panic, let the women and children go in first..."

"..."

Although everyone was mentally prepared for the attack by the natives, the sudden incident this night made everyone look like headless chickens, and the order was in chaos.

"Gouzi, light the torches at the gate of the storage area!" Qi Tian looked at the blurred figures outside, wondering if some natives had rushed into the camp.However, in order to indicate the shelter, only risk lighting a torch to illuminate.

"Chuangen, you take all the people to the roof....When you see an indigenous person approaching, fire a round of guns!"

After hearing this, Gouzi and Ding Chuangen split up to deal with it immediately.

Holding a musket, Qi Tian stood behind the gate of the storage area, looking out carefully with his head.

"Li Fade, follow me to the fence!" Yu Fukun ran out as soon as he heard the movement.He yelled, telling the people in the camp to run towards the storage area as orderly as possible.But many people who came out of the wooden house were still running around.

Yu Fukun was sweating profusely. At this time, if the natives rushed in, it would become a chaotic battle.So, he prepared to take a few people and ran towards the fence, hoping to delay the enemy's advance.

"Hey, there is light there, it should be the storage area....Run there!"

"Run, the savages are coming in..."

The torches in the storage area finally attracted some people who were in a mess.

"Women and children, run in!... The man took the weapon and stood guard at the door." Qi Tian shouted loudly.

Niu Hu and Wang Baozhu stared dumbfounded at the noisy camp, and then looked at each other.

"Did you hear anything when I threw the stone just now?"

"It seems that there is..., but it seems that there is no..."

Niu Hu rolled his eyes, "There is movement, why didn't anyone rush over!"

"...Maybe, Xiangzi's musket scared away..."

"Li Yuanxiang!" Niu Hu roared, "Did you see any movement up there?"

"...It's so dark, I can't see anything!" After a while, Li Yuanxiang's voice came from the watchtower.

"Then is there any thief approaching?" Niu Hu murmured.

"Don't be so nervous! The thieves didn't attack, or they may have already run away!" Chen Dalang said to Qi Tian calmly with a knife in his left hand.

"Ah?... How do you know?" Qi Tian looked at the people who were still running in one after another, holding muskets, and looking out of the gate.

"There was no sound of fighting, nor shouting from our people....It means that no thieves have entered the camp yet." Chen Dalang smiled, "Maybe it's an oolong!"

Yu Fukun led a dozen people and checked around the fence in the dark, but found no aboriginal people.Ask around, and the opinions are different.Some said they heard someone walking outside the fence.Some said that they heard the strange calls of the aborigines.Some people even said that they saw the aborigines rushing towards the camp, but were scared away by musket shots.

"I didn't see...the figure of the aborigine!" Niu Hu said honestly, "Based on my feeling, there seems to be someone.... Maybe there is no one, I'm not sure!"

Yu Fukun looked out of the fence with a sullen face.For the sporadic braziers, the flames are no longer high, and they can only illuminate the surrounding six or seven meters away.In other places, it was pitch black, and it was unknown what was hidden there.

"Raise the gun and shoot a volley forward?" Yu Fukun said.

"Prepare! ... let go!"

"Bang bang bang!..." Seven or eight muskets fired instantly, then lowered their muzzles, and all looked at the direction of shooting.

Everything was silent, except for occasional shouts and reprimands from the camp.

Yu Fukun stood there quietly, listening to the movement outside.The rest of the people did not dare to speak, some clenched the knives in their hands, and some raised their muskets and looked outside.

"Leave a few people here to guard, and the rest retreat to the camp!" Yu Fukun was also not sure whether there were aboriginals ambushing outside, and he dared not send personnel out to search in the dark night.At this time, everyone in the camp must have hid in the storage area.It is useless to leave many people by the fence to fight the enemy, so most of them were simply withdrawn to the camp.

It was night, and the entire Jianye City camp was on full alert.When the morning light of the next day illuminated the four fields, the people standing on the towering watchtower looked around and found no aborigines.At this point, the alarm was lifted.

Considering that almost everyone didn't sleep last night, Yu Fukun announced that all the staff will take a half-day break and go back to the room to catch up on sleep.He took a few backbone guards and climbed up several watchtowers to monitor the surrounding movement.

(End of this chapter)