Chapter 296: Defending the Village to the Death

Su Qing'an was a little slow to react. Read

Two or three hundred people with weapons and fighting ability...except for Ma Xin's men, it's hard to resist one or two.

Ma Xin has already given an urgent order: "Everyone, fully armed, move!"

Many traps were dug overnight at the entrance to the mountain, and it is unknown how long they can resist.

Ma Xin's men all got on the suspension bridge, left Baijiazhai, and rushed to the entrance to the mountain.

And the men of Baijiazhai and Xingengzhai all gathered at the gate of Baijiazhai.

This mountain is still too big, and there is more than one entrance to the mountain, Baijiazhai. If so, you can gather people from all the villages and win by numbers.

But Su Qing'an can't do this.

If the bandits outside sneak into other villages from other mountain roads and surround them from other places, I'm afraid they will be in trouble.

Su Qing'an was anxious.

Ma Xin's men all went to the mountain pass, and there were only a few dozen people. If they could fight ten with one, it would be fine, but I'm afraid the other side's fighting ability is not weak.

Su Qing'an picked dozens of strong men from Xingeng Village and Baijia Village and asked them to bring swords and arrows to the mountain pass for support.

"If the situation is not right, retreat in time!"

"Yes."

Turning around, he ordered others to boil water, heat oil, and prepare arrows and slings.

No one dared to breathe, and they were alert, nervous, and worried. So no one retreated.

One step back means death, and one step forward may still survive.

Su Qing'an and Baizhaizhu walked back and forth on the gate wall, unable to hear or see the outside. Their hearts were burning like hot oil.

After a while, a villager ran over to report that Ma Xin's people had confronted them...

They could still resist.

Many bandits were also killed in the trap...

Mountain people are good at setting traps when chasing prey, but the other side has two or three hundred people...

Su Qing'an was so anxious that he kept rubbing his hands.

"Explore again!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the scout came back to report: "There are too many people, our people have retreated!"

It's bad!

"Get down the suspension bridge quickly!"

"Prepare kerosene and arrows!"

The women under the gate wall immediately prepared.

The men on the gate wall also lowered the suspension bridge, ready to welcome their own people back. At the same time, the men stood in a row on the gate wall, with bows and arrows ready.

But Ma Xin didn't want to retreat, and once he retreated, others would follow and attack into the mountains.

So he led his men to disperse and lead the bandits away, and killed them one by one in the forest by taking advantage of his familiarity with the mountain terrain and mountain roads.

But there were too many people, wave after wave.

Except for his people, the men of the two villages might not be able to resist for long.

"Retreat!"

Soon, Su Qing'an heard movement in the forest, and slowly there was the sound of swords and guns hitting each other, which gradually became louder and louder.

"Get ready!"

"Beat the drum!"

Beat the drum, first to remind the people in the village to prepare to hide, and second to cheer people up!

The drums beat loudly, hitting the chest.

No one retreated! Instead, it aroused everyone's stronger fighting spirit!

Protect the home and the village, fight to the death with the enemy! Never let them attack the village!

Seeing Ma Xin and his men, and the men from the two villages running back from afar, the suspension bridge was immediately lowered and placed on the trench.

"Quick, quick!"

When the last person crossed the suspension bridge, Su Qingmei shouted: "Collect!"

The suspension bridge was immediately pulled up.

The chasing bandits were blocked on the other side of the trench.

"Damn it!" Seeing that they were blocked by a trench, the bandits immediately cursed.

A group of mountain people, refugees and low-class people! They are still building a village gate and digging trenches in a formal manner!

This is going to heaven!

A group of bandits blocked by the trench, cursing, were about to go down to test the depth of the water in the trench, Su Qingmei had already called for people to shoot arrows!

The accuracy is not good, but the density is enough to make the other party drink a pot.

Besides, the other side was crowded together.

You could hit a few even if you shot randomly.

"Back off, back off!"

Back off? There's no way you can back off, back off is still within the range.

Ma Xin's men immediately took over the bows and arrows, and the accuracy immediately improved.

A group of people on the opposite side fell down immediately.

The men in the two villages were not idle either, some threw stones, rockets and kerosene, without stopping for a moment.

Another group fell down immediately.

"Retreat!"

In an instant, the bandits retreated into the forest like a tide.

Everyone collapsed on the door wall and gasped.

It was a close call.

Su Qing'an also held the wall pillar and gasped, the string was too tight.

Just when she wanted to ask people to clean up the battlefield, the forest immediately shouted again.

Everyone was shocked!

All looked over.

"A group of mountain people will definitely break into your village today, steal all your food, and make your women work like slaves for us!"

"They are coming to reinforce us!"

"More mountain bandits are coming!"

"What should we do?"

"Don't panic!"

Although Su Qing'an advised everyone not to panic, her heart was also sinking to the bottom.

This trench can only hold out for a while, I'm afraid it won't hold out for too long. What if they cut down a big tree and put it on top...

Su Qing'an didn't dare to think too much, nor was she allowed to think too much.

"Prepare the bows and arrows, shoot!"

"Shoot!"

Ma Xin had already given orders one after another.

Zhaizhu Zhong also ordered people to throw stones and kerosene.

The old man even went into battle himself and threw stones at the other side viciously: "I will smash you to death! Dare to steal our food and let our women serve you! Go to hell!"

"Go cut down a tree and put it on top!"

"Go and see if there is another way to climb in from the back of this mountain!"

The bandits on the opposite side immediately thought of a solution!

"No, we must not let them come over the mountain!"

"Shoot!"

Another group of people fell outside!

Arrows were constantly being carried to the gate wall!

The carpenters and blacksmiths of the two villages did not stop for a moment, just wanting to do more, more!

Even the children helped to pick up stones, and carried baskets of stones to the gate wall!

But facing more and more bandits coming out of the woods, this was not enough!

If there was a team that surrounded the bandits from behind and attacked them from both sides, they could be killed in the encirclement.

But where could they get the manpower?

Su Qingmei was thinking about the manpower, and the bandits in front had already dragged a big tree over, and were about to build a trench and rush over the trench.

"I'll take people down and fight them head-on!"

"No! There are too many of them!"

"You can't just watch passively!" Ma Xin insisted on fighting them head-on.

The two were arguing when they saw many people rushing over from Baijiazhai. They looked carefully and saw Liu Zhengzheng, who was left in the market town by Ma Xin, coming over with a large group of mountain people.

"Chief, I'll bring people to support!"

"You're here!"

Su Qing's eyes were moist.

Except for the few people left by Ma Xin in the market town, the rest were probably mountain people who moved here and lived near the market town. For example, Zheng Bo in the middle.

The big drum on the gate wall was beaten again.

It was exciting.

Waves of arrows shot down from the gate wall, and waves of stones thrown down, still had some effect, slightly resisting the opponent's attack.

But after a while, everyone heard movement in the forest again.

"Haha, you mountain people, you're dead, someone else is coming! No matter who comes, we will kill you together first, rob your village, and then we will divide it!"

"Brothers, cheer up!"

"Haha, they're dead!"