After two days and two nights of hard work, the collapsed city wall was finally rebuilt. The prefect also asked the craftsmen to make two cannons according to the drawings and placed them on both sides of the city wall.
The sun rose, and just as the guards on the city wall were preparing to change their guard, someone suddenly rode a horse in the canyon and quickly approached the city gate.
The soldiers guarding the city quickly took off the bows and arrows on their backs. If they found something wrong, they would shoot the man to death with random arrows.
The man on horseback came to the city and shouted to the guard on the city gate: "The day before yesterday, I went with the captain to intercept the enemy's entourage. Now I have important enemy information to report to the gate master!"
A guard on the city gate leaned out to identify him carefully, and then said to his companion: "I was on duty the day before yesterday. This man indeed followed Lao Liu out of the city. Let him in."
Yes, the one riding the horse was Qiao Chengan who escaped alone.
The guard pulled up the city gate, let Qiao Chengan in, and then lowered the city gate. However, the moment the city gate fell, a yellow figure rushed in from the outside.
The soldier guarding the door was startled, but after a closer look, he realized it was a dog, so he didn't pay much attention.
After putting Qiao Cheng in, the leading soldier asked: "Where are the others?"
Qiao Chengyan pretended to be sad and said: "We were attacked by ancient ghosts. With the cover of others, I finally managed to break out of the encirclement and rush back to report the news."
The soldier frowned and asked hurriedly: "What do the ancient ghosts look like this time? How many are they?"
"Well……"
Qiao Chengan was stunned for a moment. When he escaped, the ancient ghosts had not yet appeared, so he had no idea what the enemies looked like or how many there were.
However, he turned his head and said immediately: "Before I left, Master Men specifically asked me to report anything to him personally, so I would like to trouble you to take me to see Mr. Men."
Qiao Chengan said that he would report to the adjutant in person, so the soldier naturally couldn't say anything more. He asked someone to take the horse back to the stable, and then led Qiao Chengan towards the barracks.
In the kitchen, Cui Er and the fat chef were discussing cooking skills. Cui Er looked at the ingredients on the table and said, "The weather has suddenly turned cold recently. What kind of food should I make to replenish the prefect's health?"
Just as he was talking, a yellow dog suddenly came out of the door and barked at the fat chef.
Cui Er was overjoyed and murmured excitedly: "By the way, I heard that dog meat is very nourishing, so let's make some dog meat soup for the prefect."
After saying that, he took the kitchen knife and walked around behind the yellow dog, and then slowly approached.
The fat chef recognized the dog that rushed into the kitchen as Dou Bao at a glance. Seeing Cui Er was about to attack Dou Bao, he rushed over, picked up Dou Bao and said, "This dog cannot be killed!"
Cui Er said nonchalantly: "It's just a dog, there's nothing you can't kill."
The fat chef ignored him, but listened carefully to Doubao's screams. Although he couldn't understand the language, they were still ghosts and they could communicate simply through their spirits.
Seeing the expression on the fat chef's face becoming more and more solemn, Cui Er asked curiously: "Can you still understand dogs?"
The fat chef did not answer Cui Er's question, but said seriously: "My friends are in danger, and we must find a way to save them quickly!"
Cui Er's expression changed and he asked: "Are they those people who went out of the city with Lao Liu?"
The fat chef nodded.
"Let's go! I'll take you to find the prefect and ask the prefect to send troops to rescue people!"
After speaking, Cui Er took the fat chef to find the prefect and explained the situation. The prefect immediately called the captain and ordered him to lead troops to rescue the people.
But the captain said to the prefect calmly: "Sir, I think it is not appropriate to send troops at this time."
Hearing that the captain dared to directly refuse the order of the prefect, Cui Er said angrily: "I think you don't agree to send troops because of personal grudges!"
The captain sneered and said: "The strength of Loulan City is now severely damaged. It is difficult to hold on to the city, let alone send troops out of the city. I cannot put the entire Loulan City in danger just for a few people."
Cui Er waved his fist and said: "The few people you mentioned are fighting for Loulan City and the enemy, but you are abandoning them. If this continues, who will fight for Loulan City in the future!"
The captain immediately retorted: "Sending troops out of the city to fight the ancient ghosts will inevitably cause a lot of casualties. Aren't my soldiers' lives valuable? Also, when will it be the turn of a cook to give advice on military aircraft?"
"you!"
Cui Er was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he couldn't find a reason to refute.
Seeing Cui Er gritting his teeth and the prefect looking helpless, the captain was very proud.
In fact, just now, Adjutant Men had taken Qiao Chengan to report to him what happened outside the city.
Originally, he wanted to pretend that he didn't know what to do and let the captain and his gang fend for themselves. Unexpectedly, the prefect found out about it.
But he was not worried, because now he was the only commander left in Loulan City, and the female slave finally died in his hands.
He not only holds military power but also has a very high prestige in Loulan City, so now he doesn't take the prefect seriously at all.
It is not up to him alone to decide whether to send troops to rescue people!
The fat chef patted Cui Er on the shoulder and said, "Don't bother me. I'll handle my own affairs myself, but I still want to thank you. When I come back, we can study cooking together."
After saying that, he left the prefect's mansion without looking back, and Doubao who was guarding the door also ran out.
But when they reached the intersection, Doubao did not leave the city with the fat chef, but ran in another direction...
In the canyon.
The captain of ten and his nine soldiers fought hard to kill among the enemies. Although they seemed to be fighting independently, everyone could take into account the visual blind spots of their companions.
These ten people were simply a fortress capable of both offense and defense, firmly guarding the road to the canyon.
Although the scenario players are not as brave as the Ten-Human Captains, they are still more than enough to deal with some tribal warriors who have slipped through the net.
After a fierce fighting, the tribal warriors were wiped out.
Yan Huyi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "It seems that these ancient ghosts are not as powerful as imagined!"
Mo Shouchen shook his head, and then said with a solemn expression: "The ancient ghosts we just killed were only a few hundred at most. Compared with the number that attacked Loulan City two days ago, it seems a bit too few."
The ten-capion commander and his soldiers all maintained their fighting posture, and it seemed that the crisis had not been resolved.
Sure enough, not long after, there was a "crash, clatter, clatter" sound from the front, and then, a white figure appeared in everyone's sight.
"Skeleton soldiers?" Wang Guoqiang asked with a frown.
The captain standing at the front squinted his eyes and observed carefully, and then said: "They are not skeleton soldiers, they are a group of ancient ghosts wearing white bone armor."
It seems that the previously poorly equipped tribal warriors were just the advance troops, and the following ancient ghosts wearing bone armor and holding bone machetes were the highlight...
