Chapter 423: The Last Battle (3)
Seeing the boulder hanging above his head, he couldn't help but twist his brows.
It's a little strange how such a boulder could protrude from this place.
However, the hole was too small at the moment, and he couldn't tell if there was anything strange about the boulder, so he glanced around the outside world and found no one, so he ordered his men to continue digging.
The sound of ping-pong sounded again, and this time the movements of several people were obviously much faster, because there were already holes, and it would be much easier to dig them up again.
After a while, the hole became half the size of a human body, and as long as it was chiseled for a short while, the person could basically walk out straight.
At this time, General Xu raised his hand again to ask a few people to stop their movements, walked to the entrance of the cave and carefully looked at the boulder inexplicably selected at the entrance of the cave.
Beiliuyun's heart was raised, and the hearts of all the Beiyan soldiers were also raised.
One by one, they couldn't help but scold in their hearts, this general is inevitably a little too cautious!
In fact, General Xu had to be cautious, these soldiers in his hands were brought by him to participate in the attack on Northern Yan without the permission of Emperor Nanzhao.
If he wins, it can be said that because the Northern Yan soldiers crossed the mountain road and wanted to attack Nanzhao, the emperor could turn a blind eye.
But if he loses, and the soldiers guarding the border are transferred by him privately, it will really be a crime of extermination.
After scanning around, there was still no suspicious movement.
And in order to alleviate the general's suspicions, Beiliuyun ordered the people to release a hare that had been prepared earlier.
The hare sprang out as fast as it could, rolled on the snow for a few moments, and disappeared into the snow.
Sure enough, seeing this hare, General Xu was a lot more relieved, after all, if there was an ambush of the enemy here, I am afraid that the hare would have been frightened away a long time ago, and it would not appear here at all.
And Bei Liuyun did not relax his vigilance, but was thinking in his heart, according to the half-human-high hole at this moment, whether it could be carried out according to his previous plan.
The entrance to the cave was still being dug again, but I don't know if General Xu was uneasy or if he really found something, and the soldiers who were going on were stopped by him again.
The soldiers retreated one after another, and General Xu stood at the entrance of the cave and looked around carefully.
After thinking about it, he finally ordered someone to bring a bow and arrows.
Seeing this, Beiliuyun couldn't help but scold.
I really didn't expect that this General Xu would be so cautious, if he really let him shoot indiscriminately with sharp arrows, they would be exposed if they hit people.
Even if the soldier who was shot could endure it, but now the snow was everywhere, and after the shot, blood would inevitably overflow, and in the snow, I was afraid that this scarlet was too dazzling, and it would be difficult for Nanzhao's men and horses not to find it.
After quickly weighing the pros and cons in his heart, Beiliuyun made a quick decision and made a gesture to Cang Sickle, who was hiding on the top of the mountain.
The few people who had climbed to the top earlier hurriedly pulled up the dead vines and moved away the stones that had been laid out earlier.
At the same time as General Xu fired an arrow, he heard the sound of rushing water whistling.
Immediately looked around, but only looked around, but did not find where the sound of water came from.
"General, what are you looking for?" An adjutant general couldn't help but ask.
But after asking, several people were stunned, because at this moment, they had already heard the sound of water pouring for thousands of miles like a torrential rain, and they couldn't help but look up at the top of their heads.
I saw that the boulder sticking out horizontally continued to overflow water droplets towards their cheeks, ticking and ticking.
Several people were stunned, and they didn't seem to have figured out the situation yet!
General Xu was the first to react and exclaimed, "Retreat!" ”
It was only before his command came out, and the stones blocked by the boulder's fracture had been slowly removed, rushing down like a stream of water, pouring in from the top of the mountain.
General Xu was the first to take a big sip of water, and then everyone fell to the ground with the impact.
The people behind didn't know what was going on for a while, until the water-like water swept away towards their front door, and they all reflected and wanted to escape.
It's just that the mountain road is narrow, and it is still necessary to bow down a little to move forward, not to mention that the army is densely gathered between the mountain roads, and there is nowhere to retreat.
Some people who didn't know how to water, or who didn't have time to react, were immediately submerged, and after struggling in the torrent for a while, they lost signs of life.
These long-accumulated torrents seem to have finally found an outlet, and they sweep through like a storm with the momentum of thousands of horses.
The narrow mountain road was filled with water in an instant, and the place it passed was like a flood crossing it, and it was a miserable situation.
The soldiers threw away their armor and fled in embarrassment, you pushed me, I dragged you, and they fell to the ground one after another, and were poured into a few mouthfuls of cold river water.
In this cold winter weather, the water flow introduced by the chiseling of the glacier carried a cold that was far from being seen on weekdays, and where the water flowed, the cold air was bursting, and there were bursts of white smoke, and it only took a moment to make these soldiers shiver, their hands and feet stiff, and where could they escape.
General Xu and several lieutenants were standing at the entrance of the cave, and after being hit by a huge torrent first, they hurriedly climbed and steadied themselves, taking advantage of the opportunity of the torrent to rush behind, several people arched themselves and firmly leaned against the steep wall to prevent the menacing water column from completely submerging them.
However, even so, the water that spread on them still brought them unspeakable pain.
The entrance of the cave was cold and cold, as cold as a knife, and under the armor was the river that had been frozen for a long time, and the river water was blown by the wind, clinging to the skin, making them shiver.
The shiny armor was even colder, and the cold iron skin was against the skin, making their lips white.
General Xu only felt that the sky was falling at the moment, and he only hoped that someone could tell him what was going on, what the hell was going on!
Looking at the more and more water flowing in the mountain road, he shuddered and found that it seemed impossible for him to hide here to avoid this catastrophe, and looked at the soldiers whose numbers had plummeted, General Xu held back the biting cold, and looked carefully under the entrance of the cave.
I estimated in my heart that the entrance of this cave was not too far from the ground, and if I didn't jump off with the help of ropes, it shouldn't be a big problem for those of them who practiced martial arts.
After hesitating for a moment, he knew that it was basically impossible to wait for all these soldiers to withdraw from the original path, and the corpses in the mountain path would only increase, and if he waited until the water column washed them all out of the hole on the opposite side, it would probably only be possible to do it when they were all dead corpses.
General Xu immediately roared: "The living people! Jump with me! Only by jumping here can we have a way to live! ”
At this moment, everyone didn't have time to complain about why General Xu brought them to this place, but when they heard what he said about the only way to live, those who kept fighting to escape from the caves on both sides were a little hesitant for a while.
Because the hole in the general's mouth is no longer the simple hole before, but there is a huge curtain of water hanging upside down outside this hole, and if you want to jump down, you must have the courage to plunge headlong into this piercing curtain of water that is enough to sweep people away.
They hesitated, but General Xu did not hesitate, he immediately jumped and held his breath, and he didn't care if there would be anything wrong with freezing in this water, he only knew that this was his only chance to live, and as for the future, he had to have a life or say it.
Seeing General Xu gritting his teeth and jumping into the water curtain, several lieutenants glanced at each other and jumped into the cave one after another.
The rest of the soldiers who were busy fleeing for their lives did not dare to hesitate at this moment, and they all jumped into the air.
It's just that the water flow is getting bigger and bigger, from top to bottom with a majestic force, the hole that was not completely chiseled before was completely pierced by this torrent, the cave became huge, and the water was completely released, and then those who wanted to jump off had no chance at all, and the whole person was knocked over by the huge waves, fell into the whirlpool, and was washed away by the struggle.
Beiliuyun estimated the scene inside, frowned slightly, and said to Chu Luoyi: "There are some deviations from the situation expected before, this General Xu is really too cautious, if he waited until he completely chiseled the hole at the beginning, the water flow directly poured into it would not have left a living mouth at all, but now there are so many fish that have slipped through the net." ”
Chu Luoyi looked at the soldiers who kept jumping out of the hole and falling to the ground, wet all over, patting Beiliuyi while saying: "Actually, this is not necessarily a bad thing, the soldiers of Beiyan have been suppressed for too long, and now there is an opportunity to beat the water dogs, wouldn't it be better to use it to boost morale." ”
Beiliuyun's eyes lit up, and he kissed Chu Luoyi's face: "It's still the wisdom of a lady." ”
Chu Luoyi didn't expect him to be so presumptuous at this juncture, and immediately blushed a little, and turned his head away from him.
On the contrary, Bei Liuyi stared at a pair of eyes, looking at the two panda eyes on Bei Liuyun's face, he waved his small fist again as if threatening, and grinned with a warning look.
The corners of Bei Liuyun's eyes couldn't help twitching, and he turned his head seriously, ignoring the laughter of the guards next to him.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people escaping, and almost no one jumped out of the cave anymore, Beiliuyun's narrow eyes slowly narrowed.
General Xu on the ground panted heavily, shivering in the cold wind, and the snow on the ground had melted, and then froze into ice.
"Who the hell has come up with such a shady solution, General, have we fallen for someone else's scheme?" One of the lieutenants was panting heavily, and his face was a little purple from the cold.
"Yes, General, what did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say, we have suffered a lot of losses this time."
General Xu's face was also dark, if this kind of thing happened, I am afraid that he is not a person on both sides, and he has not been able to handle things well for Ouyang Qiancheng, and he is afraid that he will offend Emperor Nanzhao again, and his future is worrying.
"General! It must have been done by Beiyan's gang of dogs, and we must avenge this revenge! A soldier who seemed to be in good physical strength said in his throat, with a little water in the corner of his eye.
'Smack, smack, smack! Slow applause rang out, and Beiliuyun walked out with a group of Beiyan soldiers hiding behind the mountain wall.
And the Northern Yan soldiers who were ambushed in the snow also shook off the snow on their bodies and slowly stood up.
Several people led by General Xu stood up one after another, trembling with their swords, forming a circle, looking at the countless Beiyan soldiers surrounded on all sides, and despair was born in their hearts for a while.
"Beiliuyun! It's Beiliuyun! ”
Seeing Beiliuyun appear, Nanzhao's soldiers shrank and trembled, and a few people directly threw away the swords in their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.
But more, they still picked up their swords and rushed towards Beiyan's soldiers and horses, and some people shouted: "Kill!" Everyone, rush out with me! Since Beiliuyun is ambushed here, presumably His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have many people there at all, as long as we can drag His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forward, we will definitely be able to get out alive! ”