Chapter 1634: The Siege Begins

Chapter 1634: Chapter 1634: The Siege Begins

"That’s good." Ms. Gao Lei said, but her heart was reluctant to leave.

In the midst of chaos, escaping with so many family members was not an easy task. People could die at any moment, and the death of anyone would be bad. If the city could hold, the lives of all the family members would be saved.

Gu Jinli noticed Ms. Gao Lei seemed a bit dazed. She held her hand and comforted her: "Granny Lei, don’t worry. Everything is uncertain now; perhaps God stands with us this time."

Ms. Gao Lei laughed: "Aren’t you afraid, girl?"

It’s the first time San Lang’s wife faced such a calamity, yet she wasn’t afraid and even comforted her.

Gu Jinli smiled and said, "What’s the use of being afraid? Besides, we said a few days ago, even if in a life-and-death escape, we should kill every Rong man!"

When she spoke the last four words, her expression and tone turned cold, showing her intense killing intent towards the Rong people.

Everyone listened to Gu Jinli’s powerful voice and calm demeanor, and their fearful hearts grew more stable.

Guo Daming’s wife said, "Madam is so young but already so calm. We, who are twice the age of madam, should be even less afraid."

Mrs. Han agreed, "Madam Guo is right. Rong people are also human; they can be harmed by poison and poisonous insects. We don’t need to fear them!"

She then bent down to speak to the two children: "Sister Yu, Brother Yi, did you hear? We are not afraid."

The two children had seen their mother’s haggard look recently and witnessed the poisonous insect disease. Saying they were not scared would be false. But hearing their mother’s words made them feel better, and the anxiety on their small faces diminished greatly.

Mrs. Han saw this and felt heartache... Even now, she felt she hadn’t done well enough. She kept warning herself never to show fear, but she still impacted the two children, causing them to worry and fear at such a young age.

"Mrs. Zhang, you are already doing your best," Ms. Gao Lei said. Besides Gu Jinli, she was most pleased with Mrs. Han. As expected from the Earl Mansion, in the face of enemy siege and poison attacks, she not only took care of the two children but also managed two separate yards and looked after all family members.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Han nearly shed tears, but before a tear fell, a loud noise echoed.

Boom, boom, boom!

They were too familiar with this sound; it was the sound of a catapult launching large fire stones at the city walls. But this time, the sound wasn’t at the East Gate but the South Gate!

"Daqing, what’s going on?!" Gu Jinli asked Daqing, who was standing on the rooftop observing the situation.

Daqing replied, "Reporting to the madam, there is fire at the South City. It should be the Rong men attacking South City!"

The situation was dire.

Gu Jinli reminded: "Granny Lei, I’m afraid the Rong men are attacking not only the East Gate. We must pay attention to the South Gate, North Gate, and West Gate too, to prevent the soldiers fighting to death at the East Gate while the Rong men enter through other gates!"

"Someone!" Ms. Gao Lei shouted.

"What are your orders, Old Madam?" Master Xiao Yu immediately brought people in.

Ms. Gao Lei pointed towards South City and said: "Listen to this sound; the Rong men might be attacking other gates. Quickly go to the city tower and inform General Liang to allocate more troops to guard other gates so the East Gate won’t break, preventing the other three gates from being breached by Rong bandits!"

"Okay, I’ll send someone right away!" Master Xiao Yu said and added, "Old Madam, fear not. The Rong men don’t have enough supplies to attack four gates simultaneously."

"But what if they secretly climb the walls?" Gu Jinli asked, deeply aware that Xing’an Prefecture was like a sieve with gaps everywhere for the enemy to exploit. She instructed Ye Jingzi to bring two boxes of sedative, giving them to Master Xiao Yu: "Uncle Xiao, take these sedatives to the other three gates. If Rong men climb the walls, scatter the sedatives to knock them out."

Why provide sedatives and not poison?

Because the city’s medicine supply was limited, and not all herbs could make poison. They could only use all usable herbs to make insect attractant, poison, sedative, wound medicine, and antidote.

"Okay, I’ll send someone right away." Master Xiao Yu, tasked with protecting Ms. Gao Lei, would not leave easily. He sent eight brothers in four teams rushing to the four gates.

Thanks to their swift delivery, there really were Rong assassins using hook and rope to climb city walls at the other three gates, attempting to silently open the gates for Rong soldiers under the cover of gigantic stones feigning attack.

"Rong bandits sighted, quick, fire insect arrows!" Lord Company Commander Quan at the North Gate spotted Rong soldiers and immediately ordered soldiers to use insect arrows.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

The arrows were fired, but these were assassins. Even with rotworms drilled into their bodies, they kept climbing the walls.

"Quick, find a hook and claw to cut their ropes!" Lord Company Commander Quan watched the continuously ascending Rong assassins nervously breaking into a cold sweat.

Though soldiers cut the ropes of the Rong assassins, they didn’t fall off the walls due to hooks clamped in the wall crevices, thus preventing them from falling.

With a pale face and no solution, Lord Company Commander Quan received delivery of sedatives from the Lei Family’s Trading Team.

"Lord Company Commander, the Lei family’s courtyard sent sedatives; they can knock them out!" A Section Leader personally came with a box.

Lord Company Commander Quan was overjoyed and called out, "Quick, scatter the sedatives!"

"Yes!" Soldiers, with detoxification pills ensuring immunity to sedatives, grabbed sedatives and scattered them below.

Bam, bam, bam!

Many Rong assassins were knocked out, falling off the walls and smashing into pieces.

However, there were more Rong assassins than anticipated. After one batch died, another picked up hooks and continued climbing.

Sedatives were limited and divided among three gates, so when all were scattered, the Rong assassins didn’t all pass out.

It’s over!

Lord Company Commander Quan watched the demon-like climbing Rong assassins sweating coldly.

He wiped his face and addressed his soldiers and the strong men: "Prepare! As soon as the Rong people come up, kill them!"

He warned them further: "No retreat; anyone who flees from battle, even if I die first, I’ll kill your families inside the city!"

Some who considered fleeing felt their legs go weak, no longer daring to run, gripping their large swords waiting for the enemy to climb.

But below the city, feigned attacking Rong soldiers with gigantic stones continued smashing, and more soldiers and strong men on the tower died.

Even Lord Company Commander Quan narrowly avoided being struck by a stone.

Everyone was terrified, struggling to wield their swords.

But as time passed, they didn’t see Rong assassins climbing but heard dense swooshing sounds.

Thinking it was a rain of arrows from Rong soldiers, they dared not look up.

When battle cries sounded from below, they realized something was wrong.

Lord Company Commander Quan bravely stood to look below the tower, seeing Rong soldiers fighting a large group of people.

The sky was too dark to see clearly if these people wore armor, but Lord Company Commander Quan believed they must be reinforcements, shouting, "Reinforcements have come; reinforcements are here to save us!"

Meanwhile, from Eagle Food Gang, people arrived at the Lei family’s separate yard, handing a message sent by a message eagle to Gu Jinli, saying, "We are from Doctor Lu’s side; this is for you, quickly read!"

Gu Jinli was stunned, quickly taking the rolled-up note, opening it to read, it said: Xiao Yu, don’t be afraid. I’m outside the city and will soon come to get you.