Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Song Zhi instructed seriously, "After we go in, you must immediately prepare your weapons to ram the city gates. If we remain inside for more than an hour without any movement, then you must directly breach the city."

Xin Wanyun was a little worried, "What if there's a trick?"

Song Zhi sighed, "Don't worry, even if it's a trick, we can handle it in an hour."

The most important thing is that even if there is a fraud, she has to see what the purpose of these people is, otherwise it would be bad to leave a hidden danger there.

Xin Wanyun naturally understood Song Zhi's plan and agreed, "Okay, I'll pick someone right away, you must pay attention to safety."

Song Zhi nodded in agreement.

Soon, a hundred heroic women gathered at the city gate.

What surprised Song Zhi was that Aluan was also among them.

Xin Wanyun said, "She insisted on going for training, and I couldn't stop her. Besides, her strength is indeed among the best among female soldiers."

Song Zhi said: "Okay, let's go then."

Each of them brought a dagger, a hidden weapon, and a series of poison antidotes that Song Zhi had given them.

A group of people came to the city gate. The self-defense soldiers on the city wall saw that only they had come, so they opened the city gate a crack, let them in, and then quickly closed it.

After entering the city, a foul odor hit my nose.

The female soldiers were almost vomiting from the smoke and they all covered their noses and looked around.

Rotting corpses were everywhere, and even if there were still people lying on the ground with a breath of air, their exhalation was greater than their intake.

The city is in ruins, with broken walls everywhere.

It is not difficult to imagine the turmoil that had been experienced previously.

"Sorry, we only let you in as a temporary measure. We are really afraid of being deceived."

Suddenly, a male voice was heard from the side.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged man in coarse linen clothes walking towards them with fifteen or sixteen civilians holding weapons.

The middle-aged man's brows were filled with gloom and fatigue. It seemed that he had not had a good night's sleep for a long time.

He saw that Song Zhi was the leader of all the female soldiers. He stood in front of Song Zhi and introduced himself: "My name is Zhang Yi. They all call me Brother Yi. How do you call me, young lady?"

Song Zhi's heart moved. Yes, these people had never seen her, so naturally they didn't know her identity.

However, she had no intention of correcting him, and instead followed his words and said, "Song Yue."

"It turns out to be Miss Song Yue."

It can be clearly seen that his eyes were filled with astonishment after seeing her face clearly.

Zhang Yi extended his hand and gestured for invitation, "Do you mind going to the City Lord's Mansion ahead to sit down and talk?"

Song Zhi smiled and said, "Of course."

Along the way, Zhang Yi talked about the situation in Moyuan City.

"As a thousand-year-old ancient city, Moyuan City has a profound heritage. Its reserves in all aspects far surpass those of most cities. In fact, at the beginning of the famine, Moyuan City was not affected at all. Even in the middle period, Moyuan City's prosperity only caused everyone here to tighten their belts."

Zhang Yi sighed, "However, when the overall environment deteriorated, this place undoubtedly became a hot spot. A large number of refugees poured into the city. That was simply the beginning of a nightmare."

"At first, the refugees were well-behaved. But eventually, as the number of refugees grew, they began to burn, kill, loot, and commit all sorts of atrocities. Sometimes, they even killed people just to steal a steamed bun. Innocent people in the city suffered, and countless people were killed and injured."

"And this is not the most despairing thing."

"The most despairing thing is that in order to prevent the situation from getting worse, the city lord ordered the city gates to be closed.

But refugees continued to gather here. Some pretended to be pitiful, while others pretended to be reinforcements from the imperial court to trick the city lord into opening the gates for them. However, once the city lord opened the gates, a new round of looting and slaughter began.

Zhang Yi said sadly, "We really don't dare to open the city gate and let any outsiders in easily. I hope you can understand."

After hearing his words, Song Zhi said solemnly: "I understand."

Zhang Yi felt relieved, "That's good."

As they were talking, everyone arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

This is probably the best-preserved place in the entire city, and not much damage has been done to other places.

Song Zhi didn't see many people along the way, and couldn't help asking, "How many people are still alive in the city?"

Zhang Yi said: "More than 500 people."

"what!"

Even someone as calm as Song Zhi couldn't help but let out a low cry after hearing this number.

Such a large ancient city originally had a population of over 100,000 people. With the addition of so many refugees later, it is roughly estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of people.

In just a few months, there were only 500 people left.

What a terrible thing this is.

I have traveled to so many cities along the way, but I have never encountered such a situation.

Zhang Yi said sadly: "The vast majority of people did not die of starvation because of lack of food, but died in fighting each other."

What is more terrifying than a disaster like famine is the human heart.

The lives that famine did not take were easily taken by their own kind.

Song Zhi felt a chill down his spine and felt sad.

At this time, the people inside also came out to greet them, and their eyes lit up when they saw Song Zhi and others.

"Brother Yi, are these the female soldiers? They are so pretty."

Zhang Yi nodded. "Well, don't be rude. Go and prepare some food to entertain them. I'll talk to them in detail."

"okay."

Those people retreated happily.

Zhang Yi apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss Song Yue. We haven't seen anyone other than us for a long time, so this may be a bit abrupt."

"It's out of the way."

Song Zhi followed Zhang Yi into the City Lord's Mansion. The environment inside was quite good. If you ignored the occasional damaged areas, you couldn't tell what had happened here.

When everyone arrived at the teahouse, Song Zhi said directly, "The situation in the city is so difficult right now, and we don't have much to gain. You five hundred people can't just sit here and eat up all the food. How about opening the city gates and letting our troops in?"

Zhang Yi was a little embarrassed. "But we have been deceived too many times, and we are always worried. Even if there is nothing to gain, what if you come in and kill us?"

Song Zhi said, "You can rest assured that we will not do such a thing. I believe you have heard about the surrender of those cities above. Everyone is alive and well now."

Zhang Yi pretended to be in deep thought and said after a while, "Can you give me some time to think about it? It's time for dinner, so why don't you guys eat something here first?"

"of course can."

Song Zhi smiled and didn't refuse, but there was a hint of depth in his eyes.

Zhang Yi asked someone to take them to the yard, where there were already more than a dozen tables with steamed buns, pickles and other food on them, waiting for them to sit down.

Song Zhi calmly pulled Aluan to his side and whispered a few words to her. Aluan nodded and quickly passed on Song Zhi's words.