They spent a lot of effort to dismantle all these traps, and then immediately returned to the village and informed the village chief of the incident.
The village chief listened to their words without any doubt: "Such a thing happened before, but they didn't set up a trap like this time, and they were quickly discovered and suppressed by the border troops, but we still lost a lot that time. I didn't expect something like this to happen. Sooner or later, these beasts will be exterminated!"
He was very angry, but he didn't have time to say more. The villagers must be notified of this matter in time.
The villagers were a little panicked, worried that the enemy troops would rush in and kill them.
They are not so afraid of bandits. After all, the number of bandits is not as large as the number of young men in their village. But these enemy troops are different. They have many people, many more than the entire village combined.
In addition, they were well-trained, commanded, and came from the battlefield, so the killing atmosphere was no longer something that villagers like them could withstand.
"What should we do? How about we escape first?"
"Where to escape? If the enemy forces rush in, it will be useless to hide anywhere."
"Yes, and this is the place we have been guarding for so long. We have endured such difficult days in the past, and now we have left, what does our previous persistence mean?"
The villagers talked a lot, but in the end they were afraid, but they were unwilling to leave the place where they were born and raised so easily.
Ye Qingran said loudly: "Everyone, calm down. This is the place where we live. It must not be destroyed by the enemy. We must stand up and resist and prevent them from setting foot here!"
After attracting everyone's attention, she said again , "Of course, I know that it is very difficult to fight against the enemy. If you are afraid and dare not resist, you can pack your things and leave here early. I will never blame anyone."
Although she said this , the villagers were also a little shaken, but in the end no one chose to leave.
Ye Qingran was a little surprised, but still encouraged: "I know that everyone is reluctant to leave the village, and I also want to stay here, so I will definitely think of the best solution so that we can continue to live here safely."
After all this Days later, the villagers knew that Ye Qingran was not an ordinary person. She was capable, strategic and courageous. Moreover, her firm eyes and sincere tone soon aroused the emotions of the villagers.
They raised their hands and said: "We won't leave. We will defend the place where we live to the death and let those enemy troops go to hell!"
Seeing the surge in morale, Ye Qingran smiled and said: "Don't panic too much, think about those who are here." The border troops who have been fighting on the battlefield have always protected us. They also have wives, children and parents, but they have never backed down. The same goes for us, we must not retreat!"
She raised her fist, "We live and die with the border troops, and we also share the village. This battle of life and death must be won!"
The villagers shouted, "This battle must be won!"
The women were so excited that they shed tears. .
Seeing their attitudes, Ye Qingran felt a lot more relieved.
Although it is human nature for them to be afraid of leaving, if they all really left, there would be no way she could keep this place. Only by uniting could everyone have a chance of success.
Of course, she won't just watch them die. She will definitely find the best way to deal with it. While protecting everyone, she will also save the village and annihilate the enemy.
"But there are some things that must be made clear in advance. I will be with you throughout the battle with the enemy. I will try my best to protect everyone, but after all, we are not playing house. If there is a real fight, there will inevitably be casualties. I will give priority to protecting women and children. Old man, the men will just let me kill the enemy, do you have any objection?"
"No objection!" The men were majestic, and in order to protect their wives, children, and parents, they had already aroused their bloody nature.
They are now the same as soldiers on the battlefield, willing to sacrifice their lives at any time to protect those behind them.
After confirming everyone's wishes, Ye Qingran separated some of the men and prepared to take them up the mountain.
"My husband-in-law and I have dismantled all the traps set by the enemy. They will definitely come back tonight or tomorrow to see if anyone has been caught, so we can take advantage of this to go to the mountains and forests to reset the traps and counterattack the entire army."
If they were to confront the enemy head-on, they would definitely die, but they could use some other small means to weaken the local forces first, and then consider killing the enemy later.
They just did what they said, without even having time to eat dinner, they just took the tools and went up the mountain to start laying traps.
These traps cannot be placed randomly for the enemy to step on. They must be placed in some unexpected places and hidden enough so that no one can see them.
Fortunately, the villagers often come to hunt and are very familiar with the terrain on the mountain. The enemy troops are naturally inferior to them, so their traps are set up smoothly. Even they themselves have to map the route in advance to prevent themselves from stepping on it. to the trap.
Ye Qingran looked at the arranged trap and nodded with great satisfaction.
Originally, she planned to leave a few people here to watch the situation, but she felt that this matter was a bit too dangerous, so she stayed here by herself.
Ye Zhuoyu and Chu Qingyun were worried and stayed in the mountain with her.
The others returned to the village to conduct simple defenses to prevent the enemy from entering the village unexpectedly.
At midnight, enemy troops indeed came up the mountain. They were very conspicuous holding torches.
But they found that all the traps they had made were gone, and they began to stand confused, not daring to move forward.
After waiting for a while, Ye Qingran was worried that they would find something and leave immediately, so he thought of going out to lure them over, but was stopped by Chu Qingyun.
"I'm good at Qinggong, so I'll go."
Ye Qingran didn't object. This matter indeed makes it safer for people who are good at Qinggong.
Chu Qingyun also moved very quickly. With just a blink of an eye, the enemy noticed him and moved in his direction.
On the way, he even had time to pick up stones and branches from the ground and throw them at them, completely annoying the enemy troops.
They ran forward angrily, but soon they stepped on the first trap, and several of them fell directly into the pit.
The pit learned from them, and the spikes taken out of their traps killed those people on the spot, without even having time to cry out.
Seeing this, the others did not dare to act rashly, and even wanted to turn around and leave.
Ye Qingran thought for a while, and took advantage of the night to take out a few pieces of cooked meat from the space.