The results of the summary meeting were gratifying, but the slope "created" by the demolition of the retaining wall when Hulett's First Corps withdrew also gave Woolley a headache, because this was equivalent to breaking his two lines of defense in one fell swoop. The earthen platform was gone, and the steep slope between the retaining wall and the earthen platform was gone. The current slope was so steep that the enemy did not even need a ladder to climb up, which was obviously a major hidden danger.

But Wu Lai couldn't find any good way to eliminate it for a while. There was no need to build another retaining wall. It would not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but would also lose its original meaning because the slope had become gentler.

After much deliberation, Wu Lai could only choose to build a fence with wood first, at least to prevent the enemy from attacking without any obstacles. According to Wu Lai's idea, this fence should have at least three layers, and the space between each layer should be filled with mud and stones and built tightly, otherwise the enemy can lick it with just a fire.

Building a wooden fence of this length is easier said than done, because although there is no shortage of suitable wood in the forest behind the defense zone, it takes more than a day or two to cut, transport and connect them together.

"If I were an enemy, there would be no way I would give my opponent time. So, everyone should work hard and stay vigilant at all times." After Wu Lai gathered all the team leaders together and explained the tasks to them, he couldn't help but frowned again.

If only I had an army of civilians, he sighed in his heart.

After the meeting, Woolley went to Shelley's tent because Shelley had said at the banquet that he had "something" to discuss with him tonight, and it was not "that kind of thing."

To be honest, Wu Lai was a little bit unconvinced.

When she saw Wu Lai coming in, Shelley greeted him with a smile, and with her pink arms around Wu Lai's waist, she warmly said, "My general, you are finally here. I thought you would break your promise."

"How could I break my promise? Is there any place in the Assyrian territory that I would rather stay than here?" Wu Lai said with a smile.

"Humph, I don't believe what you said. Your romantic affairs are well known in the Assyrian territory." Shelley's lips touched Wu Lei's chin lightly, and then left. "But don't expect me to love you to death like an ordinary woman."

"I've never hoped for that." Wu Lai smiled slightly, reached his hand into Shelley's robe and applied light force, and Shelley let out a pleasant moan from her nostrils.

"Oh, my general, don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Shelley hugged Woolley's neck very straightforwardly, "Let me talk to you about something serious first... Oh... OK, we'll talk later... Hold me tight, hold me tight..."

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The next morning, a flag was suddenly lowered in the Shitan camp of Hulett's First Legion. Dilument, who was supervising the work on the slope of the gap, saw it and hurried to report it to Wu Lai.

"Lower the flag?" After a moment's pause, Wu Lai suddenly remembered what Lini once said. The Hulett Legion had a custom - when a senior commander in the legion died in battle, the flag of his legion would be lowered to wrap his body. Other than that, the flag must be kept flying in the camp at any time.

"This is the greatest honor for a soldier. So, if I die on the battlefield someday in the future, you must remind the guys who collect my body to wrap me in the military flag and bury me." When Lini said this to Wu Lai, Wu Lai saw the seriousness in Lini's eyes, so he nodded silently.

Now, one of the three original flags in the enemy's Shitan camp is missing, and it is almost certain that one of the three guys who were injured yesterday has died.

"Come on, take me to see it." Wu Lai waved his hand and said to Di Lumen, while walking quickly out of the tent. After taking two steps, he said to the two guards on duty beside the curtain, "Go to the flag soldier area and invite Manggu and Mangku to the new fence area. I will wait for them there."

"Yes, General." The two guards saluted and responded loudly.

After a while, the Manggu brothers met Wu Lai at post No. 11.

Seeing the two brothers running towards him, Wu Lai waved with a smile. When the two brothers came closer, he handed his telescope to Mangu and said, "The Hulit Army is missing a flag today. Let's take a look and see what's going on."

"Okay." Manggu took it quickly, but he didn't know how to use it. Fortunately, Mangku beside him gave him some advice, so he didn't feel too embarrassed. After taking a look at it, his heartbeat immediately accelerated.

After being stunned for a while, Manggu put down the telescope with a look of surprise and turned around slowly: "General, it's Liehuo Lanting, the commander of the left army of the Hulit First Legion."

"General Liehuo Lanting?!" Mangku was also stunned. You know, although Liehuo was not the commander-in-chief of the legion, he was very famous and well-known in the Hulite territory. Now he died so "easily" on that rocky beach, which was too hard to accept.

"Are you sure?!" Wu Lai was delighted and couldn't help but ask another question.

"Yes, General, I am very sure, because except General Liehuo, no one is qualified to ask the Left Army to lower the flag. Of course, if the legion commander is killed in battle, it will not only be the Left Army that will lower the flag." Manggu replied quickly.

"Great!" Wu Lai slapped his palm heavily on a piece of wood. "Di Lumen, ask your messenger to call the other commanders to me. Oh, and ask a few quick people to go to the Kayikede Garrison Forest Contact Point six miles behind the defense zone and invite those lazy guys to me. Tell them that our Salt Marsh Army killed Liehuo Lanting, the left army commander of Hulit's First Legion yesterday!"

"Yes!" Di Lumen's voice was distorted with excitement, and the pitch was twice as high as before, sounding like an old rooster crowing.

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While the Salt Marsh Army was filled with joy, even the air in the Stone Beach Camp was filled with deep sorrow, because Hugo Simon was holding on to his injured body to hold a memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers - according to Hulett custom, if the fallen soldiers were cremated without a memorial ceremony, their souls would wander forever in a foreign land.

When reciting the eulogy aloud, Hugo Simon was so sad that he couldn't continue reading several times. This was the first time he showed his weak side in front of his soldiers, and he even choked up.

The reason for sobbing was not only sadness, but also fear - not only because of the loud noise, strange fire and amazing power on the dock platform yesterday, which could be attributed to the roar or blame of the gods. Now the priests in the army were still praying sincerely. He told Hugo Simon that the anger of the gods would subside. Therefore, what frightened Hugo Simon the most was the death of Liehuo and Nero's coma.

Yes, before dawn, when everyone was panicking about Liehuo's death, Nero slowly slid from his chair to the ground, unconscious. Hugo Simon almost thought that Nero was dead too. The priest and the military doctor were very sure that he just fainted, and Hugo Simon felt a little better, but the military doctor soon told him that Nero's condition was not optimistic.

After hearing the military doctor's words, Hugo Simon felt his head buzzing, as if he had been hit hard by a big stick.

Liehuo died of his injuries, and the commander of the Left Army was immediately vacant. Looking at the First Army, who else could take over the command of the Left Army? In other words, would the Left Army under the command of a new person still be the same as the one when Liehuo was alive?

And if Nero also...

Hugo Simon didn't dare to think any further. He suddenly felt that he shouldn't have come here...

After finally reading the memorial, Hugo Simon found that his back felt like it had just been pulled out of the water, and the wounds on his body were burning with pain...

"The deputy generals and lieutenant generals of the left, center, and right armies are responsible for handling the remains of the fallen soldiers in their respective armies. After cremation, the bones will be placed in boxes, marked with their names and places of origin, and shipped three days later..."

"Left, center, and right armies, each arrange 3,000 men to camp at the camp gate. For the next few days, suspend fighting. If you find the enemy sneaking into the camp, fight immediately without asking for permission..."

After explaining everything one by one, Hugo Simon wiped the sweat from his forehead and waved his hand weakly: "Everyone should take care of their own things..."

"General, the enemy is building fortifications intensively, and we have done nothing. This will be disadvantageous for future battles." A deputy general under Hugo Simon said in a low voice while taking the opportunity to support the general.

Hugo Simon sighed bitterly, and waited until he entered the tent before speaking softly: "You are right, but ordinary harassment is useless against an enemy like him. If we launch a large-scale attack, the morale is low and the people are panicking. The outcome is unpredictable. If we suffer a big loss again, how can I explain to General Trajan?"

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It is a good thing for the Salt Marsh Army that this "devil" of Hulett's First Legion has not made any movement for the time being. At least it can ease Wu Lai's tense nerves a little, because it means that the new fence can be built with one or two more layers, which will undoubtedly make the fence more useful in future battles. If there is more time, Wu Lai does not mind thickening the new fence and adding some devices to it to reduce the slope and bring convenience to the enemy.

"Each regiment should send out more people and hurry up to work." Wu Lai pointed at the enemy camp and said to the regiment leaders behind him, "A large number of enemy troops have set up camp behind the camp gate, which means they are taking a defensive position. It can be basically concluded that there will be no fighting in the next few days, so everyone should not let the enemy down."

All the team leaders laughed out loud immediately.

"General, please rest assured. I don't know whether other regiments are working hard or not, but our regiment guarantees that we will complete the tasks you assign to us perfectly." Red said, shaking his head.

"Go to hell with you, Red. Your regiment is a regiment, but ours is not a regiment? Let's see who can do it faster and better, do you dare?" Pu Tong glared and yelled.

"Yeah, the second group is also willing to compete with the first group." Huo Yi was not willing to stand on Red's side at this moment. Why? Red was too fond of attracting hatred...

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On this afternoon, Bailey was directing the laborers to tie up supplies at the entrance of the purchasing point. Tomorrow morning, he would have to send these things that Wu Lai urgently needed to the Gap Defense Zone. There were so many things that it might be too late if he waited until night to start tying them up. Moreover, the journey was so long that if something went wrong due to improper tying halfway, it would be Bailey's fault.

While he was busy, suddenly a small group of cavalrymen came riding from the other end of the street, shouting loudly at passers-by to get out of the way. Seeing this, Bailey quickly ordered the civilians to retreat to the side of the road.

"Pedestrians ahead, please get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The leading rider raised his whip high and shouted in a loud, rough voice all the way.

The second and third riders were dressed in the uniforms of lieutenant generals. Bailey looked at them and thought they looked familiar. Just as he was wondering where he had seen them before, the third rider slowed down his horse in front of him and shouted, "Bailey, your General Woolley has made a great contribution!"

"Ah?! Really?!" Bailey was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed.

"Yes! The day before yesterday, your General Wu Lai led the Salt Marsh Army to fight against the Demon Legion. Not only did he defeat the enemy, but he also killed their deputy general of the left army! Bailey, you are so lucky to be able to follow General Wu Lai. I envy you so much." The deputy general reined in his horse and stopped happily.

"I know about the Demon Legion, but what rank is the Deputy General of the Left Army?" Bailey couldn't help but ask.

"You don't know?" The deputy general laughed. "The deputy general of the left army is a famous general of Hulit, Liehuo Lanting! He is a tough guy who has fought against all the Assyrian legions. Many generals in the Assyrian territory are afraid of him. Only your general is so powerful that he not only defeated him but also killed him. Bailey, when you see your general Wu Lei one day, you must say a few good words for me and say that I am willing to follow him, become his subordinate, and make achievements. By the way, my name is Naples, Naples Bernacci."

Bailey was so excited that his head was buzzing and he couldn't even speak. He could only nod repeatedly.

"Then I'll go first. I have to report to the Consul and General Dette. I'll invite you to drink tonight." Naples really wanted to make friends. Seeing Bailey nod, he was naturally very happy. He shook the reins and left happily.

As soon as Napoli left, Bailey came back to his senses and waved to the civilians, "Hurry up and get busy. You just heard what my General Wu Lai is like. The demon army is afraid of him!"

As soon as the laborers nodded, the people around them burst into warm applause. Everyone had heard 90% of the conversation between Pele and Naples just now, and now they were applauding and cheering, making Pele feel a little embarrassed.

"Mr. Bailey, is your General Wu Lai still recruiting soldiers?" someone asked Bailey.

"I'm not an adult. I just serve General Woolley." After Bailey corrected him, he hesitated for a moment and nodded. "Recruit, the more the better. My General Woolley has a military academy in Kayiked! West Point Military Academy!"