After a few more days, the people who had fled south with the Sixth Regiment also came back secretly, especially when they learned that the current city lord of Mucheng was actually the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu, the people exhaled and laughed and said: "If other people are worried, but he is the city lord, we don't have to worry, this person is the incarnation of a powerful ghost, and the dog will definitely be afraid." They also heard that Zhang Xiaowu led three hundred warriors to burn the thorn forest and slaughter the dogs, and on the way back, they saw thousands of corpses of the dogs, and they immediately became more trusted, and they returned to live in Mucheng one after another.

In fact, at this time, the alien army with the Wuhuan people as the core is storming the Jincheng camp, another important place in the Yajin granary, and the military advisor Gu Yong is not a wine bag and rice bag like the crown prince. And the defeat of Yegu Chashi made the upper echelons of Wuhuan clearly realize that the Han army still had the strength to fight, and if it did not destroy the Han army in Jincheng, it would face the danger of being attacked by the enemy in the south.

Moreover, their next opponent is the White Tiger Legion, the most powerful forbidden army of the Holy Han Empire, if they can't defeat Jincheng, they will lose all strategic advantages. As a result, the alien alliance concentrated all its forces to attack Jincheng, and temporarily gave up its plan to go south, and Mucheng became a quiet place for the time being.

However, Mucheng is surrounded by grasslands or woodlands, and there is no natural danger to be used as a place to be prepared, and it is not even as good as Tucheng with its back against the Jialan River. According to the experience of Tucheng, Zhang Xiaowu decided to dig four tunnels in the four directions of southeast, northwest and north, and if it was unfavorable to defend the city, they could abandon the city from the four tunnels and escape, and this task was handed over to the garrison battalion.

Zu Gongmao, Shen Lindong, and Cao Li were confused at first, and then listened to Zhang Xiaowu's explanation, and then realized the importance of the tunnel, and they all said that the garrison camp had been idle in the past few days, and they just took this opportunity to train the soldiers. So the soldiers of the garrison camp became moles, digging tunnels in turn every day, and even dug up an ancient tomb of the Roland people, but fortunately there were no big seeds, only thin burial corpses, which caused a burst of abuse from everyone.

On the fifteenth day of Zhang Xiaowu's tenure as the lord of Mucheng, the scouts searched and rescued a person who claimed to have important news, and Chen Guanxi brought him to Zhang Xiaowu.

Zhang Xiaowu fixed his eyes and said in shock: "Ruan Sima, Lord Ruan, why are you?" ”

This person is the marching Sima Ruan Qingwen, the right-hand man of the military advisor Gu Yong, and the only senior bureaucrat Zhang Xiaowu who came into contact with him in Jincheng in the past. Ruan Qingwen also found out that the garrison envoy of Mucheng was actually Zhang Xiaowu, the schoolmate of the dead soldier battalion, and he was even more surprised and said: "Within two months, you actually became a garrison envoy, and you are indeed a capable person." ”

"Two and a half months." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, and ordered Ruan Qingwen to prepare food left and right, it seems that Lord Sima is really hungry and hungry.

Ruan Qingwen hurriedly shook his head and said, "Master Zhang, don't be in a hurry to eat and drink, I have something you have to do." ”

Zhang Xiaowu's eyes rolled, knowing that this Ruan Sima should have come to ask for help, but asking for help from his own soldiers and horses was inevitably a bit of a joke, so he should have asked himself for some food, so he smiled and said: "Lord Ruan, please say, if I can do it, I will do it, and if I can't do it, I will have money to contribute and make a strong contribution." ”

"If you can't do it, you have to do it. Lord Zhang, you must send reinforcements to rescue Jincheng, you must rescue Jincheng, otherwise...... Otherwise, ......" Ruan Qingwen said excitedly, "Lord Zhang, at this moment, the lives of tens of thousands of people in Jincheng, the honor of the Qinglong Army, and the honor of the empire are all maintained in your hands." ”

Hu Li, Xiao Kai and other generals changed their faces, rescuing Jincheng, this request is a bit too much, their Mucheng defenders are just a ragtag army, the number is only more than 10,000 people, can they beat hundreds of thousands of alien troops?

Zhang Xiaowu smiled slightly, he didn't expect that Ruan Sima had been exhausted to such a point, and even his own soldiers and horses on behalf of the garrison had to be borrowed. This request was too difficult for them, Zhang Xiaowu did not immediately refuse, nor did he accept it immediately, but asked, "Lord Ruan, is this a military order?" ”

Ruan Qingwen was anxious and said: "Yes, the military order, the words of the military advisor, it is the military order." ”

Hu Li felt wrong when he heard it, and immediately interjected to interrupt Ruan Qingwen, and said with a grin: "I remember that military orders can only be issued by the commander-in-chief, right?" The commander of the Qinglong Army is the crown prince, not the military advisor Gu. Lord Ruan, since it is a military order, is there a tiger talisman official document? Don't let us run for more than ten days to fight with people in Yashan as soon as you close your mouth, we are also born and raised by grandmothers, their lives are lives, and our lives are not lives? ”

"What nonsense, you." Xiao Kai teased, "You talk the most nonsense, but Lord Sima, to transfer the garrison army in Mucheng, you must have a tiger talisman military order, otherwise you will leave your post without permission, right, Lord Garrison?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled slightly, and said in his heart that these two brothers did a good job, and they deserved to be the "old nursery" with tacit understanding, so he nodded and said: "Ruan Sima, you see, the Tiger Fu official document is not there, and the army's heart is difficult to decide, has Gu Junshi ever given you that official document for the order?" ”

Ruan Qingwen was stunned for a moment, he was already lucky to be able to escape from Jincheng, how could he take the Tiger Fu official document with him, and suddenly said urgently: "The tens of thousands of troops and people in Jincheng are more important than a Tiger Fu official document?" That's our fellow saints, your comrades-in-arms! ”

"What a compatriot robe, what a compatriot robe." Zhang Xiaowu suddenly sneered, when he was in Tucheng, if the military advisor ordered that it must be rescued, how could Tucheng fall. Since the military advisor didn't rescue Tucheng at the beginning, and now that he is in trouble, what face does he have to ask the people of Tucheng to rescue Jincheng. He took a few deep breaths, showed a weird smile, and asked lightly, "Lord Ruan, do you know my past?" ”

Ruan Qingwen didn't quite understand what he meant, and said: "I know that you, known as the ghost general, are the only general in the Sixth Regiment who can lead the army into battle. ”

Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said solemnly: "What happened to me before the Sixth Regiment, you should know, I am the captain of the 27th Regiment, and my boss is Shi Jing, the general of the 27th Regiment who was not rescued by the military advisor and the crown prince, Shi Jing." He pointed to the door and said with a smile: "He died at the gate of the north gate, crashed into the city wall and killed himself, you should understand what I mean, right?" ”

Ruan Qingwen's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he was speechless when he pointed at him for a long time, he naturally knew Zhang Xiaowu's experience, and even more knew what he meant. In his mind, heaven and man were at war, thinking about how to answer, but in the end, his fingers fell heavily, and he sighed, as if talking to himself and as if he was saying to Zhang Xiaowu: "Twenty-seventh regiment! Alas...... Twenty-seventh regiment! I never thought that harming others would end up harming myself! ”