Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 149: Looting The Grains

Chapter 149: Looting The Grains

It’s a pity that with Du Yuanwei guarding the rations, it’s not easy for them to steal the rations. Squinting his eyes, Qi Baijun observed his surroundings calmly.

After a long silence, he said, "It seems that they have anticipated our attack tonight."

The captain frowned and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to continue with our plan?"

Qi Baijun thought for a while, and said, "Change the plan. Seal the soldiers’ meridian gate to immobilize them, and then break their necks. We must not shed a drop of blood tonight, so as not to alarm the enemy."

The soldiers nodded and said in a low voice: "Yes, Your Highness."

Qi Baijun is very confident in his Black Qilin Army, because one of them is equal to a hundred well-trained soldiers. With their martial arts, there is no problem in executing his orders smoothly. Also, immobilizing an enemy before killing them will keep their body in the same position as it was in before they died. This is a great trick to create a smoke screen for them, and to provide enough time for them to steal rations.

Qi Baijun and the others waited until only the guarding soldiers were left, and then acted silently. One by one, the members of the Black Qilin Army appeared behind the guards, sealed their meridian gates with a few flicks of their fingers, and then quietly broke the guards’ necks without any effort.

Leaving those dead soldiers in their standing positions, Qi Baijun and his soldiers went to the granary. There were two of them who were guarding the entrance, while the rest went into the granary.

Inside the granary, Qi Baijun saw bags of grain piled high. Before they came in, he remembered seeing some carts outside the granary. He thought for a while and said, "Take those carts outside and move as much rations as possible to the carts."

The soldiers nodded at him and hurriedly went to get the carts, then piled those bags of grain into them. When a cart is full of rations, two men push it out of the granary. They then left the barracks to join others who were waiting outside the barracks. When the tenth cart was full, Qi Baijun heard footsteps coming from outside.

Before he could ask the two soldiers guarding outside, one of them had lifted the door curtain and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, the patrolling soldiers are coming."

Qi Baijun nodded at him, then looked at the other two who were stacking bags of grain to the cart, and said, "That’s enough. Let’s go."

With an order, they left the tent. One of them took out a lighter, blew on the lighter, and threw the lighter at the remaining bags of grain. The lighter fell to the ground and burst into flames in an instant. Seeing that the fire had begun to burn the rations, the man left to join the others.

When Qi Baijun and his squad’s members had joined the other members of the Black Qilin Army outside the barracks, one of the patrolling soldiers saw a bright light coming from the direction of their granary. He was puzzled, walked over and saw that the granary was already on fire.

To his surprise, although the fire had swallowed two granaries, the soldiers guarding the granaries still stood motionless on their posts. Without even thinking about it, the soldiers quickly shouted loudly.

"Fire! The granary is on fire!" He shouted, as he went to fetch water.

Inside the commander-in-chief’s tent, Yao Zhen sat on the simple wooden stool with his eyes closed, waiting for the assassins to arrive. After waiting for a long time, he heard the faint movement outside. He opened his eyes and stood up. As soon as he got to the door, a soldier had already rushed into his tent.

"Report!" He said and knelt down in front of Yao Zhen.

Looking at the anxious face of the soldier, Yao Zhen had a bad feeling. He quickly asked, "What’s the matter?"

With his head lowered, the soldier replied: "The granary is on fire."

Hearing the soldier’s report, his heart sank. With a gloomy face, he came out of the tent. Coming out of the tent, he looked in the direction of the granary, and saw that many tents had been destroyed by the fire. When all the soldiers saw the commander-in-chief come out, they clasped their fists and saluted, then went to fetch water to put out the fire.

Yao Zhen looked around, grabbed a soldier who was running past him, and asked, "How did the granary catch fire?"

The soldier was terrified by his grim expression, and stammered: "This... This subordinate doesn’t know. When I heard the cry for help, two granaries were already on fire."

"Where are the soldiers who were guarding the granary? Where are they?" He asked again.

The soldier shook his head and said hastily, "This... This subordinate doesn’t know."

Finding no useful information from the soldier, he let him go and strode towards the granary. In the granary area, only two of the ten granaries remained. With a frown on his face, he looked around and saw Du Yuanwei who was examining the corpses of soldiers.

In just a few steps, he already stood beside Du Yuanwei and asked, "General Du, how could this happen?"

Hearing his question, Du Yuanwei stood up, cupped his fists and said, "It’s my negligence. Please punish me, General Yao."

Yao Zhen waved his hands impatiently and said, "Now is not the time to punish you. Tell me. When the granary is on fire, why does no one notice it before the fire spreads?"

Du Yuanwei looked at the corpses on the ground and said, "They use the corpses of our soldiers as a smokescreen."

After hearing what he said, Yao Zhen went to examine the corpses. After a while, he stood up and said grimly, "Before killing the soldiers, they first use internal energy to seal their meridian gates."

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