A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

On the way back to the posthouse, Zhou Qi asked, "Miss Shen, now that we have met General Yang and the supplies have been delivered, can we return now?"

It’s time to return, Shen Qingqian thought.

She still had 170,000 taels of silver that she had obtained from Pan Wu. She originally planned to leave half of it to Yang Zhi and find a way to give the remaining half to Zhao Yichen.

But now it seems that in a war zone, having money may not necessarily buy you what you need.

Places like Xiangyun Town and Longsheng City only produced enough food for self-sufficiency, but because they accepted the people who came from Tongning City, food was already in short supply.

In this situation, if the army buys up all the food, then the poor people will starve.

Therefore, Shen Qingqian changed her plan. She would wait until she returned to exchange the banknotes for supplies. She would ask someone to send half of them to the northern border, and she would personally send the other half to the southern battlefield to support Zhao Yichen.

Thinking of this, she nodded and said, "Well, let's get ready and set off back tomorrow!"

However, things did not go as they expected and they could not return smoothly.

Because in the early morning of the second day, the Beirong army was at the gates of the city!

On the tower, the soldiers were ready to go, and the archers were also ready. They all looked solemn and prepared for battle.

Yang Zhi and Han Qingshan looked down at the tower below. The Northern Rong soldiers were stationed three hundred miles away. From a distance, they looked like a huge mass of people. They would rush up to attack the city as soon as their general gave the order.

"These bastards from Beirong attacked us two days ago, and we haven't had time to settle accounts with them yet! Today they came to our door on their own accord, and this time we will make sure they never come back!"

Han Qingshan cursed with gritted teeth, with an angry expression on his face.

Although Yang Zhi did not curse like Han Qingshan, he was still holding a grudge in his heart.

"You're right. This time we must not only defend Xiangyun Town, but also make sure they never return!"

After a moment's silence, thunderous shouts finally rang out from the other side.

The Beirong Guards launched an attack!

The people of Xiangyun Town, who were sleeping, soon became agitated, and were enveloped in panic and fear.

Of course Shen Qingqian and the others also heard the noise. After all, Zhou Qi's men and Yang Zhong's men were trained and did not panic. They just waited for their leader to tell them what to do.

But the people Shen Qingqian brought were different. They were all bought by Shen Qingqian from the capital. Although they were poor and some were born as slaves, they had never experienced war, so they all seemed uneasy.

Several people even came to Shen Qingqian and asked her what to do.

Fear of death is human instinct. Shen Qingqian did not blame them, but said: "Why are you panicking? Aren't there still 70,000 soldiers guarding Xiangyun Town? How can it be so easy to break through?

Even if Xiangyun could no longer be defended, General Yang and County Magistrate Fang would arrange for the people to evacuate. Isn't that what happened in Tongning City?"

What Shen Qingqian said was true, and these big guys knew it.

Looking at Shen Qingqian, Zhou Qi and Yang Zhong, they were all calm and showed no fear at all, so they were not so nervous anymore.

However, this time the Xu family seemed very calm, and they did not regret following Shen Qingqian here just because they were in danger. This made Shen Qingqian very satisfied.

What Shen Qingqian didn't know was that her actions along the way had already influenced the Xu family.

The Xu family has seen too many corrupt officials who oppressed the people, and they themselves have been oppressed and suffered greatly.

They only found out later that Shen Qingqian was actually a county lady with an official position! So when they witnessed how much Shen Qingqian had done for the people and the soldiers, they made up their minds to follow Shen Qingqian unswervingly.

While Shen Qingqian was talking to those people, Yang Zhong and Zhou Qi were also discussing something on the side.

Seeing that Shen Qingqian had handled the matter, Yang Zhong came over and said, "Miss Shen, Brother Zhou and I are going to go out and take a look at the situation."

Shen Qingqian said: "I was thinking the same thing, let's go together!"

Since Shen Qingqian was going out, Yingzi and Zhizhu, the educated youth, would of course follow her.

The six men took their weapons and went out, following the shouting and killing sounds.

There are two gates in Xiangyun Town. But only the East Gate is used frequently. When Shen Qingqian and his companions entered the town, they also entered from the East Gate.

The other gate is the North Gate, and outside is Hutou Mountain. So generally speaking, few people go in and out from the North Gate.

Shen Qingqian thought that since the Beirong army had captured Hutou Mountain, they would cross Hutou Mountain and attack the city from the north gate.

After going out, I found out that it was not the East Gate they were attacking.

At this moment, the soldiers on the city wall were shooting thousands of arrows at the hundreds of Rong soldiers below the city wall.

The Beirong soldiers had a countermeasure, of course. They formed teams of thirty to fifty people, held their shields diagonally above their heads to form a protective umbrella, and gradually moved forward.

Just walking in the rain of arrows, even with a shield, it is inevitable that someone will be shot and fall down.

Of course, more arrows hit the shield, making a "clang-clang" sound.

Han Qingshan became anxious when he saw this situation, and said to Yang Zhi: "We wasted so many arrows, but these bastards below suffered very few casualties. This cannot go on!

How about I take 5,000 people out and kill these grandsons hiding in their shells!"

Yang Zhi shook his head and said, "No, once we go down and fight with them, it will be difficult to withdraw.

Although there will be casualties in war, every soldier is our brother, and we will not do anything that would hurt the enemy by 1,000 but hurt ourselves by 800.”

Han Qingshan felt that what Yang Zhi said made sense. He was just too impatient and didn't think things through carefully enough.

"Then what are we going to do now?"

Yang Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Use fire attack!"

There was tung oil prepared long ago and torches made in advance on the city wall.

At Yang Zhi's command, the soldiers in front threw out the torches, and the arrows shot by the archers hit the torches, causing them to be thrown farther.

When Shen Qingqian and his companions arrived at the East City Gate, they happened to meet County Magistrate Fang who was rushing over.

County Magistrate Fang had just received the things they sent over yesterday, and was feeling happy that his urgent needs had been solved! Unexpectedly, he received the news that the Northern Rong army was attacking the city today, and his heart immediately turned from joy to worry.

However, when he saw Shen Qingqian and the others, County Magistrate Fang became even more respectful.

"My Lord, Master Zhou, Guard Yang, why are you here too?"