Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1623: Siege, Major Offensive [5]

The Rong scout troop commander responsible for investigating the enemy situation inside the city walls and within the city immediately reported the abnormal situation to the Great General.

Upon hearing this, Great General Leimuqin furrowed his brows deeply and summoned the Great Witch Doctor, asking, "Why is Xing’an Prefecture City still so stable? Didn’t you say the rotworm was formidable, cultivated over generations, rapidly reproducing, and could quickly spread within the city, with the Great Chu commoners surely unable to resist? What is happening now?!"

After speaking, he slammed the table, his face full of fury.

This Great Witch Doctor, Tu Zhang, brought by Leimuqin is a confidant of the Great Wizard. Although Leimuqin is of the Royal Family, he treats Tu Zhang very courteously in normal times, after all, Tu Zhang is the Great Wizard’s man.

In Da Rong, whoever becomes the Heavenly Khan must receive the Great Wizard’s blessings to secure their position, otherwise, with just one word from the Great Wizard, all the Rong people who worship the Witch God could rebel against the Heavenly Khan.

However, only two out of the four Vanguard Army routes have arrived, with the other two routes delayed, making Leimuqin very anxious, especially seeing the chaos within the city still not breaking out, he vented his anger on the Great Witch Doctor.

Tu Zhang, upon listening to the Reconnoitre Troop Commander’s report, also furrowed his brows, saying, "Great General, the rotworm is provided by the Great Wizard, also led by the Great Wizard for us to domesticate. It has been tested several times in Dongqing and Desert Countries, yielding excellent results, no one can resolve the threat of the rotworm, and the Great Chu commoners are too dull and incapable of dealing with rotworms!"

This is surely a treasure personally sought and cultivated by the Great Wizard, bestowed by the Witch God. How can the lowly beasts among the Great Chu commoners possibly restrain the Divine Objects bestowed by the Witch God?

"But why hasn’t chaos erupted within the city now?!" The Great General questioned harshly, pointing at the Great Witch Doctor, "This battle is crucial to Da Rong’s eternal endeavor. We must capture the entire Northwest, securing the fortress city leading to the Central Plains. If we fail, you all must commit suicide to apologize to the Witch God!"

The Great Witch Doctor replied, "Should this venture fail, I will, by myself, execute my head to apologize to the Witch God and the Great Wizard, but the rotworm will certainly not be wrong, the Great General should wait for two more days to observe, after all, the Great General’s troops haven’t regrouped completely yet."

Bang!

Leimuqin kicked the iron furnace in front of him, pointing at the Great Witch Doctor and exclaimed, "How dare you mock me!"

"I wouldn’t dare. The Great Wizard instructed that there shall be no mistakes in this attack on Chu, and Tu Zhang will follow the Great General’s orders unto death." Tu Zhang said this pleasantly, but his face carried a hint of ridicule towards Leimuqin venting his frustration on him.

Leimuqin looked increasingly furious, yet he certainly had two Vanguard Army routes delayed, not knowing what happened midway that resulted in the delay.

Also, Tuogude, he hasn’t delivered messages for quite some time now, not knowing if he’s dead or alive?

Thinking of these things made Leimuqin increasingly angry, he shouted at Tu Zhang, "Get out, release more rotworms, and create chaos in Xing’an Prefecture!"

Tu Zhang, equally enraged by the scolding, did not utter a word for the sake of the grand plan; after bowing, he exited the tent along with two witch doctors.

"Gather all the witch doctors, release more rotworms." Tu Zhang ordered.

"Yes." The two witch doctors immediately blew their small ox horns, the dull sound of ox horns echoed, and upon hearing it, the witch doctors gathered immediately.

The witch doctors also brought cages, each containing flocks of small birds, some of which had already swollen bellies, evidently severely afflicted by poisonous insects, if not released, they would be dead within half a day.

"Worship the Witch God!" Leading the witch doctors, Tu Zhang bowed in the direction of Da Rong, once offering worship to the Witch God before releasing the birds, "Release!"

With flapping sounds, the birds soared into the night sky, heading towards Xing’an Prefecture.

"Birds, General, more birds have come!" Ever since learning that poisonous insects were carried by the birds, General Liang had instructed the soldiers to keep an eye on the sky, to shoot and kill any incoming birds immediately.

But these masses of birds, being such tiny sparrows, flying at night, how were they supposed to shoot them down?

"Release arrows, quickly release arrows!" Upon hearing the birds fly in, General Liang shuddered in fright, immediately ordering the soldiers to shoot and kill them.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh!

Waves of arrows rained towards the birds in the sky, but unfortunately, few were hit, as 90% of them flew to various parts of the city, impossible to capture.

"General, it doesn’t work, the night is too dark, the sparrows too small, and they fly quite high, beyond the range of the arrows, making it impossible to shoot them down!" The Deputy General rushed over to report, afraid and anxious inside, knowing numerous birds flying into the city, tomorrow who knows how many will be infected again.

Bam, General Liang slammed a fist on the city wall and cursed, "Damn Rong beasts, endlessly bothering us, trying to doom us all!"

"Quick, ride into the city to notify Magistrate Hao, organize manpower quickly to search for birds, burn these harmful creatures clean, or the city’s herbs will be exhausted, how can we then make insect attractants?!" General Liang was not foolish, knowing even with a way to induce poisonous insects, herbs would run out under siege.

"Yes!" The Deputy General did not dare delay, immediately riding into the city, shouting along the way, "Check the city wall for fallen birds? Burn them on the spot when found, or everyone will suffer again!"

They had low manpower initially and could not withstand sickness.

"Yes!" Upon listening, the soldiers on the city wall immediately lit torches to search on the wall.

The walls of the Prefecture City were built very thick, thus the wall was very wide, over six meters wide, allowing buildings on top, and long walls meant a large search area for the soldiers.

Torch lights wandered back and forth on the city walls, and outside Tu Zhang watched with a frown...could it be that the Great Chu commoners had already discovered that rotworms were brought by sparrows?

Not possible, the Great Chu commoners are so stupid, how could they uncover such a clever strategy thought up by the Great Wizard?!

Although Tu Zhang trusted the Great Wizard greatly, he was not foolish, watching the situation on the walls, estimating the sparrows delivering rotworms’ intel might have been discovered by the Great Chu commoners.

He felt extremely resentful, also growing another worry...could it be that the Great General guessed correctly, that the Great Chu commoners genuinely found a method to treat rotworm disease?

However, Tu Zhang did not disclose this guess to Leimuqin, intending to wait for a couple of days before mentioning it.

He couldn’t believe, with such Divine Objects as rotworms, chaos couldn’t befell a mere Xing’an Prefecture?!

"Let’s go, return." With these words, Tu Zhang along with the witch doctors left, going back to report to Leimuqin, "Great General, the rotworms have been released, we should quietly wait for good news now."

Leimuqin wasn’t that optimistic, he responded, "I hope it’s genuinely good news, or if Xing’an Prefecture doesn’t descend into chaos soon, I will attack the city, I will wait no longer!"

Ha, Tu Zhang coldly smiled in his mind, implying that you hadn’t attacked the city because there was no chaos inside, obviously because two Vanguard Army routes hadn’t arrived, causing delays in attacking.

Tu Zhang didn’t say much more, bowing and leaving.

Meanwhile, in Xing’an Prefecture City, they once again busied themselves through the night.