The Zeng family mansion outside the city of Lingzhou.

After listening to the report from the storekeeper of the grain shop in front of him, the head of the family also showed doubts: "Are you saying that those dozen or so guys have never come back since they left in the afternoon? Have they all gone home?"

"No, the young man had already visited their home before coming, and no one came home. It was because of this that the young man dared not delay and came to report it at this time." The storekeeper of the grain shop said with some concern.

The Jurchens obviously did not know that as a great man who eats both black and white in Lingzhou Prefecture, the food business here has always been controlled by the Zeng family, so when they wanted to sell grain in the city, they were doing business with the Zeng family. And when they killed the gangs who sent grain to the village for the sake of security, the news naturally soon spread to Zengtou City and was known to everyone in the Zeng family.

"Bianjia Village, thousands of kilograms of grain, which is enough for hundreds of people to eat for half a month..." Zeng Tu, the eldest son of the Zeng family, also frowned and thought carefully, and then asked again: "What kind of dress do those people do? Is there anything unusual?"

"They don't seem to speak very well, unlike me in the Central Plains. Moreover, there seems to be a little braid behind their heads..." The shopkeeper recalled the efforts and revealed the details he noticed. And just this sentence made Zeng Suo, who had not made a sound, suddenly change his color: "No, the situation is wrong!"

"Lao San, what did you see? Why was he shocked?" The second son Zeng Mi looked at him with some wonder.

Zeng Suo ignored him and looked at his father: "Dad, those Jurchens really believed it. They had always hid their hands near us, right in the Bian Family Village!" In desperation, he no longer cared about the existence of outsiders and directly told the problem.

With a confused look on the grain shop owner, Zeng Suo continued, "That outfit is exactly what the Jurchens do! But what they had always told us before was that they planned to send troops to other nearby prefectures and asked us to send people to help them get in. But now, their people are clearly on the edge of Lingzhou City, so where will their real goal be?"

This finally changed the faces of Zeng and several other sons. Zeng Tu suddenly stood up: "How is this possible?" Then, he walked to the already shocked storekeeper of the grain shop, grabbed the other party's collar with one hand, and shouted: "You honestly answer me, have you really seen the appearance of those people? What if they really dragged their pigtails?"

"No, not bad." The shopkeeper nodded quickly: "Although they wore hats, they still had their braids leaked out when they turned around. It looked really funny, so the young one recorded it."

"Father, brother, they are just using it to deceive us. What they are going to take down this time is Lingzhou City!" Zeng Suo shouted loudly: "This is the foundation of our Zeng family. How can they be destroyed?"

"But..." Zeng Nong was still a little hesitant. When he came to Lingzhou, he was also a cruel and decisive person. However, as he grew older, he became more worried after taking care of his family. At this time, he suddenly heard about a sudden change and was a little confused about what choice to make.

Seeing this, Zeng Suo said anxiously: "Father, we will be completely finished if we are a little late. Since they have hidden us in such important matters, they obviously do not regard us as our own people. The biggest possibility is to cross the river and destroy bridges, and even after taking Lingzhou, we will attack our Zengtou City. We must not sit and wait for death. What's the saying that we are the same Jurchen tribe is just an excuse to use us. If we drag it on, we will become fish on the chopping board!" As he said that, his eyes were already on Zeng Tu: "Brother..."

Before Zeng Tu could speak out, the youngest Zeng Sheng had already responded loudly: "Dad, brother, third brother is right. We must not sit still and wait for death. We must take action to protect ourselves. Now they have already attacked our friends. In two days, maybe they will directly attack my Zengtou City!"

"But we can't deal with those Jurchens at all. You have never seen their fierceness..." Zeng Nong was still a little hesitant. After all, he was worried that his own strength was not enough. Once he turned against the other party, his fate would only be even worse.

"Of course our family is not an opponent, but it would be different if we had Lingzhou City as a supporter. After all, this is my territory of the Song Dynasty. What kind of waves can hundreds or thousands of Jurchens make when they can fight?" Zeng Suo said anxiously again: "Father, the crisis is imminent, and you can't hesitate anymore!"

Just as I was in a dilemma and didn't know what to make, someone outside suddenly exclaimed: "It's gone, it's been gone, it's so big a fire..."

The father and son who were staring in the hall subconsciously pushed the door out when they heard this, looked far away at Lingzhou City in front, and then saw a red light shining in the sky, which was the scene of the fire burning.

"The fire will not start early, and the fire will not start late, but it suddenly caught fire at this moment! I am afraid that this matter will not be related to the Jurchens, so maybe they have decided to do it tonight!" Zeng Suo said, and became even more anxious: "Father, you can't hesitate anymore, otherwise there will be a disaster!"

"The boss, Shi thought that the third prince said so much. We are all citizens of the Song Dynasty. How could we watch the Jurchen bandits rampant in our country? Not only did they not stop them, but they were accomplices of tigers?" As he spoke, a burly man flashed in the darkness. This man looked majestic and steady, with a strong general appearance. He was the head coach of Zengtou City, Shi Wengong, who was named a squirting gun.

Although Shi Wengong is not a member of the Zeng family, he has a very high status in Zengtou City. With just one sentence, he had a significant impact on Zeng Nong, making him more inclined to turn against him. Zeng Suo took another step forward: "Father, you can't hesitate anymore. There is still a possibility of saving now. While the Jurchens have not yet entered the city, we can take the initiative to convince the prefect Weng, otherwise it would be too late!"

"Okay... OK..." The situation is critical, and it seems that the Jurchens have indeed plotted against their families, and he has actually been unwilling to risk their family being killed and take risks with the original tribe members, so he finally made this decision: "If the order is passed on, all the young and strong in the town will gather together. Let's go to Lingzhou to report the news with the official army to encircle and suppress the Jurchen bandits who invaded our Lingzhou!"

With the order of the head of the family, the entire Zengtou City, which was originally quiet, quickly boiled. Countless young and strong people walked out of the house and quickly lined up according to the habits they had developed in the past. After gathering, they rushed out of the Zengtou City gate, led by the already neatly decorated five sons of the Zeng family and two coaches, and wanted to rush straight to Lingzhou City.

But just as the team had just left the town and had been traveling for two or three miles, suddenly there were shouts of killing coming from the west, which shocked everyone to panic. Zeng Mi and others even issued orders in a hurry, asking their subordinate Zhuang Ding to quickly set up their formation and show off their weapons to guard against possible enemy troops.

It was not until they did everything in a mess that someone came to the scene. The shouting of killing was actually about ten miles away from them. And the movement was not like someone and horse rushing over quickly, but the performance of two people suddenly meeting on a narrow road and fighting together...

"What's going on?" Everyone had a question, but the darkness and the two sides were far apart, no one could guess which army was fighting with the Jurchens.

"Is it because the official army has discovered the whereabouts of these Jurchens earlier, so we came to take action first? That's not right. Lingzhou there looked like there was no such a big noise. Even the fire had not been extinguished..." Zeng Suo frowned and thought about it carefully, but then he found that the fire in the city was getting bigger and bigger, and it was driven by continuous spread. Even though they were still five or six miles away from the city, they could still feel the fierceness of the fire, and even heard the people in the city crying and shouting for fire.

Although they were full of doubts about this, they had no better choice now. At Shi Wengong's suggestion, everyone still set off again and rushed towards Lingzhou.

At this time, the chaos in Lingzhou City was completely out of control. When a group of bloodthirsty and cruel ferocious beasts showed their fangs and claws, it was impossible to easily take them back.

Although Shi Qian led his men to block the Jurchens' way in time and quickly fought with them, after a few encounters, the brothers from the Qingzhou scout camp, who had a larger number of people, fell into a great disadvantage.

These Jurchens are all natural warriors, and the ruthless fighting is simply horrifying. They often ignore the weapons that their opponents slashed over and attack with all their strength. This makes the soldiers of the scout camp who are fighting desperately look shrunk after a meeting, and lose their power. After several moves, three or four people fell seriously injured and fell down. The others hurriedly retreated under the leadership of Shi Qian.

At this time, the people in the houses around finally rushed out and heard the sound. After seeing the bloody scene, many people screamed in surprise. But this inspired the Jurchens to be even more fierce. They no longer cared about Shi Qian and others, and turned around and killed the innocent people around them. In an instant, they screamed and blood splattered, scaring the people to panic and run around, and also stormed the scout camp who wanted to form another battle formation to fight the enemy head-on.

Fortunately, the Jurchens were only concerned about chasing the innocent people who fled in panic, and set a fire in each room to make the entire city more chaotic. Otherwise, if they took the opportunity to cover up and kill, Shi Qian and others might not be able to withstand it.
Chapter completed!