The whole family traveled through ancient times with their house

Zhang Xiaoqi didn't wait for Captain Dong to continue speaking. He pulled him aside and whispered to him about Jiang Yan's nightmare.

After listening to Zhang Xiaoqi, Captain Dong looked at Jiang Yan with wide eyes, and Jiang Yan nodded silently.

Captain Dong's heart skipped a beat as if it had sunk to the bottom of a valley. No one knew that he and Zhang Xiaoqi had surprisingly similar ideas. If someone else had told him about this, he would have sneered.

But since Madam Jiang said this, it is true.

Captain Dong immediately gave Ye Zhanyang an order: "Everyone, prepare for battle."

"Yes."

Captain Dong then sent Zhou Dasheng and others to each of the 100-household units to deliver a message: "Everyone, prepare for battle."

"Yes."

Then, he took Jiang Yan and his party to Black Stone City.

Along the way, Captain Dong's brows were almost twisted into knots. "We can fight even cavalry, but how are we going to fight these cannons?"

General Ye was also worried. "We didn't encounter any cannons when we were in the northwest." General Ye glanced in the direction of the carriage again without leaving any trace, and then said with reservation: "We can only take one step at a time and see what happens."

"That's all it will be for now."

Captain Dong and General Ye were busy all the way. By the time they entered Black Stone City, it was already completely dark.

But they didn't dare to delay and went straight to the general's mansion.

General Ming has been unable to sleep or eat well these days. He has been dealing with the northern barbarians for half his life.

At this time of year every year, the northern barbarians would have already started shouting and attacking the city.

But why is there no movement this year?

General Ming did not believe that the northern barbarians had a change of heart and would not attack Black Stone City. He rather believed that the northern barbarians were planning a big move.

"What on earth are those northern barbarians planning?" General Ming's mind was spinning. Just as he was about to lose himself in confusion, he heard a personal guard outside the door announce, "General, Captain Dong wants to see you regarding something important."

"Let him in." General Ming patted his forehead, thinking that it was already time to light the lamps, and Dong Qianli came to ask for a meeting, so he must have something important to discuss.

When General Ming saw Captain Dong's expression when he entered the room, he guessed that something bad was going to happen.

Captain Dong first saluted General Ming and said, "I greet you, General."

"No need to be polite. Qianli, why are you here at this hour? Is there something wrong?"

"..." After hearing General Ming's question, Captain Dong didn't know where to start.

After all, this was Madam Jiang's nightmare, and they believed her words unconditionally. But General Ming... he was really unsure. He was afraid that General Ming wouldn't believe it, so what should he do?

General Ming was puzzled when he saw Dong Qianli was silent. "Hey, Dong Qianli, why are you still acting like a concubine? Coming to me and pretending to be a lady from a wealthy family is not your style, Dong Qianli."

"This~"

"Oh, Dong Qianli, have you learned to hesitate? It's really not easy. Has the sun risen from the north?"

"General!" Captain Dong gritted his teeth and, with an attitude of being ready to die, told General Ming in detail about Madam Jiang's nightmare.

Then I lowered my head and prepared to be scolded! !

"..." General Ming listened to Captain Dong and remained silent for a long time before speaking, "I was saying, that northern barbarian is not holding his fart well."

"General, do you believe Madam Jiang's nightmare?"

"you do not believe?"

"I believe it, that's why I brought Madam Jiang and General Ye to see you."

"Let them in."

"Yes."

Jiang Yan lagged behind General Ye by two or three steps and followed him into the meeting room of the general's mansion.

The shadow of the candle in the conference room flickered, just like the unknown fate of Black Rock City that made people worried.

General Ye took the lead in greeting General Ming, "This humble servant greets General Ming."

"Oh, old general, you are too kind to me." Although General Ming is the commander-in-chief of Black Stone City, he thinks that he is still far inferior to this old general who has spent his whole life in the military.

Jiang Yan ignored the two people's modesty and took her daughter to greet General Ming. "I, a commoner, greet General Ming."

"No need to be polite, just sit down!"

General Ming looked at the little girl beside Madam Jiang and ordered his attendant, "Go to the kitchen and ask them to prepare two tables of food, and bring some candies and snacks for the children."

"Yes."

When there were only a few people left in the room, General Ming asked Jiang Yan some details about his nightmare.

Jiang Yan answered them one by one.

After hearing Madam Jiang's answer, General Ming's eyes were deep, and he also believed in Madam Jiang's nightmare.

Captain Dong was not aware of the defensive fortifications in certain areas of Black Stone City, but Madam Jiang was explaining it clearly. Therefore, there was only one possibility: Madam Jiang's nightmare was real.

Thinking of this, General Ming first ordered scouts to be sent out.

Then he asked a maid in the mansion to take the mother and daughter to eat and rest. General Ming also asked his attendant to tell everyone in the mansion not to treat the mother and daughter with disrespect.

Jiang Yan took her daughter to eat and rest. They didn't know that the candles in the meeting room of the general's mansion were lit all night.

Everyone had not slept all night. General Ming saw that his subordinates and staff had bloodshot eyes, so he asked everyone to have breakfast first and then take a nap.

But everyone understood that after one night, the northern barbarians' cannons would only be four days away from here, and only a fool would be able to sleep.

After breakfast, General Ye sat on the stone bench outside the conference room and looked at the sky.

I overheard the kitchen manager shouting, "The kitchen drain is clogged. Anyone free over there, grab a shovel and dig it open."

"Hey, hey, I'll go right away." As he said that, he saw a soldier carrying a shovel and running towards the back.

General Ye's eyes fell on the shovel carried by the soldier, and he suddenly had an idea.

"General Ming, I suddenly came up with an idea."

"What's your idea, General Ye, please tell me."

"Let's dig more trenches outside the north gate, the kind that are wide and deep, so that those carriages pulling cannons can't pass through." General Ye was so excited that he even used reduplicated words.

"Yes, yes, General Ye is right."

"Distance, we must control the distance."

With General Ye taking the lead, the officers and staff seemed to have opened the Pandora's box of "Miss Pan" in an instant, and ideas emerged one after another.

General Ming was immediately amused, "Yes, we must control the depth and distance."

"Let's dig a wide trench within ten miles."

"If only we knew how far that cannon could fire."

"No matter how far the cannon can fire," General Ming said, pointing to a spot on the map, "there's a bend here. Let's dig a trench there first."

"This is a wonderful spot," Deputy General Hu said, pointing to the terrain. "It looks like we're set up to dig a ditch here. Haha, General, I'll take my men to dig a trench right now."

"Okay, remember to throw the dirt on our side."

"I'm stupid for throwing it over there."

"I'm afraid you'll do something stupid."

"Don't worry, General. Even if you throw me there, you can't throw the dirt and rocks there."

"Hahaha~ Lao Hu, do you want to make me laugh to death?"

"No, no."

Everyone burst into laughter, as if releasing all the depression from last night.

After laughing, the soldiers volunteered to dig a few more trenches outside the north gate.

General Ming pointed to the map and ordered, "Dig trenches every ten miles. Remember, the trenches must be wide and deep."

"Yes."