We agreed on a famine year, so how come your family has enough rice and wheat flour?

Seeing that both women said so, Lin Feng became even more confident and then removed the distiller.

After Liu Yu and Liu Mei worked together to cook dinner, it was already dark.

After finishing their meal, Lin Feng and Liu Yu went to rest early.

Liu Mei was sleeping in the woodshed when she heard intermittent, uncontrollable moans coming from another room. Her cheeks were flushed and delicate, and she bit her lower lip lightly, her eyes glazed over.

But thinking about today, Lin Feng deliberately let Liu Yu send him away, and his heart was filled with complicated feelings.

……

The next day, Lin Feng took some dry food up the mountain.

We arrived at a secluded cave.

"Uncle Song, this is the money from yesterday's sale of deer hides and antlers. Please accept it."

Yesterday, sixty taels of silver were sold, and Lin Feng gave Song Qing thirty taels.

Song Qing couldn't refuse Lin Feng's offer, so he had no choice but to accept it.

After giving them all the dry rations, Lin Feng had them follow him to pour gunpowder pellets into twenty-eight iron casings to make fragmentation bombs.

Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Feng put on a two-piece armor.

"Gentlemen, since we don't know what time Black Wind Stronghold will be trading with the merchants in the city today, we need to set off immediately and ambush them near the Earth God Temple on Douzi Ridge!"

Song Qing and his three companions immediately perked up and quickly put on their weapons, including thunderbolts, steel knives, and bows and arrows.

"Okay, let's set off now!"

Lin Feng led the four of them away from Black Wind Mountain and headed towards Douzi Ridge.

Douzi Ridge is located between Heifeng Mountain and Qingyang County. It takes about fifteen miles to reach it.

The land temple is located in an uninhabited village.

Many houses here have collapsed, and there is no sign of any living people; it is extremely desolate.

Upon entering the land temple, there was no one there either.

"Second Brother, it seems the Black Wind Stronghold people haven't arrived yet," Song Qing said.

Lin Feng looked around and found several high vantage points.

Immediately arrange for Song Qing and the other three to occupy those high ground positions.

Without careful observation, it would be difficult to spot the figure hidden at the highest point of the surrounding houses.

Lin Feng instructed Song Qing and the other three that once Black Wind Village began trading with the merchants, they should light the fuses of the fragmentation thunderbolts and throw them all at once.

After the explosion, if they saw any survivors, they would shoot arrows at them.

Hearing Lin Feng's thoughtful arrangements, Song Qing and the other three were completely convinced of his abilities.

Lin Feng lay on the roof of the earth god temple, patiently waiting for his prey to appear.

Time keeps passing.

Nearly four hours passed, and no one appeared.

But Lin Feng remained motionless, like a stone.

Although Song Qing and the other three felt stiff and numb, they had no choice but to remain still when they saw that Lin Feng hadn't moved an inch.

It was afternoon.

A series of dark figures walked towards them along the village road not far away.

Lin Feng raised his eyes slightly; he had finally waited for these people.

The newcomers were from Black Wind Stronghold, numbering more than twenty, led by their third leader, Wang Chun.

Only the third leader rode a horse; the rest of the bandits walked and drove donkey carts, with large boxes placed on the flat racks.

They arrived at the local temple and stopped.

Not long after, another group of people arrived at the Earth God Temple.

The man leading the group was dressed in silk and was clearly a merchant.

Wang Chun began talking to the merchant.

Soon, the merchant inspected the goods on the donkey cart, and after confirming that everything was in order, he waved his hand and ordered his men to bring up a box of silver.

At that moment, Lin Feng also gave a "make a move" gesture to Song Qing and his three companions who were on the opposite high ground.

Seeing that they could move, Song Qing and the other three were excited. They took out fire tinder, lit all the thunderbolts on their bodies, and threw them down at the crowd below.

Bang bang bang!

One by one, lit thunderbolts fell to the ground below.

The sudden event instantly put everyone present on edge!

"Third Master, what is this?"

A bandit picked up a black metal ball with a piece of hemp thread on it that had been lit.

Just as the bandit was about to show Wang Chun, suddenly, with a loud bang, the bandit's body was blown into bloody foam!

The surrounding bandits were riddled with holes from the fragments.

The crowd in front of the temple immediately fell into chaos. Before they could scatter, the thunderbolts beneath their feet exploded violently.

Boom boom boom!

More than twenty fragmentation bombs exploded at the same time, causing nearby houses to collapse.

Those people at the center of the explosion's vortex were torn to pieces; not a single intact corpse could be found.

Even those who weren't killed instantly were left with severed limbs, their cries of agony echoing everywhere, and some even had their lower bodies blown off.

"Leave no survivors!"

Lin Feng stood atop the earth god temple, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot the man who was not yet completely dead.

Song Qing and his three companions did not hesitate and were determined to leave no survivors.

After all, one side was Black Wind Stronghold, and the other side were merchants doing business with Black Wind Stronghold; neither of them were easy to deal with.

To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself!

The battle ended quickly, leaving the battlefield deathly silent, filled with a strong stench of blood.

Lin Feng's side suffered no casualties, not even a single hair was lost.

Come down from the high point.

Lin Feng and his four companions cleaned up the battlefield.

The merchant brought two thousand taels of silver.

After taking stock of the goods in Black Wind Village, they were found to be mostly silk and tea.

However, due to the carpet bombing, all the donkeys used to haul the goods were killed, and the goods were damaged to varying degrees.

Overall, this operation was very successful!

"Erlang, it seems someone is missing, the leader of Black Wind Stronghold... We haven't found his body!"

Song Qing walked over and spoke to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng frowned and quickly counted the corpses scattered all over the battlefield.

There were 32 people in total.

"There was indeed one person missing. Before we took action, I counted 33 people!"

"It must have been the third leader. He sensed the danger immediately when the thunderbolt landed at their feet and hid."

"Quick! Find him!" Lin Feng said solemnly.

Song Qing and his three companions disregarded the spoils of war and hurried off to find the survivor.

Lin Feng returned to the top of the land temple, stood at the highest point, and quickly looked around.

The next moment, to the east, they spotted a figure riding a horse, fleeing towards the woods next to the village.

"If you get away, I'll change my surname to yours!"

Lin Feng took a deep breath, took out his hunting bow, nocked an arrow, and steadily drew back the bowstring. His eyes, sharp as an eagle's, were fixed on the fleeing survivor not far away.

Whoosh!

An arrow shot out like a meteor, hurtling straight toward its target!

Wang Chun was no ordinary man either. Upon hearing the sound of arrows piercing the air, he immediately ducked down and grabbed the horse's neck with both hands, managing to dodge the arrow that was heading straight for his neck.

Seeing the arrow miss its mark, Lin Feng remained calm, drew another arrow from his quiver, and nocked it again.

This time, Lin Feng lowered the arrow and aimed it at the horse's left hind leg.