Chapter 315: Evil Mist
After the Tang army crossed the Liao River, they felt that the territory of Goguryeo was full of fog and gloomy atmosphere.
But neither the logistics corps of the Financial Chamber of Commerce nor the army led by Li Daozong paid attention to it, only because of the freezing fog caused by the ice and snow weather.
Therefore, it makes sense for Li Daozong to order the army to settle down first and fight again the next day after leading the army to the front camp, and the soldiers and mercenaries under his command did not suffer much.
However, in order to catch up with the rapid march of the logistics corps, they came quickly along the way, and the men and horses were full of mud from the splashing of ice and snow.
In this low-temperature environment, people can't stand the war horse, so it is necessary to let the war horse wash and rest, so as not to lose horsepower due to frostbite.
But as the night passed, the freezing fog in the wilderness that greatly affected the vision became thicker and thicker, and even the distribution of Goguryeo soldiers at the head of Xuansu City could not be seen clearly.
In this case, let alone launching an attack, even your own soldiers will be chaotic in the fog, so you can only wait for the fog to clear before making plans.
But as time passed, the pervasive freezing fog did not dissipate, but became thicker and heavier day by day.
Heaven and earth seem to be shrouded in this thick fog, and you can't see your five fingers when you leave the camp three feet away, how can you still fight?
Li Daozong also realized that something was wrong at this time, but the Tang army had been completely trapped outside Xuansu City, and the scouts sent out were like stones thrown into the water, and they disappeared without even popping.
Fortunately, Li Daozong is an old and serious person in the end, and he is not panicked when he encounters trouble.
Taking advantage of the fact that the dense fog dissipated a little around noon every day, he sent people to go out to search for it, and reluctantly collected the Tang army that was lost in the thick fog.
At this point, it is no longer a question of whether to attack Goguryeo, but how to keep the 30,000 army.
Originally, he chose to launch an attack on Goguryeo in this cold season, relying on the winter war experience accumulated in the Turkic White Plague.
After being equipped with various cold-proof and warm equipment provided by Tiangong Ordnance, it can be said that the Tang Army is the only army that can maintain its combat effectiveness in a cold environment.
At the beginning of the year, the bloodless steppe tribe disintegration tactics launched by Xuanqi Xingjun on the Turkic steppe were too shocking and tempting.
During this year, the generals in the army got together to participate in the study and deduction of this winter war tactics, and even made all kinds of preparations early, waiting for the heavy snow to come and replicate another big victory in Liaodong.
But they didn't expect that there would be unforeseen circumstances, but they were ready to keep warm from the cold, but they didn't expect to encounter this kind of foggy weather, and they were directly trapped here.
panicked, Tang Jun, who was trapped in the fog area, was not panicked at all.
In order to attack Goguryeo, the preparations made by the Tang Dynasty were too abundant.
Aside from the 5,000 soldiers and 10,000 mercenaries, there are as many as 15,000 logistics personnel of the army outsourced to the Financial Chamber of Commerce alone!
It was because of the fact that it was not easy for the multi-way dangerous army of Goguryeo Mountain to move, so a large number of disciples of [Tiangongmen] and [Yishengmen] were specially hired to accompany the army.
Supplies were even more abundant, with hundreds of steam trucks rented to transport supplies alone, hauling enough food supplies and warm fuel for an army of 30,000 for three months.
Even if you don't take into account the supplies you received on the spot during the attack on Goguryeo, you can survive the winter with your own supplies.
Not to mention that in order to prevent accidents, the logistics corps also carried a large number of emergency military rations prepared in the locust plague, such as "Tianji Bigu Dan and Flying Shrimp Hunger Pills".
Moreover, the tactical backpack of each Tang sergeant contains a bag of 100 Baigu Dan, which adds up to save some use, enough for 30,000 troops to last for a year, no matter how you think about it.
The military rations are guaranteed, and the marching tents, heating coal stoves and other materials carried by the army can ensure that the soldiers will not be frostbitten in a low temperature environment.
The worst result is nothing more than living here for three months, raising himself for nothing, and being spanked with a military stick by His Majesty because he delayed the return of the military plane.
Therefore, the old god Li Daozong was there, and he led the army to camp outside Xuansu City.
Every day, let the soldiers practice as usual, build the camp, and prepare for the long-term war of resistance, I don't believe that this fog will not disperse for a winter.
As for Xuansu City, which was close at hand, Li Daozong didn't even bother to attack it.
Because of this fog, it is no longer meaningful to attack this small city of several thousand people.
Tang Jun is trapped, and the other party is also trapped, and even in this extremely low temperature environment, the other party will be even more miserable than them...... How can anyone not freeze to death in winter?
This is also God bless the Tang Dynasty, and the Wuji Emperor Nether has improved the environment of the Tang Dynasty.
Otherwise, even Chang'an in previous years would have frozen to death thousands of people every winter, let alone Goguryeo, a remote town in the small country of Goguryeo.
Li Daozong estimated that even if he didn't fight it, this kind of weather would last for ten days and half a month, and Xuansu City would have to open the city to ask for surrender...... The outside of the city was surrounded by them, and the people in the city could not go out of the city to cut firewood and grass to make a fire for warmth, even if all the houses in the city were demolished and roasted, it was not enough!
It was expected to be good, but the development of the situation once again exceeded Li Daozong's expectations, and this frozen fog that never dispersed was obviously a bit evil!
It's good that everyone is hiding in the camp, but I don't know if it's because there are many people in the camp, or because the temperature of the heating coal stove is high enough, there is obviously no fog in the area inside the camp, but once you step out of the camp three feet outside the range, the fog is thick as if you are covered in a mattress.
And even if you can't see your fingers in this thick fog, the temperature is extremely low!
The scouts who were sent out to patrol at the risk felt the cold chill drill into the cracks of the bones as soon as they entered the freezing mist.
No matter how much you wear, no matter how tightly you cover it, there is no one who comes back from the scouts who does not fall ill, and a disease is a serious illness!
Fortunately, this situation was taken into account before, and a large number of medical personnel from the [Holy Gate of Medicine] were equipped in the logistics corps, and there were no casualties under the careful treatment.
But this also made the disciples of the [Medical Holy Gate] aware of the abnormality, because they originally thought that these scouts were only infected with typhoid fever, but they didn't expect that all kinds of medicines against typhoid fever did not work at all, but on the contrary, the healing holy art of the [Medical Holy Gate] was extremely effective, and the disease was immediately eliminated as soon as they were written!
This doesn't look like a disease, but like the legendary evil qi entering the body!
At the same time, Li Daozong also noticed the abnormality, the battle to attack Goguryeo was blocked, and he, the general of the army, naturally wanted to pass the news to the rear, but he didn't expect that the immortal magic weapon transmission card used to transmit information also lost its role in this fog!
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