Chapter 648 [First Update] 648

Lu Xuan thought to himself, here it comes.

When you are with Liu Tan, you always have to deal with his sudden whims. For others, such sudden whims are simply exhausting, but because the final results are usually good, even if it gives everyone a headache when they hear that he is doing something, they will still do it obediently.

But when it comes to Lu Xuan... he will only feel excited.

Following the rules and regulations has never suited him. After all, nomadic peoples don't have any battle formations when they fight. They just send cavalry to charge and disrupt the enemy's formation. The next step is to compete in personal quality and weapons and equipment.

So he immediately asked, "Where do we dig it from?"

He had always heard how classic and unexpected the battle in which Liu Tan captured Zuoguduhou was. To be honest, he had long wanted to see how the tunnel was built.

Liu Tan thought for a moment and said, "The places where the Xiongnu are stationed are all relatively hard. What do you think would happen if the soil in those places became soft?"

Lu Xuan said, "They will definitely be in a state of panic. If that's the case, we can take advantage of the opportunity..."

Liu Tan nodded seriously and said, "That's right, so we should find a way to place gunpowder under their base and then blow it up. Regardless of whether the mines are good or not, we can kill a wave of people first."

Lu Xuan thought for a moment and said, "But if that's the case, there's no way to capture Yougu Du Hou alive."

Liu Tan was furious: "Wake up, last time was just an accident, okay?"

Lu Xuan felt a little regretful: "Then this is the only way."

Liu Tan immediately had someone fetch a map and had Lu Xuan circle the approximate area of ​​the enemy's base. He then had someone skilled in blasting choose the explosives points. Due to time constraints, they couldn't place too many explosives. Otherwise, if they were given some time, Liu Tan felt he could blow all of them up.

Of course, it was Lu Xuan who was mainly advising him: "The soil structure here is not that solid. If you dig out the ground, I'm afraid they will find it before you even place the gunpowder barrel."

So, it was finally decided to place ten gunpowder barrels, and the focus was on the outermost circle of the camp. Liu Tan was also worried about alerting the enemy if he placed them inside.

After the decision was made, they began to look for a place to test whether it would work. Fortunately, neither side chose to place the battlefield in the desert, otherwise this method... no one would use it.

Seeing Liu Tan's anxious look, Lu Xuan was a little puzzled. "Why are you in such a hurry? They're the ones trying to delay, just as we wish."

Liu Tan shook his head and said, "The main thing is, digging a tunnel here is just asking for trouble. Imagine if you've been digging for days and found you haven't reached your target vertically, what would you do?"

Lu Xuan tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Let more people dig, or find another way."

Liu Tan stared at him: "Have you ever thought about giving up this method?"

Lu Xuan replied naturally, "If it were me, since I've chosen this method, it means it's the best one at the moment. Changing to another method isn't necessarily better than this one. Besides, it's just a little more difficult, not impossible. Why would I change it?"

Liu Tui Tanggu, a level 10 contestant, felt a pain in his knee. He wiped his face and said, "I don't think we can expect the Right Bone Marquis to have your perseverance, otherwise he would have become the Right Sage King by now."

Lu Xuan suddenly realized, "So you're saying he'll give up and force his way in? Are you worried he can't drag it out?"

Liu Tan said, "I'm not sure, let's prepare for both scenarios."

Lu Xuan asked, "How long do you want? Is one month enough?"

Liu Tan tilted his head and looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Lu Xuan said, "I can hold him back as long as you want."

When Lu Xuan said this, his tone and expression were very calm, as if he was talking about eating and drinking water naturally. Liu Tan felt his strong self-confidence from it.

For a moment, he envied Lu Xuan. He also wanted such confidence, but unfortunately, he lacked the confidence when it came to fighting.

Thinking of this, Liu Tan said, "Let's delay it for one and a half months."

Lu Xuan nodded. His hands had warmed up now. He reached out and touched Liu Tan's face and said, "Alright, stop tossing and turning in the middle of the night. Go to sleep first."

The newly appointed Demoman and Li Ling standing nearby: ...

Now you realize it's the middle of the night, right? It's pitiful that they were dragged out of their beds while soundly asleep, and came to discuss matters while drowsy. And then they were forced to watch these two display their affection, and now it's almost dawn!

After hearing this, Liu Tan was surprised to realize that it was indeed late. After sending everyone out, he stretched and yawned, and instantly went from being energetic to drowsy. In the end, Lu Xuan had to coax him to wash up and help him get into bed.

Starting from the next day, Liu Tan asked people to find a place to dig a tunnel.

For a moment, both sides wanted to delay the fight, so it looked like they were fighting fiercely, but in fact there were no casualties.

However, Yougu Duhou was not stupid. He was worried that if he kept losing, the enemy would directly attack him or become suspicious, so he usually maintained a frequency of losing two games and winning one game to prevent Liu Tan and others from retreating, but he also had to be cautious.

Lu Xuan and Liu Tan knew what was going on, but after calculating that their side had won more, they were happy to just drag it out.

However, since there has been no progress here, they still have to report to their superiors. Even if they don't publicize it, they have to tell Liu Che and Li Xi. Otherwise, it would not be appropriate for them to play a tug-of-war here while their friendly forces are fighting so hard and waiting to join them.

Liu Tan wrote memorials and letters to Liu Che in the same way as before, but the information was basically different. The memorials only wrote how many games they won, lost, and suffered losses, which were all dry data, while the letters contained all his thoughts.

After watching it, Liu Che didn't say anything, but just told Liu Tan to be careful, and at the same time told Lu Xuan to protect his son. Don't worry about anything else, even if you lose, it doesn't matter, but his son must not be in trouble.

What else could he do? As soon as his son left his sight, he was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, acting recklessly and recklessly. Even if he had said something, he might not have listened.

The old father is tired.

Liu Tan was furious after receiving Liu Che's letter, but Lu Xuan replied seriously: "I will definitely protect Ah Tan..."

He hadn't even finished writing when Liu Tan snatched the letter away. He looked up and saw Liu Tan angrily saying, "How dare you agree to that? You came here to fight, not to be my babysitter!"

Lu Xuan said as a matter of course: "But I stayed here because I wanted to protect you in the first place."

Liu Tan: ...

He deeply felt that his father and Lu Xuan probably had a lot in common.

Seeing his eyes wide with indignation, Lu Xuan smiled and changed the subject: "Look, it's been over half a month, and hasn't the Right Bone Lord surrendered yet?"

Liu Tan was also a little surprised after hearing this: "Yeah, I don't know how far they've progressed. Could it be that they have some magical weapon that we don't know about?"

Lu Xuan put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Don't worry. If they really had some magical weapon, they would have attacked us long ago. Why would they wait until now?"

Liu Tan thought about it and it seemed to be the same.

On the other side, Yougudu Hou was also worried. He was afraid that if the stalemate continued, the King of the Northern Territory would become anxious and attack regardless of the consequences.

Young people are full of youthful vigor, and judging from the rumors, His Royal Highness the King of the North has never encountered any difficulties, so this is probably even more unbearable.

But their tunnel is only half dug, so they have to find a way to delay it.

Yougudu Hou thought about it and decided to call people to discuss it. The most important thing was whether to ask for more troops to come and make the other side afraid of the number of troops.

But he was somewhat hesitant, mainly because if he used it properly this time, he would definitely be able to capture the King of the Northern Territory, which would be a huge achievement. However, if more people came, the credit might have to be divided among them, and Yougudu Hou was very unwilling to accept this.

However, he didn't know that their tunnel had not yet been dug, but the King of the North had already dug a tunnel under their feet.

This is why it is not advisable to use black powder blasting after approaching their camp, for fear that the noise will be too loud and they will notice it. Moreover, after approaching them, ten tunnels, each one person wide, must be dug separately so that the gunpowder barrels can be placed in the designated location.

Alas, this is the disadvantage of fighting in the Gobi Desert. There is no place to hide, so they can only place the gunpowder barrels underground. Otherwise, it would be easier to just crawl out of the tunnel when they get close to the Hun camp and find a place to bury them on the ground.

Because no one had any idea about the geology of the Gobi Desert, the one month Liu Tan had originally estimated was not enough, and it took the last month and a half to complete all the locations.

When Liu Tan heard the news, he was very happy. God knows he started to play various games with Lu Xuan every day when he stayed here.

Well, if it weren't for the fact that it's not easy to do anything in the military camp for fear of being heard or seen, I'm afraid the two of them would really spend every night together.

Now he has finally reached a turning point. The only thing that makes him dissatisfied is that the mechanism of the mine has not been completed yet. However, this is normal. Some scientific research may not produce any major results for several years or even more than ten years. Now he should be able to kill the enemy by bombing them and then sending people to ambush them in advance.

Lu Xuan led his men directly to the vicinity of the Xiongnu camp, intending to intercept all the retreating Xiongnu and not let any of them escape.

In fact, if it weren't for the desire to completely annihilate the enemy, Liu Tan wouldn't have gone through so much trouble.

After he sent someone to deliver the message, Liu Tan took a deep breath and said, "Okay, light the fire."

Because they were afraid that their own people would be hurt, the fuse was relatively long. After it was lit, everyone was unsure, worried that the fuse would go out halfway, or that the gunpowder barrel would malfunction and not explode.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, everyone heard several familiar explosions and felt a slight vibration under their feet.

Liu Tan took a telescope and looked in the direction of the Hun camp, but unfortunately the distance between them was a bit far, and even with the telescope he could not see anything. He only saw rising black smoke and splashing sand and gravel.

Not long after, Lu Xuan sent a messenger to report: "Your Highness, the Xiongnu camp is gone."

Liu Tan: "Huh? What do you mean the Xiongnu camp is gone?"

The messenger seemed a little nervous and stammered, "It's...it's...the whole camp...is flooded."

Liu Tan: "Ah?"