Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1565: Rescue

The pile of firewood was collected by the soldiers for making a fire, and each camp has two or three piles to ensure the fire burns until dawn.

Thankfully, they hid away, and soon after, the soldiers heard a rush of footsteps heading their way, mixed with the sound of hooves.

There were quite a few people coming, led by someone. But who were these people?

Before long, the footsteps paused, likely because the group realized this was a military camp and dared not act rashly, so they stopped.

Hong Dao guessed right, the group clearly didn’t expect the person they were chasing to escape into a military camp. The person at the front quickly ran back to the leader and asked, "Company Commander, the scout’s gone in, what should we do?"

Ah Tuo, sitting on horseback, frowned as he looked at the military camp ahead, but quickly issued an order, "Go in, drag the person out, then leave. These shepherds with lambs won’t dare fight us head-on."

With that, he raised his hand and made two guttural sounds, resembling the call of a bull.

His men received the order, immediately infiltrated the camp to drag out the unconscious person. But shortly after entering, all of them were poisoned and collapsed with a thud.

Ah Tuo, being a Silver Tent Company Commander and somewhat astute, realized this camp wasn’t simple and immediately turned to flee.

However, Hong Dao had already sneaked behind them while the group entered the camp. As Ah Tuo attempted to escape on horseback, Hong Dao attacked from the roadside.

Crunch!

The large blade struck the horse’s leg, instantly severing a foreleg.

The horse let out a painful scream and fell to the ground with a thud.

Startled, Ah Tuo rolled sideways, avoiding being thrown off.

His gaze was wolf-like, fierce as he glared at Hong Dao, swinging his large blade towards him.

But Hong Dao was no pushover, skillfully deflecting Ah Tuo’s lethal blow with a clang, then engaging him in combat.

The soldiers rushed to assist, surrounding Ah Tuo.

Another soldier started banging the copper gong and shouted, "Intruders in the camp, everyone wake up and defend!"

Ah Tuo’s group was dressed like farmers from Great Chu, so the soldiers didn’t recognize them as Rong people.

The camp was awakened by the noise of the gong, and hearing the soldier’s words, people began shouting, "Intruders in the camp, wake up!"

Voices belonged to soldiers, relatives accompanying them, while women’s voices were sharp and persistent, shouting continuously, waking everyone in the camp, as they rushed to the scene with whatever weapons they could grab.

Seeing this, Ah Tuo panicked, let out a whistle, and several wolves emerged from the darkness, charging directly at the first person unconscious in the camp!

These wolves were trained, lunging towards the person to bite off his throat, intent on killing him.

However, Qin San Lang and his group also had a pack of wolves.

Arrooo!

Liugou led his pack, attacking the leading wolf with intentions to bite, then engaging in a fierce fight with the other wolves that had infiltrated the camp.

Ah Tuo hadn’t expected the camp to have a trained pack of wolves, cursed in Da Rong Language, and let out another bull-like sound from his throat. Two more wolves ran from the darkness into different directions.

"Liugou, go!" Qin San Lang already arrived, recognizing those were Rong messenger wolves, intended to send messages. He immediately ordered Liugou to lead the pack in pursuit.

Arrooo!

Liugou issued a wolf howl, leading the pack split into two, chasing after the wolves.

Ah Tuo grew desperate, realizing he wouldn’t benefit tonight, blocked a strike from Hong Dao, then turned to flee.

But it was too late, Qin San Lang chased on horseback, fired two arrows, one piercing directly through his chest.

With a thud, Ah Tuo fell face-first onto the ground.

Knowing he wasn’t completely dead, Qin San Lang dismounted, drew a blade and severed Ah Tuo’s head, saying to the approaching Hong Dao, "I know you’re skilled, but in situations like this, don’t waste time fighting, use poison first and capture them."

"Yes, my apologies for my mistake." Hong Dao acknowledged he’d underestimated, should have subdued the man first before anything else.

"Ten military canings, note it down." Qin San Lang highly valued Hong Dao, hence was strictly enforcing punishment for mistakes.

Hong Dao straightened his posture, "Yes, I accept the responsibility!"

"Clean it up, I’ll return first." Qin San Lang instructed, mounted his horse and left.

Returning to the camp, Niu Dabao and the others had already killed the wolves that rushed in.

"San Lang, who are these people? How can they command wolves to kill?" Niu Dabao asked, secretly excited about the wolves. If they could control wolves to attack Rong people, their combat strength would greatly increase.

"We need to check first." Qin San Lang approached those poisoned, observed their clothing, and discovered a small totem featuring a bull and wolf head on their waist, his expression darkened, "They’re Rong people. They’ve already crossed Long’an Prefecture and reached this Xing’an Prefecture."

Niu Dabao was shocked, "What? So many soldiers are stationed in front of Long’an Prefecture, how did they cross our defense line and reach behind Long’an Prefecture?"

Qin San Lang replied, "Long’an Prefecture is too vast, even with more troops stationed at the front, there are bound to be gaps."

Besides the Long’an Prefecture city, there are several counties, dozens of towns, and hundreds of villages. Such a large area, even if soldiers are stationed in each town, there would be eventual gaps in defense.

What’s more, the current defense set up has a batch of troops per county, sending out two patrols per day. If the Rong people are determined, they can sneak small groups through the line.

"What should we do now?" Niu Dabao asked.

Qin San Lang was inspecting the first unconscious person, noticing he didn’t have a double-headed totem and said, "Don’t rush, Uncle Niu. This one likely belongs to us, let’s have Doctor Dai revive him first."

This person was injured, presumably spotted by Rong during investigation and got shot.

"Right, right, let’s get Doctor Dai to check his wounds first." Niu Dabao said, shouting towards the back, "Where’s Doctor Dai? Someone quickly fetch Doctor Dai!"

Niu Dajin said, "Don’t worry, father. Brother Qin San’s men went to fetch him already."

Shortly after, Doctor Dai arrived, administered Detoxification Pills to the person, and treated his injuries.

The person had three arrow wounds, luckily none were fatal, no life-threatening harm.

Before Doctor Dai even finished dressing the wounds, the person woke up, saw those around him wearing Great Chu armor, and quickly asked, "Which troops are you from?"

Niu Dabao replied, "We’re soldiers from Jianghuai He’an Prefecture, headed Northwest to fight the Rong people. Where are you from? What’s your name? Did you discover something that led to the Rong chasing you?

The person, still cautious, replied, "You recognize my pursuers are Rong people?"

Niu Dabao said, "The Rong people have a double-headed mark. After stripping them, we saw it, and naturally know they’re Rong people."