Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 543 Vent
"What happened!?" Yuan Xi rushed to the city after hearing the news. The outside of the city was already lit by flames. Seeing that there were no enemy troops around, he quickly looked around and saw that the place under the city gate had become a sea of ​​flames. What was there? At the gate of the city, the fire oil continued to burn on it, but it was not damaged.

"The enemy army dug the city overnight, and they are now digging a hole in the city gate. It seems that they want to dig through the city gate." Zhang Nan intervened and saluted.

Digging through the city gate?

Yuan Xi was stunned. In order to block the city gate, he directly blocked the city gate with gravel. The city gate was more than ten meters away. Is Ma Chao crazy?Actually use this method?
But the occasional vibrations under his feet made Yuan Xi look a little ugly, he turned to look at Zhang Nan and said, "The other party is still digging, is there a way to force him out?"

Zhang Nan said with a wry smile: "Just now, General Cai sent a team down to try to strangle these bandits, but was killed by that Ma Chao. That's why he sealed the city gate with fire and suffocated them to death in the city. In the doorway."

"This method is very good." Yuan Xi nodded. He knew Ma Chao's fighting strength. He would not be able to hold him if there were fewer ordinary soldiers. The kerosene is also worth it.

In the city gate hole, a soldier who was digging suddenly fell to the ground.

"Dead!" The veteran in charge of digging sniffed his nose, sighed and said, "General, if this continues, everyone will be suffocated to death."

At this moment, a distance of about three feet has been dug out. They blocked the gate of the city with gravel, which has a certain effect of heat insulation, but in this way, the air inside is gone.

It has only been three feet of digging, and I don't know how long it will take to dig through. If this continues, they will probably die of suffocation before the city gate is hollowed out.

The other soldiers had also reached their limits, and even Ma Chao felt dizzy for a while. He looked at the veteran and asked, "Is there a way?"

"We might as well dig a few holes from here to let the air from outside come in, and let the soldiers breathe a sigh of relief!" the veteran suggested.

In this way, it will definitely take more time, but it’s okay to be stuffy in the cave, but there is no air, and the cave is full of dust, so I have to dig with my mouth and nose. Not long.

"According to what you said!" Ma Chao chose a place according to the veteran's instructions, and dug with a shovel. He found that digging the city wall was easier than digging the city gate. The ventilation hole chosen by the veteran was about a foot away from the city gate. It took Ma Chao half an hour to dig through. In an instant, with the influx of fresh air, everyone greedily breathed in the fresh air, but there was only one vent, and the internal air could not circulate. Under the advice of the veteran, Ma Chao In the countermeasure, another vent was dug to allow the air in the entire city wall to circulate.

"Why don't we abandon the city gate and dig the city wall?" After Ma Chao found that the city wall was easier to dig than the city gate, he couldn't help thinking about the city wall.

The veteran shook his head: "General, this city wall is load-bearing. If we dig it wrong, we will all be buried alive inside."

There was no other way but to continue digging the city gate hole. The air in the hole was still scorching hot. Ma Chao asked someone to change the place and threw the excavated gravel out from the two vents. He dug another five feet like this. The sky darkened again.

The flames in the city gate were also a little smaller. After all, it burned for a day, and the kerosene in the city was almost used up. Ma Chao took a rest, ate a few mouthfuls of jerky, drank half a bag of water, and prepared for three days when they came. rations and water, but the rations are okay. The water is consumed by everyone because it was roasted today. The water for three days has already bottomed out in just one day. If the other party wants to roast it with fire tomorrow, Ma Chao There is no water available.

After thinking about it, Ma Chao planned to dig through the night, trying to cut open the damn city gate before tomorrow morning.

On the city wall, Zhang Nan and others could clearly sense the constant tremors coming from below the city. The other party was not dead, and was still digging the city gate. The rubble outside the city gate had piled up into two hills. The car that was blocked had been smashed. Although the cowhide was not broken, the skeleton of the car was already overwhelmed by the high temperature and the bombardment of falling rocks.

"My lord, what should I do?" Zhang Nan looked at Yuan Xi. Judging from the vibration, he had already dug halfway. If the other party dug overnight, the city gate would be able to be dug through tomorrow.

How to do?
Yuan Xi walked back and forth on the city wall, looked at Zhang Nan after a while and said, "Use huge stones to block the city gate!"

"How can such a boulder be used at this time?" Zhang Nan smiled wryly when he heard the words, how big is the boulder that can block the city gate?Looking for it now, it is estimated that when they move back, they have already dug through the city gate.

Yuan Xi never thought that Ma Chao's method would really threaten him. After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Zhang Nan and gritted his teeth and said, "Then dig a trap at the gate of the city and prepare a crossbow. No matter how powerful Ma Chao is, he might not be able to stop the bed crossbow bombardment, let's see if he survives!"

"Here!" Zhang Nan nodded, and went to prepare the bed crossbow according to the words. At the same time, he dug a ditch at the gate of the city and made a trap. As soon as the opponent came, the crossbow and arrows would be fired, causing the opponent to die.

It's a pity that the terrain of Juyongguan is narrow, not only is it difficult to line up the siege equipment outside the city, but even inside the pass, it is also difficult to place too many siege equipment. If there are five siege equipment placed right in front of the city gate, there is no room for more.

On the other side, Ma Chao dug overnight and finally reached the thirteen feet before dawn.

"General, there's wind here!" After feeling the wind against the wall for a while, the veteran looked at Ma Chao and said, "At most another ten feet will break through this city gate."

Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief. He tried his best to dig all night, and finally almost dug through. It took half an hour at most to dig through a distance of one foot, but when everyone was about to dig, Ma Chao stopped.

"We can't dig any more here." Ma Chao stopped the crowd and said in a deep voice.

"General, why is this?" The old soldier asked puzzled.

"I can assure you that the enemy army outside the city has already set up a net waiting for me to dig through it." Ma Chao sat down and took out the jerky with trembling hands, took a bite, took a deep breath and said: "Then The thief general is not a fool, see me digging the city gate, but not prepare."

The veteran understood what he said, nodded and said: "It's still the general who is thoughtful."

"What is Zhouquan?" Ma Chao felt that he was about to become a fairy now, and there was the sound of digging in his head. He looked at the veteran and said, "I'm wondering if it can be like those two vents. Drive on the other side, and let the bandits go to nothing!"

The veteran looked around: "If it's only one zhang, it should be feasible."

"Then dig. After an hour, let off smoke and notify Dong Chao to enter the city." Ma Chao stuffed the dried meat into his mouth, drank all the last water, tied his mouth and nose with his clothes again, and got up and said.

"Here!"

Seeing that the victory was in sight, all the soldiers cheered up again, and under the guidance of the veteran, they began to dig towards the sides.

An hour later, there was a gap in the wall. On the city wall, Zhang Nan keenly grasped this point, and immediately cheered up all the soldiers, knowing that the opponent should break through the city gate, and immediately use the bed crossbow to greet the opponent.

Outside the city gate on the other side, some soldiers ignited the wolf smoke.

Seeing this, Dong Chao, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately got on his horse and said, "All soldiers, follow me into the city to kill the enemy!"

Less than [-] soldiers quickly formed an army formation. Under the leadership of Dong Chao, they stared at the enemy's arrow rain on the city wall and rushed towards the city gate, crossed the pile of rubble, and swarmed into the city gate hole.

"Get ready!" Zhang Nan received the news from the outer wall, raised his arms high, and the five bed crossbows that had been prepared were facing the gate of the city. Missing Ma Chao would also cause heavy losses to the bandits in the city gate.

"Boom~"

The walls on both sides of the city gate collapsed almost at the same time. Under Yuan Xi's and Zhang Nan's astonished eyes, a large number of bandits rushed out from the collapsed walls. All of a sudden, most of the traps that had been prepared were ineffective.

"Om~"

A bed crossbow was pulled subconsciously by the soldiers guarding there, and the huge arrow pierced through the air, shooting straight at the unbroken gravel.

Ma Chao rushed out first, glanced at the traps all over the floor, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "You bastard, hurry up and die!"

Holding a deep breath in his chest, it seemed as if he was going to vent his brain at this moment. Ma Chao rushed to the nearest arrow array first, and let the sharp arrows shoot at him, but he was bounced away by his whole body. He shot at his armor, but he didn't pay any attention to it. He dragged his spear backwards and came to the enemy's formation. He threw out the shot full of anger, and directly broke the enemy's battle formation. A dozen shooters were sent flying out with a single shot. , knocked down a piece.

"Fire the arrows!" Yuan Xi roared loudly, although he was a little surprised, but at this moment, there was no time to worry about these things. At the next command, thousands of arrows were fired, and many soldiers who had just escaped the trap were shot to death on the spot. .

Seeing this, Ma Chao immediately gathered a small group of people and rushed to the opponent's main formation.

Yuan Xi felt his scalp go numb, turned around and ran.

"My lord..." Zhang Nan glanced at Yuan Xi, a little helpless, his morale collapsed when he ran away at this time.

However, he couldn't stop Yuan Xi, so he could only form an array to face Ma Chao.

Ma Chao is holding his breath now, leading a small group of people and rushing into the enemy's formation, throwing away the spear in his hand, his marksmanship is different from Zhao Yun's sharpness and swiftness, and he takes a violent way, smashing, throwing, swinging these moves frequently There are far more than thorns, and the most lethal thing is not the sharp point of the gun, but the body of the gun.

Seeing that he was rushing towards the commander-in-chief like a beast, and the army along the way couldn't stop him at all, Zhang Nan couldn't avoid it at this moment. He gritted his teeth and roared, gathering all the strength of the army and slashing at Ma Chao.

However, Ma Chao seemed to have foreseen the slash of the knife, and suddenly appeared beside Zhang Nan, staring at Zhang Nan coldly like a beast: "You are doing well!"

It is obvious that Zhang Nan is regarded as the general of the land.

Zhang Nan wanted to withdraw the knife, but Ma Chao's huge fist was in sight, and it hit his head directly.

"Boom~"

Zhang Nan couldn't dodge in time, so he could only receive Ma Chao's angry punch hard with his head, his head exploded with the frantic energy, and Ma Chao's anger also vented out as the opponent's head exploded.

Won!

(End of this chapter)