Exile opening: I won with the Universal Maker

Chapter 270 Little Sun

The moon is hidden behind the thick clouds, and the edges of the clouds are inlaid with faint light edges.Under such a dim light, whether it is the undulating mountains in the distance, or the lower round valley not far away, they are all mixed with the night and become blurred.

The soldier on the horse held a piece of paper in his mouth to prevent making a sound, and the horse's hoof holding the cotton cloth brushed over the weeds on the ground, making a slight rustling sound.

Xiao Beiheng rode his horse close to Xiao Ming, lowered his voice, and pointed to the entrance of the Lower Round Valley ahead.

"Father, the lower round valley is ahead."

In order to avoid being discovered by Xiao Zhuo's scouts, the cavalry went south for more than ten miles in the dark, making a big circle.It was already late at night when we reached Xiayuangu.

Xiao Ming squinted his eyes and looked forward, the mouth of the round valley was like the mouth of a lying beast.He asked with some doubts: "Why is there no sergeant guarding Taniguchi in such an important military place?"

Xiao Beiheng said: "Father is overwhelmed. Xiao Zhuoruo is here to protect us with heavy troops. He just told us clearly that his grain storage place is here. He secretly transported grain here at night, and he was originally trying to deceive people, so naturally he couldn't send troops. Defense."

Xiao Ming nodded: "You are right. But there may be soldiers in the valley. Since we have come to the lower round valley, we can't hesitate to fight quickly."

Xiao Beiheng drew out his sword, and said to the lieutenant beside him, "Rush in!"

Xiao Ming felt a little uneasy, and was about to go forward to find Xiao Beiheng.A cavalryman came to report: "King Qi, we just spread out and searched. We didn't find any houses storing grain and grass near the entrance."

At this time, all the troops had extinguished the torches according to the order, and the valley returned to darkness.

"Gunpowder?" Xiao Beiheng watched the thread in his hand go into the pile of grain bags, his legs trembled involuntarily, "Father, this... this is an ambush."

A sergeant carried out the food package near the door.A hole was poked with a saber, and the food inside was splashed on the ground.The father and son went to another hut to inspect the grain packages, and there was no doubt that they were all grain.

Xiao Ming was puzzled, and said to himself: "Could it be that the military division's information is wrong?"

When he was in a daze, Xiao Beiheng's excited voice sounded from a distance in front of him: "Father, come quickly, the food and grass are in the innermost part."

"Unexpectedly, with Xiao Zhuo's prudence, he would be so dangerous." Xiao Ming sighed.

Xiao Ming got up hastily: "Everyone put out the torches!"

Xiao Ming still didn't believe it, so he dismounted himself and said, "With Xiao Zhuo's prudence, why didn't he send a soldier to guard this place?"

Seeing him get off the horse, Xiao Beiheng also jumped off the horse, and followed behind Xiao Ming: "Why is the father suspicious? The food and grass here are piled up like a mountain, which can support tens of thousands of troops. It must not be fake, right?"

Some of the soldiers under him got off their horses, opened the doors of the huts one by one to watch, and came to report: "King Qi, your son, it has been found out that the things in the huts are all grain bags."

Xiao Ming stretched out his hand to pick up a little bit of the black powder that had spilled on the ground, and crushed it with two fingers, his expression changed: "This is gunpowder!"

Xiao Ming also agrees with him: "Xiao Zhuo's plan is not bad at all, but we have military adviser Song Zhen who sees through his plan. He ordered the soldiers to disperse quickly, set fire to all the huts, and then we withdrew from Taniguchi."

He was anxious to make meritorious service, and took the lead in driving his horse towards the valley.Xiao Ming followed closely behind.

A sergeant next to him brought the torch closer, Xiao Ming and Xiao Beiheng squatted down and looked at the thread carefully, all the sergeants also came over to watch.

Xiao Ming's voice trembled, and said: "Don't be rejoicing, leave quickly..."

Several sergeants near the fireball had no time to dodge, and their bodies were ignited by the splashing fireballs, and they immediately turned into fire men, rolling and crying on the ground.

Xiao Beiheng smiled and said: "Father, you think too highly of Xiao Zhuo. His plan is just to deceive the sky, trying to lure us father and son to attack Jiagu. Unexpectedly, we orioles are behind and know that he smuggled food and grass to the city at night. Here. Come, light the torch quickly."

The sergeants in the room were all holding torches, but upon hearing Xiao Ming's order, they hurriedly threw the torches on the ground and stomped on them with their feet. Sparks flew everywhere, and one of them hit the lead wire on the ground.

Xiao Beiheng looked proudly at the grain parcels piled up like a hill in the thatched cottage, and turned to Xiao Ming: "Father, once these grains are burned, the camp outside Xiaozhuo City will lose its supply. They will naturally lose their supply within two days at most. Chaos."

In the darkness, there was the sound of a sword being unsheathed, and the sound of hoofbeats suddenly, three thousand cavalry rushed into the lower round valley together with Xiao Ming and his son.

Before he finished speaking, there was a "boom" in the darkness not far away, and a dazzling fireball exploded, like a small sun rising in the valley, blasting countless sparks, some of which hung on the trees, Some shot into the grass and immediately began to burn.

All the sergeants rushed over, and the cluster of sparks disappeared in the darkness.

"Is it food in the food bag?" Xiao Ming asked worriedly.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Beiheng looked at each other, then quickly got up and ran out of the hut, Xiao Beiheng pointed at the spark and shouted: "Stop that thread."

The ground in the valley is uneven, and there are many vines mixed with horses. The cavalry dismounted one after another to search for food and grass on foot.

Xiao Ming followed the voice and walked further into the valley, and came to Xiao Beiheng.Xiao Beiheng pointed to the front with his whip and said, "Father, Xiao Zhuo hid all the food and grass in the deepest part of the valley for the sake of secrecy. Look."

Xiao Ming rushed into the valley, restrained his mount and looked around.

It is now the first ten days of June, and the trees and flowers in the valley are very dense, rustling in the night wind.Other than that, there were no soldiers from Xiao Zhuo guarding them.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Beiheng turned their heads at the same time, and saw a sergeant squatting on the ground, stretching a thin thread from the soil with both hands, and after the thread was pulled, it went all the way into the hut.

Just as Xiao Beiheng was about to give an order, a sergeant not far away said, "What is this?"

Xiao Beiheng waited for two breaths, but nothing happened.He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said to Xiao Ming: "Father, I think the sergeant just pulled the fuse and destroyed the mechanism. We are so lucky."

Xiao Ming looked in the direction he indicated, and under the hazy moonlight, he saw rows of thatched cottages in the deepest part of the valley, neatly like soldiers in an array, probably hundreds of them.

"What is this?" Xiao Ming asked.

The lower round valley is called the valley, but it is actually a huge circular pit protruding from the ground. It is so named because its shape is similar to a circle.The cliffs surrounding the valley are three or four feet high, as if a circle of city walls surrounds the entire valley.

Xiao Beiheng couldn't see clearly either, he only saw the thread go into the pile of grain bags, so he ordered the sergeant: "Bring the torch closer."

The thread is gray, much thicker than ordinary cotton thread, about the thickness of incense sticks, and two strands of thread are twisted together.Xiao Beiheng grabbed the thread with both hands and pulled it lightly, then it broke, and some black powder fell from the fracture.

The fuse first lit up with a small red light, which was as weak as incense, and then suddenly lit up, spewing sparks, and burned all the way out of the room.

Just now all the sergeants were searching in the dark in the valley, now that they got the military order, they immediately lit the torches.

"Quickly, the whole army withdraws from Taniguchi, quickly!"

Xiao Ming's face was ashen, and he saddled his horse by the light of the fire.Xiao Beiheng and the rest of the soldiers also hurriedly looked for horses.

In the chaos, several sparks lit up on the ground, and they scattered in all directions with a bang.

Many small suns lit up, reflecting the entire lower round valley red.

(End of this chapter)