The target of the vents in the tunnels outside the castle is very small, almost level with the ground, and the openings are not large, so it is difficult to detect anomalies even from a very close position, let alone stand on the city wall and observe them from a distance.

But Artik is now almost sure of the direction of the tunnel, and at the same time, he has the help of a telescope, so it is relatively easy to find the small ventilation holes.

"These little black dots are suspicious! It should be an authentic ventilation hole, and it is really hidden! You can't really see it without a telescope. ”

Artik gently lowered the telescope and said with a sudden realization.

"Where's the little black dot?"

"City Lord, let's take a look too!"

Several subordinates were a little greedy and spoke.

Altic handed the telescope to one of his men, turned to look at the guard, and ordered, "Go and get the large telescope." ”

Several subordinates looked cautiously outside the city as if they had found a treasure, and soon found a few small black dots in a straight line outside the city, and the distribution of these small black dots was quite regular, which was very problematic at first glance.

"Oops! There are really small black spots, and if you don't use the telescope, you can't see it at all! It seems to be an authentic vent, yes. ”

"That's right, the enemy's tunnel is right in front of you, it's easy to do now, we all know where the enemy's tunnel is, and we're afraid we won't be able to deal with them?"

"Dig from the inside, drown them with water, smoke them to death."

A group of subordinates said excitedly, looking very excited.

It didn't take long for his subordinates to carry the great telescope to the city wall and set up the tripod.

Because of this large mirror, the technical requirements are relatively high, and Datang's technicians taught them for a long time before these guys learned how to use it correctly, in addition to use, they also had to carry out necessary maintenance to prolong their service life.

Altic had been personally involved in learning with technicians, so he was still very familiar with the use of large telescopes and was already very proficient in using them.

When he used the telescope just now, he had already discovered a small black hole in the distance, but he couldn't see it very clearly, so he had to use more powerful binoculars to see these small black spots thoroughly.

"Bamboo pole, it turned out to be a bamboo pole!"

Through careful observation through the high-powered telescope, Artik saw these black spots very clearly, and easily judged that these black spots were a small part of the bamboo pole exposed.

The subordinates also soon came to observe, and saw the small section of the bamboo pole exposed.

"City Lord, it seems that we are 100% sure that the direction of the enemy's digging tunnel is ahead, and we can start digging from inside the city."

One of the subordinates spoke.

Artik frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "We now know the location of the enemy's tunnels, and it is easy to disrupt the enemy's plans, but at most, we can only eliminate a small number of soldiers digging tunnels, and we can't cause big losses to the enemy, and the enemy has a lot of soldiers and horses, and they will come up with other ways to attack the city." ”

"The city lord means that we want to pretend that we don't know anything, and then find a way to kill more enemy soldiers, but this is a bit difficult to operate!"

"Yes! City Lord, if we let the enemy soldiers enter the city, once our soldiers and horses can't resist it, the city will fall! ”

Several subordinates said worriedly.

Artik said with a smile: "This is a dangerous move, it does have a certain amount of danger, but as long as it succeeds, it can destroy the elite forces of the enemy army, this is a rare and good opportunity, we must not miss it." ”

"City Lord, since this is the case, then we must plan well, and there must be no loopholes, otherwise, the consequences will be extremely serious."

"City Lord, let's have a good discussion! See how to deploy your troops. ”

Several of his subordinates spoke.

After discovering the attacker's attack attempt, there are two ways to take it, one is to dig a tunnel directly, dig against the other party, and then after digging through, pour water or smoke into the tunnel, so as to eliminate the enemy soldiers digging in the tunnel, and another way is to plan and let the enemy dig the tunnel into the city, and then, deploy a large number of elite soldiers and horses at the exit of the tunnel, once the enemy elite soldiers and horses enter the city, they will be annihilated immediately, so as to achieve more results.

The first method is more reliable, but also relatively safe, as long as the tunnel is destroyed, the enemy's plan to use the tunnel to attack the city will be completely ruined, and the second method although there is a certain danger, but it can also achieve greater results, after all, the damage that can be caused to the enemy army by destroying the tunnel is too small, and let the enemy elite enter the city, you can destroy more enemy soldiers in one fell swoop, so as to achieve greater results.

Artik wanted to take the second way to destroy more of the enemy's living forces, so as to weaken the enemy's siege strength and facilitate the actions of the defending troops.

Before proceeding with the second option, they must figure out the enemy's possible plans in order to make themselves invincible, and this requires a careful study.

"City Lord, after the enemy enters the city, he will definitely choose a relatively hidden position, and then use the night time to send an elite army of soldiers and horses to sneak into the city, and this army of soldiers and horses entering the city is likely to attack the city gate, and receive the main army outside the city into the city, so as to capture the city in one fell swoop."

"In this way, the main force of the enemy army will assemble outside the city after the elite soldiers and horses enter the city, and after the city gate is controlled by the enemy's elite, they will enter the city in one fell swoop."

"City Lord, our elite soldiers and horses can be ambushed on both sides of the city gate, as long as the enemy's elite army launches a surprise attack on the city gate, we can annihilate it in one fell swoop, and at the same time, the other two soldiers and horses will kill the tunnel entrance, blocking the soldiers and horses outside the city from continuing to enter the city through the tunnel."

"As a precaution, we must deploy most of the elite soldiers and horses in the city near the city gate and tunnel entrances to ensure that we can annihilate the enemy's elite soldiers and horses."

The subordinates are putting forward their opinions.

They all know very well in their hearts that only the elite under their command can defeat the elite of the enemy army entering the city, and Altic's plan can be achieved, if the deployed soldiers and horses cannot defeat the enemy soldiers and horses entering the city, then the city will really be breached, and Artik will be completely finished.

Therefore, despite the decision has been made, Altic's heart is still very nervous, it can be said that he is very nervous, for fear that an oversight will cause irreparable consequences.

After repeated thinking by Altic and his subordinates, a specific plan of action was finally determined, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Altic sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to the vicinity of the tunnel entrance, and they were all the most elite soldiers and horses, and the remaining few main troops in the city were not far from the location of the possible tunnel entrance, and could be supported at any time.

"Half of the elite forces in the city are deployed nearby, and all city gates have also strengthened their vigilance, the enemy's tunnel sneak attack plan will definitely not succeed, city lord, you can rest assured!"

"City Lord, we have mobilized all the most elite forces, there will definitely be no problem, this battle will definitely be able to annihilate the enemy's elite soldiers and horses."

"City Lord, we personally lead the team, and we will definitely not let the enemy break through the city gate."

Several subordinates also made up their minds.

Artik nodded, "You all go and prepare!" Be sure to be well prepared and go quickly. ”

After giving the order, Artik continued to look out of the city, and began to think non-stop in his heart, imagining the possible consequences of his decision.

Soon, all the directions of the gates of Maia City were strengthened to ensure the absolute safety of the city wall, and at the same time, the soldiers and horses in charge of monitoring did not relax their vigilance, only a few listening points closest to the tunnel entrance were dismantled and restored, and the rest of the listening points were still there, in order to prevent the enemy from having other tunnel crossings.

At the same time, Artik also handed over three telescopes to several of his most trusted subordinates who knew technology, and let them observe all day, monitoring every move outside the city in all directions of the city wall, not only to monitor the enemy's soldiers and horses, but also to monitor the land outside the city, to see if he could find breathable small bamboo poles, so as to determine whether the enemy army has other tunnel entrances, if the enemy army has multiple tunnel routes, then, his plan must make certain changes, after all, he has deployed half of the elite for a tunnel entrance, If the enemy has three or four tunnels, then they will not have enough manpower, so they can only choose to deploy troops in one position, and the rest of the places must all adopt the strategy of destroying the tunnels.

The soldiers and horses in the city were making ample preparations, and outside the city, Ziyad was still immersed in the fantasy of storming the city of Maia.

"General, our tunnels have been dug under the city walls, and we will soon be able to dig into the city of Maia."

His subordinates told Ziyad the good news.

Qi Yad said happily: "Great, let the soldiers continue to dig, by the way, tell them to be careful, the closer they get to the city, the more dangerous they are, once we alarm the enemy inside, our plan will be over." ”

"Don't worry, general, we will be careful."

The subordinate answered.

"By the way, the tunnel passes under the moat, so it won't leak!"

Ziyad asked with concern.

The subordinate replied: "Rest assured, general, our tunnel was dug very deep before approaching the moat, and it will definitely not leak." ”

"It's good if the water doesn't leak, let the soldiers work harder, and strive to dig through tonight, go!"

Ziyad sent his men and went to see Abu ***, who was going to tell Abu *** about his battle plan.

"What, it's already dug under the city walls, so fast."

Abu *** was a little surprised, and sighed at the speed of the soldiers digging tunnels.

"General, the soldiers are full of energy, digging naturally faster, tonight will definitely be able to dig into the city, the last general thinks, tonight is a good time to break the city."

Ziyad said.

"Break the city tonight, what a good idea! Tell us about your plans! ”

Abu *** asked.

Ziad hurriedly told him about his plan.

Abu *** nodded and said: "Okay, it's really good, just do it, tonight our army will make a feint on three sides, and cooperate with the main force and elite soldiers and horses to capture the city of Maia." ”

"Yes, General, I'll go and prepare."

Ziad replied happily.

Soon, most of the soldiers and horses outside the city were ready to attack the city of Maia.

In the city of Maia, Artik and several of his men were listening to movement in front of a water tank, and although the nearest points had been demolished, the sound of digging tunnels could be heard from a long distance, and they could tell where the enemy had dug by the sound.

"City Lord, it seems that tonight, the enemy's tunnel can be dug into the city! The battle may be tonight, and our army must be fully prepared. ”

The subordinate said.

Artik nodded and said: "The enemy's tunnel has been dug into the city, and it is indeed possible to launch a siege battle tonight, you go to the city to monitor and see if there is any movement outside the city?" ”

"City Lord, there is a large-scale movement of the enemy army."

A subordinate hurriedly ran over to report the situation.

"It seems that there is no mistake, the enemy army is really going to attack the city, let the soldiers prepare for battle, let's go to the city wall and have a look."

Artik gave the order and strode towards the walls.

Standing on the city wall, Artik began to observe the situation in the distance with a telescope and saw the enemy troops who were mobilizing their troops and horses.

"A big battle is about to begin, let the soldiers and horses of the city gates be strictly guarded, and the city must be defended."

Artik gave the order.

The soldiers and horses inside the city began to prepare for close battle, and the army outside the city was also ready to attack the city, and a major battle was about to break out.

"General, the three thousand warriors are ready to go, and they will definitely be able to cooperate with the main force to break through the city gate."

The subordinate looked at Ziyad and reported loudly.

Qi Yade nodded with satisfaction, and said: "The tunnel is about to be dug through, as long as the tunnel is dug through, your three thousand soldiers and horses will immediately enter the city from the tunnel, and one thousand soldiers and horses will attack the city gate, and the next two soldiers and horses will seize the important places in the city respectively, and cooperate with the main force to capture Maia City." ”

"Yes, General."

The subordinate replied loudly.

"General, the tunnel has been dug through, and the entrance to the tunnel is in a deserted courtyard, and there are only a few beggars in it, which have been solved by our soldiers."

"Great, how many people can fit in the courtyard?"

Ziyad asked excitedly.

"The courtyard is not large, it can only accommodate a maximum of 500 people."

The subordinate replied.

Qi Yade nodded and said: "Five hundred people are enough, as long as our elite warriors gather to five hundred, they can cooperate with the main force to attack the city gate, and the follow-up soldiers and horses do not need to be assembled, just follow and pounce on the city gate." ”

"Yes, General."

The subordinate answered.

Abu *** rode over on a high-headed horse, looked at Ziyad, and said: "Since the tunnel has entered the city, then don't rub it in, immediately attack the city from all sides, attract the attention of the enemy, cover the elite soldiers to break through the city gate from the inside, and receive the main army into the city." ”