The signal soldier walked quickly in front of Xu Kuang and handed the telegram in his hand to Xu Kuang.

"Okay.".

"What's wrong?" A group of counselors came together.

Xu Kuang handed the telegram to everyone and said:

"Ziyu really did it, and within a day, Xiangcheng Town was surrounded by water."

Xu Zheng frowned slightly and asked:

"In that case, what should the people of Orange Town do?"

Xu Kuang's face changed, he really hadn't thought about this problem.

Xu Zheng said to Xu Kuang:

"I suggest that the lord withdraw the troops on the north and west roads back ten kilometers."

Xu Kuang frowned and asked:

"But the gates are closed, and the people can't get out?"

Xu Zheng smiled:

"The lord must believe in the ability of the common people."

Xu Kuang thought seriously for a moment, and said to Xu Zheng:

"I can't make my own decisions about this matter, I'm not on the front line, I don't know the specific situation, I have to let Ziyu know about this matter, and listen to Ziyu's opinion."

Xu Zheng saluted Xu Kuang:

"This is as it should be.".

Xu Kuang informed Zhou Jin of this incident, and soon, Zhou Jin's telegram arrived.

There was only one word on the telegram: Yes.

Xu Kuang nodded, he looked at everyone and said:

"In that case, let the army retreat."

……

Frio and Victor looked at the retreating Mushroom Ridge army with a bewildered expression, both a little confused.

What they didn't know was that the retreating posture of the army had already been seen by the soldiers defending the city and the soldiers under the city.

Jack was one of the soldiers who defended the city.

In the evening, Jack got off work and did not return to the barracks, but secretly ran home.

Jack's wife saw Jack come back and was about to say something, but Jack covered her mouth.

Jack whispered:

"Don't speak, I say listen, the town of Orange is surrounded."

His wife's eyes widened.

Jack said:

"But the people of Mushroom Ridge have retreated again, you have to think of a way to quietly leave Xiangcheng Town with the old people and children at home."

The wife's brow furrowed, and she asked:

"How do we get out?".

Jack said to his wife:

"Look at who's house is close to the city wall, discuss with them, take them along, dig a tunnel in his house or something, you figure it out yourself, okay I should go back."

The wife looked at Jack speechlessly, but she couldn't help it, she knew that Jack must be telling the truth.

She hurriedly beckoned to the children, explained some things to them, and hurried out the door.

She came to the house in the far corner of the north of the city and knocked nervously on the door.

With a squeak, a small head poked out, and he saw Jack's wife, and asked:

"Is there something going on?".

Jack's wife laughed:

"Is your adult here, I have something to look for him."

Soon, a man with a broken leg came out on crutches.

He looked at Jack's wife unkindly and asked:

"Do you have something?".

Jack's wife asked:

"Can we go in and talk?".

"No, I can't."

"I have something very important to tell you."

"That can't either."

Jack's wife had no choice but to pull the man on crutches to a corner where there was no one and told the story of Mushroom Ridge's siege of Orange Town.

The man on crutches asked:

"So what do you want?".

Jack's wife said:

"Your house is the closest to the city wall, I'm going to dig a tunnel to escape, can you contribute the house, let's escape together, I can give you all the valuable things in my house ......."

The man on crutches frowned, as if in thought, and after a moment he said to Jack's wife:

"No need, I agree, you come back tomorrow after lunch and leave before curfew.".

Jack's wife immediately knelt down and said to the man on crutches:

"Thank you......".

The man on crutches frowned, and said:

"No, it's all poor people, don't use this set."

At noon, Jack's wife knocked on the door of the man on crutches again with her eldest son, who was about to become an adult.

The man on crutches looked at Jack's wife, then at his eldest son, and asked:

"No problem, right?".

Jack's wife only said:

"This is my son.".

The man on crutches said to Jack's wife:

"Come on in.".

The two entered the courtyard and found that the yard was actually full of wood.

The man on crutches led the two into the house, and the room was full of people.

The crutch man says:

"After you told me in the afternoon, I felt that I couldn't go alone, these people were invited by me. Without further ado, I'll assign it to you, the men are responsible for digging the tunnels, and the women are responsible for transporting the soil out, understand? ”。

Everyone nodded heavily.

Soon the crowd began to do it.

It was not only Jack's family who got the news, but also many soldiers who defended the city took advantage of the off-duty to tell their families the news, and for a time everyone showed their talents, digging tunnels, walking sewers, and swimming people diving from the waterway of the north gate, swimming directly to the Pearl River and being rescued by the army on the other side......

……

Seventeen days later, the man on crutches leaned against the wall of the tunnel, and gently pushed the top of the tunnel with his cane, and a small hole was directly pushed out of the top, and a beam of light came in.

Two or three men hurriedly lifted the man on crutches and let the man on crutches observe the outside through the small hole.

The man on crutches looked carefully and saw that the city had been dug out, and it was already far from the city walls.

The man on crutches asked the crowd to let him go, and they immediately looked at him expectantly.

"It's finished, it's been dug out of the walls."

The crowd wanted to cheer, but the man on crutch immediately stopped them.

The man said to the men, first fill in this place, so that it will not be discovered, and we will go back and discuss what to do.

Everyone seems to be led by a man on crutches at this moment, and when a man on crutches speaks at this moment, they naturally dare not have any disobedience.

The group returned to the messy living room.

The man on crutches said:

"Dozens of us dug for 17 days, three shifts, day and night, but I estimate that it is about 100 meters out. At this distance, the lord's cavalry can easily catch up with us, so we must not be detected. ”。

The man on crutches looked at Jack's wife:

"Jenny, you said your man was patrolling the city walls, right?"

Jenny, that is, Jack's wife, nodded hurriedly.

"Well, I want you to find your husband and ask him how the soldiers on the walls will react if we are found at night?".

Jenny nodded.

The man on crutches looked at everyone with a serious face, and his tone was unmistakable:

"Everyone, except for money, you are not allowed to bring anything, otherwise, you will die if you are caught up! Before curfew, everyone is going to gather here. ”。

Everyone nodded their heads again.

"Jenny, you go home and send the children first, and then go to your husband, go quickly."

Jenny didn't speak, just walked away quickly.