Chapter 1263: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Fifty-Three) Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire

If there is no guide familiar with the terrain, it is difficult for ordinary people to find the Bantanya Grand Canyon. Its entrance is blocked by layers of trees and thatch. Now is the season when flowers and trees are growing wildly. The trees are lush and green, and the bushes and weeds are almost half a person tall. Thousands of people are scattered in the forest. There is no head or tail in front, and only human voices can be heard, but no human figures can be seen.

The barrier of nature cannot stop the organized human attack. The front row of axemen cut down the trees and flattened the bushes and weeds, and forcibly opened up a way forward for the large group of people. When the last few trees fell, the deep passage of the Bantanya Grand Canyon appeared in front of everyone.

The entrance is very narrow, only about ten meters wide, but the further you go, the wider it becomes. The widest part is more than a hundred meters. The summer heat has become a little chilly here. From time to time, the wind whistles and blows. The humming sound is reflected by the echo of the canyon, which sounds creepy.

Looking up at both sides, there are cliffs and bare arms, and occasionally a few trees are stubbornly leaning upwards on the cliffs, reaching up to the sky, greedily grabbing the sunlight leaking from the sky. Peaks rise from both sides, the highest is more than a hundred meters, and the shortest is dozens of meters. In the air of the canyon, there is a thin layer of mist floating with the wind, which dilutes the already scarce sunlight.

In the canyon, even if you speak in a low voice, your voice will become louder in the echoes. The atmosphere is a bit depressing. A well-trained army will naturally be alert in this environment. Strictly speaking, this is a dead end.

All the Qin soldiers involuntarily quickened their pace. If there is no war, this is a good place to explore and find a place to win. But in the war years, a large army of thousands of people passing through here can easily become a nightmare. As long as the two ends are pinched, everyone will have no way to go up to the sky and no way to go down to the earth.

The soldiers closed their mouths, lowered their heads and stared at the rugged road under their feet. One after another, they walked nervously through the canyon, but the road was too difficult to walk. In fact, there was no road here at all. The Qin soldiers used their feet to wade out a road in the ups and downs of the canyon.

Zhou Liang in the middle of the team did not smile at all. He knew in his heart that this large canyon was the burial place of these thousands of Qin soldiers. The trap set by the other party was here. There was no expression on his face, but his heart was in turmoil. He looked at the cliffs on both sides from time to time, estimating when the attack would come.

Zhou Liang had no burden in his heart for betraying these thousands of Qin soldiers. If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, and Yan will be gone. Qin was about to run out of steam. If he did not do something for himself, he would be in trouble. This was his last chance. Of course, he had to seize it.

Qin would never tolerate him. Zhongli's death had actually dragged him to the guillotine. He had to survive in a desperate situation. This was his last choice.

On the top of the cliff arm of dozens of meters, Niu Teng coldly watched the Qin army team crawling forward like ants in the canyon. They had been here for a whole day. One day was enough for them to do a lot of things. Four thousand Qin soldiers had entered the canyon as a whole. Half an hour later, the Qin army, which was marching hard, had completely penetrated into the canyon. The vanguard had just arrived at the exit of the canyon. When they walked out of the canyon, they would appear behind Gucheng Mountain.

If there were no ambushes here, the Qin army's appearance from here would indeed be an unexpected good move, but unfortunately, the move they made now was arranged by the enemy. Niu Teng noticed the man riding a horse slowly forward under the waving central army flag in the canyon, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Without faith and pursuit, such a person can hold military power in Qin State, guard one side, and Qin State is undefeated. How can it be justified?

He raised his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Start!"

The sound of war drums suddenly rose. At the exit of the canyon, hundreds of rebels swung their swords to cut off the ropes tied to the trees. At the end of the rope, there was a large net woven with extremely thick hemp ropes. The net was filled with round stones with edges and corners worn off. The big stone bullets suddenly broke free from the restraints of the rope net. With a loud bang, they rolled and flew from the cliffs and fell to the bottom of the canyon.

The sound of war drums stunned the Qin soldiers in the canyon. They were all veterans and naturally knew what this meant. They subconsciously looked up and saw black spots in the sky growing larger and larger. In their eyes, huge stones were falling rapidly from the sky.

Screams echoed throughout the canyon, and the rumbling sound was endless. The stones from the sky seemed endless. The Qin soldiers who were dodging in panic watched the rain of stones fall at the entrance of the canyon and piled up into a high stone wall. The team of Qin soldiers who were just a few dozen meters long had disappeared without a trace. After a while, blood began to flow out from the cracks between the stones.

"There is an ambush!" The Qin soldiers screamed. At this time, everyone actually knew what had happened. Being in such a desperate situation and being attacked by the enemy in a premeditated manner, even a fool would know that something big was going to happen.

The canyon was very narrow, a typical big-bellied shape with thin ends and a thick middle. Once the exit was blocked, the Qin army immediately fell into chaos. Some turned around and ran backwards, some tried to climb the rocky mountains that blocked the exit, and more ran around in panic, hoping to find a place to hide.

Stones continued to fall from the cliffs, raising the barrier at the entrance and attacking the Qin soldiers in the canyon. This time, not only stones fell, but also countless logs and bundles of firewood.

"Retreat, retreat!" Zhou Liang shouted loudly, although he knew that he could not retreat at all. Seeing those logs and firewood, he realized what the opponent's ultimate killer was.

Fire!

This magical thing that freed humans from barbarism has also become the most lethal weapon in wars in history. Under certain conditions, there are many examples of fire destroying the entire army.

Today, it was my turn. I shouted to retreat while looking around for a place to hide.

When the Qin army panicked and turned to the rear entrance to escape, a loud bang was heard. Along with this earth-shattering bang was the sky full of smoke and the collapse of the entrance. The entrance was directly blown down by the rebels with explosives.

On the cliff, stones, firewood, and logs were still being thrown down. This time, there were countless more jars and pots. With the crisp cracking sound, the smell of grease filled the canyon.

At this time, all the Qin soldiers realized what they were about to encounter. Some cursed, some knelt down and begged for mercy, some desperately climbed up the steep cliff, and some organized their men and tried hard to climb the stone mountain blocking the road ahead, or the only way out.

More people rushed to the exit, scrambling to climb the stone mountain about ten meters high that blocked the way. At this time, all the comradeship and brotherhood were gone. The people behind grabbed the clothes and legs of the people climbing in front, and the people above swung their knives mercilessly. In the face of life and death, everything is a cloud.

On the top of the mountain, countless figures appeared, with bows and arrows in their hands, and on the arrows, there were burning flames that frightened all the Qin soldiers.

Fire rained down from the sky, and waves of hellfire rose from the ground. In the canyon, there were jagged rocks, overgrown weeds, and bushes. At this time, they became the source of combustion for the fire. In an instant, the canyon had become a sea of ​​fire, but it was a hell for living things.

The rebels on the top of the mountain kept throwing down the already bundled firewood, trying to make the fire burn bigger. At the exit, a group of hundreds of rebels, holding spears and bows, stared at the pile of stone mountains. Whenever a figure flashed from above, a burst of arrows would be shot at them. Occasionally, if someone climbed down by chance, they would encounter rows of spears flashing coldly stabbing at them.

The fire burned for half a day, from the previous ghosts howling and screaming, to the final silence. The fire was extinguished, but the smoke was still rising. Niu Teng, standing on the top of the mountain, looked at the canyon that had become hell. Even if his heart was as hard as iron, he couldn't help but feel palpitations at this moment.

"I will go to the eighteenth level of hell!" he murmured in a low voice.

An hour later, the stone mountain blocking the road was moved to open a passage, and Niu Teng led the rebels into the canyon. The aroma of barbecue filled the entire canyon, making everyone who came in want to vomit. Wen Yi, who was following Niu Teng, endured for a moment, and finally turned around, bent over, and vomited with a wow. Wen Yi's vomiting was like sending a signal. The sound of vomiting was heard everywhere in the canyon. Before, they only threw stones, firewood, and wood on the top of the mountain, but they didn't know that the canyon had become an Avici hell because of their actions.

Niu Teng didn't vomit. He slowly walked among the charred, grotesque corpses.

With a thump, behind a few rocks, between a pool of water, a figure came out from it and stared at Niu Teng viciously. Wen Yi, who had just vomited and turned pale, and several other soldiers quickly surrounded Niu Teng in the middle.

Niu Teng was startled at first, then he saw the man's face clearly and laughed: "General Zhou Liang, I knew you wouldn't die."

"Are you expecting me to be burned to death?" Zhou Liang said viciously.

"How could that be? We are collaborators. In this battle, my army annihilated more than 4,000 Qin troops without a single casualty. The general should be the first credit!" Niu Teng laughed.

"I don't want credit or not. I just want you to fulfill your promise and send me to the Han Kingdom to hide my identity."

"Of course, of course." Niu Teng nodded repeatedly, but he felt a little sorry in his heart. Why didn't he burn this guy to death? Now he is still alive, and he is embarrassed to do this again. (To be continued...)