Chapter 14

  A narrow path winds its way up to the sky like a heavenly gorge.

  "Big boss is here!" Lin Shaoyu said.

  Cheng Dali suddenly sprang to his feet, having slept in the canyon for several days, his heart filled with anxiety and worry that the unpredictable attribute of Military Strategist would appear unexpectedly. That's why he had Xu Shenji lead the bandits to various mountain strongholds on Qingniu Mountain, luring them to ambush on the official road, while the real killer move was still in Yitian Canyon.

  The gorge is very narrow and can only accommodate two horses side by side, four people shoulder to shoulder. When the troops arrived at the front of the gorge, the cavalry entered first, followed closely by the infantry.

  Dawn had not yet broken, and the darkness was like a heavy blanket. The sound of armor scraping against armor still echoed in his ears. As Cheng Dalai looked down from the canyon, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

  "Wow, there are over a thousand people here!" Xu Shenji exclaimed in surprise.

  Cheng Dalai gritted his teeth, making a cracking sound. There were only five people in their mountain stronghold, but Nima had sent a thousand men. They were so full they were bursting!

  "Alright, alright, it's over," said Xu Shenji.

  "Withdraw... it's no use, let's go with the original plan." Cheng Dalai hugged a 10-meter-long, thick log and said: "Put people in the valley, when I throw down the log, Lin Shaoye will ignite the explosives buried at the entrance of the valley. Xu Junshi, Qin Dage, Ling'er, you three throw down the explosive boxes..."

  This was Cheng Dairen's plan, and several people stood guard above the canyon, watching as one by one they walked into the canyon.

  Xu Shenji asked in a low voice: "Why did we only blast one side of the valley, and not both sides of the mountain valley..."

  "When a city is besieged, in desperate situations, people will unleash unimaginable fighting power. But only when they know there's a way out will they not fight to the death." As he said this, Cheng Dalai suddenly let out a sigh: "We're different from them, we have no way out."

  The troops poured into the valley like a long snake, and something unexpected happened suddenly. The canyon was only 500 or 600 meters long, but the team dragged on for more than this length. Now there were cavalrymen who had come out of the valley, while some people had not yet come out of the valley...

  "What's going on, Master?" Xu Shenji was so anxious that he was sweating all over.

  "Wait a minute, wait a minute." Cheng Dairen's voice came out, and only then did he realize that his tone had changed. Every decision he made now might affect the final outcome.

  There are cavalrymen constantly emerging from the canyon, but the horse carriage at the rear of the team has not yet entered the canyon. The dozen or so cavalrymen who have emerged from the canyon are enough to deal with this group of people, and they can't wait any longer.

  "Kill!"

  Cheng Dalai suddenly exerted his strength, pushing the log in his hand down. With a loud rumble, it blocked the exit of the valley, and a cavalryman crashed onto it, separating him from his horse.

  "Light 'er up!"

  Cheng Dalai let out a loud shout. Qin Man and Xu Shenji picked up the box of explosives, waiting for Lin Shaoyu to blow up the exit of the canyon before throwing it down.

  It's been a long time since there was any movement. Suddenly, Cheng Dairen turned his head around and saw Lin Shaoyu holding the flint, with sweat dripping from his face.

  "You're not going to kill someone for the first time, are you?"

  "I... I... There are too many people downstairs, I... I..." Lin Shaoyu stuttered.

  Things finally took an unexpected turn, and the facts could not be exactly as planned. At this time, more than a dozen cavalrymen left the valley.

  "Damn it!" Cheng Dairen slapped Lin Shaoyu's face with a loud slap: "This is war, not children playing house, war doesn't come so politely, so refined and courteous, war is you wanting to kill me, me wanting to kill you!"

  Cheng Da Lei was ferocious and extremely cruel, his eyes were about to split apart. Lin Shao Yu saw that his teeth were slightly chattering, it turned out that he wasn't the only one who was afraid, Cheng Da Lei was also scared.

  Cheng Dalai snatched the flint from Lin Shaoyu's hand, and with a "ding" sound, ignited the fuse. The fire spread along the oil-soaked cotton thread downwards, and everyone watched anxiously, fearing that this small spark would be extinguished by accident.

  Boom!

  Gunpowder buried in advance at the exit of the canyon was ignited, and rocks flew down, blocking the exit of the valley. However, by this time, 100 cavalrymen had already escaped from the canyon.

  Qin Man and Xu Shenji coordinated, one lit the fuse of the explosive box, the other threw it down. The explosive box exploded in mid-air, with the stones inside flying out at a speed no weaker than bullets.

  Cheng Darui also joined them, and one by one, boxes of explosives were thrown down.

  The valley below was in a state of utter chaos, with explosions sounding like thunderclaps, and falling rocks that could easily take their lives. Many people were unaware of the existence of gunpowder, and upon witnessing this scene, they thought it was the manifestation of gods or the mischief of mountain demons; some even knelt down on the ground, kowtowing in prayer.

  Cavalry, always the elite of an army, with high mobility at least played a role in World War II. In this era, being able to raise a horse at home proved that it was not an ordinary family.

  "Charge on the mountain!" The cavalry leader gave orders.

  "Kill, kill, kill!"

  The long guns rose and charged towards the upper valley, they still had a strong will to fight, the sudden change would not intimidate them, but instead stirred up their desire to kill the enemy.

  This scene was not in Cheng Dairen's plan, and things wouldn't always go as he thought. After all, there were a thousand people, and if just a few fingers fell, it would be enough to take care of Cheng Dairen and the others. If they were rushed up the mountain, then the plan would be for nothing.

  "Great master, I'll go block them." Qin Man held an iron spear and mounted his horse.

  "Alright!" Cheng Dairen bellowed, slamming down the box of explosives in his hand.

  There is only one road from the foot of the mountain to the top of the canyon. At this moment, one person rushes down and a team rushes up, meeting on the narrow road.

  One hundred cavalrymen, each one a fine young man, and the leader of the cavalry had been through many battles. They marched to the middle of the mountain slope when they saw a big fellow standing in their way with his spear at the ready.

  "I am Qin Man, you are not allowed to pass." Qin Man's spearhead pointed directly at his opponent's brow.

  "Kill!"

  With a loud shout, the cavalry leader charged forward with his spear aimed at Qin's heart. Qin's eyebrows furrowed, and with a flick of her wrist, the black spear shot out like a venomous snake, striking down the cavalry leader in just one move.

  "Having said no entry, then it's no entry."

  A hundred light cavalry rushed forward, Qin Man's large gun in his hand was either swung, or brandished, or smashed, or stabbed. With a flick of his wrist, the plum blossom spear shook out five flower spears, each one a deadly flower.

  Cheng Darui didn't know how long Qin Man could hold on, his heart racing nonstop, and he could only crazily throw down the box of explosives. Xue Ling'er lit the cotton quilt filled with gunpowder and threw it down along the canyon, the quilt burning fiercely in mid-air, like a cloud of fire.

  In the canyon, the soldiers' will to fight was quickly destroyed, and they were in a state of panic. The heavy infantry stumbled about, the long spear troops clashed with the archers, the big knife troops scattered everywhere, and the archers fled in disarray.

  "Run away, run..."

  Someone shouted and the crowd seemed to have found their direction, rushing towards the entrance of the valley. Unfortunately, Han Xuan's luxurious carriage was stuck at the entrance of the canyon.

  Han Xuan did not know what was happening and had just crawled out of the carriage.

  "Lord of the castle... there's a monster... run..."

  Han Xuan's heart thumped wildly as he suddenly drew his sword and shouted loudly, "No one is allowed to escape! Anyone who crosses this line will die!"

  At this moment, he felt a certain general's spirit possessing him, and he would turn the tide of battle around to win.

  A group of soldiers with flickering eyes, behind them the sound of explosions, wailing sounds merged into one.

  "Get lost."

  Someone shouted loudly and rushed forward, overturning the horse carriage, and the crowd fled wildly in all directions.