Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 229 The barbarians are attacking, run away quickly!

No matter what, there are immortals on the top of the mountain to protect me, I still feel a sense of security in my heart. At least I won't worry about being eaten by some wild beast at night.

After recuperating at the foot of the mountain for a night, these dozen people left the hill where Qin Tian retreated and prepared to go all the way south.

But unfortunately, less than two hours after they left the mountain, they encountered a small group of barbarians heading south to plunder.

There are only three or five people in this small group of barbarians, and their equipment cannot be said to be sophisticated.

But it's more than enough to deal with them, a group of unarmed ordinary people.

The group of people panicked and fled into the forest on the roadside. Fortunately, those people did not catch up.

It's just that, these people are also fascinated and don't know where to go.

In a daze, they discovered a small village.

A dozen people hesitated at the entrance of the village, but decided to go into the village to beg for some food and drink, and to give the other party a heads up.

The people in the village were very vigilant at first, especially when I heard that there were Hu people outside, many people even showed great hostility, and even did not want to let the other party enter the village.

In the end, the village chief suppressed his objections and welcomed these people in with the idea of ​​​​an extra manpower.

Although they were allowed to enter the village, they would never be allowed to roam around.

These people are only allowed near the village entrance and are not allowed to go anywhere else.

Although the villagers brought them food and drink, they also gave them weapons for self-defense, but the price was that if the barbarians really came, they had to resist them in front!

Of course, the village chief will not let them die in vain. The two sides help each other, not using each other.

If they don't want to accept it, it doesn't matter. They can turn around and leave now. They will also give some food as a friendly gift.

The village chief's idea is also very simple. No matter whether the other party is a good person or a bad person, this way he can avoid conflicts with the other party.

If you are willing to stay and fight against the barbarians, it doesn't matter. Just find a few people to keep an eye on them. It's not like they don't have any defense forces in the village.

If they really have evil intentions, they will definitely not be able to cause any trouble if they take precautions day and night.

But if they were really just a bunch of poor people, they wouldn't mind lending a helping hand.

In these troubled times, one more person means more strength.

If the other party doesn't want to be monitored, they can leave, and the village chief is even willing to offer food to them.

Of course, if you stay, you can eat enough. After all, it is possible to fight the barbarians.

But if they are not prepared to stay, then there will not be much they can give. After all, life is not easy for everyone these days.

The landlord’s family doesn’t have any food left!

Hou Laosi discussed with everyone, and then decided to stay and help deal with those barbarians!

Since there is a small group of barbarians outside, the large army must not be far away.

If you run around outside now, you will inevitably be discovered by barbarians. When the time comes, life or death will not be up to them.

The only plan for now is to find a place to stay, inquire about the situation, and then make long-term plans!

Some people don't agree with this statement.

No one knows when the barbarians will come. If we don’t hurry up and leave now, we might not have time or chance.

But having said that, a very real problem is that they have no food, no water, and even no clothes for winter.

Now on the road, I am afraid that before the barbarians find them, they will freeze and starve to death on the roadside.

Therefore, under the leadership of Hou Laosi, a group of more than a dozen people joined the village.

Although it is a village, the defensive strength in the village is not small at all.

Especially in recent years, armaments have been depleted and local governments have been unable to maintain stability and peace, so they have allowed villagers to organize their own defense forces on a village-by-village basis.

To put it bluntly, even if you ordinary people encounter a bandit or something, don’t scream, just watch and deal with it yourself.

If it is looted by bandits, it can only be said that you are incompetent and don't come to the court.

Therefore, in recent years, almost every village has begun to build large and small city walls and forge various weapons.

A normal village would never be able to defeat a dozen bandits.

Generally, when bandits and bandits come to loot, they are polite and don't do anything if they can.

And it often takes twenty or thirty people to support the place, otherwise if there are too few people, they won’t even pay attention to you!

Therefore, the news about the barbarians brought by a few people did not actually panic the people in the village.

Aren't they just like bandits at best?

After coming to the village, these people's optimistic attitude made the forty disturbed.

He had escaped from the front line and had seen the brutality of those barbarians with his own eyes.

Ordinary bandits can't compare with these barbarians.

Even the poorest Hu soldiers are equipped with weapons of much better quality than the bandits.

Even a small team of three or five people can chase and kill more than a dozen bandits. The combat effectiveness of the two sides is not at the same level!

However, the people in the village did not care about their vigilance.

On the contrary, they were more wary of Hou Laosi and his party.

Hou Laosi was very helpless when he saw this, so he could only follow the other party's request and take the people to rest temporarily at the entrance of the village.

Although there were no beddings as before, the people in the village brought out some thatch for them to use.

In addition to thatch there are bundles of dried cornstalks.

As corn spreads across the country, various by-products of corn have also been developed for various uses by the people.

After the corn stalks are dried and tied into bundles, they are the best fuel for winter.

Use bundles of cornstalks to build a tent or place them outside your house to provide excellent insulation.

Many times these things can be burned directly for emergency use.

It doesn't matter if the temperature is a little lower in winter. As long as there are enough corn stalks, there is no need to be afraid of the cold.

Whether it is spread under the body or covered directly on the body, it can maintain the temperature very well.

When they were in the wilderness before, they had nothing, not to mention bedding, not even a few thatch roots.

Although they only have corn stalks tonight, gathering in front of the campfire, these people can have a peaceful, warm and comfortable sleep tonight.

Hou Laosi did not rest, but volunteered to keep vigil. This was the main reason why he was unanimously recognized by everyone.

If something happens, he really takes the initiative and won't back down at all.

Also keeping vigil with him was his big black dog.

Nothing happened all night.

The next day, Hou Laosi got up early.

They cannot eat other people's food and drink other people's food for free.

Now Hou Laosi is actually somewhat conflicted in his heart.

If the barbarians don't come and they don't contribute, they won't be able to keep eating and drinking for free.

But if the barbarians come, that's not good news, because it means they will start fleeing again soon.

So Hou Laosi is very confused now. But no matter what, whether the barbarians come or not is not something Hou Laosi can decide.

If you want to eat and drink in the coming days, you will definitely have to put in some work.

Hou Laosi went to the village chief and discussed with him whether he could exchange his labor for some food.

The village chief hesitated because there was not much food in the village.

These days, to be honest, no one is short of manpower, all they are short of is food.

In the past, the government came to exploit people, but I heard that they all went to the south, and the vast tracts of land in the north fell into a state of anarchy.

Unexpectedly, their lives were much easier now that the imperial court was gone.

This year I saved some food, otherwise the village chief would never agree to let these people live here.

"You should go back first and wait for us to think about it."

After leaving, Hou Laosi thought it was impossible, so he took out the wild ginseng in his hand and forgot about it.

Although this thing is precious, it must have a life flower.

If it doesn't work, take the wild mountain to change some food with the village chief and run the road with food.

Otherwise, no matter how precious this thing is, it is absolutely impossible to lose your life!

After yesterday's contact, Hou Laosi was basically sure that the village chief was absolutely unwilling to escape with them.

In fact, they were like this at first.

After all, all his property is here, so he can just run away? How do you eat after running away?

Without waiting for Hu Ren to kill, they will never move.

Hou Laosi and his village were in such ruins back then.

He also knew that he would never be able to persuade the village chief and the people in this village.

All Hou Laosi can do is to remind them as much as possible to increase their chances of survival.

This is Hou Laosi's greatest reward for the people in this village.

If he insists on dragging others along, I'm afraid they will turn against each other on the spot!

Unfortunately, the reality does not give the fourth child too much time.

That afternoon, a Hu scout team appeared outside the village.

These barbarians were very arrogant and even asked for food and women.

Of course the village chief would not agree, and a conflict broke out between the two parties.

There were only a dozen or so Hu people, but they dared to attack their village!

As expected, five of the dozen or so Hu people were quickly killed, two of them escaped, and the remaining five or six people fled back in a hurry.

However, no one on their side died. Only one of Hou Laosi's men was seriously injured and saw that there was more air coming in and less air coming out.

This time Lao Si and his party were also recognized by the people in the village.

After all, they were really fighting in the front.

Otherwise, if everyone else is fine, why would one of their own die?

After this battle, the village chief's attitude towards Hou Laosi became much better, and he even took the initiative to invite them to have dinner together.

The people in the village obviously recognized Hou Laosi and thought he was a good person.

But Hou Laosi was not optimistic.

"According to his understanding after being on the run for so long, since there are more than a dozen Hu people's scout team here, it seems that the Hu people's large army is not far away!"

"As little as three to five hundred people, if there are more, it will be endless!"

Hou Laosi doesn't understand military affairs, so he naturally doesn't know how many troops the Hu people will mobilize here, but whether it is a large army or a small army, their small village cannot resist!

Especially now that they have killed Hu soldiers, the other party will not give up!

Hou Laosi once again persuaded the whole village to leave together.

"Everyone is happy today, so don't talk about it."

The village chief was a little displeased: "The Hu people are nothing more than that. We won't defeat them easily!"

"But, that large army of barbarians..."

Without waiting for the fourth child to finish speaking, the village chief interrupted again: "How could the large army of Hu people arrive so quickly?"

"Besides, why do they come to our insignificant little place when they have nothing to do?"

The village chief said calmly: "So, there is no need to worry at all. In my opinion, you are just scared to death by that barbarian!"

Hou Laosi wanted to explain, but soon fell silent.

He knew that he would never be able to explain clearly.

Therefore, after dinner, the next day Hou Si asked to leave.

As for food... Hou Laosi hesitated for a long time and decided to take out his ginseng.

When the ginseng was picked, Hou Laosi's technique was too rough and many roots were torn off.

But when Qin Tian treated him later, he treated him with a piece of ginseng.

So now the ginseng in Hou Si's hand is still intact, as if it came out of the ground.

Just to change some food, you will definitely not need a whole ginseng, just a stub.

Once the complete ginseng is incomplete, the price will definitely drop significantly!

But the matter was urgent, and Hou Laosi couldn't care less.

After tearing off a few beards, Hou Laosi changed a lot of food in the village and decisively left the village with his people.

The day after Hou Laosi left, most of the Hu people arrived and launched brutal revenge on the village!

The revenge lasted for a whole day. After the barbarians left, there was no longer a living creature here.

The originally quiet and peaceful village has been reduced to ruins!

The village chief's judgment is actually correct. According to common sense, their place will not be affected in any way.

Even if the emperor ran away and no one was in charge of the north, a new leader would soon take over.

But the problem was that the emperor ran away so simply that the entire court was thrown into chaos.

If there wasn't a useful person, the Hu people would never have rushed directly into the hinterland of the Central Plains so easily!

The result of rushing too fast is that large numbers of barbarians and large troops get separated.

So these small groups of Hu people began to plunder everywhere in units of one or two hundred people.

It just so happened that the Central Plains was still in a state of anarchy. Not to mention the teams of several thousand people, even those barbarians of one or two hundred people could run rampant!

The one who attacked their village was a small force of only 500 people.

They didn't come here with any mission, they just came here to rob.

They grabbed wherever they went, and when they encountered a large force, they returned to the group. If they didn't meet them, they kept on grabbing like this.

Or when you can no longer carry the loot with you, take your people to join the large army!

To them, this was just an ordinary robbery.

At most, a few spies were too careless and were killed by some two-legged sheep.

In addition, what happened here is not different from the things they did before.

But they were unfortunate, because they did what they did, Qin Tian ... discovered.

(End of this chapter)