Chapter 1644: Everyone Rushing to Claim Credit

Chapter 1644: Chapter 1644: Everyone Rushing to Claim Credit

However, these words cannot be spoken aloud, because even if they were, no one would believe them.

Tuogude said, "We are commanded by the Witch God to conquer the Northwest. If we do not take the Northwest, the Witch God will surely punish us."

Since you believe in the Witch God, I will use the name of the Witch God to drive you. Let’s see if you dare to defy orders!

He continued, "The tribe’s king was killed by the lowly people of Great Chu. This is an extraordinary humiliation. If you cannot avenge the Great General, all the Da Rong people will ridicule you."

With a twist of his wrist, the Black Gold Blade pointed towards Xing’an Prefecture, and he ordered once again, "Siege the city, slaughter everyone in Xing’an Prefecture to avenge the Great General and wash away your tribe’s shame with blood!"

Tuogude indeed is very clever. His words successfully stirred the Rong soldiers, and they were about to agree to continue the siege when a few wounded witch doctors came riding toward them and shouted, "Tu Zhang the Great Witch Doctor has fallen in battle!"

Tu Zhang carried poison and led a hundred elite soldiers and thirty assassins to kill Ma Da and the others, but Tu Zhang never expected to be ambushed.

The person who ambushed them was none other than Qin San Lang.

Qin San Lang, knowing that the main city gate was in urgent danger, after killing Leimuqin and instructing Er Ping and the others to continue blowing the horn, led You Ping, You An, You Xi, Feng Jin, and others to storm the main city gate. Upon seeing Tu Zhang and his men, he directly shot them down.

Although Tu Zhang was skilled with poison, he was not a battle-hardened general and thus was killed by Qin San Lang and his men.

"The Great Witch Doctor is dead!" The few witch doctors who narrowly escaped death saw Jindu and his men in shock and shouted again, "The body is still in the hands of the lowly people of Great Chu, please dispatch troops quickly to retrieve the body of the Great Witch Doctor!"

Jindu and his men were astonished out of their shock upon hearing these words... the Great Witch Doctor is dead! 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The Great Witch Doctor was cultivated by the Great Wizard, and due to the witch doctors’ medical skills, along with rumors deliberately spread by the Great Wizard, all the Da Rong people believed that the witch doctors could also receive the mandates of the Witch God.

Therefore, although the Great Witch Doctor had no official rank, he was someone to whom everyone had to show respect.

With Leimuqin just killed and Tu Zhang fallen in battle, for the Rong soldiers, this news was truly disastrous. The morale that had just risen quickly collapsed, and the Rong soldiers were inclined to retreat, afraid to continue fighting to the death.

Tuogude seeing this, cursed the Witch God in his heart once more, for such a deity created by people could truly ruin things at times.

He looked toward Hu Ang.

Hu Ang immediately pointed at the few returning witch doctors and said, "How dare you falsely spread rumors of the Great Witch Doctor’s death during a battle. Men, arrest them and punish them once Xing’an Prefecture is breached!"

The Witch Army promptly stepped forward, pulling the witch doctors from their horses. Seeing the witch doctors want to protest, they promptly dislocated their jaws, rendering them unable to speak.

The witch doctors were quickly bound and dragged aside.

"Siege the city!" Tuogude ordered again.

But the Rong soldiers were not foolish. Seeing the Witch Army urgently binding the witch doctors, they knew the news of the Great Witch Doctor’s death must be true. Though driven to attack the city, their morale was entirely gone.

Tuogude’s face turned ashen, but he could not manage much at this moment.

...

Duan Changling saw the chaos among the Rong soldiers. After sending scouts to investigate, he already learned of Leimuqin’s death and was both shocked and thrilled: "The Rong Army General was killed, we’ve accomplished a great feat!"

Mr. Chi coldly laughed upon hearing this, "Duan Changling, Leimuqin was killed by someone else. The credit also belongs to someone else. It’s nothing to do with you; are you trying to steal another’s military achievements?"

He further warned, "Don’t say I didn’t warn you; my Lord Ying, who comes from the Northwest Vanguard General background, despises those shameless enough to steal military achievements. If you don’t want to die, don’t act foolishly!"

Lord Ying would not allow that gentleman’s achievements to be stolen. Hence, Mr. Chi was instructed to warn the surname Duan at the right time, letting him know that stealing credit would be punished by the Eagle Food Gang.

Duan Changling dreaded the Eagle Food Gang and knew Luo Ying’s background with the Northwest Vanguard Army. He heard that Luo Ying once killed a general who stole comrades’ credit.

Yet, even so, Luo Ying was not executed, only punished by the late emperor, and his war accomplishments against the Rong were nullified.

Given this precedent, Duan Changling was indeed fearful.

But with Leimuqin’s death, the danger to Xing’an Prefecture was alleviated, and he became excited. He didn’t need Mr. Chi to drive the fierce bandits anymore and directly ordered, "All Kangrong soldiers, follow me to attack the main city gate and eliminate the threat to Xing’an Prefecture!"

Mr. Chi listened and almost spat in disgust; Duan Changling, this scoundrel, truly has no shame; Mr. Chi really wanted to kill him.

But Lord Ghost did not allow it.

Lord Ghost mentioned that although Duan Changling is small-minded, he is not clever enough. Such a person is best kept as a scapegoat.

Put simply, the identity of that gentleman must still be concealed, requiring generals with high status like Duan Changling to cover for this great victory.

Otherwise, all the credit for this great victory would fall on that gentleman alone, which would be unreasonable.

"Yes!" The Kangrong soldiers, upon learning that the Rong Army General was killed, were equally thrilled and immediately charged towards the main city gate.

Unfortunately for them, luck was not on their side, as they encountered Rong soldiers attacking the city halfway through, scaring them into a retreat. Yet, a large army suddenly appeared.

Upon raising their eyes to look at the military flag, it was General Cheng from Daliang Prefecture.

General Cheng was previously a great general from the northeast, transferred to Daliang Prefecture a few years ago. It was rumored that during his time in the northeast, he fought many battles against Dongqing Country, dealing them quite a blow.

Many had heard of General Cheng’s fame, and knowing he had come with troops, a renewed confidence arose, and they shouted, "General Cheng from Daliang Prefecture has arrived!"

Their tone carrying excitement, which made Duan Changling feel envious.

At this moment, another sharp-eyed soldier shouted, "Another batch of reinforcements, carrying the Zhou flag, is General Zhou under General Xu!"

Duan Changling saw General Zhou also arrived and cursed inwardly: These dogs, absent during battles, now flocking to claim credit, shameless!

Fearing that General Cheng and General Zhou would take his glory, he fearlessly charged forward and shouted, "All soldiers, follow me to kill the Rong bandits and defend Xing’an Prefecture!"

Mr. Chi observed with rolling eyes but also led the brothers from the Eagle Food Gang into the fray.

This play wasn’t over yet; they had to continue lest it cause trouble.

Upon hearing the noise, General Zhou glanced in this direction, while General Cheng didn’t even bother to look, leading the cavalry to charge the Rong people.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Arrows rained down on the Rong soldiers, and after killing a batch, the cavalry charged into the midst of the Rong army, unleashing a massacre.

On the city wall, General Liang was so overcome with excitement that he nearly fainted: "The Rong Army General has fallen in battle, reinforcements have come to rescue us, Xing’an Prefecture is saved!"

He then called out to everyone, "Quick, follow me out of the city and kill the Rong bandits at the city gate!"

Earlier, the Deputy General reported that the city gate had a hole bashed in by the Rong soldiers, and some Rong soldiers were trying to squeeze through, stopped by a group of strange people.

But that group of strange people also suffered heavy casualties.

General Liang dared not personally rescue them before, because he was already injured, and if he died in action, the soldiers on the city wall would have their morale shattered. Thus, he only sent the Deputy General with troops to block the hole and kill any Rong who tried to squeeze through.

"Yes!" The soldiers followed General Liang down the city wall.

But when they arrived at the main city gate, the crisis had been resolved.

That group of strange people had died by eighty percent, leaving only a few brave and strong ones still alive.

Among them, a person named Ma Da was being fed a pill by a "Rong People Company Commander" hugging him.