SFS Chapter 121 Mountain Fire
Chapter 121 Mountain Fire
Ma Damazi pointed at a woman in the refugee group and asked:
"Is he right? Do you have anything else to say?"
The woman nodded quickly and whispered:
"The tall one was carrying a backpack, and the two of them didn't have much luggage."
Ma Damazi glanced at the man lying on the ground and threw the purse to him.
The man picked up the money bag in disbelief and looked back at his family, who waved him away.
The man walked towards the front of the valley step by step, and was about to walk out of the valley.
However, when he passed by a group of bandits, one of them, Wang Laowu, stabbed him in the stomach and he fell down limply.
When the refugees behind him saw him being killed, they completely broke down and the women cried while holding their children.
There were a few men in front looking at the bandits holding big swords. Although they knew they were no match for them, they still picked up axes.
The second brother is a man of blood, and he will shout:
"The bandits won't let us go. Rather than being killed one by one, we should just pick up our weapons and kill one to cover our losses. Killing two will be a profit!"
The refugees knew they would die if they did not resist, so they were forced to take up arms.
Even the women took out kitchen knives, firewood sticks, etc. from their homes, holding their children in one hand and weapons in the other.
Ma Damazi looked at the refugees expressionlessly and said coldly:
"Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
When the bandits heard the order from their leader, they rushed towards the refugees with their swords.
Among the refugees, the men in front also rushed forward with axes.
The number of refugees was much smaller than that of the bandits, and there were many women and children among them.
The battle was over in about two quarters of an hour.
None of the refugees survived!
However, the refugees, knowing they had no hope of survival, fought desperately and actually killed several bandits, injuring even more.
After Ma Damazi settled the wounded and injured bandits, he stared at Lao San's shoes, wondering what he was thinking.
Until evening, many refugees came and lost their lives.
Among them, there are a few refugees who participated in the incident, but there are more refugees who did not participate in the incident.
Ma Damazi was getting increasingly anxious as he couldn't find the murderer with the bow and arrow and his companion.
Lu Qingqing waited until it was completely dark, then quietly came out from beside the rock and slowly moved out of the valley.
It was too dark and she was afraid of being discovered, so she didn't dare light a torch.
The mountain road was rugged and it was too dangerous to walk in the dark. After walking a short distance, she slipped back into the space.
Lu Qingqing silently thought about a way out. The mountain pass occupied by the bandits was the fastest way out of the mountain.
Apart from this, if you want to get out of the mountain, you can only go over the top of the mountain and take a detour out from another mountain.
We didn't even know if there was a road up that mountain, let alone how dangerous it was.
Lu Qingqing thought about it for a while but couldn't come up with any good solution, so she decided to take a rest and see how the situation would be tomorrow.
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At midnight, Shi Xiu'er was awakened from her sleep by refugees fleeing for their lives.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a huge fire behind her and was stunned for a moment.
Then she cried out:
"It's on fire! It's on fire! Everybody, get up!"
She shouted and patted Lu Tianfu beside her. The woman's sharp and frightened voice woke up Lu Tianming and his group who were still sleeping.
Lu Tianming woke up instantly when he saw the flames rising into the sky, and almost screamed:
"Hurry! Everyone grab your simple luggage and run!"
At this time, everyone in the team got up and began to pack their things hurriedly.
In the camp, the sounds of women calling their children, men urging their wives to pack up, and even the screams of refugees in the distance mixed together.
Fortunately, they didn't unload too many things before going to bed. After folding up their bedding and harnessing their animals, they ran forward.
Ahead, there are already refugees fleeing for their lives.
Lu Tianming held a torch and drove a carriage, overtaking some refugees from time to time.
Everyone on the road was running for their lives!
Behind, Lu Tianfu was pulling a cart and had a hard time keeping up.
Even though Shi Xiu'er was helping to push the car from the side, she still couldn't catch up with the speed of the one in front.
Shi Xiu'er made up her mind, loosened the rope on the bucket, and almost overturned the bucket, leaving only a little water at the bottom.
Lu Tianfu's mother screamed subconsciously, and then realized that escaping was the first priority now.
She ran to the side of the car to help push the cart. When she heard Little Stone crying in fear, she comforted him that everything was fine.
However, her words of comfort were filled with fear that she herself was not aware of.
It was too dark, and Lu Tianming drove the carriage forward at full speed, only paying attention to the general direction to make sure he didn't fall into the ditch.
As for the road conditions, I couldn't care less.
In the carriage, even though the women held on tightly to the carriage, they were still thrown out and hit their heads from time to time.
At this time, no one cared about whether it was safe to travel on the mountain road at night. Everyone just focused on hurrying on.
If we don't run away, we will all be roasted into charcoal.
On the mountain road, refugees who were resting on the roadside were woken up from time to time and joined the fleeing team.
The number of refugees increased, and the noise they made grew louder, and combined with the crackling of burning trees in the distance, the night became noisy.
After running for more than half an hour, the wildfire was getting closer and closer.
Lu Tianming was extremely anxious and whipped the horse hard, but the horse could not go any faster as it was pulling so many things.
He threw things out of the carriage and shouted to the back:
"Everyone, throw away the heavy things in the car. If we don't run, we will die!"
When the village chief heard this, he asked his wife to lift the bucket and pour out the water.
Although the village chief's wife did as she was told, she still felt very distressed when she saw the water being poured out!
Those who were in a hurry were throwing their luggage onto the roadside as they ran.
Seeing the fire getting closer, these families even threw away a lot of food.
Tianfu Niang ran while muttering distressedly:
"These are all the belongings my son and I worked so hard to earn. We were on the run for so long, and we couldn't bear to throw them away when the barbarians attacked us!"
In front, Lu Tianming continued to shout while throwing:
"Quick! Quick! Quick! Throw away all the heavy things in the car!"
The village chief's wife listened to Lu Tianming's words and also threw things out.
At this time, the only thing heavier than the food in their car was the iron pot.
The village chief was too busy pulling the cart to do anything else and directed his wife:
"Quick, throw away that big iron pot!"
The village chief's wife thought about how hard it was to buy this iron pot, and tears came to her eyes, but she still picked up the iron pot and threw it to the side of the road.
When Tianfu's mother could no longer run, Lu Tianfu carried her into the car.
At this time, there was not much left on Tianfu's cart, even the big wooden barrel had been thrown away.
Even so, Lu Tianfu had a hard time pulling the cart.
He felt like his chest was on fire and it hurt.
The only sound in my ears was my own heavy breathing.
Along the way, refugees joined the escape team from time to time, and the number of people increased.
Those refugees who were reluctant to throw away their luggage naturally slowed down.
While driving, Lu Tianming shouted loudly to the front:
"Please move to the left, those in front! Please move to the left, those in front!"