Pieces of snowflakes flying in the air, circling with the wind, between heaven and earth, dense turns are occupied by these white elves, standing on this side of the river, can only faintly see the scenery on the opposite bank, standing high by the river, staring at the river, just yesterday, and Lin side came with information, Donghu swore to go on an expedition, tens of thousands of cavalry pulled out, towards the direction of the Hetao.

Looking at the ice floes that collide with each other from time to time on the river surface and stir up a lot of water waves, Gao Yuan understands what he thinks wrong, that is, the weather here, it has just entered winter, ushering in the first snow of this season, and there is already such a big ice floe on the Liao River, and in time, the entire river surface will be frozen. Thinking of this possibility, Gao Yuan immediately sent people out, found a few locals, and inquired about the freezing of the Liao River to them in detail.

Yan Qi chose to attack in this season, just to take advantage of the opportunity of the freezing of the Liao River, but he thought badly, and the duel between the two would be staged in this winter.

"Dudu, Yan Qi took the opportunity of the Liao River to freeze, we lost the Liao River, this natural risk, when it is plain, the Liao River is suitable for crossing the river at only a few points, as long as it is blocked, it will make the opponent look at the river and sigh, but once it is frozen, the Liao River is flat for thousands of miles, and it will be difficult to defend." Sun Xiao looked at the ice floes that appeared more and more in his eyes, and the floes that were getting bigger and bigger were getting bigger, and said with a sad face.

"There's no need to worry." Gao Yuan said with a smile: "The Donghu people are coming from afar, if you don't do a good job of their logistics first, they will attack this season." With their sins, we have Pioneer City. Tongwan City, as well as Dayan City. When people are in the city, they can still withstand the cold, but they are outside, and they look at the cold weather, but they are afraid that when the time comes, they will spit out, and before they fall to the ground, they will become ice cubes. ”

"Fifty thousand iron horsemen, tsk!" Xu Yuan smacked his lips, "Is this planning to knock us down?" It's too contemptuous of people, right? ”

"If Yan Qi really thinks so. Then that's all he does. Gao Yuan sneered, "You all go back to the city, from today on, the soldiers and civilians of Tuntian who live outside will all return to live in the city, and the charcoal and firewood for heating in the city must be sufficient, and all kinds of materials for defending the city should be as much as possible." ”

"Yes!" The three generals bowed together.

"I crossed the river today and went to Chen Bin to see this battle. His defensive zone is the first to bear the brunt. Looking at the other side, Gao Yuan said thoughtfully.

"Dudu, I'll go with you!" Xu Yuandao.

"You've got your thing to do!" Gao Yuan shook his head, "This battle." Our main strategy is to shrink out of the turtle, and I want to see how much energy is consumed. Yan Qi dare to hold on with me until tomorrow spring when the Liao River freezes. ”

Yan Peng said with a smile: "Yan Qi categorically doesn't dare, I guess he only needs to attack well." It will definitely be withdrawn before the thaw, otherwise the Liaohe River will freeze. He will be cut off by us on the west bank, with no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth. ”

The crowd burst out laughing.

"Governor, Commander Helan also led the cavalry division on the east bank, and the governor is here to bring the cavalry division back." Xu Yuan reminded Gao Yuan in a whisper. Gao Yuan nodded noncommittally.

On the east bank of the Liao River, on the plain of more than 100 places away from the pioneer city, Chen Bin is commanding his subordinates, bales of firewood, a cart of stones, and ants moving to the stockade generally, the area under his feet is called Dubo by the Huns, so this village is also named Dubo Village, because this is Chen Bin's station, so Dubo Village is the largest one among more than ten villages within a radius of more than ten miles, stationed 800 foot soldiers and 200 cavalry, with Dubo Village as the center, there are more than a dozen stockades in a dense circle, The garrison ranged from 50 to 100 people, which was the wedge for the Eastern Army to enter the east bank. The land in the middle of these stockades will be the area where the Eastern Army will be reclaimed in the next step.

The information that the Donghu army was assembled and was about to attack had been sent to Chen Bin at the first time, and as an old and qualified infantry general, his first reaction was to defend. Alone on the east coast, once the occupation breaks out, it will inevitably be cut off by the enemy in the passage of the base camp, so it is the top priority to stock up on the materials needed in advance.

There is no shortage of food in the stockade, all kinds of vegetables and meat, these days are also constantly transported from the pioneer city, crossbow arrows, feather arrows and other long-range attack weapons are available, even so, Chen Bin still sent troops, collect stones, firewood and other things, anyway, it is not a bad thing to store some of them, this battle, maybe it will be fought until the beginning of spring tomorrow, these things for heating, or the more the better.

If there is anything else that worries Chen Bin, it is the defense of the small villages around, those places, after all, the manpower is too thin, and when he withdraws, he will not let go of so many manpower, and Chen Bin also faintly guessed Gao Yuan's intentions, these villages, I am afraid that in the end, no one will be able to survive, which makes Chen Bin feel a little painful in his heart.

War has always been cruel, and sometimes, knowing that it is a sacrifice, you still have to pay.

"Commander Chen, the sentry horse came to report, and the governor personally crossed the river to inspect." Chen Ziwen ran up from the city in a smoke, the 3,000 people led by Chen Bin were all the original standing army of Yan State, after the reorganization, Xu Yuan only sent a small number of officers to enrich the command, this Chen Ziwen used to be a soldier in the standing army, after coming, he was promoted all the way, and now he is the battalion commander who commands 1,000 people.

"The Governor himself came?" Chen Bin was startled, pulled his legs and walked down the city, "Go and greet you." ”

After Gao Yuan arrived in Pioneer City, he specially met Chen Bin and Luo Weiran, and spoke highly of the two, and Chen Bin was also intimidated by Gao Yuan's bearing and bravery. Just because he dared to boldly appoint former Yan generals like himself and Luo Weiran, and there was no doubt that whether it was Chen Bin or Luo Weiran, they now held heavy power in the first army and the second army, compared to when they were in the standing army before, they could not be the same at all.

Chen Bin is a round older than Gao Yuan, but in front of this young commander, Chen Bin feels that he is too small.

With several officers under his command, just walked out of the city, in the line of sight, there was already a bright red, that is the tall red-clothed guards, these red-clothed guards are terrifying combat effectiveness, Chen Bin has seen it, on the bank of the Liao River, Chen Bin personally saw this red-clothed guard, which numbered only more than 1,000 people, facing the Donghu cavalry led by Yuwentui, which was multiplied by himself, easily tore apart the opponent's defense line, and cut the opponent under the horse like a chicken and a dog, in front of them, The so-called invincible Donghu Tieqi is as fragile as a baby.

It's a pity that there are too few people, less than a thousand. But it's also relieved to think about it, if Gao Yuan had tens of thousands of such cavalry, he would have already waved his troops to fight a decisive battle with the Donghu people, and there would be a battalion step by step like now.

The red-clothed guards rushed in, and when they arrived in front of Dubo Village, they stopped abruptly, from running at high speed to standing still, the time required was so short that everyone in Dubo City was stunned.

"I've seen the Governor!" Chen Bin hurriedly stepped forward and gave a military salute to the person headed, and behind him, more than a dozen officers at all levels came together.

"That's it!" Gao Yuan stretched out his hand and took off the mask on his face, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "It's such a cold weather, look at us people standing here, just breathing, it can be regarded as swallowing clouds and spitting fog, brothers are still used to it?" ”

Listening to Gao Yuan's humorous words, everyone laughed, Chen Bin said: "It's okay, after all, everyone has lived here for the third year, and the first winter is difficult, and many brothers have left because they are not used to the cold here." ”

Hearing this, all the people behind Chen Bin showed a heavy look, the first winter, they spent the first winter as prisoners of war in the prisoner camp of the Donghu people, the misery of that year, now that I think about it, it seems like hell. They were lucky, they were rescued by Xu Yuan the next year, and their fate changed because of this, and until now, there are still more than 30,000 Yan army prisoners of war under the clutches of the Donghu people, and I don't know how many people are no longer there.

Looking at everyone's faces, Gao Yuan also knew what they remembered, prisoners of war, from ancient times to the present, have never been better, that is, in their own era, civilization was highly developed, but as a prisoner of war, the end was also extremely miserable, not to mention that this is basically in a strict and barbaric era.

"The sooner we defeat the Donghu people, the sooner we can rescue all our suffering comrades!" Gao Yuan patted Chen Bin on the shoulder and said, "The Donghu people are coming, let's start with this battle." Are you ready? ”

"Governor, Chen Bin is always ready!" Chen Bin puffed up his chest and said loudly.

"Okay, okay, you and Luo Weiran are both generals I value, and I hope to see the two of you in the next battle." Gao Yuan smiled and turned his head to look at the city wall, "Chen Bin, what are those boards hanging on the city wall full of barbs for?" Is it used for defense? Is this your innovation, I haven't seen it anywhere else. ”

"Dudu, I call it a nail beat." Chen Bin said with a smile, "It's specially used to deal with the enemies of the ant-attached city." ”

Hearing Chen Bin say this, Gao Yuan immediately made up the scene in his brain, the enemy erected a ladder, and the ants attached to the city, and at this moment, those nail beats were suddenly refilmed, and those sharp long nails were nailed into the body of the besieger, when the nail beat was pulled up by the soldiers in the city, there were still hanging corpses of the enemy on it, some were nailed into the body but not dead, wailing, the scene was so miserable that Gao Yuan couldn't help but shudder.

"Shangguan Hong, when you go back, you ask Chen Bin to write out the method of making and using this nail shooting, and bring it back to quickly pass it to Pioneer City, Tongwan City, and Dayan City, and let them do it according to law. Chen Bin, this matter is a great credit to you. "High and far-reaching.

"It's just a small thing, it's nothing to figure it out, where is the credit?" Chen Bin said modestly.

"Small utensils have a big effect, this thing should be very simple, but above the city, I am afraid that the effect is huge. Our Eastern Army has always attached great importance to the improvement of armaments, and as long as there is a breakthrough, it will be credited and rewarded. Gao Yuan said with a smile: "You should be rewarded for your hard work, and you should be punished for your mistakes." (To be continued......)