The siege of the second day went very smoothly, and after the city gate was knocked down by a siege vehicle commanded by Jia Ji, I led the first team to rush into the door and slash the defenders behind the gate.

Rushing out of the door, we were again entangled with a small force of reinforcements from the ghost army. But as soon as the city gate was opened, the soldiers of the Yin Army from the other battalions behind poured in like a flood bursting the embankment, and soon wiped out this group of ghost army troops.

At this time, I couldn't help but wonder: Why is there so few troops arranged by the ghost army behind the city gate? Could it be that the main forces have gone up to the city wall?

But the ghost army on the head of the city has been cut off by us, and it can neither get down nor fly away. Because the Green Arrow battalion outside the city has been pushed closer to the city, and the dog cavalry has finally jumped to the top of the city, although the ghost army is still resisting, but this majestic ghost city has finally been captured by us!

"Captain Zhai! What's going on behind the gates? At this time, a voice came from the cave of the city gate, it was Gan Sheng.

I hurriedly turned around and reported: "Report to the general, our army has completely captured the city gate!" No main force of the ghost army was found! ”

"Good! You lead your troops to break through the city first, and I will report to the marshal and record your first merit! ”

"General Xie!"

Gan Sheng swaggered out of the doorway and looked at the situation in the ghost city. Behind the gate is a small square, and beyond that are the houses and alleys. These ghosts don't have to live in a house like humans, and they don't know what the reason for this arrangement is.

"Captain Zhai, although the city gate is broken, the enemy commander has not bowed his head yet." Gan Sheng suddenly said to me, "I order you to take the eighth and fifth battalions to continue to attack the city, and you must find the hiding place of the ghost commander first!" ”

I was stunned for a moment. Ghost handsome? How can we deal with that guy?

General Gan...... "I was just about to give my opinion, but I was interrupted by Gan Sheng.

"Don't ask why! After finding the ghost handsome, don't do it directly, send the ghost fire as a signal first. I'll lead a large army to reinforcements! ”

"Yes, my subordinates have orders!"

I still didn't know what Gan Sheng meant, but I didn't dare to disobey the military order, so I led my eighth battalion and half of the fifth battalion left by Jia Ji and searched the city along the alley.

The city is densely packed with crude houses, large and small, and the roads in the city are crooked, all of which are small alleys. But there was not a single ghost soldier inside, could it be that he wanted to lead us into a street fight?

I was afraid that the ghost army would set up an ambush inside, so I let everyone huddle together to form a small round shield array, and searched one alley after another.

After entering, I found that the houses in the alley were originally rough workshops and workshops, which were used to make all kinds of weapons, armor, helmets and other military equipment. There is also a huge warehouse-like factory building with a large iron furnace and a large amount of iron ore piled up, which is obviously the steelmaking furnace used by the ghost army to smelt iron.

It seems that the ghost army has been mass-producing weapons and equipment here and using them to equip their own troops, no wonder the combat effectiveness of the ghost army has been greatly improved recently!

According to the regulations of the prefecture, Yin City in various places is not allowed to sell any weapons and equipment to the ghost army without permission. Of course, for the sake of its own safety, Yin City generally does not do this kind of "capital enemy" business, what if the ghost army takes these weapons and turns around to attack their own Yin City?

Because of this, the ghost army has long been built on its own. They acquired iron ore and tools through various channels, and then found a remote place to establish a base, and secretly processed and smelted and built it themselves. The weapons and equipment made in such a small workshop are naturally of average quality, but for the ghost army that has been subjected to the "arms embargo" for a long time, it is almost the only source of acquisition.

At this time, the city was broken, and the craftsmen in these workshops had long since lost sight of where they had gone, so we searched all the way but did not find a ghost. After the workshop area, there is a large school field, which should be a place for the ghost army to practice on weekdays, but it is also empty at this time.

There is actually an inner city behind the school field, which should be where the ghost marshal and his henchmen live and deliberate. The scale of the inner city wall is not as tall as the outer city, and there is no ghost army at the head of the city, but it looks like an empty city. This kind of situation is really confusing to see Zhangji, and I really can't figure it out!

Several chiefs came around me and asked, "Shall we go straight in?" ”

I shook my head and said, "This ghost town is really weird, the defenders in front have been fighting with us all the time, but when they enter the city, they are empty. In order to prevent fraud, let's wait for the big army to come before going in! ”

Sure enough, Gan Sheng, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, soon took his personal battalion and followed our footsteps to find the inner city. In addition, there is Cheng Youliang's ninth battalion. The other battalions were still outside the city and on the top of the city to exterminate the last remnants of the ghost army.

After Gan Sheng arrived, he still urged us to attack the inner city. Shi Xun, who was a little anxious, took the initiative to take the first task and took the lead in going up and kicking open the gate of the inner city. Hey, it's still empty inside, unguarded!

"Go in and search for me!" Gan Sheng was impatient, obviously eager to make a great achievement.

Cheng Youliang and I took our respective subordinates to search separately, looking for the whereabouts of the ghost handsome everywhere. As a result, the ghost handsome didn't find it, but found the treasury of the ghost army. But it was empty, and there was not a single precious treasure of any value.

Finally, I met with Cheng Youliang in the council chamber in the inner city. I asked him if he had gained anything. He shook his head, then pulled me aside with a strange look on his face, and pulled out a letter.

I wondered, "Where did the letter come from?" ”

Cheng Youliang pointed to a chair in the conference hall and said, "I found it in that seat." ”

The chair was in the middle of the chamber, tall and wide, with many skulls on the back, which was obviously different from the others, and should be the first one. The first seat in the ghost army chamber is naturally for the ghost marshal to sit on, could it be that this letter was left by the ghost marshal?

"What's written on it?" I asked again.

Cheng Youliang smiled bitterly: "You will know it by watching it yourself!" ”

I hesitated, but I couldn't help my curiosity, and picked up the letterhead and opened it to look at it. There are only eight big characters written on it: "Three holes of the cunning rabbit, there will be a period later!" ”

"!" I blurted out. It seems that it has already run away, and it has left a letter to tease us.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Cheng Youliang asked me again, "It stands to reason that they are guarding so hard in the outer city, why do they give up directly when they get to the inner city?" ”

"I wonder too, could there be any fraud in this?"

"But we searched the whole inner city, and we didn't find anything out of the ordinary."

"Then I can't figure it out!"

While discussing, Gan Sheng also led his troops into the conference hall. Cheng Youliang stepped forward and handed the letter to Gan Sheng.

Gan Sheng opened it and only glanced at it, his face immediately turned pale, and he tore the letter to shreds casually!

Cheng Youliang and I were both very surprised: didn't he plan to hand over such important information to the two marshals of the day tour and the night tour for review?

"Keep searching! Be sure to find their escape route! Gan Sheng was still unwilling, and instructed us to continue searching.

Eventually, I found a few narrow holes in the stone wall behind the inner city, which people could not pass through, but ghosts could get through. Moreover, a very cool yin wind blows from the cave, and there should be a yin vein on the other side of the cave. It is likely that this is the back road left by the ghost army, and there is a whole stone wall in between, so it is obvious that it is impossible to continue the pursuit.

But judging by the empty treasury and the letters left by the ghost marshal, they should have withdrawn their main forces and supplies long before we besieged the city. The ghost army defending the city in front is the abandoned son who stayed behind to defend it, in order to use the ghost city to consume our forces again.

At this time, the two Yin Marshals of Day Tour and Night Tour also led the main force into the inner city. Gan Sheng rushed forward to report that the night tour army captured the inner city after a hard battle, and the ghost commander saw that the situation was not good and withdrew from the cave behind the city with his cronies!

This guy really doesn't make drafts to brag! No wonder he tore up the letter just now, because he didn't want his superiors to know that this inner city was an empty city.

The marshals of the day tour and the marshal of the night tour were very annoyed, and the enemy commander who saw it in his hand let it escape again. What was supposed to be a perfect big win ended up with a tricky aftermath.

And at this time, I was thinking: why do the ghost army know so much about our whereabouts every time? This is the case with the gopher maze, and the same is true for Hanchang City, this time even their base camp can be calmly emptied and retreated, such a decision is too resolute and decisive!

"Could it be ......" I suddenly understood in my heart, "I'm afraid that the ghost marshal must have planted spies and eyes and ears in the underworld, so that it can get information in time and make the most correct judgment every time." Well, it must be like that! ”

However, I don't dare to mention this unfounded speculation in front of the two marshals of the day tour and the night tour, so I can only hold it in my heart. But I guess Cheng Youliang and even Gan Sheng should have this suspicion.

In any case, all the remnants of the ghost army guarding the ghost town have been wiped out, and hundreds of prisoners have been captured. And after all, a big ghost city was built, and it was the base camp of the ghost army, which is a great achievement!

As a result, the two marshals of the day tour and the night tour inevitably had a war of words at the post-war summary meeting in order to report the merits of the war. However, I led the 8th Battalion of the Night Expedition Army to break through the city gate first, and Gan Sheng led his troops to enter the inner city first, which is the first achievement that cannot be erased. Marshal Night Tour fought according to this, and finally won back two great achievements for me and Gan Sheng.

But at the same time, the Yin army dispatched almost all the main forces this time, and still suffered a lot of losses again. According to the statistics after the war, the Yin army lost another 1,200 Yin soldiers, 500 seriously wounded, and countless minor injuries.

Coupled with the number of people killed and seriously wounded in Hanchang City, the Yin army has lost more than 3,000 people in the past two months, accounting for almost one-third of the total number of Yin troops. It seems that it is imperative for the Yin army to be recruited and reorganized again!