The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 290: The Village is Full of Soldiers
"Clang, clang, clang! clang, clang, clang!"

In the silence of the night, the sound of gongs suddenly rang out, one after another, rapid and piercing, instantly waking up most of the village.

Shi Liu, whose eyelids had been twitching all day, had a restless sleep. When he heard the gong, he was immediately startled. The bandits really came!

She quickly got out of bed, put on her coat and shoes, and went out of the room.

Hu Zhen and his men were already waiting in the yard.

"From which direction did the gong sound start?"

"It's the south end of the village, the bandits came from the mountain!" Hu Zhen replied.

In the upper room, Li Ji and Li Laodi all stood up one after another, "Shi Liu, are the bandits really here?"

Shi Liu turned around and said, "Don't be afraid, Dad, just stay home and don't come out!"

"Leave ten people to guard, and the rest of you go to the south end of the village to resist the bandits!" Shi Liu gave the order in a deep voice, then strode out.

"Be careful! Pomegranate!" Song's heart ached and her eyes reddened uncontrollably, but she did not open her mouth to stop her daughter from going. At this moment, she only felt that her daughter's resolute and steady back was like a mountain.

Hu Zhen, with Zuo Cheng and fourteen other people, as well as the thirty people they brought back from Dazaozhuang, all held long sticks, followed Shi Liu out of the door and hurried towards the south end of the village.

In a flash, when the gong sounded suddenly, the fire on the mountain seemed to pause, and then clusters of torches appeared again, illuminating the entire mountain, and then there was the sound of footsteps.

Liu Fulai and others tightly grasped their weapons, staring at the countless torches lit in front of them without blinking. The flames almost all hit them, illuminating their nervous and frightened expressions, but their bodies did not shrink back at all.

Soon, men from the surrounding areas heard the noise and quickly ran out with hoes and gathered around Liu Fulai and others. A group of ferocious bandits holding big knives were already close at hand.

The bandit leader who had massacred more than ten villages was also extremely surprised. He never thought that in this village, the villagers were holding hoes and were ready to welcome them.

But he couldn't help laughing. It was really interesting. A group of farmers who only knew how to grow crops could beat them back with hoes?
Tsk, what a joke, it’s just a last-ditch effort.

After killing so many people in the village that they had no power to fight back, the bandit leader was now very excited and felt that fighting to the last was a kind of excitement.

He showed his sharp white teeth and laughed, "Go ahead, boys! Kill them. There must be a lot of treasures to be looted from this village!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bandits under his command rushed up with their swords brandished.

Liu Fulai and others here felt their legs and necks tremble, swallowed their saliva, and raised the hoes and sticks in their hands - let's fight!
The bandits who rushed towards them were all in high spirits, but before they got close, they saw something thrown at them and subconsciously turned sideways to avoid it.

The crackling sound of firecrackers exploded among the bandits, instantly disrupting their formation.

But the bandits were not scared, instead they were enraged and rushed forward again with knives brandished.

But the firecrackers delayed the bandits for a while. When the bandits rushed up again, Hu Zhen and his men arrived and swung their sticks to block the first attack from the bandits.

With Hu Zhen and his men blocking the way, Liu Fulai and his men seemed to have found their backbone. Two or three of them faced off against a bandit, swinging their hoes with all their strength.

At this time, men from other families in the village also arrived one after another and joined the battle without saying a word.

The fight has already begun, so there is no point in being scared anymore.

We are all grown men, who doesn't have some blood? Clan leader Li and village chief Liu rushed over breathlessly and bumped into Shi Liu in front of Sun Daya's house.

"Is it that group of bandits? How many of them are there?"

"Thanks to Pomegranate, I didn't expect the bandits to really come!"

When they talked about it, they were all still frightened, and at the same time they were very worried about the people fighting with the bandits ahead.

Except for the elderly and young children, everyone in every household in the village is now on the move.

"It's that group of bandits, all of them holding knives, and there are probably no less than a hundred of them." Shi Liu said in a deep voice, staring at the fire ahead without blinking.

Upon hearing that there were no less than a hundred bandits, Patriarch Li and others frowned. They all had knives, while they only had hoes and sticks, or at most hatchets - they couldn't help but sweat.

The women who were hiding in their homes also knelt down in the direction of Dabao Temple, chanting and praying to Buddha and Bodhisattva to bless everyone in Xiahe Village to spend the night safely.

In Shanghe Village opposite and Tianbao Village next to it, the initial gong sounds were not heard by them for a while, until the crackling of firecrackers and shouts of killing rang out, and then people gradually realized that something was wrong.

The people in Tianbao Village could hear it more clearly. Chief Lin's eyelids jumped and he quickly asked his son to ring the gong to wake up the villagers.

"Xiahe Village is being attacked by bandits. Should we go and help?" someone asked.

Captain Lin was also hesitant. There were only fifty or so households in their village. Their legs would tremble at the mention of bandits. Would they dare to go and help?

But thinking about how much benefit the Li family’s workshop in Xianggupo had brought to Tianbao Village, if the Li family was gone, where would their village find work?

Gritting his teeth, Chief Lin immediately said, "The Li family has been good to us, and we should be loyal to each other. Listen to me. Each family should send a strong laborer, bring your equipment, and follow me to Xiahe Village to help!"

When Lin Lichang said this, everyone was afraid, but they did as he said.

In Shanghe Village opposite, Patriarch Fan heard the noise from the other side and knew that the bandits were really coming. Today it was Xiahe Village, and tomorrow it might be their village. He immediately gathered the villagers and prepared to call for help.

Some people were not happy and said, "They are bandits who kill without blinking an eye. How can we fight them with our hoes and sticks? We will die if we go!"

When he said this, most people were unhappy. After all, they had no relatives or friends in Xiahe Village, so why should they die to help them? They were not that righteous.

Patriarch Fan couldn't force everyone. After all, it was human nature to be afraid of bandits and death.

He could only appeal to their emotions and reason with them, explaining to them the principle of "the lips and the teeth are in danger".

After a lot of talking, I finally convinced most of the people to go over and help.

The two villages rushed to Xiahe Village one after another, but it would take a lot of time to gather the villagers and then continue their journey.

During this period, the smell of blood gradually filled Xiahe Village. Even though there were only a few villagers against one bandit, it was difficult for them to gain the upper hand because the bandit was good at fighting and had weapons in his hands. Soon, some villagers were injured.

Seeing their companions falling one by one, and the bandits still shouting and cursing excitedly and arrogantly, the villagers, who were afraid from the bottom of their hearts even when they rushed up, were finally completely aroused to fight.

You bastard thieves and bandits, I’m going to fight you!
There were flashes of swords and a fierce battle.

Hu Zhen was fighting with the bandit leader to a standstill and he could hardly get the upper hand. It turned out that this bandit leader was so skilled!