SFS Chapter 184 Archers, Prepare
Chapter 184 Archers, Prepare
At such a critical moment, everyone in Shenjia Village, even Shen Zhiqiu and Shen Youyou, who were always confident in their brains, became dazed.
Isn’t this a bit too unlucky?
Shen Zhiqiu: "Who are they outside? From other bandit dens? Or refugees?"
He asked, but he didn't have time to wait for Dabao's answer and hurried to the gate of the village.
Shen Youyou also hurriedly followed behind, so how could she have time to care about gold, silver and jewelry?
"How many people are outside?"
This was the first sentence Shen Zhiqiu said when he arrived at the gate of the mountain stronghold. He didn't bother to listen to others' answers and climbed over the wall of the bandit stronghold.
There was a ladder on the courtyard wall. Shen Youyou was also anxious. What was going on? But the ladder was occupied by uncles.
She could only look out through the crack in the door, but couldn't see anything clearly. She could only see the flickering fire outside the crack.
Shen Zhiqiu was better off, as he stood high and could see far, but the scene outside was so frightening that even he, who thought he had seen a lot of big scenes, broke out in a cold sweat.
There were hundreds or even thousands of soldiers outside, wearing armor and holding sharp blades, their swords shining coldly under the light of torches.
There were rows of archers in front, holding bows and crossbows and aiming at the entrance of the stronghold and the top of the wall, where they showed their heads.
Even the watchtowers in the mountain stronghold were manned by archers.
Oh my god! With this kind of situation, let alone the fact that there are only more than 200 of them now, even if they were real bandits, they would definitely rush to their deaths.
It’s really not that Shen Zhiqiu is too cowardly. Just look at the people standing on the ladder on the wall and looking out. Every one of them is sweating coldly, including Li Quan, the most worldly-wise.
Shen Youyou was anxious downstairs, and asked his father in a low voice: "What's going on, Dad? Are they bandits or refugees?"
Shen Zhiqiu moved his throat and licked his lips nervously: "Yes...it's a soldier!"
Shen Youyou almost blurted out the quintessence of Chinese culture. What a sin!
You know, they were avoiding soldiers all the way, but at the last moment they were scared. If they passed this checkpoint, they would reach the northern border, but they met soldiers at this time?
She really couldn't help it. Was God playing a trick on them?
But at such a critical moment, she could only think quickly, thinking of ways to escape.
But I was confused and wondering, didn't they say the south was invading?
This is too fast. Nothing happened during the day. Where are these soldiers from?
Are they really going to be drafted into the military, or even worse, they won't even be given the chance to do military service and will just be arrested and beheaded?
This is too bad, woo woo! Is it still possible?
"Dad, where do you think these soldiers are from?"
She was also seriously ill and was trying every possible means. She was so nervous that she even thought that if all else failed, she would just give it a try. After all, this was a wilderness and whoever could escape during the chaos would be better than having all the Shenjia Villagers wiped out.
After a while, he thought again, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, as long as they can stay alive, even if they have to serve in the army temporarily, maybe they can make something of themselves.
At this moment, he regretted his carelessness. He should have brought all the materials for making gunpowder with him. Before coming to the stronghold, he thought that the bandits would be drunk anyway, so he did not bring those things.
The first is that it cannot be used, and the second is that even if it is used, the noise is too loud and it alerts other bandits or soldiers. What should we do?
What's more, this is in the mountains. If a forest fire occurs, they will have even less chance of escaping from the blazing fire.
But now she really wants to beat herself to death. Why don't you bring it with you? At least if you bring that thing with you, you can have a glimmer of hope and fight back desperately.
Although she seemed to have thought a lot, only a moment had passed before Shen Zhiqiu answered helplessly:
"It was pitch black here. Even with the light of the fire I could only see that they were soldiers. It was because their armor was reflecting light.
Besides, even if I could see it clearly, I don’t recognize the clothes of the yamen runners and the officials guarding the city gates in my hometown!"
Yes, this old man is just a scholar. How could he have seen many soldiers? Moreover, in the dark night, it is even harder to tell them apart.
She was indeed anxious.
The other people in Shenjia Village were even more doomed. When they heard Shen Zhiqiu say that they were government soldiers, they turned pale with fright and lost all the toughness they had when they searched the bandits just now.
The expressions on everyone's faces were extremely frightened.
Even Li Jingshu hurriedly grabbed his daughter and son, and said, "Quick! Is there a cellar in this bandit village? Go in and hide, little kids."
This seemed to be a reminder, and the crowd was in chaos. The old ladies were not panicked when facing the bandits, but now they were really anxious.
But he still held his grandchildren beside him, wanting to ask the strong man who had entered the village a month in advance if he knew if there were any cellars or something. It would be fine if they died, but the little kids must not be in any danger!
It was not just the group from Shenjia Village. Even the women who had just been rescued and the tied-up bandits were all panicked, because every one of them was afraid of the soldiers.
Even the eldest boss, who had been unconscious, stopped pretending to be drunk. In fact, he was awakened by the screaming sounds not long after he was tied up, but he secretly observed and found that the second in command was beaten badly.
He kept his eyes closed and pretended to be drunk. First, it was to avoid getting beaten, and second, he felt a little dizzy and couldn't run away. Pretending to be drunk would make it easier for Shen Zhiqiu and his group to let down their guard.
But now he couldn't care about anything else. He lay on the ground and called Shen Zhiqiu: "Fourth brother, quickly untie me. I can forgive you for what happened before. We have to fight against the enemy together at this critical moment!"
Unfortunately, Shen Zhiqiu didn't have time to deal with him because his mind was also in a mess.
However, the officers and soldiers outside seemed to be impatient. They didn't give the people in the village too much time and started shouting loudly!
"Listen, bandits inside, put down your weapons and surrender quickly, or we will attack you!"
There were several threats in succession, and each sound was like thunder in the ears of everyone in the village.
It wasn’t because his voice was so loud, but rather that the meaning of his words was so hurtful.
Shen Youyou really couldn't hold back this time, and suddenly exclaimed: "Damn it, they won't even give me a chance to beg for mercy, they'll just shoot me to death with arrows!"
The latter sentence was too aggrieved. Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the people outside start shouting again:
"I'll give you a final moment to think. I'll count to ten. If you don't surrender, I'll shoot you."
Shen Youyou was about to say to his father: "Surrender first, don't let them really shoot arrows at us, if they really do we will be finished."
The others were all extremely terrified, and some of the bandits and women who were tied up even wet their pants out of fear.
These people were more anxious than anyone else because they were tied up in the yard of the mountain stronghold. If arrows were shot, they would not be able to find a room to hide and would be shot into sieves in an instant.
Many people shouted with all their might: "We surrender, we surrender, we surrender!"
As a result, the person outside did not play by the rules. He did not count, but shouted directly: "Archers, get ready!"