There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 413 Underground passage
The war in Ping'an City ended.

Subsequently, Su Xian’s new order was issued——

He ordered hundreds of people to be left behind to clean the battlefield and dig out the caves where the Liao army was hiding. In addition to wiping out the remnants, he also tried to find out the channels and secrets through which the Liao army sneaked into Daliang.

The rest of the army rushed to various city gates, preparing to resist the [-] Liao cavalry coming from the direction of Jimen Pass.

At this time, the entire city of Youzhou was not at peace.

The previous violent explosion of the "rocket" and the soaring flames in Ping An City had already frightened the ordinary people in the city. Children were crying, and some were hiding under the bed and shivering.

After the battle in Ping'an City, Su Xian sent a large number of men deep into the entire city, not only to appease the people, but also to recruit the young and strong among the people.

Su Xian didn't plan to let these young men climb the city wall to serve as cannon fodder, but it was entirely possible to do some logistical work.

In short, Youzhou City is in chaos at this moment, with bright lights everywhere, and the supposedly quiet streets and alleys are also crowded with armored soldiers and recruited young men.

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Ping An City.

The hundreds of soldiers who stayed behind began to dig the small island in the middle of the Yongji Canal River.

The warehouse on the island, as well as the passage leading to the bottom, had long since been reduced to ruins. The soldiers struggled a lot to find a passage that did not collapse, and then stepped into the cave where the Liao army had hidden.

The damage to the burrow was very serious and many places had collapsed.

The soldiers searched carefully for several times, but found no surviving Liao army, no other passages, and no channels and secrets for the Liao army to sneak into Daliang.

Finally, the soldiers had to exit the cave.

But they did not leave Ping'an City.

Because there are a large number of merchants from the Liao Kingdom gathering in Ping'an City, according to Su Xian's order, all these Liao merchants need to be controlled...

In fact, the soldiers were negligent in their mission to explore the cave.

There is actually a big living person in the cave under the island!

However, this person is not the Liao army, nor is he a spy of the Liao people, but the second arrester of the Prison Department——

Thousand-faced fox.

To be precise, the location of the Thousand-faced Fox is not in the cave, but in the narrow secret passage from the cave to the outside of the city.

Due to multiple landslides in the cave, many areas were buried by sand, including the entrance to the narrow secret passage.

The soldiers who went down into the cave did not know that there was a secret passage behind the pile of sand, so they missed it because they did not dig it.

So, why is the thousand-faced fox in that secret path?
It turned out that after Qianmianhu agreed to Su Xian's conditions yesterday afternoon, he immediately disguised himself and successfully sneaked into the cave, mixing with thousands of Liao troops.

Thousand-faced Fox has unique talents and methods on how to approach and win the trust of target persons.

It was a no-brainer for him.

After successfully blending in, the Thousand-Faced Fox wandered around freely, exploring and searching in the cave. He had two main tasks to break into the enemy this time.

First, find out the details of these Liao troops.He did find something. For example, the Liao army lurking here was actually far less than 7000, only about [-] or [-].

Secondly, if the time is right, poison can be put into the water sources of the Liao troops in advance and they can be killed in one pot.

In addition, Thousand-faced Fox also wanted to take this opportunity to investigate, how did these Liao troops sneak into Daliang?

When he was working as an undercover agent in the Liao Kingdom, he found some vague information, but it was incomplete.

In this way, the Thousand-faced Fox wandered around in the cave, and finally he found the narrow secret passage.

"Could it be that...the Liao army sneaked into Daliang through this secret passage?"

"..."

Thousand-faced Fox made a quick decision, and after a little preparation, he entered the secret passage directly to find out what was going on.

But who would have thought that after he walked half a mile in the narrow secret passage with a torch, suddenly, there was a muffled sound behind him, earth-shaking, and sand rustled down from the rock wall of the narrow secret passage!

"Has it been discovered?"

The Thousand-faced Fox felt nervous and shook his hands to extinguish the torch.

But the next moment, he realized that something was wrong. If the Liao army wanted to chase and kill him, it shouldn't be so earth-shattering.

He was extremely confused, hesitated, and finally returned along the original route holding a torch to see what happened.

However, as soon as he walked back to the entrance of the cave, Thousand-faced Fox was stunned.

Even he, who likes to be an undercover agent, can't help but feel tight in his heart and his scalp feels numb at this moment.

What did he see?
The entrance to the passage has been completely blocked by the landslide.

Can't get out!

At this time, there was another violent vibration sound on the ground, which was very dull. Stones and sand fell from the rock wall of the narrow secret passage.

"No, only divine thunder can cause such a noise. Did Brother Su and the others take action in advance?"

"What the hell is going on outside?"

"..."

The thousand-faced fox's expression changed a few times, then he turned around and ran to the other end of the narrow passage.

There is a risk of landslide here at any time, so we cannot stay here.

As for digging through the soil and escaping... it's even more impossible.

And he had already discovered that there was wind blowing through this secret passage, otherwise the torch would not be lit, so there should be an exit at the end of the tunnel!

The secret passage is really narrow, and you need to pass sideways in many places. If you are a fat person, you may get stuck in those places, completely blocking the passage.

Fortunately, Thousand-Faced Fox is of average stature.

He held the torch and ran all the way, running for several miles in one breath. After he couldn't hear any dull sound in his ears, he stopped and took a breath.

At this time, he carefully observed the rock wall of the secret passage.

The gouge marks are new.

He judged that the excavation time of this secret passage should be about half a year ago.

He looked at the dark hole in front of him again and frowned secretly. He didn't know where this secret passage led to, and what was at the end of the secret passage?
I think there should be people from Liao guarding the end of the secret passage.

It is better to be cautious.

Suddenly, Thousand-faced Fox's expression changed again——

Yesterday afternoon, after he sneaked into the cave, he heard people talking privately about "the princess is here", and he was very afraid of the princess during the conversation.

Because Su Xian had already told him Nalanyan's identity, Qianmianhu suspected that the princess was Nalanyan.

For this reason, he also searched for this girl everywhere in the cave, but unfortunately he couldn't find her. It seemed that Nalan Yan had never come to this cave at all.

But now that I think about it, Nalan Yan most likely entered this secret passage!

Why did Su Xian act in advance?Thousand-faced Fox didn’t know the reason, but he thought it had something to do with it.

"Nalan Yan is the commander-in-chief of the Liao army who sneaked into Daliang. Since she entered this secret passage, there must be something fishy at the end of the secret passage!"

"At present, I can only go forward, so go and see, what's weird at the end of the secret passage, and where did Nalanyan go through the secret passage?"

"Perhaps, we can catch Nalan Yan this time and solve some mysteries!"

"..."

At that moment, Qianmianhu's spirit was shaken, his expression was calm, he held the torch, and walked cautiously, step by step towards the dark and narrow passage ahead.

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Monthly ticket, recommended ticket
(End of this chapter)