Chapter 197: Trap
Chapter 197: Trap
As time passed, when the sun in the sky turned into the moon and the bright sky was once again filled with twinkling stars, Xuanyuan Xingyao quietly sneaked out of the city with several earth magicians.
Xuanyuan Xingyao brought the earth magicians to a road about five or six kilometers away from Yangcheng, and then began to let the earth magicians dig out the ground.
For earth magicians, using magic to make the soil on the ground disappear is an easy task.
Soon, several huge potholes appeared on the originally flat road.
"Put up some earth spikes at the bottom of the pit. The more earth spikes, the better."
Xuanyuan Xingyao took a look at the depth and thought it was about right, so he asked the magicians to start adding earth spikes inside.
Xuanyuan Xingyao brought out six earth magicians this time, which was a sufficient number, so in a short while the huge pits were filled with earth spikes.
Not to mention that ordinary people would be in big trouble if they fell down, even warriors or other magicians would get injured if they fell down accidentally.
"Almost there. Let's restore the ground, but not completely. Just the surface layer will do. It should be enough for people to walk on, but it will collapse under a lot of weight."
After the magicians had almost released all the earth spikes, Xuanyuan Xingyao came over to check. Seeing that there was no problem, he asked the magicians to restore the road.
The earth magicians understood Xuanyuan Xingyao's meaning and cast magic together to restore the road to its original appearance. Of course, all this was just appearance.
After setting up the trap here, Xuanyuan Xingyao led the earth magicians and walked back a little.
Several traps were set up near the gate of Yangcheng City.
Because they brought a lot of earth magicians with them, by the time they had set up all the traps, it had actually been less than two hours since they left the city.
The sky was still pitch black, so the group left the city in the dark and then quietly returned to the city under the cover of night, as if nothing had happened.
“I’m back!!!”
Although Nangong Jing knew that Xuanyuan Xingyao was just setting traps at night and there was no danger, he still stayed in the room waiting for him to come back.
When Xuanyuan Xingyao saw the person who should have been sleeping soundly, sitting by the table waiting for him without any sleepiness, there was no surprise in his eyes. It was obvious that he had guessed it a long time ago.
"You, I knew you wouldn't listen."
Xuanyuan Xingyao said helplessly and dotingly.
Upon hearing this, Nangong Jing smiled mischievously at Xuanyuan Xingyao. He liked the way Xuanyuan Xingyao couldn't do anything to him.
"If Fate doesn't attack, will the trap malfunction over time?"
"Won't."
Xuanyuan Xingyao said it concisely, but I don’t know whether he meant that Fate would not stop attacking forever, or that the trap would not malfunction after a long time.
Even if Nangong Jing and Xuanyuan Xingyao had a tacit understanding, they couldn't get the message they wanted from these two simple words, and could only express their protest with their eyes.
Xuanyuan Xingyao noticed Nangong Jing's protest and realized that his answer was a bit too simple, so he explained.
"The magic in the trap will indeed dissipate into the air over time. But Fate won't stop attacking forever. We've inflicted such a heavy loss on them this time, they won't tolerate this."
Nangong Jing nodded, not quite understanding.
"But don't forget, most of their food supplies were destroyed this time, and many soldiers were injured. What if they ask Fate for help and stay in the barracks until the support arrives? What will we do then?"
"It's because we made them suffer such a huge loss this time that they won't and can't tolerate it. Or rather, even if others can tolerate it, Qiao Linqi can't."
Xuanyuan Xingyao said in a profound tone.
Nangong Jing became more and more confused as to why Xuanyuan Xingyao said that.
Xuanyuan Xingyao saw Nangong Jing's confusion, so he took him to the bed and explained to him why Qiao Linqi could not and would not tolerate it.
Joe Lynch is Fate's chief general. The camp suffered considerable losses this time, and his prestige must have been damaged.
If Qiao Linqi wants to suppress those negative voices, the easiest way is to win a battle, so after a short rest of three or four days at most, Qiao Linqi will definitely attack Yangcheng again.
Just as Xuanyuan Xingyao had guessed, Qiao Linqi was determined to capture Yangcheng and avenge the destruction of his food supplies.
Therefore, after the reorganization, Qiao Linqi began to plan how to attack Yangcheng.
Qiao Linqi was not very afraid of General Mao because they were old rivals. He knew each other's style very well and knew how to defeat him.
But Qiao Linqi was a little wary of Xuanyuan Xingyao. Firstly, he was not very familiar with Xuanyuan Xingyao and did not understand Xuanyuan Xingyao's fighting style very well.
Secondly, Xuanyuan Xingyao’s evil spirit is too strong, which can play a significant role on the battlefield.
There is also the help of Xuanyuan Xingyao and Nangong Jing. The several magical beasts summoned by Nangong Jing are either strong in defense or combat, and there are even healing magical beasts. It can be said that they are very versatile.
Qiao Linqi thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution. He could only go to the battlefield and ask the magicians to delay Nangong Jing so that he could not help Xuanyuan Xingyao.
As for Xuanyuan Xingyao's evil spirit, it was indeed a bit of a headache, but Qiao Linqi believed that with his many years of experience in leading troops, he would still be able to deal with a young man like Xuanyuan Xingyao.
After resting for about three days, Qiao Linqi decided to attack Yangcheng again.
This time Qiao Linqi did not advance in a smeared manner, but prepared to attack openly.
This can be regarded as a small counterattack against Shui Ling's sneak attack on the military camp, telling others that their Fate attacks are all open and aboveboard, unlike Shui Ling and Long Ying, who only dare to launch sneak attacks.
As soon as the Fate army left the camp, the sentry who was secretly following them passed the news back to Yangcheng.
"That fellow Qiao Linqi brought out almost half of the troops in the camp this time. It seems he is really angry and ready for a fierce fight."
After receiving the news from the sentry, General Mao called other people.
"We'll gather our troops first. Once they fall into the trap, that's when we'll strike them down."
Xuanyuan Xingyao looked at General Mao with deep eyes and said in a deep voice.
General Mao nodded silently, then quickly gave orders.
Xuanyuan Xingyao came to provide support this time, not to take over the initiative and help Shui Ling attack Fate.
Therefore, on the first day of arriving in Yangcheng, Xuanyuan Xingyao told General Mao that he would give his own opinion.
However, it was General Mao who made the decision for Yang Cheng. He and Long Ying's soldiers had to obey General Mao's arrangements on how to fight.
Therefore, when General Mao gave the order, he mobilized not only Shui Ling's troops, but also Long Ying's troops and generals.
Qiao Linqi led a large army and set out for Yangcheng. He thought that it would be the same as the previous times, and the two sides would not officially engage in battle until they arrived at Yangcheng.
However, they didn't expect that when they were five or six kilometers away from Yangcheng, the ground suddenly moved.
"Do you feel that the ground seems to be collapsing a bit?"
A soldier said secretly to the people around him.
"You felt it too? I was just about to say it, I felt like the ground seemed a little loose, but when I looked closely there didn't seem to be anything strange, so I thought I was just overthinking it."
Another soldier said in surprise. He thought he was overthinking it just now, but he didn't expect that someone else had noticed something wrong with the ground just like him.
In fact, they were not the only two who noticed it. More and more soldiers noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the feeling of walking in some places.
The noise in the team became louder and louder, so loud that the leader Qiao Linqi and others heard the noise.
"Go take a look at the back. Why is it so noisy? There's no order at all. Was all the training we did on weekdays in vain?"
Qiao Linqi had been in a bad mood these days because of the loss of food and grass.
Now, during the march, the soldiers were making noisy noises, which made him even more angry.
"yes!!!"
The deputy general responded, but just as he turned around to question, he heard a sound of the ground collapsing.
As soon as the voice came out, the deputy general's face changed immediately, and even Qiao Linqi turned around to check what happened.
When he saw several huge potholes suddenly appear on the road they had just passed, Qiao Linqi's face showed shock.
How could such a big hole suddenly appear out of nowhere?
"Marshal, there are many earth spikes in this cave. The soldiers were caught off guard and fell in. Many were injured by the earth spikes, and some were injured in their hands and feet because they were pinned down by the people above."
The deputy general ran to the pit as fast as he could and looked inside to see what was going on.
The soldiers in the pit were wailing at this time. Those who were lucky were only pierced in the hands and feet, or were injured by being pressed down by others, but some who were unlucky were pierced directly in the chest and died on the spot.
When Qiao Linqi heard that there were still a lot of earth spikes in the pit, he immediately realized that these suddenly appearing pits were traps set by Shui Ling.
Qiao Lingqi jumped off his horse and checked the situation in several pits. After just a rough count, Qiao Lingqi knew that there were quite a few injured soldiers.
"Hurry up and rescue them from the cave. Send the Light Magicians to perform group treatment. Pile the dead neatly aside and bring them back after the battle."
If you are on the battlefield and cannot collect the bodies, there is nothing you can do about it. You cannot bring back all the bodies.
But they haven't reached the battlefield yet. When they return to the camp after the battle, they still have to pass through here. Qiao Linqi naturally cannot let these bodies be abandoned in the wilderness.
"Yes, Marshal."
After hearing Qiao Linqi's order, the deputy general immediately sent someone to call the light magicians over, and at the same time arranged for people to carry all the soldiers out of the pit.
"The Shuiling Nation is so despicable that they actually resorted to such a sinister scheme."
After conveying Qiao Lingqi's order, the deputy general shouted angrily.
He had fought for so many years, but this was the first time he lost so many people before even reaching the battlefield.
This trap might have been set by Shui Ling's people, but Qiao Lingqi didn't think that the plan to set the trap was proposed by Shui Ling's people.
If Shui Ling had this idea, they would have used it long ago, why would they wait until now?
Therefore, the most likely scenario is that the person who came up with this plan was Xuanyuan Xingyao, or someone from Longying's side.
Anyway, no matter who proposed it, he will remember today's shame.
Even before the battlefield, he was tricked. This kind of humiliation is even worse than the destruction of food and grass, which makes Qiao Linqi feel ashamed. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support. Kisses! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.
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