Reggie took the airship to Golden Lion City and picked up Natalie and Camilla. He originally planned to take Imma and Saga away together, but after looking at Saga's condition, Reggie was worried that he would die.
Halfway through, he was finally left in the royal capital.
When we arrived in Tuodao City, it was dusk, residents were looking for shelter everywhere, and the streets and alleys were in chaos.
When they arrived at the city lord's manor, the yard was crowded with people. It took a lot of effort for Reggie to find the city lord Ximen Manjiao. Manjiao was very busy, scolding the city residents who were wandering around, and scolding them for retreating from the battle.
of official duties.
"If you don't have the guts, don't eat the imperial grain here! If you want to give in to me now, there's no way! Hold a stick and stand in front of me. If anyone dares to steal the grain again, I'll beat him to death!"
"Whose bitch is this? If you want to cry, call your mother. If you dare to act like a fool here, I will beat you to pieces!"
"I said that couple of crazy men and women, don't you understand people's words? Find another place to sleep, far away from the pool. There is only a little clean water left. They don't even care about their lives. What a fucking romantic night.
The poem is right!”
Man Jiao cursed and spit like flying stars. Reggie walked up behind him, patted his shoulder and said, "Lord of Ximen City?"
"Find a place to sleep, don't make any noise!"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Whoever you are, what do you want?"
"Go back and talk!"
"You are so yelling, but you don't see that I am busy. Why are you trying to save your life..." Ximen Manjiao turned around, blinked, and was stunned for a moment, then a chrysanthemum smile appeared on her face.
"Lord, you are finally here!"
Lei Ji's face was livid and silent. Manjiao bit her lips, removed her smile, and her face was filled with tears. She knelt on the ground with a thud and cried, "Sir, please don't sin. I deserve to be beaten, and I deserve to be killed."
The slaves really don’t dare to collide with the adults.”
"I gave you a whole city, but you let it get into such chaos. I should kill you!"
"Grandpa Lord, you can't blame me for this. This mud ghost is really cruel!"
After all, Manjiao was the lord of a city. She couldn't take off her pants and make a fool of herself in front of the people. There were not many people in the back garden, so Reggie took her to the side room and asked her the whole story.
The first attack by the Mud Demon occurred seven days ago. It rained heavily in the evening, and suddenly there was more mud outside the city. At nightfall, it was the time when Camel Island welcomed guests, and Manjiao ordered Kitano Jing to take the strong men of the family there.
The road was cleared of silt, but when we got outside the city, we realized that the silt was a living thing. It slowly crawled under everyone's feet and unexpectedly knocked a strong man over in the mire.
The strong man disappeared in a blink of an eye. Kitano Jing hurriedly led people to rescue him, but he didn't know that this rescue effort was just going in and no one could be saved. In the blink of an eye, there was more and more mud, and people were getting deeper and deeper.
After a while, Kitano Jingfang knew something was wrong and quickly led everyone back to the city.
But it was not possible to go back just because you wanted to. Every three or five steps, someone fell into the mud and disappeared without a trace. When they walked back to the city, 500 strong men left, but less than 200 came back.
Kitano Jing ran to report to Manjiao, but Manjiao thought the man was lying and threw him in jail. When he went to the top of the city to check, he found mud rolling under the city wall, and then he knew something serious had happened.
Manjiao quickly closed the city gate, never expecting the silt to flow into the city along the cracks in the door. Soon, the inside and outside of the door became a sea of mud, and a large area of silt crawled along the city wall into the city.
That night, all the hundreds of families living near the city wall turned into a quagmire. Tuodao City was in chaos all night. At dawn the next day, the silt disappeared without a trace, leaving only a large stain on the ground.
The whereabouts of more than 500 young men who went out to clear the silt before we arrived were unknown.
No one was seen alive, no body was seen dead. Such a big thing happened. Bachelo immediately sent people to Broken Snow City and reported the matter to Tortosa. He led a group of soldiers out of the city to investigate the situation.
Unexpectedly, Bachelo never came back. Two days later, heavy rain came again, and that night, silt invaded Camel Island City again.
Based on the previous experience, Manjiao quickly asked the residents living near the city wall to evacuate to the center of the city. Silt poured in from all directions. After crossing the city wall, it advanced one mile into the city. Fortunately, they were handled properly in advance and there were no casualties in the city.
But it rained heavily for the next four days, and it didn't stop until yesterday evening. By late at night, the silt almost submerged Tuodao City. Fortunately, the city owner's manor was on a higher ground. Manjiao and 30,000 city residents crowded into a manor.
He sealed the door with cement and managed to escape.
At dawn today, the silt receded, and the city was in a mess. Each family counted the population and found that nearly a thousand people were missing in total.
What's even worse is that the food of each family has been ruined by the silt and turned into a pile of rancid things.
In such a situation, Tuodao could no longer survive. Manjiao found the navy and prepared to send all the citizens to Xuexue City.
But how can more than 30,000 people just leave? There are five warships moored on Camel Island. These warships have all been modified. Each warship has at least four artillery pieces and the number of people it can carry is very limited.
Moreover, Manjiao wanted to abandon the city and flee, but the navy did not dare to make the decision privately. Manjiao acted like a fool and had to send out two warships, plus the passenger ship to welcome the guests, and sent more than 2,000 people out of Camel Island first.
Manjiao personally sent two messengers to the ship. These two messengers were not men, but two female officials in their prime. When leaving, Manjiao gave many instructions, telling them that they must send the letter to Reggie.
"I know that you two are full of special skills. Let's face it today. No matter what method we use, we must let the lord take us in. Tuodao really can't survive!"
The two female officers said with tears in their eyes: "Not to mention that if you risk your face, you will also risk your life!"
Hearing this, Reggie frowned and said, "Don't you know I went out to fight?"
"There is some news, but the Lord Consul said that you will be back soon. I don't know where you are, so I can only make the decision on my own to find a way out for these poor people."
"You are too reckless. Aren't those two female officials trying to take advantage of Nipoli?"
"My grandpa, not to mention two, but two hundred, can deliver them to you in the blink of an eye."
Reggie helped Ximen Manjiao up. He was not wrong about the person. At the critical moment of life and death, this woman could save 30,000 lives and make the decision to abandon the city and flee. This alone would make countless men ashamed.
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But here is a day and a half's voyage from Broken Snow City. The warship will depart at noon today and will not arrive until tomorrow night. I am afraid that Broken Snow City's rescue fleet will have to wait for another two days.
Moreover, without Reggie's order, Nipoli and Edwina would never dare to abandon Camel Island. According to the tradition of the Lane people, a long military meeting would probably have to be held.
But the Mud Demon couldn't wait that long. It rained today and it was getting dark now.
Several messengers hurriedly came to the door and shouted loudly: "Report to the Lord, Lord of the City, the mud ghost has entered the city!"
Manjiao shouted; "How come?"
The policeman said: "Not as many as last night, but still more than usual!"
"Have everyone in the city gone to Zhuangzi?"
"There are several families who are refusing to leave. They said they survived last night by standing on the roof, and they can survive tonight too."
"What a shame, go and tie them up here!"
"Ignore it!" Reggie waved his hand and said, "If they have this kind of backbone, then they can each accept their destiny. Where is the cannon I gave you?"
Manjiao said: "They were all dragged back from the top of the city, but this thing is of no use!"
"Who said it's useless? Blast his mother first and then talk!"
The officers set up the artillery, and Reggie stood on the carved tower, quietly waiting for the silt to arrive.
"My Grand Maester, are you still alive, right?" Thinking of Batchelor, Reggie felt as if a knife had been stabbed in his heart, "I will go find you tomorrow, but you must wait for me!"