Chapter 286: Going deep into the underground palace
As the wooden door in front slowly opened, a breeze blew up, blew up candles on the surrounding walls and jumped violently for a few times.
Ye Guan narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the wooden door, but after the wooden door opened, two figures appeared. The two figures were wearing enclave-style military uniforms, with swords and weapons in their hands, and were standing at the wooden door and watching. Ye Guan lowered his body, hid at the corner of the cave, held his breath and focused, and his mind flew.
The moment he opened the door, Ye Guan saw the situation behind the wooden door. The passage behind him was wider and he didn't have to bend down to move forward. Such a cave must not be done for a few days, but it was probably after a long period of construction.
The two soldiers did not enter the secret room, but stood beside the wooden door, watched left and right, as if they were routine inspections, so they closed the wooden door and left.
Hearing the sound of the wooden door closing, Ye Guan quickly flashed from the turn into the secret room, passed the middle passage, quickly walked to the front of the wooden door, and attached himself to the wooden door, and listened carefully to the sound behind the wooden door.
As Ye Guan expected, no sound came from behind the wooden door, and the two soldiers just now must have walked away.
With a slightly frowning, Ye Guan stood up straight and looked at the supplies in the secret room in front of him, and his thoughts flew around.
Several rows of wooden frames were neatly arranged in the secret room, with all kinds of military supplies placed on it. Ye Guan roughly estimated that the supplies in the secret room were enough to equip two hundred soldiers, and the food and grass stored were enough to use these two hundred soldiers for more than half a month.
After carefully checking the outline of the wall of the secret room, reaching out and gently stroking it on the wall, a cold touch came from the rock wall. The upper half of the secret room was ordinary land, while the lower half was large pieces of rock. The rock was tidied neatly, which made Ye Guan amazed.
Such a siege is not something that ordinary people can do, and there are so many military supplies hidden in this secret room. And depending on the situation, there is not only this secret room underground.
"Who built such a project? Is it Shen Tuyan..." Ye Guan walked towards the wooden frame in the secret room. Looking closely, the equipment on this wooden frame was all enclave-style equipment and well-made. With Ye Guan's understanding of the enclave, he had no such financial resources with only one Shen Tuyan. Building such a siege is definitely not something that Shen Tuyan or Qiu Chang's five cities could afford. If it were said that it was the power of the enclave to build such an underground palace, Ye Guan would never believe it.
Liu Tianyi is the leader of the enclave and the lord of Wufeng City. If he wants to build such an underground palace, it will be in the Wufeng City area and will definitely not be built on Zongqiu Mountain.
After carefully examining the equipment on the wooden rack, Ye Guan was in a serious mood, but from the perspective of the equipment on the wooden rack and the construction process of this secret room, he had a very bad idea in his mind.
These things may be prepared by the person behind Shen Tuyan.
In his previous analysis, there must be a peerless master behind Shen Tuyan, but before, he thought that there was only one peerless master behind this scene. No matter how high his cultivation level was, he could not fight head-on with the army. Even if he fought, it would eventually threaten the senior management of the East Prince's Mansion. With his previous agreement with Tian Shun, the lord of Tianqing City, Ye Guan was not afraid. But now it seems that it is not that simple.
"If there are several such underground palaces hidden under this Zongqiu Mountain, each of which has ten secret rooms, and the remaining military equipment is enough to equip 100,000 elite soldiers." Ye Guan thought to himself, and the more he thought about it, the more he became, the more surprised he was.
Ye Guan, the combat power of Shentu Yan in Qiu Changcheng, had naturally evaluated before. He and Yu Sheng fought in Changxiangcheng before, and suffered heavy losses. Shentu Yan had 20,000 elite enclaves, but it had been greatly damaged in the battle of Changxiangcheng. At most, about half of the elites who could retreat to Qiuchangcheng. Even with the forced conscripts, there were at most tens of thousands of troops.
Even if Shen Tuyan was forced to recruit troops in Qiu Chang City under the pressure of the situation or the people behind him, he would forcefully recruit troops in Qiu Chang City, allowing him to travel north together during the period to join the battlefield, at most he could gather 100,000 soldiers. However, the force-patched army had no combat power, and Ye Guan was not worried.
But he had a little doubt before. With Shen Tuyan, even if he could force the people to join the army, the equipment of these soldiers was all enclaves, and everyone was well-equipped. Even if there was no combat power, they were fully armed. Shen Tuyan or Qiu Changcheng would definitely not have the financial resources. Even if there was, Qiu Changcheng area would not have so many resources for him to create.
Ye Guan has been operating Wuxing City for many years and has experienced many battles. He knows everything about military affairs, so he naturally knows how much resources it takes to fully equip a soldier. Even if the power of the Eastern Palace is concentrated to rule twenty cities, it is difficult to gather 100,000 troops in a short period of time, otherwise he would not have trained only 50,000 new soldiers now.
The training of recruits alone is second-hand, and the standard equipment of this sergeant is a big problem.
Liu Yuan’s Five City of Pingjin is responsible for the equipment change of the entire Dongwang Mansion army. Even with Rongbao City’s strong financial resources to support the wealthy mine veins near Hepingjin City, it is difficult to complete the task of replacing equipment every three years with the 200,000 permanent garrisons of the Dongwang Mansion every three years, let alone creating 100,000 sets of equipment in a short period of time. You should know that the standard equipment of the Enclave Army is also full of stainless steel mail, with upper body outer armor, lower body chain armor, plus helmets, swords, crossbows and long weapons. The completion of a set of armor requires several craftsmen to work three or four days day and night before they can be roughly completed. In addition to polishing and other techniques, it will take at least ten days to actually be sent to the sergeant.
There are nearly 100,000 craftsmen in Pingjin City, which cannot satisfy the expansion of the Dongwang Mansion's large number of troops. However, the secret room that Ye Guan saw now was neatly arranged with two hundred sets of standard equipment. Thinking of the two soldiers standing at the wooden door to check in a hurry, there must be more than one such secret room underground, and how much equipment should be stored?
"What should I do after so much equipment is saved?" Ye Guan couldn't help but think: "Even if I equip all the young people in Qiu Changcheng, I can't use so much equipment. Moreover, where did his resources come from?"
The more Ye Guan thought about it, the more shocked he became. This time he came out alone and found an underground military depot hidden in Zongqiu Mountain. Seeing this only was enough to make Ye Guan shocked.
Many thoughts flicked through his mind quickly. Ye Guan frowned and glanced at the wooden frame around him. An idea came to his heart. He stopped hesitating and immediately picked up a set of standard equipment and quickly put it on himself.
Since you have discovered it, you must figure out the secrets of this underground palace. If you can't figure it out, it will not only have a great impact on the subsequent battle situation, but it is more likely that the enemy will give its own troops a fatal blow through this underground palace, which Ye Guan could not bear in any way.
After quickly putting on the equipment, Ye Guan frowned slightly, touched his beard, looked left and right, and found a row of masks on a wooden stand beside him. He immediately took a few steps forward, picked up a mask, and checked carefully.
The mask was carved with a hideous demonic face and green face and fangs. Ye Guan's heart moved, and he carried the mask on himself and wrapped his entire face. In this way, others could not see Ye Guan's age on the outside.
This hideous mask usually has its origin. Ye Guan has never seen the demons on this side before, but he also knew that only the guards of princes and nobles were generally equipped with demon masks. Those who can wear masks are a kind of glory in themselves.
The masks stored in this secret room are not known for their purpose, but Ye Guan can't control them at this moment. He put the mask on his back, held the long knife in his hand, lifted his strength, and walked towards the wooden door.
Pushing open the wooden door gently, the passage in front of you came into view. The passage behind the wooden door was much spacious than before, enough to accommodate three people walking side by side, and it was not low. Walking in this passage, you didn’t feel deep underground, but you felt like you were walking in the secret passage of the palace. This feeling was a bit strange.
There was a wall light on the rock walls on both sides of the passage, which flashed with the dark candlelight. Ye Guan was calm and walked slowly forward along the passage.
Not long after walking, two paths appeared on the left and right. Ye Guan looked around, and there was no end to the left and right roads. He frowned slightly, turned around and made a hidden mark on the wall, chose a random direction, stepped apart, and walked straight forward.
About thirty steps later, a fork appeared again. Ye Guan turned to look, but saw a wooden door at the end of the fork, exactly the same as the wooden door he had just come out.
"I don't know how many such secret rooms are in this underground palace." After taking a look, he stopped paying attention, raised his foot and continued to move forward.
Suddenly, Ye Guan stopped and vaguely heard the sound of military boots stepping on the ground from the road ahead. Ye Guan's heart moved and immediately retreated, hid behind the fork in the road she had discovered before, and waited quietly.
After a while, the sound of the military boots stepping on the ground was getting closer and closer. This was the footsteps of the two soldiers. They were slowly heading towards Ye Guan. They could vaguely hear the conversation between the two.
"Oh... I have to patrol this warehouse three times a day, and I don't know what to patrol. The deep mountains and forests are underground, and they are rarely visited. It is impossible for anyone to discover it unless it is a mouse." A voice came, with a little complaint in his tone.
"Since the last time the leader came back, he was like facing a great enemy, saying that the Eastern Prince's Mansion was coming." Another voice said: "But you should complain less. We must be a good job, otherwise you can go to the top of the mountain?"
"If you want to go, I won't go." The first voice said quickly: "It's not like this on it. I won't suffer that every day and night."
"Then you just shut up. We inspect the warehouse, which is just a few walks a day. After a few days, the leader is ready, all these things need to be used."
As they spoke, the voices of the two men became closer and closer. Ye Guan frowned slightly, secretly called the fighting spirit in his body, held his breath and calmed down, waiting for the two soldiers to come closer.
"Wow." The sound of the military armor rubbing clearly sounded from Ye Guan's ears. Ye Guan stretched out with one hand, and a light green light ball appeared in his hand. He suddenly flashed out from the corner and waved his palm. The light ball roared straight towards a sergeant.
Chapter completed!