Even women who travel through time can become prime ministers and nobles.

Chapter 500 Rescue at the Small Granary

She picked up a handful of dry grass, lit it with a tinderbox, and the grass caught fire with a "crackling" sound, the flames quickly spreading around.

"Fire! Help! Fire!"

Upon seeing the thick smoke, the rebel soldiers guarding the granary immediately shouted and ran towards the woodshed.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wang Ying circled around to the northwest corner of the granary, where she found only one guard—who was looking towards the woodshed and did not notice her.

Wang Ying held her breath, quietly walked over, suddenly picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it at the back of the guard's head!

The guard groaned and fell to the ground. Wang Ying quickly opened the small window—it was so small that only one person could squeeze through.

When the women inside saw the window was open, they all rushed out. An old woman carrying a child was the first to crawl out, followed by several young women.

"Quick! Run west, there's a dilapidated temple there, you can hide there!" Wang Ying said in a low voice.

Just as Shi Wanxia ran out of the woodshed, she heard the shouts.

She looked back and saw several rebels running towards Wang Ying, some of them even raising knives!

Without a second thought, she rushed forward, pulled a small knife from her sleeve, and stabbed the foremost rebel soldier in the back!

The rebel cried out in pain, turned around, grabbed her wrist, and yanked her away violently.

Shi Wanxia was thrown to the ground, her chest slamming heavily against a rock, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the ground in front of her red.

"You dare to lay a hand on me!"

The rebels raised their knives, ready to slash at her.

"stop!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the city wall.

Shi Wanxia looked up and saw the young men on the east city tower fighting with the rebels.

The man who had been forced to guard the city wall saw the woman being chased below and finally couldn't help but fight back!

A man dressed in coarse cloth snatched a knife from a rebel soldier and slashed at another rebel, shouting, "You beasts! I'll fight you to the death!"

The resistance on the city wall ignited a fuse, drawing in more and more young men and women.

Some threw stones, while others tried to seize the rebels' weapons. The rebels below the city wall panicked, having to deal with the people on the wall while chasing after the fleeing woman.

Taking advantage of the moment, Wang Ying rushed over and helped Shi Wanxia up: "Miss Shi! How are you?"

"I'm fine...Quick, tell them to run!"

Shi Wanxia leaned against Wang Ying, coughing, and with each cough, blood foam spilled from the corner of her mouth.

But the rebels quickly realized what was happening. A squad leader, brandishing a knife, shouted at the people on the city wall, "Anyone who dares to resist will have their family killed!"

The men on the city wall stopped abruptly—their families were still in the city, some even in the granary.

Taking advantage of the situation, the squad leader ordered the rebels to chase after the fleeing woman and to suppress the resistance on the city wall.

A woman who had just run a short distance was caught up by the rebels, who slashed her leg with a knife, causing her to fall to the ground, crying out for help.

Shi Wanxia felt a sharp pain in her heart as she watched this scene. She tried to stand up, but she couldn't muster any strength. She could only watch helplessly as the rebels grabbed the woman who had run away and kicked her hard to the ground.

"Stop resisting, it's useless!"

The squad leader walked up to Shi Wanxia and pointed a knife at her neck.

"You've got guts, daring to set fires and kill people, but alas, you still couldn't save them."

Shi Wanxia gritted her teeth, staring at him, trying to take out the knife again, but her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't even touch the sleeve.

Wang Ying held her, crying, "Don't kill her! Kill me instead!"

Just then, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar—it was the direction of reinforcements!

The squad leader paused for a moment, then cursed, "Consider yourselves lucky! Let's go!"

The rebels quickly dragged the captured women towards the city gate.

Shi Wanxia watched their retreating figures, then looked at the women and children still inside the granary, her heart filled with resentment and self-reproach.

She leaned against Wang Ying, her vision began to darken, the pain from her wound intensified, and even breathing became difficult.

"Miss Shi! Miss Shi!"

Wang Ying held her, her voice filled with panic.

Shi Wanxia tried to speak, but could only cough up more blood.

She knew they hadn't been able to rescue many people; so many women and children were still in the granary, waiting to be bullied.

And she herself was also nearing her breaking point.

Wang Ying helped her and slowly walked towards the dilapidated temple.

On the way, they saw several women who had run out and were hiding in an alley crying. There was also an old woman holding a child who was too frightened to make a sound.

Shi Wanxia asked Wang Ying to lead them to the dilapidated temple, while she leaned against the wall and moved forward little by little—she couldn't fall down, she still had to go back to see Ya Ya, and she still had to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The setting sun cast long shadows of them, and drops of blood dripped onto the ground, stretching along the stone path into the distance.

Inside the dilapidated temple, Cui Zhihao and Lin Yiyu were still waiting for them. Ya Ya was leaning against the door, looking towards the alleyway, wondering if the people she was waiting for would return safely.

When Xiahe Wang Ying returned late in the evening, the dilapidated temple was crowded with people. The dozen or so women and children who had just been rescued huddled beside the pile of firewood. Some were crying softly, while others were wiping the dust off the children's faces. In addition to the smell of blood, there was also a faint sense of despair in the air.

Shi Wanxia leaned against the wall as Wang Ying was using a clean strip of cloth to re-bandage her chest wound—the old wound had reopened after she was thrown onto a rock by the rebels outside the granary, and the cloth was already stained red by the seeping blood as soon as it was wrapped.

“The small granary has less than a hundred people, but the large granary… I heard that several thousand people are locked up, including many elderly people and children.”

A girl in a blue cloth dress whispered that her arm had been slashed by the rebels, and she was currently holding her younger sister tightly in her arms.

“I was brought here from there yesterday. I heard children crying for their mothers inside, and the laughter of the rebels…”

Shi Wanxia gritted her teeth, trying to sit up straight, but as soon as she moved, a tearing pain shot through her ribs. She gasped, and cold sweat instantly soaked her hair. "I can't wait... I'll go tonight."

"But your injury..."

Looking at her pale face, Wang Ying's eyes welled up with tears.

"And Young Master Lin, the wound on your leg is still festering, how can you go?"

Lin Yiyu was leaning against the door, using a wooden stick he had picked up as a crutch. He tried to move his leg, and the pain made his face turn pale, but he still managed a smile: "I can walk, even if I have to crawl, I can still lend a hand."

“I’m familiar with the terrain of the granary. I’ve been there before when I was checking the defenses. I can help you avoid the hidden sentries.”

Choi Ji-ho sat beside the haystack, having just finished writing a letter, with bloodstains still stained at the corner of his mouth.

He carefully rolled up the letter, tucked it into the carrier pigeon's leg band, gently stroked the pigeon's head, and looked at it with concern in his eyes: "I have already told Cui Jiu about the plan and asked him to pass it on to General Lin."

"We will set fire to the east side of the granary at midnight tonight to create chaos and draw away the guards. You can take the opportunity to rescue the people inside. At the same time, the reinforcements outside the city will attack the city to attract the main force of the rebels."

Just then, a rebel soldier noticed the commotion and shouted, "Someone's escaped! Chase after them!"