Late at night, Liu Xiu took Ren Guang and Li Tong and stood on top of the city in the south of the city. Behind them, followed were the ten remaining Wancheng rangers.

Although it was dark and dark outside, the light of the stars could still be seen in the distance below the castle tower, stretching all the way to the endless distance.

It was the torches in the camp of the 400,000 New Army, twinkling like stars falling on the ground.

"Let's go." Liu Xiu pulled the rope hanging from the city wall, and after making sure that it was strong enough, he first dragged it down to the city wall.

Liu Xiu never thought that under such a siege, he would be able to break out. Not to mention one or two thousand, even if the remaining six thousand soldiers in the city were brought out together, it would be impossible to break through the encirclement network of 400,000 people.

On the contrary, the number of people is small enough to be able to sneak in more easily.

There is a wooded area to the west outside the southern city, and although the new army has cut down a lot of it in order to make siege ladders and rushing carts, it still has a large enough area. If you want to break through the encirclement, this forest is the only way.

The problem was that the woods were more than a mile away from the city walls. The most dangerous journey, that is, this mile and many roads. If there are too many people, no matter how hidden they are, they will be discovered. But with a squad of a dozen people, it is much easier to hide their figures.

The position of the rope was well chosen, and at the foot of it was a rushing car that had been burned by the defenders a few days ago. Liu Xiu fell to the ground gently, hid his figure behind the rushing car, and beckoned to the top of the city tower.

The car smelled of burnt wood, and it didn't look like it had been burned for long. But even more disgusting than the smell of scorched wood was the stench of the countless corpses under the city.

It's May, and it's hot. More than half a month before, the city had been repeatedly attacked, and countless corpses of the new army had already piled up outside the city.

The city is the place where the two armies are fighting, and the new army cannot come to collect the burial, and the green forest army in the city will naturally not risk going out of the city to collect the burial. The stench of decomposing corpses, mixed with fresh blood, went straight into Liu Xiu's nostrils.

"It stinks! You're going to get the plague! ”

Li Tong, who was hanging down next, complained to Liu Xiu in a low voice.

"Silence!" Liu Xiu glared at Li Tong in the dark: "Bear with it." ”

When Ren Guang and the rangers in the back hung down along the rope, Liu Xiucai began to lead them, carefully moving in the direction of the woods.

That's the only way to survive. On the left and right sides of the woods, there are endless new army camps, and if they are discovered by the new army in the camp, they will not be able to fly.

Near the city walls, there were also a number of corpses and broken siege equipment, which they could use as cover. But as far as the bow and arrow could reach on the walls, there was nothing left in front of them.

The crowd could only lie on the ground cautiously, crawling forward little by little.

No one made a sound, not even a louder movement, so he could only keep his body close to the ground and slowly crawl forward.

The smell of the corpse is disgusting just by smelling it. And now, Liu Xiu is going to crawl among the corpses, walking close to the ground.

The smell of a decomposing corpse in the heat of the weather becomes even more terrifying when smelled up close. The stench, even if you hold your breath, will actively burrow into your nose on its own.

Not to mention, the touch of rubbing against the corpse next to me while crawling. The flesh, which has become soft due to decay, will leak disgusting sticky pus at the slightest touch. Those pus were slippery and greasy sticking to his body, which was a picture that Liu Xiu had never seen in his most terrible nightmare before. Even when he was defending the city, he had seen and even made a large number of corpses, but those fresh corpses and plasma were far less disgusting than here.

Now, however, we can only endure it.

After passing through the area where the corpses had piled up, the front was finally flat, and the smell of corpses gradually subsided. Although the physical pain was slightly reduced, Liu Xiu's spirit was more tense.

Because the decomposing corpse, as disgusting as it is, is the best concealment. But the next part of the road is a flat and unobstructed open space.

With the battle of Huang Chunshui as a lesson from the past, even though the new army besieged such a small city as Kunyang with such a huge disparity in numbers, it still raised its greatest vigilance.

Not only are the torches lit up in the camp at night, but even the lookouts are several times more than usual. The huge gap in numbers made Wang Yi and Wang Xun not have to worry about transferring too many soldiers to patrol at night and affect the siege during the day. Even in the middle of the night, there were teams of non-commissioned officers patrolling the barracks.

Even before the woods, there were a number of sentinels.

Liu Xiu's movements were slower and more careful than before. Every step forward takes a long time.

After a long time, everyone finally climbed to the front of the woods, and even the figure of the patrol sentry could be seen clearly.

In front of the woods, there were sentry posts every few tens of feet. At each outpost stood a small group of soldiers, about thirty or fifty men. Not only were everyone carrying torches, but there were also several tall braziers at the outpost that illuminated the surroundings. And the position where Liu Xiu and the others stopped at this moment was already the edge of the firelight.

From here, it is no longer possible to sneak around.

Liu Xiu, who was crawling in front, stretched out his hand and beckoned lightly behind him.

No response. Liu Xiu knew very well that at such a distance, in order to avoid being discovered, it was impossible for anyone to make the slightest movement to respond to him.

But that was a signal that had been said in advance, and Liu Xiu no longer needed to wait for a response.

After gesturing, Liu Xiu jumped up from the ground, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and rushed towards the group of sentries in front of him.

Distance, twenty zhang.

With Liu Xiu's figure, Li Tong and Ren Guang behind him, plus the ten rangers also burst out at the same time, rushing towards the group of sentries together.