OBS Chapter 269 Vigil
Chapter 269 Vigil
In the morning, the team leader led his men to deliver the wolf's carcass to the commune. After reporting the wolves' entry into the village, he stated the demands of his village.
The commune director has no say in asking troops to go into the mountains to clear up the mess, and can only report it to his superiors.
The team leader sent the villagers back to the production team first, and he followed Secretary Yan to the town government to report the matter.
Fortunately, at this time, Dapeng had already contacted the leader of his army, informed him of the matter, and told him the result of everyone's discussion.
The head of the army agreed to their request and has contacted the local garrison and town government leaders to finalize the matter.
Therefore, after Secretary Yan and the captain arrived at the town government and requested the town government to ask the troops to go into the mountains to clear out the remaining wolves and other ferocious beasts, the leaders of the town government agreed without any hesitation.
The result of the contact was that their troops would arrange people to come the next day.
The captain considered that the wolf pack would at most send a few wolves to gather information tonight and would not launch a revenge action immediately.
Moreover, even if the troops went there now, it would probably take until nightfall to search in the mountains. It was not safe to go into the mountains at night, so he agreed.
In the afternoon, after the captain came back from the town, he rang the gong, called a meeting of the villagers, and announced that the troops would send people into the mountains to clear out the rebellion the next day.
Hearing that the troops would not enter the mountain until tomorrow, a villager below shouted, "Captain, what should we do tonight?
If those wolves come to take revenge tonight, our village will be in danger."
Uncle Ji said, "You can rest assured. Tonight, the wolves will at most send a few to follow the scent to investigate the situation. They will not launch a large-scale attack.
The full-scale attack will not begin until at least tomorrow night.
And tomorrow during the day the troops will go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them.
So we just need to deal with those wolves tonight and we will be safe."
"So what are our plans for tonight?"
The captain had already thought about this, and he hurriedly made arrangements.
"Tonight, the militia and the strong laborers in the village will be divided into several shifts, taking turns to guard the various intersections leading up the mountain from our production team.
If there are a few wolves coming over, just take care of them.
If there are wolves coming down the mountain, ring the gong to notify the villagers."
Upon hearing this, Liu Jingxue quickly said, "Captain, there is no need to arrange for other people to guard the intersection over there. I can guard it alone."
“That won’t work, the wolves came down the mountain from you.
If they follow the scent, they're most likely coming down the mountain from your side.
It's too dangerous for you to stay there alone."
"Captain, I really don't need anyone else, I can do it alone.
If a few wolves come, I can handle them by myself, so as not to let everyone suffer the cold." Liu Jingxue insisted.
If she was guarding there alone, she would lie down in the space to rest and let Tuanzi monitor the situation around her.
After Tuanzi discovered the wolf's tracks, she came out to deal with it.
If there were other people there, it would be inconvenient for her to enter the space and hide away.
Uncle Ji interrupted, “Captain, Liu Jingxue insists on guarding alone, so let her be alone.
But she can't be there for the whole time, so let a few people watch the first half of the night and she will watch the second half.
Liu Zhiqing had good eyesight and great abilities, so the others were completely useless when they kept watch with her.
She killed a small portion of the wolves last night, so there is no need to worry about safety."
"No need. I can watch the whole process by myself. There's no need to ask someone to watch for half the night." Liu Jingxue refused.
She entered the space not far from the intersection and asked Tuanzi to monitor it. There was no need for people to take turns.
The captain refused, “No, I can’t let you guard the whole course.
The troops will go into the mountains tomorrow. Our production team must send someone to act as a guide and help carry the prey so that the troops can free up their hands to deal with the wild beasts.
Xiaoxue, you are very capable. Even those people in the army are not as capable as you. I would feel uneasy going into the mountains without you.
Let someone guard the first half of the night, and you take the time to rest, so that you can have enough energy to go into the mountains tomorrow."
Since the captain had said so, Liu Jingxue had no choice but to agree.
That night, after Liu Jingxue finished her practice, she went to bed.
Of course, before going to bed, she did not forget to ask Tuanzi to wake her up outside at around 1:30 in the morning so that she could replace the villagers who were on guard.
Tuanzi woke her up on time.
After getting dressed, Liu Jingxue, carrying a bow and arrow, went to the campfire where the villagers were keeping watch.
The villagers who were on night watch saw Liu Jingxue and quickly greeted her, "Liu Zhiqing, you're here so early."
“It’s late, it’s time.
You guys go back and have a rest, leave this to me." Liu Jingxue replied.
Several villagers handed her the gong, helped her add some firewood to the bonfire to make it burn more vigorously, and then left and went home.
On the way here, Liu Jingxue had already scanned with her spiritual sense and saw three wolves hiding in the dark in the forest.
Perhaps because they saw people here and there were fires, they didn't dare to go down the mountain.
Liu Jingxue believed that if time was longer, the three wolves might sneak up behind them in the dark and launch a sneak attack.
Fearing that the wolves might escape or go around to other places to enter the village, Liu Jingxue used her spiritual sense to suppress them, making them unable to move or make any sound.
After the villagers left, she used her spiritual sense to bring the three wolves closer, killed them with one blow, and stored them in the space warehouse.
The wolves that came to investigate the situation had already been dealt with, so there was no need for Liu Jingxue to stay outside and suffer in vain.
She released a stone from space and took off the hat on her head to cover it.
From a distance, it looks like a person is sitting there.
After doing all this, she asked Tuanzi to monitor the surrounding situation while she went into the space and continued to sleep.
At the same time, she did not forget to instruct Tuanzi to wake her up when she detected someone coming, so that people would not see that she was not there and think that she was being lazy.
When Liu Jingxue woke up, she asked Tuanzi and found out that it was almost dawn outside.
Now that she had woken up, Liu Jingxue washed up, put on a thick cotton coat and trousers, put on gloves, and left the space.
Take the hat off the stone, put it on yourself, and throw the stone into space.
Of course, Liu Jingxue did not forget to take out the bodies of the three wolves.
From time to time, Tuanzi threw a few firewood into the fire, and the bonfire was still burning vigorously.
Sitting there, with the spiritual energy shield protecting her body, Liu Jingxue did not feel that cold.
After sitting there for a while, the captain and Uncle Ji came over.
Seeing the three wolf corpses nearby, the captain was stunned for a while, then came to his senses and asked,
"Xiaoxue, these are the beasts that came here to explore the road last night. Why didn't they hear you knocking the gong?"
"It's just three wolves. I can handle them. There's no need to beat the gong.
The villagers didn't get any rest the day before yesterday, so since the large group of wolves didn't come, let them get a good night's sleep.
Captain, I leave these three wolves to you to deal with."
The captain nodded, "Okay, I'll take care of it.
Xiaoxue, you should go back and have a rest before the troops arrive.
I will have someone notify you before you enter the mountain."
Uncle Ji said, "We will definitely enter the mountain from this side when the time comes. We just need to send someone over to let us know in advance."
"Okay, then I'll go back first."