Chapter 42: The Expertise of the Dwarven Tribes
It's been nearly five years since Bunian arrived in Wimbleton, and in the eyes of everyone, he's just a successful trader. In fact, Bunian was a very good intelligence officer of the Monlin Empire, and he was here to carry out a very secret mission.
During these five years, Bunian did not need to transmit and collect information, let alone contact with other intelligence officers, and had only one mission, which was to dig a tunnel leading to the outside of the city.
This task is easy to say, but it is incredibly difficult to execute!
First of all, in a border military center like Wimbledon, there will be a special person responsible for listening to the sounds around the city walls, including under the city walls, to prevent the destruction and invasion of enemy countries.
Secondly, the location of the tunnel is also very important, not only to ensure safety, but also to facilitate excavation.
Zuihou is the difficulty of excavation, such as how to find the direction in the pitch black underground, maintain adequate ventilation in the tunnels, avoid the obstruction of cellars and rock formations, and how to transport such a large amount of soil out of the city without arousing the suspicion of the people around them.
In order to build this tunnel, nearly 100 outstanding professional elites of the Monlin Empire were buried in this place. Some people were even suffocated to death in the tunnel!
Fortunately, all this suffering has passed, and Bunian has finally completed this task for his homeland. Walking through this tunnel leading to the outside of the city, Bunian felt that all the previous efforts were worth it, and he was proud of his colleagues who had worked hard in this tunnel!
As he was about to walk out of the tunnel, Bunian wrapped himself tightly and even managed to change his body shape, so that even those who knew him very well would find it difficult to recognize him at a glance.
Bunian carefully observed the surrounding situation, and after repeatedly making sure that it was safe outside, he cautiously left the tunnel. With so many people trading their lives for this tunnel, Bunian doesn't want to be buried because of a small mistake of his own!
When Bunian arrived at the junction outside the city, Yul had already sent someone to wait for him here, and after matching the code, he checked the token in Bunian's hand, and the connector took Bunian back to Yul's camp.
Considering Bunian's importance, Yul did not let anyone else contact him, but ordered his men to take him directly into his tent.
After Bounian greeted Yule, he sat down calmly in front of Yule. In the face of the legendary figures in the military circles of the Monlin Empire, he did not show the slightest panic and uneasiness. Years of latent experience have already made Bunian develop a character that is not alarmed at every turn.
"If Edlaide sees me now, and you are in this state, I'm afraid I really need to think about retreating!" Yule had been staring at Bunian since he walked into the camp, and Yule didn't see the slightest change in Bunian's eyes.
Yule now has a ruddy complexion, and he speaks with a full sense of energy, not at all like the outside legend that he is bedridden! If Bunian is just calm, Yule also thinks it is normal, after all, a good intelligence officer should hide his inner emotions. But Yule thought that Bunian should be a little worried about his body, and he should have a look of surprise when he saw himself like this. But there was no expression on Bunian's face!
"Actually, it's easy to guess that you're pretending to be sick!"
"Oh? ”
"The situation of the war has developed to this day, and if there is no extremely special opportunity, the heavenly scale of victory will only continue to tilt towards the side of the Dongyu Empire! On the surface, the only possible condition for the Monlin army to win is to lead Edlaide to a big battle outside the city. Regardless of whether or not this battle can actually be defeated by Edlaide, I don't think that with the current state of Wimbledon's military and civilian concentration, Edlaide has no need to venture out of the city to fight you. The two complete victories against the Monlin Empire have completely swept away the decadence of the Dongyu soldiers when the reinforcements were all wiped out, and they have found the confidence to defeat the Monlin Empire, and at the same time established the image of Edlaide as invincible in Wimbledon. With that, Edlaide just needs to hide behind the walls and wait for you to retreat, and he doesn't need to take any more risks. And with what I know about this young marquis, this is most likely his final choice!" Bunian paused slightly when he said this, and saw that Yule's face had not changed much, and then continued.
"If the General waits outside Wimbledon like this, it will be easy for Edredder to find out that something is wrong, so you have to choose to cover us by feigning illness. In fact, when I first heard the news of your illness, I had already guessed it!General, you have been fighting for so many years, and it is impossible for you to be angry like that because of this small setback!" Bunian came and gently sent Yul a sycophant.
"It seems that it's just a bit of a humiliation for you to dig tunnels in Wimbledon City, after this matter is over, would you like to follow me?" Yule didn't expect Bunian to have such a unique opinion, and he became interested in the person in front of him.
"General Xie, I appreciate it, but I have one more thing I want to remind the general. Bunian remained calm about Yule's wooing, and continued.
"There is something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"
"With all these years of my observation of Edlaide, I'm afraid he won't believe the news that you are getting angry, at least not completely!"
"Edlaide is just a teenager, he appeared on the northern battlefield of the Dongyu Empire this time, just to make political capital, is he really as good as you say?"
"General, you should also have a certain understanding of the main generals in the north of the Dongyu Empire, do you think the battle outside Wimbledon seems like Bob's handiwork?"
Hearing Bunian say this, Yule fell silent.
"As far as I know, the ambush of General William was also Edlaide's order. Before, I thought that Bob gave him the credit, but then I overheard that Bob actually returned to Wimbledon before Edlaide, which means that the person who dragged the cover brigade should be Edlaide, so the actual commander of the ambush of General William can only be him!"
"I'm sure the general must have studied that ambush battle, and it can be regarded as a fantasy to ambush us from a low place! I don't think we should ignore such an opponent who has repeatedly hurt us!"
Bob was a little rougher in terms of technique and tactics, and it was difficult for him to design these two battles against Monlin's army. Although Yule knew a little about Bob, he subconsciously didn't want to believe that he was defeated at the hands of a child, so he deliberately ignored it. Listening to Bunian mention it now, Yule also felt as if he had overlooked something.
"What's going on in Wimbledon right now?" Yule's face turned a little ugly.
"A curfew is being enforced, and no non-military personnel are allowed to go out every day when it gets dark, and those who violate the order will be killed! But the day has returned to normal, and the vast majority of people in the city think that our army will withdraw in the near future!"
"What you said is normal, I don't see any special arrangements for Edlaide?"
"It's because it's so normal that I don't think it's normal! Edred is not a careless person, if he really guessed that the general was pretending to be sick, but still like this, don't you think this might be a trap?" Seeing that Yule still looked disappreciative, Bunian was a little anxious.
"What's going on in the tunnels, can you guarantee the passage of my army?" Yule waved his hand to stop Bunian from continuing, turning the conversation to the tunnels.
Seeing Yule like this, Bunian knew that what he had just said was in vain, but he had done his best, and at this moment he felt relaxed.
"Everything is fine, I just use the authentic city this time, and it can be used normally. However, there is a large rock formation under the walls of Wimbledon, and that passage can only pass one person at a time. Bunian's tone returned to calm again.
Yule saw Bunian's state and knew that he was starting to get dissatisfied with himself. But there is nothing Yul can do about it! The Monlin Empire has been preparing for today's battle for so many years, and if this battle is not fought, even he, the commander of the army, will not be able to go back!
"Weishenme doesn't want to widen that section of the tunnel?" Yule asked, pretending not to notice the change in Bunian.
"The risk is too great! Wimbledon has always had people listening for sounds underground, and we've taken great risk digging this tunnel, and if we do knock on the underground rock formations, we will definitely be discovered. When the time comes, it doesn't matter if all of us are arrested, but our efforts over the years will be in vain. Therefore, we had to abandon that idea and ask for the general's understanding. Thinking of the men who died because of the tunnel, Bunian also understood Yule's difficulties a little, and his tone was much more polite.
"Based on what you know about Edlaide, what do you think are the characteristics of him as a person?" Yule still wanted to know more about his opponent before the big fight.
"It's hard to guess what he's going to do next! It's like the two battles between our Monlin Empire and him, both of which were a bit unexpected. When he had just returned to the Seine, he happened to encounter Abigay leading people to force the palace, when he was only a seven or eight-year-old child, he dared to send people to attack the escorts of the nobles, and later killed Abigai, the count. He did something that even many adults would not dare to try, but he did it, and it worked well, and the Seine Peninsula was stabilized. The withdrawal of troops in Hucaro City also proved this point again, he learned that Hobbes was trapped, he did not hesitate for a moment, and directly chose to burn the city and withdraw his troops, believing that ordinary people should at least think about whether Hobbes should be rescued, worried about the punishment that such a rash retreat would receive. But he is not afraid of anything, he can do whatever he wants!" Bunian hopes that Yule can make Yule more cautious about the upcoming battle through the introduction of Li Zijun.
"Although I also think that Edlaide is difficult to deal with, our Monlin Empire has been preparing for so many years for this battle with the Dongyu Empire, if I give up like this, I really don't know how to explain to the empire when I go back!" Yule also understood Bunian's thoughts, and said with a sigh.
Bunian wanted to say something more, but Yule raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and gave him the order to receive the army into the city.
Twilight slowly fell, and the entire city of Wimbledon was shrouded in darkness. Due to the curfew, ordinary people had already rushed home to hide at this time, and only a team of Dongyu soldiers were still patrolling the streets.
Bunian arrived at the storeroom of the shop early, although he was ready to deal with all the emergencies, he still felt a little uneasy, and planned to come over in advance to check all the preparations again, and casually observe the surrounding situation. After making sure that he didn't notice anything unusual, Bunian walked to the storeroom alone.
The storeroom of this shop is at the back of the shop, at a distance from the surrounding inhabited buildings, and the walls of the storeroom have also undergone some special treatments, as long as the storeroom does not make too much noise, it generally does not attract the attention of the people around. In addition, this storeroom is quite large, and it can be used as a gathering place for a detachment.
Bunian checked the surrounding vigilance and felt that it was indeed fine, so he walked into the warehouse alone. As soon as he entered the storeroom, he began to cover the door with a black cloth, which his men had previously covered, so that nothing in the storeroom could leak through the light.
With all the preparations made, Bunian sat down in his chair and extinguished the lights, although the storehouse was completely opaque, he still chose to wait for the arrival of Monlin's army in this way.
Time passed minute by minute, except for some military places, the lights of Wimbledon City have been extinguished, and the vast majority of people should have fallen asleep.
"Dang, dang!" suddenly came a few orderly tapping sounds at Bunian's feet.
Fearing that he had misheard, Bunian waited a little longer, until he heard the same sound again, and then quietly lit the oil lamp. He walked to the door of the storeroom, and after getting a signal from his subordinates that it was safe outside, he returned to the entrance of the tunnel and opened the door of the underground passage.
In order to ensure the success of this sneak attack, Yule sent three thousand elites of the Monlin Empire to infiltrate Wimbledon this time. Originally, Yule wanted to transfer more troops, but 3,000 people was already the limit of this storeroom, and at the same time, due to the time required to cross the tunnel, Zuihou had to set the number at 3,000. Even so, it took more than two hours for all 3,000 people to crawl out of the tunnel.
Monlin's army quickly packed the storeroom, and by the time everyone had left the tunnel, there was no room for anyone to lie down.
After making sure that the troops were all in place, Bunian made sure that the troops had arrived, so he squeezed to the door and gently called out to his men outside. As long as he was sure that it was safe outside, he could leave this place with this army, and it felt so uncomfortable that so many people were huddled together!
To Bunian's horror, the two men outside the treasury did not respond to his calls! He and the leader of Monlin's army immediately showed a wary expression, and the leader immediately drew his sword.
Bunian tried to call a few more times, and he put his ear to the door to hear the sounds outside.
At this moment, Bunian suddenly heard a loud "bang" outside the door, as if a boulder had smashed on the door of the storeroom, instantly shaking Bunian into the crowd.
When the leader saw this, he knew that their operation had been discovered, and immediately opened the tunnel opening, preparing to let the soldiers withdraw from the city along the tunnel.
But as soon as a few soldiers jumped into the tunnel, they heard a "boom", and a puff of smoke rose from the tunnel, and then these soldiers crawled out of the tunnel in embarrassment.
"General, the tunnel mouth has collapsed!"
In fact, there is no need for these soldiers to say, this leader also found out about this situation, and he swung his sword and slashed at the door of the storehouse.
With a crackling sound, the gate shattered into a pile of sawdust, but the Monlin army was unable to break out of the storehouse, and a boulder blocked their way.
Before Bunian and the team leader could react, dozens of black balls with blue smoke were thrown into the warehouse along the windows, and then the windows were also sealed.
"Tear down the wall!" the team leader's reaction was also quick, and he immediately thought of a way to rush out.
But at this time, Bunian's arrangements to reduce the sound in the storehouse began to work, and for a moment, the Monlin army could not directly attack the walls. And because the remaining space in the storehouse was too small, it was difficult for the soldiers near the wall to carry all their strength in order not to hurt their companions.
Just when the army of Meng Lin hesitated slightly, they were surprised to find that they began to show weakness, and it didn't take long for everything in front of them to seem to have turned into a dream, and they completely lost control of their bodies!
"Haha, digging tunnels, our dwarves are their ancestors! they still want to sneak attack us by digging tunnels, they just don't know whether they are alive or dead!" came the voice of Li Zijun's dwarf guard captain Stephen outside the warehouse.
"I think you're better at bragging!Hurry up and open the door, we must get their confessions as soon as possible, the young master is still waiting for news!If it's late, it's your turn to live or die!" Li Zijun's guard captain Digo looked at Stephen and scolded with a smile.
After the last battle between the dwarven tribe and the human guards in the Hou Mansion, Diego and Stephen not only successfully resolved the conflict between the two sides, but also became a pair of good friends because of this incident, and they can be regarded as not knowing each other!
"Don't worry! I won't waste time!" Stephen said casually, but his hands had already sped up, and he commanded his men to quickly remove the boulders blocking the gate of the storehouse, and tie up the still groggy Monlin army one by one.
After Li Zijun was reminded by Catherine, he thought of the dwarven guards who were good at digging tunnels. He immediately brought Stephen and the others to him, and told them about the possible existence of tunnels in Wimbledon, and they scattered to find a place where they could dig the tunnels.
Stephen and the others did not live up to Li Zijun's expectations, quickly locked on several areas, and quickly discovered Bunian's problems. This time, Li Zijun sent all the guards except the night elves around him, and these masters could not have any problems dealing with a few small characters who listened to the wind. This is also the reason why the army of Bunian and Monlin has not noticed any movement outside.
According to Li Zijun's orders, Diego and Stephen interrogated several generals of the Monlin army separately, and under severe torture, Diego and Stephen soon got Yule's jihua. After comparison, they finally determined the truth of this confession and quickly reported it to Li Zijun.
"Are they going to attack the West Gate of Wimbledon tonight?" Li Zijun asked, looking at the two men, an extremely sinister smile on his face.
Yule looked at the moonless night sky and felt the fury of the wind, he should have been happy, such a night was definitely suitable for a sneak attack. But he didn't know Weishenme, he always felt a little uneasy, as if something was going to happen that was not in his favor. It's just that at this time, Jihua has entered the most critical moment, and he must not allow the slightest hesitation, Yule gave the order for the troops to quietly approach the west gate of Wimbledon.
It's close to the appointed time, but there is still no movement in the West Gate, and in more than an hour, the sky will be bright, and at that time, the Meng Lin soldiers lurking under the West Gate City will be exposed to the range of the Dongyu army, and they will completely become the target of Dongyu archers' practice. If there is still no movement in the city for another twenty minutes, Yule will have to give the order to retreat.
Just when Yule's patience was about to reach the limit, a terrifying shout of killing suddenly came from inside the city, and then a sky-high fire burst out near the west gate!
Seeing the scene inside the city, Yule couldn't help but clench his fists.
"You must open the gates! you must open the gates!" Yule prayed silently in his heart, fearing that Bunian would not have time to open them.
The shouts of killing were getting closer and closer to Simon, and Yule's palms were already full of sweat, and it was the first time he was so nervous in so many years of fame.
"Don't let them near the city gates!" the shouts of the Dongyu general made Yule's breathing become rapid.
The victory or defeat between the Monlin Empire and the Dongyu Empire was entirely in this battle! If the Monlin Empire wins, it will drive straight ahead, and the defeated will retreat to the same place! At that time, not only will Yul I's reputation be discredited, but the efforts of the Monlin Empire for so many years will also be in vain!
Perhaps the heavens heard Yule's prayers, and suddenly there was a "creaking" sound from the west gate of Wimbledon. By the light of the city's fires, Yul could dimly see several bloodied warriors of Monlin, struggling to pull open the closed gates.
"Charge!" Yule was waiting for at this time, and he immediately gave the order to attack the front army.
With Yule's order, the 5,000 Menglin army ambushed at the city gate rushed desperately towards the city, and soon disappeared at the city gate. Yule was about to lead the army to press on all fronts, when a terrible scene appeared, and the gates of Wimbledon were actually closed at this time.