Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1673: Farewell

General Liang said, "I understand. You go rest in the city first. When the other generals arrive, we’ll discuss together about aiding Long’an Prefecture."

But the Reconnoitre Captain shook his head and asked, "Where are the generals now? I’ll go and see them personally; it will be faster. Otherwise, it’s a waste of time."

Long’an Prefecture really can’t wait any longer. The Rong army is attacking with several hundred thousand soldiers.

Upon hearing this, General Liang felt a sinking feeling. Seeing the urgency in the Reconnoitre Captain’s face, he realized the situation in Long’an Prefecture was indeed dire. He immediately said, "Alright, I’ll take you to see the generals."

He quickly ordered the soldiers: "Quickly prepare a horse carriage to go to General Zhou’s separate yard!"

Due to General Dai’s connections, the generals were all with Magistrate Hao at that location.

"Yes." The soldiers responded and went on their way.

Soon, a carriage arrived, and the three scouts were thrown inside, heading directly to General Zhou’s separate yard.

General Liang rode at the forefront, and a few moments later, they reached General Zhou’s separate yard.

General Liang dismounted personally and spoke to the soldiers guarding the gate: "Quickly report to General Zhou, there’s trouble in Long’an Prefecture."

The guard, hearing this, hurriedly opened the gate to let General Liang and his group enter. He quickly ran into the house to find General Zhou and relay the news.

General Zhou and the others had been with General Dai. Seeing that General Dai’s poisoning was not fatal, they were just celebrating when the bad news arrived.

"There’s an emergency in Long’an Prefecture? Where is the Reconnoitre Soldier? Bring the Reconnoitre Soldier here immediately!" General Zhou, being one of General Xu’s men, was very worried upon hearing about the emergency in Long’an Prefecture.

General Dai was even more worried, almost scared to death, grabbing General Zhou and saying, "Brother Zhou, is there trouble in Long’an Prefecture? What are we to do? The Rong people won’t break through Long’an Prefecture and then attack Xing’an Prefecture, will they?"

He had witnessed the battle defending Xing’an Prefecture against the Rong people with his own eyes. It was extremely brutal, unlike any battle he had seen before.

God bless, he hoped he wouldn’t die in the Northwest!

What was his uncle thinking anyway? Why would he send him to the Northwest?

He only wanted to earn some merit, relying on his uncle’s connections to get into the Ministry of War and eventually become the Assistant Minister of War. He didn’t want to be a hero against the Rong people.

He looked at Housekeeper Dai, wanting to order him to pack up things quickly and return to the Capital.

But he wasn’t foolish. For the sake of the Dai family’s honor, he held back.

General Zhou heard his questioning and wanted to punch him. Was he even listening properly? They hadn’t seen the Reconnoitre Soldier yet and didn’t understand the situation. How could he say that Long’an Prefecture would be breached by the Rong people?

But General Zhou was too busy to argue with General Dai at this moment. He simply replied, "Brother Dai, you needn’t worry. General Xu is guarding Long’an Prefecture, so it won’t be breached by the Rong people."

Vice General Ma rushed out of the house, just as General Liang and the others were bringing in the Reconnoitre Soldier. Upon seeing him, he pointed towards the house and said, "Let’s discuss inside."

Vice General Ma nodded and turned to enter the house.

Soon, the Reconnoitre Soldiers were brought inside.

Vice General Ma spoke to Senior Doctor Xu and Doctor Fang: "Give him an acupuncture treatment to revive him a bit. We need to ask questions."

"Understood." The two doctors quickly performed acupuncture on the Reconnoitre Captain, stopped his wounds from bleeding, and gave him half a cup of General Dai’s leftover ginseng tea, allowing him to recover some strength.

"Explain in detail, what is the situation in Long’an Prefecture?" Vice General Ma asked in a deep voice.

The Reconnoitre Captain explained the situation in Long’an Prefecture.

Vice General Ma listened, his face darkening. "The Rong bandits truly aim at conquering all of Great Chu, wanting to swallow all our lands!"

General Dai’s face turned pale as he asked, "Wasn’t it said that the Rong people were like bandits, only interested in looting Great Chu’s resources, not desiring our lands?"

General Zhou replied, "Brother Dai might not know, but since last year, the Rong people have gotten smarter. Not only did they occupy our three Prefectures, but they’ve also migrated their own people over, capturing lots of our old farmers to teach them farming. Their actions are not the same as before, simply looting and not occupying land."

He continued, "No matter how the Rong people figured this out, we must defend Long’an Prefecture. If we lose Long’an Prefecture, we’ll lose the entire Northwest. If the Northwest is lost, it’s only a matter of time before the Central Plains and all of Great Chu are occupied."

His words were severe, scaring General Dai: "Then, what should we do now?"

Vice General Ma said, "Mobilize troops immediately and provide aid to Long’an Prefecture."

Provide aid to Long’an Prefecture?

General Dai nodded, "The Rong attack indeed requires aid to Long’an Prefecture."

But General Dai felt that this had nothing to do with him.

He had only just been awakened less than two hours ago, still weak, and would surely stay behind to recover instead of suffering at Long’an Prefecture.

But General Zhou told Housekeeper Dai, "Quickly pack up. We’re setting out for Long’an Prefecture today."

What?!

"What do you mean, Brother Zhou?" General Dai was panicked and quickly said, "Am I also going to Long’an Prefecture?"

I’m still ill, just rescued from fierce bandits and poisoned, how can I go to fight in Long’an Prefecture!

But General Zhou said, "Brother Dai, you came here to resist the Rong people, and at times like this, you must follow the army to Long’an Prefecture."

Lowering his voice, he added, "Brother Dai, if you don’t go, it would embarrass your uncle. Rest assured, we’ll protect you. You only have to stay behind the troops, oversee military supply matters. It will still count as merit, but if you don’t go, it will be hard to account for the merit you’ve earned~"

Housekeeper Dai overheard this and strongly agreed, softly advising General Dai: "Yes, General, you must go. Otherwise, it won’t be good."

Even if you’re just going to collect merits, how can people count your merits if you aren’t present? Hurry up, stop pretending to be weak, and go!

General Dai had no choice but to agree: "Alright, I’ll go."

General Zhou was pleased upon hearing this.

Alright, as long as Dai tags along, they won’t have to worry about Ministry of War supplies; they’d have everything they need.

Vice General Ma felt reassured after this and then pointed at the wounds of the Reconnoitre Captain, asking: "How did you get injured? Did you encounter the Rong people?"

The Reconnoitre Captain nodded: "Exactly. Surprisingly, even when delivering the message, we ran into the Rong people. Those Rong people were formidable. We sent out six groups of Reconnoitre Soldiers, and only we survived."

The reason they survived was because they fell behind initially, hearing the sound of the Reconnoitre Soldiers fighting with the Rong people, they immediately hid. After the fighting ended, they came out and continued toward Xing’an Prefecture.

Their injuries came from stray arrows, which fortunately weren’t fatal.

"It must have been the retreating Rong soldiers." Vice General Ma said and then quickly asked someone to bring brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone: "Those five groups of Reconnoitre Soldiers were killed; we must send someone to deliver the request for aid."

General Xu could humble himself to request aid, indicating that Long’an Prefecture was in a truly critical situation. They must seek reinforcements from all directions!

Housekeeper Dai, being astute, personally brought brush, ink, paper, and inkstone to Vice General Ma.

Vice General Ma immediately wrote several plea letters and said to General Dai: "Brother Dai, my Reconnoitre Soldiers are insufficient. I wish to borrow three groups of your Reconnoitre Soldiers; hope you can oblige."