Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 379: Strategy to Repel Bandits

The leading bandit continued to count slowly: "Nine breaths."

Just as I was about to count to the last one, there was a sudden "clang" sound.

It turned out that the chief constable loosened the knife in his hand, and it fell on the stone, making a crisp metallic collision sound.

The chief constable shouted loudly: "We give up resistance, and hope you can let us live."

The thin officer also quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, we all have elderly parents and children at home, please have mercy on us and let us go."

The leading bandit had a dignified look on his face. He glanced at all the officers and said, "Take off your uniforms and weapons and put them on the ground!"

The chief constable saw this and knew that there was no other way out. He had to save his life first, so he said to all the constables, "Let's take off our clothes!"

Immediately afterwards, the swords in the hands of all the officers fell to the ground, making a chaotic "clang, clang" sound.

Soon, all the officers took off their official uniforms and swords and raised their hands above their heads.

In the end, the officers were left with only a pair of leggings on their bodies. Many eyes were staring at them. They lowered their heads and crossed their arms, feeling ashamed and timid, and their legs and feet kept shaking.

The leading bandit couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw the officers looking so miserable.

"Brothers, look at these cowards! They were so mighty and domineering when they bullied the villagers of Baili Village just now, but now look at them like this, damn! They are as cowardly as dogs!"

The bandits pointed at a group of shirtless officers and laughed loudly.

The leading bandit walked up to the head constable, his cold eyes full of contempt, and shouted angrily: "You are a lackey of the dog official, you only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong! Get out of here now!"

The officers folded their arms, covered their private parts, and ran in a panic towards Shijing Town.

The leading bandit shouted, "Brothers, let's bring all these grains and silk cocoons back to the village!"

The bandits cheered and were extremely excited as they successfully robbed the government's grain without losing a single soldier.

Afterwards, the bandits won a great victory and drove their carriages back to the Dongwushan stronghold in high spirits.

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Baili Village.

The village chief and villagers are anxiously waiting for news about the bandits.

An Yue returned home, made some simple arrangements on everything, and then hurried to the west end of the village.

At this time, the young man who had been following them arrived at the west end of the village, panting.

The village chief asked anxiously, "What's the situation? What are the bandits' movements?"

......

The young man took a few deep breaths and told the villagers exactly what had happened to the officials who had been robbed of their grain taxes by the bandits.

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

An Yue clasped her hands together and said with a smile: "That's great."

The village chief took a deep breath and said loudly and excitedly: "Fellow villagers, this way, the bandits will not come to rob our village for the time being. This gives us a chance to breathe."

"Next, let's all think of a solution together. Before the bandits come next time, we have to set up surveillance points in advance and prepare various countermeasures."

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the villagers began to talk.

At this time, Li Ergou said loudly: "Why don't we send people to the nearby villages to seek help? We will be stronger if we unite."

Qin shook her head and said, "No, no, no, everyone, don't forget that several villages near us have been infected with the disease."

Another middle-aged man put his hands on his hips and said indignantly: "Then let's dig more traps and make sure the bandits never come back!"

The young man who brought back the news frowned and expressed his own opinion: "There are about 200 bandits coming today. Can the traps deal with so many bandits? Moreover, if we are not careful, the traps will hurt our own people."

After saying that, he paused and continued, "In my opinion, it would be more reliable for us to prepare more weapons."

The village chief listened quietly to everyone's discussion, and suddenly said: "Well, weapons are indeed the most reliable, but we don't understand weapons."

Wang Zhengmin continued, "Now that all the shops in the town are closed, if we want to make the best weapons, we will definitely need iron."

After hearing this, everyone shook their heads in discouragement.

After thinking for a moment, An Yue looked at everyone with a firm gaze and said, "We can't just sit there and wait for death. First, we must make good use of the terrain of our village, find a commanding height, and set up a few well-concealed lookout points."

"It would be best if we could discover the bandits' movements in advance, and then throw rocks from the commanding heights to catch them off guard and gain an absolute advantage."

"As for weapons, the town is deserted now. It is impossible to buy iron. In my opinion, we should implement a diversified attack."

Everyone looked at An Yue, and the village chief asked, "Oh? Then Yue girl, tell us what you have to say."

"If bandits really attack our village, we will just have to use farm tools, which is too simple."

"Don't forget, everyone. The old, young, women and children in our village together account for 60% of our population, while the able-bodied men account for less than half."

"Uncle, Yueyue thinks that in addition to the farm tools at home that can be used as weapons, we can also ask the men in the village to make some suitable weapons; for example, for long-range attacks, we can make bows and arrows, crossbows, slingshots, and flying stones."

“And the women collected all the lime and chili peppers in the village, ground them all into powder, and distributed them to every woman.”

"When the bandits break into their homes, they will be caught off guard and will be thrown directly into their eyes with lime powder or chili powder."

"This chili powder and lime powder are extremely irritating to the eyes. They can instantly turn them into headless flies and temporarily lose their fighting power."

"Anyway, we have only one goal. If they dare to attack us, we will not be pushovers! When the time comes, we will treat everything as a weapon and fight them to the end!"

After hearing this, the villagers nodded and thought it was a good idea.

The village chief clapped his hands and cheered, "Great, great, great! Everything can be a weapon."

Qin continued, "In this way, we women don't have to be afraid of them, which greatly reduces the burden and pressure on the men."

After hearing what An Yue said, the villagers seemed to understand and started discussing it again.

The village chief shouted, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me first."

Soon, everyone looked at the village chief again and listened carefully.

"Half of the food we have now has been seized by the government, and there is not much left. From now on, everyone must store the food in their own cellars. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The village chief spoke again: