Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 188 - 190: The Mountain Bandits Are Here_1

Chapter 188: Chapter 190: The Mountain Bandits Are Here_1

"Weapons, traps, and your courage!"

...

There’s no time to lose, we must act immediately.

Nan Feng quickly gathered everyone to start building the watchtowers. The brawny men worked very efficiently, and in less than two days, two ten-meter-high sentry posts were completed, allowing them to monitor movements within three miles.

Besides the brawny men, some village women hearing of the preparations came to join in the excitement.

Seeing Nan Feng leading the work again, some couldn’t help but click their tongues, "This Feng lass, was she born in the wrong body? She is more capable than men."

"Who knows, she may have reincarnated wrongly. Wasn’t she silly before? Seems like she came back with a man’s soul."

Nan Feng overheard this and laughed it off nonchalantly, "Women are not inferior to men, right? If I can do more, then why not?"

Nan Feng worked on her hunting traps.

She was very familiar with the construction of these traps; now she was considering how to apply the principle of these mechanisms to defend against the mountain bandits.

Without delay, Nan Feng had the strong men chop wood – she wanted to modify the hunting traps to be larger, capable of shooting eight arrows at once.

Although the process was fraught with difficulties, the trap was finally completed. Nan Feng believed this mechanism would be enough to scare the bandits.

In addition to the eight-arrow trap, Nan Feng guided the men to set up various other ambushes. The hunting nets from Liu the Hunter’s home, the butcher knife from Tie Dan’s family, and even the children’s prank traps were put to use.

Following that, Nan Feng gathered the women in the village to train them in basic self-defense techniques.

Those days, it was heard that Da Ji Village was also raided by bandits. None of the villagers dared to resist and the entire village was ransacked, especially the village chief’s house. Even the young ladies in the village were taken away. When the officials sent troops the next day, they didn’t even find a trace of the bandits.

The villagers of Da Ji Village cursed the official’s ancestors for eighteen generations.

It wasn’t entirely the officials’ fault, though. With more than ten towns in the county and each town having five or six villages, the officials were spread thin dealing with the rampant bandits.

Besides, the bandits must have scouted their targets beforehand.

The clouds of fear once again enveloped the villagers of Da Ping Village.

In the middle of the night, the watchtower, which had been silent for many days, suddenly rang out with loud drum and gong sounds, followed by Wang Erzhuang’s terrified shout: "The bandits are coming, the bandits are coming!"

The bandits have arrived!

Hearing the shouts, Nan Feng immediately jumped out of bed and hastily got dressed.

First, she made sure Nan Quanyou was safely hidden in the pre-dug cellar in the backyard, a place unknown to anyone else.

Then, Nan Feng hurried towards the front of the village.

"Erzhuang brother, how close are the bandits?" Nan Feng asked.

Erzhuang stammered with fear, "They... they’re about two miles away."

Nan Feng quickly climbed up the watchtower and looked into the distance, her heart skipping a beat. They were less than a mile away. There were about twenty or thirty people, each holding a torch, and the first ten were on horseback.

"Get into formation, get ready to meet the bandits!" Nan Feng ordered.

The strong men immediately got into the formation as previously instructed by Nan Feng.

...

"Deputy Chief, isn’t this Da Ping village too quiet?"

At the front, a sly-looking man riding a horse was speaking to a man with a thick beard next to him.

The Deputy Chief stroked his beard, "What quiet? Don’t you hear the dogs barking?"

"There are dogs barking, but there’s not a person in sight. Did they know we were coming and have all gone into hiding?"

The Deputy Chief said, "Why don’t you ask Wang Dachuan about that?"