Chapter 132: The Black Armored Army's Food Turns into Bran

This sneak attack was more fierce than any other. The enemy was like a mad dog, determined to bite off a piece of meat. On the other hand, the border guards had almost lost their fighting spirit because of the wasted days.

Zheng Yan felt sad as he watched the soldiers falling one after another around him. Low morale was a big taboo for both armies in a war. He knew that he might not be able to turn the tide in this battle tonight.

He used all his strength to chop off another enemy soldier's head, and couldn't help looking back in the direction of Yangcheng, where his beloved wife was. Because of the emergency at the border, he hadn't had time to lift her veil. Originally, he wanted to go back and make amends to her after the war, but now he was afraid that he would have no chance.

Zheng Yan turned his head and looked at the fire around him. He gripped the sword tightly, raised it high above his shoulder, and rushed out, shouting, "Follow me and charge out, those who are not afraid of death."

"Kill—"

Perhaps Zheng Yan's bravery awakened the depressed soldiers, and more and more shouts of killing were heard.

But even though the border troops fought hard, they were still obviously at a disadvantage. Zheng Yan's hand holding the knife was numb from vibration. He didn't know how long he could hold on. He only knew that the longer he held on, the more he could protect Yangcheng.

"Dong-dong-dong-"

Zheng Yan felt as if he was hallucinating. He seemed to hear the drumbeats of the enemy's retreat.

"My lord, my lord, reinforcements are coming."

Zheng Yan came back to his senses and looked at the black-armored army in front of him, who was this army? He had never seen this army before.

"Kill—don't let any of them go."

"Kill—"

When the border guards saw the reinforcements arriving, they all swung their swords, vowing to kill all the Yan dogs without leaving a single trace.

The enemy did not want to fight after being defeated and retreated in a hurry. The border guards wanted to pursue them but were stopped by Zheng Yan. They suffered heavy casualties and could not withstand further pursuit.

Zheng Yan watched the mighty black-armored army hurriedly pass by, but seeing that everyone was dressed in the same attire, he could not tell for a moment who was the commander of this army.

At this time, the army split to the sides, and a young man in dark-colored clothes riding a horse slowly appeared from the back. Zheng Yan looked at him with some confusion until he saw the person next to the young man holding up a token.

Zheng Yan was shocked and knelt down with everyone else to greet him. "Your humble servant greets the Prince of Chang."

"Meet Prince Chang"

Luo Jin'an dismounted without saying hello, and ordered in a cold voice: "Clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded, and Lord Zheng leads the way."

Zheng Yan stood up, bowed, and led his group to the military tent.

Except for Luo Jinan and a few black-armored soldiers in the military account, the rest were generals of the border defense forces.

This was also the first time that Zheng Yan met the legendary Prince Chang. He still remembered that his father once said that the one who would resolve the crisis of the Sheng Dynasty was the Prince Chang.

At that time, he did not take it seriously. Although this Prince Chang was said to be very powerful, he had never heard of any stories about this prince in Shengdu.

After seeing him today, I have to say that this person's aura is more alluring than that of the current emperor. Before Zheng Yan could think deeply, Luo Jinan's voice had already reached him.

"Master Zheng, can you first tell me about the specific situation at the border?"

“…”

Xu Nian knows nothing about border affairs, and she is now settled in Jicheng.

Jicheng has long been known as the granary of a prosperous dynasty, which shows that it is a major grain-producing area.

Whenever there was a major war in the Sheng Dynasty, food and fodder would be mobilized from Shengdu, Jicheng and Huaicheng.

This is also the reason why Xu Nian chose this place. They have been in Jicheng for two days, and Mo Jian has already understood the situation clearly.

"Miss, why are you going to the granary? Even if you go there, you can't take the food away." Mo Jian looked at the person in the nightgown and advised helplessly.

Previously, Xu Nian asked Mo Jian to find out the situation of Jicheng granary. Mo Jian thought that the prince had given Miss Xu a warrant and that Miss Xu was going to transfer grain. He never thought that this young lady was actually planning to steal. This was ridiculous. How could she steal so much grain?

"Mo Jian, just take me there. If you keep nagging me, I'll let Mo Yu go with me."

Mo Jian looked at Mo Yu who was standing aside and gloating over the misfortune, and gritted his teeth. He was becoming more and more like the chatterbox Mo Bai.

Mo Jian couldn't persuade Xu Nian, so he could only take her to the granary under the cover of night.

There are four grain warehouses in Jicheng. The two grain warehouses they came to are on the east side, which store food urgently needed to be sent to various armies. The other two are Changping Warehouse and Guanghui Warehouse.

Changping warehouses are used to buy grain at prices higher than the market price during good harvests to prevent farmers from suffering from grain shortages; and to sell large quantities of grain at prices lower than the market price during bad harvests to suppress grain prices and prevent famine. (Source: Baidu)

Guanghui Warehouse was set up to help the elderly, the young, the sick and the disabled, so Xu Nian had no intention of getting involved in these two warehouses.

Two days ago, Mo Jian had already figured out the duty rules of the granary guards, so Xu Nian just had to follow Mo Jian.

There were not many guards in the granary, and there was only a patrol every so often. Xu Nian understood this very well. The patrols were only set up to prevent unexpected factors such as fire. After all, who would come alone to steal grain?

The two of them dodged the guards and reached the wall of a granary. Xu Nian used the flying claws prepared by Mo Jian to climb over the wall. It must be said that the wall of the Jicheng granary was built high enough.

Mo Jian was standing in front of the granary and had a headache. He didn't know what the purpose of Miss Xu's visit was. Just when he was puzzled, suddenly an iron spike appeared in front of him.

Xu Nian held the iron spike and chuckled, "What are you just looking at? Hurry up and make a hole."

Mo Jian twitched his lips. When did Miss Ying'er take this thing and where did she hide it? He didn't find it along the way.

Although he didn't understand, he still took the iron spike and reached into the granary.

Xu Nian looked around, keeping watch for Mo Jian. She didn't want to bring this toy with her, but she had to. If she didn't make a hole as a passage, she would have to put the grain into the space as well. After all, there was a living person like Mo Jian by her side, and her secret would be exposed.

Xu Nian looked around nervously and didn't hear Mo Jian's voice for a long time. When he turned around, he found that he was standing there in a daze.

Xu Nian pushed him and asked, "Are you stupid?"

Mo Jian pointed at the food spilled on the ground with trembling fingers, and said in a trembling voice: "Miss...Miss..."

Seeing that Mo Jian had been with the young lady for a long time without any response, Xu Nian simply squatted down to check. What she saw was not only shocking, but she also opened her mouth in shock. There was no food in the box, but only chaff and grass.

Xu Nian came to his senses and pulled Mo Jian to clean up the leaked chaff and plugged the hole. Then he checked the two granaries before quietly returning to the inn with Mo Jian.

Mo Yu, Yan Fu and Yan Rong were waiting at the inn. When they saw the two people coming back with unhappy faces, they wondered what had happened.

"Miss, Mo Jian, is it not going well?"