Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1594: Siege and Humiliation

"Yes!" The cavalry immediately stopped, waiting for the Rong cavalry to enter the range of the bow and arrow, and then instantly released the arrows.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Poison arrows flew out together, and when the poison bags were burst open by the strong impact, the powder spread out, dizzying a group of cavalry.

Dust and poison filled the air, and the Rong behind, furious, cursed the Great Chu soldiers loudly.

Just as they were cursing fiercely, Yao Chief Commander ordered another volley of poison arrows, knocking out the cursing Rong before immediately ordering, "Run!"

The cavalry galloped off, and when they were close to the county town of Ancang County, they caught up with the slower infantry. Yao Chief Commander’s heart tightened as he pointed at the twenty or so infantry, ordering the cavalry, "Pull them onto the horses, take them with us as we run."

"Yes." The cavalry galloped to those soldiers’ sides, pulling them onto the horses, rushing towards the county town.

After running for half an hour, they finally arrived at the East City Gate.

The gate was half-open, and a large number of soldiers were running into the county town. Yao Chief Commander urged them, "Hurry, the Rong cavalry are attacking!"

Oh mother, quick or everyone will be dead together.

The soldiers listened and rushed wildly towards the county town.

Yao Chief Commander then shouted to Liu Company Commander on the city tower, "Quickly have the archers ready, as soon as the Rong arrive, shoot to kill!"

Liu Company Commander was the Company Commander of Ancang County’s Military Office, also a member of County Captain Liu’s family.

That’s right, the Liu Family were the local overlords of Ancang County, with people in both the government office and the Military Office.

The County Captain Liu was self-interested, fearing that the family’s only Company Commander might die in battle, he only had Liu Company Commander lead troops to help dig traps. When the fight started, he had Liu Company Commander lead half the troops back to hide in the county town, leaving the rest to help Hu Company Commander and the others.

Liu Company Commander was only in his twenties, in the age of hot-bloodedness, very unsatisfied after being dragged back to the town by the County Captain Liu. Seeing Yao Chief Commander and the others return safely, he was extremely excited and immediately said, "Don’t worry, the defenses are all ready, definitely ensuring the Rong come and never return!"

Oh please.

County Captain Liu sneered at this, thinking the young lad hadn’t seen the Rong’s brutality yet; once he had seen it, he wouldn’t say such foolish words.

"Quick, close the city gate!" Yao Chief Commander, upon entering the city with the cavalry, immediately dismounted and helped the soldiers guarding the gate to close it.

The gate was too heavy, several people closed it together, and just as the gate was sealed, the Rong cavalry began firing arrows towards them.

Fortunately, the gate was closed.

"Get the ladders, and secure the iron bolts!" Yao Chief Commander, speaking, stood uneasily behind the gate for half an hour, only after personally witnessing each iron bolt securely fastened, did he breathe a sigh of relief, saying to the cavalry, "Stay behind, do not let anyone near the gate to prevent any spies inside the city from coming to open it for the Rong."

"Yes." The small Section Leader of the cavalry complied, staying behind to guard the gate.

Yao Chief Commander led the rest of the soldiers onto the city tower.

Hu Company Commander and Cao Company Commander were already there with their troops, ready.

County Magistrate Luo was there with his steward, terrified looking at the Rong cavalry below the city, he grabbed Hu Company Commander, saying, "The Rong won’t lay siege, will they?"

Hu Company Commander shook his head, "I don’t know."

Company Commander Qin had said the Rong likely wouldn’t attack the small county town, but ambushing the Rong had angered them, in their fury, the Rong may likely lay siege, so they couldn’t lower their guard.

"You don’t know? You’re leading the troops, how can you not know?" County Magistrate Luo was about to cry, "The city walls of this small county town can’t withstand the Rong’s attack."

Yao Chief Commander frowned, "County Magistrate Luo, this is not the time to undermine our morale. Quickly bring the meals, the brothers haven’t eaten almost all day."

He also asked, "Where’s Brother Ye? Company Commander Qin instructed him to make poison. How much has he made? Quickly bring it, if the Rong use heavy equipment to attack the city, we’ll immediately use poison to counter."

Little county town gates couldn’t withstand the crash of siege cones.

County Magistrate Luo stiffened, then hurriedly ordered, "Quickly go to the pharmacy and bring Doctor Ye!"

Then he shouted, "Where’s the food? Quickly bring the meals to feed the soldiers!"

Quickly feed them, only when full can they have the strength to fight the Rong.

"Yes." The Government Officials began to bustle about.

When the meals, Ye Dakou, and others arrived, the Rong army was also at the city’s doorstep.

Hu Helu could not accept the humiliation brought onto his warriors by the Great Chu commoners’ trickery and personally oversaw the attack, directing the Rong to lay siege.

If he didn’t eliminate this small county town, he couldn’t swallow this anger!

However, before the warriors pushing the siege cones reached the gate, a volley of poison arrows was shot down from the city tower.

The poison spread, directly dizzying the warriors assaulting the city.

"Useless!" Hu Helu was furious, ordering the Troop Commander under him, "Use strong crossbows, shoot these commoners dead!"

"Yes." The Troop Commander, knowing Hu Helu was enraged, dared not delay, immediately bringing ten strong crossbows to fire at the tower.

The strong crossbows had great attack power and range, directly penetrating the walls of the city tower, a bolt pierced County Captain Liu hiding behind the wall, nearly killing him on the spot.

"Shield Soldiers form up, all officials retreat, hide behind the Shield Soldiers!" Yao Chief Commander shouted, escorting the terrified County Magistrate Luo and others behind the Iron Shields.

County Magistrate Luo cried, already beginning to write his will... he never expected in his life that the Rong wouldn’t attack Long’an Prefecture but attack their small county town.

But the County Magistrate Luo’s will was written for nothing.

Yao Chief Commander and company used pine oil and poison to resist for an hour, and finally, the Great Witch Doctor found Hu Helu, saying, "General, we’ve already wasted three hours at Ancang County, we can’t continue tangling with these lowly commoners, we must immediately proceed to Xing’an Prefecture... this attack concerns the Da Rong seizing the Northwest, occupying a strategic location crucial for the assault on the Central Plains, we mustn’t ruin a major undertaking for a bunch of commoners."

The Great Wizard, like the Great General Tuogude, aimed to occupy the Great Chu, hence instructed the accompanying Great Witch Doctor to keep a close watch on the leading generals, preventing the crude, brainless generals from ruining Da Rong’s eternal foundation!

Hu Helu listened, gripping his sword hilt tighter, almost wanting to chop off the Great Witch Doctor’s head.

But the Da Rong’s Great Witch Doctors were different from Great Chu’s military doctors; they were men of the Great Wizard.

To put it plainly, the accompanying Great Witch Doctor was equivalent to Great Chu’s supervisor, not to be offended easily.

Hu Helu was silent for a whole fifteen minutes and seeing how effective Great Chu’s poison was, he could only nod in agreement, but added, "Great Witch Doctor, your antidote must be prepared quickly, otherwise it might ruin the grand plan to seize the Northwest!"

It was a jab at the Great Witch Doctor.

The Great Witch Doctor frowned, left with a cold face.

Hu Helu, seeing this, felt much relieved, ordering the army, "Retreat, proceed to Xing’an Prefecture!"

A bunch of despicable commoners, wait for him, once they eliminate Great Chu, there will be suffering for these commoners.

The surrounding Rong soldiers, upon hearing, immediately sounded the bugle to retreat.

More than fifteen minutes later, the Rong army below the city had fled completely.

"They’ve retreated, the Rong have retreated!" County Magistrate Luo was so excited, he fainted with joy.

Liu Company Commander was also very glad, grabbing Yao Chief Commander’s arm, saying, "We’ve repelled the Rong!"

This achievement can be boasted about for a lifetime.

But Yao Chief Commander wasn’t so optimistic.

Today they had utterly embarrassed the Rong, who were extremely angry; once they reached Sangui Town and encountered the ambush again, they might fiercely attack Company Commander Qin and his men.