However, coincidence is just a coincidence after all, and its luck cannot last too long.
With a shout from the tower, the torch suddenly flashed. Liu Yu secretly screamed, and quickly ordered the soldiers behind him not to march, but to stay put and keep their bodies as low as possible.
Fortunately, they are wearing leather armor today. Although this kind of leather armor has average protective capabilities, it has one major benefit that armor cannot match.
That means it is non-reflective!
Liu Yu and the others chose to use leather armor instead of iron armor, which was more sophisticated and had better protective capabilities, because they took a fancy to this advantage.
In the vast darkness of the night, even if a group of people wearing leather armor passed by the city gate, as long as they could be careful not to make too much noise, they might succeed.
The current situation has verified Liu Yu’s previous expectations.
Hearing the sound coming from the tower, Liu Yu's heart suddenly rose to his throat.
“Hush!”
The situation suddenly took a major turn. In a tense state, Liu Yu did not dare to speak anymore, so he had to use gestures and eyes to hint to the soldiers around him to stay quiet.
ˆBang bang…
ˆBang bang…
Liu Yu's heart was beating so hard that it almost jumped out of his chest. Those soldiers who were not injured could easily control it.
However, it would be difficult to ask the wounded soldier who had caused a great disaster not to make a sound.
Now, the three-edged nail is still embedded in his flesh, and he dare not move at all. His facial features are distorted by the painful expression.
He knew he had made a mistake and did not dare to make any sound. The pain made him gasp and make a hissing sound.
Seeing his painful look, Liu Yu could fully imagine how painful he was at this moment, but there was no way. If the current crisis could not be overcome, all previous efforts would be in vain.
All the soldiers lay prone on the ground, clutching the soil beneath them tightly. They did not dare to make a sound, and they held their breath and concentrated.
They are waiting for the next moment to come. That next moment is most likely to be the relaxed joy after getting through it, or more likely to be the extreme panic before the disaster strikes.
No one dared to move, but Liu Yu, the general, could not. He still tried to raise his head and observed the movement on the other side of the city gate tower.
Although he could only see an outline, he couldn't tell the difference at all.
Looking upwards along his line of sight, the soldiers who gambled on the city gate tower looked even more nervous than the Jin army.
"what happened?"
“Where is the sound coming from?”
The soldiers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They didn't have time to look at the situation in the distance, but they knew how to quickly clean up all the gambling equipment and gambling funds.
It’s not scary when the enemy troops come, but if you gamble when you are discovered on duty, it will be a disaster!
The soldiers were divided into two groups. One side was busy packing their things, while the other side finally raised the torch and observed the situation ahead.
Several soldiers gathered together, their uneasiness still lingering.
“Is there really anyone?”
“Did you hear it wrong?” Several people turned to ask the soldier who claimed to have heard the sound.
At this moment, rather than actually discovering the enemy, they even hoped that the sudden heart-rending cry would be fake.
No one wants to see an enemy situation, let alone their evil deeds being discovered by Fu Rui, who is drunk and dreaming in the tower.
"Misheard?"
The soldier shook his head. Just now, in the quiet sky, a human voice suddenly came. The surrounding area was quiet and there was no sound at all. How could a sound come out of thin air?
That must be the sound of people talking!
"How can it be?"
“That was obviously a human cry!”
“Didn’t you hear it?”
The soldier collapsed. With such an obvious sound, several of his comrades shook their heads and refused to admit it.
Either he has encountered a ghost here, or they have encountered a ghost, or God is a ghost!
“There must be a sound!”
The soldier still refused to give up, so he emphasized again. Several soldiers gathered together, you look at me, I look at you.
“Is there a sound?”
"Did you hear it?"
Xiang shook his head: "Not at all."
“I don’t think so either!”
“You definitely heard wrong!”
“Look, there’s no one under this tower!”
“Even if there are people, you can’t hide it at all!”
The soldier raised a burning torch and flashed it in front of several people's eyes. Wherever the firelight illuminated, there was really not a single figure.
"But……"
The soldier who claimed to have heard the sound was confused. He opened his eyes and looked carefully, but he thought there was no one there.
When everyone saw that he was willing to compromise, they immediately came forward.
“If there is no but, there is no one at all, how can brothers still lie to you?”
There was a strange light shining in the eyes of several people. The light was even more dazzling and terrifying than the light of fire. In this dark night, it seemed particularly dangerous.
As the saying goes, everyone speaks louder than others, and everyone has heard the voice.
However, it is impossible to admit.
Under the current situation, no one can admit that they relaxed their guard while on duty and allowed suspicious characters to appear near Xiangyang City.
If things get too big, they will get together to gamble and let down their guard.
Therefore, even if there is a sound, they will insist that there is no sound.
Even if everyone heard it, they would still pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Several veterans quickly reached the unanimous opinion that the existence of this voice must not be acknowledged.
The only trouble now is the young man in front of me.
As the first person to hear the sound, this soldier refused to join them and pretended not to hear the sound.
So, since he himself is unwilling to admit it, they can only deceive him.
Now it seems that the effects have begun to appear.
“Then there’s no such thing!”
“Auntie said I’ve been a little angry these past few days, maybe because of tinnitus.” Although Xiaobing said he was okay, he was still confused in his heart.
That voice sounded very clear, and I could even make out the words. It seemed like it was some damn thing. How could I hear such a word wrong?
How come no one heard me?
Several people lifted him off the parapet and put the torches in their hands back to their original positions. It suddenly became dark near the city tower.
“You’re thinking too much. There are traps set outside the city. It’s impossible for anyone to get through!”
“That is to say, if you want to pass through the three-pointed spike formation, you must have wings!”
Seeing that the fire was getting weaker and weaker, the sound of whirring could be heard in the small Jin army.
Liu Yu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and slumped down on the ground helplessly. Because the fire was far away, many soldiers had returned to their normal sitting postures.
After experiencing the life-and-death crisis just now, the soldiers no longer cared about whether the people on the tower would notice them.
Their psychological endurance has reached its limit. No matter whether their whereabouts will be exposed or not, they can no longer support it.
As several important figures in the Beifu soldiers, in fact, Tan Pingzhi and Police Shen were in similar situations. Only Liu Yu was still in high spirits and did not seem to be affected by nervousness.
“Finally...finally everyone went back!”
"so close!"
Tan Ping wiped the sweat away. It wasn't until his fingers touched the sweat that he realized that the sweat on his head was actually cold sweat.