I am reborn as a lord in Rome

In addition to a strong defensive line, the fortified city in Woolley's mind should also unite the people's hearts and hate the enemy, and the future enemy will be drowned in the vast sea of the people's war.

However, the current situation is not optimistic, and although the people are working feverishly under the temptation of profits, the amount of work is not small, and there is almost no possibility of completion in a short time. As for the people's hearts, not to mention, when he was in Assyria, Woolley had heard that the people of Salt Marsh Town were fierce, and when he arrived here, he felt that this statement was wrong, or rather, it was far from the truth, and it was true that he liked to quarrel and fight.

Early the next morning, Woolley and Sibanok appeared on the canal protection site, and no one followed, just walking slowly and watching, chatting.

"The young master's approach is very good according to local conditions. Siban said with a smile.

"There's no way to do it, this far place in Salt Marsh Town, there is a lack of stones and trees, and if you want to make a defense line that can come in handy in a short time, you can only do this. Woolley said.

Somewhere, Sibanok saw people pouring the soil in the baskets along the inner bank of the canal, others using shovels and hoes to level the freshly poured soil, and several strong men pulling together a large stone mill to crush the freshly leveled soil back and forth.

When Sibanok took a closer look, the inner bank of the canal was obviously a little higher than the outer bank, so he couldn't help frowning.

"The young master must have a reason to do this, but I still want to ask, if the ditch is dug so deep that a lot of soil can be made, why not pile up this soil and ram the city to build a protective wall?" Sibanok asked curiously.

Wu Lai smiled slightly, and replied: "What you said is a solution, but the defense force of Salt Marsh Town is too small, and the people do not have the awareness of assisting in defense, the parapet wall is easy to be used by the enemy, they have flying claws and other objects, and when the parapet wall was intact before, they did not sneak in, since this is the case, I will simply not build it, just ram a dirt road four cubits higher than the outer bank on this inner bank, and put a ring of spurs along the shore to ensure that their horses are difficult to cross the ditch."

"I see. Sibanok nodded.

"But there is not enough earth to be used, and this canal is about a hexagon, and I intend to build a lookout thirty cubits high at each point of this hexagon, and with a telescope, the movement within three or five miles of the town must be unobstructed. Woolley said.

"Why don't you just build a few lookout posts on those hills?" said Sibanok, pointing to the hills that were rising on the horizon.

"Your suggestion is good, I accept it. Wu Lai smiled and waved his sleeves, "Let's go, take you to see the Arrow Tower area, after reading it, don't forget to give me advice." "

......

In the early afternoon, Bird appeared with sixty of his men in the bay where the Spanish and others had rested yesterday.

Rolling the saddle and dismounting, Bird went straight to a bush and sat down, pinched a straw pole and put it in his mouth, stretched his waist lazily, fell backwards, and lay down beautifully.

"General, you look like those noble lords in the city-state. A middle-aged man with a dark face smiled and threw off the reins and walked over, although his appearance and body were ordinary, but the two deep scars on his forehead were absolutely unforgettable, they were actually crossed into a neat X-shape, which looked like a mark made on purpose.

"Mai Sui, didn't I tell you how many times, the general was called by them, the two of us escaped from the damn black building together, and licked the blood together until now, calling me the general, it's too outward. Bird said.

"Then how can it be done, the general is the general, anyway, I don't depend on you in this matter. Mai Sui sat down beside Bird with a smile and looked up at the sky, "The clouds are so beautiful today, like a flock of sheep running in the fields of my hometown. "

Ears of wheat. Bird smiled as he ate, "Don't dream, you don't have a hometown, what you say is a dream." "

There should be, Bird. "Everyone should have a hometown, shouldn't they?"

"Well, let's work for another two years, and after two years, we'll take the money to find a meadow, and raise a large flock of lambs there, so that you will have goat's milk and mutton to eat every day, and when you burp will be full of sheep's dung." Bird laughed insolently, his arms and stomach shaking.

"It would be nice if it were true. Mai Sui smiled bitterly and sighed, he knew very well that he and Bird were both Assyrian felons, and looking at Assyria, only the vast and sparsely populated area of Lenvington could accommodate them, and the grasslands, sheep, and comfortable life seemed destined to be a distant dream.

Mai Sui's sigh made Bird stop smiling, he couldn't hear the deep regret in the sigh, after hesitating for a while, Bird patted Mai Sui's arm heavily: "Good brother, don't be discouraged, there will be that day."

Mai Sui nodded and squeezed out a smile: "You rest for a while, I'll send two boys to explore the movement first, and by the way, I'll pick up with Neiying."

"It's fine. Bird closed his eyes, "Let's hurry up and rest, we have to go back before evening."

"Okay. After answering, Mai Sui got up, raised his arm and made two gestures, dozens of horses then rolled the saddle and dismounted, rested on the spot, Mai Sui pointed his hand again, and two people ran over quickly.

"You two dismount from the little hill three miles from the town, change into a peasant's clothes, and walk close to observe......" Mai Sui never thought that at this moment, in the rocky beach a mile to his right, a pair of eyes were firmly watching him.

No one would have thought that the owner of these eyes would be able to unite himself with the rocky beach, thanks to the few cloaks that Woolley's pamphlet had already been made out of him.

The large gray-white patches on his cloak hid his figure in the rocky beach, and he observed as he quietly gestured with his mortared left hand, while a young man dressed as a shepherd boy was lying in the grass looking at the rocky beach by the hill two miles to his left, holding a telescope ......in his hand

After a while, Puya, who was sitting on the roof of the mansion, put down the binoculars, turned his head and said to El who was waiting on the side: "You go and inform the young master that there is a group of bandit cavalry resting in a mountain bay nine miles away, with sixty-one people, one hundred and two horses, light armor, and weapons are long knives and bows and arrows, and two scouts have been dispatched, have you written it

down?" Elle nodded, turned and hurried downstairs.

After a while, Woolley listened to El's report, frowned slightly, turned around and ran quickly towards the mansion.

"How's it going?" said Woolley, who climbed to the top of the building.

"The two scouts were behind the hill. While pointing out the direction to Wu Lai, Pu Ya handed the telescope to Wu Lai, "Young Master, what should I do now?"

Wu Lai raised the binoculars and looked at it for a while, and sure enough, he saw two figures sneakily turning out from behind the hill, and after thinking about it, he said: " Don't be in a hurry, don't disturb these two scouts first, let them see enough, the number is only sixty-one, where will be our opponents, and when they are gone, you will wait at the entrance of the town in four carriages, these guys are really arrogant, they don't even detour the road, then clean them up on the side of the road into the town, just so that the townspeople can see the excitement, and let them understand my determination. "

Okay, young master. Puya nodded, "This telescope relay of yours is so good, you can know the enemy's movements ten miles away."

"That's the vultures and you are the work, how could these children have grown so fast without the training of the two of you. Wu Lai said with a smile, his heart suddenly trembled, if it weren't for the situation of this era, how could he be willing to train a group of children to become killing machines, fortunately, the enemies who need them are some bad things, otherwise, Wu Lai's psychological shadow will be even greater.

"We're just doing what you tell us, young master. "Puya's admiration for Woolley is absolutely sincere, although the quality of the members of Daishan's squad is good, but if it weren't for Woolley's training subjects, tactics and standard equipment, they would definitely not have such terrifying combat power as they are now.

"Get ready to go. Woolley shoved the telescope into Puya's hand and turned to stride.

"Young Master, where are you going?" Pu Ya was stunned and hurriedly asked.

"I'll go to the entrance to town and wait for those guys. Woolley replied.

"No, young master, that's too dangerous, the bandits carry bows and arrows, if you don't care about the indiscriminate shots, in case you ......," Puya said.

"It's not so much, just do as I say, the ambush tactics Daishan team has practiced a lot, as long as nothing goes wrong, my safety will not be a problem at all." Woolley waved his hand and said.

"But......" As soon as Puya's words came out, Woolley's figure had already disappeared into the stairs.

Pu Ya frowned, and shook her head helplessly, Wu Lai has always said that she will do what she says, as his subordinate, she really only has the share of execution, and there is not much time for her to fight for it now.

Woolley hurried out of the stone building, and as soon as the soles of his feet touched the courtyard, he raised his voice and summoned Lauren.

"Call a few people, and inform the citizens of the town separately, that I am waiting for them at the road at the entrance of the town, and that I plan to discuss with them the construction of a large stone archway at the entrance. Woolly said with a smile.

"Okay, sir, I'll do it. Lauren saluted, and when Woolley waved his hand, he quickly turned and ran towards the rest room of the handymen, where three handymen were on standby.

As Woolleimai walked out of the mansion, he almost missed colliding with El, who was galloping towards him.

"Why are you so flustered?" Woolley frowned, rolled his eyes, and leaned closer to El's ear and said, "You go to the Gruul immediately and tell ......"

El nodded with a smile after hearing this......

......

"General, we have checked clearly, there are one or two thousand people digging ditches and transporting soil on the periphery of Salt Marsh Town, digging potholes everywhere, the parapet wall has been torn down, you can enter the town anywhere, we don't see the People's Preservation Army patrolling, we also said in the town, the treasurer Baker has built a shed at the construction site to pay wages, and there is a large box of gold and silver coins in the shed. One of the spies said to Bird, "They have agreed to wait outside the entrance, waiting to show us where to go." "

These two guys, I'm afraid they're tired of pretending to be servants in the town, and they jumped out to show us the way, which means they want to go back with us, or ......, brothers" Bird listened, and immediately grinned, waved his hand, and was ready to give orders, but Mai Sui actually stepped forward and said urgently: " General, don't worry, I think, should we wait any longer, after all, there are one or two thousand people there at this time, and they all have guys in their hands, in case any of them eat the bear's heart and leopard's gall to lead the coaxing, these guys will rush up, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to deal with. "

It's okay!" Bird waved his hand, "Wheat ears, so many times, which time we didn't ride our horses and whip straight in, those guys in Salt Marsh Town were scared, not to mention only one or two thousand, or twice as much, and when they saw us appear, they only had to hug their heads and run around."

After finishing speaking, seeing that Mai Sui was still worried, Bird laughed again, and slapped his fist on Mai Sui's right shoulder: "Mai Sui, you are getting older and more timid, listen to me, while it is still bright, we rushed over in one go, and when the horse arrived at the edge of the town, we asked the brothers to draw bows and arrows, those guys saw it, where did they dare to rush over?"

Mai Sui was stunned, and then nodded, too, this trick has been tried and tested in the past.

"Let's go!" Bird patted the ears of wheat on the shoulder again, and then walked quickly to his horse, turned over and raised his horse, "Brothers, spare no horsepower, go at full speed, and when you are four hundred paces close to the town, slow down and draw your bow, whoever dares to approach, shoot him!"

"Yes!"

......

As the rattle of horses' hooves drew closer, a smile appeared on Woolley's face.

Seeing that he was "laughing for no reason", the little nobles who had been invited by him to "discuss the affairs of the town together" began to mutter, saying in their hearts what did the Governor of Woolley mean by suddenly smiling so brightly?

But their thoughts were soon interrupted by the sound of horses' hooves, and as soon as they raised their eyes to follow the sound, they suddenly noticed a row of dark shadows ...... suddenly appeared on the horizon

"It's a bandit!" Several little nobles were immediately frightened, they didn't have the means and abilities like Hubble and Henry, so they were naturally afraid when they saw the bandits.

"Great, sir, what shall we do?" asked a little nobleman with a crying voice, this bandit is already less than four hundred paces away from here, and it is in vain to run away at this time, and a human leg can still outrun a horse's leg? There are four carriages parked next to it that I don't know whose house, but what about the horse? Why is the horse missing.

"What are you afraid of?!" Wu Lai scolded, shook his arm and shook off the little nobleman's hand, and said in his heart that you were holding an arm, and I was not beaten while standing.

At this moment, shouts rang out one after another from the vicinity --

"The bandits

are coming! Everyone run!" "Run, run, run!" The bandits are coming!" Bird

, who was in the lead, heard this shout, and saw the figures on the left and right sides of the town hula and ran around like headless flies, and immediately laughed happily, and couldn't help but be proud: "Mai Sui! What am I talking about? There is one person in the whole town, and they are all greedy for life and afraid of death!"

As he spoke, the two Neysers emerged from the grass by the side of the road and galloped happily to Bird's horse.

"Look, General, the young man in the white robe at the entrance is the new consul Woolly Rindo, who is taking the nobles of the town to see the place and prepare to repair the archway. These two Nei Ying Shicai walked past Wu Lai and the others, and naturally they heard it clearly.

"Great!" Bird raised his eyebrows, raised his horsewhip, and raised his voice and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up! Catch that guy in the white robe!" "

As long as you catch this archon, where do you need to spend time and effort rummaging through the belongings, and worry about the money not coming out?" Bird thought of this, and the smile on his face became brighter.

"If you're afraid of death, hide behind the carriage!" Wu Lai saw the bandit speed up his horse, and the corners of his mouth also raised a smile, and he waved his sleeves lightly, and said to the few little nobles who were already trembling with their feet, turned his body, and turned the side to face the bandits.

"Looks like they wanted to rush over and take me hostage. Woolley stretched, "Here, grab whatever." "