The joyful times go by so fast, and it's time to say goodbye!

After Yan Kang returned to the city, he only enjoyed two months of leisure, and an urgent report from the west broke all the peace!

When he received the emergency report, Wan Yankang's first thought was that Temujin was crazy!

The three- to four-month winter in the steppes is the hardest time for Mongolian herders. Herders not only have to prepare themselves for the winter, but also worry about how their cattle, sheep and horses will survive the winter. Every year before the cold winter comes, the herders have to stock up on enough grain and hay to slaughter the cattle and sheep that cannot be raised.

Even so, every winter, there are still many elderly herders and livestock who cannot survive. And once the wind and snow are fierce, the days on the grassland are even more difficult.

The Mongolian steppe has been extremely cold since ancient times, and there is a severe cold of Sanjiu, which will freeze and crack the horns of three-year-old cows. Except for the years when they couldn't survive, the people on the grassland stayed in yurts for the winter, and there was never a precedent for going to war in the cold winter.

However, the letter said that Temujin's gathering of troops in winter meant to invade the east!

Wan Yankang quickly ordered to review the news, lest it was Temujin who was engaged in some kind of winter training and caused a false alarm. As soon as the messenger left the marshal's mansion, he immediately summoned the important generals in the city to discuss countermeasures.

"Impossible!" When Ye Siming heard that Temujin had the intention of invading eastward, he subconsciously felt that it was impossible.

Wu Shiman snorted: "What's impossible, the art of war is cloudy, and it is surprising to win." ”

Ye Siming shook his head: "Winter on the grassland is different from other places. If Temujin really wanted to raise troops to attack, he was afraid that no less than 10,000 soldiers and horses would be damaged on the road. ”

In the winter of the year when White Horse City was built, most of the people present were in the city, and everyone shuddered when they thought of the severe cold of that year.

At that time, it was still nested in White Horse Castle, and it was really unimaginable to start a war in the wind, snow and cold.

Fan Junping shook the feather fan lightly: "According to Fan, Temujin's move is mostly just for military training. It's this person who really went crazy, and personally led the army to attack, and our army held on to the city. The winter is extremely cold, and our army only needs to hold on for half a month, and it will collapse without a fight. ”

"What if you can't hold it for half a month?" Xu Daosheng said suddenly.

Fan Junping was stunned for a moment before he said: "Strategist, your words are inevitably a bit ambitious and destroy your own prestige." Since the establishment of my White Horse City, which battle is either won more with less, or the strength of the Qiyan Department is strong, we only need to hold on to the city, plus the separation of the big river, there is no reason for quick defeat! ”

Xu Daosheng shook his head: "The river is about to freeze!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Wan Yankang suddenly understood, and he finally thought of the only reason for Temujin to send troops in winter.

The river is frozen!

To attack White Horse City from the grassland, it is necessary to jump over the Hele River to the west of the city. Tata and several other tribes used the price of the tribe's demise to tell future generations two years ago what is called a moat!

By the time the grasslands enter the cold winter period, the frozen layer of all rivers will be several feet deep, even to the bottom of the river, enough to carry any army and army to pass through.

The city wall of White Horse City is one and five zhang high, which is nothing compared with the height of the city wall of many cities in the Central Plains. Temujin chose to attack on a large scale at this time, because he had the idea of making contributions in the first war, and he didn't want to give Yan Kang any more time to develop.

"The generals will obey!" Wan Yan Kangqing sighed.

"In!"

"Order all the soldiers and horses outside the city to start withdrawing to White Horse City and start first-level combat readiness!"

"Yes!"

"Mobilize all the tribes in the west of the city and start migrating to the southeast."

"Yes!"

A few days later, after reviewing the news that the Qiyan troops would invade the east on a large scale, Wan Yankang convened an emergency meeting again to convene officers above the battalion level and important ministers in the city to discuss major preparations for war.

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Huang Rong's three daughters also attended the meeting and participated in political affairs.

Xu Daosheng proposed to evacuate White Horse City, use Gyeongju as a base, and hold on to Temu Zhenzhen.

When Wan Yankang heard this, he didn't express his opinion, but only let everyone put forward their own ideas.

Ye Siming said loudly: "You can't withdraw!" ”

At this time, he was in White Horse City, ranking first among the generals, and as soon as his opinion came out, everyone looked at Ye Siming, but after a while, he actually had no follow-up.

Fortunately, Wan Yankang knew that Ye Siming was a man of few words, so he coughed embarrassedly

"Vice Marshal Ye, tell me the reason!" ”

"Withdraw, I'm afraid!" Ye Siming cherished words like gold and spit out a few words.

Wu Shiman pulled his throat and waved his fist: "Straight thief mother, Temujin is not three-headed and six-armed, what is there to be afraid of!" Dashuai, you give me 10,000 people, and Lao Tzu will kill him in his lair! ”

All the generals also clamored one after another, saying that they must not withdraw their troops at this time, and they must give the enemy a head-on attack!

Wan Yankang saw that the generals were in high spirits, and it was obvious that the military spirit was available, so he slapped the table and set the tone: "Temujin is coming, let's not give an inch, and accompany him to the end!" ”

After the meeting, Xu Daosheng stayed alone and said to Wan Yankang: "Dashuai, as the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and Temujin should not be underestimated!" ”

Since the establishment of the city and the army of White Horse City, after several large and small battles, Wan Yankang has never been defeated, which makes the soldiers have high fighting spirit, but also invisibly look down on the heroes of the world. Wan Yankang saw that Xu Daosheng was serious, patted his chest and said, "Sir, I know how powerful." We despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically, but this morale cannot be discouraged! ”

Temujin is really powerful, in this era, there should be no second person who knows better than Wan Yankang. If Temujin was an ordinary person, how could he defeat the strong with the weak all the way, unify the grassland, and achieve the foundation of eternity.

But when Temujin's army was about to attack, Wan Yankang didn't feel any nervousness, but felt a little inexplicably excited.

The eastward invasion of an army of 300,000 did not happen overnight. It took five days from the time the spies received the letter to the time when Temujin's army gathered at the royal court. After the heavy snowfall, the speed of the horses slowed down, and Temujin's army, all the way eastward, almost in a straight line, took five days before crossing the Ergun River and reaching the territory of the Hongji Thorn.

In Temujin's expectation, after arriving at the Hongji Thorn Division, his army could push the Hongji Thorn Division and obtain food and supplies on the spot.

However, when the army arrived at the Hiroyoshi Thorn Hara Khan Tent station, all he saw was a patch of snow. As early as the first time, the Hongji Thorn Department was ordered to retreat south and clear the wilderness.

Temujin realized that his idea of raiding White Horse had been completely frustrated. What comes next, it's going to be a tough battle!

Although he suffered a head-on blow, Temujin quickly adjusted, he knew that even if the White Horse City found out the news in advance, it was impossible for the tribes on the grassland who were vassalized to Wanyankang to retreat to safety so quickly.

With a wave of his horsewhip, the army hurried south.

As it turned out, Temujin's judgment was not wrong. Although Wan Yankang ordered the troops to retreat as soon as possible, and also ordered the tribes to migrate quickly, it can be imagined that in the cold winter and wax moon, the herdsmen braved the resistance of the wind and snow to migrate.

A day and a half later, Temujin's army caught up with the last wave of 50,000 herdsmen who had migrated south.

Deterred by hundreds of thousands of troops, the herders quickly surrendered. Temujin did not go on a killing spree, and after removing a few of the leading elements, he ordered the herdsmen to return to their original places.

Temujin's army, on the other hand, continued to move forward. But there were 100,000 more cattle and sheep and 10,000 servants in his army.

As soon as the news spread that the herdsmen who had moved south in the rear had been caught up, the herdsmen in front began to rush for their lives and advance towards their respective destinations. For the tribes that belonged to him, it was impossible for Wanyan Kang to include all of them in White Horse City, so when he gave the order, he had already ordered the tribes to move in two ways.

The Hongji Thorn Department was ordered to go east to Taizhou, but it escaped completely.

The rest of the tribes all headed south to the grasslands southeast of Hakuba Castle or entered Gyeongju.

White Horse City originally had 100,000 elites, and after Yan Kang listened to Huang Rong's opinion, he went to Gyeongju and Taizhou to divide 20,000 troops each.

The chief general of Taizhou is served by Ye Siming. and the chief general of Gyeongju was served by Wu Shiman. Wan Yankang's tasks for the two of them are different. Gyeongju must be mainly defensive, while in the direction of Taeju, it can find an opportunity to attack and share the pressure of White Horse City.

As a result, there were only 50,000 elite soldiers left in White Horse City, and in the face of Temujin's menacing army of 300,000, the strength was really weak. Huang Rong proposed that some young herdsmen be recruited to help defend the city.

Wanyankang was as good as a stream, opened the city gate, and gathered 100,000 young people into the city. For other herders, they were told to walk around the city and continue south.

Hundreds of thousands of herdsmen who were not allowed to enter the city dragged their families and drove cattle and sheep.

Continue south. In the southbound team, from time to time, the old and weak fell to death on the road, crying all the way.

Wan Yankang looked at the city from afar, and when he saw this situation, the original war intent in his heart turned into full of grief and indignation. He had the heart to order the gates of the city to be opened and some of the old and weak to enter the city, but the moment he spoke, reason told him that it would never be possible.

Huang Rong made a table of good dishes, came to the city wall, and was about to call Yan Kang to have lunch, but she looked at Ai Lang's solemn expression, she took out a handkerchief, wiped her face for Wan Yan Kang, and said softly: "Brother Kang, when we defeat Temujin, they will return to the grassland, herd horses and sheep, and live a carefree life!" ”

"Xing, the people are bitter! Death, the people suffer! Wan Yankang muttered to himself, in this world, unless you go to a place like Peach Blossom Island, where can you be carefree.

When Huang Rong heard this, she didn't know how to persuade for a while. She was originally a carefree lady, but after entering the mortal world, she realized that everything in this world was quite difficult.

At this moment, she had to stand silently beside Wan Yankang.

After Yan Kang let go of his thoughts for a while, he came back to his senses, only to see that Huang Rong's lips were a little white from the cold, he hurriedly held Huang Rong's hand and hugged her into his arms: "Rong'er, you have suffered!" ”

Huang Rong is a good lady of Peach Blossom Island, and she should have enjoyed the fragrance of birds and flowers in Jiangnan. In the cold of the grassland, although Huang Rong has internal strength to protect her body, because her physique is quite unadaptable, her cold resistance is not as good as that of ordinary grassland warriors.

Huang Rong buried it in Wan Yankang's chest, felt the warmth in Ailang's arms, and said in a low voice: "Brother Kang, as long as I am with you, Rong'er is happy every day, and she is not bitter at all!" ”

At this time, Tian Xiaowan rushed up to the city wall and shouted from afar: "Young master, Rong'er, hurry back to eat, the food is cold!" ”

Huang Rong remembered her intentions at this time, and hurriedly got out of Wan Yankang's arms, and said shyly: "Brother Kang, I made a meal, let's go back and eat!" ”

Since preparing for the war, Wan Yankang has mostly patrolled the city wall, eating and living with the soldiers. Since Huang Rong has cooked a meal on this day, how can she not accept the grace of the beauty.

Huang Rong showed her skills this time and rectified ten dishes, which means perfect. Wan Yankang and Huang Rong delayed on the city wall for a while, and when they came back, the food was already a little cold, and Huang Rong wanted to take it to heat it up.

After thinking about it, Yan Kang felt that he and the third daughter couldn't finish eating so much, so he asked Huang Yaoshi, Zhou Botong and Lin Nianying to come and taste Huang Rong's craftsmanship together.

Lin Nianying was originally cold and never communicated much with others. She eats on weekdays, and she doesn't eat much, but this day she tried Huang Rong's craftsmanship, and she rarely made an exception and ate a lot, and praised Huang Rong a few words.

After being full of wine and food, Lin Nianying suddenly said: "Don't worry, I'm ready to return to Nanshan for the teacher!" ”

Li Mochou was taken aback for a moment and didn't come back to his senses.

Wan Yankang hurriedly asked: "Nianying senior, there have been a lot of things in the city recently, if the younger generation has any neglect, please Haihan!" ”

Lin Nianying shook her head: "I like to be pure, it's too noisy here." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wan Yankang knew that it was indeed her intention, and she was not neglected here. In this White Horse City, it was okay in the past, but in recent days, it has been full of personnel, and the shouts of military training everywhere in the city every day are continuous, which makes it difficult for Lin Nianying to adapt.

Wan Yankang had to nod: "I don't know when the seniors are going to leave?" ”

Lin Nianying looked at Li Mochou and asked, "Mochou, will you go back with me?" ”

Li Mochou looked at Lin Nianying, then at Yan Kang, and said in a firm tone: "Master, where Brother Kang is, I will be there." ”

Lin Nianying nodded: "Okay, since you have identified him, the master will handle the marriage for you today." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was taken aback.

Zhou Botong squeezed his eyebrows at Wan Yankang, meaning, brother, you are miserable!

After Huang Yaoshi was shocked, he also understood, he knew that Lin Nianying was worried that the apprentice would be killed before he was married by Ming Media. Huang Yaoshi originally made a few requirements to Wan Yan Kang before he could marry Huang Rong to him, but at this time, seeing that Lin Nianying was about to rush ahead, he didn't care about it, and said repeatedly: "In this case, it just so happens that the three of us have all the generations, so we will simply do the marriage at one time." ”

Huang Rong's three daughters were stunned for a moment, and they were each shy.

Wan Yankang was overjoyed: "Okay, just according to what my father-in-law said!" ”