The city became more and more chaotic; the screams of women, the roars of men, and the cries of children mixed together into a death song.
"Xianyi, I just went to the Yamen and the county magistrate told us to hold on to Kaiye County and wait for reinforcements."
"But you and I both know that Kaiye County's walls are completely defenseless. I'm afraid we can't hold them for several hours. Now that the war is raging, we can't expect reinforcements."
"Didn't you tell me before that we still have 100 dan of grain? Let's use half of it to recruit civilians to help defend the city. If there's any extra gold or silver, we can give it to the soldiers defending the city. That way, we'll have a chance to hold out against the enemy."
"Then I'll take a few brothers out from the side of the city wall. Then we'll work together from the inside and outside to ensure these thieves never return."
Chen Dan remained silent but sneered in his heart, "Hmph, he speaks better than he sings. He had fooled them father and daughter in the same way in their previous life. Then the beast turned around and took them away."
Leaving them behind to die, colluding with the outside world? Ridiculous.
Shen Xianyi thought it made sense, and nodded thoughtfully, saying, "My husband is indeed very thoughtful. We can't defend the city with just the people in our county. We have to call on the people to help."
"Our county magistrate is a traitor who only goes in and never leaves. I'm afraid he's already thinking about how to escape. He definitely won't spend money and order people to defend the city."
"It's just that he can run away. Our property is all here. We can't leave unless it's absolutely necessary."
"My husband will do as you say."
An Jingzhi turned his head and looked at Chen Dan, who didn't say anything, but just nodded silently.
After An Jingzhi left, Chen Dan asked, "Xianyi, do you really trust An Jingzhi so much? Do you think what he said is true? Aren't you worried that his so-called internal and external cooperation is actually an attempt to escape?"
Shen Xianyi was just about to go to the family warehouse with his father to take out the grain, but he was stunned when he heard Shen Dan's question.
"Dad? Why do you think so? Don't you think highly of your husband?"
"Dad was indeed very optimistic about him at the beginning, but people are bound to make mistakes sometimes." Chen Dan said dully.
"Dad," Shen Xianyi said in confusion, "If my husband wanted to leave, he could just take the brothers with him and run away. Why would he have to tell us so much?"
Humph, who knows what this bastard was thinking? Perhaps he hadn't anticipated Kaiye County's swift fall, and had intended to take the food with him, only to run out of options.
"In short, Xianyi, at this juncture, it's best for us father and daughter not to trust anyone easily, including An Jingzhi."
Shen Xianyi wondered if her father had lost his mind, as he had been acting strangely lately.
"Dad, do you know something? Or my husband, what did he do? Otherwise, why would you target him like this?"
Something was indeed done, but it was not done in time.
Chen Dan knew that his daughter was loyal to her husband, so he didn't think about getting the two of them to divorce, also considering his daughter's situation.
He only has this one relative.
"Nothing, it's just that Dad thinks we should be on guard against others." Chen Dan said, "Anyway, you should be more careful and go gather the people first."
Bian Tianlei found An Jingzhi. At this time, everyone had gathered around An Jingzhi, except him.
“Big Brother!”
"Tianlei, come here, I'm discussing something with my brothers."
"I thought so……"
He told everyone about his strategy of coordinating the attacks from both inside and outside.
Everyone was in a panic and had no idea what to do. After hearing An Jingzhi's plan, they felt much more at ease.
"To reassure the brothers, you can take your families with you. There's a hole in the west wall. Let's go out at night."
Bian Tianlei was dissatisfied, "How can that be! If we want to leave, we should leave together."
How could they leave the eldest brother's family behind and take all their families away?
An Jingzhi patiently explained, "I know that all of you brothers trust me, but just because you trust me, can others trust me as much as you do?"
"Letting everyone bring their families with them will also allow them to have peace of mind, saving them from having to worry about their families outside the city."
Ke Hong opened his mouth, not knowing whether he should speak or not.
If the brothers have all taken their families away, will they still sincerely implement this plan of internal and external cooperation?
"Brother, what about you?"
An Jingzhi said: "My father-in-law wants to stay in the city. They must stay to recruit civilians to help defend the city. Otherwise, our plan of external cooperation will be useless and the city gate will not last long."
"Brother, this is not good." Shi Ziming said.
His mother's life is important, and so are his eldest brother's family's lives.
"Brothers, please stop trying to persuade me. My father-in-law and his family have lived in Kaiye County for generations and are very well-known. It would be most appropriate for them to gather the people."
"Brothers, if you treat me as your big brother, listen to my orders after you go out, and we will come back and kill the enemy."
"Okay, stop talking. Go gather your men and explain everything to them. Don't be late!" He told the time and place and dismissed everyone.
Shen Dan asked his daughter to count the grain in the warehouse. He wanted to go out to see what was happening outside the city. Unexpectedly, he heard the conversation between An Jingzhi and others as soon as he walked outside the gate of the Shen family.
I thought to myself, "It seems this beast was also such a liar in his past life? He talks about being righteous, but in reality he is a coward with a heartless heart."
Just as he was about to leave, he heard An Jingzhi ask Ke Hongda to stay.
With a thought, he stood at the wall and continued listening.
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