"The defense of our camp cannot be too passive. This is a good counterattack point."
Su Chen and Cheng Wuting discussed some specific arrangements on the ridge. Then Su Chen pointed to the small ridge opposite and asked:
"How's that little ridge on the right that day?"
Cheng Wuting shook his head: "Not that way, it's too steep!"
"I have built some simple fortifications there for defense!"
Su Chen picked up the telescope and took a look. Sure enough, there were many soldiers busy on the hill ridge opposite.
"Hey, we really should get some prisoners to help us work."
Su Chen sighed again.
Together with Cheng Wuting, we went for a walk on the small ridge on the right.
During this period, I discussed with Cheng Wuting about the countermeasures for the cannibal's long-range attacks using gunpowder and kerosene.
Then let Cheng Wuting go on to arrange the defense of the camp.
Su Chen went back to the camp by himself.
On the way, they met Liu Jingren and Xue Rengui who were frustrated. It seemed that they had been badly tortured by Yuchi Baolin.
Returning to the camp, Hashem brought Conyers to him.
It just so happened that Su Chen also had something to ask the Sogdian.
"You want to accept Kang Deming as your servant. You don't need to report this to me, as long as he agrees."
Kang Deming bowed to Su Chen and said, "Thank you, Marshal!"
Then he saluted His Majesty Hashem: "Thank you, Master, for taking me in!"
The two of them saluted Su Chen and prepared to leave.
Su Chen said: "Wait a moment, Kang Deming, I want to ask you something."
Kang Deming bowed and said: "Commander, please speak!"
"When were you kidnapped by the Turks?
When did you arrive in Dashi, and what did you do before?"
Su Chen asked three times in succession.
Kang Deming replied: "Back to Marshal, we Sogdians all make a living by doing business on the Silk Road, and so do the villains. The villain only returned to Kang from Chang'an last year."
"The villain prepared the camel caravan at the beginning of May this year and was about to go eastward, but he encountered a sudden Turkic people. Then he was captured by the Turks and sold to the Dashi people. He arrived in Dashi in July and came to Dashi in September.
Medina."
Su Chen frowned: "Well, Kang State is at least five thousand miles away from the peninsula, and it only takes a month to get there?
Have you learned the language of Dashi?"
Kang Deming quickly explained: "Commander, what the villain said is true. The villain was sold to the big cannibal a few days after he was captured. Then he was forced by the big cannibal to ride on horseback and travel day and night. He arrived in Ctesiphon in mid-June, and then
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"As for the Dashi talk, Xiaoren learned it when he was a child and can speak some Dashi talk. It is because the villain can say some Dashi talk that he was brought to Dashi and got rid of the fate of being reduced to a coolie."
Su Chen thought about it: In early May, it was the time when the Western Turks who migrated westward arrived in Hezhong.
"Did the Turks come to Kang and capture many people?"
Kang Deming suddenly said sadly: "Commander, it is estimated that there is no longer Kang State. The Turks are burning, killing and looting everywhere in Kang State. The strong ones are captured and used as coolies, and the old and weak are killed by them..."
"The Turks captured you in large numbers as coolies, aren't they herdsmen?"
Su Chen asked.
"No, the Turks used coolies to build the city!"
"fortification?"
"Yes, Marshal, after the Turks occupied our city in Kang, they still need to build a new city..."
Su Chen thought in his mind: It seems that the Linghu family built a city in the middle of the river is confirmed. Kang Deming must have made a mistake. The Turks would build a crappy city, and it was the Linghu family who did it.
"You followed the cannibals from Kang to Dashi. Are there many cannibals in Kang?"
"There were none before, but suddenly there are more this year!"
Su Chen asked again: "Have you ever seen Tang people in Kangguo?"
Seeing Kang Deming's hesitation, Su Chen said: "Tell the truth!"
"I've seen it, a lot, and..."
"And what?"
Conyers: “And many more arrived at Ctesiphon with the Great Cannibal!”
Su Chen asked Hashim again: "There are indeed no Tang people in Medina, right?"
Hashim nodded: "I haven't seen it anyway."
"How many Tang people followed you to Ctesiphon at that time?"
"About thirty or forty people!"
Um?
Su Chen stared: "Are you sure?"
Kang Deming trembled all over, but nodded!
Su Chen frowned: This is wrong. Cheng Yaojin reported at that time that only fifty or sixty people from the Linghu family escaped.
How could so many people rush to Ctesiphon at once? Based on this number, the Linghu clan would have sent most of their clan members to help the cannibals. This is impossible.
It seems that some of the information is inaccurate!
Su Chen asked some more questions about those Tang people. Unfortunately, Kang Deming was just a slave at the time and didn't know much.
However, now is not the time to trace the whereabouts of the traitors. I am still not far from the enemy's capital, and enemies seven or eight times as many as myself are staring at me!
It’s better to get through this hurdle first and then think about other things!
Su Chen was about to let Kang Deming leave, but suddenly said curiously:
"By the way, you went to the military camp so much. I heard that you got along well with that Umer."
Kang Deming replied: "The villain knows a lot of valuable things. Umar asked the villain to help him manage some treasures!"
Su Chen understood that the Sogdians were good at doing business, so they also developed a special skill, especially treasure appraisal.
"Commander, Umar's house in Medina contains many rare treasures. This villain came to the military camp to help him deliver a message..."
Su Chen waved his hand and asked Hashim to take Kang Deming down. This guy's sudden appearance in the military camp was a complete accident. I don't know if he was unlucky or lucky.
After taking care of some chores, Su Chen went to discuss the current situation with Cheng Wuting in the afternoon. By the way, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Liu Rengui at the rear, asking him to watch the road back carefully and pay attention to the movement in the direction of Mecca in the south.
"It seems that the cannibal will not come today!"
Watching the sunset, Su Chen admired the sunset.
Cheng Wuting smiled and said: "It should be, it is unlikely that the giant cannibal will attack the camp at night!"
"It just so happens that today gives us time to consolidate the defense of the camp!"
"I will make arrangements for tonight's duty. The commander will go back early and rest."
Su Chen was not polite: "Okay! I'll go back to the camp first!"
As Su Chen walked back, he muttered to himself: My body is still a little weak!
?I stayed up late last night and slept all morning and didn’t wake up!
After a good night's sleep, Su Chen suddenly felt energized.
Just after breakfast, Xue Rengui ran over: "Commander, the scouts came back and said that the cannibal army is out!"
Su Chen smiled: "Just right! If you don't come today, I will make new plans!"
"Come on, let's go take a look!"
Arriving at the front of the camp, it was already busy.
Cheng Wuting clasped his fists and said, "Commander! The scouts reported that there are quite a few cannibals coming. They should all come out in full force!"
Su Chen smiled: "They are the ones waiting! Get ready to meet the enemy!"
