In the underground passage, Qiao Han entered alone.
The height of the tunnel is not consistent. At the highest point, people can walk straight up, but at the lowest point, they have to bend down and bend down. The first half of the tunnel is close to the moat, about a hundred steps away. It is very quiet at this time, and the soil on the cave wall
It gradually became wet, and not far further, you could already see many stumps and broken heads, and even blood soaked at the bottom of the tunnel. The air supply ducts arranged on both sides of the tunnel were made of wrought copper. If you accidentally touch it,
It will feel hot and scalding.
As we moved forward, the smoke gradually became thicker, and the sounds of soldiers mingling and killing each other gradually became clearer and clearer.
As if there was a connection, just when Qiao Huan was concentrating, Wang Zheng on the ground also raised his eyebrows, signaling Zhou Hui and others who were whispering to him to stop, and at the same time, he put his ears closer and closer, as if this would be enough.
It was as if the tragic scene of fighting beneath his feet appeared before his eyes.
At this time, Qiao Han finally saw the situation ahead. The first thing that jumped into his eyes was not the soldiers on both sides, but the corpses everywhere.
The highest point of this section of the tunnel is only seven or eight feet high, and is only wide enough for two people to stand shoulder to shoulder. However, several corpses piled up in one place completely blocked the road. In addition, in the middle of summer, the temperature of the tunnel is even higher than that of the ground.
, but within a short time, a strong fishy smell was produced, mixed with the moist earthy smell, and hit the face, causing the pretty face under the mask to frown.
She resisted the urge to vomit, clenched the long knife in her hand, held her breath and walked closer. After identifying the corpses, not all of them were the defenders in the city. More than half of them were wearing Sun Cejun's armor. Unexpectedly,
It seems that both sides on the front line were only focused on fighting at this time and had no time to deal with the corpses. They also felt that their corpses were in the way, so everyone, whether they were their own people or the enemy, moved to the back to take care of the problem.
Although the corpses were knocked a little loose by the man who had just left the cave to ask for help, they were still difficult to pass and had to be sorted out before they could move forward.
After walking forward for a while, I saw a few figures. They were among the defenders who had entered the cave before. After all, in addition to supporting the front, they also had the task of ensuring that the back road was clear. If the war went unfavorable, they would retreat.
Whether you are asking for support or not, efficiency is extremely important.
While cleaning up the tunnel, they were dragging the corpses out. However, the military situation was urgent at this time, so they temporarily placed them on the spot. So these people dug some wall holes in the tunnel at regular intervals. Although the wall holes were not big, they stood up the corpses.
But it can be done with two or three pieces.
When Qiao Huan arrived, they had almost finished cleaning up. When they heard the footsteps and looked back, they saw that it was the masked soldier who had followed Wang Zheng to the top of the city today.
He fell to the ground no matter what.
As Qiao Huan pushed forward, he lowered his voice and said in a rough voice: "Wangzhou Mu Ling, this underground fight, I will be the main general." As he said this, he took out a token and showed it to everyone.
This was a wink to the blind man. These people were all Zhou Hui's soldiers. How could they take Wang Zheng's general order seriously? However, the other party's status was not low, but they all knew about it. Although they were doubtful or even dissatisfied, they didn't care.
Reverse immediately.
Qiao Rui had never seen her. Although she was a prodigy in martial arts, she was limited in her knowledge and did not have the ambitions of other men to make contributions. Therefore, in the original history, because Qiao Rui never died in Xuzhou, she admired Sun Ce very much.
When Liu Xun was out, he even opened the city gate wide, allowing Sun Ce to easily capture Wancheng.
After such a peaceful change of ownership, there was no enmity between the two parties. Later, Qiao Huan even married Sun Ce under Qiao Rui's initiative. From then on, she became a deep harem woman, caring for her husband and raising her children. From the beginning to the end, not many outsiders knew about her.
In fact, he has an astonishing ability.
Nowadays it is very different.
On the one hand, Qiao Huan intends to achieve military success so that she can use Wang Zheng's power to help her find her lost sister Qiao Ping in the future. On the other hand, since she knows that the enemy of the Shu County garrison is Sun Ce's tribe, who is an enemy of her country, Qiao Huan
Naturally, Huan also developed a desire for revenge.
She volunteered and entered the tunnel. She just wanted to make a contribution. She didn't care whether the soldiers believed it or not, or even obeyed it or not. To be honest, the dozens of elite soldiers may not be taken seriously by her. What she said just now was more of a kind.
The gesture is nothing more than that it doesn't matter whether you listen to me or not, just don't order me around anyway.
Of course, it would be best to be willing to work together. After all, it was an unprecedented first time for Qiao Han to fight in the tunnels. Although he was proud of his skills, he was still a little uneasy.
...
Part of the tunnel is near the moat. In order to avoid places where groundwater accumulates, the narrow path is slightly winding.
Qiao Han bent over and ran quickly towards the direction where the shouts of death came from. The defenders behind her followed closely, but in the end they were not as skilled as she was. They accidentally bumped into the wall, causing a lot of dirt to fall down.
I don't know how many groups of people were gathered together, but when they reached about twenty people, they turned a corner and the battlefield was limited to what was in front of them.
Most of the first batch of garrison soldiers who came down have been killed, leaving only some remnants and the reinforcements that arrived first. The same group of more than 20 people were divided into two groups. The ones in front were lifting wooden boards to block Sun Ce's army from intruding.
The one at the back put the gun into the small hole in the wooden board and stabbed forward continuously.
Along the small holes in the surrounding walls, smoke from the exhaust ducts filled the air. Although there was not much smoke and they were covered by masks, most people except Qiao Huan suddenly felt difficulty breathing.
At this time, people on both sides were fighting with their heads down and were highly concentrated. They had no idea that a third group of people had appeared here. From time to time, some people shouted and cursed.
Sun Cejun didn't know how many people there were on the opposite side. They seemed to have brought mallets and other objects, and they violently hit the wooden boards one after another. Others used weapons, probably axes, broadswords, etc., one after another, and they also hit the wooden boards.
Chopping upwards. Every impact and every slash was made with all the strength of the body, knocking the defenders backwards.
There are also extremely brave ones who grab the spears thrust out of the holes in the board and pull them back. Their purpose is not to grab the weapons, but to fight for the holes. After all, as long as they snatch the holes, they will not
Even if you are in the position of being passively beaten, you can also assassinate the defenders.
Occasionally, the wooden board was knocked crooked. Sun Cejun seized the opportunity and stabbed the guards with a long spear to expose their feet. This was followed by a cry of pain.
After a long period of banging and chopping, cracks have appeared in the iron-clad wooden board, which is nearly a foot thick. Fortunately, it cannot be set on fire underground, otherwise, it would be difficult to hold on until now with just this wooden board.
A Xuzhou officer who looked like a uncle shouted: "The thief has blocked the exhaust pipe again! Cut off another section of the pipe quickly! Move the wooden board back."
Someone reopened the smoke exhaust pipe behind a section of wooden planks. Before the thick smoke came out, the soldiers holding the baffles retreated. Qiao Huan watched from the edge for a while, then ordered the soldiers behind him to step forward to support.
Catch the plank and replace the soldiers who are almost exhausted.
At the same time, she was not in a hurry to go forward and kill the enemy. Instead, she sheathed her long sword. She also leaned in front of the board, half-crouched, and with her strength in mind, she suddenly let out a clear roar: "Go forward!"
This roar was like striking jade and gold, or dulcimer strumming its strings. After reverberating in the small space for a moment, it was like thousands of luan and phoenix singing in unison, causing the shaking soil and dust to fall continuously.
This shocked the soldiers who thought the voice was very unfamiliar to them. They didn't even realize that Qiao Han was not one of them. They all responded to the order instinctively, and at the same time shouted loudly and exerted all their strength.
Go forward.
The focus of their support on the board was at the lower middle position, and the board would inevitably tilt forward when exerting force. Qiao Han had quick eyes and quick hands. As soon as the bottom of the board left the ground, she reached out and grabbed Sun Cejun's ankle, and suddenly
A pull.
This pull was so powerful that Sun Cebing's whole body immediately flew into the air. Then Qiao Han threw it and heard a bang. Before Sun Cebing could react, he heard an understatement: "Chop."
Got it!"
There were several muffled sounds of "Puff, puff, puff". As soon as Sun Cejun realized that he was thrown into the enemy's siege, he screamed and died on the spot.
What happened next was like this. With the addition of Qiao Wen, a strange and powerful woman, the situation between the two parties suddenly reversed. Originally, Sun Cejun not only did not lose, but also had the strength to dedicate his troops to block the air ducts that discharged the one-eye. But now it has changed.
They were retreating steadily, almost twenty or thirty steps back, when suddenly there was a "crash" sound, but the board finally couldn't bear it and broke into pieces.
The one who held up the plank was caught off guard, and the one who hit the plank was also unexpected. The soldiers on both sides fought for a long time, but suddenly saw each other's true face in the smoke. After a brief pause, they could only hear collisions, stabbings, and shouts in the smoke,
The sound of killing suddenly started again.
Qiao Huan continued to lead the way. As he threw himself into the enemy's formation, his left arm became thicker and his veins were exposed. The bright sword light suddenly lit up, turning into a meteor, pulling out a long light and shadow, and slashed hard.
on the enemy's defensive formation.
The smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and the fire was extinguished, but she was not affected at all. Anyway, there were enemies around her. She just listened to the wind and heard the sound, repeated the action of swinging the knife sideways, and within a moment, she had killed several people.
As if he felt that she was too much of a threat, with a cold snort, a cold light suddenly appeared in the darkness, and he struck at her with great force, but it was silent, like a poisonous snake spitting out a message.
However, it was an ax general in Sun Ce's army who noticed Qiao Han's difficulty and deliberately launched a sneak attack.
Seeing that the light of the ax was quietly approaching Qiao Han's neck, at the same time, four or five spears were stabbing at him, with great force. It was clearly to attract Qiao Han's idea, but Qiao Han turned sideways to avoid the spears.
, at the same time, he flipped his right wrist, raised the long knife, and also drew a beautiful arc. He cut back at a circular angle without any sharp edges, and actually blocked this fatal sneak attack by half.
That’s not all!
Just when the enemy general was secretly crying out for pity, he felt a violent shock and numbness in his palm, which then spread to his right arm holding the axe, and then half of his body suddenly became unable to move!
what's the situation?
As soon as doubts arose in the general's mind, the next moment he felt a sharp pain. However, while the enemy was paralyzed by the dark power of the Sun-piercing Kung Fu, Qiao Wen had already stabbed him back with the sword and inserted it into his lower abdomen.
Looking coldly at the other party's round eyes, Qiao Huan's mouth raised under the mask made a mocking arc, as if to say: You are a thief who doesn't know how to use sneak attacks in front of my Guanrimen.
So called!
She was not in a hurry to draw the sword, but instead used her strength again, causing the blade to stir in the enemy general's stomach again. Warm blood flowed down her hand, and a piece of sticky and slippery stuff was pulled out.
, but he pulled out the enemy's intestines, and when the face in front of him was completely twisted in pain, he flew up and kicked the dying body far away.
...
At this time, at the tunnel entrance, Wang Zheng was still listening carefully.
Zhou Hui asked: "Wangzhou Mu, how is it?"
"It seems that Thief Sun broke the baffle and got into a melee twice. The poison is too strong, I'm afraid we won't be able to fight for a long time."
Wang Zheng thought for a while, straightened up, and his expression became solemn: "It's not possible to continue like this. Send an order to light a fire at the entrance of the cave and prepare to use it. Send people down to the tunnel and order Qiao Huan and others to retreat."
At first, Sun Ce's army was far away from the entrance of the cave, so it was useless to set a fire. Now as they approached the entrance of the cave, they could set a fire. Wang Zheng originally had a plan. After repelling Sun Ce's army, he wanted to rush into their camp along the tunnel.
It took a while to kill, but now it seems impossible.
Tao Ze on the side exclaimed: "These poisonous words are mixed with gold juice and are extremely powerful. I really didn't expect that Sun Cejun could persist until now."
"I didn't expect that even Qiao Huan's presence could not change the deadlock."
Wang Zheng also had a wry smile on his face. He glanced at the corpses that had just been pulled out of the tunnel. They were all mutilated. He couldn't help but sigh: "Where did Sun Bofu train such elite soldiers?"
Everyone was silent.
...
Qiao Han became more and more courageous as she fought. At this time, the smoke became thicker and thicker, and she could no longer see her left and right sides. However, she could also feel that there seemed to be fewer and fewer soldiers on her side, while the enemies on the opposite side were shouting and screaming.
Absolutely. The corresponding pressure is getting bigger and bigger, and I can't help but feel a little anxious.
"Then Zhuzi looked down on me. He finally got to the battlefield. If he retreats and fails to achieve success, wouldn't all the previous achievements be wasted?" He also thought: "Now that the Sun thief is powerful, if this battle is lost, Zhuzi will realize the difficulty and
If you retreat, then Zhou Hui will be even more useless. I am alone. Even if I escape from here, it will be extremely difficult for me to seek revenge."
Thinking of this, she immediately became determined in her heart and could not retreat! Then she ignored the changes in the robes around her and just stood in front of her, waving her sword and not taking a step back.
Not long after, Sun Cejun, who was killed by her, turned up again. The bodies alone were almost as high as a man's, blocking the road again.
Qiao Huan waited impatiently for Sun Cejun to clear the passage. She gave a light scolding and stepped forward to kick the mountain of corpses away. However, there were two or three corpses at the bottom that she could not kick away. She jumped up lightly with a few steps, looked around and shouted sternly.
He shouted: "Qiao Huan of Wancheng is here. If you think you have a long life, please come up!"
The pretty face under the mask seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, full of murderous intent.
As soon as he finished speaking, they saw Sun Cejun on the opposite side retreating in unison. They were all horrified. Amidst the gasps one after another, dozens of breaths passed, but no one dared to take a step forward.
They couldn't see Qiao Huan's appearance clearly, let alone who he was, but the murderous aura that seemed to be substantial made everyone understand one thing instinctively...
You can’t go up, you’ll only die if you go up!
For a moment, the tunnel fell into a silence that could hear a needle drop.
After a while, a burst of rapid steps sounded from behind Qiao Han, breaking the stagnant calm.
However, the messenger arranged by Wang Zheng arrived and told everyone to retreat. Qiao Han did not leave immediately, but said coldly: "You retreat first, I will stop the rear!"
As he spoke, he jumped off the ground, raised a broken sword with his toes, and then threw it violently. With a sound of breaking through the air, it hit the forehead of the front soldier on the opposite side and went straight through the back of his head.
He fell down instantly without even letting out a scream.
While killing another person, Qiao Huan continued to step forward, wrapped his left arm around the soldier's spear, and then raised his right arm high. The sword flashed past and pierced the person.
Blood gushed out of his neck like a spring, and the man made a few strange sounds of "ho ho" and fell to the ground.
In a moment, within three steps, two more people were killed. Under such power, the remaining Sun Cejun made a loud noise. Facing Qiao Han who continued to step forward bravely, the originally thin figure turned out to be as scary as a ghost.
Their courage was shattered and they retreated steadily.
"Thief Sun is nothing more than that."
After being alone and forcing the opponent to take ten steps back, Qiao Wen suddenly sneered. After saying these words, he suddenly turned around and ran away. Sun Cejun was so stunned that he didn't react for a moment. He didn't react until the beauty was nowhere to be seen.
When I woke up, it was too late to regret it.
...
When she walked out of the tunnel, feeling the crisp air that she hadn't seen for a long time, Qiao Huan couldn't help but close her eyes and take a few deep breaths. While adjusting her breath secretly, she heard Wei Yan ordering from the side: "Set the fire." Suddenly her heart moved, and she just opened her eyes.
, before he glanced around anxiously, an ordinary smiling face came into view.
It is Wang Zheng.
At this time, he had heard about Qiao Huan's initiative to request a divorce, and he couldn't help but have some admiration for her. After all, strong martial arts does not mean a strong character, especially when such a character appears in a woman...
It's even more rare.
After looking at it for a long time, Wang Zheng finally felt relieved when he saw that although Qiao Huan was covered in blood, she seemed not to be injured. "The land of Jiangdong is indeed rich in heroes!"
Hearing this, Qiao Han chuckled, looked up at him, and suddenly asked softly: "Wang Zheng, can I be considered to have achieved military merit this time?"
It was rare for someone to call him by his first name. Wang Zheng was startled, and then nodded: "Of course, not only has he achieved great achievements, after this battle, both armies will probably know that Qiao Huan in Wancheng is brave enough to win the three armies."
"You mean, I can go into battle and kill enemies in the future?"
"Uh," Wang Zheng hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "Such a tiger general, how can I not use it?"
"good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Huan jumped up and took off his helmet without saying a word.
A head of hair as black as a waterfall suddenly appeared on the battlefield, which immediately caused a series of exclamations. Even Zhou Hui, Wei Yan and others on the side couldn't help but widen their eyes.
Qiao Huan turned a deaf ear and brushed her loose hair casually, then turned to look at Wang Zheng with a smile in her beautiful eyes: