Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 150: The Strength Of The Black Qilin Army

Chapter 150: The Strength Of The Black Qilin Army

Du Yuanwei nodded and said, "Yes. It’s such a brilliant move, and only those with high martial arts skills can do it."

Yao Zhen clenched his hands tightly, and said calmly: "It means... The members of the Black Qilin Army are at least this strong. This war... I am afraid it will really be a tough battle."

Seeing that he was deep in thought, Du Yuanwei stopped talking and just stood beside him in silence. After a while, Yao Zhen turned to look at him and asked, "Apart from the granary, have we lost anything else?"

When Du Yuanwei heard Yao Zhen’s question and was about to answer him, Ren Fanyan hurried over. From the look on his face, they knew something important happened. Walking to the two of them, Ren Fanyan glanced at the corpses on the ground.

Standing in front of Yao Zhen, he clasped his fists and said, "General Yao, Advisor Jin requested your presence at the training ground immediately."

Yao Zhen nodded at him, turned to look at Du Yuanwei and said, "General Du, I will leave the rest to you. After checking the situation, remember to come and report to me."

Du Yuanwei clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate follows orders."

Only then did Yao Zhen look at Ren Fanyan and said, "Let’s go."

After Yao Zhen left with Ren Fanyan, Du Yuanwei looked at the corpses on the ground and clenched his hands. Thinking of the capabilities of the Black Qilin Army, his eyes turned cold.

Looking at the black smoke from the burned granary, he murmured: "Fortunately, we have prepared a countermeasure."

Outside the barracks, Qi Baijun and five hundred soldiers of the Black Qilin Army came to the place where their horses were, with ten carts full of ration. After distributing the bags of grain between them, they tied the bags on their horse, and then rode their war horses and returned to Lin Zi City.

In this night operation alone, they obtained more than two thousand bags of grain, which is equivalent to forty thousand jin of grain. Just when Qi Baijun was happy with his harvest, Yao Zhen and Ren Fanyan arrived at the training ground.

Seeing them coming, Jin Huai saluted and said, "General Yao, our backup plan is under preparation. But, there is a problem. It was too late when we found out that they burned the granary to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Our water has been poisoned by them."

Yao Zhen looked at the two corpses on the ground and asked, "These two are Qi Baijun soldiers?"

Jin Huai frowned and said, "Yes. But we only managed to arrest two of them. Unfortunately, before we had time to interrogate them, they committed suicide by taking poison hid inside their mouth."

"They look more like sacrificial soldiers than elite soldiers." Ren Fanyan said with a frown.

Jin Huai nodded and said, "This Qi Baijun is really favored by the Emperor of the Bei Wei Empire. He can use the sacrificial soldiers he trained as troops openly, and even classify them as ordinary soldiers, and then bring them together to the battlefield to make meritorious service. In the end, I still underestimated him."

Yao Zhen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Advisor Jin, you don’t have to blame yourself. Although we lost some supplies, but thanks to you, we managed to keep the rest."

Song Yanlei smiled and said, "What General Yao said is right. I just hope they can quickly use our supplies. When the time comes, there will be a good show to watch."

Hearing his words, the gloomy atmosphere dissipated a little bit. Seeing that everyone was in a better mood, Yao Zhen said, "Since they have already taken the bait, all we need to do is wait."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone nodded. After a moment of silence, Ren Fanyan asked, "So... How do we solve the poisoned water problem? Without water, we won’t last long enough to implement our backup plan."

Jin Huai thought for a while and said, "Not far from here, there are several villages. It is not known whether the villagers still lived there after the Bei Wei Empire captured the border town, but we can give it a try. We should send soldiers to buy water from those villages. I just don’t know if there will be any extra water after the long drought."

Ren Fanyan thought for a while and said, "Then I will send soldiers to buy water."

"Mhm. Buy as much as you can, but don’t force the common people. If they don’t want to sell water to you, then go to another village to buy water." Jin Huai reminded him.

He nodded and said, "I understand. I will go and arrange the soldiers."

Leaving those words, Ren Fanyan left in a hurry. They’re out of water, so he has to hurry.

After Ren Fanyan left, Yao Zhen turned his head to look at the corpse on the ground, and said, "Dispose of the corpses."

After saying this, he left to prepare for what would come. At the same time, Qi Baijun led five hundred elite soldiers and rode for nearly an hour before seeing the tall city wall of Lin Zi City. Seeing them coming back, the soldiers standing on the city wall opened the city gate quickly.

The thick and tall city gate opened slowly, as Qi Baijun rode past the gate without stopping. When the last person passed through the gate, the soldiers quickly closed the gate again. Since they captured Lin Zi City, the city gates will only be opened when there is something important to do.

Qi Baijun led the soldiers straight to the granary to unload the rations they stole from the Shang Empire’s army. When they arrived, Chen Yiwei was already waiting there. He smiled when he saw his friend returning with a full load.

Qi Baijun dismounted from his war horse, looked at the soldiers and said, "Unload the rations."