Chapter 1641: Siege, Familiar Faces

Chapter 1641: Chapter 1641: Siege, Familiar Faces

Lord Ghost watched as their figures disappeared in the flickering firelight, his gaze heavy with a touch of pain... Hopefully, Lord Ying can act quickly, hopefully, only Ma Da and his three groups will perish.

Lu Zi, pressing General Dai, watched Ma Da and the others’ disappearing figures, wanting to ask Lord Ghost to call them back.

But Lord Ghost had said, in an uneven battle to defend the city, it’s all about filling gaps with lives, and Ma Da and the others were the lives used to fill those gaps.

...

In the distance, Leimuqin stood on the king’s chariot, looking at the battle ahead, angrily saying, "Jindu, this waste; how long has it been and yet Xing’an Prefecture hasn’t been breached!"

When they took Longshan Prefecture, it was only a day and a night of battle; the second day had barely dawned before they breached Longshan Prefecture’s city gate.

And the two subsequent prefecture cities were even easier to conquer; each fell in a little over an hour. Why is it so difficult when it comes to Xing’an Prefecture?

Leimuqin cursed, and when he saw Tu Zhang return on horseback, he ordered, "Tu Zhang, spread the poison again; I refuse to believe the poison won’t kill those Great Chu scoundrels defending the city!"

Tu Zhang frowned, rode forward, and after nearing Leimuqin, he whispered, "Great General, all we have left are medicines to treat sword injuries, there are no more materials to make poison."

What’s left are only rotworms.

But rotworms have been deployed once, and they did not disrupt Xing’an Prefecture.

Moreover, rotworms take at least a day to take effect, even if the Great Chu scoundrels defending the city have rotworms inside their bodies, it will take a day before symptoms appear.

A day later, we will have broken Xing’an Prefecture already, no need to waste rotworms.

Leimuqin considered this, to the point of wanting to kill Tu Zhang.

Claimed to be one of the most capable Great Witch Doctors under the Great Wizard, but truly unworthy of the name, a waste!

Yet the materials they brought have indeed been greatly used, there are no more materials left to make poison.

Suppressing his inner fury, Leimuqin asked, "Are there any updates from Haopeng?"

In this attack, he’s using all four city gates to besiege; Jindu leads the main force against the main city gate, while Haopeng leads troops to attack the least defended west city gate.

The Deputy General replied, "There’s no news of the city gate being breached."

Bang!

Leimuqin slammed his fist onto the king’s chariot’s armrest, cursing, "Useless fools, normally all seem brave and courageous, but how come none are effective in Xing’an Prefecture?!"

It’s because Xing’an Prefecture has poison.

Tu Zhang heard this and his face soured, it was evident Leimuqin said this for him to hear: "Great General, no need to rush, Xing’an Prefecture is already our caged rabbit; sooner or later, we’ll have rabbit meat to eat, for now, it’s good to shake the cage, scare the rabbit."

Leimuqin: "No rush? Are you blind not to see both sides have reinforcements from Great Chu?"

Calmly, Tu Zhang replied, "They’re just two groups of wastes, only capable of using catapults to open the way, truly not a threat."

Actually, Leimuqin wasn’t very worried about the reinforcements on both sides; after all, the Hu Army, capable of war, had been annihilated by the Emperor of Great Chu six years ago, these remaining ones could not match the Rong soldiers.

Leimuqin was only annoyed his camp was poisoned by the Great Chu scoundrels using messenger wolves, hence his desire to break Xing’an Prefecture quickly, enter the city, and slaughter the Great Chu scoundrels to vent his anger.

Recalling the poisoning incident of his camp by messenger wolves, he became dissatisfied again and said, "Great Witch Doctor, don’t blame this king for not warning you, you’ve lost enough face in Xing’an Prefecture; if you can’t achieve a great victory here, you’ll become Da Rong’s laughingstock, and the Great Wizard won’t trust you."

Tu Zhang’s expression turned stern, and he ceased speaking.

"Report!" A Rong scout galloped over, reporting, "Great General, some strange individuals are slaughtering our heavy armor warriors pushing the siege cone at the main city gate."

What!

Leimuqin was furious, ordering, "Tu Zhang, you must still have poison, use it to kill that group of people!"

Tu Zhang frowned, for logically he, as Great Witch Doctor, shouldn’t risk himself at the siege, yet as Leimuqin said, he’s lost enough face in Xing’an Prefecture, failing to achieve great success will lead to ridicule by other Great Witch Doctors upon return.

Tu Zhang spoke, "There’s not much poison, it must hit the target in one go. I need a hundred assassins to pave the way."

Leimuqin furrowed his brows; a hundred assassins, you really dare to ask: "I grant you a hundred elite soldiers, thirty assassins, go and quickly destroy those blocking the siege."

Wanting a hundred assassins, what a dream?

Tu Zhang agreed, "Done."

Leimuqin, seeing he didn’t bargain, was pleased and promptly assembled the troops, giving them to Tu Zhang.

"Go!" Tu Zhang, taking these troops and ten witch doctors, headed towards the main city gate.

Luo Ying seized the opportunity, and once Tu Zhang left, instructed Pang Hai, "Kill."

"Brothers, charge forward with me." Pang Hai called out to the three hundred Eagle Food Gang fierce bandits he led, riding warhorses clad in heavy armor, they charged from behind towards Leimuqin’s king’s chariot.

The warhorses moved fast as lightning, in the blink of an eye cutting into the midst of Rong soldiers.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Arrows rained down, powerful stone bows shot arrows piercing through Rong soldiers’ armor, killing a batch of soldiers.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Pang Hai’s men dared not pause, firing another wave of arrows, killing another batch of Rong soldiers who hadn’t reacted yet.

"Enemy forces are targeting the king’s chariot, guards, guards!" the Deputy General shouted, and then masses of Rong soldiers regrouped, defending the king’s chariot.

But Pang Hai’s men showed no fear of death, and when Leimuqin saw the flag they carried, his expression changed, "It’s the Eagle Food Gang bandits!"

The Eagle Food Gang, rather than fierce bandits, were more like displaced Northwest Vanguard Army; their leader, Lord Ying, was one of the Northwest Vanguard generals, Luo Ying.

Years ago, despite Luo Ying’s youth, he had routed Rong soldiers, and Leimuqin had crossed paths with Luo Ying, even suffering an injury from him.

Recalling past events now, Leimuqin was filled with dread.

"Shield soldiers form up!" Leimuqin shouted, as a large group of shield soldiers with thick iron shields surrounded and protected the king’s chariot.

He shouted again, "Deploy strong crossbows, shoot the leader dead!"

If that leader is Luo Ying, killing Luo Ying could alleviate the threat to the king’s chariot.

"Deploy strong crossbows!" acknowledged the Deputy General, and the Rong soldiers were quickly instructed.

A batch of Rong soldiers pushed several strong crossbow carts over, aiming at Pang Hai and his men.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

After the strong crossbows fired, there was a sound of bodies falling, some Eagle Food Gang fierce bandits were shot by strong crossbows, being pinned to the ground.

Leimuqin was delighted with the scene, yet displeased: "Aim at the leader and shoot!"

What’s the point of shooting small fry?

"Understood." The Deputy General responded, directing Rong soldiers to continue aiming.

But before the strong crossbows had fired, a sound of rushing wind came from the side.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Swift winds brought strong crossbows, killing a batch of shield soldiers guarding Leimuqin.

With loud thuds, the shield soldiers fell to the ground, shield and all.

Having heard the noise, Leimuqin glanced to the right, saw the fallen Rong soldiers in shock, then looked up to see a familiar face riding a fast horse leading hundreds of fierce bandits to attack.

"It’s Luo Ying!" Leimuqin was horrified, instinctively touching his leg, where a scar was, stemming from an injury inflicted by Luo Ying years ago.