Chapter 278

Hearing the shouts from behind, Tang Yin and the surrounding generals were stunned. They all turned around and looked back. Shangguan Yuan Biao, who was about to urge his horse to rush out, also subconsciously reined in his horse.

With the rapid sound of horse hooves, a Tanma riding a fast horse rushed up to Tang Yin. Before the horse came to a complete stop, he rolled off the horse, ran forward two steps quickly, and kneeled Kneeling down, he panted and said, "Sir, something bad is going on. Our army has been attacked by enemy forces in the rear!"

"What?" When Tang Yin heard this, his brows immediately furrowed. Enemy attack? Where did the enemy come from? Along the way, there was no enemy ambush! Furthermore, with so many people in our own army, thousands of enemy troops cannot hurt our own side at all. He asked: "Where was it attacked? How many enemy troops were there?"

The detective report said: "It's... the team escorting grain and grass from the rear was attacked by the enemy. The number of enemies has not yet been determined. When Mr. Qiu led the team back to rescue, the enemy troops had already run away. I... our army Most of the food and grass were burned!”

"Ah?" Tang Yin took a breath. This was not an attack on his own large army, but an attack on his logistics troops. But this was more serious than the attack on his own army. If there was no food and grass in the army, how could the battle continue? Tang Yin sat on the horse, clenching his fists. The enemy was so cunning that he sneaked around behind him.

At this time, Tang Yin also roughly figured out Mao An's plan. As Qiu Zhen said, he did deliberately kill the envoys sent by his own side and deliberately angered himself. When his own side was launching a large-scale attack, he used his familiarity with geography to The advantage is secretly transferred to one's own back, sneak attacks on logistics supplies, and forcing one's own troops to retreat.

Tang Yin was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth, pointed at Linqiao City in front, and shouted: "Don't worry about the rear, let alone worry about food and grass, attack with the whole army, and take down Linqiao City in one fell swoop!"

"Yes! Sir!" All the surrounding generals stepped in to take orders.

This time, not only Shangguan Yuanbiao went into battle, but also Tang Yin and his soldiers. The 10,000 light cavalry team ran at full speed, like a sharp sword, piercing Linqiao City. Tang Yin had made up his mind. If Mao An could sneak attack his own logistics, he could also take down his old nest. In such a large county, there would definitely be a large amount of food and grass stored in it, enough for his own supplies.

At this time, Linqiao City was no different from an empty city. The Peng army inside had already followed Mao An out of the city. When Tang Yin and others rushed to the city gate, the city was empty, not even a soldier standing guard. After Tang Yin looked at it, he laughed out loud, waved his hand and shouted: "Go up the wall! Go inside and open the city gate!"

Following his order, a group of Feng soldiers quickly got off their horses, took off the flying claws from the horses, walked to the foot of the city wall, and threw the flying claws up to the top of the city. After the flying claws were firmly grasped, the soldiers pulled the rope I quickly climbed up the city wall. There was really no one on the wall. Looking inside the city, I saw it was completely empty. Not even a pedestrian could be seen on the streets in broad daylight. The huge county town seemed like a dead city.

The soldiers didn't care so much, and entered the city along the city wall. Then they worked together to remove the latch of the city gate, opened the gate, and let their large group of people enter the city.

Due to Mao An's cunning, Tang Yin was more careful this time and did not dare to enter hastily. He first sent secret arrow personnel into the city to investigate, and after confirming that there was no ambush, he ordered the entire army to enter the city.

Of course, the county seat cannot be empty, but it is true that the people in the city are hiding in their homes and do not dare to come out. When the two armies are fighting and the war is in chaos, who dares to wander on the streets?

After Tang Yin entered the city, he looked around the streets and saw that all the houses and stores on both sides of the streets had their doors and windows closed. He took a deep breath, turned around and shook his head to Cheng Jin behind him, and said, "Bring some people from this city here!"

"yes!"

Cheng Jin agreed, got off his horse, took two steps forward along the street, stopped in front of a large house, and then reached out to knock on the door.

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of his banging on the door was extremely harsh in the dead city. After knocking for a while, no one came out to open the door. Cheng Jin frowned, took a step back, then raised his leg and kicked, and with a muffled bang, the house opened. The big wooden door opened in response, and the wooden latch inside was shattered into two pieces.

As the door was kicked open, there was a scream inside. Cheng Jin looked up and saw that there was a group of people standing around in the courtyard of the house, including men and women, old and young. They were obviously... The whole family, with pale and ugly faces and panicked expressions, looked at Cheng Jin who was wearing spiritual armor and the other assassins outside the door, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe.

"Why are you pretending to be deaf since we are all in the courtyard?" Cheng Jin strode into the courtyard, shook his head at the family and said, "Come out with me!"

"General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me -" The family members followed Cheng Jin into the hospital. They all trembled and fell to their knees with a crash, begging for mercy again and again.

What are they doing? I didn’t want to kill them! Cheng Jin's frown deepened, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone, stand up and follow me out!"

The family didn't know what his intentions were, they just thought he wanted to kill someone. No one dared to stand up, and they kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Cheng Jin didn't have the patience to fight with them, so he turned around and shook his head at the secret arrow personnel: "Pull them all out!"

The secret arrow personnel agreed, and all stepped forward, regardless of the cries of these men, women, and children, and dragged them out of the yard one by one.

Soon, they were brought to Tang Yin's horse by the secret assassins.

Tang Yin looked down at the crowd and saw that the family was huddled together in fear. He was puzzled. He was not a fierce devil, so why were the people of Linqiao City so afraid of his soldiers? What he didn't know was that Mao An had already described the Tianyuan Army as a flood beast, calling it a tiger and wolf army, killing people like flies, and each of them was a bloodthirsty demon.

Under Mao An's repeated propaganda, the people of Linqiao City gradually developed a fear and panic of the Tianyuan Army.

Tang Yin's eyes fell on an old man in the crowd, and he smiled and asked: "Old man, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you and your family, I just want to know where the county capital and the county treasury are."

The old man bravely looked up at Tang Yin, then hurriedly lowered his head again, and said tremblingly: "Old... I don't know..."

It's ridiculous that people in the county don't know where the county capital and the county treasury are.

Without waiting for Tang Yin to speak, Cheng Jin glared, stretched out his hand and grabbed the old man by the collar, and said angrily: "The Tianyuan Army came to eliminate the traitor Zhong Tian, ​​but you all protect the traitor party everywhere. What is your intention? Are you still a wind man?"

The old man was lifted up by him, and his feet were almost off the ground. How could he hear what he said? His old face was flushed, and it looked like he might die at any time. Seeing this, the family members around the old man knelt down and cried and begged for mercy. For a while, it was a mess.

Tang Yin was also secretly angry with these people. He suppressed his anger and stopped Cheng Jin. Then his eyes turned and fell on a little girl about ten years old. He bent down, grabbed the little girl's armpits, lifted her up, put her on the horse's back, and let her sit in front of him. He smiled and said: "Little girl, tell me how to get to the county capital!"

The little girl looked at Tang Yin curiously. Although her parents said that the Tianyuan Army killed people without blinking an eye, she didn't think Tang Yin was a bad person at all.

Of course, this is mainly because Tang Yin has a likable face. He is not only handsome, but also naturally smiling. When he hides his evil spirit, his smiling face looks more amiable, and the white and sharp canine teeth at the corners of his mouth make him even more adorable.

The little girl was startled when he held her, but soon calmed down in his smile. She looked straight at Tang Yin and whispered, "Mom said you are bad people..."

Tang Yin said with a smile, "We are not bad people, we are the ones who beat bad people."

"Really?"

"Of course!"

"Then do you kill people?"

"Only bad people!"

"Grandpa, grandma, dad and mom are all good people, and me!"

Tang Yin was amused by her words and laughed, saying, "So I won't kill you, but I will protect you."

"If that's the case... I'll take you to the county capital!" The child was innocent and was moved by Tang Yin's few words. However, the family members of the little girl were sweating profusely. No matter whether the Tianyuan Army would kill them or not, if they led the Tianyuan Army to the county capital and let the county chief Mao An know about it, it would be a serious crime that would lead to the extermination of the clan!

Before they could stop the little girl, Tang Yin had urged his warhorse and shouted, "Let's go!"

With the guidance of the little girl, Tang Yin and his party galloped and soon arrived at the gate of the county capital. They saw that the gate was closed and it was quiet inside. There was no sound. Tang Yin turned his head and did not need to say anything. The Shangguan brothers and others around him had stepped forward, opened the gate and broke into the mansion.

Everyone searched carefully in the county capital, not to mention that they did not find the county chief Mao An, they did not even see the shadow of a servant or guard. Everyone returned and reported to Tang Yin, indicating that there was no one in the mansion. Tang Yin was not surprised. Since Mao An had abandoned the city, his family must have escaped secretly.

He waved to everyone, signaling them to return to the team, then looked down at the little girl leaning on his arms and asked, "Little girl, where is the county treasury?"

"It's not far ahead!" The little girl pointed to the left side of the county capital.

Tang Yin nodded, raised his hand to rub the girl's little head, and at the same time, he knocked his feet on the horse and galloped over.

Soon, Tang Yin and his party arrived at the county treasury again. Before they got close, Tang Yin's heart had already cooled down, because he saw the iron door of the county treasury open from a long distance. When he got closer, he saw that there was nothing in the spacious county treasury. Not to mention food, even the silver in the treasury had been moved away, leaving only weeds and scattered garbage.

Damn Mao An! After seeing this, Tang Yin's teeth itched with hatred. Now his own food and grass were destroyed, and there was no food in the county. What should he do? Will he really be forced to retreat?

But on second thought, Tang Yin smiled again. If there is no food in the county treasury, then there must be food in the people's homes? ! Linqiao City is so big and there are so many people in the city. If the food from each household is concentrated, it will be enough for our army.