Long before Lu Ji fired the Signal Arrow, Qiu Cheng's troops had already crept toward the granary protected by the camp. Every soldier held a wooden chopstick between his teeth. With martial energy bolstering them, they moved lightly and swiftly. Even in such foul, stormy weather, their progress wasn't impeded.
The troops approached and infiltrated with remarkable ease.
So smoothly, it was as if they'd activated a cheat code.
Had Bai Su and the others let them through?
Of course not.
The Literary Scholar under Qiu Cheng, the one with the ability to "artificially increase rainfall," had eyes and ears in every raindrop. The camp's soldiers were completely off guard and couldn't detect the wisps of abnormality mingled with the seemingly ordinary wind and rain. To Qiu Cheng's men, the defensive positions and the number and strength of the troops were completely transparent.
They were in the dark, while Bai Su and the others were in plain sight.
With such a huge advantage, naturally their operation went smoothly.
The former owner of Granary No. 1 had been a wealthy Great Landlord, with countless acres of fertile land spread across four counties in Longwu Commandery. His household had servants and maids by the cloud, and he hid several thousand tenant farmers under his name. Through the labor of those tenant farmers, who worked day and night without rest all year round, he could fill the enormous granary to the brim every year. He had spared no expense in building it to store grain as effectively as possible.
It had to be built on high ground, with a low water table and good drainage. The walls, floors, and even the roof had to be wrapped in thick layers of moisture-proof material, which also provided insulation. A vast, level drying yard lay nearby.