Tongtian Bamboo Repair

Chapter 399 Night Attack

Not long after, there was a commotion outside the house. More than a hundred people from the entire village gathered together, including men in their eighties, young men in their fifties, and the rest were women, children, and children. These people were gathered here, their faces full of anxiety.

When Zhang Miao heard the noise, he first dug out the novice's single garment that his mother had sewn for him from his bag. This dress is made of fine snow silk cotton. The material is extremely white and shines brightly under the moonlight. It was made by the old mother for Zhang Miao to wear when he entered the Red Lotus Sect.

But now Zhang Miao put it on, and then tidied up his appearance. Although he is only an eleven-year-old little boy, with the blessing of his clothes and the demeanor he has developed through so many years of chanting sutras, he has the demeanor of an enlightened monk.

As soon as Zhang Miao came out, the villagers and the village chief rushed forward. They all asked: "Little master, what can you do?" "Little master, you have figured it out." "Little master..."

Everyone was talking in a flurry, but Zhang Miao didn't feel irritated. He just pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. So he said: "Don't panic, everyone, just follow my instructions."

He paused and said: "The warehouse has high walls and a deep courtyard, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. We only need to guard the gate, arrange arrow towers at the four corners, and defend against the courtyard wall. We will definitely be able to stop those thieves. I have already seen the warehouse. There is a lot of cotton yarn and tung oil, these things can also be used, I will teach you how to make incendiary bombs."

"When organized by young and strong men, those who can use bows and arrows are best. Women and children can also make incendiary bombs. The rest use bamboo to make bamboo spears and nail wooden boards into wooden shields. Setting up scaffolding behind the wall and attacking from a high position can also deal with thieves. .”

This is an ordinary small village with warehouses containing grain, cotton and linen, oil and wood. These are the tributes to the temple. Although there are no weapons, armor or horses, it can still support the attack of a group of thieves.

The village chief has already lit up the smoke, and the flames rising into the sky can be seen by people miles away. As long as other villages see it, they can report it to the temple and then wait for reinforcements from the temple.

And due to the Buddhist practice, there is no problem that the attacking thieves are monks. In this world, in the Buddhist sect, if you want to cultivate magic power and truly become a monk, you must pass three Buddhist exams and officially become a mage. Underneath this, they are all ordinary people.

From Zhang Miao's point of view, those thieves are at most ordinary people who know a little bit about fists and kicks and are physically strong. As long as they are ordinary people, they can still be dealt with by relying on strength in numbers.

Under the command of Zhang Miao, everyone worked together to prepare. Simple scaffolding was put up, which gave a few villagers who could use bows and arrows a commanding fighting position. The rest of the people also held shields and guarded them with spears.

When these firepower points are arranged, good fire suppression can be formed. Coupled with the addition of incendiary bombs, it should be able to deal with those thieves.

Just as Zhang Miao was thinking about it, thieves had already entered the village on horseback. These thieves have rich experience in robbing. After entering the village, they make "hoohoo, hoot, hoot" noises. On the one hand, this shouting tells them where they are, and on the other hand, it also scares the timid farmers.

As long as they are slightly frightened, these villagers will stay in their homes like quails and dare not move. This made it easier for them to rob warehouses and wealthy families in the village.

But there is something different today. The village is quiet, not even the barking of dogs. The thieves walked around but didn't find anyone there. They looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

At this time, a thief reported: "Brother, there are people in the warehouse, there are many people! When our brothers went to investigate, they were surprised by arrows fired!"

The leader of this group of thieves was a big man with yellow hair and a yellow beard. He had a ferocious face and a tall body. After hearing what his men said, he sneered and said, "Chickens who hug each other will die quickly. Come on, let's go and talk about this for a while." Pig!"

He shouted, then rode towards the warehouse. Due to fire protection requirements, there are no buildings on the four sides of the warehouse. This is an independent compound. When the big man with yellow hair came to the warehouse, he saw several villagers holding bows standing in the four corners of the warehouse. Next to the villagers, there were people who erected large shields. Several bamboo spears protruded from the gaps in the large shields. Although the defense was simple, it was But it covers everything.

Seeing this scene, the big man with yellow hair was also surprised. But he sneered again: "How can you, a bunch of mud-legged people who are just pretending, be able to stop my good son!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he whistled, and the thieves behind him started roaring on horseback. The roar was so loud that it made the quiet village boil. Then these thieves began to ride around the yard on horseback. The sound of horse hooves shook the surrounding areas and frightened the villagers in the yard.

Zhang Miao had nothing to be afraid of. He looked outside through the hole in the wall and thought in his mind: "This group of thieves is quite organized. They know how to defeat others without fighting and attack their hearts first. But they should also know that. , This matter cannot be postponed. If it is delayed for a long time, when the monks from the temple come, they will not be able to eat and walk around."

While Zhang Miao was thinking, the archers standing in the corner couldn't help it. They were not professional soldiers and did not have that kind of psychological quality. They were also panicked when they encountered these famous horse thieves. When the horse thieves were running around the yard, they couldn't help but draw their bows and shoot arrows at the thieves.

It's a pity that their bows are only hunting bows, not powerful enough, and their skills are very average. Sometimes they don't even scratch the skin of people and horses.

This scene was seen by the big man with yellow hair, and he also had an idea in his mind. It was definitely not appropriate to go on like this, so he asked the horse thieves to stop and said to several of his men: "You are attacking from the back door, and we are attacking from the front door. Find some jobs that are not afraid of death, and be sure to break in!"

The horse thieves nodded and then dispersed with a few people each. The leader, Ah Huang Mao, glanced coldly at the warehouse in front of him. He waved his hand and said, "Rush up and smash open the courtyard door!"

Several of his men behind him immediately shouted and rushed forward waving their hammers. This group of thieves is good at plundering villages, and they have a lot of stuff to break down doors and pick locks. As soon as these thieves rushed up, Zhang Miao shouted loudly: "Pay attention to your aim and shoot the incoming thieves!"

When several archers heard the cry, they immediately started shooting arrows at the charging thieves.

The few thieves who rushed over were also old thieves. Faced with this kind of attack, they were not afraid at all. They moved in a snake-skin position and directly deflected the incoming bows and arrows. The few archers were inexperienced and there were not many in number, so they had no accuracy at all.

Zhang Miao saw it through the observation hole, and he couldn't help but shake his head. Letting these ordinary farmers become archers is really a bit of a rush. However, he was not discouraged and immediately shouted: "Throw incendiary bombs!"

After he finished speaking, the archers stopped shooting arrows. Instead, they took jars of incendiary bombs from the hands of the villagers nearby and threw them directly at the thieves.

These incendiary bombs are made of tung oil, cotton yarn, charcoal and saltpeter. The tung oil is viscous, has strong adhesion, and is also resistant to burning. Cotton yarn and charcoal saltpeter are both very good fire starters, and igniting tung oil is very simple.

Incendiary bombs were thrown out one after another, hitting a thief in an instant. These farmers are not good at archery, but they are very good at smashing things. An unlucky thief was hit by an incendiary bomb and was immediately doused with tung oil, causing the fire to spread directly over his body. The flames intensified and made the thief scream in pain. He rolled on the ground subconsciously, but his body was stained with tung oil, which could not be extinguished so easily.

Other incendiary bombs that did not hit the thief hit the ground and exploded, forming walls of fire to block the thief's attack. In fact, Zhang Miao did not place his hope on those archers, but he placed greater hope on these tung oil incendiary bombs.

After a round of incendiary bomb attacks, the entire courtyard was enveloped in flames. The flames soared into the sky, not only lighting up the night sky, but also indicating that something unusual had happened here.

The thieves' first round of attacks was interrupted. The Huangmao thieves retreated and regrouped around Ah Huangmao. The big man with yellow hair thought for a moment and said to the others: "Go to the village to find some buckets to put out the fire. It seems that these people are here well prepared. I'm afraid there will be trouble tonight."

A dozen yellow-haired thieves were ordered to find buckets to put out the fire, but their method was very inefficient. Zhang Miao was not anxious when he saw it from the observation port. Instead, he asked the village chief: "If the temple in Tuliang sees this and warns, how long will it take for them to arrive?"

The village chief thought for a moment and said, "It will probably take about an hour. Although the masters in the temple have good feet, it will take a lot of time to restrain the monk soldiers."

The masters in the temple are monks, and they are naturally very fast on their feet. But the monk soldiers who follow the masters are just ordinary people, and they have to be gathered, which does take time. One hour may have been a bit optimistic, but two hours later Zhang Miao was not surprised.

But can they hold on for two hours?

At this time, the thieves outside started moving again. Fortunately, there was the light of the tung oil fire. Under the light of the fire, the thieves turned to the side wall and tried to climb over the wall with a hook lock. But Zhang Miao had already thought of this. The walls here are built with scaffolding, and villagers can use the scaffolding to move quickly around the city. As long as they find a hook hooked on the wall, the villagers can quickly rush over and cut off the hook lock directly.

After several attempts, the thief failed. The villagers threw a few more incendiary bombs, forcing the thieves back a lot.

After a while, a few yellow-haired thieves fired some rockets in by projectile method. However, the overall fire resistance of this warehouse is very good. The walls are made of bricks, the roof is made of tiles, there are no trees or shrubs in the yard, and the land is gravel. If the rocket cannot penetrate the wall, there will be no flammable material to ignite it.

Besides, this is a warehouse, and there are several large tanks filled with water, which can put out fires.

If you want to attack quickly, you have to use life piles. However, the yellow-haired thieves were only fifty people, and they were just a group of thieves. They had no idea of ​​sacrificing a lot of lives for robbery. This was not a life-threatening crime.

After several attempts, the yellow-haired thief returned without success. The villagers' confidence has greatly increased and their morale has improved a lot. If there were no accidents, these thieves would have retreated at night after several attacks with no results. Otherwise, if they stayed up too long, they might be wiped out by the temple's reinforcements.

When the villagers saw the yellow-haired thief hesitating, their faces showed joy. And the village chief has already begun to flatter Zhang Miao.

"As expected, young master, you have deep roots of wisdom and perfect wisdom. With just a little trick, you were able to stump these thieves. You are worthy of being blessed by the Buddha."

"Yes, yes, the little master is really a genius!"

"The village chief is right!"

Several villagers took turns to praise Zhang Miao. If he were an ordinary person, he would already be a little carried away by this moment. But who is Zhang Miao? He has lived for so many years, how can he become complacent with just a few kind words?

He shook his head and said: "It's too early to celebrate now. If these thieves don't retreat at this time, I'm afraid they may have back-ups."

Sure enough, Zhang Miao had just finished speaking. I saw a flash of golden light outside, and then heard a loud bang, and then a noisy voice came: "Oh no! The courtyard door collapsed!"

When Zhang Miao heard the news, there was no panic on his face. He sighed in his heart and murmured: "I just said it's not that simple. This is a forced cheating!"

Even thinking about it with his buttocks, he knew that the movement just now must be some kind of cultivation method. It was probably a talisman or something that directly blew the courtyard door open!

Damn it, ordinary people are playing offensive and defensive games. Where did you get the Italian cannon? If you have this ability, why don't you go and attack Ping'an County?

After a brief complaint, Zhang Miao immediately yelled: "Calm down! Let me fix the hole!"

Zhang Miao also thought about the city wall, ah, no, it was the situation where the courtyard wall was broken. If some force majeure broke the courtyard door, and if the breach was not big, he would have thought of a remedy.

There is a lot of sand and gravel in this courtyard, and there are also empty sacks of grain in the warehouse. You only need to load the sesame eggs with sand and gravel, and then load them on the flatbed truck that transports goods in the warehouse. This is a simple leak-stopping truck. Under Zhang Miao's call, more than a dozen villagers immediately pushed the leak repair truck and pushed a large truck of sand and gravel sacks directly to the courtyard gate, directly blocking the gap.

Of course, this method of plugging leaks is not complete, and thieves can still get in through each gap. But this is already much better than the original gap that was wide for just a few people.

The leak-stopping truck blocked the gap, and the villagers quickly came forward with large shields and bamboo spears. They pointed their bamboo spears at the gap. As long as anyone dared to get in, their bamboo spears would pierce through.

Zhang Miao stood behind the crowd and shouted loudly: "Calm down! Stand in formation. As long as someone rushes in, just close your eyes and stab directly. After stabbing, put away the spear, and then stab again. Remember. , close your eyes, thrust the spear, put the spear away, thrust the spear!"

Zhang Miao shouted loudly. Although the villagers were afraid, they executed well. There is nothing special about this spear formation. It is just a method of close combat. Let’s see who is Zhang Miao’s spear formation who is broken through first, or those thieves who are stabbed in the guts first!

(End of this chapter)