When he saw the man shouting at the gate clearly through the telescope, Guru waved his hand and said, "Open the gate!"

"Master Gulu, who is that?" Baker asked curiously.

"Vulture, the first warrior under Lord Wulai." Gulu replied.

"The first warrior..." Baker was startled and raised the telescope again, only to see that the man who called the door had turned around on his horse. He was startled again and thought that he would be able to see him soon anyway, so there was no need to rush.

After a while, Baker saw the true appearance of the vulture - tall, bald, thin face, short whiskers on the lower jaw, bright eyes, and the lines of his brows, nose, and lips were as neat as if they were cut by a knife.

After a while, Baker realized that the more than 100 vehicles led by Vulture were almost all of Woolley's assets in Seneca City.

"Master Gulu." After the last carriage entered the town, Vulture walked back to Gulu quickly, "Thank you for your help."

"It's okay, we are all family." Gulu waved his hand quickly. It was Loli and Sibanok's suggestion that Vulture lead Wu Lai's core team and property in Seneca to Salt Marsh Town. However, this was also out of the need to protect Wu Lai's family assets. Firstly, Wu Lai's whereabouts were unknown, and secondly, the situation in the Red Valley Bay Fortress was not optimistic. Once broken through by the enemy, Seneca and Armenia would inevitably bear the brunt. It was hard to say whether they could be preserved at that time.

"Is there any new news about the young master?" Although he knew the chances were slim, Vulture still couldn't help but ask.

Guru's face darkened and he shook his head slowly.

When the vulture saw this, his heart sank even more.

"Lord Wulai will be fine. By the way, Marlon will be here soon." Seeing that Vulture looked unhappy, Guru comforted him. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You didn't leave anyone in Seneca, did you?"

"Yes." Vulture frowned. "Young master's stepmother, Lady Leah, insisted on staying with Miss Tina. My repeated requests were useless, so I had to obey her." Although Lady Leah was not welcome by Wu Lai, her status as the master in Baishi Building was obvious, so Vulture could not force her. He just followed Loli and Siban Oak's suggestions and took the new Daishan boy, skilled craftsmen and some key tools and materials away. The money, food and workshop were left to Lady Leah and her daughter.

"This is a bit inappropriate." Guru raised his eyebrows slightly, "I'll arrange for someone to ask again later. In case there is any problem in the future, Master Wu Lai..."

"I didn't think it through properly." Vulture nodded. "I don't need to trouble Master Gulu to arrange the manpower. I will do it myself."

"Okay, I almost forgot to tell you that Lord Wu Lai's adopted son, David Grindel, is currently in Lovington purchasing supplies and will be back in a few days. Although Lord Wu Lai is not here right now, I think if you have anything, you can discuss it with him." Guru reminded.

"Okay." Vulture nodded. "Thank you, Master Gulu. When I passed by Assyria, Mistress Loli asked me to convey my greetings to you."

Lolita mistress? After a moment of shock, Guru understood that if his sister didn't use this title, she wouldn't be able to be Wu Lai's mistress. You know, Wu Lai has a lot of properties under his name.

…

A few days later in the evening, Woolley and Shelley appeared on the horse trail again, but this time they were no longer in Kimo's territory. Instead, they had passed the pass for more than a hundred miles and entered the territory of Hulett, adjacent to Kimo, and the area of ​​Phoebe City, which was now controlled by the original Hulett Fifth Legion.

After discovering a row of their own portraits pasted in the gate of the pass, in order not to attract attention, Woolley and Shelley decisively abandoned the ox cart after passing the pass, and then plunged into the jungle on the side of the road with dry food on their backs. Although the journey along the ridge during these days was much more difficult than the tortuous horse trail, it was relatively much safer.

"Wu Lai, do you think there will be checkpoints ahead where they will compare our portraits one by one?" Shelley asked in a low voice while taking a break.

"There must be some, but don't worry too much. I took the mountain road because I thought it would be easier. I didn't want to make it too troublesome. Besides, their portraits don't look like us now at all." Wu Lai said with a smile. Although there were not many suitable things at hand, he still managed to make himself and Shelley look like a peasant couple in their thirties with ordinary looks without any flaws.

"There's a town not far ahead. Shall we go into the town?" Shelley asked.

"Not only come in, but also stay for a few days." Wu Lai said with a smile.

…

If we trace back nearly a thousand years, White Shield Mountain belonged to the Kimoans. After taking over this natural barrier of White Shield Mountain, the Hurlites drove the Kimoans to the current border pass area in one fell swoop, which truly established the Hurlit territory.

But now White Shield Mountain is Helen's territory. The 120,000 troops of the Front and Middle Armies have set up camps for more than ten miles in White Shield Mountain. There is an endless stream of carriages transporting food and fodder, and flags are everywhere...

Today is the fifth day since Helen came to White Shield Mountain. The generals have submitted their letters of request for battle again and again, but Helen still remains on the sidelines. The front and middle armies of the Tianjuan Empire are still okay, but Jiachi and Limoli are getting restless. Although Jiachi and Limoli's troops have now been reorganized into the Left Army of the Tianjuan Empire, and both of them have been granted the title of second-class duke and each received a large city to establish a duchy, these benefits were obtained in a way that seemed like cheating, especially after seeing the tremendous power of the Tianjuan Army's chariot formation, both of them felt that they should make some more contributions to the empire before they could feel at ease.

So, the two of them jointly submitted a letter of request to join the war in the name of Zuo Jun.

Helen's reply was just one sentence: "Don't worry."

Helen, who said this, was actually more anxious than the generals, because she knew very well that although there was a rear army to support the retreat and the newly-appointed dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons were also playing a role, it was absolutely a pipe dream to judge that the currently occupied territories would be stable and peaceful forever. Conquering was one thing, and governing was another. If the accumulated problems were too many and too acute, then the territories swallowed by Tianjuan would not be delicacies, but a bowl of deadly poison.

Therefore, Helen decided to wait for a while, waiting for the response from the messenger she sent to the Hurrian occupied area. If one or two more legions were willing to pledge allegiance, she could take over some more territory without bloodshed, and then use these "surrendered troops" as the vanguard to sweep across the Hurrians and then launch a large-scale attack on Assyria.

If the remnants of Hurlit and Kimor choose to resist, then the entire army will be dispatched at the same time to crush them at all costs, divide and divide these stubborn resisters, and drive them all into the Assyrian Gorge. At that time, these guys will either jump into the Athanasius River to end their lives, or they will capture the Red Valley Bay regardless of casualties, and then march straight into Assyria to completely disrupt it.

If she could choose, Helen would be happy to see the first situation, which has low consumption and good effect. After bombarding the Hongguwan Fortress with a powerful weapon such as a catapult, she would send the "surrender army" into Assyria to wreak havoc, while the main force of the Tianjuan Army would stay in the canyon to slowly build the pass. If the "surrender army" progressed smoothly, Tianjuan could reap the benefits. If the "surrender army" was defeated, the Assyrian territory would inevitably suffer heavy losses. By then, the Tianjuan Army would not need much consumption to crush the dying Assyria.

Of course, even in the second case, Helen can eventually achieve her goal, but the consumption is something Helen does not want to see.

But she was ready to accept it.

…

That evening, in Gulu's dormitory in Salt Marsh Town, Gulu, Marlon, Vulture, El and others listened carefully to David's introduction.

"...My idea is that no matter how great the difficulties are, my father's private island territory must be built and completed, and then the people he wants to protect and his close relatives must be sent to the private territory." David said.

Gulu nodded and said, "Your idea is good. The current situation is unclear. Many of our businesses are about to stop. We have excess manpower, and there are many slaves in Salt Marsh Town that can be purchased and hired at affordable prices. So why not invest our resources in Wulai's island and build it up as soon as possible? Just in case... just in case something happens in the future, we will have more ways to retreat."

"Recruit more people, especially carpenters, for future shipbuilding." Vulture suggested.

Ma Long hesitated for a while and said, "Then, do we not want Salt Marsh Town anymore?"

"Yes." Gulu frowned and sighed softly, "This is also Wu Lai's hard work, we can't throw it away..."

At the same time, on a wooden tower in the Shitan camp, Sain was observing the gap with a telescope. Behind him, besides two deputy generals, there was also a young man in a simple gray robe.

This was the first time that Saiyin had touched this thing in his hand, and he was extremely surprised.

"What a great thing." Sai Yin praised.

"My master took great pains to get this telescope from the Assyrian territory." The gray-robed man smiled and said, "He sent me to give it to the general in the hope that I can help him. Of course, our help is not limited to this."

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"Thank your master for me." Saiyin turned around and said, "But I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint him. You came from Kimo, so you naturally know what happened recently. To tell you the truth, I didn't move my troops, not because I was not sure I could capture the enemy camp on the cliff, but because I was following orders."

At this point, the anger that had been pent up in Saiyin's chest for a long time could not help but ignite - a few days after the central army and the right army left, he submitted the battle plan against the gap camp to General Trajan. He believed that with his own battle deployment, he would definitely get the support of General Trajan.

Things turned out just as he had expected. General Trajan praised his plan highly and made a decision immediately, saying that he would report to the military department immediately to mobilize troops to station on the other side of the Shitan camp, and after Sayin broke through the gap camp, he would immediately march straight in.

Sein was naturally very happy, but just when he had arranged all the battle deployments and rehearsed the details over and over again with his lieutenants and generals until he was full of confidence, General Trajan's instructions came - because the Third and Fifth Legions were resting, the territory did not have enough troops for the time being, so he had to hold on and wait.

This undoubtedly poured a bucket of cold water on their heads, but it also made Saiyin very helpless, because without follow-up troops entering, it would be useless even if his isolated army captured the enemy camp and opened the passage. Thinking back to when his father Liehuo dared to raid the gap first, it was because he knew that the follow-up troops would arrive soon.

Therefore, Sein had no choice but to keep his troops in place while continuing to submit letters of request for battle. However, he waited and waited, and unexpectedly received the news that half of the Hulit territory in Kimo had fallen. Now the situation in the Hulit territory was turbulent, two-sevenths of the troops were gone, and they were attacked from all sides. How could there be troops coming? "I think that if the general does not want to obey this order, he can do so at any time. Loyalty to the territory is not more important than revenge for his father." The gray-robed man smiled and said.

This sentence undoubtedly hit Saiyin's heart hard. As a young generation, he did not put the territory first in everything like his father Liehuo. Instead, he paid more attention to the prosperity of the family because he felt that this was the most important thing.

Seeing Sai Yin's face suddenly become serious, the gray-robed man smiled and said, "Before I came here, I visited the general's Lanting mansion. General Liehuo passed away, and the Lanting clan has high hopes for the general. I hope the general will not let them down."

Sai Yin frowned fiercely and asked word by word: "Tell me, who is your master?"

"Emperor Tianjuan, the future ruler of the continent, Her Majesty Helenpetra." The gray-robed man smiled and replied.

…

When Shelley cleared the cups and plates and walked out of the house, Woolley was sitting on a dead log in the yard, hugging his knees, looking up at the two bright moons in the sky.

Shelley walked over to Wu Lai and squatted down: "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight."

"Yeah, I haven't looked at them like this for a long time," Woolley replied.

"Wu Lai, I suddenly felt that it might be nice for the two of us to live in this shabby little courtyard for the rest of our lives." Shelley said seriously as he sat down.

"Do you really think so?" Wu Lai turned his head curiously.

Shelley nodded and rested her chin on Woolley's shoulder: "There's nothing wrong with this."

"No." Woolley shook his head. "Remember what we saw when we walked in here?"

"Oh, don't say that. I just forgot about it with great difficulty, and now you bring it up again." Shelley pouted and punched Wu Lai on the waist with her fist.

"If we were really an ordinary pair of civilians, when those villains rushed in, we would have ended up like the original owner of this house." Wu Lai said. The town they were in now had suffered a major war disaster. Even if it couldn't be said that nine out of ten houses were empty, it was almost the same. The owner of this small courtyard and his family of four were all killed. When the two of them sneaked in here, their bodies were lying on the left side of the courtyard wall. Judging from the wounds and the way the bodies lay, they were ordered to stand in a row and then killed from behind.

In fact, Wu Lai considered moving to another place to live, but after wandering around for a while, he gave up because there were corpses in every empty yard. Among these corpses were women, children, and young men. Most of them were stabbed to death in the back. Some had their heads separated from their bodies, or their legs and hands were chopped off. They could be seen basically everywhere.

Wu Lai even found a pile of corpses in a pub, most of them were boys and girls, and they had obviously been violently violated before they died, so that...

Finally, Wu Lai decided to stay in the small courtyard where he lived now, because it was at the edge of the town, with the mountains behind it and a stream beside it, which was better than living next to the pile of corpses in the town, even though someone was actually collecting the corpses.

So, after burying the four bodies, Wu Lai and Shelley settled down. Every day, Wu Lai would leave Shelley in the yard for a while, and he would go into the town to get information. Occasionally, he would help others do something...

"So when can we leave?" Shelley asked.

"We have to wait for a while. The Tianjuan Army is stationed in Baidun Mountain. We have to take a detour, which may add a month to the journey, and it will be difficult to replenish supplies along the way. So before we set off, we have to find a way to get more dry food." Wu Lai replied.

"Well, I'll listen to you." Shelley hugged his waist, and the moonlight cast their shadows obliquely on the ochre-colored earth wall...