Three Kingdoms Eschatology

At this time, the soldiers entered the account to report that Zhang Biao had returned, and that the guide sent by the leader of the Pu people, Wang Mula, had come with Zhang Biao.Gao Shun, Zhuge Liang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately ordered people to welcome them into the big tent.

Zhang Biao brought back several guides this time, and the leader was an old Pu tribe hunter.It is said that he knows all the 83 peaks in Qianzhuyuan, and the distribution of karst caves in the mountainside and underground.

The old hunter looked at the military map that Gao Shun had spread out, and immediately explained it to everyone.

The mountain that was besieged by the Liang army was called Bawangling. There was indeed a super cave in the mountain, which could hide tens of thousands of soldiers.This cave does have passages leading to the outside world, and there are not only one, but five!

Chapter 244 The Underworld

According to the guide of the Pu nationality, among the five underground karst cave passages, the farthest one can reach the edge of Qianzhuyuan, [-] miles away, and the exit is also a large karst cave.The other passages lead to the caves of the other three isolated peaks and a huge tiankeng.

Zhuge Liang pushed the map in front of the old Pu tribe hunter, and asked: "Old man, can you mark these five exits? It would be even better if you could draw a diagram of the internal structure of the cave."

The old hunter looked at the map carefully over and over again, showing a troubled expression, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Guan, our old man can't understand this thing. If we can match the real mountains and mountains on this map one by one, The old man can still recognize it, but now..."

Zhuge Liang said in his heart: [Ashamed, I should have thought that most of these Nanban Pu people are illiterate, it would be nice if they could speak a few words of Chinese, how could they understand maps.It is even more unrealistic to ask them to draw the distribution and structure of caves. 】

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang said: "It's like this, it's hard work for you all. Our army deployed five groups of scouts, led by your five guides, to find the exits of the five caves. Take the opportunity to sneak into the cave and find out the distribution and structure of the tunnels in the cave."

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The Dahei Mountain on the banks of the Canglan River is located on the edge of Qianzhuyuan.At this time, in a depression of Dahei Mountain, several birds suddenly soared into the sky.About twenty people popped out of the forest suddenly.

These 20 people were Liang Jun's elite mountain scouts, and the old Pu tribe hunter was their guide. The 20 people looked as far as the eye can see from the col on the mountainside, and found a pontoon bridge on the Canglan River about two miles away.

"It seems that Zhu Luo's army really sent more troops to Bawangling through this passage." A leader of the scouts said to himself.As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large number of Zhu Luojun crossing the river on the pontoon bridge.

"Leave ten people here to monitor the pontoon bridge, count how many Zhu Luofan soldiers come to support. The other people follow the guide to find the entrance of the cave." The scout leader arranged.

"Then let's find the entrance of the cave, should we go in and investigate?" Another scout asked.

"No. Just find the entrance of the cave and mark it on the map. Because this passage is obviously a passage for Zhu Luo's army to transport troops. You will definitely be discovered after entering. Even if you can retreat unscathed, that would be a shock."

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To the west of Qianzhuyuan, the density of peaks is obviously much thinner.The wilderness here seems to be an endless plain.But in fact the ground is not flat. If you look down from the sky, you will find that there are large pits scattered in the open field.

Dense vegetation grows on the edge and bottom of the pit. If you look at the ground from the ground, you can hardly find these large pits with a diameter of several miles without approaching.

On the uninhabited wilderness, the birds flew up continuously.A group of people walked through waist-deep wormwood bushes.They suddenly stopped, because a huge sinkhole appeared in front of their eyes.

Naturally, this pedestrian was a scout sent by Liang Jun. They guided their Puren guides to set up a pergola, observed the edge of the pit, and then pointed to a direction and said: "Go down from there, seven battles away from the bottom of the pit, is the entrance of a karst cave. , from there, you can reach Bawang Ridge five miles away!"

The leader of the scouts also stretched out his head to observe the pit carefully, and said: "There seems to be no sign of anyone coming here. Fanbing must have ignored this exit. We can go down and investigate."

These scouts are all mountain scouts, and rock climbing and wall walking are their strengths.After a while, except for the five people who were guarding the edge of the pit, the rest of the people sank down along the ropes. When there were still a few battles away from the bottom of the pit, they found a huge cave entrance.A group of people sneaked in immediately.

Only one of them, the guide, lit a weak candle, and the rest followed behind the guide.Whenever a turning point is encountered, the leader of the scouts will stop the team, and then record a few strokes in a small book with a charcoal pen.

After traveling about three miles, they were stopped by an underground river.During these three miles, the leader of the scouts seemed to be going downhill all the time.The cave is also getting lower and lower.

The guide rolled up his trousers and plunged into the underground river barefoot.It turned out that the depth of the river was only below the calf.After another mile along the river, the stalactites on the top of the cave became lower and lower.Everyone had to bow their bodies as low as possible to walk through.

After walking like this for half a mile, everyone's eyes suddenly became clear, and a huge cave space appeared in their sight.The central part is a deep pool.The guide whispered: "This is where the branches of the entire cave converge, and it is also the lowest point."

Just as the guide said this, there was a sudden sound from somewhere far away from the cave.The leader of the scouts had quick eyes and quick hands, and hastily extinguished the candle in the guide's hand.

Then they saw a "fire dragon" passing by the other side of the pool in the far distance of the cave.The leader of the scouts knew that it must have passed by from now on to support Zhu Luofan's army in Bawangling.

After the "Fire Dragon" passed by, the leader of the scouts led three or four people to continue to explore the terrain of the cave.They walked quietly along the bank of the pool, and recorded all the openings connecting the cave, as well as the height and size of the openings.

The leader of the scouts had just passed a hole when suddenly there was a strange scream behind him.

It turned out that two patrolling soldiers happened to come out of a passage, and they exclaimed when they found the scout leader.

Just when they each yelled and were about to swing their knives at the scout leader, two big hands and two daggers stretched out from behind them.The big hand wrapped around their necks, preventing them from getting out, and the sharp dagger pierced their stomachs and chests in an instant.

Several scouts, Zhengao, dragged the bodies of the two to hide, and the leader of the scouts whispered, "Wait a minute. If they hide, Zhu Luojun will find someone missing and become vigilant."

The rest of the scouts clasped their heads and said, "Then what should we do?" The leader of the scouts chuckled, knelt down and searched the bodies of the two, and found a money bag.

Then he took out a money bag from his pocket, poured half of the money inside into the previous money bag, and spilled the remaining half of the money into the cave.

These coins are the currency in circulation in the Chuluo Kingdom.Some are made of gold and some are made of silver, and each coin has a personal head on it. The strange thing is that each head has been punched and disfigured.But it can still be vaguely seen that the head looks like a high nose and concave eyes.

The rest of the scouts immediately understood the leader's intentions, picked up the blades of the two Zhu Luo soldiers, and made several more wounds on the two corpses.Then put the weapon into Zhu Luobing's hands, and faked the illusion that the two were hacking each other to death because they were fighting for coins.

Chapter 245

Bawangling, Liang Jun camp, Zhongjun big tent.

Gao Shun and Zhuge Liang were chatting leisurely on the chessboard.Dian Wei paced back and forth anxiously in the tent.In the past few days, the feint attack on Bawang Ridge is still going on intermittently, and the three-way scouts who went to inquire about the situation in the cave have also returned.

According to the reports of the three scouts, Zhu Luo's army also set up strongholds on the other three mountains connected by karst caves, and each station had a strength ranging from about a thousand to two thousand.At the beginning, no matter which marching route Liang Jun chose, he would pass through one of the four strongholds including Bawangling.

These three caves, like Bawangling, are garrisoned by Zhu Luo's army.In order not to startle the snake, the scouts did not go into the cave to inquire, but only marked the entrance of the cave in detail.

At this time, the soldiers entered the account and reported: "General Qi, the scouts who went to Daheishan have returned, and presented the military situation of Daheishan."

Gao Shun took the letter and looked at it, Zhuge Liang and Dian Wei also moved their heads closer.A sketch was attached to the letterhead, indicating the location of the Great Black Mountain and the location of the Great Black Mountain cave.

The letter also said that Zhu Luojun did use the caves in Daheishan to move troops to Bawangling.Since the scouts began to monitor Dahei Mountain, Zhu Luo's army has mobilized about [-] troops to Bawangling.Now, there are still ten scouts left in Daheishan to continue to monitor the pontoon bridge on the Canglan River and the entrance of the karst cave in Daheishan.

After passing the letter to Zhuge Liang and Dian Wei, Gao Shun said: "The Zhu Luo army has troops stationed at these exits. If we follow our plan, we need to divide our troops to capture these exits. If we can't take them quickly, it will be a surprise. , all previous efforts were wasted. They couldn’t trap the Fan Army in Bawangling, but let their own forces disperse and put them in danger.”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, but did not come up with a better way.He just said: "Don't worry, don't we still have scouts along the way who haven't reported the situation? When they come back, we can always come up with a solution after summarizing the situation."

As soon as he finished speaking, another ordering soldier entered the account and reported: "General Qi, the scouts who went to the western sinkhole to investigate the situation have also returned. This is the summary of the situation they reported." A stack of letterheads.

Zhuge Liang immediately replied: "It's not enough to just summarize the situation, let them enter the account to report the details of the investigation in person. In addition, all the guides of the Pu people were also recruited."

Just when the three of them summed up the situation, those scouts and Puren guides had been summoned into the tent.Zhuge Liang began to ask about doubts and places of interest one by one.

"You said that there is a water pool at the intersection of these karst cave passages. And this is the lowest place in the entire karst cave system?"

The leader of the scouts replied: "It is true that Zhuge joined the army. I personally confirmed it at the scene. There is indeed a pool of water, and there are many holes leading to other places, and I saw with my own eyes that the Fan Army passed by. As for the lowest depression is As the guide said, the humble position cannot be verified."

Zhuge Liang turned his head and asked the guide: "Then how do you know that this is the lowest point of the cave?"

The guide rubbed his head and smiled: "This is very simple. During the rainy season, rainwater will pour in from several caves to fill this place. Imagine if it is not the lowest place. How could it be so?"

Zhuge Liang's heart moved, and he said again: "Oh, will these caves be submerged during the rainy season?"

This time it was the old hunter who answered: "I would like to report to the officials, if there is a heavy rain in the rainy season, including the one coming from the Tiankeng, the four passages will be blocked. Only the exits leading to Bawangling and Daheishan will not be closed. It was completely sealed off, but at that time, it was only possible to exit by something like a bamboo raft.”

Zhuge Liang chuckled, and said to the scouts and guides: "Okay, I've understood the situation, so you should step back first."

After these people left, Gao Shun asked, "Kong Ming already has a plan to defeat the enemy."

"Exactly. The situation is already clear. Flooding with water is the most suitable way to defeat the enemy."

Dian Wei shouted from the side: "But Kong Ming, people say that the caves are only filled with water during the rainy season, and the rainy season is still a few months away. Now is the dry season, and even if it rains occasionally, it will be light rain."

Zhuge Liang smiled, pointed to the map on the table and said, "But there is a tributary of the Canglan River, which flows not far from this tiankeng."

Gao Shundianwei immediately understood: "It turns out that Kong Ming wanted to dig rivers to irrigate caves."

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In the wilderness, between a huge tiankeng and a narrow river, a large number of Liang army's heavy troops lined up in a long row.Their spear guns have been replaced with sapper spades and sapper picks.

Even in early spring, which is supposed to be cold and cold, the sunshine in the south, central and south is still not weak.These soldiers were shirtless, digging ditches profusely with sweat.

In their surrounding areas, a large number of light cavalry and cavalry scouts patrolled and guarded.

After a day and a night of excavation, at dawn, a ditch nearly two miles long, wide and three feet deep appeared in the wilderness.

The leading general gave an order, and the soldiers dug a small hole in the several feet thick soil layer separated from the river.The river immediately gushed out of the small mouth, poured into the ditch and slowly flowed to the tiankeng.At the edge of the tiankeng, there is still a small waterfall, and the water flows down to the bottom of the pit.

On the river bank, the small mouth was getting bigger and bigger by the current.More and more water flowed into the ditch, and more and more urgently.The waterfall on the edge of the tiankeng gradually became a big waterfall.

A water pool has formed at the bottom of the tiankeng, and the sound of rumbling water comes from the bottom of the pool.The water level of the pool gradually rises over time, and quickly rises to the position of the entrance of the cave, and finally submerges the entrance of the cave.

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In the super cave of Bawangling, thousands of Zhuluo soldiers were lying down or lying down.There are also dozens or hundreds of patrolling soldiers patrolling back and forth on the edge of the cavern.

Deep in the cave, a five-member patrol team suddenly stopped.The leader looked at the ground in surprise. The previously dry surface of the cave was covered with a layer of water that covered the instep.Then, they seemed to hear the sound of water flowing faintly.

They did not dare to neglect when they found something abnormal, and immediately reported it to Shangfeng.After a while, a small team was sent by General Zhu Luo into the depths of the cave to investigate the situation.

The team that explored the situation found that the water got deeper and deeper as they walked forward.At last the water was up to their waists, and they could only stagger forward with their torches held high.

A sound of rapids suddenly came, and one of them exclaimed: "Look!".Everyone followed the reputation, and under the light of the torch, they found thick water jets pouring out of several fist-sized holes on the cave wall.

The Chula soldiers retreated in panic, shouting as they ran, "There's a leak, there's a leak! The cave is going to be flooded!"

At this time, the tiankeng was almost filled with the river water pouring in.

Chapter 246 Trapped Beast

Gan Moluo, the commander of Zhuluo Army in Bawangling, was shocked when he heard that the cave was flooded.However, he immediately comforted his followers, and also comforted himself: "This must be a leak in the underground water layer somewhere. It's nothing serious. After a day or two, the water will subside by itself."

At this time, what Gan Moluo was most worried about was that Liang Jun just launched a general attack at this time, and if he couldn't stand it, the entire army of nearly ten thousand people would be thrown here!

Unfortunately, Liang Jun not only did not launch a general offensive, but also stopped the daily offensive that lasted for many days.It made the Zhu Luo general feel a little surprised.

The scouts monitoring the military situation at the foot of the mountain came to report soon, and at the foot of the Bawangling mountain, the encirclement circle of Liang Jun was tightened.And they built fortifications and set up roadblocks along the circle of roads that had been opened up before.It seems that there is a long-term plan to surround the mountain.This made Gan Moluo feel a little uneasy.

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The Zhu Luo defenders in the Daheishan cave were equally astonished, because they found that a large stream of water rushed out of the cave and flowed down the mountain to the Canglan River.

Facing the gurgling water emerging from the cave, they were either panicked or dumbstruck.Under the persecution of the general's order, a group of soldiers just went down to the depths of the cave to investigate.

After walking for more than two miles, they realized that the water level of the cave passage here was flooded to their chests, and they were afraid that they would be submerged above their heads if they went any further, so they had to turn around and return.

They just came out of the cave.It was discovered that the cave outside had become a Shura field.The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of weapons colliding, and the screams of wounded people echoed in the cave.

It turned out that Dianwei's army raided Daheishan and eliminated hundreds of enemy troops outside the cave with lightning speed, and then the infantry of the army entered the cave.

Before the nearly thousand Zhu Luo soldiers in the cave understood what was going on, they were pierced by dense flying spears and fell down.When the three spears carried by the spear-throwing shield soldiers were all thrown, there were not many Zhuluo soldiers standing in the cave.

Then these soldiers of the Liang Army drew out their first knives and killed the remaining Zhu Luo soldiers.Although most of these Zhu Luo soldiers were holding shields, their shields were basically stuck with several flying spears, making them unable to hold them.

They can only fight with Liang Jun soldiers with a single-handed blade.They are often hacked and killed by the opponent on the spot within two rounds.Soon all the Zhu Luo soldiers in the cave were beheaded, including those Zhu Luo soldiers who had just exited the cave.

On the banks of the Canglan River, Dian Wei led more than a thousand cavalry to gallop towards the head of the pontoon bridge.

At this time, hundreds of Zhuluo soldiers were guarding the bridgehead.The leader found something abnormal and shouted hoarsely to warn.As soon as he uttered two yells, Dian Wei's iron halberd flew towards him, smashing straight into his face.

Almost at the same time, five hundred Qingqi arrows shot at these Zhuluo soldiers intensively.Most of the Zhuluo soldiers who were not on guard were shot and injured by arrows.Then five hundred Liang army heavy cavalry swept past, leaving only the plasma of the corpses and the broken flag of Zhu Luo's army after the iron hooves trampled on them.

When Dianwei's iron cavalry rushed across the pontoon bridge, more than a hundred Zhu Luo soldiers at the bridge head on the other side had already fled in panic.

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In the Bawangling cave, Zhu Luo's general, Gan Moluo, was already very anxious. Every time less than an hour passed, he would go into the cave to check whether the water had receded.As a result, after waiting for three days in a row, the water level did not drop at all.

Of course, the water level in this cave will not drop, because at this moment, the river next to the tiankeng has been completely cut off by Liang Jun, and all the water of the entire river has poured into the tiankeng.

What worries Gan Moluo most is not that the water level will not drop, but that the food stored in the cave is almost exhausted.If things go on like this, without the opponent attacking, all of my nearly ten thousand soldiers will starve to death.

Liang Jun's surprisingly calm these three days also surprised Gan Moluo.Now he highly suspects that the flooding of the cave passage is caused by Liang Jun.

Gan Moluo successively sent out three groups of soldiers to explore the cave passage, but only two came back.They said that the cave path from Bawangling to Daheishan is still passable, but most of the whole journey is by water.A long section of them required swimming, and their companions drowned due to exhaustion.

In fact, these two people only returned after exploring the place close to the exit of the cave, otherwise they would have been beheaded when they encountered Liang Bing in the Daheishan Karst Cave.

Gan Moluo thought: "Thank God, the escape route has not been completely blocked. But not everyone is so good at water, and it is too dangerous to withdraw the army along this waterway. This may also be the reason why the food has not been brought in for a long time. .”

Gan Moluo's eyes fell on a bamboo forest outside the cave, and he immediately had an idea in his mind.While arranging for people to cut bamboo and make rafts, he organized commandos.Gan Moluo's wishful thinking was that it would be best if he could break out from the surface, and if he couldn't, he would be treated as a dead horse doctor, and the whole army would retreat from the waterway in the cave on bamboo rafts.

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On Bawangling, Zhu Luojun's unique drums and horns sounded suddenly.More than a thousand Zhuluo soldiers held swords, guns and arrows, shouted and shouted, and swooped down from Bawangling like a whirlwind.

They are all elites selected from nearly ten thousand Zhuluo soldiers, and their combat power is extraordinary.And the point they attacked was chosen by Gan Moluo, who thought it was the weakest point of Liang Jun's defense.

In this place, Liang Jun hadn't had time to dig trenches and build fortifications.There is only a thin line of defense composed of roadblocks.After rejecting the horse, two teams of spear-throwing shield soldiers defended.Seeing Zhu Luo's army attacking their own defense line, these spear and shield soldiers immediately sounded drums to warn them, and at the same time they lined up to prepare for the battle.

Before Zhu Luo's soldiers and horses arrived, their crossbowmen threw arrows like a shower of arrows, but at this time, the two teams of spear and shield soldiers had already put their large shields into a shield wall.Amidst the tinkling sound of metal hitting wood, the large shields in the hands of Liang Jun soldiers turned into hedgehogs.But there were few casualties.

The few Zhu Luo soldiers who rushed to the front climbed on the sharp wood protruding from the Juma with their hands, and stepped on the beam of the Juma with a kick.

Just when they were about to jump down and kill Liang Bing, more than a dozen sharp spears flew over, piercing through their armor and penetrating their bodies in an instant.

Liang Jun began to throw flying spears, and these corpses fell from the horse, and some of them were still hanging on the sharp wood of the horse.

Many Zhu Luo soldiers in the rear were also hit by flying spears, causing hundreds of casualties.But these Zhu Luo soldiers were elite after all, and such casualties did not hinder their charge at all, and they continued to charge forward.

Taking advantage of the time difference between Liang Jun's two spear throws, some Zhu Luo soldiers even jumped over the roadblock of rejecting horses.A Zhu Luo soldier holding his saber rushed forward. When he was less than seven feet away from Liang Bing in front, a flying spear pierced his face. The back of his neck sticks out