Chapter 29: The Secret Passage
Zhao Kuo said his intentions, Bai Ying nodded again and again, the Qin army's offensive was in his eyes, the outer city had been lost, and now there was no way to retreat but to fight to the death, and in the face of the Qin army's repeated offensives, the strength of Handan's defense of the city was inevitably overstretched.
"Why don't you see General Mu?"
Once there is a war, the most energetic person to kill is Mu Chen, and now I can't help but be curious when I don't see Mu Chen.
A smile appeared on Zhao Kuo's face, "If it is not bad as expected, it should be at the feet of Qin Jun at this time!" β
"Under the feet of the Qin army!"
Zhao Kuo nodded, "Do you remember that tunnel?" β
"The tunnel that leads to the dense forest outside the city?"
"Yes, that's it, think about it, I should still thank Lian Jin for giving this king this generous gift, with it, you can add a lot of color to this night attack, and also teach Lu Buwei a lesson!"
It is implied in the book that Zhao Kuo insisted on launching an attack, with the intention of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and secretly confessed to Mu Chen, Mu Chen nodded again and again after hearing this, and took a team of people down the city wall to prepare, these Bai Ying did not know.
Single-table Mu Chen and his entourage, brought enough things to the house where the secret passage was found that day, and all the weeds were removed, even so it was still desolate, and found the secret passage according to the method taught by Zhao Kuo before, first tested it with a torch, and the fire was only much smaller and not extinguished, indicating that there was air in it, as for why the fire can measure the air, the principle is no longer detailed.
"General, where is this leading?"
Looking at the dark entrance of the cave, a soldier couldn't help but ask.
"A good place, how scared!"
The man snorted coldly, "The general laughed, he was never afraid. β
"Okay, you know you're a tough guy, go!"
The man was the first to get into the torch, and the tunnel went deeper and deeper, and the light of the torch was limited, and he didn't know where it led, so he had to keep moving forward.
"There is a voice!"
The camp stopped, and one person shouted in a low voice, and everyone held their breath to listen, the sound came from above, da-da-da, bang-bang, and there was a faint sound of the neighing of war horses.
"Damn, it's supposed to be a fight, it's really exciting!"
Mu Chen couldn't help but punch the wall of the secret passage when he heard it clearly, he had been surrounded and beaten by others, but he was full of anger for two years, and he couldn't wait to jump up directly and kill him.
"Fight, our people?"
"Fart, it's not our people, could it be that the Qin people are fighting by themselves."
"Damn, just listening to it below, it's really not fun, and the most annoying thing is that if someone spills pee, it's unlucky."
"Don't be poor, there's still a good show waiting for us to perform!"
"Fun?"
"Otherwise, what are you going to do in the middle of the night, it's not to steal the girls!"
Everyone let out a burst of laughter, the torches were raised, and they could see clearly, with a bow and crossbow behind them, Mu Chen was full of the elite of the crossbow camp, and all the archery skills were mastered, and in less than half a pillar of incense, the road was gone, faintly through a gust of wind.
"This is it, push away!"
The soldiers stepped forward, the two joined forces, the boulder pushed away, and the sound of shouting and killing came, not wanting to be so close, although it was some distance away from the outer city of Handan, it was only very close to the Qin army camp, and a smell of urine came out, and it was like a place for the Qin people to be respectful, hundreds of thousands of people, not only to consider eating and sleeping, even if it was a big deal to and pee, if it was not handled well, the whole camp would stink, and the hot weather would inevitably cause disease.
Mu Chen pointed with his hand, "See, there is the big tent of the Qin Army, and now everyone's attention is on the periphery, and I can't imagine that we can touch them from the ground under their noses!" β
A figure crouched on the ground to check the shape, and couldn't help but cover his snort with his hand, "General, the distance is too far to shoot directly into the big tent!" β
"How far does it take?"
"At least four hundred steps!"
"So many!"
The man nodded, "General, if you want to exert your maximum combat power, you must reach enough range!" Otherwise, it will only ignite the outer tents, and the effect will be extremely limited. β
Mu Chen nodded, since he came, he simply played big, and he didn't do anything.
The shouting and killing in the rear continued, and the large array of the Qin army was not affected at all, several teams of soldiers patrolled back and forth, and the distance of four hundred steps was not long or short, and it was not easy to approach easily.
"General, go on, it will be dawn if it doesn't go up again." One couldn't help but urge.
"Wait!"
Mu Chen's brows furrowed, and the king's advice before leaving appeared in his mind, don't be reckless when you encounter things, see more and think more, although the number of people is small this time, but the effect is far above Li Mu's night attack, wouldn't it be happy if he could burn Lu Buwei's Chinese army tent.
A group of soldiers approached, and everyone lowered their figures, holding back and not daring to make a sound, only to see the soldiers of the Qin army lining up in an array and patrolling back and forth with spears in their hands.
Two of the teams were in a group, each team had its own patrol range, the footsteps gradually faded away, everyone looked up and took a deep breath, the smell was really disgusting.
"Three hundred!" Mu Chen checked in a low voice, the time for the two teams of patrol soldiers to change guards was close to three hundred steps at most, which means that a team of Qin Army night patrol soldiers with close to 100 people must be quickly resolved, and it is impossible to approach the gap between them, even if they can speed up and rush to the front, they happen to encounter the Qin army, and the crossbowmen they bring are extremely limited.
"Thirty paces away, one arrow to solve one, can you be sure?"
The leader of the Marksman Battalion patted his chest, "If you can't, let it be disposed of." β
"Okay, come forward!"
The figure bent down and rushed forward quickly, Mu Chen ran in the front, his steps were as light as possible, and with a wave of his arm, everyone stopped, running only more than two hundred steps, and the footsteps sounded.
The bows and crossbows were taken off one after another, the leader made gestures, and everyone nodded again and again, they were well-trained on weekdays, and they were all good hands in every shot, the most important of which was how to distribute them, once someone missed them, their whereabouts would inevitably be exposed.
The leader's fingers quickly divided, and more than 100 shooters behind him quickly separated, and the gesture basically determined his goal, and his finger pressed down, swishing, and the black shadow of the Dao Dao in the night came out, accurately hitting the throat of the Qin army, and he couldn't make any sound at all, the arrow shot through the throat, and the Dao figure fell quickly.
A Qin soldier's eyes widened, and his companions around him fell to the ground one after another, why are there arrows here, a huge exclamation mark quickly appeared in his mind, and he quickly turned around out of instinct.
The leader bit his lip, and the second arrow was sent out in an instant, hitting the man's vest, and he fell forward with a scream.
"Quick"!
Mu Chen ordered, the screams came out in the night, and in the nearest tent, a figure jumped up, "Did you hear the scream?" β
The soldier next to him turned over, "I've been fighting all night, and it's not a woman who is so excited, but the general said that he has eaten and slept enough, and he will use all his strength to attack the city tomorrow." β
"It's still not right, the voice just now seems to be outside the door, go out and have a look." After speaking, he grabbed his clothes and put them on his body, picked up a spear from the corner, and came to the door completely out of habit, opened the curtain, and the whole person was completely stunned, and the light was crossed in the air, just like the stars crossing the night sky.
A bright light came straight to the place where he was standing, the man's eyes were dilated, his body quickly dodged, and the bright light slowly expanded, "It's on fire, it's on fire, it's on fire!" β
The bright light in the air was close to the Chinese camp and sent out rockets, which quickly ignited after a round of shooting, and the arrows were treated and stained with flammable materials.
"Shoot!"
The light rose again, and there was a mess in the tent, and the soldiers got up from the ground one after another, not caring too much, grabbing their clothes casually, and some people were simply naked, but there was one thing that could not be forgotten, spears.
The Qin army has a rule that no matter what happens, the weapon must not be left in his hand, otherwise it will be a capital crime, and he rushed out of the camp tent with a spear in hand to look around.
The fire of the Qin army's camp rose, and Mu Chen and the others were only lit by sporadic torches, and everyone's figures were hidden in the night, and they could not be discovered in a short time.
"Shoot over there, shoot out, don't pretend to be a virgin for Lao Tzu!"
Mu Chen's manpower is limited, the purpose is to maintain maximum flexibility, the third round of fire arrows was issued, the Qin army's camp was in a sea of fire, LΓΌ Buwei was protected by his own soldiers and commanded the soldiers to find the figure of Zhao Jun, and a team of soldiers quickly searched, getting closer and closer to the location of Mu Chen and the others.
"Withdraw!"
Mu Chen saw it in his eyes, and the hatred in his heart could only wait for him to report it one day, and he must not joke with his brother's life, let alone spoil the big thing.
The figure of the Dao Dao quickly retreated, approaching the chaotic forest, quickly entering the secret passage, and did not forget to move the boulder back to block the entrance of the cave when he left.