The north wind weakened, and the goose feather snow flakes did not get smaller at all, but became larger and larger, and it was difficult to see beyond three or five paces. Seeing that the people were still making no progress, Mo Mo's patience was gradually worn out, and suddenly a wave of chaos came from far and near in the snow curtain. Instinctively, he was immediately alert, and an ominous premonition rose in his chest.

Sure enough, soon some of the troops shouted in Turkic: "Tang cavalry, Tang army surprise attack!"

Anger exploded one after another in Dumo's chest, he really hunted geese all year round, but now he was pecked in the eyes by the geese. He wanted to gather his troops to counterattack the Tang cavalry that sneaked up, but the goose feathers and heavy snow were so dense that it was almost impossible to see, and it was difficult for the cavalry to gather together in a short period of time, and around him was a group of wounded soldiers who had been wounded in the battle of the city, and it seemed that the situation had unconsciously pushed the Tongluo tribe to the cliff.

He scolded the thief for not snowing in the morning, not snowing in the evening, but at this time it snowed heavily. But no matter how much he cursed, it was to no avail, and years of experience in battle formations made him immediately decide: "Withdraw your troops!"

Jin Tie struck again, although the sight on the battlefield was extremely poor, but the sound could still spread unmistakably to every corner, and the soldiers of the same Luo Department evacuated the battlefield outside Xin'an City in an instant.

Seeing that the vicious feudal general had suffered defeat, the townsman Fan Changming withdrew in a panic, and secretly scolded Qin Jin for eating shit luck, and even God helped him.

"Sifu, Sifu, Erlang, he's dying!"

The exclamations of the children of the family pierced Fan Changming's chest like an awl, he felt sorry for this son, and hated this son, hating that he had lost the two hundred children of the Fan family in an instant.

"Useless things, death is death! Go, go back to Changshi Township, the snow is heavy, follow closely, don't leave any one behind!"

Taking advantage of the defeat of the Fan army and the fact that he had no time to take care of himself, Fan Changming decided to return to Changshi Township to pack up the soft gold and silver, and leave here with the strong children of the clan for refuge. And all of this was caused by that damn Qin Jin, if it weren't for Qin Jin, the Fan family would have followed their own plan step by step towards the road of princes. If it weren't for Qin Jin, he wouldn't have to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person.

In the panic of the heavy snow, Fan Changming, who was over fifty years old, fled with the children of the clan in panic, not only afraid of encountering the retreating soldiers, but also afraid that the Tang army would catch up. Thinking of the tragic death of his second son, he wanted to howl a few times, but found that he wanted to cry without tears.

Until the soldiers withdrew for a long time, the united soldiers were still repeatedly pouring boiling water on the snow slopes outside the city, if it weren't for Qin Shaofu's anticipation of the enemy's opportunity, the clever plan was stacked, and more than a dozen cauldrons were set up on this city in advance, at this moment the soldiers were only afraid that they had already set foot on Xin'an City.

The first to notice that the soldiers were completely gone, it was Che Bihe, who sat down on the ice-covered road of the city wall with the barrel in his hand still beside the cauldron.

"The soldiers are gone, let's hold Xin'an, we won!"

The solidarity soldiers suddenly followed, but they no longer even had the strength to cheer, and they pounced on the spot. Suddenly. The whole world is silent except for the rustle of heavy snow, which is the sound of boiling water. Suddenly, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves under the city.

Qin Jin suddenly jumped up from the ice-covered city wall, isn't it the Fanhu cavalry back?

But I heard a few people shouting under the city: "Qin Shaofu, please open the city gate, we are the servants under the command of Doctor Feng!"

A unity soldier subconsciously wanted to open the city gate, but was stopped by Che Bihe's shouting.

"Want to die?"

Before the outbreak of the battle to defend the city, there was indeed an assistant who came to report that the person who sealed the doctor was outside the city, but it was at the west gate of the city. Since the north and south sides of the city were high mountains, how could they have made a detour to the east gate?

"Is it General Zheng?"

Qin Jin felt that the accent of the person shouting under the city was very similar to Zheng Xianli beside Feng Changqing.

"It's just going down! Please also ask Shaofujun to open the city quickly, we have a brother injured!"

At this time, Che Bihe stood on the city wall and looked down, and saw dozens of people and horses in the fog, but no matter how far away, he couldn't see it really.

"General Zheng, don't be impatient, it's an extraordinary time, just wait for the snow to disperse at dawn, and open the city for you!"

The response from the city was clearly angry, and seemed to be forcibly restrained.

"Qin Shaofu, it's not that I can't wait, it's really that my brother is injured, if you don't treat it in time, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that I will freeze to death in this ice and snow......"

After listening to Zheng Xianli's words, Qin Jin suddenly realized that the sudden withdrawal of the soldiers just now may have something to do with Zheng Xianli and his colleagues. If you really keep them out of the door and wait until dawn, it is unreasonable. Besides, as he said, there are still wounded people, so what if they freeze to death?

So, Qin Jin sent several sentinels to fall down from the city wall with ropes, in fact, there was no rope at all, and the snow slope filled by the soldiers was less than a person's height from the city, and they could jump down with only one leg.

After the sentinel confirmed that it was correct, Qin Jin ordered the city to open the city to welcome Zheng Xianli and others into the city, and he did not find Feng Changqing from the cavalry and horse team.

"I don't know if Dr. Feng is here?"

Zheng Xianli's eyes dimmed a lot in an instant, "Jieshuai went to Shaanzhou, and I heard that Gao Jieshuai was there. Although the world is accustomed to calling officials by their names rather than envoys, Zheng Xianli is accustomed to addressing his benefactor as a marshal. A few simple words, with a low voice, seemed to reveal that Feng Changqing's prospects were not optimistic. Zheng Xianli did not hide it, and briefly said a few words about Feng Changqing sending them to Xin'an to assist in defending the city, and then asked Qin Jin to arrange a residence for his injured brother as soon as possible to recruit a doctor for treatment.

After Qin Jin heard that this was Feng Changqing's meaning, he couldn't help but sigh, just a few faces, he sent almost all the servants around him to help him, what kind of knowledge is this?

After everything was arranged, the goose feather snow still did not tend to get smaller, and Zheng Xianli explained in detail the reason why they appeared east of Guancheng. After the Soap River in the south of the city is frozen, it is a natural valley through which dozens of people came to the east of the city.

When the rebels of Changshi Township were sent out of the West Gate, they had already learned the news of the attack on the city by the Tibetan soldiers. But no matter how he negotiated with the assistant guarding the city gate, he was refused, and he could not enter the city unless he had an official document from the county court.

In desperation, Zheng Xianli took the risk of freezing along the Soap River and crossed the valley formed between the southern city wall and the mountains. This valley is indeed dangerous, and the narrowest point can only accommodate one person and one horse. After leaving the valley, they successfully frightened off the soldiers of the Tongluo tribe under the cover of goose feathers and heavy snow and difficult vision.

Qin Jin once again secretly said that it was a fluke, if it weren't for Zheng Xianli and the others, whether those soldiers could withdraw in a hurry today as before was between the two!

"There is a sentence to remind Shaofu Jun, the snow slope outside the city must be shoveled as soon as possible, once the snow stops, the soldiers will go and return, and the new safety will be in danger!" After a pause, he added: "After the valley of the Soap River is frozen, if the soldiers risk sneaking into the west of the city to carry out a sneak attack, the consequences will be equally unimaginable." ”

Zheng Xianli's words were right, even if he didn't remind him, Qin Jin planned to take people to eradicate all the snow slopes outside the city overnight. The accumulation of ice on the snow slopes has long been frozen like iron, and it is not easy to eradicate all of them.

After returning to the county court, Qin Jin immediately summoned all Cao Zuo officials to assign tasks, one of which was to completely eradicate the terrible snow slope outside the city, and the other was to investigate and measure the valley of the soap river in the south of the city. In wartime, it must be monitored and armed at all times twelve hours a day, and this place has always been despised by Qin and Jin.

After the officials left, Qin Jin leaned back tiredly, but sat empty, only to realize that this was in the Tang Dynasty, the stool was still a piece of furniture that could not be put on the table, and people with status were kneeling on the couch. To be honest, this way of sitting for a little longer makes him miserable.

There was no one in the main hall of the county court on the left and right, Qin Jin simply lay down on his back, relaxed his limbs, closed his eyes, and all the things he had experienced in the past few days appeared in front of him, from killing the county commander Cui Anshi to meeting Feng Changqing, and now he is determined to stick to Xin'an...... It's like a dream.

There is also Zheng Xianli, who helped Xin'an break the siege this time, although this person is extremely low-key in his actions and words, Qin Jin can clearly feel that he is very dissatisfied with his strategy of sticking to Xin'an, and if he is not ordered by Feng Changqing, he will never return to Xin'an.

Soon, Qin Jin's mind turned to the Fanhu rebels, and it is true that there are elements of luck in defeating their siege attempts today, such as the sudden fall of goose feathers and heavy snow from the sky, and Zheng Xianli with dozens of cavalry pretending to be suspicious. In addition, he also saw the will to fight of the soldiers and civilians in Xin'an City, at least when fighting to the death with the soldiers in the city, no one flinched.

In a daze, a low call suddenly came from outside the door: "Shaofujun, Shaofujun......"

Qin Jin suddenly woke up, got up and sat upright, and responded, "Come in!"

It was Chen Qianli, who was the master of the judgment, and Qin Jin ordered him to be responsible for the security and material supply in the city.

"The spies caught a spy alive outside the east gate. ”

Qin Jin was a little surprised, he captured the spy and handed it over to Fa Cao for strict interrogation, so such trivial matters would not be submitted to make a report, right?

"The spy is the eldest son of Fan Changming, the husband of Changshi Township, and he keeps saying that he has something important to ask to see Shaofujun, but does Shaofujun see it?"

Chen Qianli looked at Qin Jin, waiting for his reaction. In fact, Qin Jin didn't take that villager to heart, but he was just a farmer who was good at speculation and camping, and what kind of wind and waves could he turn over. However, if this person openly defected to the enemy and attacked the county seat, there was no reason to let it go. If his eldest son is caught, he will definitely be punished, or he himself will be involved, let alone forgive.

Qin Jin didn't want to see this person, but after thinking about it, since this person intended to ask to see, what did it matter if he saw him, just to understand the true attitude of these local squires towards the Tang Dynasty, and the experience of the past few days made him feel that he might overestimate the degree of the people's hearts towards the Tang Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son of the Fan family brought a news that made him very concerned.

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