In the battle of this day, although Prince Alexei left hundreds of bodies, he did not even gain a foothold in konotopu fort. However, the Prince did not have any dissatisfaction. He even invited all the generals and Ivan hilko to drink in his big tent after midnight.

Because the stone cannon has shown its destructive power to the terror of the castle and fortress, Prince Alexei believes that if such a shot hits again several times, the triangle castle will collapse.

At night, both sides were quiet.

The bright moonlight was shrouded in dark clouds, as if unwilling to see this tragedy in the world. In this dark night, the defenders of konotopu Fort sent more than ten teams. They attacked from the city gate and quietly came to the ditch.

Each team carries hoes, grappling hooks, hanging ropes and other tools. Their task is to clear the trench and restore it to its original depth as much as possible.

"Be careful not to be caught by the Russians," someone whispered.

Many shadows jumped off the ditch. Then a sling was put down.

"Damn it, it\'s a body!"

"Don\'t worry about the body. First clean up the sandbags and stones. These things can be used to repair the triangle castle."

The soldiers who went down to the trench put stones and sandbags into the net pocket on the sling according to the order of the person above, then shook the rope, and the people above pulled the sling up together.

At the beginning, such action was smooth. But soon, the Russian sniper opposite noticed the movement.

These Russian snipers held extremely high pound composite bows and stayed in the trenches parallel to the trenches, watching any wind and grass. They are carefully selected soldiers. They are not only surprisingly patient, can ambush motionlessly until dawn, and keep aiming at the direction of the enemy, but also can see things in the dark like owls, and their arrow skills are excellent.

The bowstrings rang again and again, and from time to time, soldiers cleaning trenches were shot by arrows.

Some defenders tried to fight back, but they couldn\'t find the enemy\'s position.

The units that could only be beaten passively saw the situation and withdrew to the city one after another.

In konotop castle, Cherchen is visiting the wounded in today\'s battle.

In the battle of that day, the garrison lost 123 soldiers, most of whom were the garrison of the triangle fort.

The original fixed source of troops on the triangle fort was 300. Plus yesterday\'s battle losses, almost half of them were reimbursed. Chechen replaced all the living people, and let fedot lead a mixed detachment to top it.

"If we continue to fight according to this loss, I\'m afraid konotop will lose in ten days." after comforting a wounded soldier with an arm injury, Cherchen said to Uncle Pedro who came back.

Pedro was as like as two peas in the same mind.

Uncle and nephew underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Russian army before they came to konotop and thought it could be as easy as guarding Smolensk.

"You can\'t go on like this," said Pedro, gritting his teeth.

Can\'t go on like this, how to play, Pedro can\'t say why.

Uncle and nephew stood opposite each other in silence.

And the silence seems contagious. The soldiers and medical staff in the square did not speak when they saw their regiment leader and deputy head. They all stared at them. Everyone seemed to be shrouded in a shadow.

Che Chen woke up from the silence first. He noticed that the soldiers around him were looking at him, and he immediately realized his mistake.

Will be the courage of soldiers. If they are so frustrated, how can the soldiers still have the courage to fight.

"Uncle Pedro," said Chechen, raising his voice deliberately, "I\'ll show you something good."

With that, Chechen went to the wall and took an iron ring.

Pedro took it over and fixed his eyes. It turned out that this was an iron ring for a cudgel, with a circle of hemp rope wrapped around it.

"What is this?" asked Pedro. He could smell a strong smell of tar on the iron ring.

"This is called the ring of fire, which was invented by a Cossack in the city. The hemp rope outside the iron ring is soaked in a hot tar pot. When it is dry, it is covered with a layer of coarse hemp chips and soaked in the tar again. In this way, it can be used as weapons after repeated times. When fighting, just light them, throw them over the breast wall and throw them into a large group of enemies charging in a dense formation." Che Chen said.

Although after listening to Chechen\'s description, Pedro vaguely knew that it was a weapon similar to rolling wood and stone, but Pedro still didn\'t understand how much it played in the battle.

Chechen was preparing for further explanation. At this time, the city gate was wide open, and the teams sent to clean the trenches helped the wounded into the square.

They were attacked by Russian snipers.

Looking at the wounded with feather arrows, the soldiers in the square and on the wall almost wrote their low morale on their faces.

Even bachit could clearly feel this depressed atmosphere.

But he didn\'t understand that it was his own side today, but why did the morale of the soldiers get lower and lower?

Just when bachit was confused, the company commander jamid Popovich, who guarded the south, suddenly ran over and said, "captain of the regiment, please come here."

Jamie Popovich\'s character has always been careless. Let him ask Che Chen to talk aside. Obviously, the problem he encountered is extremely serious, and once let others know, it will greatly shake the morale of the army.

Chechen and Pedro went up the wall with Jamie Popovich. There was no one around, only torches were burning.

"Captain of the regiment," said Jamie Popovich, "my men found the enemy digging a tunnel."

"Are they really digging tunnels?" Pedro asked nervously.

In response, Jamie Popovich nodded and said, "yes, there should be nothing wrong. Lord Pedro, now everything is quiet. I\'ll bring a bowl of water. You might as well take a closer look."

Jamie Popovich quickly brought a bowl of water. Cherchen and Pedro stared at the water carefully.

Such a time will really come soon. After only a period of time, their eyes clearly saw the ripples.

"Yes, I see! They are digging tunnels, and there must be more than one," said Pedro.

"They are digging a tunnel," Chechen repeated. Then they were silent.

At this time, dimosev also came over. When he saw that Cherchen and Pedro were silent, timoshev\'s face showed extreme uneasiness. He raised his hands and rubbed his eyes with the palm of his hand.

Obviously, he also knew that the enemy was digging tunnels.

"Captain of the regiment?" stammered dimosev.

Then he didn\'t know what to say.

Seeing this situation, Pedro pretended to be relaxed and said, "guys, it\'s no big deal. It\'s very common every time we besiege the city. When your team leader and I were guarding Smolensk, they dug and chiseled at our feet day and night."

Dimosev raised his head, and there was a light of hope in his eyes.

He asked, "so what did the regiment leader and your excellency do to protect Smolensk?"

"Let\'s blow up the tunnel," said Pedro.

"Now we\'ll blow up the enemy\'s tunnel, too," cried Jamie Popovich.

In his opinion, this is the only feasible way. Otherwise, once the tunnel reaches under the walls of konotop and buries explosives, everything is over.

At this time, Chechen objected: "no, Prince Alexei must be on guard this time. He will send heavy troops to guard the tunnel entrance to prevent our night attack."

There was a moment of silence, and dimosev lowered his helpless head again.

"What should I do?"