Chapter 9: Sneak Attack
"Master, a group of black-clad men of unknown origin are coming to kill us. You must not go out, my brother and the others are resisting them." Zhan Junru said anxiously.
Tang Ling quickly put on his saber and went out with his bow.
Although the moonlight at night was nice, the scene was too chaotic. Zhan Dongwen and his bodyguards were fighting a group of people.
Zhang Kui defended the old lady's tent, while Li Quan stayed in front of Tang Wen's tent.
"Master, you can't go." Seeing Tang Wen coming out of the tent, Li Quan hurriedly stopped him and said.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of them. If anyone attacks the tent, you use your bow to kill them," said Tang Wen.
After all, it was night and it was difficult for others to distinguish friend from foe, but Tang Wen discovered a strange place.
There was a trace of human energy above the heads of all the servants of the Tang family. Moreover, that trace of human energy was particularly eye-catching at night and could be seen from a long distance like a firefly.
You can tell at a glance who is your own and who is an invader.
Therefore, he only targeted those who had no anger on their heads.
In his previous life, Tang Wen was a famous medical expert, but he was also a military enthusiast and was invited by the International Special Forces Headquarters to serve as a field doctor.
At that time, I was required to train with them for a year and participate in some missions, so I had some experience.
In addition, this body has been trained in martial arts for ten years, and is equipped with a lightweight special synthetic silk bulletproof vest, which was obtained for him by Luo Jun.
With his willow-like steps, he moved through the chaotic crowd like a ghost.
If the other person attacks you with a knife, you won't be able to hurt him, but if he attacks you with his arms, he will take your life.
In just a few minutes, four or five bandits fell to the ground, and the remaining ten or so were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
At this time, dozens of torches were lit.
"Master, five or six of our people were injured." Zhan Dongwen said.
"Hurry up and carry him into the tent to bandage him for treatment." Tang Wen said, and he was busy for a while before he finished the bandaging.
However, two servants died from excessive bleeding.
"Ten of the other side died, and the rest ran away." After Tang Wen finished his work, Zhan Dongwen came over and said.
"Master, I caught two and killed one. I wanted to catch the other one alive, but unfortunately, he jumped into the sea and ran away." At this time, Zhao Du ran back breathlessly.
"Who is the other party?" Tang Wen asked with a cold face.
"We can't find out. Apart from weapons and clothes, there is nothing on them that can prove their identity." Zhan Dongwen shook his head.
"It must be pirates!" said Bu Feng, another strong man who had just joined the Tang family with Zhao Du.
This person has the strength of the ninth rank, and Zhao Du has the highest skill among the current servants of the Tang family, and should have the perfect strength of the ninth rank.
However, the last time he sold himself, he performed poorly in moving the iron locks, which was caused by long-term hunger and malnutrition.
As long as he has food to eat, he will regain his strength after a few days of recuperation.
"Did you see the boat?" Tang Wen asked.
"Not really." Bu Feng shook his head.
"I chased for more than ten miles and didn't find any ships." Zhao Du said.
"Will it come from the stone bridge?" Bu Feng said.
"That's generally impossible. Pirates have ships, so they must have come here by ship. It would be convenient for them to escape if they encounter officers and soldiers. Of course, Koh Samui is not small, so we cannot rule out the possibility that they hide the ship somewhere." Tang Wen said.
"Master, tomorrow I will bring a group of people to search the entire Paradise Island and capture those who escaped." Zhao Du said.
“Not for now, we don’t have enough manpower, and we can’t disperse.
Moreover, we cannot rule out the possibility that someone else did it.
For example, those who occupied my Tang family’s land.
They are afraid that the land will be taken back by our Tang family, so they will be ruthless. ” Tang Wen shook his head slightly.
"But this is hard to prevent, what if it comes again at night?
We can't afford to get hurt, let alone die.
If a few more people die, they will probably scare away the people who come to us for help." Zhan Dongwen said with a worried look on his face.
"We have to strengthen our defenses tomorrow. I've got some barbed wire and I'll have people cut down some trees and plant them in the ground tomorrow.
Tie the barbed wire to the wood, surround our entire base, and leave a few people to guard the gate.
By then, even if a second group of people attacks us.
At least they have to get through the barbed wire first," Tang Wen said.
"Iron is too expensive. Even the camps where officers and soldiers live cannot be defended with iron frames. They are usually surrounded by wooden fences. Then guard towers are built and people are sent to stand guard." Zhao Du said.
"Master, we'd better form a group of archers. If we are surrounded by a wooden fence and someone attacks us, we can shoot them to death with arrows," said Bu Feng.
After all, it is impossible for these guys to imagine the kind of barbed wire walls on modern borders.
Tang Wen took them directly into the "warehouse" to show them his barbed wire, which was made entirely of thick iron wire woven into rolls and was more than four meters high when unfolded.
If the enemy does not have black cannons, it will be difficult to break in even with muskets.
Of course, the Chu State has not yet invented that kind of large sheet metal clamps, otherwise the barbed wire would be of little use.
Zhao Du and his friends gathered their strength and tore at it for a while, but the barbed wire was only slightly deformed, which made everyone marvel at it.
"It will make things much easier with it. Then, we can build a wooden guardhouse every few dozen meters to facilitate attack and defense," Zhan Dongwen suggested.
"Then it is our camp." Zhao Du laughed.
After breakfast, Tang Wen gathered everyone in the open space in front of the tent.
The bodies of the two slaves who died in the battle were placed on the door panels in front, and their wives and children clung to the bodies and cried loudly.
"Everyone, I, Tang Wen, have been distributing porridge for a few days, and I have also welcomed you brothers and sisters.
We have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live. We no longer have to go hungry, suffer from the cold, or sleep on the ground.
But some people don't want to see us live a good life. Last night, robbers openly broke in and tried to steal our food and clothes.
They are stealing our jobs. Without food to eat and clothes to wear, we will starve to death, freeze to death, or be killed by them.
These people are extremely evil, what do you think we should do?" Tang Wen asked loudly, his back straight.
"Kill them."
"Tear into pieces!"
"Call the police!"
…
Suddenly, the crowd was excited.
"Everyone, be quiet!" Tang Wen stretched out his hand and pressed it, and immediately, the noisy sound stopped again.
"That's right! If we want to live a good life, we can't let their conspiracy succeed!" Tang Wen shouted, and then walked to the two corpses.
With a look of grief on his face, he bowed three times towards the corpse and said, "You sold your bodies to the Tang family only one day ago and you were murdered. Don't worry, I, Tang Wen, will definitely avenge you."
After that, Tang Wen walked over, gently helped their wives up and said, "They died for our Tang family. Our Tang family will never treat you unfairly. Junru, bring the silver over."
Zhan Junru had a sad face and walked over slowly with two hundred taels of silver on a tray.
"Sister-in-law, one hundred taels for each of you, this is a small token of appreciation from the Tang family.
If you don't want to live in the Tang family anymore, I can send a carriage to take you off the island.
Moreover, I will give them an additional ten dou of rice.” Tang Wen gave the silver to the two widows.
"Master Tang, we won't leave. We want to sell ourselves to the Tang family, including my children.
We don't want a penny. From now on we will be slaves of the Tang family. We want to avenge our husbands.
Mr. Tang, please keep this one hundred taels of silver for us first, and we can come back to get it when we need it."
Tian Xiuer, a relative of the deceased, knelt down, hugged Tang Wen's thighs tightly and cried.
"Yes! From now on, my family will all be servants of the Tang family.
Please, Master Tang, avenge my husband Sun Wang. Revenge!
I, Zhou Xue, will work like a slave to repay Master Tang’s kindness.”
Another family member knelt down and hugged Tang Wen's other thigh and started crying.
"Dad, we want to avenge you, revenge! Master Tang..." Suddenly, the four children burst into tears, and many of them were wiping their tears.
"You're right, our people shouldn't have died in vain. We must unite as one, and we'll fight to the end with anyone who tries to take our jobs ." Zhao Du waved his fist.
"Mr. Tang is our bread and butter, we will listen to him!" Zhan Dongwen waved his hands and shouted, giving a perfect assist.
"Yes! Listen to Master Tang..."
