The Lucky Farmgirl

Chapter 2322: Chapter 2297: Underestimating the Enemy

Manbao smiled and said, "We can teach each other. If we stay in the military, we would have to ask you some questions." After all, the other party has rich experience.

The military doctor lamented, "It’s a pity that we can’t work with you now, otherwise we could see your technique firsthand."

It was a prophecy, because that night he experienced it.

Manbao was woken up by Keke. She woke up groggily and faintly heard the noise within the city.

She immediately got up and woke Zhou Liru. The two of them quickly got dressed and went out, only to find the camp had already started to move.

Bai Shan and the others next door also woke up and came out, "What’s going on?"

Everyone looked towards the restless Wang City, from which the sounds of drumming and clattering were constantly emerging.

The central tent soon had some movement as the five stood together and saw the gate of the camp open. In the night, General Guo, along with his troop, left the camp and headed towards the city.

The army quickly dwindled to less than a thousand people, and Assistant General Nie hurried over.

Bai Shan asked him, "What’s happening in the city?"

"There’s a rebellion. General Guo likely took people inside to quell it."

Bai Shan frowned and turned to look at the blazing city, feeling uneasy, "Why are they only causing a commotion inside the city instead of coming out? Once the army goes in, they’ll have no way out."

Keke scanned back and forth twice, and after a while, said, "Host, there’s an ambush about ten miles outside the other side of the city gate."

Manbao was startled and turned to ask Assistant General Nie, "Who’s currently left in the camp?"

Assistant General Nie was taken aback and immediately said, "I’ll go ask right away."

Junior General Meng soon came over and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Manbao asked, "There’s chaos in the city, how can you let General Guo go in with the army so confidently? What if it’s an ambush?"

Junior General Meng replied, "There are patrols all around Wang City. If there were reinforcements, we would know immediately. And there’s no report now, which means there aren’t any reinforcements. There aren’t many rebel troops within the city, and General Guo took two thousand men inside, so there’s nothing to fear."

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"Of course, that was instructed from the beginning."

Bai Shan glanced at Manbao, then asked, "So where are the patrols? With the disturbance in the city, why hasn’t anyone reported back?"

Junior General Meng chuckled, "They report to the central tent themselves. I’m ordered to stay behind, only guarding this city gate side..."

Manbao suddenly turned to look at the city gate of Wang City, "It seems something’s wrong."

Junior General Meng wanted to say something, but with ears perked up, he also heard the different sounds. His face changed, turned, and ran, shouting, "Someone gather up and mount, we’re going to assist——"

He seemed to have heard the sound of crossbow bolts whizzing through the air earlier.

Manbao and Bai Shan took a few steps out running, watching Junior General Meng lead the majority of the cavalry toward the city gate, while the remaining people immediately broke camp to leave.

Someone came to them, "Lord Zhou, Junior General Meng wants us to escort you away."

Assistant General Nie, worried it might affect this side, promptly said to Manbao, "Sir, we’ll follow the medical tent’s movement."

Manbao nodded and turned to grab her luggage, asking, "Where’s the medical tent heading to?"

"Retreat ten miles to wait for news."

Manbao furrowed her brow, "Won’t this make the distance for transporting injured soldiers longer?"

Assistant General Nie, having fought battles, knew some things, "But we can’t let the rebellious troops crash into the medical tent, or hard-saved lives could be slain in an instant, and the medical tent is crucial."

The military doctors and medicines in the medical tent are treasures.

Only then did Manbao get on her horse to leave. freёwebnovel.com

Meanwhile, Junior General Meng, leading troops rushing to the city gate, saw General Guo bringing Junior General Guo and a troop out through the flames.

Junior General Meng was about to welcome them when he saw the raining arrows and bolts from behind, his pupils shrank, and he shouted, "General——"

Manbao’s face changed as she put the medicine box onto the carriage, pulled her horse over, and said to Assistant General Nie, "Let’s check out the city gate area first."

Assistant General Nie was stunned, "Lord Zhou?"

"Listen to me, General Guo can’t have an accident, at least not now. Otherwise, the remnants of Kucha and the Turks will counterattack, and not only will the cities conquered in the past two months be destroyed, but General Ashina’s retreat will also be cut off."

Manbao said, "That’s two thousand troops!"

Once the army’s retreat is cut off, it’ll be difficult for them to return.

Bai Shan realized something must have happened to General Guo, so he told Daji, "Drive the carriage, and let’s go check it out."

Then he mounted the horse and said to Bai Erlang, Liu Huan, and Zhou Liru, "Follow the medical tent to evacuate."

Zhou Liru wanted to speak, but Bai Erlang turned and said to her, "Listen to them, let’s go first."

Zhou Liru could only glance worriedly at Manbao, then turned around to leave with Bai Erlang and the others.

Their camp was some distance from the city gate, roughly ten miles, but within a quarter of an hour, they saw the two wide-open gates.

There was a sea of fire there by then, and Assistant General Nie didn’t go forward. After signaling them to stop and about to speak, he saw a troop rushing out of the city gate. He recognized it was Junior General Meng and promptly said, "Sir, please wait here for a while; we’ll go to support them."

Manbao squinted, looking on with no clear visibility amid the chaos, but Keke said, "Junior General Meng has brought people out."

So Manbao agreed to turn her horse around and wait.

Junior General Meng rushed inside to rescue General Guo and Junior General Guo, who were shot by stray arrows, and upon seeing Assistant General Nie, he immediately handed them over and turned back to resist the emerging enemy forces.

Moreover, many soldiers were still trapped inside.

Assistant General Nie glanced at General Guo and Junior General Guo’s guards, seeing them soaked in blood was quite shocking. He quickly turned and said, "Lord Zhou is ahead, hurry——"

The guards immediately rushed to catch up, and upon seeing this, Manbao took a glance back, thinking the distance was still too close. She ordered them to lift the injured onto the carriage, only glanced at the two, before following up. General Guo and Junior General Guo had arrows lodged in them, and Manbao dared not touch them, only fed them some life-saving pills and urged Daji back to the medical tent.

The medical tent moved back ten miles, and it took them two quarters of an hour to reach it.

Manbao took out an acupuncture bag from the medical box, Bai Shan held up a lantern for her, allowing her to barely apply acupuncture to sustain their lives.

Only then did he see the pair’s injuries clearly; General Guo had three arrows lodged in him, while Junior General Guo had two, which looked terrifying.

He couldn’t help but softly ask Manbao, "Could they possibly be saved?"

Manbao took out a hemostatic medicine pouch and gently pressed it onto Junior General Guo’s shoulder, her face solemn, "General Guo...is very difficult."

The carriage rushed to catch up with the medical tent, which had already found a place to set up. The guards had returned earlier, so as the carriage stopped, someone immediately lifted a stretcher forward to carefully carry the two out from inside the carriage.