In order not to attract the attention of the Cossacks, Aragon and Cherchen did not go through the city gate, but hung themselves out of the city with a rope.

    After leaving the city, everyone lined up and walked carefully. Aragon was the first.

    The left and right are quiet. The farther away from the city wall, the more careful the team walks. But even so, Chechen can still hear the footsteps of himself and others.

    Suddenly, Aragorn stopped. He made a stop sign to the man behind him, and then half the cat fell down.

    There was a sound right ahead. Everyone dared not breathe for fear that it was the enemy''s dark post in front of them, and they made a sound to attract attention.

    Aragorn motioned to everyone to stay where they were. He gently put down the two powder bags hanging on his body, then fell on the snow, and "swam" in the direction of sound like a snake.

    He swam slowly, but without a sound. Not long after, there was another sound in that direction. It was the sound of fingers hitting the trunk. It''s also a code for mercenary regiment contact. It seems that Aragon has solved the secret sentry.

    Chechen and others rushed to Aragon and lay a body at Aragon''s feet. The man was wearing white clothes and a white hat, and the blood flowing from his neck dyed a small part of the snow red. If it hadn''t been for the noise, I''m afraid it would have been the death squads rather than him.

    The team moved on. After walking for more than ten minutes, I finally felt near the tunnel. The entrance of the tunnel is facing away from the direction of the city wall, and a huge raw cowhide is obliquely covered on it to block the fire inside. This made it impossible for the defenders to find the location of the tunnel through the light even at night.

    "They''re really hiding." Mikhail yelinsky muttered softly as he looked at the hole.

    At this time, footsteps sounded all around. Then there were shouts.

    "Who? Who''s there?"

    "It''s my own."

    "Password!"

    "Zaborore. Return order!"

    "Kiev."

    It turned out that two teams of Cossacks were changing posts.

    Although he was lucky to get the command, Aragon didn''t make everyone move immediately. He motioned everyone to continue hiding. After another half an hour, the second batch of job changers arrived, and the password was "zaborore and Kiev".

    After recording the time of the enemy''s shift change, Aragon signaled everyone to start action. Everyone lined up again and walked towards the tunnel.

    "Who!" asked the guard''s Cossack when he heard the noise.

    "It''s our own people. We just dropped something," Aragon replied.

    "Password."

    "Zaporoze."

    Seeing that he could answer the password, the other party no longer doubted. All the people swaggered to the sentry post.

    "You, not..."

    So close, through the moonlight, the sentry finally found that these were not their own people. But it was too late. Before they opened fire, the death squads pulled the trigger.

    At the sound of a gun, three Cossacks fell to the ground. The other two were also struck to the ground by Kosa christovsky and lados zaff, who pulled out their daggers and axes.

    "Come on, come on. We only have ten minutes," Aragon shouted.

    According to the speed of changing posts of Cossacks, the Cossack camp should be ten minutes away from the tunnel.

    Hesus, the Grenadier, rushed to the tunnel. He held a grenade in one hand, and the string on the grenade was emitting sparks. He threw two grenades into the tunnel one after another.

    After two loud noises, a black smoke rose at the entrance of the tunnel. Several figures rushed out of the black smoke, but before they could catch their breath, they were killed by the mercenaries guarding the entrance of the tunnel.

    When the smoke cleared, Chechen, Kosa christovsky and lados Zafu rushed into the tunnel, while others stood at the entrance to stop the possible Cossack reinforcements.

    The tunnel is not large and can only accommodate two people walking side by side. Chechen and other three people lined up in an inverted shape, with Chechen and Kosa christovsky in front and lados Zafu behind. In this way, the firepower of four pistols can be used in the first row.

    In such a narrow environment, pistols almost hit every shot. The Cossacks who dug inside didn''t bring any weapons, only the tools for excavation, which were easily put down.

    After destroying the enemy in the tunnel, they untied all the gunpowder belts they were carrying and piled them together. Nine people were carrying 50 kilograms of gunpowder, enough to destroy the tunnel.

    Che Chen took out flint and tinder. He said to the other two people, "go out first and I''ll light a fire."

    Kosa christovsky and lados zaff felt as if they were running towards the tunnel. Chechen slowly dragged the string for ignition and walked backward to the tunnel.

    "Cherchen, are you almost ready?"

    By this time, Aragon''s voice could be heard.

    "Well, I''ll start the fire right away," Chechen replied.

    In front of the cave, Aragon and others had been surrounded by Cossacks. There was gunfire in all directions. Fortunately, it was at night. The other party couldn''t see the target and had to shoot indiscriminately. The light emitted by the fire gun exposed their own position and became the best target of Mikhail yelinsky and lukash pavov. Almost every time the bowstring rings, a war fruit will be harvested.

    "Hurry up, their reinforcements are coming," Aragon urged.

    Chechen lit the string, and he turned back and ran to the tunnel as fast as he could,

    "Let''s go." seeing Chechen coming out, Aragon quickly organized everyone to retreat.

    Hessus threw three grenades as fast as he could, opening a way for retreat.

    Everyone rushed into the smoke. At the same time, an earth shaking explosion came from the tunnel.

    The loud noise broke the night sky and the earth trembled. Then, countless pieces of ice, stones, soil and wood were thrown into the sky.

    After the loud noise, there was a series of new sounds, and the whole tunnel was dissected like surgery.

    All kinds of sundries thrown into the sky by the explosion finally fell down and hit Cherchen and others. The thick smoke that had enveloped them began to disperse.

    At this time, the team is facing the most dangerous time. The danger does not come from outside, but from within the team.

    Lukash pavov and others were originally death squads for pardon and money. They did not have the brotherhood and iron discipline of mercenaries. Before the task is completed, they can forget to die in order to complete the task; But now the task has been completed. In order to have the life to enjoy the money and rebirth they will get, all of them run towards the city gate as fast as possible. Even the usual blocking and alternating cover were ignored.

    In this way, lukash pavov, who should have been in charge of covering with bows and arrows, ran in the front, while the people of Aragon, Chechen, hesus and other mercenary regiments fell behind.

    Aragon was injured in the explosion, and his left leg was inserted by a sharp piece of wood falling from the sky. Hesus almost exhausted his physical strength because he carried the heaviest materials and experienced the battle. Of course, Chechen and shicheqing would not leave their companions. They helped Aragon and Jesus, and the speed fell.

    Behind them, the Cossack pursuers were getting closer and closer. Hessus''s grenade basket was empty, and there were no bullets in Chechen''s pistol.

    "Ah!"

    Hessus screamed and fell to the ground. A stray bullet hit the giant in the back.

    "Hesus, hesus." Chechen pulled the giant''s hand, but the giant couldn''t get up again.

    However, Chechen had to throw down the body of hesus. He and shicheqing helped Aragon continue to escape to Smolensk.

    The gate of the west gate was already in sight, and lukash pavov who ran in front even ran up the suspension bridge.

    The Cossack cavalry also crossed the horizon at this time. There was a burst of gunfire at the head of the city, trying to frighten the Cossack cavalry. But the cavalry obviously had combat experience and knew that the range of the musket could not threaten them, so they still clapped their horses and chased the three.

    "You go quickly." Aragon obviously understood that if the three still wanted to escape together, none of them could go. He pushed Chechen and shicheqing away, took his hands and sat down on the snow.

    "Go together." how can Chechen give up his comrades in arms.

    "Go, or you can''t go." Aragon pushed them away again and climbed in the direction of the enemy cavalry.

    "Tell the commander that Aragon died like a soldier."

    On the tower, Colonel Franco also saw this scene. The old regimental commander, who is famous for his iron blood, couldn''t help tears in his eyes.

    "Let''s go."

    Shicheqing had been with Aragon for a longer time and knew the temperament of the officer better. He pulled up Cherchen and fled to the gate.