In fact, in these battles, the rat tribe still has the upper hand, but the corpses stopped attacking near the underground palace, which means that the rat tribe seemed to have known some information in advance and retreated. Otherwise, why would they retreat when the situation was so good? It can be seen that other rat tribes also learned about our situation and reported the news, so they stopped attacking when they knew we were coming back soon.

However, judging from the progress, it took us about an hour to return from Taoyuan Mountain, but they only fought from outside the cave entrance to the vicinity of the dungeon area. It can be seen that the degree of this attack was also quite strenuous. Although they had the advantage, it took a lot of time and energy after all. If we, the reinforcements, came to help the ants, they would certainly not be able to bear it. Therefore, it is reasonable for them to retreat.

Afterwards, Hu Lingshang left the cave first with the little red fox, saying that she would return to the post station to find me. Yunwen and I were the only ones staying in the cave for the time being. We had just reunited but had to part again. This was the saddest thing for both of us at the moment. I hugged her tightly, and the longing for many days poured out at this moment. I held her in my arms, and she also hugged me tightly, and the two of us hugged each other in silence for a long time.

Although I had countless things to say to her during the time when she was not around, now I am afraid that talking too much will affect the precious time I have with her. I just want to accompany each other quietly and cherish the time we can hug each other.

Life and death are so common in this place that we all feel that being alive for the next moment is a great gift.

"Let's go back quickly, otherwise if something happens at the post station, we will have no chance of winning." Yunwen slowly left my arms and said softly.

I nodded, gently stroked her face, and said, "Okay."

We slowly let go of each other. She smiled, which was really very touching. She said, "Zhou Bo, I want to make something clear to you. You are honest and will listen to our words to some extent, but you should also make some judgments. Song Bailu is too selfish after all. You should just listen to her words and don't take them to heart. Sister Lingshang's feelings for you are no less than mine. She likes you very much, too. Otherwise, she should have hated you to death because of the countless foxes who died because of you. But she never did, right?"

I nodded and sighed.

"Sister Lingshang is doing this for your own good. If she wanted to harm us, how could we have survived until now? When you go back this time, you must be of one mind with her and stop doubting her. Especially don't listen to Song Bailu's lies and attempts to sow discord. Only in this way can we win the battle and I can go back soon so that we can stay together." Yunwen said.

"Okay, for your sake, I will try my best and never doubt again. I will try to bring you back as soon as possible." I said emotionally.

She gently touched my face and looked at me with deep affection, but then she held back and said, "It's almost dawn, you should go back soon, take a good rest and take care of yourself, and talk to me on Shixin if you have anything to say."

I nodded and got on the flying ant immediately. She waved her hand with tears in her eyes. I also sighed and waved my hand and left. I didn't know if we would meet again after this separation.

She must have instructed the flying ant, and the flying ant carried me several times, out of the tiankeng, and took me directly back to the post station, and sent me back to the backyard. After tossing and turning all night, we finally returned to the original place, and the flying ant also flew back.

I went back to the house from the backyard and went upstairs. I saw two girls sleeping in the room. They were Lingshang and Bailu. I slept in the first bed. Lingshang didn't fall asleep yet, so she came close to me. I whispered, "Where's Huahua?"

Ling Shang buried her head in my chest and whispered, "Buried. It's my favorite child, but it's too curious about the world. Maybe because of this, other foxes are fine, but it's the only one in trouble."

"My condolences." I gently touched her hair and said soothingly.

She hummed softly, and then we were both exhausted and fell asleep.

In the next two or three days, perhaps because Mei Sanniang did not gain much benefit from invading the ant tribe, she disappeared without a trace. Now that Hu Lingshang has returned to the house, Mei Sanniang dare not come to the backyard to take a bath or do anything to me. For a while, the Lord of the Ghost Cave seemed to have disappeared. I think she was afraid that we would go out to fight her, so she hid in the Taoyuan Mountain area. After all, it is the nature of mice to hide and sneak out occasionally.

But this does not mean that she will not appear again, because we all know that the seven-day deadline is her final lifespan. If she does not find the right opportunity to find her heart within this time period, then she will not be able to survive in the world and I am afraid she will disappear into thin air. She will definitely appear again, but we don't know when she will come and what she is preparing recently.

Ever since Ling Chang returned to the house, Song Bailu no longer dared to gossip about me from time to time, and used words like betrayal to scare and threaten me. This post station now has a check and balance, and life has become much better. As long as Song Bailu keeps quiet, I don't need to worry too much.

It was during this period of time that the city wall was completed. It was about four meters high and two meters wide, and it was built from the wall of the watchtower to twenty to thirty meters outside the west side of the post station. After it was basically completed, it was isolated from the dangerous jungle, and ordinary wild beasts could not get in. In addition, I let the hyena people dig from left to right, like digging a canal, thus forming a canal in the city not far from the city wall, and then let the worker ants who came to help dig holes underground and dig through the pipes until the water in the downstream area of ​​the spring pool could be poured in.

As a result, the water in the downstream area is diverted and poured into the channel pit in the city through the pipes dug by the worker ants. The water level reaches roughly halfway up the pit. In this way, if there is heavy rain for several days in a row, the city will not be over-flooded. The accumulated water will cause inconvenience to crops and daily life, as there is a special drainage system.

If the water level in the canal is too high, it will flow to the downstream of the spring pool, and the water downstream will flow to other rivers, which can basically solve the problem of water accumulation. In addition, the opening of the canal also makes it convenient for the hyena people to get water and drink. There will be obvious tunnels where the canal is opened, so a bridge is also built on it. The frame is welded using an iron frame, and then cement is poured in to form a bridge deck, piers, and bridge. The distance is not far, only about six or seven meters in length, so it is not complicated. The bridge deck can allow five people to pass at the same time without falling into the canal pit.

In addition, the blacksmith hyenas were asked to make cylindrical sewage pipes with connecting ports, which were placed under the pipes dug by the ants to prevent the channels from collapsing and getting blocked over time. Having the sewage pipes would be a little better.

In addition to the drainage system, there were two things from Song Yingchun. The first was the Zhuge Crossbow. Bai Lu might have been satisfied with my previous performance, so she spent a lot of effort and finally repaired the Zhuge Crossbow. She hung it on the city wall and gate tower, guarding it in shifts. At the same time, she arranged for the blacksmith shop to forge crossbow arrows that met the specifications, and used the model to make iron-headed wooden arrows.

Bai Lu also tried to repair the other big robot, but it is still in progress.

As the canal was opened and water became more convenient, the hyenas were no longer willing to live on the slope. Having mastered the methods of earth and stone infrastructure, they also began to build houses under the city. However, they had to build houses according to the area I planned, using basically the same method as the city wall. A number of earthen houses were built, and I just happened to give them the bunk beds in the iron frame dormitories for use.

There were thirteen bunk beds, about for eleven families, one for each person. I had the blacksmiths dismantle the remaining two and remake them into some cold weapons for the now unified guard squad to use.

Some of the clothes in the closet were used to make bags, and Bai Lu helped to make ten sets of clothes that fit the hyenas for the guards to use. In this way, basically all the defense measures were ready. Now the ten male hyenas must do morning exercises with me in the morning. After the training, they will be assigned tasks. Some will patrol, some will guard the city, and the female hyenas will also have their own arrangements, which is basically the same as before.

Yunwen's two personal maids, "Xiaoying" and "Xiaochun", also help me supervise all the hyena people on weekdays, and will inform me if there is anything unusual.

Therefore, everyone was basically in agreement and ready, just waiting for the war to begin.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye. Lingshang, Bailu and I walked up the stairs of the city gate tower to the city gate. When the hyena guards saw me, they saluted. I saluted in return and then stuck the Roaring Tiger flag in my hand into the prepared hole on the tower.

The wind blows and the flags flutter.

All the hyena people, and even all the creatures outside the city, seemed to be looking here, and the world suddenly became quiet.