It was extremely difficult for Dong Hu and the others to go out to explore the road this time. It was midsummer, when the vegetation was lush, and there were thick thorns and vines all along the way. There were some places in the direction that even wild animals could not squeeze through, so they had to use the machete they carried with them.

He chopped his way out, but this time he chopped down everything.

He brought four machetes with him. What’s even worse is that several years have passed and even though Dong Hu has a very strong memory, he can only remember the general direction. Most of the time, they can only move along the vaguely visible animal path, but they still repeatedly

Taking the wrong road, even walking a few times, only to find the road

It suddenly stopped at the cliff. Dong Hu, who was leading the way, almost fell off the cliff when he was caught off guard because his vision was blocked. Some places were blocked by broken rocks and could not go around, so they had to take the risk to climb over. Fortunately, they brought them with them this time.

I took the climbing rope given by Ouyang Xuan. As for the things I encountered along the way,

The lack of water sources and the infestation of poisonous insects and ferocious beasts can only be regarded as trivial matters. After all, the three of them have been hunting in the mountains since they were young, and have strong abilities to survive in the wild and deal with dangers. Even so, it took the three of them four full days to explore

We had to go to the plain below the mountain, and the return trip took another day.

Although this trip lasted only five days, the three of them had lost a lot of weight, which was evident from their hard work. Even when they returned to Liuliba, Dong Hu and the others were already haggard and exhausted. As for Artemisia annua, it was

It was collected from a hillside in the plain. Because the hillside here is a rocky desert terrain, trees cannot grow at all, but clumps of wormwood grow in the gaps between the stones. Dong Hu and others have

Arranged by Rude, I searched for wormwood and saw that the wormwood here was similar to but different from Liuliba, so I picked some on my way back. The wormwood in Liuliba was green, while the wormwood here was in the green zone.

The egg was yellow in color and had a distinct pungent smell. After Ouyang Xuan heard the three people finished speaking, he ordered Dong Hu and others to go back and recuperate, while sending someone to squeeze out the juice from the collected wormwood for Yu Zhu to take.

The next day, the person who took care of Yu Zhu reported with a happy face that Yu Zhu's condition had improved significantly after taking the juice of Artemisia annua, but he had been weak for a long time and still couldn't get out of bed. Finally, he said hesitantly, "Dong

There is not much Artemisia brought back by the tiger. We are talking about it.

, Huang Dagen hurriedly walked into the house, and when he saw other people in the house, he whispered to Ouyang Xuan: "Brother Xuan, the bandits from Wanjiaping are coming towards Liuliba." Ouyang Xuan immediately asked someone to invite Lu Dezhi

He came to discuss matters with Cao Ergou, turned away everyone, and asked Huang Dagen in detail about the situation of the bandits.

Because the military situation was urgent, the discussion was brief and efficient. The only people participating in the discussion were Ouyang Xuan, Huang Dagen, Cao Ergou, Lu Dezhi, and Yang Xiucai who was taking notes on the side. There were only five people. Ouyang did not want to alarm the other people.

On the one hand, he was confident about repelling the invading bandits, but on the other hand, there was a lot of waste to be done, and industrial and mining construction projects could not be stopped easily. More importantly, he did not want to let panic spread in the village.

Huang Dagen introduced the situation of the invading bandits detected by the secret sentry. There were about 50 bandits this time, half of them were archers and crossbowmen, and the rest were sword, shield, and spearmen. The bandits had just come out on this trip.

When they arrived at Wanjiaping and headed into the mountains, they were caught by Liuliba's secret...

The sentry noticed it from a distance. The sentry kept observing until the bandit turned onto the mountain road leading to Liuliba, and then he quickly ran back to report the news. Since the bandit walked in a leisurely manner and stopped and stopped, it was estimated that it would take

It took half an hour to arrive at the gate of Liuli Bazhai.

Lu Dezhi suppressed his inner panic and proposed to summon all the people to defend the stronghold. If the weapons were insufficient, use farm tools instead; Cao Ergou was gearing up and proposed to summon all the guards and teaching team to defend the stronghold; Huang Dagen saw Ouyang Xuan attacking the two men.

Ouyang Xuan kept silent, knowing that he was dissatisfied with the two people's proposal, so he proposed that the teaching team guard the stronghold, while the guard team ambushed and waited for the opportunity to bomb with grenades. Ouyang Xuan did not agree to use grenades because it was far away from the bandits.

There are still four days left in the required time, but this time the bandits only came with more than 50 people, and they did not bring siege weapons. He judged that the bandits came mainly to warn Liuliba and intimidate the villagers to pay their dues on time.

"Tax". Ouyang Xuan estimated that this time the bandits would not be able to achieve their goals, so they would invade on a large scale. He did not want to reveal his trump card prematurely, so he wanted to catch the bandits off guard with a grenade and give them a head-on blow.

At that time, it was agreed that Cao Ergou would recruit 50 people from the teaching team to guard the stronghold, and place large shields on the top of the stronghold wall. If the bandits came to attack, they would shoot bows and arrows and throw stones from a distance, and stab them with spears when they were close. The earth and stone stronghold walls were now destroyed.

It's built. The bandits want to invade the stronghold.

It's just a dream; Huang Dagen chose 20 people to lie in ambush, and when the bandits were defeated and retreated, they blocked the way and killed them. As for the rest of the people in the village, they worked normally. When the bandits came, they did not ring the bell or alarm, and just closed the village door tightly.

That’s it.

When the bandits from Wanjiaping walked slowly to the gate of the village, they were surprised to find that just a few days later, Liuliba had built a new wall. The people on the wall were hiding behind fences and shields, standing tall and straight.

They were all neatly organized, and there was a hint of an array. Confused, the bandit leader did not think deeply about it. The only purpose of his trip in his mind was to collect taxes. Following the example of the government, he sent two of them.

Then hold the shield and go to shout

, and asked the people of Liuliba to submit obediently. However, unexpectedly, these two minions were very rough and rude. As soon as they shouted a few words, a large number of stones and arrows flew from the wall of the stronghold, making the shields bang.

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The noise made them scared and fled back. Although the vitals of these two minions were protected by shields, their legs were still hit by solid stones several times. They were now holding the injured legs and wailing in pain.

The bandit leader was used to being arrogant in this mountain. How could he suffer any loss? In a rage, he ordered the bandits to form an attack array. Some held shields for protection, some fired arrows from behind, and some were ready to climb up the wall. The bandits used bows.

Although the crossbowmen stood under the wall, there were many of them

, the arrows fired were so powerful and accurate that the archers and militiamen on the wall were suppressed for a while, and they could only find openings to fight back. Their arrows and stones were also very inaccurate. On the other hand, the bandits not only had more bows, but also some

There are several powerful crossbows whose arrows can penetrate

Fortunately, the crossbow arrows only slightly injured two militiamen after passing through the wooden shield on the wall. While the wall was suppressed, more than a dozen bandits watched the opportunity and threw out hooked ropes to climb up.

The militiamen at the head of the village did not have long knives, and they saw that the bandits were about to climb up.

When they came, some timid ones were ready to turn around and run away. Fortunately, Cao Ergou stopped behind and stabbed a bandit who climbed up the wall of the village with a spear, braving the arrows and ordered the militiamen to use their spears.

He stabbed hard through the gap between the two shields to block the bandit's first wave of attack.

After experiencing the initial panic, the Liulizhai militiamen stabilized their position under the command of Cao Ergou, and fought more and more smoothly, becoming more confident. The bandits then launched several waves of offensives, but they were all blocked. Not only did they not climb up

On the top of the wall, more than a dozen people were killed or injured, and their morale was getting lower and lower. On the Liuliba side, only a few people were slightly injured.

The bandit leader saw that he could not attack for a long time, and his personnel were getting more and more tired. He knew that it would only become more and more disadvantageous if he continued like this, so he prepared to retreat. When the bandits were supporting the wounded and carrying the bodies and preparing to retreat, they suddenly heard something from the village behind.

Cries of killing spread everywhere, and it turned out that the militiamen on the wall had rushed out of the village gate and killed them. In fact, according to Ouyang Xuan's idea, the militiamen only needed to stick to the wall of the village, but Cao Ergou saw that the bandits were in obvious decline, so he pointed out

With a wave of the hand, the militiamen were divided into three rows and ran forward. The front row held shields and the back two rows held spears. Although the formation was not tight, it still had a strong sense of intimidation. When the bandits saw it, they fired arrows and resisted with shields and spears.
Chapter completed!