Chapter 173: The Secret Passage

While the carriage was marching, Zhao Rui went to the door of the carriage and looked at the map, looking at the geographical location of Anbang Prefecture, Zhao Rui suddenly had an epiphany.

Unlike Anbang Prefecture, which is the only important town in the northeast of Cochin, the most important thing is that it is too close to the Red River Delta, and the closer it is to the prosperous place, the greater the threat.

This time, the speed of the Jiaozhi people was too fast, which made people feel unguarded, but the only thing Zhao Rui didn't understand was how they got into the city under the noses of so many musketeers?

It is difficult to go to the blue sky on the Shu Road, but Zhao Rui doesn't even have a decent road here, the eyes are full of undulating green, it is really green, there is no official road between Dabao and Anbang Prefecture, just because this primeval jungle will swallow all the dirt roads, at present, only Arjuna leads the way in front, and everyone can walk the passage of the lower grass.

Zhao Rui really couldn't understand how much effort Arjuna had to waste to find such a path, and how she found the previous path.

Arjuna has been dignified in the past two days, and Zhao Rui also deliberately persuaded her when she was eating and resting, but it didn't work, she was calm like the center of a storm now, but once an enemy approached, it was bound to set off a bloody storm.

The distance from Dabaocheng to Anbang Prefecture is twice as long as that from Hulang City, and it takes nearly two days to rush, although Zhao Rui said that there is no need to hurry, but under the leadership of Arjuna, he unconsciously walked a lot faster.

When I arrived at the outskirts of Anbang Prefecture, it was already evening, coupled with the cloudy weather, it was gloomy, and I looked at the city of Anbang Prefecture from a distance in the dark tower, and after walking for a while, the city wall was lit with torches, which illuminated brightly, as if I was guarding against something.

The city wall was already close in front of him, there were many shadows on the city wall, and the team was hidden behind a large area of trees, Zhao Rui knew that he couldn't move forward, otherwise he would be discovered.

"Go over there!"

Zhao Rui pointed to a small hill diagonally opposite, so many people are still hiding on the mountain, which is not easy to be discovered.

Parking the carriage halfway up the mountain, Zhao Rui walked ahead with a telescope.

"Lord Wang?"

"It's the prince who brought someone here!"

"You don't have to hide, come out, come out!"

Who?

When the soldiers on Zhao Rui's side were surprised, hundreds of soldiers who were originally stationed in Anbang Prefecture jumped out of the trees and weeds.

"Great, you're alright!"

Arjuna cried out happily when she saw that they were all old faces.

"What about the others?" Zhao Rui looked at the appearance of only a few hundred people, and his heart sank.

"Oh, we still have half of our men on the hill at the other corner of the city wall, although we have lost some people, but the perspective of these two mountains can see four gates, and they have tried to go out of the city several times, but we have beaten them back!"

Zhao Rui walked a few steps up quickly, looked at the opposite side, and could indeed see two doors.

"Lord be careful!"

As soon as the warrior finished speaking, Zhao Rui clearly saw a flash of fire on the opposite city wall, followed by a gunshot, tearing through the silence before nightfall, as well as the small hole in the trees next to Zhao Rui.

"Do the Cochins know how to use guns?"

Zhao Rui retreated in surprise, looking at the distance of about 400 meters, a person who had only touched the gun for a few days could hit such a good shot.

"Lord Wang, it's good that you're fine!"

The general looked Zhao Rui up and down, and then said unwillingly: "Yes, now the marksmanship of the Jiaozhi people has improved after a few days of practice, and it is impossible for us to enter now!" And we lost more than 600 people...... There are also a lot of muskets inside! ”

Zhao Rui and Arjuna glanced at each other, both with deep worry.

Now that the Jiaozhi people have guns and have learned to use guns, it is simply a scourge, if they return to Thang Long City and then be flexibly used by their generals, although it will not bring disaster to Zhao Rui, it will definitely cause very serious losses, those generals and civil officials who follow Zhao Rui, no matter which casualties Zhao Rui does not want to see.

"Where's the spare ammunition?" Zhao Rui frowned and asked the most critical question.

"In ...... ...... inside"

The soldier seemed to feel very aggrieved, and hurriedly explained: "That night, it was clear that all the city heads were well defended, but those Jiaozhi people didn't know where they came from!" Secretly killed a lot of people, if someone hadn't shot and reported the news, I'm afraid they would have assassinated even more people! The Jiaozhi soldiers grabbed the muskets and fired indiscriminately, which also caused casualties, so ...... So we all took advantage of the chaos and fled! ”

The inexplicable appearance of the Jiaozhi people, the city that could not be attacked, made Zhao Rui have no clue for the time being, and it seems that he has to go in to explore the situation.

Zhao Rui told Aruna of his thoughts, and Aruna immediately said that she would go with her.

"I'm going too, I'm going too!" Zhao Xiaoyi also asked beside him.

"No, you're not allowed to go!" Zhao Rui vetoed it.

"Humph! Big deal, I'll go myself! I want to avenge the soldiers who died in battle, and I want to take back the muskets, but my defense arrangements are not strict, so let me solve it! Arjuna ignored Zhao Rui's worries at all, and went to the side to prepare.

"Hehe, where is the young master, I'll go!" Xiao Yi also said disapprovingly.

These two women ......

Zhao Rui had nothing to do with them, so he had to pull them into the carriage and use a small drone.

The drone belongs to the military microcomputer, and the sound in the ear is not much louder than a mosquito, and it flies lightly into the night.

In comparison, the two women were more interested in the surveillance screen, through which they could see the unparalleled perspective of the drone in the sky, but the two of them were still more surprised by the monitor itself, and their heads were squeezed, almost blocking the screen.

"Hey, let me go, I still have to control it remotely!"

Zhao Rui sat between the two with the remote control lever and controlled the screen, because they were too close, two completely different aromas hit, which made Zhao Rui really a little uneasy.

The night vision infrared system of the drone is very advanced, even in a dark corner, it is as clear as the day, but unfortunately the picture is black and white.

"Where did you come from......

Zhao Rui looked at it casually and found that the Jiaozhi people were very well defended, and there were not only patrols on the city wall, but also people standing guard, all of whom were engrossed in examining the situation outside the city.

If he can find a way for the Jiaozhi people to sneak in unconsciously, Zhao Rui is also confident that he can dive in the same.

Now that the city wall is tightly guarded, Zhao Rui only needs to use a dancing talisman to fly over, but this time he has to take two women with him, I am afraid that they will be injured by guns, so he has to find a safe way to enter the city.

Hey, it's weird here......

Zhao Rui found something strange under a big tree in the city, two Jiaozhi soldiers were stationed at the edge of a well with guns, surrounded by a large open space, which means that there is a problem with the well! Therefore, it is possible that the Cochin people entered the city through the mouth of the well.

Now that the exit is known, where is the entrance?

Zhao Rui instinctively felt that this well was too close to the south, and the south was the sea, could it be?

Zhao Rui immediately controlled the drone and flew south.

Sure enough, this is a large "inland sea", that is, a lake formed here by the sea through the narrow land and through the tides, but it is all seawater.

The shore of this inland sea is next to the south gate of Ampang State City.

No wonder the defenders can't find out, as long as you take advantage of the night, you can dive into the water to get to the direction of the wellhead, but if the tide rises, the sea water may fill the channel connecting the well with the sea, so because the distance is too far, it is more dangerous.

Regarding the significance of this seawater well, Zhao Rui can also guess a thing or two, it must be because the salt industry in Jiaozhi is restricted, so the officials of Anbang Prefecture privately lead out the channel, so that the seawater can be extracted to dry the illegal salt!

After Zhao Rui explained his thoughts to the two daughters, they all suddenly realized, now it is just when the tide is about to rise, and it is dark, so they can quickly dive into the city through the sea!

"Do you all know how to swim?" Zhao Rui asked with luck.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Damn! Well, hurry up, there's not much time left! ”

It may reach the most ** in a few hours, and then the tide will be after dawn, without further ado, the three of them hurriedly went down the mountain and ran towards the direction of the seaside, the road was rugged, and it was late at night, fortunately, Zhao Rui's eyesight was amazing, if he hadn't led in front, he would never have reached such a speed as now.

In less than half an hour, the three of them had already arrived at the beach, and then slowly swam over from the mouth of the inland sea.

The soldiers who stayed behind were cooking on the mountain, and they were all secretly doing it halfway up the mountain, but now it is estimated that they chose to be on the top of the mountain, just to attract the attention of some Jiaozhi people.

What everyone didn't expect was that Zhao Gong actually rode a horse to chase after him.

"General Zhao Gong, why are you here!" Everyone was surprised by Zhao Gong's coming, and they all held torches and surrounded them.

"The situation is urgent......

Zhao Gong's face showed a tired look, and the corners of the horse's mouth foamed at the mouth because of the continuous running.

"I have received information that the Emperor of Cochin has sent a large army to support Ampang Prefecture, and they are bound to get the muskets...... Hey? What about the young master? ”

Zhao Gong rode on the horse, looked left and right, but he didn't see Zhao Rui, and he was already a little panicked.

"Lord Wang, he took General Arjuna and Miss Xiaoyi to the secret passage to the city!"

"Oh my God, how long have you been gone?" Zhao Gong was a little frustrated, he didn't expect that he was still slow when he was in a hurry day and night.

"It's been an hour......"

Oops!

After some coordination by Zhao Gong, the people on the two mountains set up an ambush, ready to deal with the upcoming reinforcements from Jiaozhi.

Zhao Gong didn't think about hitting the city directly, but their Jiaozhi people's line of sight was obviously superior to their own, and such a blind attack would only cause casualties.

But at a critical time, he still has to go up, Zhao Gong touched the two ** in his arms, and then lay down quietly, looking at the direction of the west with a telescope.

At this time, Zhao Rui and the three of them had already touched the hole in the city wall, which was close to one person high and had an arm span width, but it was surrounded by slippery seaweed, which was very slippery whether they stepped on it or touched it.