Spiritual Energy Rejuvenation: I Began Cultivating By Farming

Chapter 2243 - 1261: Stealth and Conspiracy

This time they set up traps, in their dreams, just after their great battle, many people died, the city was captured, and the enemy’s grain supplies were transported. Some people arrived only then, and the transported goods were not much.

Just a few carts of grain, more soldiers and horses, these people were all arranged by traitorous ministers on purpose. They took advantage of the city’s capture and the people’s deaths, and the grain was not for the soldiers. It was for them to prepare when meeting those invading people.

Some of them would hide the grain at some place, and they would meet the people from the Barbarian Nation there.

The Barbarian people’s numbers were few, even if they obtained the whole country, they did not have enough people to manage.

Their idea of cooperation was, of course, a mutual agreement.

Helping the other side, yielding a few cities, and in return, the other side would help him take over the dynasty.

The Beijing Great Xia Country was merely one of the major countries among others, surrounded by several small nations.

Far away, there were countries beyond the sea. They had many nations to defend.

Here, a hundred-thousand strong army was confronting another major nation. The Barbarian Nation was actually large, yet due to desert land being poor, their people were few, oases were scarce, making them impoverished and unable to be like the Great Xia Country where people could have many children who would live well.

Besides natural disasters and human calamities, ordinary people lived in poverty.

The old General sent out his sons and grandsons to seize the grain of the traitorous minions in their dreams.

Then kill this group of people.

They couldn’t confront directly, so they planned to ambush.

Where exactly were the enemies?

Actually, that group had long arrived outside the closed city, several li away.

Though desolate here, it was better than the other city.

The people here lived poorly, yet slightly better than those at the border.

According to the information they discussed, they couldn’t enter the city and had no clue about its situation.

They came to deliver grain, but never sent it.

They could only temporarily stay in a village, their goods placed there.

Sent people to investigate, also had to guard the grain, for there were many bandits here.

Perhaps they had intentions, perhaps not, yet those bandits.

As soon as their grain arrived here, others noticed.

Although these people did not wear military uniforms, they seemed tough and people thought they were escorts helping merchants transport goods, or guards.

That city couldn’t be entered, following merchants here, they could only come and go.

Unable to trade in another country, a batch of goods returned to Capital City or other cities to sell.

Some could not afford the wait and left.

A few days ago, the explosion sound within a certain city was so loud, even from a city away, one could see fire and smoke in the sky.

Some even ran to mountain tops, curious why such a huge explosion was heard from that city?

Wanted to investigate yet couldn’t see clearly.

Unable to know what happened in that city, those with concerns were anxious yet helpless.

Thus, the General thought of a plan, waited a few days, disguised as having their grain robbed, dressed in rags, went to see soldiers, deceived those on the walls, hoping they would open the gates, and know what happened inside a few days ago.

They also wanted to learn from them, whether the soldiers and the civilians inside were starving?

According to their plan, the city should have been captured, the gates should open, and they should be conquering the city.

When the General’s sons and grandsons, changed into civilian clothing under the moonlight, in the dark, quietly reached the surroundings of the village.

The horse teams were arranged to stop here.

The people they brought also stopped here.

Only the old General’s sons and grandsons quietly used their movement technique to enter a certain village.

In their dreams, they learned where the enemy was staying.

Although they had transported a little grain, they had embezzled a lot.

These people transported supplies, so the two first came to that inn, and from the rooftops took away the grain stored in those carriages.

And took away their settled horses.

Just after snatching these things, they found there were still people awake in the inn.

So they stayed on the rooftop above the inn’s second floor, wanting to know who exactly those still awake were?

In this inn is where all those people were staying.

Actually, some also had houses here, but strangers who came here didn’t stay in inns would definitely be noticed if they went to certain houses.

This time, more than one batch of people arrived, came in small batches.

This was naturally for their enterprise.

The hundred-year grand plan.

The two separately listened for information from a rooftop and overheard their plan.

These people planned to use an excuse tomorrow, saying their grain was robbed.

Although tonight was indeed robbed, how could they feed a hundred-thousand soldiers without any supplies?

Not even enough for a few days.

And regarding those people’s plans, after hearing them, the father and son were furious.

They didn’t impulsively attack.

Knowing other hiding places, they went to their houses to gather supplies.

In those houses, they collected lots of gold, silver, and jewels, as those houses had basements.

These people embezzled their military grain supplies, their military salaries, funds meant for the soldiers.

Originally, these people had arrived in batches, planning to wait until everyone in the city starved to death, or the army took over, killing everyone from another city, they would plunder, under pretexts, all food and wealth of the city’s people before leaving.

This would also aid another country and make the old General and his men scapegoats for their plan.

Yet their plan was not successful. The other side reacted quickly and even before fighting began, the neighboring city suddenly closed its gates days ago, preventing them from sending messages.

Their plan was not completed before hearing explosive sounds a few days ago, those were the sounds of battle.

According to the plan, how could a military lacking so much grain still have strength to fight?

From afar, they frequently observed the soldiers on the wall, never seeing them weak or sluggish.

Things changed, and some of them considered secretly climbing the walls due to knowing Qinggong, able to quietly enter such high walls.

Yet they didn’t want exposure, still sent men inside, who inexplicably didn’t return.

Another plan was prepared to be executed before daylight, to have this batch enter the city, and see the situation inside?

If batches entered and did not return with messages, surely things had changed.

However it went, they wanted the Ye Family wiped out.

A hundred-thousand soldiers dying would be a pity, but those soldiers were mostly Ye Family Army, obedient to Ye Family members, no great loss.

This team’s some were from other nations, they wished the hundred-thousand army destroyed, so their country could have reasons, strength to occupy this nation.

That nonsense about only wanting a few cities, they labored so much for this incident, how could they settle for only a few cities, they wanted the whole nation.

Barbarians thought so.

The traitorous ministers’ subordinates had dreams, this plan succeeded, their master would become Emperor, and they would receive official positions.

Own lots of wealth, these were their thoughts, each dreaming sweet dreams.

The old General’s sons and grandsons had official positions in the army, not few.

After hearing this plan, they aimed to covertly seize their wealth.

Empty their houses, with goods disappearing before their eyes, making them think it’s ghosts, and upon seeing their possessions vanish, fright or panic would make them scream.

This was the feeling of a guilty conscience.