(178) Fanning the flames
In the middle of the night, the rebel camp was crowded with people;
A large number of soldiers quietly assembled in formation;
All kinds of large-scale long-range siege equipment, in a steady stream, drove to the periphery of Chiyan City;
It is clear that this is a sign that the rebels are preparing to launch a night raid.
What made Liu Xing feel most uneasy was that he vaguely saw that many sergeants were busy driving away a group of similar spirit beasts.
To test his guess, Liu Xing infiltrated the rebel camp;
In the camp, there are busy dispatching everywhere, and it is easy and pleasant to find a lone ordinary ironclad soldier and subdue it;
After changing into the soldier's armor and blending into the formation, Liu Xing rushed to the nearest assembly place.
In the dim light, in front of the crowd, a sand pit with a diameter of more than 100 meters is impressive;
Huge bunkers, the deeper you go, the smaller the caliber, the darker you see;
I only heard that in the deep and dark entrance of the cave, there was a rustling and a constant sound;
Occasionally, there are large groups of spirit beasts, digging up the mud and sand and gravel;
And this kind of spirit beast is what Liu Xing saw outside the camp, and it is called the Panshan Beast.
Pangolin, with short limbs, quick movements, extremely sharp claws, and is very good at drilling mountains and burrowing;
The purpose of the rebels' move could not be more obvious;
They are to choose, a new way to siege the city.
The repeated unsuccessful sieges of the city allowed them to learn a lesson from the failures: the dense stone pillar fortress, the construction of Chiyan City, the super lethality of the air and ground attack and defense, if you want to get rid of the passive situation, you can only avoid its edge and launch a surprise attack from the underground.
It is no wonder that in the past few days, there has been no sign of siege in the rebels;
The area of Chiyan City is mostly a mixed structure of rocks, mud and sand, which is the best soil for digging ditches and burrows for pangolins.
According to the interval between the pangolin beast and the sediment transported from the cave, Liu Xing preliminarily estimated that within half an hour, the tunnel dug by the pangolin beast could be penetrated into Chiyan City;
And here, the passages that are being dug intensively, I don't know how many are left in the rebel barracks;
Once the tunnels are opened, the rebels can pass through, and the long-range attacks of trebuchets and thunder cannons attract the attention of the defenders;
Then, let the nearly 400,000 troops pass through the tunnel at night, and enter the inner city of Chiyan without knowing it.
At that time, even if there is such a thing as Lao Taijun, the first spirit master of the Spirit Clan, it will be useless.
However, the most annoying thing is that Liu Xing clearly knew the intentions of the rebels, but he was helpless.
On the one hand, if you want to pass on the information, you must take the risk of breaking through the blockade of the rebels, even if you fish in troubled waters, you can get to the outside of Chiyan City as quickly as possible; the moon is dark and the wind is high, who will recognize him as Liu Xing, and who will believe that he is here to report the news?
On the other hand, even if you can successfully find the old lady and tell the truth, it will probably be too late to deploy troops to defend;
Moreover, it is not known how many passages the rebels had and where they led into the city, and it was obviously impractical to defend the city without a target with the strength of the present defenders.
"Bang!"
Liu Xing thought to himself secretly, and the sound of clay pots breaking sounded behind him.
Immediately afterwards, there was a rebuke from the soldiers.
"Damn, tell you to be careful!"
Several big-headed soldiers, with their hands and feet, pushing a wooden cart full of clay pots, were very difficult;
When going up the slope, the force was overwhelmed, the wheels slipped, and many clay pots were shaken off and broken.
From the dark red liquid all over the ground and the smell that emanated, Liu Xing judged that the clay pot contained fire oil.
A smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and a plan was born.
"I'm here to help!"
Liu Xing specially ran over to help.
"Hey, who's who, you're from the raiders, you're fucking comfortable, just waiting to get a hole. ”
The leader greeted Liu Xing.
The implication of "drilling holes" attracted strange laughter from several people around.
"Big brother, which team are you from?"
Liu Xing deliberately pretended to be stupid.
"Can't you see, our brothers are all from the munitions depot, and the above explained that within half an hour, all the oil must be transported over, tonight, don't want to sleep!"
"Oh, big brothers, don't worry, I have a lot of strength, I can help!"
A wooden car of several hundred catties is too light for Liu Xing;
With a little force, the cart was able to pull off the slope.
"Good boy, yes!
The leader of the formation, who knew Liu Xing's purpose, patted Liu Xing's shoulder, his face full of gratitude.
"You're polite, you're polite! Being in the barracks is all living on the edge of a knife, and it is also appropriate to take care of each other. My brother is young, and I want to take this opportunity to ask a few big brothers for a lesson!"
"Hey, what's there, just say, a few brothers will help you sum it up. ”
In a few words, Liu Xing smoothly brought a few big-headed soldiers into his own rhythm.
Liu Xing's move, first, was to find the location of the large battalion armament depot on the grounds of help;
In addition, he wants to use this to fan the flames.
Liu Xing made an extremely cautious appearance, and then whispered:
"I just want to ask a few big brothers for advice, if our attacking clan is defeated this time, should we surrender or escape?"
"Oh, brother, don't talk nonsense, but you're going to lose your head!"
A few people looked left and right, for fear that someone around them would listen.
"I'm not talking nonsense, haven't you heard some rumors from the big brothers?"
Liu Xing hooked hands with everyone.
Curiosity drove a few people to quickly gather around.
"I heard that the Great Khan's army will soon be back!"
"What? Didn't you say that the Great Khan was killed by the Assassins in the Rainbow Oasis?"
"Oh, that's all used by the top to deceive people! Big brothers, do you know why, the top let us attack Chiyan City overnight?"
"Why?"
Several people were frightened, and they were fooled by Liu Xing, and they were a little dizzy.
"I'm not afraid! The Great Khan's 100,000 army will soon kill the Hui capital, so if you are the top, can you not be in a hurry?"
"Well, according to what my brother said, it's true!"
Everyone nodded again and again, agreeing with Liu Xing's words.
"That's right! This news has been spread all over the army for a long time, and the eldest brothers don't even know about it. I have a few brothers, who are on errands above, and they are all busy planning for the future! According to what I said, if it is really then, it is better to surrender, and the Great Khan will never cut off the heads of so many of us!"
Hearing Liu Xing's words, how could the big-headed soldier not panic.
After they placed the clay pots haphazardly, they pushed the cart aside and began to whisper.
It can be heard that they are discussing and finding a way out for themselves.
The end point of the oil transportation was the front line of the rebel siege;
Looking around, the soldiers were busy assembling and placing all kinds of siege equipment in the dim light of the fire; stones, fire oil, and thunder bombs were piled up, and preparations for long-range attacks were initially completed.
This also confirms Liu Xing's previous judgment.