Kai Fu Han

Chapter 6 Castle Breaking 1
Liujiabao is far away from Mount Tai. Normally it would take an hour to walk, but this time the team was dragging women and children with their families, including babies who had not yet been weaned, mothers who had just given birth, and two women with inconvenient legs and feet.

The team set off from Chenshi and entered the mountain after noon. It took two hours. The foot of the mountain was still an hour away from the hunting gathering point.

"Stop to rest and have something to eat." Liu Lisheng shouted from the front, and the team gradually stopped. Liu Qi took two packages containing bedding from the wheelbarrow and asked his mother and Zhou Yue to sit down on them.

"After pushing the car all the way, you should sit down and take a rest." Mother said to Liu Qi.

"I'm not tired. This little journey is nothing. I'm walking slowly. Look, I haven't even broken a sweat." Liu Qi replied.Turning around, he took two sheets of bread from the car and sent them to his mother and Zhou Yue respectively.

Mother took it directly, but Zhou Yue waved her hand and said, "I also brought food. It's in my package. I'll get it myself." He stood up.

Liu's mother grabbed Zhou Yue's arm and said: "At this time, there is no difference between you and me. Sooner or later we are all one family. When we go to the mountains, we eat and live together, so we can't tell the difference." Then she stuffed the pancake in her hand. Zhou Yue took another cake from Liu Qi's hand.

Zhou Yue blushed with embarrassment at what Liu's mother said. She looked around as if to see if anyone was watching. She found that everyone was busy with their own business, so she sat down silently and ate the noodles.

Liu Qi snickered when he saw these, then took out pancakes again, and ate them himself. While eating, he took out a water bag, took a big gulp, and sent them to his mother.

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After resting for two quarters of an hour, under the call of Third Master Liu Lisheng, everyone got up and started on their way again.

After entering the mountains and forests, the road was not as easy to walk as before. It became winding and uneven. Fortunately, it hadn't rained in the past few days, otherwise it would have been muddy and even harder to walk.

Although we have been walking along the Changqing River, due to the rugged terrain along the river, this hunting trail will loop back into the forest from time to time to avoid the bumps that are insurmountable by the river.The resting place at noon was less than five miles away from the hunting gathering point in a straight line. The team set off at half past noon and did not arrive at the hunting gathering point until the end of Shen Shi.

Liu Qi raised his eyes and saw that the gathering point was a small valley with relatively flat terrain. The Changqing River flowed through the valley mouth. There were no big trees in the valley. It was estimated that the tribe had cut them down every year when they went into the mountains for hunting.

The ground of the current gathering point is covered with weeds that are half as tall as a person. In some places, the grass grows taller than a person. The temporary gathering points are all small wooden houses with thatched roofs. Due to annual repairs, they look damaged from a distance. Not many.

At a glance, there are probably more than 30 houses. The houses are all about the same size, two feet long, one foot wide and one foot high.A maximum of 10 people can be squeezed in. Any more will make it difficult to sleep. Indeed, as the clan elder said before, the gathering point can accommodate up to 300 people.

There is also a fence as high as one person around the gathering point. Logs as thick as an arm are arranged one foot apart and made of thin canes and branches. The top is now covered with vines.

The fence encloses a space about 70 feet long from east to west and about 30 feet wide from north to south. This is the hunting gathering point.

If you come here for a leisurely visit, this place is really interesting. But when you think of living here for a long time, Liu Qi feels a little confused. But now that you are seeking refuge, you can't help being pretentious.

When everyone entered the gathering place, clan leader Liu Lisheng stood on a wheelbarrow and shouted:
"While it's still daylight, everyone should do as I say and clean up briefly. We'll get through tonight first and then we'll take care of things tomorrow."

"Tonight, women and children under ten years old go into the house to sleep. They find their own companions. There are ten people in a house. The other young men clear the space in the middle, build a fire, and sleep outside tonight. They take turns keeping watch. All the cars are on duty. Stop in the middle of the gathering point." "Clean the house clean and remove the grass within three feet of the house. Xingang, you are responsible for spreading insect repellent around all the houses."

"good".Liu Xingang replied.

Liu Lisheng continued to arrange:
"Release in the evening. Men should go to the south and women to the north. Remember not to go to the river. To get water, get it from the puddles in the valley. There was living water dug by the clan before." Liu Lisheng said, He pointed in four directions with his fingers.

When Liu Qi came in just now, Liu Qi still had a sense of direction, but it is estimated that others could hardly tell the difference between east, west and north.The mouth of this small valley faces west, and the Changqing River flows from south to north along the mouth of the valley.There is also a very small stream flowing out of the valley and flowing into the Changqing River. The stream is less than two feet wide and the water is no deeper than your feet. From where you stand now, you cannot see the puddle that San Ye mentioned. It is probably somewhere in the valley. Further inside.

"Ms. Liu Li, take your wives and take care of all the children. After everyone has finished cleaning up, you can go back to your families." Liu Lisheng continued.Mrs. Liu Li is the daughter-in-law of the second master's eldest son. She is one of the few literate foreign wives in the village, and she is relatively "burly" in appearance.

"Don't worry." Mrs. Liu Li responded.

"Okay, everyone, let's get to work and try to finish everything before dark." Liu Lisheng finally shouted.

The scene was a bit chaotic for a while, and it took almost a quarter of an hour to arrange the rooms.

We were busy until Xu o'clock, when it became completely dark, and everyone settled down.Liu Qi was arranged to watch the first half of the night, and he sat in front of the fire with the people who also watched the first half of the night and chatted. The others were leaning on or lying on the car and fell asleep, snoring one after another.

"Xinqi, do you think there will really be a military disaster this time?" Liu Xin had just finished spreading the anthelmintics, went to the mouth of the valley to wash up, and sat next to Liu Qi and asked.

"I hope not, but the day before yesterday I saw on the fort wall that refugees were passing by on the east side of the Changqing River, heading for Changqing County. Daming Prefecture is southwest of Jinan Prefecture. There is a high possibility that the Jurchen Tatars will plunder Shandong on their return. West." Liu Qi replied

"Hey, Zhao has millions of forbidden troops, but why can't they stop a little Jurchen?" Liu Xingang sighed.

"The Great Zhao values ​​civility over military affairs, and uses civility to control military affairs. The leaders of the army do not know how to fight, and the soldiers have no fighting ability. No matter how many soldiers there are, what is the use." Liu Qi replied.

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On August 21, the second day after entering the mountain, Liu Qi woke up amidst the noise of people. Because Liu Qi had to watch the first half of the night, no one asked these people to get up.When Liu Qi woke up, everyone had already started working. There were only a few people who were still sleeping. Looking up, they were all busy.

Liu Qi squinted his eyes for a while and recalled his dream last night. In the dream, those capable people were surviving in the wild with their bare hands. In particular, there was a big man from the Western Region who looked very different from the people in the Central Plains. He dared to put his mouth into his mouth no matter what the head was. Rise is not afraid of spoiling your stomach.

It may be due to the environmental impact of entering the mountain. Liu Qi's dream last night is very related to the current situation, and some skills are indeed very useful.

After reviewing his memory several times, Liu Qi got up and walked towards the wooden house where his mother lived, where his wheelbarrow was parked.

(End of this chapter)