Zhou Sui offered comfort, "Elder Yun, there is no need to worry. The Lord's plan is very thorough; there won't be any problems."
Though he said this, he was also worried inwardly. Mount Gesi was different from the Verdant Forest.
No traps had been set in the Gesi mountain range. After all, it was too vast, and the terrain was far more complex and treacherous.
Back in the Verdant Forest, not only were there traps, but the ones facing the enemy were all Dragon Shadow Guards armed with Dragon Plume Crossbows.
Now, it was one thousand against five thousand. Aside from the Dragon Shadow Guards, although the other soldiers were also elites, their strength naturally could not compare to the Dragon Shadow Guards, and they only held ordinary bows and crossbows.
Yun Ci smiled bitterly. He found that Jiang Jin sometimes really had a lot of nerve. "I am not worried about her. I am worried that if Qu Zhao attacks the city at this time..."
Zhou Sui shook his head. "Do not underestimate these new recruits. They are not weak."
"If Qu Zhao really attacks the city, let alone the fact that the Lord is at Mount Gesi and can return to support at any time, just holding out for a couple of days would be no problem."
Yun Ci did not know the actual combat power of the Jinyang Army. These soldiers were not really new recruits anyway, as they had undergone high-intensity training for several months.
Under the leadership of veterans, even if they had not seen much blood, their combat power was not weak.
"Besides," Zhou Sui looked at the commoners working outside the city, "do they dare to attack?"
Whether it was the divine punishment or Gefeng's crossbows, both were existences that Qu Bai feared. If he dared to attack, he would have done so when his twenty thousand men were still intact.
And now, the guards on the city walls and the commoners working outside the city looked no different from usual.
Let alone the Qu Zhao army, even the commoners in the city did not know that Gefeng at this moment was already an empty city.
Yun Ci looked at him and, seeing the pride in his eyes, suddenly remembered Jiang Jin's high requirements for the soldiers' training. His heart settled down a bit.
It seemed that he could go to the military camp's training ground to take a look when he had time later. He always habitually compared his former soldiers with the Jinyang Army.
Outside the city, Mu Qing smiled as he watched an experienced old farmer guiding a plow, controlling the ox to plow a good amount of land.
He could not help but praise, "Not bad, not bad. This plow the Lord had someone make is indeed more efficient."
Mu Wanbai sighed with emotion, "The Lord is truly amazing, knowing how to do everything. It is just a pity that there are still not enough oxen."
Gefeng currently had over twenty oxen, but some were over at the brick kiln.
Mu Qing waved his hand. "It is fine. Besides oxen, we also have manpower to reclaim the wasteland. Although the speed is slower, having more people makes up for it."
He looked at the commoners bustling with activity and sighed inwardly. The ignorant are truly fearless.
If these commoners knew that the repeating crossbows they relied on the most had all been transferred away, he wondered if they would still smile so joyfully.
However, with the range of the eight-ox crossbows, coupled with the catapults, if Qu Zhao really attacked the city, these commoners would still have time to retreat back inside.
After all, the place where they were currently working was close to the north gate.
Human lives in Gefeng were very valuable. Jiang Jin naturally would not joke around with the lives of the commoners.
In front of the cave, the 300 soldiers left behind stood guard, looking around vigilantly.
"They have been in there for about half an hour now, why is there no sound at all?" a small-eyed Qu Zhao soldier muttered in a low voice.
The tall, thin soldier standing next to him shook his head, also keeping his voice very low, "I do not know. These are the Jinyang Army, right? I saw their arrows."
The small-eyed soldier looked serious. "Yes, I saw them too. But it might not necessarily be the Jinyang Army. Perhaps, they just use the same bows and crossbows."
The tall, thin soldier opened his mouth. This was not wrong. Just using the same kind of weapon indeed could not prove that they were all from the Jinyang Army.
But, besides the Jinyang Army, who else used this kind of weapon?
"I wonder how many people they have killed since going in. Killing one person is worth ten gold pieces," the small-eyed soldier sighed with emotion.
"Who is there?" an angry shout rang out.
The Qu Zhao soldiers vigilantly looked around, only to see dozens of people standing on the hillside.
It was none other than Xia Chanyi. After she and a small squad of Dragon Shadow Guards lured Ding Tan to the canyon, she did not linger, leading her people straight to the tunnel.
In Jiang Jin's words, her small squad today was originally meant to be used as a jack-of-all-trades.
If there were many Qu Zhao soldiers chasing her, she would stay over at the canyon and snipe the enemy together with Yao Ji.
As it turned out, there were even more Qu Zhao soldiers chasing Jiang Jin. Yao Ji said he had no problem handling it, so she led her people, preparing to enter the tunnel to snipe the enemy.
She just did not expect the Qu Zhao people to be quite cautious, actually leaving hundreds of men to guard the cave entrance.
She waved her hand.
The Dragon Shadow Guards fired their arrows in unison...
Inside the tunnel.
Xie Nanxiao looked through the peephole at the long passage next door and whispered, "I wonder if the Qu Zhao soldiers will take our passage?"
Yun Yu sighed, "They should. There are so many of them from Qu Zhao."
Xie Nanxiao shook his head. "It is hard to say. There are five thousand men in total. I guess the Dragon Shadow Guards can take out over a thousand of them in the first round, maybe even more."
"With some splitting off to the canyon, and our tunnel having three passages, who knows if they will all crowd into one passage..."
His voice abruptly stopped.
Yun Yu's eyes lit up, and he asked in a low voice, "Are they here?"
A young Qu Zhao commander took the lead, walking at the front. Looking at the suddenly widened passage, his face carried hesitation. "This... why has this passage gotten bigger? And there is firelight?"
He saw that the passage ahead was over a zhang wide and more than a dozen zhang long.
There were also three torches lit on each wall of the passage, casting flickering shadows and making him temporarily unaccustomed to the brightness.
He signaled with his eyes, and immediately a few Qu Zhao soldiers carefully walked in. They circled around the large passage and found no problems.
Although the young commander was somewhat doubtful about the torches in the passage, he still led his men cautiously into it.
Just as they were about to finish walking through the passage, the breath he had been holding was finally let out a little.
However, before he could fully relax, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the ground.
The young commander was startled. "What is that sound?"
Before his voice faded, the ground suddenly split open, and the soldiers fell down like dumplings dropping into a pot.
The young commander was greatly alarmed. He instinctively jumped forward, just managing to leap into the narrow passage ahead.
Still in shock, he looked back and saw that a deep pit had appeared beneath the large passage where they had just been standing. The deep pit was filled with sharp wooden stakes.
The Qu Zhao soldiers who had fallen down were now being impaled by these wooden stakes!
Screams echoed in the passage, lingering for a long time.
The young commander took two steps back. Behind him were the few soldiers who had entered the passage earlier.
Just as he was about to speak, a long spear suddenly thrust out from inside the cave wall.
Thrust.
The long spear pierced through his chest.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, looking in disbelief at the still intact cave wall, unable to understand how a long spear could pierce out from it.
The spear twisted, pulling and tearing his wound wider. He finally could not help but let out a muffled groan.
Pull.
The long spear was pulled out, bringing out some minced internal organs and fresh blood.
Losing his support, the young commander staggered a few steps and crashed to the ground!
The few soldiers beside him followed in his footsteps, pierced by several long spears...
The Qu Zhao soldiers following behind who had not yet entered the large passage hurriedly retreated. Secretly rejoicing that they had run slowly, they suddenly heard a huge clanging sound.
A portcullis was pulled down over the narrow passage they had come through!
They could not get out!
Xie Nanxiao held his long spear, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly. For the first time, he found that killing the enemy in such a sneaky way was truly very satisfying!
The real hunt begins now!
