The pursuing army marched towards the Black Earth Fortress in an orderly manner, and on the way back along the way, Su Xiao saw from time to time that a small group of Imperial troops patrolled the situation near the Black Earth Fortress, and once they found the Empire, they immediately fired signal flares similar to firecrackers into the sky.

From time to time, signal flares were lifted into the air in the night sky, and hundreds of thousands of imperial troops were divided into several groups to clear the tribal army in the nearby area.

Of course, there is a time limit for this clean-up, and when night falls, the clearance will be over, and the army will gather at the Black Earth Fortress and defend it.

Not surprisingly, the Tribal Army will not give up the Black Earth Theater, which is one of the three major theaters after all, and it is not the first time that the Tribal Army has been repulsed.

In this battle, the Tribal army was beaten in disarray, both because the Tribal army was not united enough, and because Carlos was on the front line, which made the momentum of the Imperial soldiers reach an indomitable level.

When Su Xiao followed the army back to the Black Earth Fortress, these large piles of corpses were piled up outside the Black Earth Fortress, and these corpses were burned by the flames, and puffs of black smoke rose into the air.

"Up, be careful, slow down on the lasso over there."

"Whoever sees Marsa, let him appear in front of me in five minutes."

"Report, all our sacrificed soldiers have been moved to the Black Earth Fortress."

The soldiers were busy on the battlefield, and the regimental commander Carlos stood among several officers, who from time to time reported something.

Su Xiao's tribe dispersed after arriving near the Black Earth Fortress, and all soldiers were allowed to move freely.

The recruits climbed up the fortress by rope ladder, and they went to the clerk inside the Black Earth Fortress to write a letter to their family to tell them that they were still alive.

As for the veterans, they looted on the battlefield and preferred to send valuable things to their wives and children rather than letters.

Su Xiao walked towards the Black Earth Fortress, he was going to find Quartermaster Nicholas Caesar, if it was not surprising, it would not take long for the Battle Merit Shop to open, and the leaders of the major adventure groups would also go there, after this battle, Su Xiao was not the only one who had enough merit to exchange for [Holy Oak Branch].

Fortunately, Su Xiao had crossed paths with Nicholas Caesar before and was able to walk the way.

Su Xiao climbed up the rope ladder to the black soil fortress, the stone slope on the outside of the fortress had been removed, and that thing had no other purpose except to facilitate the tribal army to attack the fortress.

Above the walls of the fortress, the ground was drenched, and some pale red puddles reminded everyone of what had happened here before.

Su Xiao smelled a faint smell of blood, although the corpses on the city wall had been disposed of and the ground had been cleaned, the smell of blood had endured for a long time.

After inquiring with the correspondents, Su Xiao learned the location of Nicholas Caesar, who had moved back to the Black Earth Fortress with all his family property.

The stone wall of the whole fortress is more than dozens of meters wide, and the inner side of the fortress wall is hollow, which is used for hoarding materials and soldiers to live, as for the outer side, it is made of obsidian, and this side is often attacked by the tribal side, and it is not strong.

Su Xiao entered the inside of the fortress's walls, which resembled a large war fortress, with a total of 16 floors, each with a corridor that connected the entire floor horizontally, making it easy to walk.

The 16th to 6th floors are used for soldiers' residences, which are divided into thousands of square meters of large shops, and the 5th to 4th floors are the officers' residences, which are divided into small compartments, the higher the position, the better the living conditions, and the 3rd to 1st floors are used to store materials.

Su Xiao walked into the inside of the fortress, a strong smell of gunpowder came to his nose, and large pieces of black rubble were scattered in the corridor, this was the masterpiece of the tribal side, they wanted to blow up the black soil fortress before, of course, they had to start from the hollow side.

There were torches stuck in the walls of the corridors of the fortress, and the flames were flickering, and the inside of the fortress was a little wet and cold.

According to the information, Nicholas Caesar lived on the 4th floor, where only high-ranking officers lived.

Su Xiaogang walked to the entrance of the 4th floor and found several soldiers blocking the entrance.

"Please show your officer's certificate."

The soldiers stood straight and looked serious.

"I'm the squad leader Bai Ye, and I haven't proved it for the time being, and I have an official position that was sealed during the war."

Su Xiao has nothing to prove his identity, however, he doesn't need identification at all, the war has just ended, there are many newly sealed officers, and these officers do not have officer certificates, as for pretending to be officers, ordinary people will not do that, it is a capital crime.

Several soldiers looked at each other, and they hesitated.

"My lord, I'm sorry, but you can't enter here for the time being without an officer's certificate."

A soldier stepped forward and whispered: "Adult, there is no way to do it, don't embarrass the villain......"

There was already a hint of pleading in the soldier's words.

"That's a good idea."

Su Xiao roughly guessed what was going on, needless to say, these soldiers were planted here by 'people with hearts', and now the war in the Black Earth Fortress has just ended, and the officers are very busy, so they don't have time to go back here, and there is only one kind of person who will come here at this time, that is, the contractor who wants to exchange his military exploits for items.

Su Xiao is the merit shop that was only opened after getting the officer position, and the same is true for the leaders of those adventure groups, the squad leader can recruit 200 subordinates, which is actually equipped for the adventure group, and the head of the adventure group will recruit his subordinate members as subordinate soldiers, so that he can help his subordinate members open the merit store, and only when the merit store is opened, the merit will be displayed.

The few soldiers who are blocking Su Xiao now are likely to have been recruited by those regimental commanders to prevent other contractors from seeing Nicholas Caesar.

Even if you can't block everyone, you can block some of them, and the military discipline is strict during the war, and most contractors don't dare to make trouble.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao pushed away the soldiers in front of him and walked straight forward.

"Wait."

These soldiers did not shout words such as 'stop' or 'kill if you dare to approach', but subconsciously shouted 'wait', which made Su Xiao more sure that these soldiers were paper tigers.

Su Xiao paused, and looked sideways at the soldiers, who should be weak now.

"This adult, the villain ......"

A slightly older soldier stepped forward.

"No more nonsense, kill you."

In the face of this deliberate obstruction, Su Xiao would certainly not be polite.

“……”

Several soldiers took a few steps back, and they had a feeling that if they blocked Su Xiao again, they would really die, and if they died now, they would die in vain, and they would be charged with the crime after death.

Su Xiao walked into the corridor on the 4th floor of the fortress, and from a distance, he saw more than a dozen people standing in the corridor, as if they were waiting for something.

After seeing these people, Su Xiao recognized these people as contractors, because there were 'acquaintances' among them, that is, the pair of sisters and brothers who had met outside the quartermaster's tent before, and Su Xiao sold the 'Bull Head Lord Gauntlet' to one of the younger brothers.

More than a dozen contractors all looked at Su Xiao, and these dozen people were divided into four groups, which basically meant that there were still four adventure groups left in the Black Earth War Zone.