"Please be gentle with your hands and feet! If you make any noise and disturb the Huns, we will all die!"
Qiu Jin led three people to move a stone slab.
They were all wearing Xiongnu clothes, and they were speaking in Xiongnu language.
This place is only about a hundred meters away from Gumozhou.
If it weren't for the darkness, you could see it from the top of the city if there was any light.
The four people worked together to gently move the stone slab away.
"Hiss~"
When he put it down, Qiu Jin slipped his hand and landed directly on his feet.
It was so sour that Qiu Jin almost cried out in pain. Fortunately, this guy was also a man, so he gasped and held it back.
"General! What's wrong with your feet..."
"Let's go! Don't delay! Let's go into the city first!"
Qiu Jin endured the pain and limped into the tunnel, then leaned against the wall and rubbed his feet.
The people behind him followed one after another and all entered the cave.
The last person to enter slowly moved the stone slab back to its original position.
Qiu Jin blew on the fire to make sure there was oxygen, and then looked at the feet with the faint light of the fire.
It's swollen, but luckily there are no fractures.
This tunnel is inherently narrow, and normally one can only walk while squatting.
However, Qiu Jin's feet were injured and he couldn't squat down, so he had to kneel on the ground and use his hands and feet to crawl forward.
It was quite painful, but he didn't dare to scream, so he could only hold on with a grin on his face.
After crawling for a while, the smell of cow dung came over. Qiu Jin was delighted and whispered: "We're almost there! Be gentle!"
After crawling forward for a while, there was a faint sound of running water coming from ahead, and after a few steps, I could see what seemed to be a faint moon shadow.
"Slow down, the front is slippery and don't fall. Monkey, you have quick hands and feet, you go up first."
Qiu Jin tried his best to turn sideways and let the thin man behind him come forward.
This man was lean and lean, not tall, but he was very agile, and he was nicknamed "Monkey" for this reason.
The monkey passed Qiu Jin lightly, and after taking a few steps forward, he could feel the slipperiness and moisture in the tunnel.
There are also traces of being wetted by water on the walls and floor, as well as a lot of moss.
This is the tunnel exit.
This tunnel was dug, and the exit was on the wall of a well. No wonder the Huns never discovered it.
There is well water more than one meter below the entrance. Half of the moon is reflected in the water. After a while, the moon will pass over the well mouth.
There is a gentle sound of running water in the well, which may be an underground river.
There are many such karez in the Western Region.
There are even some places where the water channels under the karez are so wide that they can be used directly.
The monkey touched the slippery well wall and looked up again.
It's almost three meters from here to the wellhead.
"How's it going? Can you go up there?"
Qiu Jin shrank back, nodded the monkey gently and asked.
"Don't worry, boss, just pinch it with your hands! Just look at my skills!"
The monkey raised his head slightly and said confidently, and then ran up.
Qiu Jin grabbed him and warned him: "Be careful at the entrance of the well. There is a livestock shed a few steps above. Don't disturb the animals!"
No wonder I could smell the smell of cow dung. It turned out that a hole was drilled into the ground to reach the water well near the cowshed.
The monkey nodded and said: "I understand. Boss, wait until I throw the rope down. I'll go up first."
After saying that, the monkey jumped lightly and spread his arms and legs, directly supporting the slippery well wall.
呲呲……
The walls of the well were so slippery that the monkey would fall straight down even if he held himself on both sides.
Fortunately, his hands and feet were very nimble, and he moved up with his hands and feet.
Soon we arrived at the wellhead.
The monkey did not rush forward, but first grabbed the protruding stone at the mouth of the well and stayed there for a while to listen.
After a while, when there was no movement outside, the monkey cautiously poked his head out.
"Moo~"
Just as he emerged, a low cow brayed suddenly.
The monkey and Qiu Jin and others below were all startled.
I thought the monkey was exposed!
The monkey hurriedly looked towards where the sound came from.
Under the bright moonlight, I saw a cow taking a nap not far away.
Maybe he screamed when he was bitten by mosquitoes, then fell asleep with his head hanging down after the scream.
The monkey looked around. There was a little candlelight in the small room outside the cowshed. It seemed that someone was on duty.
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement in the small room, so he was sure that the target was not exposed.
The monkey hurriedly gestured downward to indicate that it was safe above.
It doesn’t matter whether you can see it down there at night...
After confirming that there was no danger, the monkey grabbed the edge of the well and jumped up with all his strength, and was out of the well mouth in a few clicks.
He carried a rope behind his back and took it out.
He tied one end of the rope to himself, looped it around the derrick, and lowered the other end along the wellhead.
Qiu Jin, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, saw that the rope came down and knew that it was done.
"Come on, come on, you guys go up first."
Qiu Jin leaned to the side and let the people behind him go out first.
His legs and feet cannot be used by himself.
The monkey's small body couldn't pull him, so he had to let others go first.
Three or four people went up before pulling Qiu Jin up.
"Go!" Qiu Jin pointed to the hut outside the cowshed.
The monkey nodded, understanding.
He led two people and walked over there gently.
When they arrived at the door, the monkey made a hole in the window paper with foam on it and looked inside.
As a result, I saw two Huns soldiers taking a nap inside.
The boy took out a knife and pried open the door latch in a few strokes.
The three of them sneaked in quietly.
"Puff!"
After a while, the two unlucky Huns were splashed with blood on the spot.
After taking care of the guard, the monkey puffed out his cheeks and cooed twice.
This nightingale-like cry was used by the Western Conquest Army to send signals at night.
As soon as Qiu Jin heard the signal from the monkey, he immediately called the people below to come up, and soon all ten people came out of the well.
"Let's go separately and be careful not to be exposed. Even if we are exposed, don't tell anyone about the wellhead!"
"Don't rush out of the city after the matter is done. There are several hiding spots in the city that can be used. Let's hide for two days to see the situation."
"That's it! Get ready for action!"
"Follow the plan!"
In the hut next to the cowshed, Qiu Jin emphasized the plan again.
After talking, everyone said it was no problem.
Qiu Jin asked the monkey to deal with the two people he just killed, and then cleaned up the traces before gently calling for action.
Everyone immediately dispersed and took action.
Ten people were immersed in the darkness and had no way of noticing.
The terrain in this city is more familiar to the soldiers of the Western Conquest Army than to the Huns.
You don't even need a guide at all.
In addition, people like Gutu have completely missed the deployment of Gumo Prefecture's troops.
Qiu Jin took Monkey and another person toward the south of the city.
This well is close to the south of the city. Qiu Jin's legs and feet are not good, so he can only do things nearby.
There is a camp in the south of the city, which is the camp of the Yuezhi people.
The Yuezhi people are now a small force in the Xiongnu army.
In the past, the Yuezhi people had always submitted to Daqian. When the Yuezhi people were prosperous, their military strength was also relatively strong.
Daqian once established the Yuezhi Protectorate here.
Later, the Yuezhi's strength declined for a time, and there were several internal strife. Now it can only be regarded as a third-rate small tribe in the Western Regions.
A year ago, the Xiongnu came back and occupied the Yuezhi territory, captured the Yuezhi king, and turned the Yuezhi people into slave soldiers.
The treatment of the slave soldiers is slightly better than that of the slave soldiers. At least they don't have to fill the city with flesh and blood directly.
But they still have to do the cannon fodder job.
When charging, they can only charge at the front, but when eating, they eat the most ordinary food.
When you meet the Huns, you have to bow your head and salute to say hello.
"General, do you think the Huns can really defeat the Dagan people?"
"It's hard to say! Although there are many Huns, Daqian will invite the God of Thunder to come down to earth. So I think Daqian has a better chance of winning. After all, mortals will definitely not be able to defeat the magic of gods."
In the central tent of the Yuezhi people, two men dressed as generals were discussing in low voices.
These two people are General Yuezhi and his deputy.
"General, tell me what if the Huns are defeated...we followed the Huns to attack Dagan, and what if Dagan is blamed..." the deputy said with some worry.
"Alas! Maybe. But what can we do? If we don't follow the Huns to fight, the whole family will be massacred."
"But many of our people have died now! When we went on the expedition, there were more than 50,000 warriors, but now there are only 37,780 left, and there are still many injured! If this continues, the whole army may be annihilated. "The deputy said slightly unwillingly.
The general was silent. He had been thinking about this problem for a long time.
If you fight with the Huns, your entire army will be wiped out, and if you attack Daqian, your entire army will be wiped out.
Isn't there no difference?
Almost all the grassland people are soldiers, and the same is true for the Yuezhi.
Almost all adult men went to war with the army.
There are only women and children left in the family. If they cannot go back, the children of these women will only become slaves of others, which is no different from genocide.
If Da Gan is easy to fight, they might be able to get a piece of the pie.
For example, although many people died in Suiye, Shule, Gumozhou, and Yuezhi before, they also robbed a lot of things.
The Xiongnu were very fair in letting go of the plunder. Whoever got the plunder counted, and those who threatened to join the army also counted.
But now...the Huns were defeated in Qiuci, and I heard they were defeated by the gods.
If the Xiongnu were defeated, then the Yuezhi would not get any benefits, and they would all die. This deal would be extremely uneconomical.
"General! I heard that Anxi people often complain about the oppression of the Huns. This afternoon, Anxi's Major General also had a conflict with the Huns and was injured by the Huns."
"Do you think...will they...escape?"
The deputy did not dare to say that he was resisting the Huns, only that the Parthians might escape.
If the Parthians could escape, then maybe they could too.
"Shh! Don't mention this matter again, just take it one step at a time." General Yuezhi waved his hand and said.
He still could not make up his mind to resist the Huns, and even did not have the courage to escape.
If you stay here with the Huns, you can still dawdle for the time being, but if you escape now, if you are caught by the Huns, you will immediately become the lowest slave soldier.
"Who!" At this moment, a question came from outside the account.
Then there was a burst of noise.
Soon the guards came over to report that drunken Huns had beaten their guards.