As soon as Lin Yinan reached the city gate, she saw Yun Mo leading a large number of troops down from the mountain.
"Yun Mo was overjoyed to see his wife come out to greet him?"
Not wanting to spoil his good mood, Lin Yinan smiled faintly, "I've been feeling restless these past two days, thinking you should be back soon."
Yun Mo took a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to her.
"Yun Si has sent a letter. The Yu family has sent two groups of troops to deal with us. Judging by the time, they should be here soon."
Lin Yinan took the note and glanced at its contents.
"Are the homing pigeons we've bred ready to carry messages?"
"Yes, with repeated training, the homing pigeons can all find their way back."
Lin Yinan glanced at the soldiers standing behind him, estimating there were only about three hundred of them. "Is this enough manpower?"
He nodded. "That's enough. There are other arrangements; we'll discuss them in detail when we get back."
Yun Mo ordered his guards to take the soldiers away to rest. Two days earlier, an open area in the city had been designated for the soldiers to set up camp.
The two turned around and prepared to return to the city to convene a meeting.
Just then, a lithe man came running from the main road not far away toward the county town.
He ran while shouting, "Bad guys are coming! Bad guys are coming! I need to see the city lord!"
Her voice was childish, and the dog following behind her was barking incessantly.
Lin Yinan quickly stopped and turned around to look at the person and dog running towards them.
The girl who came running was about eleven or twelve years old. She was wearing a tattered leather hat with five or six braids of different sizes hanging down from it. Her face was flushed and covered with large beads of sweat from running.
Before long, the titmouse stopped in front of the two of them, hands on hips, panting heavily. The dog was also exhausted, sitting down on the ground with its tongue lolling out.
When the sparrow looked up, it saw its benefactor's face. It was overjoyed and its face was filled with a bright smile, its eyes sparkling.
"My benefactor, it's so good to see you!"
Yun Mo frowned slightly, having no recollection of the person before him. "Who are you?"
The sparrow didn't seem to care much and said cheerfully, "Chi'an, our benefactor has distributed grain to us."
Yun Mo suddenly realized, glanced at the exhausted dog beside him, and frowned, "What are you doing running all the way to Dragon Pool by yourself?"
“Many bad guys are coming to capture my benefactor, so I’ve come to warn him.” The titmouse flashed a set of neat, white teeth.
Lin Yinan and Yun Mo exchanged a glance.
She looked at the titmouse intently and asked, "Did you see clearly?"
The titmouse nodded and pointed to the dog on the ground, saying, "Dali saw it too."
Seeing her sincere expression, Lin Yinan's heart softened a little.
"Would you like to come back with us and explain it to us in detail?"
The titmouse shook her head. "I'm going back. Father doesn't know I've come here yet."
Lin Yinan shook her head at Yun Mo. It would be very unsafe to let her go back alone at this time.
"It's getting late. What if you encounter bad people or wild animals on the road? Stay here tonight, and I'll send someone to take you back." Yun Mo coaxed patiently.
Thinking of all those bad people, Sparrow was also afraid. She nodded in agreement, "Okay!"
Yun Mo summoned his secret guards and ordered them to find out where the Yu family's soldiers had gone. Then the three of them returned to the city.
I saw that the little girl's cotton-padded jacket was torn, revealing the aloe vera inside, with a few clumps occasionally drifting away in the wind.
Seeing this, Lin Yinan summoned Qianwu and whispered instructions in her ear.
"Tiger, would you like to sleep with this lady tonight?"
The titmouse nodded obediently and pointed to the dog that had been following her, asking, "What about Dali?"
"Let it stay with you."
Looking at the large, purebred wolfhound, Lin Yinan's eyes flickered slightly. In a daze, she recalled Hei Dou, who had gone through thick and thin with her in her previous life, but who had died in the mouth of a zombie in order to save her.
Inside the council hall of Longtan County Government, Chief Lian Lin and the leaders of several other teams gathered together, listening to the briefing sent from Nanzhou Prefecture, their faces solemn.
Listening to Yun Mo issuing a series of instructions, instructing his troops to notify the villages near Longtan County, telling everyone to either hide in the deep mountains and come to Longtan County to avoid disaster.
The soldiers quickly accepted the order and went to carry it out, while Chief Lin took on the heavy responsibility of pacifying the people in the city.
After the meeting, he picked up the long-forgotten gong and started banging it in the streets and alleys of the county town.
"The Yu family of Nanzhou Prefecture is about to send troops to attack Longtan County. A curfew will be imposed in the city starting today. Everyone is prohibited from going out unless it is absolutely necessary!"
Apart from the first group of people who came with the Lin and Yun families, such as Wu Xu and Wu Xingwang, the other people who joined later all experienced varying degrees of panic.
They secretly gathered together and quietly discussed whether to stay or leave.
"We heard when we arrived that the entire army of the South is controlled by the Yu family of Nanzhou Prefecture. Will they wipe out the city lord and his men this time?"
"The main problem is the vast difference in troop strength. With only the three hundred men that Master Yun brought back, how can we possibly fight them?"
These words caused great concern among the crowd.
"Sigh, we finally managed to settle down here. If we can't stay, where should we go?"
Someone slammed their fist on the table and exclaimed, "Why don't we just fight them to the death!"
"Right! Anyway, nowhere else is as good as staying in Dragon Pool, so let's give it a shot!"
"I've heard that if I go to other cities, I can only become a good slave or a hidden servant under a powerful family."
"Damn it, let's go all out!"
"We finally managed to get a decent meal, and we haven't even lived in our new house for more than a few days yet!"
For a moment, the crowd was filled with righteous indignation.
In the end, they unanimously decided to stay and perish with Longtan County.
The people of Linjia Village and Wu Xu's group remained silent and observed the situation quietly. Whenever anyone asked, they simply said they trusted the city lord's decision.
What a joke! They were able to come down unscathed entirely thanks to the city lord and the Yun brothers leading the way.
The shop assistants at several Chen family shops in the city received the notice and immediately closed their shops and went to find the head steward in charge of them.
The owner had originally prepared for a loss, but unexpectedly, in just one year, there was still a 30% profit.
The head manager couldn't help but beam with delight, his hands moving rapidly across the abacus. "Head manager, when are we leaving?"
"Left? Where did they go?"
The head manager was checking the accounts in his hands without looking up. Although Longtan had only been built for half a year and there weren't many people, their spending power was frighteningly high.
The waiters grew anxious. "Manager, the Yu family from Nanzhou Prefecture is about to attack. Shouldn't we leave to avoid the storm?"
The head manager glanced at them; none of them seemed composed.
"Why are you leaving? Didn't you see that the people in the city haven't left? It's clear that the city lord already has a plan. What are you all standing there for? If you can't go out, then clean up the shops properly and take inventory of the stock."
The head manager has spoken, so the waiters have no choice but to comply.
As night fell, the inky darkness enveloped the earth.
The secret guards who went to investigate the situation leaped down from under the eaves and landed at the entrance of the council hall, which was still lit up.
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