A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Scout: ...

No, I didn’t say anything. How did you know?
"Looking at you, you should be a scout."

Scout: ...

It's amazing, but how did he see it?

The scout had countless questions in his mind, but it was obvious that Li Xiuyuan had no intention of explaining them to him.

He didn't know that in his previous life, Li Xiuyuan had seen the garrison at the Tushan Iron Mine.

At that time, there was also a riot in Tushan. It was the Tushan garrison that suppressed the refugees in the mine. Of course, after the garrison took over the mine, the situation only improved for a while. Not long after, the same thing happened during the official management, because the garrison also Food is out.

When faced with the same desperate situation, the Tushan garrison was the same as the official officers.

"I do not know what you're talking about"

The scout's expression remained unchanged. Even if his identity was discovered, he had no intention of admitting it.

He thought he hid it well.

"come"

"exist"

"Interrogate him carefully to find out who he is and what his purpose is in coming to Liu Yunzhai."

"Yes, Village Master"

Leaving the cellar, Li Xiuyuan summoned Shuan Zi.

"Arrange Qishan and the others to inquire about the news. First ask Uncle Dahai to take bows and arrows. We don't need too many people, just two people." Li Xiuyuan felt a little uneasy. In his previous life, he didn't know whether the Tushan garrison had ever been to Liu Yunzhai, but here , catching the garrison scout is not a good thing after all.

Shuanzi went down to make arrangements, and the people sent out happened to be Qi Shan and Xu Cheng.

Two people were also guarding Shaoda.

Li Xiuyuan was not idle either. He quickly summoned the members of the escort team, opened the warehouse where the weapons were placed, and selected twenty experts who were good at archery to issue bows and arrows. During this period, a lot of wood was made from the trees that were cut down. Although the shield made by the government is not as good as the official weapons, it can still withstand some damage.

Wu Ziying couldn't help much, so she helped register the records of receiving weapons.

After the battle, these weapons will be recycled.

There is no blacksmith shop in Liuyun Village yet. Once the weapons are damaged, it will be difficult to repair them.

The non-guard villagers, led by Yu Dashui, went to set up traps around the village.

Time passed little by little, and it was already dark when the scouts were captured. When Qishan and the others went down the mountain, it was already dark.

After eating something hastily, the old people and children in the village went home and closed their doors.

There was still no news from the people who interrogated the scouts. Time passed by, from nightfall to midnight, before Qishan and Qishan ran back panting.

"Reporting to the village master, a group of officers and soldiers are coming towards our village."

Before they even came down the mountain, they heard the movement of officers and soldiers.

A team of 200 people, even if they didn't speak, the sound of footsteps falling on the ground was still quite loud.

"How many people are there?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

“About 200 people”

"How far is it?"

“Less than ten miles”

That's very close.

Li Xiuyuan quickly asked people to get ready.

The archers were lying in ambush in the dark, the shield bearers were at the entrance of the village, and two archers were also placed on the sentry post.

The distance of ten miles is not that far. It can be reached in half an hour. In addition, Qishan and the others have to go back several miles. Sure enough, after a cup of tea, a silent team appeared on the mountain road. .

Li Xiuyuan raised his head and looked at the sky. It was midnight, the time when people sleep the most deeply that day.

"Fire the arrows." Seeing the person in front walking into the archer's range, Li Xiuyuan ordered the arrows to be fired, and the arrows shot out quickly, catching the unprepared officers and soldiers by surprise.

It's just that this is an elite soldier. After a brief panic, he quickly calmed down.

"formation"

Twenty archers only captured less than ten people. The other party reacted quickly and formed a military formation to fight against the archers from Liu Yunzhai. The arrows they shot were all shot away.

There were only two officers and soldiers at the head, and the road was narrow. They had to retreat a little, and the military formation was effective.

Going forward is impossible.

"With hundreds of households, there is basically no place to stay in front, and larger military formations cannot be deployed."

"Then let's support each other in pairs"

Having already reached the front, it was impossible to retreat like this. The garrison moved forward resolutely, in teams of two and two, relying on each other. The original team of 200 people could only exert the strength of less than 100 people here.

The only goal is to rush into the village and steal their food.

The garrison attacking the city was stretched thin, and Li Xiuyuan and the others, who were defending the city, were also particularly uncomfortable.

Because although these officers and soldiers were not allowed to move forward, they did not get any advantages.

Except for killing a few officers and soldiers at the beginning, none of them were captured later.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were getting closer and closer to them, if they were allowed to break through the village entrance and enter the village, their geographical advantage would no longer exist.

Feather arrows consume a lot of money. Once the arrows are used up, they will be no match for these officers and soldiers.

"How are the traps prepared?"

"Everything is ready, Village Master"

"The archers obeyed orders and tried to force them into a trap."

When the archers heard the order, they immediately changed their tactics. They no longer pursued the idea of ​​taking the lives of the officers and soldiers, but instead tried to find ways to force them to hide.

It was dark, and everyone only had a little firelight on the sentry post to illuminate them. The visibility was not good, and the officers and soldiers did not realize their intentions. Soon, four officers and soldiers were forced to avoid by the arrows, missed the shot, and were buried. The iron fork in the pit was pierced through.

"There are traps"

Screams rang out one after another throughout the night, and in the second half of the night, casualties gradually appeared among the refugees.

Hundreds of households in the garrison raised their swords and found the positions of several archers, killing them.

"let me"

Wu Ziying looked at the villagers lying in a pool of blood, took a big knife and walked out. Her eyes were a little gloomy, and she looked coldly at the hundreds of garrisoned households outside.

"Sister Ziying"

Li Xiuyuan grabbed her and shook his head.

How could she, a woman, be a match for these soldiers?

Although the village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it does not mean that it cannot be attacked. Moreover, the garrison has already arrived, and their geographical advantage has been greatly reduced.

After stopping Wu Ziying from going out, Li Xiuyuan waved to the back and saw someone pushing a wooden cart with four tightly covered barrels on it. Several guards stepped forward and lifted the barrels with their hands. He picked up a melon gourd and opened the lid of the wooden barrel. A thick stream of water vapor suddenly emerged from the barrel.

"Boiling water?" Wu Ziying was surprised.

I saw the escort scooping up a ladle of boiling water and pouring it towards the officers and soldiers who wanted to come in.

Water is a rare thing these days. The officers and soldiers never imagined that they would boil boiling water and throw it on people. After all, although the boiling water is hot, it will burn people at most, but it will not kill them.

Ladles of boiling water were poured out, and many officers and soldiers were scalded. Behind Li Xiuyuan and the others, a steady stream of water was delivered.

Neither party has ever spoken to each other, and the moment they meet it is a life-or-death battle.

The boiling water coming out of the new end stopped the offensive of the officers and soldiers, and Li Xiuyuan and the others regained some advantages.

"Baihu, they are too difficult to deal with. Do you want to have peace talks?"

After fighting for so long, they had already discovered that the people on the opposite side did not look like bandits, but rather resembled ordinary people who had fled.