Chapter 174: Chicken, You Are Too Beautiful!

Suddenly!

Through his Telescope, he watched in astonishment as the Northern Frontier Army soldiers, who were eating dumplings, took out blocks of ice and began gnawing on them.

Guo Gui subconsciously looked up at the sun hanging in the sky.

The weather was scorching hot, and it was hard to even find water on the ground, yet the enemy was eating ice!

Below the city wall.

The Northern Frontier Army soldiers were in high spirits, holding square ice bricks and eating with great delight.

"Hey, this piece of ice I have is called a Milk Grape Popsicle, it's really delicious."

"The one in my hand is a Stick Ice, sweet and tangy."

"Look, look, mine is even better, it's green, it's called a Green Tongue."

The weather was sweltering, yet Bai Wei had actually sent over a huge pile of ice cream and popsicles.

Everyone had been sweating from the heat, and receiving such a large pile of "ice blocks" unexpectedly made them all overjoyed.

The cool ice cream and popsicles dispelled the summer heat.

The Yuan Family Army soldiers standing on the city wall watched with extreme envy and jealousy.

Yannan was suffering from a severe drought; for them, even a sip of clear water was a luxury, and their lips were cracked, yet the Northern Frontier Army below the city had chicken and meat, and now they were even leisurely eating ice!

Moreover, those ice blocks were colorful, all things they had never seen before; just looking at them made them seem delicious.

While feeling annoyed, Guo Gui was also puzzled.

"Xiao Moting didn't bring any provisions, so where on earth did he get so much chicken, duck, fish, and meat?"

"And these ice blocks, how did he get them?"

"Xiao Moting arranging such sumptuous meals for his army must be an attempt to shake our morale; I want to see how long they can keep eating like this, it is absolutely impossible for them to have such a feast every day."

Guo Gui gritted his teeth.

The Northern Frontier Army was camped outside the city, surrounding Shiya City like an iron barrel.

In the distance, snipers, archers, and Musketeers... were all at their posts, and soldiers were cutting down trees to build watchtowers, taking turns standing guard and monitoring closely to prevent anyone from escaping the city.

The skeptical Guo Gui ran to the city wall every day to observe what the Northern Frontier Army was eating.

He did not believe the Northern Frontier Army could eat meat at every meal.

The next day, the Northern Frontier Army ate mutton; they chopped down nearby trees, set up campfires to roast whole lambs, and the aroma of the roasted lamb drifted into Shiya City.

On the third day, the Northern Frontier Army ate fresh duck. In large iron pots, duck meat cut into pieces bubbled away, and with the addition of pickled vegetables, they stewed a pot of pickled vegetable and old duck soup—sour, spicy, and delicious!

On the fourth day, the Northern Frontier Army, having eaten fish and meat for several days, finally stopped eating meat.

Guo Gui watched with eager eyes, finally let out a sigh of relief, and said fiercely.

"I knew it, it's impossible for them to eat meat every day..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the exclamations of the soldiers beside him.

"Fish, they're eating fish."

"And shrimp, big crabs..."

"So many sea cucumbers!"

Guo Gui hurriedly grabbed the Telescope to look, and was instantly so angry that smoke seemed to pour from his seven orifices.

The Northern Frontier Army soldiers weren't eating meat, but they were eating seafood.

"This is preposterous, they've actually started eating seafood! Xiao Moting, where on earth did you get so much seafood?"

Sea cucumbers larger than a palm, lobsters as long as an arm, and all kinds of fish... and they were still alive, jumping about.

The cooks' method was simple: fresh seafood was steamed in a pot and eaten once cooked; just looking at it made it seem incomparably delicious.

Guo Gui was so angry he nearly shattered his back teeth!

He, the Prefect, was eating steamed buns in his residence, yet this group of lowly Northern Frontier soldiers had fish and meat, eating a hundred times better than him.

Outrageous!

Too outrageous!

The Northern Frontier Army's "gourmet attack" for several days in a row made the Yuan Family Army trapped in the city extremely envious.

Everyone crowded on the city wall every day, watching the Northern Frontier Army below eating and drinking, so hungry they almost gnawed the wall skin off.

"The Northern Frontier Army is so lucky, they have chicken, fish, and seafood."

"Unlike us, we are issued three black-flour buns mixed with wild vegetables every day, and they're even made with moldy flour."

"Following the Prince of Northern Suppression is truly a blessing."

The morale of the Yuan Family Army began to waver.

Just then, a huge buzzing sound suddenly came from the sky.

The garrison soldiers crowded on the city wall all looked up in unison, instantly stunned into speechlessness!

"What is that?"

In the sky, a gray "iron bird" flew over.

Hanging beneath the iron bird was actually a fragrant Roast Chicken!

The aroma of the Roast Chicken drifted with the wind.

The Yuan Family Army soldiers were trapped in the city, their daily food was only moldy buns, and they weren't even full; they hadn't touched meat in nearly a year, and now, suddenly seeing a fragrant Roast Chicken, their eyes all turned green.

"My god, there's a Roast Chicken!"

"This Roast Chicken is made so beautifully, the skin is roasted to a bright red, one look and you know it was roasted by a master chef, it must be delicious."

"Chicken... Chicken, you are too beautiful!"

The Yuan Family Army soldiers went completely crazy!

Having not smelled meat for a year, they ignored military regulations one after another, raising their Spears and Bow and Arrow, throwing them desperately at the "iron bird" in an attempt to knock the Roast Chicken down.

"Come down quickly, we want to eat the Roast Chicken."

However, the "iron bird" was exceptionally sturdy and was not afraid of Bow and Arrow at all.

It circled once in the air, as if showing off on purpose, and then flew off the city wall at a leisurely pace, heading toward the camp of the Northern Frontier Army.

The soldiers of the Yuan Family Army rushed to the top of the city wall, shouting desperately.

"Come back, come back quickly."

Below the city wall.

Xiao Dabao was remote-controlling the Drone, carrying the Roast Chicken as it circled the Shiya City wall, then he made the Drone fly back.

Seeing the Yuan Family Army on the city wall falling into a frenzy, a lewd grin appeared on his face.

"Trying to starve us to death outside the city, are you? I'll make you die of craving!"

Xiao Dabao retrieved the Drone and hurriedly asked Xiao Moting, who was standing to the side.

"Prince, will this do?"

Xiao Moting nodded and looked up at the frantically surging Yuan Family Army.

"That is enough; their morale will collapse very soon."

This was his strategy: to shake the morale of the defenders of Shiya City.

A thousand-mile embankment collapses from an ant hole.

Although Shiya City is very sturdy, once the morale within the city is shaken, the fall of the city is not far off.

On the city wall.

Guo Gui watched his soldiers going mad and roared in anger.

"What kind of behavior is this? A single Roast Chicken is enough to make you forget military discipline!"

The Military Advisor pointed at several of the soldiers who were making the most noise.

"Drag them away and deal with them according to military law."

After roaring, he also could not help but swallow hard.

He also wanted to eat the Roast Chicken.

Guo Gui's expression was gloomy, and his heart was filled with raging fire.

"That Xiao Moting, unable to break into Shiya City, is actually using such a treacherous scheme! He wants to shake my army's morale!"

Guo Gui turned his head and asked the soldiers behind him.

"Those few Northern Frontier Army soldiers locked in the Water Prison, have they confessed the whereabouts of the Goddess?"

"Prefect, this group of Northern Frontier Army soldiers has not confessed anything at all. The jailers used severe torture and even beat several of them to death, but none of them would say a single word about the Beijiang Goddess."

"Especially the youngest one, whose bones are the hardest; not only does he refuse to speak, but he is as fierce as a wolf cub, saying... saying that if you dare to harm the Goddess, he will definitely slaughter you and turn you into turtle soup..."

"Slap!"

Guo Gui slammed his palm onto the city wall, his face changing color in rage, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"This little brat, daring to be arrogant in front of me! I want to see just how hard his bones really are!"

"Sever the tendons in his hands and feet, and gouge out his eyeballs!"

"Yes."

Just then, the Military Advisor hurriedly called out.

"Wait."

He leaned in toward Guo Gui, "Isn't there still some of the National Preceptor's Talisman Water left? Feed it to them and make them go mad."