This time, Prince Jing attacked hastily, and Xie Hong's grain supplies were partially burned.

He will no longer be so short of food in the future, as he will be escorted by a team of thousands. Even if they have crossbows, it won't be so easy for them to steal it.

After listening to his daughter's analysis, Lin Shucheng slammed his hand on the table and said, "Okay, let's do it this way."

Tian Quan was tied up, and several villagers came over to keep an eye on him.

Lin Jinyue and her family discussed countermeasures with the village chief.

Based on Tian Quan's words, Lin Jinyue drew a rough map of several nearby villages and towns.

Tian Quan was a scout. Because Xie Hong needed the provisions urgently, the nearby cities did not have time to prepare. With more troops transporting the provisions, the losses on the road would increase. Therefore, the magistrate of Nanzhi County only sent 150 people to transport them.

They heard that a portion of Prince Jing's forces had infiltrated Lingnan, so they sent Tian Quan ahead to help scout the area and to send a message back immediately if there was any danger.

The people from Yunhe Village acted too quickly, shooting Tian Quan in the arm and preventing him from deploying smoke grenades.

Lin Jinyue suggested, "The enemy should have horses, 150 men, and weapons. Even if everyone uses crossbows together, we might not be able to hit the target every time. This place is too far from Nanzhi County. They should choose Nan'an County first to call for reinforcements. So, let's set a trap on their only way to Nan'an County and send a few more people to block them."

As she spoke, she marked two places on the map.

Set a trap in one place, and catch the fish that slipped through the net in another.

Thinking of the farm, Lin Jinyue said, "Try to avoid hurting people and horses. We still need to let the horses pull the cart."

After making a simple plan, Lin Xueqing led a group of people over.

Lin Jinyue didn't want to work for nothing.

She then told the villagers, "We'll take all these horses, sell them for money, keep two horses, and convert the rest into silver, which will be added to the village's silver reserves."

Many people know about Lin Jinyue's farm, which has a confidentiality agreement with the system.

Knowing that horses grow and reproduce five times faster on the farm than outside, he naturally agreed, even refusing payment.

Anyway, Er Ya won't treat them badly!

The villagers quickly replied, "Of course."

"Putting everything else aside, without Er Ya's blueprints, how would we dare to fight these soldiers?"

Lin Jinyue quickly reached a consensus with the villagers.

The villagers worked hard to dig a pit on the road ten miles away from the village. They didn't need to dig very deep, and since it was a narrow, winding path, they soon dug a large pit that was two meters long and one and a half meters wide.

The women cut down nearby bamboo, sharpened it, and buried it in the soil.

When they ride off to find reinforcements, in their panic, they'll surely jump into this trap.

That wasn't the end of it. Several families pooled their resources and twisted a rope together. Two burly men lay in ambush in the bushes on either side. If they managed to get through this trap, they would never have imagined that there was another one waiting behind them.

After arranging everything, Lin Shucheng and Lin Xueqing, along with Lin Fugui and several other strong men from the village, headed towards the place Tian Quan had mentioned.

They were short-handed and were indeed being very cautious. More than a hundred people sat by the roadside, seemingly to cool off, but actually to keep an eye on the surrounding area and wait for Tian Quan to return and report.

In the woods not far away, they saw several people dressed in red leather armor guarding a pile of hay.

You really can't tell unless you look closely.

They split into two groups, which made things easier for Lin Xueqing and her group.

At his command, several men carrying crossbows fired arrows at them, but none of them hit vital organs; they all aimed for the legs.

Lin Xueqing had excellent aim and hit several people in the legs in one shot.

They screamed in pain.

Lin Shucheng was not to be outdone and quickly hit both of them as well.

The remaining Lin Fugui and his men were in a flurry of activity, and although they weren't very accurate, it still made them feel constrained.

The commotion quickly alerted the people in the woods.

Three men mounted their horses and galloped towards Nan'an County, while about ten men guarded the grain and prepared to head back. The remaining twenty-odd men drew their swords and prepared to rush over to cause trouble for Lin Shucheng.

Lin Shucheng had anticipated that they would take the grain away, so five or six able-bodied men from the village rushed toward them with hoes and shovels.

For a time, the two sides were locked in a standoff, neither daring to make the first move.

Lin Shucheng continued to fire arrows at them, and even though there were more than a hundred of them, they were powerless against the crossbow bolts.

These men were quickly felled by crossbow bolts.

Lin Fugui and his men quickly tied the man up and picked up the arrows from the ground.

These were all carved out by Lin Xueqing herself; they can be used later, so they can't be wasted.

Lin Shucheng addressed the remaining dozen or so men guarding the supplies, saying, "We won't make things difficult for you. You're just trying to make a living. Raise your hands and surrender, and we won't take your lives. But if a fight breaks out, swords have no eyes..."

Lin Xueqing and her group aimed their crossbows at the dozens of people, who then dared not act rashly. They all dropped their knives on the ground, raised their hands, and dared not make any mistakes.

After tying them up, Lin Fugui and his men counted the grain and fodder. It was more than they had expected. One hundred and fifty men were needed to transport fifty cartloads of grain.

Because there was too much food, a few stragglers escaped.

It was getting dark, and there were trees all around, so it wasn't very clear.

However, at this point, Lin Jinyue was too lazy to care about those who had run away. Xie Hong was currently fighting with Prince Jing and had no time to attend to anything else.

However, what she didn't expect was...

Just as her father and brother led a group to kidnap the 140 people, dozens of villagers who had come to watch the spectacle pulled carts and ran for their lives, fearing that pursuers would come after them.

These days, ordinary people are afraid of officials, and even if they are in the right, they are less assertive, let alone since they have just robbed the officials.

When they make plans, they rely entirely on sheer grit and determination to forge ahead.

After looting, they still felt uneasy. They wondered if their group would be wanted for stealing their supplies, and whether Xie Hong would bring troops to kill them.

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, and he ran several miles with the cartload of provisions in one breath.

When I saw the familiar, majestic city walls, the guards standing watch on them, the paved roads, and the bustling villages...

The group immediately felt relieved.

They are no longer afraid of these officials; the guards can beat them to a pulp!

Honestly, these dozens of people usually work in the workshop day and night, and they didn't realize for a while that their village had become so amazing.

Lin Jinyue was worried about the few injured horses that she couldn't take with her, and she was thinking about how to bring the horses back.

She thought for a moment and said to those who hadn't signed a confidentiality agreement with the farm, "Take these people back to recover from their injuries, and once they're healed, they can work for the village."

After these people left, Lin Jinyue waved her hand and directly stored the horse into her spatial storage.

Jiang Yun also came over and quickly went into the farm to bandage the horse's wounds.

When Lin Jinyue returned, she saw that many of the more than one hundred people who were transporting grain were injured.