The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 260 - 256 Yan Heng Falls

Chapter 260: Chapter 256 Yan Heng Falls

The soldiers guarding the granary stumbled out, running and shouting, "Great General, something terrible has happened! The grain in the granary has vanished! All of it has vanished!"

But after they ran out, they found themselves amidst chaos!

Feiyan Army troops were everywhere!

And there was one particularly formidable figure, riding a black horse, wielding a long saber in one hand.

Where he passed, with a swing of his saber,

a sweeping force that felled thousands, soldiers collapsed in swathes!

No one could get close to him!

His long saber must have been fifty meters long, right?

That was Ruo Hai.

Ruo Xuan was thrilled to see her granduncle so valiant!

"My granduncle is so powerful!" she exclaimed.

Xuanyuan Que did not speak.

Tan Cang was engaged in fierce combat with Yan Heng.

Originally, it was Yan Heng, still in his teens, who had forced him to flee to an island, saving his own life.

Seeing his nemesis made his blood boil with rage.

Seeing Ruo Hai cut down a swath of his own troops in an instant, he bellowed in fury, "Are all the archers dead? Shoot him down!"

"Where are my arrows! Bring me arrows!"

In that moment of distraction, Yan Heng landed a cut on his arm.

He dared not be distracted again!

Yan Heng, not seen for almost a decade, had improved greatly in martial prowess!

The Feiyan Army was even fiercer now!

The storm and the rain were intense, the wind was howling, and the waves were roaring.

This was the moment when the storm reached its peak.

Archers aimed at Ruo Hai, but the wind was too strong, and the arrows they fired lacked any precision!

In this hurricane where people could hardly stand, in the heavy rain that made it impossible to open one’s eyes, it seemed that the Feiyan Army was not affected at all.

With every rise and fall of their blades, blood was shed, and the Tan Family Army was forced to retreat step by step.

Ruo Hai made his way, killing as he went, until he reached the vicinity of the granary.

He had deduced the location of the granary based on experience.

Having reached the enemy’s encampment, the priority was to set fire to the enemy granary immediately.

That way, even if this night raid did not wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop, destroying their granary would heavily damage them.

After all, without food, soldiers would lack the strength to fight.

Many soldiers from the Tan Family Army were also there to protect the granary.

Nanyu Island was just a small island with few places suitable for growing grain and a sparse population, resulting in a severe shortage of food. Fortunately, there was an abundance of seafood, preventing starvation.

However, it wasn’t always possible to go out to sea to fish, and moreover, eating too much fish could cause neck problems.

Every year after the autumn harvest, they would leave the island to steal grain.

This was also why the Imperial Court could not tolerate the remnants of the former dynasty.

Therefore, the soldiers previously guarding the granary had fought to their last breath to protect it!

Ruo Hai, holding his long spear, stepped forward undaunted.

They came just in time, and he wiped them all out one by one.

Ruo Xuan had been following Ruo Hai the whole time, with Xuanyuan Que in front of her, afraid that the blind swords and knives might accidentally injure her.

She could only clutch Xuanyuan Que’s arm and poke her head out a little, watching a dozen people facing her uncle alone, her heart lifted.

She watched intently, ready to act if anyone was about to harm Ruo Hai.

But Ruo Hai resolved them on his own, none of the enemy could get close to him; he took down wave after wave of the enemy forces. As the attacking enemy numbers dwindled, until no one approached anymore, he ran into the granary only to find it completely empty, which he found strange.

Could this place not be the granary?

At this time, Yan Shan also made his way over and asked upon seeing Ruo Hai, "Is this the granary? Burn it!"

"There are no grains inside."

Yan Shan ran inside, looked around, and indeed found it empty, without a single grain of food, "Search!"

He suspected that there might be grains hidden elsewhere.

So, the two ran off to other places, searching while fighting the enemy.

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The sky brightened then darkened again; in the afternoon, the wind began to subside gradually, and by evening, the hurricane had moved on. The waves at the seaside were still somewhat strong, but there was no longer any danger.

The Great General, with several generals, arrived at the seaside.

Except for some fish, shrimp, and crabs washed up on the beach and not taken back by the waves, there was nothing else.

No wreckage of ships, nor shadows of people.

The Great General looked at the still calm sea, couldn’t see the situation on Nanyu Island across the sea, and furrowed his brows; something wasn’t right!

Twenty large ships, over twenty thousand soldiers went to sea; if capsized by the waves, wouldn’t there be debris on the beach?

This was too clean!

A Deputy General couldn’t help saying, "Could General Yan have successfully landed on Nanyu Island?"

"Impossible!" another General immediately denied, "Such huge waves at sea! The ships would have capsized and sunk to the bottom of the sea, or been swept to a farther place!"

Zhang Feng had a bad premonition. He always felt that the Feiyan Army had indeed landed on Nanyu Island, but at this moment, he didn’t want his premonition to be true; he did not wish for Ruo Hai to achieve a feat, thus he said to everyone, including himself, "Let’s come back tomorrow and look again. We should be able to go to sea by then. We’ll search the nearby small islands, we may still rescue some people."

The Great General also thought that Zhang Feng’s suggestion was reasonable; the storm had just faded, there was no rush. He turned around to leave, "The waves are still strong, it’s not suitable to go to sea yet, let’s all pull out for now. Tomorrow we go to the sea for rescue!"

The next day, the Great General dispatched two large ships to nearby small islands for rescue operations.

Since the real situation was unknown, and they dared not get close to Nanyu Island, they searched some uninhabited small islands nearby but found nothing.

On the third day, they went out for an entire day and then found the Feiyan Army’s command flag on a small island.

The Great General looked at the black command flag brought back by his soldiers and immediately recognized it as the command flag held by the chief commander.

His heart surged with excitement; Yan Heng had fallen!

After a moment, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and said with a mournful face, "General Yan disregarded advice, leading to the demise of twenty thousand elite Imperial soldiers, all valiant and loyal warriors!"

The chief commander’s command flag was to be kept on one’s person at all times, it must not be lost, just like the military flag must not fall!

If it was lost, it indicated that the chief commander had fallen.

If Yan Heng had fallen, didn’t it mean the entire army was annihilated?

Zhang Feng finally felt at ease, "General He is wise for not joining them at sea, otherwise who knows how many more would have been buried at sea this time."

The other Generals also couldn’t help but say, "General Yan was too impulsive this time. Although he is hailed by the world as Xuanyuan Country’s God of War, he is not a god, and how could he stand against such huge waves?"

"General Yan has always been arrogant, thinking he is invincible, but this time, having been impeached, he wanted to prove himself to the Emperor and cover his mistake with a merit, disregarding the lives of twenty thousand soldiers! Such a man does not deserve to be called Xuanyuan Country’s God of War and should be written into history as a criminal!"

Zhang Feng did not kick a man while he was down; he had not forgotten the last time he incited the Great General to attack Nanyu Island, and he still had the sword hanging over his own neck; if he did not redeem his merits, his head would have fallen, "Great General He, Yan Heng, in his eagerness for quick success, killed twenty thousand elite soldiers, this matter must be reported to The Emperor as soon as possible! The hurricane has passed, we have suffered heavy losses, if the enemy learns of this, they will surely send troops; how shall we withstand them then? We must ask The Emperor to issue an order to immediately deploy troops from Xiangzhou Prefecture!"

The Great General’s face changed, "Yanmo, this general will report this matter to the Imperial Court!"

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