Chapter 747
When Guan Tang came to the empty ditch under the protection of his generals, his mind was filled with confusion. He clearly didn't see Ning Jun running out of the ditch, but why were all the people missing?
After thinking for a moment, he turned his head and ordered: "Go in and search the full text for you to read! There must be a tunnel in the ditch. Find the tunnel for me and kill all Ning Jun inside!"
Guantang's experience gained from more than ten years of military service came into play. As he expected, there was indeed a tunnel in the ditch, and it could always lead to the town.
Under his command, the new army soldiers jumped into the trench one after another, and it didn't take long to find the entrance to the tunnel.
But when people were looking for the tunnel, they didn't find any fishing lines close to the ground.
The layout of the fishing line is very clever. One end is fixed on the earth wall of the ditch, and the other end is tied to the stopper of the jar mouth. The jar is buried in the earth wall and covered with soil. On the surface, nothing can be seen, but in fact it contains It's all kerosene.
In the chaos, the new sergeant kicked the fishing line off the ground, pulled the plug off the mouth of the jar, and the kerosene inside flowed out gurglingly. However, people were eager to find the tunnel and did not notice the sudden excess of liquid under their feet.
After people found the tunnel, they filed in. At this moment, the town suddenly heard shouts of killing, and countless rockets were fired. Some rockets fell to the ground, and some flew into the ditch.
The fire oil flowing under the ditch caught fire. Being hit by the rocket, the long and narrow ditch turned into a sea of fire in just an instant.
"It's on fire! It's on fire--"
"Help..."
The ditch turned into a sea of fire, and the Fengjun who entered it kept screaming from being burned. When many people struggled to climb out, they had turned into burning people, and their clothes, armor, shoes, and hair were all on fire, and they screamed pitifully. It was horrifying to hear.
Guantang, who was standing next to the ditch, was burned by the sudden fire. His beard and eyebrows were burned. He was pulled back by the generals around him.
It took a long time before Guan Tang came back to his senses. The scene in front of him could only be described as horrific. Poor soldiers of the Feng Army who entered the ditch were burnt to a crisp. Some were still struggling to their death, making heartbreaking sounds. Lungs screamed, and some people had turned into black charcoal with their skin and flesh torn apart, with wisps of green smoke rising from their bodies, and the stench of burnt flesh permeated the entire place.
I don’t know how long it took, but Guan Tang seemed to have been stepped on. He jumped up and down, shouting repeatedly: "Fight the fire! What are you doing here? Hurry up and put out the fire!"
People woke up from a dream and shouted: "Fight the fire! Put out the fire quickly——"
But where to find water on the battlefield? People can only use the soil next to the ditch as a fire extinguishing tool. People take off their helmets and use the helmets to fill the soil and pour it into the ditch.
After a lot of work, the fire in the ditch was finally extinguished, but most of the Feng soldiers who had jumped into the ditch had been burned to death. A large number of soldiers burned by the fire were pulled aside, and the sound of gunshots could be heard one after another.
From the beginning to the end, without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, more than a thousand people were lost. Guan Tang couldn't understand why he was so unlucky. Once he led the army, how could the enemies he encountered be so powerful and cunning? ?
"General! The enemy buried many oil tanks in the ditch, and the brothers who entered just now failed to discover it in time!"
A man will jump out of the ditch, holding a cracked jar in his hand, and carefully hand it to Guantang.
The latter took it, looked at it for a few times, got angry, threw it to the ground, and roared: "Go into the tunnel and dig out all Ning Jun!"
"Yes! General!"
Under Guantang's order, another Fengjun jumped into the ditch, but this time people were more careful and watched their steps carefully for fear of falling into the enemy's plot again.
First of all, there were 200 Fengjun people who got into the tunnel. In the end, these 200 people became meat buns and beat dogs. They left and never came back. Outside the tunnel, bursts of shouts and wailing could be vaguely heard, but Soon, it turned into a dead silence.
Could it be that there is still an ambush in this tunnel? Guantang secretly frowned, and then sent out another five hundred soldiers. However, like the two hundred people who had just entered, these five hundred people also left and never returned. They were like stones sinking into the sea, and there was not even one who came back injured.
Guantang was also horrified at this time. How many Ning troops were hidden in the tunnel? How come no one of the 700 people we sent in came back alive? Just when he was so anxious that he was about to take action, a general beside him raised his hand and said: "General, I would like to go in and find out what's going on!"
The name of the general who spoke was Zhou Yu, who was from Ning. He had not been involved in the new army for a long time. Because of his good cultivation and Guantang's urgent need for people, Zhou Yu was directly promoted to the rank of general.
Seeing him volunteering for military service, Guan Tang hesitated for a moment, and then warned him uneasily: "Zhou Yu, you have to be careful, the enemy's tunnel is very evil. If you can fight, fight, if you can't fight, get out as soon as possible. I don’t blame you!”
Zhou Yu smiled, grabbed his silver spear, and while covering his spiritual armor, said: "General, don't worry, before we go, we will open a tunnel for the general!" After saying this, he brought five hundred finely dressed soldiers with him. The army took the lead and crawled into the tunnel.
Guantang waited anxiously outside. After about ten minutes, another shouting came from the tunnel. The shouts grew from weak to strong, and then from strong to weak again. It didn't take long before the tunnel became quiet again.
Not knowing what was going on inside, Guan Tang scratched his head anxiously outside, but did not dare to act rashly. Time passed little by little, but there was no sound in the tunnel. Just when Guantang's patience had reached its limit and he was about to send people in again, he suddenly heard the soldiers guarding the entrance of the tunnel shouting: "There are footsteps! It seems like Someone's out!"
Guantang's spirit was lifted, and he hurriedly pushed away the people in front of him, rushed to the entrance of the tunnel, and squinted his eyes to look inside.
Sure enough, there were footsteps, and the sounds were getting closer and closer. It was obvious that the people inside were walking out.
The hearts of everyone in Fengjun were in their throats, including Guantang. People stared at the situation in the tunnel without blinking.
As if a century had passed, a person staggered out of the tunnel. The surrounding wind troops instinctively swarmed up and surrounded him in a semicircle.
People looked carefully and saw that the person who came out was none other than Zhou Yu, who had just led the way in. However, his appearance at this time was too scary.
His silver gun had been thrown away unknown where, but the spiritual armor on his body was still there, but it was covered with steel crossbow arrows. A quick look revealed that there were more than a dozen arrow wounds, and the blood flowing from the wounds stained his white spiritual armor. All dyed blood red.
"Zhou Yu, you..." Guan Tang stepped forward and supported the shaky Zhou Yu.
"General... there is... an ambush in the tunnel..."
Before Zhou Yu could finish his words, he heard a thud, and a crossbow arrow suddenly flew out of the tunnel and hit him in the back of the head. This crossbow arrow was made of pure steel and shot from a special hard crossbow. It was incredibly powerful and shot directly through the spiritual armor on the back of Zhou Yu's head. The steel arrow was poked out of Zhou Yu's left eye, and the blood-dripping eyeball was still there. Hanging on the tip of the arrow.
"ah?"
The beloved general under his command was shot dead by the enemy in front of him. Guan Tang couldn't help but scream, hugged Zhou Yu's limp body, and shouted at the same time: "Fire the arrow! Shoot the enemy!"
The surrounding soldiers took off their bows and arrows and shot blindly into the tunnel.
Archery is very popular in the Ning Kingdom. Whether in the army or among the people, the only advantage of enlisting Ning people in the army is that they no longer need to undergo archery training. The recruits are basically outstanding archery experts.
In this round of arrow shooting, people did not know how many arrows were shot. They did not stop until all the arrows in the quiver were shot. Someone had the courage to go to the entrance of the tunnel and throw a lighted torch in. In the faint light of the fire, one could see that the walls of the tunnel were covered with carved feathers, but there were no bodies on the ground.
It seems that the enemy ran away after firing the crossbow, and our own arrows had no effect at all! People looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do. Finally, their eyes fell on Guantang, waiting for him to give the command.
Guantang had no choice at this time. If he sent soldiers into the tunnel, he would die. If he sent generals into the tunnel, he would die. Moreover, the enemy was so rampant that he deliberately let him back and shot him in front of him. What was hidden in the tunnel? enemy? When did Ning Jun become so difficult to deal with?
When Guantang was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "The king has arrived——"
Guantang was shocked and hurriedly ordered the surrounding soldiers to guard the entrance of the tunnel and never let the enemy out. Then, he straightened his helmet and the armor on his body. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it. Jump out of the ditch and go to see Tang Yin.
He trotted all the way to Tang Yin, knelt down on one knee, stepped in to salute, and said in a trembling voice: "The general will shut down the soup and see the king!"
Tang Yin lowered his head and looked at Guan Tang. He did not ask him to get up immediately, but asked: "General Guan, is it hard to lead the battle?"
"It's not hard work! It is the duty of a general to be loyal to the country and serve the king. How dare you talk about hard work lightly!"
Tang Yin smiled calmly and asked, "I heard that our army suffered a lot of losses?"
"The casualties are...thousands of brothers."
"Then how many enemies did your troops destroy?"
"This..." Guan Tang swallowed hard and lowered his head slowly. How dare he say that until now, he has not even seen the shadow of the enemy?
"Yeah?" Seeing that he was silent, Tang Yin asked, "What? Didn't General Guan even keep statistics on how many enemies he killed?"
"No, no, no... Your Majesty... The Last General... The Last General..." Guantang hesitated and didn't say anything for a long time.
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you so hesitant?"
Not daring to hide any more, Guantang gritted his teeth and risked his life. He raised his head and said seriously: "The general has not found any traces of the enemy yet, so he has not been able to engage in a head-on confrontation with the enemy. He has not been able to... he has not been able to kill anyone." To the enemy!"
Tang Yin lowered his head and said nothing, just stared at him with two shining eyes.
Guantang felt that the temperature around him dropped sharply, but big beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks.