As a reply to the scenario you posted, I think, the response varies based on the resources (and history) the characters have and what kind of relations they have had with the neighbouring cantonment before.
Some might consider the neighbouring cantonment a clear and present danger to the village security and from there, there are two viable options. First one is to set up defences around the village, such as erecting a wall/digging a moat and setting up a perimeter. This is a viable option if there are resources for this kind of setup (a forest nearby so wood can be obtained for the construction and arms for the guards).
Another type of response might be that offence is the best defence and the angry villagers would set off with the soldiers on a raid of the enemy cantonment with the intention of giving them the same treatment they had given to the recently dead women and children.
Now, it also depends on the Russian sergeant, who could opt delivering those two to the village they violated and asking the villagers to deal with them as they please. That is a potential option if the sergeant is looking to diminish the probability of armed confrontation and trying to keep the cantonments in good enough terms to conduct trade.
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