Sun Tie scurried out, carefully listened to the movement around him, turned around and waved, and led everyone to walk forward quickly. After turning a corner, a huge cave appeared in front of him.
In the dark night, it is like the bloody mouth of a wild beast, quietly waiting to choose someone to devour.
Xu Zizhen made a visual inspection and found that the hole was several feet high and wide enough to allow three carriages to enter and exit side by side. Thinking of the two Xixia generals, it seemed that this was indeed a place where fireball carts, that is, extremely artillery, were produced. Otherwise,
That kind of big guy can't get out of the hole at all.
Liu Feng searched everywhere without waiting for instructions. He was a flying stone practitioner and had excellent eyesight. He was particularly advantageous in this dark night. After sweeping around, he lowered his voice and asked doubtfully: "Why are you here?"
Not a single gatekeeper?"
Xu Zizhen also found it strange that even though this was already the border of Xixia, the Gongshu Hall was here to do extremely important things like artillery, which was related to the success or failure of the war. Wouldn't it be so lax in defense?
Sun Tie smiled: "Don't worry, there are everyone here, young and old, there are probably no less than twenty military officers."
Xu Zizhen was not surprised at all that there was a military strategy here. After all, this was the place where extreme artillery was made, and it was the key to the success or failure of this war. He glanced at the dark entrance of the cave, and soon had an idea, and pulled Liu Feng over.
Suihe Shui Liuli came and explained a few words in a low voice.
"That's it, let's go!"
Time was running out, Xu Zizhen no longer delayed, and gave an order to rush into the cave. Shui Liuli followed closely, Sun Tie took the lead, and Liu Fengsui ducked and hid somewhere.
He could not see his fingers in the cave, and Xu Zizhen couldn't help but feel a little scared, but he had no arrow to turn around. This place must be destroyed today. He gritted his teeth, reached out to hold Shui Liuli's hand, and followed Sun Tie closely.
Run away.
Sun Tie seemed to be very familiar with the terrain here. Under his leadership, the three of them ran in circles in the dark for who knows how long. Just when Xu Zizhen was about to lose his patience, the front
Suddenly a light appeared, his vision suddenly became clear, and Sun Tie's footsteps stopped.
This is the end of the cave, but there is another cave entrance in front of him. Outside the cave entrance, a flat and wide valley suddenly appears. Xu Zizhen immediately realized that the cave he passed just now is just a connection between this valley and the outside of the mountain.
It's just a passage. Deep in the hinterland of Gaolan Mountain, it can be said to be completely isolated from the outside world.
While secretly praising Sanjuetang for finding such a good place, Xu Zizhen quickly observed the situation in the valley. As he expected, the quiet and dead silence in the valley was completely different from that outside. There were people everywhere, and everyone was there.
Wearing a black short coat, the cuffs and trousers are tied up, and a leather belt that is much wider than an ordinary belt is tied around the waist. Various tools are inserted into the leather belt.
Xu Zizhen didn't need to guess, he knew that these must be people from Gongshu Hall, because their clothes were all painted with one to three golden ripples, just like Wu Lue's clothes.
Dozens of tall and large wooden carts were neatly lined up near the entrance of the cave. They were extremely artillery pieces. Several craftsmen were carrying stone bags or wheels on one of the carts. They looked focused and serious. Xu Zizhen hid at the entrance of the cave.
After counting, there were twenty-one craftsmen in total, most of whom had one or two ripples. There was only one middle-aged man with a white face and a slight beard, who had three ripples painted on his clothes.
Except for these twenty-one people, there was no one else in the valley. The military commanders were hiding somewhere. Xu Zizhen didn't bother to guess. He shouted loudly and rushed in, with the Tang sword drawn from the turn of his wrist.
"Don't even fucking move!"
Everyone in the valley was startled by the sudden loud shout. Many people were so frightened that they even dropped their tools to the ground. They were just craftsmen and never cared about fighting and killing. Xu Zizhen's appearance suddenly
They were quite frightened.
Xu Zizhen stood majestically at the entrance of the cave holding a Tang sword. He glanced coldly at everyone in the valley, pointed at the middle-aged man with three ripples and said: "You, come here!"
The middle-aged man was probably the only one among all the people here who was not affected much, and his expression didn't even change much. When he heard Xu Zizhen calling him, he just raised his head and glanced at him, and said calmly: "Any advice?"
Xu Zizhen was stunned. This guy was very courageous. Could it be that Wu Lu was pretending to be someone?
Seeing that he didn't speak, the middle-aged man walked over a few steps, looked at Xu Zizhen and said, "Your Majesty, what do you want when you come into my hall at night?"
Xu Zizhen was so angry that he laughed and raised the knife in his hand: "Don't you have eyes? You still have to ask? I'm here to kill people, kill people!"
The middle-aged man still said calmly: "Who do you want to kill?"
Xu Zizhen pointed to the valley: "All of you!"
"Oh? I wonder why?"
"Why?" Xu Zizhen snorted, pointed at the extreme artillery and said, "You are doing these things to attack our city, why don't I destroy you as soon as possible?"
The middle-aged man looked at him with a strange look and said: "If you were hacked by someone, would you want to seek revenge from the person who held the knife or the knife?"
Xu Zizhen was talking to him, but his eyes were always looking around, in order to use this time to draw out the secret military strategy, but until now, no one had appeared, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange about the middle-aged man.
Without answering the philosophical question, he asked: "Are you the only ones here?"
The middle-aged man also asked curiously: "Who else do you want to find?"
Xu Zizhen was very troubled by this middle-aged man's tepid attitude. He couldn't help but said: "There's so much nonsense. Don't say I'm murderous. Anyone who wants to survive can get out of here and wait until I burn these crappy things."
Let’s talk later.”
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man nodded and suddenly said something shocking: "Mr. Xu is so powerful in the border areas, but he is so kind-hearted. Du admires him!" After saying this, he bowed deeply.
This time it was Xu Zizhen's turn to be surprised: "Do you know me?"
The middle-aged man grinned: "Mr. Xu, must you have forgotten that I am a member of Sanjue Hall?"
Xu Zizhen's nerves were all tense at this time. He subconsciously realized that something was not good about today's matter. The words of Du's words seemed to reveal a message, that is, Sanjuetang had already known about his coming here.
At this moment, the middle-aged man raised his hand, and the twenty workers suddenly surrounded him quickly, each holding a steel knife in their hands, surrounding Xu Zizhen and the other three people.
Xu Zizhen suddenly came back to his senses and shouted: "You are not a craftsman!"
The middle-aged man did not explain, but still smiled and shouted softly: "Take it!"
Twenty Gongshu all rushed forward. Xu Zizhen was about to wave his sword to resist, but a strange scene happened in front of him - five of those Gongshu suddenly turned their blades and slashed at the others, attacking quickly and harshly.
Damn, something happened suddenly, and several people suddenly fell into a pool of blood.
In just the blink of an eye, those five people killed the other fifteen people. Xu Zizhen didn't even react. There were dead bodies lying on the ground in front of him.
The middle-aged man suddenly walked up to Xu Zizhen and bowed his head again with a smile: "Du Jin has been waiting for Mr. Xu for a long time under the orders of the Zuo envoy."