In the face of a few arrows that glittered in the firelight, as well as hundreds of officers and soldiers who were released later, Shi Qian and his subordinate scouts did not show a panicked look, let alone lose their proportions, they quickly put down their weapons. Shi Qian directly threw the knife to the ground, raised his hands and stepped forward and shouted: "Brother Lingzhou, don't misunderstand, we are our own people, scouts from Qingzhou. ”

These officers and soldiers hurried here, but they saw too many scenes that frightened them along the way, and they were all on guard at this time, and if the other party made the slightest abnormal move, they would shoot all the enemies with random arrows. But Shi Qian's performance and rhetoric made people stunned, and one of the generals at the head was even more puzzled: "You are the Qingzhou Army?" Then why did it appear in my Lingzhou, and kill so many innocent people......"

"The people were not killed by us, but other Jurchens who had mixed into Lingzhou, and they had just entered the granary. It was precisely because we found out about it that we were ordered to come. If you don't believe me, I still have the Qingzhou Army Scout Token here, and I also have some friendship with Zhang Yunfeng, the training officer of your mansion, and he is now under the command of Sun Du. Shi Qian said, slowly reached into his arms, took out an iron token, and lit it up towards the person in front of him.

Of course, it was impossible for the other party to see the details of the token in his hand clearly at such a distance, but seeing that he was calm and mentioned Zhang Yunfeng, half of the doubts in his heart were gone. However, for the sake of insurance, the general did not let people put down their bows and arrows, but said, "You bring the token to me." ”

"Okay." Shi Qianzi would not refuse, and as soon as he hurriedly raised his hand, he threw the token over. The man took it and looked at it in the light of the fire, only to confirm their identities, and immediately waved his hand to ask people to put down their bows and arrows, and beckoned a few people to come closer, and then said with a solemn expression: "You said that those murderers actually ran into the granary, but the truth? ”

"It's true, we saw them turn into it with our own eyes, and the guards inside are afraid that they are already very lucky, and they have also taken away the weapons of guarding the door." Shi Qian said, and deliberately tilted his head, revealing the fresh wound on his face.

"How many thieves are there?" The general, who had already believed seven or eight points, asked again.

"Eight or nine people, but they are extremely fierce, and my brothers and I can't stop them at all, but they have killed and injured a lot. These Jurchens are much more powerful than ordinary bandits. ”

"It's only eight or nine? Come on, rush in for me, don't let them destroy the grain in the warehouse, that's our own rations for the winter. Although this person didn't say it directly, Shi Qian still saw a little disdain in his expression, obviously thinking that the Qingzhou Army was nothing more than that, and so many people couldn't take eight or nine bandits.

Shi Qian knew that the other party was a little underestimated, and just wanted to remind him, but those officers and soldiers had already shouted after the order, and they all rushed forward, both of them slammed into the door properly, and some leaned against the corner of the wall to get in.

This made Shi Qian, who had seen the Jurchens powerful, nervous, and couldn't help but shout: "Be careful, they have bows and arrows......" Before the words fell, the sound of swishing arrows breaking through the air had sounded from the warehouse, and more than a dozen Lianzhu fast arrows had quickly flown to the wall, shooting all the soldiers who had just poked out of their heads screaming and falling, and also made the soldiers who followed closely behind tremble in fright, and subconsciously retreated.

At the same time, the door of the warehouse, which had been closed, suddenly opened, which completely surprised the soldiers who slammed the door, causing their forward impact to be completely nullified, and their bodies staggered forward. Then a cold light flashed in front of their eyes, and it happened to slash at their bodies, and in the midst of the screams, the more than a dozen soldiers fell to death on the spot, and the door of the warehouse slammed shut, blocking the corpses out.

All this came too fast, and they couldn't react to the time change, let alone the Lingzhou officials and soldiers, after a while, they let out a burst of exclamations, and the officers and soldiers who were still waiting to surround the past were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated, and only after retreating from the land of a stone's throw did they stabilize. This kind of enemy is so terrible that they have already lost twenty or thirty people without even seeing the enemy's face, and this is naturally a great blow to the morale of the officers and soldiers.

"How...... How so? After a while, the general calmed down a little, and stared at the warehouse in front of him with a frightened face: "Is there really only eight or nine people here?" ”

"You can't be wrong, we've been chasing them all the way here. And they didn't go into the warehouse to set fire to the grain, as if to keep it for themselves. Shi Qian patiently explained a few more words.

"How is this possible?" Not only the general, but also the soldiers around him looked incredulous: "How can they only have the ability to take away thousands of stones of food?" ”

"Only they naturally can't do it, but what if there are a few hundred more Jurchen strongmen?" Shi Qian said solemnly: "It is precisely because we know that there will be Jurchen thieves who will invade Lingzhou City, so we will come to the rescue. It's a pity that they were still one step earlier, and now our Qingzhou army has not yet arrived. And judging from their actions just now, it won't be long before the follow-up Jurchen soldiers and horses will attack Lingzhou City. ”

"What? Are you telling the truth? Why didn't I know anything about it in Lingzhou? 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, where there has long been collusion with the Jurchens, and now the situation in Lingzhou should be all under the control of the Jurchens. Also, maybe someone from Zengtou City will come to open the city gate later. It is precisely because they know that they have backup to enter the city that these guys dare to defend the warehouse. After Shi Qian said this, he said urgently: "Therefore, this general, the top priority is not only to eradicate the enemy in the warehouse, but also to send people to guard the city, otherwise there will be a big change, 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 is true, then today's crisis is too great, but is this person's words really credible? He always felt that the other party was alarmist, even if it was indeed a Jurchen in the warehouse, how could there be hundreds of people from the Jin Kingdom who were thousands of miles away? Also, how could Zeng Tou City collude with the Jurchens? They have always had a close relationship with the government, so what good is it for them?

Shi Qian saw his hesitation, his heart was also tense, and he shouted again: "This general, you can't delay it any longer, it's really dangerous to drag it out in Lingzhou any longer!" We must first destroy the hidden dangers in the warehouse, and then go to the city to defend it, and the only way to do this is to shoot them all with arrows, preferably rockets, so that nothing goes wrong! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the general on the opposite side shook his head like a rattle: "No, there are still thousands of stones of grain in the warehouse, how can you set it on fire?" The whole army obeys the order, give me another attack, and kill it! Isn't it just seven or eight thieves, I don't believe that a few hundred of us can't help them. And Zhu Tao, you quickly go back to the barracks, report to the Chu Capital Supervisor, and ask him to gather other soldiers to prepare for the city as a precaution. Although he did not agree with Shi Qian's statement that he set fire to the enemy, he still sent someone to report the news.

Under the orders of the officers, the soldiers could only rush over again. This time they were much more cautious than before, and did not dare to try to climb over the wall again, but found a thick log and kept banging on the door of the warehouse, trying to knock it open completely.

After a dozen or so bangs, the two warehouse doors that had not been prepared for this fell down, and the open space in front of them was completely exposed to everyone, but what they saw was the corpses of the guards, but not a single Jurchen thief.

At the urging of the generals, more than a dozen or twenty people had the courage to walk into the door, and before they could see the situation clearly, several cold arrows came and directly pierced the throats of several sergeants, so frightened that the others quickly turned around and ran back, and all escaped from the warehouse.

When Shi Qian saw this, the corner of his eyes jumped, he didn't feel anything 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 soldiers and horses. These officers and soldiers have no military discipline to speak of, and they are all acting on instinct, and once they encounter danger, the first thing they think of is to save their lives and escape.

"Kill me again, aren't there eight or nine people, a dozen bows? What are you afraid of? The general shouted fiercely, but his body was very solid and hid back, without the slightest bearing as a general. And his performance fell into the eyes of the surrounding soldiers, and his prestige was naturally greatly reduced, and everyone gathered in front of the door without moving, stunned that no one really dared to enter again.

As the so-called soldiers are bearing, there will be a nest of bears, this Lingzhou general is a good embodiment of the truth of this sentence, under his exemplary performance, hundreds of officers and soldiers were stunned by the number of less than ten Jurchens to block out of the granary. This was obviously something that Shi Qian didn't expect, so he didn't know what to say or what to do for a while.

In fact, this is a completely common phenomenon in the officials and armies of the state governments of the Great Song Dynasty, for these soldiers, being a soldier and eating food is just an errand, no one has ever taught them what it is to protect the family and defend the country, what is the backbone of the country, as long as they take off this clothes, they are no different from ordinary people.

This is the reason why the Great Song Dynasty had an army of one million, but it was able to be killed by tens of thousands of Jin troops under the city of Kaifeng in just a few months, and finally the city was destroyed and the country was destroyed.

And when these Lingzhou soldiers were completely pinned down by a small number of enemies, a group of men and horses outside the city had come to the west gate, and one of them had already rushed up and shouted: "Who is guarding the city above, we are the team of Zengtou City, there is something big going to happen today, quickly open the city and let me wait to go in to see the prefect of Weng!" ”