A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

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Qingzhou City.

The number of rioters gathering outside the city is growing, and has reached 50,000 so far.

"Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!"

"Charge! There's plenty of food inside the city. If we break through the gates, we won't starve!"

Countless people rushed forward, using the most clumsy methods to ram the city gates.

The people who hugged the thick tree trunks changed batch after batch.

Commander Chen led 25,000 soldiers to guard the north gate, but now only 22,000 remain.

Looking at the dense mob below the city gate, Captain Chen's eyes grew even more ruthless.

"Keep firing! Shoot them all down!" Captain Chen's anger surged.

last night.

The military camp was attacked and burned down by a mob overnight.

All military supplies, including rations, were burned!

The able-bodied men and women they had painstakingly captured also escaped in the chaos, resulting in heavy losses.

The deputy, filled with worry, couldn't help but remind him, "Captain, we're running out of arrows by less than 30,000. These rioters are multiplying; we can't possibly kill them all..."

"It's better than..."

Upon hearing this, Captain Chen became even more agitated!

This is not what he wants to hear!

"Shut up! Take five thousand men and seize the government office! Take control of the treasury and granary!"

The deputy was terrified upon hearing this!

He stared at Captain Chen in shock, unable to recover for a long time.

"Ah, Captain, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

The prefect was the person in charge of the entire Qingzhou and an important link between the imperial court and the local government.

Even their military camps were under the control of the prefect.

The situation is chaotic now, and the prefect must be extremely busy.

Unexpectedly, the captain actually wanted to seize power!

Seeing that his deputy had not moved, Captain Chen became even more impatient and kicked the man to the ground.

"What are you waiting for! Go now!"

"Let me tell you, I must take Qingzhou! Don't you understand? The world is about to descend into chaos!"

Captain Chen didn't finish his sentence, but his deputy finally understood what he was thinking, feeling both uneasy and excited.

"Yes, I understand, I'll go right away!" The deputy respectfully withdrew and immediately left with his men.

The number of civilians shot and killed by Captain Chen had reached as high as 30,000, but the mob behind them continued to break through the city gates without fear of death.

The bodies of the dead civilians were piled up by the mob and burned.

The arrows that were meant to kill civilians became weapons for the mob.

There weren't many civilians among the rioters who owned bows and arrows, but there were still more than two thousand in total.

Those 30,000 arrows became a weapon for the mob to control the army. They also shot and killed several thousand soldiers in the chaos, and their morale soared.

Qingzhou Prefectural Government Office.

Prefect Liu was already in a state of utter chaos.

There were widespread riots both inside and outside the city, and the military camps were not obeying his orders. Taking advantage of the chaos, they were making arrests in the city, which was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.

Prefect Liu guessed that Lieutenant Chen must have harbored treacherous intentions, and had already taken strict precautions against him.

They secretly planned to unite the wealthy households and powerful families in the city to jointly resist this civil unrest.

But the situation was more serious than Prefect Liu had anticipated.

The Lin family, the most powerful family in the city, actually took advantage of the chaos last night to abandon the city and flee!

Other major shareholders also fled one after another.

Qingzhou has long since become a ghost town!

The Lin family suffered two mysterious thefts, which severely damaged their finances. Prefect Liu was aware of this and spared no effort in solving the case, but he could not find any clues.

But the Lin family is a century-old family, and even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. The fact that they had to flee overnight shows that they must have received some important news.

The more Prefect Liu thought about it, the more flustered he became.

The situation within the city was out of control, and most of the residents had already fled in panic.

He was powerless to reverse the situation.

Finally, Prefect Liu made up his mind that the best course of action was to leave as soon as possible before the rioters breached the city gates.

The decision has been made.

Prefect Liu did not hesitate any longer and immediately ordered his subordinates to move and evacuate overnight.

When Deputy Wu led his troops to besiege the government office, it was already empty.

Even the grain in the granary was mostly emptied!

If the prefect hadn't been short-handed, he certainly wouldn't have left this grain behind.

Deputy Wu ordered the soldiers to move all the grain back to the government office's granary, leave someone to guard it, and then immediately went to the north gate to report.

"Reporting to the captain, the prefect has already abandoned the city with his men and fled! They've emptied the treasury and taken most of the grain! What do we do?" Deputy Wu was in a panic.

He never expected things to develop so quickly!

He wasn't prepared at all!

The nascent idea of ​​doing something big was quickly extinguished by cold water, and all thoughts vanished.

If you make him choose between doing great things and saving his own life, is there even a need to choose?

Lieutenant Chen never expected that the prefect would also abandon the city and flee!

Before joy could even rise, it was replaced by anger!

If Qingzhou becomes a ghost town, with no money, no food, and no weapons, what's the point of him seizing it?

Captain Chen was quite shrewd and definitely not a reckless fool.

He glanced at the dark figures below the city, his eyes gleaming.

"It seems we can't stay in Qingzhou any longer," Captain Chen murmured.

"Pass on my order: send 10,000 men to collect food and water within the city. The rest of you go back and pack your bags. We'll leave Qingzhou promptly at 1:00 AM."

"Let's leave this empty city to the mob below," Captain Chen said, his voice cold and tinged with cruelty.

Deputy Wu was pleasantly surprised that the captain had made a decision so quickly; it seemed they wouldn't have to risk their lives with the captain anymore.

"Yes, sir! I'll take care of it right away!"

Dark as ink.

The people below the city could not see at all that the soldiers on the city wall had quietly withdrawn.

Only the flags fluttered in the wind, like swaying shadows.

As dawn broke.

Finally, some sharp-eyed people noticed that there was no one on the city wall.

"Look! There isn't a single soldier on the city wall!"

"It's true! All those soldiers have disappeared! Are they plotting something against us?"

"They must be afraid of us! What are we waiting for, brothers? Let's break through the city gates while they're away!"

"Charge! Once we get into the city, we'll have food and water! Our wives, children, and elderly won't have to die!"

The mob leader immediately seized the opportunity and organized the mob to storm the city gate again.

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Along the official road.

The villagers of Peach Blossom Village have arrived at their destination.

The rest area is a flat sandy riverbed.

Shen Yuehua organized the villagers to boil water and cook rice.

"Father, the riverbed here is dry. I guess the water source upstream has been cut off for a long time."

Shen Shuli and Su Yunhai carried torches and walked upstream along the riverbed for several miles, but they still couldn't find a water source.

"It seems the drought situation is more severe than I imagined," Su Yunhai said, his expression equally grave.

The team carried only eight cartloads of water.

There are more than 200 villagers, and the eight truckloads of water amount to a maximum of two tons. They consume a lot of water every day for cooking and drinking.

It won't even take a few days.

Other things can wait, but water is absolutely the top priority. We need to spend time and energy searching for water every day.

The two returned empty-handed.

The night passed peacefully and without incident.

The villagers finally got a good night's sleep, something they rarely do.

The next morning, after breakfast, everyone embarked on a new day's journey.

They don't know.

The people of Qingzhou City, the prefect, and tens of thousands of troops from the military camp followed closely behind.