It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 163

Dozens of people and dozens of people gathered together, throwing away their helmets and armor, their expressions were numb, and they looked at the highest point, along the winding official road, defeated like ants.

Toad Village, Juyi Hall.

Cheng Dalei is sitting on the Taishi chair representing the owner of the village, with Xu Shenji, Huang Sanyuan, Liu Guanzhang, Qin Man, Zhao Zilong on the left... Gao Feihu, Gao Feibao, Xiaobailang, Xiong Da, Xiong Er, etc. The boss of the cottage.

Dark clouds covered the top, so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

"Master, where shall we go?" Gao Feihu.

"Go?" Cheng Dalei repeated the word, and he couldn't tell from his expression what he was thinking.

"Let me say something that is not very pleasant. We all admire the people of the big bosses. Without the big bosses, we can't have what we are today. But now that the Rong clan has come over, the brothers of each family are only scattered. If they can live in the future, brothers and sisters. Get together, we are also headed by the Cheng family."

According to the news brought back by Huang Sanyuan and Zhao Zilong, the Northern Barbarians have already broken through the Black Rock City, and they are now set to slaughter the city. No matter the old or the weak in Black Rock City, there must be rivers of blood and corpses all over the place.

If Cheng Dalei has the mind of a saint and the world, he should drive away the Rong clan and relieve the common people from fire and water.

It's a pity he didn't, he was just an ordinary person after all.

Even an ordinary person, Cheng Dalei was a little unhappy when he thought of what would happen in Black Rock City.

The question is, what is the Beiman Ministry going to do this time?

Like countless times before, kill some people, grab some supplies and women and leave, or start with Black Rock City and open the prelude to looting the entire empire?

Black Rock City, is it the end, or just the beginning?

If Black Rock City was just the beginning, Qingniu Mountain would be a must for the Rong tribe.

The Northern Barbarians can defeat 50,000 Youzhou soldiers in one day and Black Rock City in half a day, not to mention a small toad village.

Therefore, everyone's first thought was to escape. The 5,000-strong cottage would be like a bird and a beast. They would take care of themselves and flee to the hinterland of the empire. The farther they could escape, the better.

The Juyi Hall began to be chaotic, and the people of the empire had already reached the point where they were talking about the military. Everyone was chattering, thinking about how to escape, whether to flee by land, to Jizhou and Bingzhou, or by sea, to the legendary overseas island, Or go to places far away from the border like Yangzhou Xuzhou.

Cheng Dalei did not speak, because he had no idea in his heart at the moment.

Cheng Dalei didn't have much feelings for the country and the people in his heart. He didn't love the empire, nor did he have much hatred for the Rong tribe. Of course, as an out-of-class bandit, the empire never regarded him as a subject.

But also because of this, Cheng Dalei didn't have much fear of the Rong family, everyone talked about the Rong's discoloration and fled, but Cheng Dalei didn't think so.

The thought in his mind was: Rong people are dissatisfied with Wan, is Wan Wan really invincible?

After a long time, Cheng Dalei coughed lightly, the chaotic Juyi Hall gradually quieted down, and everyone's eyes fell on Cheng Dalei.

"Escape, where are we going to escape?" Cheng Dalei asked.

"Escape, naturally, go south and avoid the Rong tribe. Let's occupy a hill and still be a blessing."

"Or you can walk by sea. I heard that there is an isolated island in the sea. As long as we enter the sea, the Rong family will definitely not be able to help us?"

Everyone was paying attention, and the hall was about to become chaotic again.

Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "There are more than 5,000 people in our cottage, more than half of them are old and weak, women and children, and only 2,000 people can really do it. If the Rong tribe is not satisfied with the occupation of Black Rock City and wants to go south, then the two of us will not be satisfied. The legs can outrun the iron hoofs of the Rong clan. Of course, the brothers are all capable people, and there must be some people who can survive this chaos, but can those children and old people also survive?"

The crowd fell silent. The so-called soldier was defeated like a mountain, and deserters were inferior to dogs. If they were to escape, whoever could survive and who could not survive would have to rely on their faces and luck.

"Master, if you have any ideas, tell everyone."

Cheng Dalei shook his head: "I have no idea, if I have an idea, I won't talk nonsense with you."

I only heard that the Rong clan was strong, but Cheng Dalei didn't understand how strong it was. He is now on the verge of being a little timid and wanting to try.

The hall was in chaos again, and these bandits actually didn't have much idea. After hearing Cheng Dalei's analysis, he was at a loss.

"If... I mean if..." Cheng Dalei asked, "If we don't escape, is it feasible?"

"The big boss means..." Liu Bei saw through Cheng Dalei's intention: "Want to fight the Rong tribe?"

There was an uproar, and when Cheng Dalei's thoughts showed a little tail, he immediately startled the bandits.

"This is impossible!" Someone shouted: "Yang Long stopped 50,000 troops, and was defeated by the Rong in one day. We only have 5,000 people in our cottage, and we can only fight 2,000 people."

"We can run, why should we fight with the Rong clan!"

"Does the boss want us all to die!"

"It's all over." Cheng Dalei suddenly got up: "I'm still the boss of the cottage now, so don't give me face now, isn't it too early?"

The crowd quieted down, after all Cheng Dalei Jiwei was still there.

Cheng Dalei squeezed his hands: "I didn't say that I had to defend, or I had to flee. I'm not discussing it with everyone. Escape is a way. You can use your back to face the enemy's iron cavalry. I dare to say that there are 5,000 people in the cottage today, and they can survive. A thousand or two thousand down is not bad. And if you keep it..."

Cheng Dalei paused slightly, and waved his hand as if he wanted to cover the entire cottage.

"First, the terrain of the cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as you hold the gate of the village, no army can break through it. Second, the mountain is not suitable for cavalry to march, and the advantage of the Rong tribe will be greatly weakened. Third, we store grain in the cottage. There are countless, there is absolutely no problem in supporting it for a year and a half, but the Rong people have no logistical support, and if they can't support it, they will naturally withdraw their troops."

Cheng Dalei counted to the third rule and said: "Of course, if you stick to it, many people will sacrifice, including me, including my brothers, but I don't think you can't keep the above three items. The life and death of more than 5,000 brothers is naturally a matter for the brothers to discuss together. Let me ask, will you raise your hands if you are willing to fight?"

The voice fell, everyone looked at each other, looked at each other, their eyes flickered but they didn't know what they were thinking.

Then, in the hall full of people, only one hand was raised, like a lonely flagpole.

It's Lin Shaoyu.

This man who was going to become a hero did not disappoint Cheng Dalei after all. But he was the only one who raised his hand, and he looked so pitiful.

Even those close to Cheng Dalei, such as Xu Shenji and Qin Man, could not muster the courage to let go of fighting the Rong.

Rong, is it that scary?

The more this happened, the more curiosity aroused Cheng Dalei.

Curious, and sometimes competitive.