Chapter 209 Defensive Battle

I went back to Lin Qizhong’s room, and called Brother Xiao Man in. I then asked the men to close all the doors and windows, cover them with newspapers, and use the furniture to block all the exits.

The guys were puzzled and asked why we were hiding like this; were the Japanese devils entering the village or something?

I didn’t have time to explain, and thought to myself, of course these people can kill with their bare hands. If we don’t keep our distance, these guys will instantly become squished yams and rotten tomatoes, and I’ll have to pay the funeral expenses.

After everything had been blocked, some of the guys teased me and said all they’d have to do now is look for a crack in the door to fan smoke inside, and we’d all become smoked ducks.

I thought this was a very constructive suggestion, so I immediately grabbed a towel and plugged all the gaps.

After going through the whole house, we left a gap of light coming in through the window facing the street. The window was set in a wall that was two stories high, so even if these people could climb up, it was too obvious to do so in plain view of the street. I didn’t think they would attack from there.

I stepped on the coffee table, and looked through the gap at the street down below.

It was very quiet. Three people were smoking under the street lamp across the way, but they looked like gangsters. They were all dressed in local clothes, and didn’t even look in my direction.

I looked back at Brother Xiao Man. He kept turning his head like he could hear countless voices, but couldn’t tell from which direction they were coming from.

I jumped down, and rushed into the bedroom. Wang Meng and I flipped the bed over, and looked at the floor, only to find that the cement was very strong. It was impossible to make a hole here, so I immediately dropped the idea.

When I came out and sat on the sofa, Mute Sister had no idea what was going on, and asked me, “Do you want me to call backup? In a place like this, we can mobilize two hundred people within eight hours to come and help us.”

“We’ll have already died six or seven times by that point.” I responded. When these people generally surrounded their prey, their prey would definitely try to run. But even if they didn’t run, they would put up a good fight, which was how people in the underworld did things. They probably didn’t expect that I would bring so many people with me when I retreated.

The house was small, but very strong, and I didn’t think they could get in using manpower alone. Based on what I knew of their character so far, they wouldn’t waste their time cursing and kicking the door, but would definitely come up with a solution within an hour. And we wouldn’t be able to defend against it.

The main question was, what was their purpose?

Did they want to kill me, or just get me out of here? These two purposes were vastly different, so their methods would be different as well.

“Listen, I don’t have time to explain. I’ll tell you how the enemy works first.” I grabbed Wang Meng’s chin, and demonstrated their fighting skills. “They won’t reason with you, so it’s useless for you to threaten, bluff, or beg for mercy. They’re very efficient, and nothing you can do will change their original plan. The same is true for women. There’s no chance of winning a one-on-one fight. It’s only in a narrow environment with a lot of people that they’ll turn passive.”

“Do you mean we have to hug each other?”

“No.” I demonstrated the steps Black Glasses had taught me at that time. I grabbed one of the guys’ heads, and twisted his arm in one direction: “Those who fight in close quarters need a very large range of joint movements to exert maximum strength and lethality, but close-quarter combat is one-on-one. When I open my arms and go to twist someone’s head, my armpits and ribs are all exposed. If we stand very close together at that time, it’ll be impossible for the enemy to defend against all of our attacks, no matter how fast they are. This type of attack is too dangerous for them. They value their lives too much to do something so rash.”

I let the man go, “They shouldn’t have too many people, so they’ll probably use long weapons to attack us, like machetes or knives. It’ll be something they can use at a very short distance, something that’s flexible enough for an instantaneous attack. We have no training, and can’t defend ourselves, so now we’re left with two things. Right now, we’re like the people guarding the city in ancient times. First, we should find enough things to make ourselves armor and shields. Second, we should divide ourselves into a two layer defense system. The outer layer will make long spears, and the inner layer will make short ones.”

The most unreasonable thing Black Glasses taught me was that in the age of cold weapons, any battle was the same. In a narrow space, the shield gets raised up, the spear greets the charge, and keeps them at a distance, and then the short spear is used for hand-to-hand combat when the distance is broken.

We were a total of eight people and a dog. It took us twenty minutes to make eight sets of grotesque equipment from books, bookshelves, furniture boards, clothes hangers, clothes poles, washbasins, iron pans, and the coffee table.

After putting them on, we got in formation. Five people formed a fan-shaped first layer along one side of the wall, while the three remaining people stayed behind them with short spears, ready to attack at any time. Brother Xiao Man should be able to handle himself. The kind of coordination between infantrymen and cavalry to strengthen the attacking power seemed to remind me of the tactics I used to use when I played “StarCraft”.

We paused, and remained silent for a moment before one of the guys with a bucket helmet said, “Boss, don’t we look like idiots?”

I sighed, and told myself that children just didn’t understand. I’m trying to save your lives. Yes, we look like idiots, but don’t you feel very safe?

“Now what do we do? Do we wait for them to come in?” Mute Sister asked, her face twitching like she wanted to smile, but didn’t dare to.

“In fact, if we go out with our current equipment, we might still have a chance of winning.”

“Boss, I won’t go out dressed like this. Please let us die here.”

Wang Meng said, “Boss, we’re squatting here. Those people only need to wait two days before we starve to death. I don’t think they’d do so much to kill us. Let Mute Sister call someone.”

“Trust me.” I suddenly felt a little upset, and thought, I’m staking my life here as the boss. Can’t you give me some face?

The industry had really gone downhill. Even though the old guys were a bit fierce back in the day, at least they were serious. These new guys were absolutely terrible.

As soon as I finished speaking, Brother Xiao Man stood up majestically, and turned to look at us with a ferocious expression.

I stared blankly for a moment, and said to myself, why are you staring at me? Is there a hei feizi here? Then why weren’t you staring just now? We all gave each other uneasy looks.

Then, Brother Xiao Man suddenly started barking at us. The barking sounded unusually fierce, and I told him to hush, but I immediately understood what was going on. I looked at the back wall.

I put my ear against it, and heard a very slight vibration coming from the other side of the wall.

“Defense! Turn!” I immediately whispered. We all turned without delay, but the whole wall blew up before we could finish getting back into formation. Bricks went flying like bullets, and we all reflexively raised our shields. The explosive force caused the plastic and wood to make “pa pa” noises as they impacted.

My hands were numb, and when I immediately lowered my shield, I saw three bastards rushing towards us through the smoke with their daggers held in reverse grips. I shouted, “Smarta!” Five spears were thrust out, and one of the bastards leaped up and tried to jump among us, only to bump into the ceiling fan and fall upside down on the ground. The other two grabbed him and dragged him back through the hole in the wall.

“It’s Sparta.” One of the guys corrected me.

“Cut the crap!” I looked through the smoke, and saw another person coming in, so I continued to shout, “Defense!”

Everyone shrank back, and thrust their spears out. The man who walked out of the smoke was dressed all in black, and had a serious expression on his face. When he saw us, he stared blankly for a moment, before he showed an expression like he was trying really hard to suppress a smile. He made a gesture for us to wait, silently walked back through the hole, and then we heard a very sharp burst of laughter.

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