Chapter 396 - Chapter 396: Chapter 392: Rebel Army_1 (1/2)

Chapter 396: Chapter 392: Rebel Army_1

Jiang Dalang and his eldest son ran to open the door at the sound, indeed it was Shopkeeper Qiu. They quickly unlatched the door and led the donkey cart in.

Chou Rong also ran out of the house and saw that her parents and younger brother had come. Her heart was relieved as she helped her mother into the house, then she went to prepare two rooms for them.

Shopkeeper Qiu told his in-laws what he had seen, “Alas, I saw the city gate closed as soon as I left the city. Closing the city gates during the day means either an enemy invasion or an internal rebellion. My heart is still pounding. That was a close call!”

Fortunately, he had listened to his son-in-law and daughter’s advice, otherwise he would have been trapped in the city, leaving him open to slaughter?

Hearing this, old man Jiang and Jiang Dalang’s faces changed dramatically, they hastily went to call Jiang Sanlang to discuss a plan of action.

The next day, Jiang Sanlang called a village meeting and talked about the strange events in the county town. At the end, he said, “There must be something wrong in the county town, we need to be vigilant in case the rebel army comes here. I will inform the surrounding post houses about this matter so they can decide what to do.”

There are also several weapons shops and post houses around Qinchuan County, and he also had to inform other counties, not knowing if they were in league with the county town.

In addition, the county magistrate of Qinchuan County had an old grudge against him, and may take this opportunity to retaliate against his family.

The Clan Leader furrowed his brow, “Could it be that the county town has also rebelled against the new dynasty?” If that were true, it would be terrible. His grandson and the two children of the Jiang family were all newly appointed military officers of the new dynasty, a fact everyone knew.

If the rebel army broke into the village and captured the elderly, weak, and women and children to threaten the new dynasty army, that would be disastrous.

Thinking of this, the Clan Leader said again, “Sanlang, you take more people to notify the garrisons at the surrounding post houses, and we need to prepare here in the village.”

“I called everyone here for that very reason,” said Jiang Sanlang. “The priority now is to build the gate for the village entrance and gather all the villagers from the surrounding villages to resist the enemy together.”

Over the years, under the supervision of the young girl, more than half of the village wall has been repaired, with only a few of the gates remaining to be installed.

As long as they keep the village gate secure, no one can climb over the village wall.

First, because there are a ring of soapnut trees on the outside of the wall, second, because there are several tall arrow towers next to the wall.

“Good! Let’s do it!” Everyone agreed in unison.

So, a few villagers who were good at riding horses went with Jiang Sanlang to notify the post houses and garrisons, and others provided their timber and hemp ropes to work together to build the village gate.

Some of the students from the school ran to other villages to alert the village officials to bring people over to help.

Chen Changsheng of West Village couldn’t sit still, he simply told the people of West Village to come over and help, and set up straw and bamboo sheds on the side of East Village. Everyone from his village including his own family, planned to take refuge in the enclosed village.

While everyone was busy, Yingbao took Dahuang and Xiaohei out into the wild to pick up stones. She collected all she could lift, big and small, into the cave mansion.

When a battle actually happened, the damage caused by throwing stones at people would be far greater than that of bamboo arrows, so she needed to collect as many stones as possible.

Unfortunately, the ingredients for making the potent, colorless, and odorless poison were limited. Otherwise, it would be even easier to secretly poison these bad guys.

Even the Powder for Anesthesia, she didn’t have much, and couldn’t incapacitate a bunch of people in a short time.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, the scouts suddenly ran back and shouted as soon as they entered the village, “Bad news! A troop of soldiers is coming!”

Everyone was startled and rushed to spread the news.

People at the market also picked up their baskets and pushed their wheelbarrows running into the village.

Although the textile mill also had high walls, it was, after all, not as safe as being inside the village. So all the weavers ran into the village.

Yingbao heard the scout’s shout like everyone else, and immediately ran to West Village to find Lady Wang, urging her to come into East Village quickly.

Lady Wang didn’t hesitate, she ordered her servants to load the family’s food and other supplies onto the cart and hurried into East Village.

Before long, Yingbao, who was standing on the high watchtower, saw over a thousand soldiers up on the South Slope. They rummaged around the market first, and finding nothing of value, they went straight to the textile mill.