Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1672: Crisis in Long’an Prefecture

However, Duan Changling was dreaming; Deputy General Ma and General Zhou, and even General Liang would not let him continue to maintain a good relationship with General Dai.

Therefore, after General Dai entered the city, he was directly taken to General Zhou’s separate yard in East City to recuperate.

Duan Changling felt something was amiss and came out to intervene: "Why was he sent here? General Dai is a court military officer; he should be housed in the government office. How could he be sent to a private separate yard?"

But General Zhou’s reasoning was quite sensible: "Housekeeper Dai and the others are temporarily staying at my separate yard. They are Dai family servants, so sending General Dai here for them to care for him is best."

"Housekeeper Dai and the others are staying here?!" Duan Changling was shocked and glared angrily at the deputy general beside him. Useless! How could they handle matters like this, actually handing Housekeeper Dai to Zhou?

The deputy general felt very aggrieved; previously, they were busy fighting, and afterward busy dealing with pests, claiming credit, making recipes, and handling matters with Luo Ying, so they had no time to pay attention to Dai family servants.

After getting upset from Housekeeper Dai’s complaints twice, he drove them out of the government office.

Later, even when Housekeeper Dai kept coming to the government office to urge the rescue of General Dai, he assumed they were still staying in some servant’s room at the government office, never knowing they ended up at General Zhou’s separate yard.

"General, General, finally you have returned!" Housekeeper Dai, upon knowing General Dai had returned, hurriedly brought other family servants to greet him. Seeing the unconscious General Dai, he grabbed General Zhou and tearfully asked, "General Zhou, what has happened to our General? Has he been poisoned by bandits?"

General Zhou said, "Housekeeper Dai, don’t rush to cry; let’s first get General Dai inside. The military doctor and Doctor Fang are on their way. Rest assured, I won’t let anything happen to General Dai!"

General Zhou’s words were resolute, giving the distressed Housekeeper Dai a backbone to rely on, and he quickly nodded: "General Zhou is right. Make way, let the soldiers carry the General inside!"

"Hey, hey, hey." Dai family’s servants immediately stepped aside.

Duan Changling saw this and quickly grabbed Housekeeper Dai: "Housekeeper Dai, I also have a skilled doctor housed in the government office. How about letting General Dai go there for treatment..."

Before finishing his words, Housekeeper Dai interrupted: "No need to trouble Vice Magistrate Duan, it’s quite good for our General to recuperate here."

After speaking, he pulled back his hand and turned into the separate yard.

Hmph, Duan Changling assumed they were fools? That they couldn’t see he merely wanted to use the General to curry favor with Minister Dai.

In fact, Minister Dai had once advised that given General Dai’s status, many generals would definitely want to use his identity for their affairs.

Being used is fine; after all, General Dai is just here to gain merit. As long as he can survive and foster good relations with other leaders, being utilized isn’t a big issue.

But Duan Changling should not treat General Dai and the Dai family as fools!

Wanting to use someone to curry favor with Minister Dai and facilitate in the army, but treating them with incompetence, ha, really something.

Duan Changling felt utterly embarrassed yet could only endure his anger and follow into the separate yard.

However, he couldn’t follow to the East Guest House as he was stopped by General Zhou’s men.

Duan Changling wanted to make a scene, but no one paid any attention to him. If he dared to cause trouble, General Zhou would throw him out, as it was General Zhou’s private residence after all.

"Senior Doctor Xu and Doctor Fang have arrived, everyone, make way!" Soldiers brought the two doctors.

The two doctors had excellent skills; after treating General Dai, they said, "General Dai has been poisoned, but the person who did it was very measured. This poison is not lethal."

"Then why is our General unconscious?" Housekeeper Dai asked.

Doctor Fang replied, "It’s because besides being poisoned, General Dai was also smoked with a sedative. Once the sedative is neutralized, General Dai will wake up."

After saying this, he worked with Senior Doctor Xu and managed to revive General Dai in a little over fifteen minutes.

"Hoo!" General Dai exhaled sharply and shouted in panic: "Don’t kill me, don’t kill me. My uncle is the Minister of War. He will meet your demands, however much gold you want!"

He added, "Bugs, bugs, stay away..."

Doctor Fang, with impressive medical skills, quickly gave General Dai acupuncture to calm him down. Afterward, General Dai finally regained clarity. Seeing General Zhou, he was bewildered... Who was this person? Didn’t recognize him.

Seeing Housekeeper Dai, he nearly cried with joy: "Housekeeper, is it really you? Wonderful, I finally got to see you all."

General Zhou, witnessing this, somewhat wanted to sneer. How did this Dai become a general?

However, General Zhou had to recruit the Dai family on behalf of General Xu, so dared not show any contempt but hurriedly comforted him: "General Dai, don’t worry, Luo Ying’s fierce bandits have fled, and the Rong bandits have been repelled. Xing’an Prefecture is now very safe. You can rest here peacefully."

General Dai, hearing this, was overjoyed and incredulously asked: "Really?"

General Zhou nodded: "Absolutely true."

Housekeeper Dai also said, "It’s true, General, we drove away the Rong people and earned merit!"

Earned merit?

Haha, General Dai heard this with delight, disregarded his frail health, and grabbed Housekeeper Dai to ask how Xing’an Prefecture achieved the victory.

Housekeeper Dai didn’t know much. Eventually, General Zhou and Deputy General Ma explained everything clearly.

General Dai was very pleased: "Good, good, good, the men of Great Chu are indeed mighty. Let’s see if those Rong bandits dare invade Great Chu again!"

Hey, you wouldn’t believe it, but the Rong people indeed attacked again.

Outside the city gates, suddenly a troop of three Reconnoitre Soldiers arrived, under General Xu, with their horses nearly exhausted before reaching the city.

The three supported each other, walked for an hour, finally reaching the city gate, showed General Xu’s token and handwritten letter, and were allowed entry.

General Liang, upon hearing that General Xu’s reconnoiters had arrived, personally descended from the city tower to welcome them. Observing their near-exhausted state, he hurriedly asked: "Is Long’an Prefecture in danger?"

If Long’an Prefecture were fine, Reconnoitre Soldiers wouldn’t be in this condition.

The Reconnoitre Captain hastily nodded, his voice hoarse, saying: "Da Rong Tian Khan is leading various tribal Rong bandits to aggressively attack Long’an Prefecture..."

The Reconnoitre Captain was both exhausted and thirsty, unable to continue speaking and his throat painfully dry.

"Water, bring water!" General Liang shouted as he took the sheepskin water bag handed by a soldier and immediately gave it to the Reconnoitre Captain to drink.

The Reconnoitre Captain, after drinking half a bag of water, could finally speak again, detailing Long’an Prefecture’s crisis.

General Xu guessed right; this time, the Rong people aimed to swallow the entire Northwest. Just the day after Deputy General Ma and Zhang Yan led troops to Xing’an Prefecture for reinforcement, a strange illness broke out in Long’an Prefecture.

As the strange illness spread panic, Rong soldiers came like a deluge, encircling the entire Long’an Prefecture!

"Fortunately, General Xu anticipated the Rong people, and the city has ample supplies. This is the only reason it sustained during the Rong people’s attack... But the Rong people are coming fiercely, so General Xu has ordered all Northwest and Central Plains’ government armies to rush to Long’an Prefecture for reinforcement!"

They managed to escape and deliver orders because General Xu was wise, having previously stationed several batches of Reconnoitre Soldiers outside the city. Once Long’an Prefecture was besieged, the city’s tower immediately shot signal arrows toward the Reconnoitre Soldiers’ station.

Upon receiving orders via the signal arrows, Reconnoitre Soldiers could instantly call for aid in all directions.

Adding a sentence: "Long’an Prefecture must not fall!"

Previously, the main commander of the Northwest Kangrong army was Duke Xing, but after Duke Xing’s death, General Xu took over as the leader of the Northwest Kangrong army. General Xu does not permit Long’an Prefecture to be captured while under his command.