I originally thought that the rebel army would give me face, but I didn't take any action on Wu Guogong's engagement day. Who knew that he was hiding something from the truth.
Naturally, Wu Xin couldn't take it lightly, so he took more than a dozen monks, including Old Man Shanhe and Ancestor Xiankong, to the east city wall. The Silver Armored Guards and others continued to train at Duke Wu's Mansion.
At this time, Tang Guogong Li Yuan, eldest grandson Shunyi and four to five thousand martial arts people have arrived. There are about two hundred big monks, and the rest are in the middle and late stages of Qi refining.
This was the first time that Wu Xin had seen so many great monks gathered together. It was like holding a martial arts conference. The majestic momentum made the air a little stagnant, and the atmosphere was dignified and depressing, making it difficult for ordinary people to approach.
The territory of the Sui Empire originally consisted of nine states and forty-nine prefectures. After the implementation of the two-level system of prefectures and counties, it was divided into 365 prefectures and more than 2,000 counties.
There are about two thousand great monks in the world. Each great monk can dominate one area and can be called an ancestor. Therefore, there is a saying of the ancestor who refines the gods.
On average, there is about one great monk in each county, which is quite a coincidence. Perhaps it is a matter of illusory luck. Only by gathering the luck of a county can one great monk be supported.
Nowadays, Luoyang, the eastern capital, has gathered about five hundred great monks, which means it has gathered nearly a quarter of all great monks in the world.
This is the land of storm.
Of course, except for the barbarians, the barbarians are basically in barren mountains or remote and desolate places, and are inaccessible. Most of the barbarian monks are not included in the records of the Sui Empire. No one really knows how many there are, and there are definitely not as many as the Sui Empire!
About 500 meters away from the east city wall, there were soldiers and simple wooden fences on guard.
"Lord!"
"Lord, stay behind!"
When Wu Xin arrived, his eldest son Shunyi, Li Yuan and Fengjun Captain Cai Yan came to greet him.
Wu Xin frowned and nodded, not caring about being polite, and observed the environment...
Every five hundred meters, there was a stream of people coming and going, carrying earth, rocks and other objects out. Looking over, the scene was lively and noisy.
Countless soldiers were digging a deep trench about a hundred meters long, twenty or thirty meters wide, and of unknown depth.
On the banks of the ravines, the land is swampy and firewood is piled up. ?w书·1ka?n Thick smoke billows, and in some deep ravines, soldiers are constantly coming in and out, and there is a smell of blood.
"How is the situation?" After checking, Wu Xin looked at Cai Yan and asked.
Cai Yan consciously reported quickly: "The rebels dispatched barbarian high priests. They drove earth-moving beasts and high monks to dig countless tunnels, extending in all directions. Fortunately, General Li was on guard and had people monitor the underground. If he noticed it in time, he chose
After digging trenches to intercept and investigate, we found that the enemy had dug countless tunnels. Now the two sides are fighting underground. The situation is temporarily unclear. General Li is also in the tunnels..."
"How many tunnels were dug? How deep?" Wu Xin asked with a frown.
Building a city wall is not just about piling stones on the ground. It is similar to building a house. It needs to be built on a selected site, and it also needs corresponding foundation support, otherwise it will easily collapse.
The Tiandu-level city wall of Dongdu, which is more than 300 feet high, has a foundation of at least more than 100 feet. Even deeper, there is a layer of hard rock. Digging tunnels is more difficult than digging out rocks.
However, thinking about the strength of the great monk, Wu Xin felt relieved.
Not to mention the great monks, as long as a strong Qi refiner holds a magic weapon, he can dig through the foundation and rock layers!
Cai Yan responded consciously: "The depth is about a hundred feet. A total of twenty-seven places were dug, and tunnels were dug in twenty-four of them!"
"Twenty-four..."
Wu Xin murmured with a heavy expression. He didn't expect there to be so many, so he looked at Li Yuan and Changsun Shunyi and suggested: "Let's separate. How about sending eight to ten high monk commanders to each place to contact them at any time?"
"yes!"
Although it was a suggestion, since Wu Xin was staying in the Eastern Capital, it was not an outrageous or foolish decision, so naturally no one would refute or reject it.
…
After a while, Wu Xin led the twelve great monks who followed him into a larger tunnel in the middle.
The tunnel entrance, vertically downward, is about one hundred meters long, twenty meters wide, and three hundred meters deep. At the end, there is a passage about five meters long and five meters wide.
Entering the passage, you can see traces of blackening, it is quite damp, and the ground is puddled mud.
"Sir! General Li used flooding, smoke, etc. The tunnels extend in all directions, attracting water sources to pour in. It is unknown where it flows. It is useless. The same goes for smoke. It can only slightly block the enemy troops in the tunnels, interrupt and slow them down.
The excavation progress is not very effective!"
Li Yuan, Changsun Shunyi, Cai Yan and others each led one way, and the one who followed Wu Xin was Chen Jiu, the eighth-rank Cao Shenjun.
After advancing for about a hundred meters, we encountered hundreds of Sui troops, some on guard, others digging or inspecting.
We arrived at a passage that was about seven or eight meters long and wide. The surface was full of pits and pits. It was obviously different from the passage we came from, and the digging method was completely different. This was the tunnel dug by the enemy.
Chen Jiu kept explaining: "Sir! According to speculation, this is a barbarian high priest driving a special earth beast to dig out, and it is extremely efficient. Of course, there are many great monks among them who can dig through the foundation!"
When we reached this area, the foundation was already vaguely visible. A few dozen meters ahead was slightly pale stone instead of soil.
"Ah, ah..."
Suddenly, more than a dozen Sui soldiers in front of Wu Xin screamed one after another, fell to the ground and rolled around, clawing at their bodies in pain, leaving bloody traces, and some even tore off their flesh and blood without knowing it, as if something had entered.
in vivo.
"Be careful...it's a Gu insect!"
The Flute Demon, the ancestor of the Demon Sect, who was captured on the night of the assassination and was later transformed by his eldest grandson Wugou, reminded nervously.
Turning his hands, he picked up a flute with a metallic luster and as strong as bone and iron...
When you play, sound waves visible to the naked eye ripple out, and the effect is stronger in the channel. Countless black spots that are invisible to the naked eye emerge, as big as a finger, as small as a sesame seed, and the number is uncountable!
Everyone was awe-inspiring, and they all revealed their outer gang and true essence to protect their bodies. Even Chen Jiu also had his outer gang to protect his body.
On the contrary, Wu Xin was the worst. He didn't even have Waigang. He practiced hard day and night and was able to recast nearly 60 Disha acupoints. It was estimated that it would take half a month to recast 72 acupoints to stimulate Waigang!
"boom……"
Ancestor Lieyang took a step forward, and the Lieyang Martial Spirit emerged, swallowing several feet of flames all over his body.
"Fire flames scorch the world!"
With a palm shot, the blazing flames turned into flames and filled the passage, sweeping out.
White mist filled the air, and the water stains and water vapor in the passage were instantly evaporated, turning it dry and charred black. Even the Sui soldiers who had died tragically were burned into charred corpses, and the smell of burnt meat was pungent.
"wind!"
Wu Xin's spiritual sense swept and pointed, and a miniature tornado vortex several meters in size emerged, sweeping forward along the passage.
Countless sand and dust were swept into the whirlpool, as well as countless tiny Gu insects that were left out. They were crushed into pieces when they were drawn into the whirlpool.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and advanced for more than a hundred meters. They encountered two branch passages. Wu Xin and others insisted on heading to the east.
During this period, Wu Xin and others saw dozens of corpses, some of which were charred black and obviously poisoned; some had only skeletons left, with all flesh and blood missing.
The enemy actually planted such terrifying poisonous insects in the underground passage. No wonder Li Shimin asked for help.
Except for those who are in the late stage of Qi refining and above, no matter how many soldiers enter, they will die!
Stopping, there is a crossroads, all made of pale stone.
This is already directly under the east city wall of Luoyang. The geology is all foundation, not rock layers!
Wu Xin looked at Old Man Shanhe. Old Man Shanhe understood. With a thought, a three-dimensional map of underground passages appeared...
It looks like a honeycomb, extending in all directions. The passages spread out like a spider web, like a maze, making people confused and confused.
The entire three-dimensional pattern covers an area of 500 meters long and 200 to 300 meters wide. This is the scope of Old Man Shanhe's spiritual sense.
"This...can't cut off the blockage!"
Ancestor Xingkong was troubled and hesitantly said, his ability is "Xingkong", he can cast spells to collapse passages or block passages.
However, the surroundings are all stone, and the area is the foundation, with the city wall above and the rock layer below. How can this collapse? The ancestor of Xingkong does not have the strength to shake the east city wall and cause it to collapse!
"Keep going! Inform others and just explore the city wall! Let the blacksmith in the city prepare and pour iron juice on the passage. Completely seal it!"
Wu Xin's mental power was restless, and countless methods emerged, eliminated, and finally gave the order.
In the previous battle, Wu Xin felt that this world did not value wisdom. Everything was more direct and lacked wisdom. The fighting style was basically straightforward and hard-hitting.
When he really got into strategy, Wu Xin felt that his wisdom and thinking were not enough.
Just looking at the tunnel battle in front of him, Wu Xin couldn't think of an effective way to deal with it.
The only solution is to block it and water it with iron juice. The cost is very high. I don’t believe that the enemy can dig through the iron layer.
It can be done, but it cannot be accomplished in a short time. Luoyang, the eastern capital, only needs to hold on until the reinforcements of the Sui Dynasty arrive, that is enough!
Even if the enemy digs out such a huge underground project, the cost, time, energy, etc. must be huge. It is better to directly open or collapse the city wall.
The tunnel operation should have started before the Xuangan rebels arrived. Otherwise, it would be impossible to dig such a large-scale tunnel in just a few days, even with the barbarian priests and earth beasts!
Along the way, among the dozens of passages, several are relatively primitive and obviously not newly excavated. They should have existed in the barbarian era, and are now being used by Yang Xuangan!
"Yes!" Chen Jiu responded, and then ordered a Sui soldier to leave and pass the message.
Everyone continued to move forward, and various corpses were crawling everywhere, including newly dead Sui soldiers, rotten corpses, and bones whose time could not be judged.
The strange thing is that now that we have passed nearly half of the foundation, all we see are Sui troops, and we have not encountered any barbarians!
"Have the tunnels been discovered and the barbarians given up?" The nervous flute demon muttered in confusion.
Old Man Shanhe responded naturally: "The tunnel is a secret thing. Now that it has been discovered, its effect will naturally be greatly reduced. As long as we have deep ditches and barriers and tight defense, the tunnel will be useless!"
Mr. Mingji, who had been silent all this time, shook his head and retorted: "Having said that, are we going to dig a hundred feet deep moat along the inside of the city wall? How long will it take? What if the enemy digs deeper? We still have to solve it from the source! Lord!
I think it is a good idea to water the outside of the city wall with iron juice. The cost is a bit high, but it will be done once and for all! By leaving a few strongholds and sending people to monitor, we can prevent underground raids!"
Mr. Mingji and Old Man Shanhe are the two great literary cultivators who followed Wu Xin this time, and they are also two of the only four great literary cultivators in Wu Xin's power.
Jin Suanzi is in charge of logistics and will not go to the front line; Mrs. Tulip is based in Jurong. The current situation is good and she has not rebelled and returned to the Demon Gate!
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