C55 (2/2)

However, City Gate Officer was cautious, and asked a few more questions about Tiger Roar City and how everyone could survive. As a former Tiger Roar City officer, Fat Cui naturally answered all questions truthfully, and after a few answers, there were no flaws at all.

City Gate Officer was already more than half relieved. He cupped his hands towards Fat Cui and said, ”General Cui and the brothers, come inside to rest first. Allow me to report to Master Du. ”Please don't take offense, this brother is also responsible.”

Fat Cui returned the greeting ”Understood, you can't be compared to normal wartime. Please inform us as soon as possible, that we also want to help out with Tiger Running City. ” After saying this, Fat Cui secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He believed that out of the dozen or so people behind him, at least two would be looking at his back.

Holding onto the horse, he followed City Gate Officer towards the city gate. Before he entered the city gates, Fat Cui slightly turned his head and used the corner of his eyes to catch a glimpse of the figure of a young girl. She was dressed in rags, her hair was a mess, and her face was streaked with dirt. She was with the other refugees, begging the city guards to let her enter the city.

A thought suddenly emerged in Fat Cui's mind. If the Tiger Running City Guardians knew that this weak girl was the general of the Fire Phoenix Army, would they risk everything to kill her, using these few hundred refugees as companions? Maybe a rain of arrows or a jar of kerosene would come down and end everything?

In the end, the rain of arrows did not fall, and the kerosene tank continued to rest on the city walls in comfort. Fat Cui also received another round of interrogation and successfully met with Tiger Running City City Guard Du Mingfa. He then joined the city guard and was demoted to a city defense captain. Meanwhile, Xiu'er was sent to the medical camp and became a woman.

The first time Fat Cui met Xiu'er in a secret meeting at Tiger Running City, he almost laughed out loud after learning of this news. Who would have thought that a few days later, the bandages and bandages wrapped around the Tiger Running City injured soldiers would actually be personally washed by the Fire Phoenix Expeditionary Army General?

After staying in the Tiger Running City for four or five days, Xiu'er indicated that the food supply for the expedition team should have been exhausted.

Although Du Mingfa was cautious, he was still relatively layman when it came to fighting armies. Adding to that, his temperament was old-fashioned and conservative, and he used the same method as his Moqiu Army, just that after increasing the number of patrols, his shift and time limit were still the same as before. At the same time, Du Mingfa sent his trusted aides to guard the grain depot, which resulted in the number of regular soldiers on the wall of the Mo Qiu City increasing by a lot. However, their fighting strength was not optimistic. Through Du Mingfa's various methods, the amount of grain stored in Tiger Running City had already exceeded the standard by two times, which was enough for ten thousand people to eat for two years! Not to mention the pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and other animals that he had been forced to collect.

In this way, as long as the expedition team could take down this city, the future food would no longer be a problem!

That night, using the time spent on guard duty, Fat Cui stealthily descended from the city walls with three lanterns, and hung them about ten meters above the ground. After about an hour, a sonic boom could be heard and three lanterns were shot down at the same time.

Looking at the slowly extinguishing flames on the ground, Fat Cui knew clearly in his heart that the war would begin tomorrow at the turn of the night.

In the afternoon of the next day, Fat Cui sneakily carried a wooden bucket into City Gate Officer's hut. There were two rooms in front of and behind the house. The inner room was occupied while the outer room was occupied. Ever since Du Mingfa, Lord Du, declared that the entire city was on guard, the City Gate Officer did not return home, and instead spent his days in the small hut.

Seeing Fat Cui enter, City Gate Officer was a little surprised: ”General Cui, why did you remember me here?”

Fat Cui laughed mischievously. ”Last time when we entered the city, I was lucky to be able to speak nicely in front of Master Du. It's not rare to get a chance to express my thanks.” After saying that, he placed the wooden bucket on the ground, opened the lid, and took out two carp that had already been gathered.

”Whoa!” ”Carp?” City Gate Officer's eyes lit up, and immediately lowered his voice: ”I say, where did you get that?”

Fat Cui raised his eyebrows, ”A few days ago, I was patrolling around the city when I met a woman from the same village. I gave her some money to fish out of the creek while she was in her racetrack and then sneaked into town just to thank my brother. ”

Although City Gate Officer felt that it was a little inappropriate in his heart, he, who had to eat the military rations for the past few days, was unable to resist the temptation of these two tails of carp. Without any hesitation, he took out an old pot from the inner room and washed it. Ignoring the hot weather, he borrowed the heat from the stove to braise the fish.

Fat Cui was also a smart person, he knew that City Gate Officer was only temporarily staying here, it was not easy to find a pot, so he specially brought seasoning. As the fish rolled in the wok, a small aroma began to permeate the room.

Smelling the pleasant fragrance, City Gate Officer took out a bottle of old wine and drank it together with Fat Cui.

But the City Gate Officer never thought that the Tiger Running City that was guarded strictly at will be linked to the words ”massacred city” in the history books of Black Hill Village, and that it was because of these two carp that were slowly becoming ripe in the pot.