Chapter 1633: Siege and Escape

Chapter 1633: Chapter 1633: Siege and Escape

Ha, they are wearing heavy armor. The Chu people’s arrows aren’t powerful enough to hurt them.

However, they’re celebrating too early.

Before long, a terrifying scream erupted among the Rong soldiers: "Ah, rotworms, rotworms! The Chu people have tied rotworms to their arrows!"

"Ah, quickly, get the rotworms off me!"

"It’s burrowed in, the rotworm has burrowed in!"

Instantly, the Rong soldiers were thrown into disarray, their attack halted. Many were rolling on the ground, or slapping their bodies, or tilting their heads to shake the rotworms out of their ears.

Seeing this, Jindu immediately informed Leimuqin about the Chu soldiers using insect arrows.

"Shameless!" Leimuqin was furious upon hearing this, extremely hateful of the Chu people.

His anger was due to the fact that in the eyes of the Da Rong, the Chu civilians were always lambs, a group of lambs at their mercy.

Now, the lambs were rebelling; they actually dared to fight back? And had the ability to fight back?!

"Pass down the orders, tell the warriors to continue their attack. Anyone who dares to stop will be killed on the spot!" Leimuqin began to show dissatisfaction with his Rong soldiers, thinking they were useless, just rotworms, what’s there to fear?

However, Leimuqin had just burned a large number of rotworm-infected Rong soldiers tonight, the entire camp knew the terror of rotworms, knew they were incurable, how could they not be afraid?

The insects burrow inside, tearing through the stomach... No one wants to die so miserably!

"Yes!" Jindu responded, immediately passing the order: "All warriors continue the attack, breach Xing’an Prefecture within an hour! Anyone who dares to stop will be killed on the spot!"

Though Jindu pitied the rotworm-infected Rong soldiers, he was also a Rong person, and at critical moments, he would not soften his heart towards soldiers disrupting the army’s morale.

After the order was given, there were still Rong soldiers rolling on the ground, trying to slap off rotworms. With a murderous gleam in his eyes, he dispatched cavalry to cut down those soldiers.

Thud, thud, thud, the sound of galloping horses arose, the cavalry trampled directly over these Rong soldiers. Those who weren’t killed by the stampede were slashed by long knives.

"Ah—!"

In an instant, screams rang out, hundreds of Rong soldiers were killed by their own side.

However, after killing a batch of soldiers, other rotworm-infected Rong soldiers calmed down, holding iron shields and long knives while shouting as they charged towards Xing’an Prefecture.

"General, the Rong people aren’t afraid of the rotworms, they’re at the moat!" From the watchtower, the soldiers shouted to the city wall.

General Liang’s face changed upon hearing this, fear crept into his heart.

But the moat had poison spread in it, and there were mechanisms below, without a bridge, the Rong people trying to cross would surely lose a batch of soldiers!

Unfortunately, this isn’t the south, the water in the moat isn’t deep enough to drown anyone, and the Rong soldiers aren’t fools. They know there are mechanisms in the Chu moat, so they build ladders as bridges and cross the moat on these ladders.

But the supplies can’t go up the ladders, and the Rong people aren’t afraid to die. Those rotworm-infected Rong soldiers push the supplies into the river, ignoring the poison and mechanisms, losing a batch of men but eventually delivering the siege supplies beneath the city wall.

"Fire arrows, shoot dead the Rong soldiers pushing the siege cones!" General Liang’s face turned pale, nearly collapsing.

It’s over, it’s over. If the Rong soldiers pushing the siege cones reach the gate, in less than an hour, they’ll break through the gate!

Swish, swish, swish!

The soldiers immediately drew their bows and arrows, shooting at the Rong soldiers pushing the siege cones.

But the armor worn by these soldiers is thicker than the regular Rong soldiers’, the Chu arrows can’t penetrate the heavy armor.

"Spread the poison!" Doctor Lu was urgent, opened the medicine chest, and directly threw the poison bags down.

He then distributed the poison bags to the archers: "Don’t hold back, what nonsense about two armies not using poison, haven’t enough of our Chu soldiers been poisoned by the Rong soldiers? Quickly spread the poison, it’s the only way to stop them now!"

Otherwise, everyone in the city would suffer.

"Move aside, if you won’t use it, we will!" The Third Housekeeper of the Lei Family pushed aside the stunned soldiers, grabbed the poison bag, tied it to an arrow, and shot at the Rong soldiers pushing the siege cones.

Brothers from the Lei Family’s Trading Team and people from the Feng Family Escort Agency followed, grabbing poison bags and shooting poison arrows.

Swish, swish, swish!

Bang, bang, bang!

The poison bags exploded, scattering poison that killed a group of Rong soldiers.

"Shameless peasants!" Jindu was furious, pointing at a batch of Rong soldiers: "Second batch of siege soldiers, forward!"

The second batch of siege soldiers immediately rushed over, continuing to push the siege cones.

The Third Housekeeper of the Lei Family frowned: "The Rong people are flooding soldiers to attack the city!"

This time it’s likely over.

The Third Housekeeper saw the Rong people’s determination to break Xing’an Prefecture at all costs and immediately instructed the brothers beside him: "Quickly go back and inform the Old Madam and the Grand Steward to prepare for evacuation."

"Yes." Chen Liang responded, quickly turned around, and left.

But shortly after he left, he heard two shots and a crossbow arrow from outside the city pierced through the Third Housekeeper’s body, nailing him directly to the city wall.

"Third Housekeeper!" Chen Liang was startled, wanting to return to rescue the Third Housekeeper.

The Third Housekeeper said: "Shut up, I’m not dead yet, hurry back and report!"

As soon as he shouted, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Quick, surround the Third Housekeeper!" Doctor Lu quickly called to the brothers of the Lei Family’s Trading Team, who immediately used iron shields to surround the Third Housekeeper, effectively blocking the incoming arrow rain, saving the Third Housekeeper.

Chen Liang also almost got hit by the arrow rain. After dodging the arrows, he quickly went down the city wall, rode his horse to inform Lei Mao and Ms. Gao Lei.

...

In the separate yard, Gu Jinli had people bring over Mrs. Han and her three children, as well as Madam Guo, Mrs. Kuang, Ms. Lu, and others, all to the main building.

"Wah wah wah, Meat Bun brother, I’m scared!" Perhaps the children were more sensitive, Niu Qijin was crying as he hugged Bao Fukan.

"Don’t be afraid, everyone is here, it’s all right." Bao Fukan, a usually quiet child, had been influenced by Niu Wujin for a long time, becoming someone who also spoke a lot. He was comforting Qijin.

"Qijin, don’t cry, I’ll give you candy." Gu Jinli took out a piece of caramel, offering it to Niu Qijin’s mouth. But the child who had been frightened by her refused to eat it: "Bitter, nasty!"

"This time it’s real candy, very sweet, eat it quickly." Gu Jinli said and directly stuffed the caramel into Qijin’s mouth.

Hmm!

Qijin’s eyes lit up, he immediately stopped crying because the candy was sweet this time.

"San Lang’s wife, the Rong people’s previous attacks on the city were all at midnight. Why are they starting so early tonight? The noises don’t sound right at all." Mrs. Kuang, supporting Lin Erzuo’s wife, anxiously asked Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli replied: "Everyone, don’t be afraid. You all have the poison I’ve given you, and you have weapons. I’ve told you what to do. I’ll do my best to escort you out of the city."

These words almost made Ji Zhenniang cry out.

But she didn’t dare to cry; Gu Xiaoyu had warned her that if she dared cry while escaping, she would leave her behind.

"San Lang’s wife, is everyone prepared?" Ms. Gao Lei had already met Chen Liang and learned about the Rong people’s determined effort to break through the city tonight. She hurried back to the main building.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Everything is ready, we’re just waiting for news."

As soon as the news arrives that the city can’t be held, they’ll escape.