"Then I will go and inform everyone to get ready immediately. We will leave the city early tomorrow morning!"

"Okay! Dad, I'll go out of the city to see what the situation is like in Qinhe River. I won't be back at night, so let's meet directly outside the city." Shen Shuli said.

Su Yunhai immediately understood what his daughter meant, nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead! Be discreet and be careful!"

"I know, Dad. Tell my mom and don't let her worry."

"good."

.

The Lin family hurried all the way.

On the afternoon of the second day, we finally arrived outside Qinzhou City.

The number of refugees gathered outside Qinzhou City doubled compared to the previous two days.

The Lin family's team of several hundred people couldn't even get to the front.

...

...

Lin Wanwan had another predictive dream last night.

I dreamed that an army of 30,000 northern barbarians was heading towards Qinzhou.

They slaughtered refugees along the way and expected to reach Qinzhou in another day.

The brothers Lin Wufeng and Lin Wuchong were both extremely anxious.

"Old Tao, send someone to the front to see what's going on!" Lin Wufeng ordered the old butler.

"Yes, sir."

Butler Tao immediately sent his son to the front to check.

soon.

Butler Tao's son Tao Da came back with news.

"My Lord, the city gates will only open at twilight hour. Citizens outside Qinzhou who want to enter the city need to pay a ten-liang silver entrance fee each."

"Also, all the people entering the city must hand over the supplies they carry to the government, and the government will buy them with silver. Caravans do not need to pay entry fees, but they must sell their supplies to the government."

"But those officers and soldiers said that there is no shortage of supplies in Qinzhou City, and they can be bought with money."

Lin Wufeng and Lin Wuchong looked unhappy as they listened to Tao Da's report.

Both of them are people in power, how could they not be aware of the twists and turns of the Qinzhou prefect?

The two brothers looked at each other, helpless in their eyes.

The Northern Barbarian Army was chasing them closely, and they had no choice at all.

Must pass Qinzhou quickly!

"Third brother, can you bring the Lin family's business documents with you?" Lin Wufeng asked.

Lin Wuchong nodded immediately after hearing this, "I have it with me. I'll go get it now."

The Lin family has been doing business for generations, so business documents are indispensable.

"Let's see if we can cut in line so we can enter the city as soon as possible." Lin Wufeng signaled Butler Tao and his son to think of a solution.

Soon, the Lin family bribed the officers and soldiers with supplies and money and successfully joined the team.

Enter the city immediately as the city gates open.

More than a hundred elite soldiers escorted the Lin family's troops to the county government office.

No one in the Lin family could have imagined that the government only gave them one thousand taels of silver for the supplies they brought that were worth at least one hundred thousand taels of silver!

The Qinzhou government office was heavily guarded.

Lin Wufeng knew at a glance that the government and the military camp were cooperating.

The Lin family showed weakness and did not dare to retaliate secretly even if they were cheated.

I can only suffer this loss in silence.

fortunately.

The Lin family guards secretly robbed and killed several wealthy families in Yingze County and stole a lot of silver.

The Lin family is not yet doomed.

Lin Wufeng immediately arranged for his subordinates to purchase supplies in the city.

All night.

The Lin family spent more than 200,000 taels of silver, but in the end they only bought more than 3,000 kilograms of grain, carriages, horses and other supplies.

The Lin family was so angry that they almost vomited blood!

The cash in hand was almost gone.

There was not enough money to accommodate the hundreds of people from the Lin family in an inn in the city.

Everyone crowded into a few secluded and out-of-the-way streets designated by the government to spend the night.

The next morning.

The Lin family, who had not had much rest at all, did not dare to delay at all.

They immediately lined up with the new supplies and waited to leave the city.

.

Outside Qinzhou City.

The 30,000-strong Northern Barbarian army directly marched into Yingze County.

Yingze Lake is well-known.

The Northern Barbarian Army, which was searching for food and water, easily got the news.

The army fought all the way to Yingze Lake.

The refugees on the official road were killed by the barbarians before they could even figure out the situation.

Eighty percent of the people in Yingze Lake have fled to Qinzhou City.

The county magistrate had already fled the city a few days ago. The remaining yamen runners were all locals and had also fled with their families.

When the Northern Barbarian army arrived, Yingze Lake had become an empty city.

There was only a pool of spring water left, which was more than ten meters deep from the ground.

The Northern Barbarian Army was all furious!

"Damn it! Where's the water? Why is there only this little bit left?"

Torre felt dizzy when he saw the deep lake. He stepped back a few steps and punched the rock wall next to him.

"General, shall we go down to get some water?" asked Deputy General Xiongta.

There is a plank road built by the locals on the underground rock wall, and you can still go down to the bottom.

However, the groundwater has been lost and the water level has dropped a lot. The plank road is still five meters above the water surface.

Still able to get water.

Torre glanced at Xiongta and said, "Of course we have to fight! You lead the people to fetch water here, and I'll go to the city to fetch grass!"

"Yes, General!" Xiongta shrank his neck and said quickly.

Torre brought several thousand people to search everywhere in the city, not intending to let go of any household.

The wealthy families in the city had already fled, taking away most of the food and other supplies, but they still left behind a lot of supplies that could not be taken away.

The supplies that could be found in plain sight were searched over and over again by the people who had not left the city and the refugees who had just arrived in Yingze County.

Even though Torre massacred the entire city, he gained almost nothing.

His eyes turned red with anger.

"General, we have a discovery!" Another deputy general hurried over to report.

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly!" Torre thought his subordinates had found the food and urged them.

"General! I found a notice on the bulletin board. It contains a decree issued by the county magistrate!"

"The county magistrate seemed to have known that we would attack him. He ordered all the people in the county to flee to Qinzhou City for refuge three days ago!"

Torre narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this.

Although the news of their breakthrough into Hanshan Pass could not be concealed, their allies were already trying their best to stop them.

The news shouldn't have spread so quickly!

Even Beizhou and Liangzhou, which were closest to Hanshan Pass, failed to receive the news in time.

How did Qingzhou and Qinzhou, which were farther away, know about it?

Torre never forgot that when their barbarian army arrived in Qingzhou, the capital city of Qingzhou had already become an empty city!

This was definitely beyond their expectations!

At that time, Tore and General Bogda did not think much about it. After a brief reorganization, they immediately continued to move south.

But at this moment.

Torre couldn't help but wonder where the news leaked from!

If the capital city is on guard, the next battle will not be so easy to fight!

"Send two teams of scouts to Yongzhou and Dingzhou to pass on the news and see if there are similar situations in those two cities!"

"If there is anything unusual, we must warn the general to beware of fraud!"

"Yes! General!"

Torre looked solemn as he looked at the other deputy general and asked him questions.

"Wu En, have you heard any useful information?"

"General, the people of this county have indeed seen a short and fat middle-aged man weighing about 200 pounds come to this county."

"But the fat man was accompanied by only a little girl, and no large army. The people said that the fat man sold more than 200,000 dan of grain in this county in exchange for jade."

"I am not sure whether this fat man is the same person as the fat man we are looking for..."