Chapter 173: The Frozen City

Such an appearance is very sassy. But there were no voices of skepticism below. Even if it's just a temporary suppression, it's enough.

Withdraw the people who have temporarily set up the council outside the city gate, and all the people can join the capital. However, they need to stay in the settlement and be guarded. This is also to prevent spies from getting in, but also for the safety of most people.

There are also guards in the house, in groups of three, riding horses and shouting in the streets and alleys, telling everyone that Shengcheng is still safe and sound, and if there is an emergency, they can still walk in the city. However, it is better not to go out, old and young, women and children.

This is to calm people's hearts.

Hu Tian glanced at Wu Niang, "If the other party really wants to besiege the city, there are only 3,000 people in the city who can use it." Princess, at that time, it will be difficult to say about the casualties. ”

Wu Niang glanced at Hu Tian, and her impression of this person suddenly felt better. A general, thinking first of the life and death of the soldiers, is stronger than any greed for merit. For this alone, he is worthy of being a general.

"Are you afraid that I will make a joke about the head of the soldier?" Wu Niang glanced at Hu Tian, and saw that the anxiety and worry in his eyes were not disguised, so she asked out loud.

Hu Tian leaned over, "Don't your subordinates dare?"

Wu Niang smiled, and didn't bother with Hu Tian, but asked: "Send out a thousand people, requisition the wooden barrels of each family, and then fetch water." ”

Hu Tian didn't understand for a while, "water?" "What do you want water for?" A thousand people carry water, how much water does this need?

Wu Niang looked up at the sky and rubbed her hands, "You say, what will happen if you pour water down the city wall?"

On nine cold days, a layer of ice will surely form on the city wall. It doesn't take a cup of tea.

When Hu Tian thought of this, he was stunned for a moment, "The princess is saying...... Frozen City?"

Wu Niang nodded, "Let's just buy time for the prince." She glanced at Hu Tian lightly, "Your concerns are right." With our current soldiers and horses, and the people of a city should have scruples, it is not appropriate to use troops at all. Wumeng wants to take advantage of the prince's absence to pick up the leak, so we will consume them. ”

Now, she doesn't know what King Ming means. On the one hand, luring Song Chengming out of the city, as long as the temptation of Ping'an Prefecture is huge, people can't help but take risks. On the other side, the army is in Shengcheng. What does he want to do, what does he want to get out of it?

Without figuring out the other party's purpose and intentions, she had to be safe and not dare to take the slightest risk.

The city has been frozen and can be advanced or retreated. This is also the most stable approach.

The city walls were full of people, busy but not chaotic. The middle-aged men in the city spontaneously carried water and sent it to the city wall. In some homes, green smoke rises from the chimneys. This is the women melting the snow at home. After all, the wells in the city are limited.

"The children are collecting the snow, and the women and the elderly are also busy. The men of the family sent them under the city wall in pots and pots. It's not much slower than our soldiers carrying water. Haishi whispered to the city.

Wu Niang nodded, "Sheng Cheng, it's not a one-person Sheng Cheng." ”

An hour later, a layer of ice formed on the outer layer of the wall. As long as water is poured down at intervals, the ice will continue to thicken.

Now the siege is the main force of the ladder. As long as there are no spies in the city, the city is strong. The ladder simply can't be relied upon.

Even if you want to melt the ice with fire, it won't work. First, it is impossible to carry so much oil, firewood and grass with troops on the march. There's no way to find it in the snow and ice. Second, if they wanted to get close to the base of the wall, the archers at the head of the city would not eat dry.

As long as it is consumed, the other party will be dragged out of Sheng City.

The city's grain reserves will not be a problem for three months.

Therefore, Wu Niang is not in a hurry.

This is a battle that will not be lost at least.

Never underestimate the wisdom of the masses. Wu Niang stood on the watchtower of the city wall and looked down, they mixed snow with water, layer by layer on the brick wall around the city wall, and when it froze, the city wall was raised.

Hu Tian stood on the city wall and commanded. He occasionally glanced up at the woman standing in the watchtower. Gold armor and red tassels, silver armor guards on both sides. It seems that she is not a reckless person.

At first, I saw her just because of her own attitude, and she actually invited out the golden armor. I was a little shocked in my heart, and because of Uncle He's attitude, I was worried. But I also feel that this princess is young and vigorous, how can she invite Jin Jia without authorization because of this matter. What if this is defeated? Those old ancestors will lose their faces.

No, people already had a plan in their hearts at that time. On the one hand, suppress their own arrogance. On the one hand, I probably knew that she was invincible.

In the distance, a black dot was seen moving.

"From a vertical point of view, it is estimated that the number of people is definitely more than 2,000. Hu Tian also went up to the sentry tower and looked at the road in the distance.

Wu Niang nodded, "As long as you do some disguise, it's normal to deceive Tanma's eyes." "Draped in white cloth, it looks like snow from a distance. The message is wrong, which is normal.

Therefore, it is all the more conservative and □□.

Hu Tian remembered what the prince had told him before leaving, "This time, I still listen to the princess's dispatch." One is because you have never fought against King Ming, and you don't know him. But the princess knew the man. Even if the princess doesn't understand, then she has a way to understand. This one has an advantage over you. The second is because the princess was taught by Confucianism in the Yun family, and the Jin family secretly □□. She's not a girl who doesn't understand anything. She had seen blood on her hands, too. Won't be intimidated. The third is that I am not in Shengcheng, and the princess is the reassuring pill that stabilizes the hearts of the people in Shengcheng. The princess is still here, and I won't not come back. This is especially something you simply can't replace. Fourth, if something really happens, I can't return on time. Then the princess has a way to raise grain and grass, and she will not make Shengcheng a four-city city. And you don't have such abilities and ...... Background. ”

Hu Tian used to think that the reassuring pill was to place her on the city wall and protect her, which was enough.

If it weren't for the matter of requisitioning grain and grass, he was really not good at it, and he would not accept such a task without any excuse.

Only now do I know that calmness, being in the chest, and not being chaotic in the face of danger are the elements that stabilize people's hearts.

Now that I listen to her indifferently talking about misreporting the military situation, I understand it even more. She is indeed not ignorant of military strategies.

Approaching, Wu Niang's brows twisted.

It's not King Ming!

How could it not be the king of Ming?

"Master, the number of people is more than 3,000, which is basically the same as our left-behind people. The leader of the army was the princess Hada. Haishi whispered.

Hu Tian turned his head and glanced at Haishi, it seems that these girls are not ordinary girls.

"What does General Hu see?" Wu Niang asked.

"Yes! Hu Tian glanced at Haishi appreciatively, and then said softly, "It seems that this Hada princess has not been idle when she came to Shengcheng." There must be spies in this city. If not...... "The number of people is so coincidental?"

Wu Niang nodded, "General Hu will go down and command." Our principle is to hold them back. ”

Hu Tian answered before going down.

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"What's going on?" Sanniang was almost furious. She hid in the snow trench and watched Hada's cavalry pass by, "You lie to me, you are ...... with the Khan"

"Sanniang!" King Ming grabbed Sanniang, "I didn't lie to you." If we want to return to Mobei smoothly, we have to divert the attention of King Khan. These 3,000 cavalry are the last hole cards of the old Khan King. And the rest was divided up by his son. If you go back now, you will be dead. He's finished! Umeng is in chaos. The old Khan was desperate. Sanniang, what you will face when you go back is to be fought over by the sons of the Khan King, and then play blasphemous. You know the customs of Umon. You may be treated like an object, sent around as a gift. Sanniang, this is not something you should face. I said, I'm helping you. You see, the king of Liao went to Ping'an Prefecture, and there will no longer be peaceful days in the northwest. Your sister, with 3,000 men in her hands, is fully capable of pinning down Hada. We walked from behind them and went straight to Mobei. Then, little by little, they embezzled Umon. Unify Umeng and Mobei, and you will be the queen of this territory. I swear to the gods that from now on, I will have only you as a woman. Love you and protect you. Don't let anyone bully you. ”

Sanniang looked at King Ming, his eyes were hot and sincere. He knows that he has the ambitions of a man, but his feelings for himself are real.

However, she looked at Sheng Cheng, whose silhouette could be faintly seen in the distance, "Wu Niang...... I'm sorry for Wu Niang...... I can't look at her...... Do you know what she's going to face once the city is breached? You don't understand! She's my sister, and I can't watch her alone. I'm not going to go, and I won't go until I see her safe and sound. If she had any chances, I'd die with her......"

King Ming looked at Sanniang, "You go first, if you don't worry, I'll stay." Won't let your sister slip up. ”

Sanniang shook her head resolutely, "I'm not leaving...... You ......"

Before the words fell, King Ming's hand knife went down, and before Sanniang fell, he hugged her.

"Make sure to get her safely to the place. King Ming commanded his subordinates. Then he looked at Sango, "When your master wakes up, tell her." All her maids and retinue, this king has already placed them, and now she is afraid that she is not far from Mobei. Reassure her. Also, you tell her that her sister this, I promise, will not hurt her in the slightest. That's the promise I made to her. ”

Coral nodded, then turned to leave.

The master of the Jin family does not need others to protect him.

But the third girl can meet someone who loves her so much, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation from God.

As soon as Sanniang was sent away, there was a horse in return.

"What did you say?" asked King Ming incredulously, "...... Ice City?"

"Yes! The walls are covered with a thick layer of armor. It's okay without sunlight. When there is light, it pierces people and cannot open their eyes. I couldn't even see what was going on on the city walls. ”

King Ming looked at the city in the distance in astonishment, where only the outline could be seen.

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