"My lord has an order to dig through the cave wall!"
At the intersection of the Dihe River, there is clearly a huge stone wall. Xu Mu observed around the stone wall for a long time and found no other way out.
Therefore, he could only give it a try. After fighting the stone wall, there should be a hidden path.
Under the order, many Shu soldiers began to dig into the stone wall with their spears. The moisture from the ground river spreads over time, making this large stone wall not very hard.
"Brother Sheng, look around." Xu Mu frowned and spoke again.
The underground palace in front of him was really weird according to his senses. Of course, if we can occupy this place and build it into a transit station for the Silk Road in the future, or even gradually turn it into a trading town, I am afraid that the benefits from trade will be even more substantial.
The excavated gravel continues to roll into the ground river. Soon, it was washed downstream by the river.
For more than an hour, Xu Mu, who was sitting on the ground meditating, was suddenly startled by the angry shouts of several soldiers and turned his head.
After looking over, I realized that at some point, a flying arrow had shot over from the darkness.
"Raise your shield!" Chen Sheng was shocked.
The Shu soldiers on the side quickly raised the leather shields they carried to block the incoming arrows.
"Lord, be careful!"
Soon, a large group of soldiers rushed over and surrounded Xu Mu with shields raised.
"Where did the arrow come from?"
"It was dark all around, so I couldn't see clearly."
"Assemble the foot and bow camp and shoot back according to the wind, without having to worry about accuracy."
Xu Mu stood up with a cold expression. My guess was not wrong, there is indeed a secret hidden in this underground palace.
Where the torches don't shine, only the shadows of people can be seen occasionally passing by. But the flying arrows fired were not too dense.
According to Xu Mu's guess, these ambush bows in the darkness were probably unable to ambush a large number of people due to the terrain.
The assembled Xishu infantry bowmen listened for the direction of the arrows. Under General Pi's order, they all aimed in the direction and quickly fired their bows.
In the darkness, faint screams could be heard, and someone fell into the underground river.
"My lord, please listen carefully——"
A guard came over with a look of astonishment on his face and pointed at the top of Xu Mu's head.
Xu Mu understood instantly. After pricking up his ears and listening carefully, he could vaguely hear the sound of fighting above. When he went down to the underground palace, he was worried that there was fraud, so he deliberately left 300 people there.
boom!
Another huge boulder suddenly fell down somewhere. Caught off guard, four or five Shu soldiers on guard were killed on the spot.
"Lord, there is someone behind the stone wall!"
More than a dozen spears broke the thin stone wall and stabbed several Shu soldiers. Before Xu Mu could recover, the sound of roaring and killing was heard all of a sudden.
"Xu Thief!"
A turbaned middle-aged man, holding a torch, appeared on the stone wall by the river, his face full of anger.
"Xu Thief, today I, Dong Xin, will avenge the Dong family!"
"Shoot him to death!" Without Xu Mu's order, the Bu Gong camp general said angrily.
It's a pity that the man who called himself Dong Xin suddenly disappeared on the stone wall after announcing his family name.
Xu Mu narrowed his eyes.
If the guess is correct, there are people in this underground palace who have been hiding for a long time, and have also modified many mechanisms. If it was someone from the Dong family, it would make sense. When Western Shu conquered Liangzhou, people of the Dong family had no choice but to flee west for their lives, and they fled all the way here.
Of course, even now, Xu Mu does not regret killing the Dong family. At that time, if Dong Wen had been victorious, he would have killed his family and the general's staff who followed him loyally and bravely.
"Thief Xu, die quickly!"
All around me, I suddenly remembered the shouts again.
Xu Mu's face was calm. Step by step, there was only one last great idea left in his heart.
"Lord, if the enemy is in darkness and we are in the light, we may be at a disadvantage." Chen Sheng gritted his teeth and retreated.
"Brother Sheng is good. He knows a lot about the art of war." Xu Mu raised his head and looked around. As long as the matter of the underground palace is confirmed, the rest will be easy to handle.
Moreover, as Chen Sheng said, fighting here is too disadvantageous.
"Exit first."
"My lord has an order, please exit the underground palace first!"
Six to seven hundred Shu soldiers formed a formation in an orderly manner. Start to retreat towards the stone pit entering the underground palace.
"Charge and kill Thief Xu!"
"Bei Zi Camp, fight!"
"kill!"
More and more enemies are coming out from behind the stone wall. In the darkness, there were also many sounds of fighting.
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"Dong Xin! Killing Thief Xu is a great achievement for us! This is a great opportunity!" Feiying Mask was so excited that his voice began to tremble.
Beside him, Dong Xin, the last patriarch of the Dong family, looked even more crazy. Kill Thief Xu, and then find a way to return to Liangzhou, unite with those old troops, and maybe there will be a chance to regain the power of Liangzhou!
"Quick, surround and kill Xu Thief quickly! Whoever leads Xu Thief will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"
In the underground palace, the fighting became louder and louder, and the sounds of flying arrows and clashing knives echoed from time to time.
"I'll fuck you, grandma!" Si Hu angrily waved his giant ax, chopping left and right, chopping the approaching enemy to death in a pool of blood like melons and vegetables.
Flying Eagle Mask was furious when he saw it. He used Qinggong to quickly rush towards him. Taking advantage of the danger, he wanted to stab Si Hu through the back with his long sword.
"General Tiger under Xu Thief? He died here today——"
puff.
Before he finished speaking, the flying eagle mask suddenly spurted blood from its mouth and was swept away by the handle of the axe.
Sihu cursed and kicked an enemy away, pulled out the small half of the dagger from his back, and threw it to the ground.
"Who just stabbed me? Tell me the dog's name!"
Flying Eagle Mask, who fell to the ground, felt so humiliated that he didn't dare to respond or challenge anymore. He hurriedly held on to his injuries and ran back.
Xu Mu, who was standing in the formation, had been observing the battle situation. He found that there were not many people in these underground palaces. The biggest reliance is to take advantage of a surprise attack.
But at the moment, due to the stability of the Shu soldiers, there is not much damage in the battle. Moreover, those who stay outside should not be at a disadvantage. Otherwise, there will be enemies blocking the exit.
Fighting and retreating, the Shu soldiers in the underground palace slowly retreated to the exit.
"Step and bow, use flying arrows to block the pursuing army!"
One after another, flying arrows continued to fly out in the Xishu phalanx that was fighting and retreating. The twenty or thirty enemies who charged the most were quickly shot dead on the spot.
The enemy behind them suddenly became frightened and slowed down their pursuit.
The junior general of the Bu Gong camp waited until his lord and the shield formation soldiers climbed up before he cautiously raised his head.
"Hiiya!"
Another batch of flying arrows were thrown angrily.
Those who are to be chased back and retreat again. General Xiao Pi calmed down and turned his face.
"Next time, open string method."
"call."
More than two hundred bowmen made bow-arranging movements, frightened the pursuers back, then quickly retracted their bows, and under the command of General Xiao Pi, they crawled out of the cave entrance one after another.
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