Facing several arrows flashing cold under the fire and hundreds of official troops later, Shi Qian and his subordinate scouts did not show any panic, nor did they become confused. They had quickly put down their weapons. Shi Qian even threw the knife directly to the ground, raised his hands and stepped forward and shouted: "Brothers in Lingzhou, don't misunderstand, we are our own people, we are scouts from Qingzhou."

These official troops rushed over, but saw too many scenes that shocked them along the way. At this time, they were all on guard. As long as the other party had a little abnormal movement, they would shoot arrows to kill all the enemies. However, Shi Qian and their performances and words made people stunned. One of the generals in the leader said in confusion: "Are you Qingzhou Army? Then why did you appear in my Lingzhou and kill so many innocent people..."

"The people were not killed by us, but other Jurchens who had just entered the granary. We were ordered to come because we found out about the relevant matters. If you don't believe me, I have the Qingzhou Army scout token as a basis. Also, Zhang Yunfeng, the regiment of the government, also has some friendship with me. He is now under the command of Sun Dujian." Shi Qian said, slowly approaching his hand, taking out an iron token, and lit up the people in front of him.

Of course, the other party could not see the details of the token in his hand clearly at this distance, but seeing that he was calm and even mentioned Zhang Yunfeng, his doubts were half gone. However, to be on the safe side, the general did not let someone put down the bow and arrow, but said, "Please take that token and I'll see."

"Okay." Shi Qian would not refuse, so he raised his hand and threw the token over. The man took it and looked at it in the fire, then confirmed Shi Qian and others' identities. He waved his hand and asked someone to put down the bow and arrow, waved his hand and asked several people to approach, and then said with a serious expression: "You said those murderers actually ran into the granary, but is it true?"

"It's true. We'll see them rolling into it with our own eyes, and the guards inside are probably in danger, and they have taken the weapons to guard the gate." Shi Qian said, and deliberately turned his head and exposed the fresh wound on his face.

"How many thieves are there in this group?" The general, who had already believed it, asked again.

"Eight or nine people, but they are extremely fierce. I can't stop them at all, but I was killed and injured by them. These Jurchens are much more powerful than ordinary thieves."

"Are there only eight or nine people? Come and rush in, don't let them damage the grain in the warehouse. That's the food for the winter ourselves." Although this person didn't say it directly, Shi Qian still saw a little disdain in his expression. Obviously, he thought that the Qingzhou army was just like this, and so many people could not take down eight or nine bandits.

Shi Qian knew that the other party had underestimated the enemy, and just wanted to make a sound reminder, but the officials had already shouted after the orders, and rushed forward together, including those who had fitted and bumped into the door, and some who were leaning against the corner of the wall and waiting to climb over the wall.

This made Shi Qian, who had seen the Jurchens, and others nervous and couldn't help but shout, "Be careful, they have bows and arrows..." Before he finished speaking, the sound of arrows breaking through the air had already sounded from the warehouse. More than ten consecutive beaded arrows had quickly flew to the wall, causing the soldiers who had just poked their heads to scream and fell down. It also made the soldiers following behind tremble and subconsciously retreat.

At the same time, the closed warehouse door suddenly opened, which was completely beyond the expectations of the soldiers who bumped into the door, causing their forward collision to completely fail, and their bodies staggered forward. Then a series of cold light flashed in front of their eyes, and they just slashed at them. Amid the screams, the more than ten soldiers died on the spot, while the warehouse door closed again, blocking the bodies outside.

All this came too quickly, and Shi Qian and the others could not react, let alone Lingzhou official army. After a while, they let out a burst of exclamations. The official army, which had been waiting to surround him, was so scared that they hurriedly retreated and retreated straight out of an arrow before they settled down. The enemy was so scary that they had not even seen the enemy's face, and they had already lost twenty or thirty people. This blow to the morale of the official army was naturally extremely great.

"Why...how could this happen?" After a while, the general calmed down and stared at the warehouse ahead with horror: "Is there really only eight or nine people here?"

"We shouldn't be wrong. We chased them all the way. And they entered the warehouse not to set fire to the grain, but seemed to take the grain for themselves." Shi Qian explained patiently.

"How is this possible?" Not only the general, but also the soldiers around him looked in disbelief: "Where did they get the ability to take away thousands of stones of food?"

"Only they can't do it, but what if there are hundreds of Jurchen strongmen?" Shi Qian said solemnly: "It is because we found out that Jurchen thieves were invading Lingzhou City that we came to rescue them. Unfortunately, they were still one step earlier. Now our Qingzhou army has not arrived yet. Judging from their actions just now, it won't take long to attack Lingzhou City."

"What? What you said is the truth? Why are we waiting in Lingzhou not aware of it?" The general almost grabbed Shi Qian's collar, but he still took two steps forward and asked loudly.

"It's true. This matter is also related to Zengtou City outside the city. It has long been colluded with the Jurchens. Now the situation in Lingzhou should be completely under the control of the Jurchens. Also, maybe some people from Zengtou City will come to open the city gate later. It is precisely because they know that they have backing support to enter the city that these guys dare to defend the warehouse." After Shi Qian said this, he said anxiously: "So, the most urgent task of this general is not only to eradicate the enemies in the warehouse, but also to send people to guard the city, otherwise they will encounter major changes. Maybe the entire Lingzhou City will be destroyed tonight..."

"This...this..." The general didn't know what to say at this time. If what Shi Qian said was true, then today's crisis would be too great, but is this person's words really credible? He always felt that the other party was exaggerating. Even though the Jurchens in the warehouse were indeed Jurchens, how could hundreds of people from Jin people thousands of miles away appear here? Also, how could Zengtou City collude with the Jurchens? They have always had close ties with the government office, so what benefits does this do them?

Shi Qian saw his hesitation, and his heart tightened, and shouted again: "This general, you can't drag it anymore. It's really dangerous to drag it down if you drag it down again! We must first eliminate the hidden dangers in the warehouse and then go to the city to defend it. The only way at this time is to shoot them all with arrows, preferably with rockets, so that they can be foolproof!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the general on the opposite side shook his head like a rattle: "No, there are thousands of stones of food in the warehouse, how can you set fire? The whole army obeys the order, attack me again and kill you! Isn't there only seven or eight thieves? I don't believe that hundreds of us can't do anything to them. And Zhu Tao, you should go back to the military camp quickly and report to the Chu Chief Superintendent, and ask him to gather other troops to come to the city just in case." Although he did not agree with Shi Qian's statement that setting fire to the enemy, he still sent people to report the news.

Under the command of the officer, the soldiers had to bite the bullet and rush over again. This time they were much more cautious than before and did not dare to try to climb over the wall. Instead, they found a thick piece of wood that kept hitting the warehouse gate, trying to completely break it open.

After ramming for about ten times, the two warehouse gates that had not been prepared in this way fell down. The open space in front was completely exposed in front of everyone, but what they saw was the corpse guarding the ground, but no Jurchen thief was seen.

Under the urging of the general, more than a dozen or twenty people were plucking the courage to enter the door. Before they could see clearly what was going on inside, several cold arrows shot, directly piercing through the throats of several soldiers, scaring the others so much that they quickly turned around and ran back, all of them fled out of the warehouse.

Seeing this, Shi Qian's eyes hopped. He didn't think anything about being in the Qingzhou army before, but today after seeing the performance of the Lingzhou official army, he finally understood why Sun Dujian had to work hard to train troops. These official troops had no military discipline and cooperation. They all acted on instinct. Once they encountered danger, the first thing they thought of was to escape. How could they fight against the enemy with such behavior?

"If you kill me again, aren't there only eight or nine people, and there are about ten bows? What are you afraid of?" The general shouted fiercely, but his body was hiding back very much, without any of the demeanor that the general should have. When his performance fell into the eyes of the soldiers around him, his prestige was naturally greatly reduced. Everyone was surrounded by the door, and none of them really dared to enter again.

As the saying goes, a soldier is a beating, and the generals of Lingzhou are well reflected in the truth of this sentence. With his example, hundreds of officers were blocked from the granary by less than ten Jurchens. This was obviously something Shi Qian did not expect, and he didn't know what to say or do for a moment.

In fact, this was a completely common phenomenon among the officials and soldiers of the prefectures of the Song Dynasty. For these soldiers, eating food in the army was just a job. No one had ever taught them what to defend their country or what to backbone of the country. As long as they took off their clothes, they would be no different from ordinary people.

This is the reason why the Song Dynasty had a million troops but was able to be killed by tens of thousands of Jin troops in just a few months, and eventually the city was destroyed and the country was destroyed.

And when these Lingzhou soldiers were completely restrained by a small number of enemies, a group of people outside the city had arrived at the west gate, and one of them had already rushed up and shouted loudly: "Who is the guardian of the city above? We are the team of Zengtou City. Now something big is about to happen. Open the city quickly and let us in to see the prefect Weng!"
Chapter completed!