The first day was already to this point, Zhou Tong's heart couldn't help but sink, and he began to worry about the next battle. After all, under normal circumstances, the city gates would not be sealed during a major war. There are two main purposes for doing this, one is to prevent yourself from being able to use it later, such as surprise soldiers going out of the city to attack the camp and the like. The other one, to put it bluntly, is also to leave a way for himself to survive, and sometimes it is good to break through or something.

Therefore, once the city gate is sealed, it means that you will fight to the death here, and you will die with this city rather than retreat. After all, it is impossible to block the impact of the enemy outside by sealing the city gate in ordinary ways.

In order to block the city gate, the soldiers of the Huashan Army directly moved several stone statues next to them, which were left when Yuanwei County was still there. These things were very tall and heavy, and if they were placed in the doorway, the gate was quickly stabilized, but the soldiers were tired enough.

And then add a bunch of other stones and other things to the inside, basically you don't have to worry too much about it. Just enough to free up a little manpower to put on the head of the city to help defend it.

When the fighting was very fierce on the side of Yuanwei County, the situation was similar on the side of Haokang County. Although the envoy sent by Zhang Ju only had one way, after reprimanding Zhang Ju, he immediately rushed to the outside of Haokan County to reprimand Niu Ba and them.

In this way, under the fear of the bulls, they can't help but step up their attacks. Fortunately, the situation on his side was similar to that of Zhang Ju, who was also affected by the weather, and had to stop attacking at night.

At the same time, compared with Yuanwei County, Haokang County still has some advantages. One is that the county seat is located in a river valley, which is relatively narrower than outside the county. At the same time, on the west side of the county seat is the vast water, that is, the Datong River in later generations.

In this way, the front of Niu Ba's attack has been narrowed a lot. Even if his troops are much larger than those in the city, he can't spread them all at once!

As for going around to the back of Haokang County and attacking the south gate. That's even more impossible, because the south of Haokang County is Yunjie County, and Niu Ba wants to pass from there, not to mention that he has to lay down Yunjie County.

More importantly, he had to take the same path they fled back from the Reverse River Valley when they fought Xiping County. And not far to the south of that road is Qingshi Pass and the county seat of Jincheng County, after the last experience, it will be strange for them to find an opportunity!

Haokang County is located in the eastern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, and there are mountains on the east and west sides, and the army cannot bypass them at all. If it weren't for the fact that there is a vast river here, and the water and soil in the river valley are fertile, it would be impossible to establish a county seat.

But even so, Hu Tianshou City is not particularly easy. The only thing that is more reassuring is that once this place cannot be defended, it can retreat to Yunjie County in the south at any time, and then resist there.

There are not many people in Hu Tian's hands, there are 2,000 people in Haokang County, 1,000 people in Yunjie County, and the remaining 1,000 people and horses are in Xidu County to guard Xiping County! With this amount of troops, the defense of the city is just right, and the lack of progress is enough, and he is facing the same problem as Zhou Tong.

But what he is much better than Zhou Tong is that there are many people in Haoqianyun Street and other counties who can help defend the city. Unlike Yuanwei County, it's almost a pure fortress.

"It's finally down! These bastards are just crazy! Hearing the sound of Niu Ba's singing, the Liangzhou soldiers and horses slowly retreated, and Hu Tian couldn't help but scold.

"General, if we go under this situation, I'm afraid that it will be more and more difficult for us to defend the county seat! I hope that the generals will quickly solve the war in other places, and support our side, otherwise, I am really worried that I will not be able to hold on! The generals and deputy generals next to him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and someone said.

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it, and if you can keep it, you have to keep it! When did our Huashan Army retreat? Hurry up, go and settle the injured brothers well, so that the military doctors can treat the wounds well. On such a cold day, don't let the soldiers below not die on the battlefield, but die on the sickbed! Hu Tian glanced at them, said with a firm gaze, and then waved his hand and sent them all away.

"It can't go on like this! We have to find a way to slow down the enemy's attack! When everyone else left, Hu Tian stood on the city tower, looking into the distance and pondering.

"General, it's not good!" Just as he was pondering, someone from below ran up and said.

"What, so alarmed? Could it be that the Liangzhou soldiers have come in? Seeing his appearance, Hu Tian couldn't help frowning.

"It's not! When his subordinates were just on patrol, they heard some people in the city saying that the vast water had begun to freeze! The man said hurriedly.

"Frozen so early?" Hearing this, Hu Tian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Yes! My subordinates have asked the locals, and it is said that this vast water will start to freeze around mid-November, and the earlier it will go to the mountains. Also, the river here is colder than the Huangshui to the south, and it seems to have frozen earlier than usual this year! The subordinates are worried that if the river is really frozen, Niu Ba's army can go directly south along the river and detour behind us! ”

Hearing this, Hu Tian couldn't help but ponder.

This vast water is thousands of miles long, originating in the land north of the West Sea, and there is nothing in that area, and it is relatively smooth. But when it came to the north of Haokang County, because it flowed through the remaining veins of Qilian, the river became very rugged and steep.

But when it came to dozens of miles outside Haokang County, the river began to smooth out again. However, the situation on the east and west sides of the river is different, the west side is narrower and close to the cliffs, although it can accommodate people to pass through, but it cannot pass through the army! Only the east side has better traffic.

However, due to the relatively wide river surface and the fact that the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou are not familiar with the water, they cannot directly cross to the west bank of the river.

Again, even if they wanted to go all the way down the river to bypass Haokang County, it was unlikely, because the defenders had ambushed archers at Xicheng, and there were iron cables across the river to intercept the ships.

Outside the west city gate, there is a road three or four meters wide near the river bank, which is used for pedestrians, but at this time it is directly blocked. But if the river is frozen, as long as it is thick enough, the foot soldiers can walk directly on it.

In this way, Niu Ba's numerical advantage can be brought into play, and he can attack the north, southwest, and southwest sides of Haokang County at the same time. For the already small number of men in the city, the defense will be greatly dispersed, and the situation will become very unfavorable.

"No, you can't wait until the river freezes! We have to do it first! Go, call me all the generals and deputy generals! Thinking of the consequences of this strictness, Hu Tian immediately said.

Soon, the generals who had been notified rushed over.

"General, what happened?" Seeing Hu Tian's expression was very serious, everyone couldn't help asking.

After Hu Tianjiang told the news he had just gotten, he said, "Let's talk about it!" Is there any way to be able to strike first! ”

"General, if we had a way, we would have proposed it a long time ago, so why wait until now? What is the situation in Haogan County, are you still unclear? Unless we can make a detour behind Niu Ba from somewhere else, in that case, we might be able to disrupt their arrangement! "Hearing this, generals, you look at me, I'll look at yours, and after a while, one of the generals said helplessly.

"I know the difficulties, so don't you let everyone figure it out together? We have few troops, so this time we have to take it by surprise! Hu Tian also knew that this was the truth, so he had to say.

"General, the last general has an idea, but I don't know if I can do it!" Hearing this, everyone had no choice but to use their brains. Several people pondered for a while, and suddenly one of them said.

"Oh? Tell me about it! As for whether it will work, let's discuss it again! Hu Tian said overjoyed. It's better to have an idea than no idea!

"The last general once heard from the local people, some of whom often went into the mountains to gather medicine and hunt, even in the mountains outside the city to the west. This mountain is deeply forested and full of wild beasts, and it can be described as dangerous, and only some locals dare to enter it. If we can get their help and lead some of our men and horses around that mountainous area, we can go directly to the upper reaches of the vast water. At that time, if you follow the river to the south, you will be able to directly approach the camp of the Niu Ba army. When the time is right, if you come out again, you will definitely be able to cause chaos on the enemy! The general pondered for a moment, then pointed to the vast mountains to the west and said.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at it. At this time, at night, where you can see clearly, you can only see a pitch black, as if there is a huge shadow lying there, which makes people feel shocked.

What that person was talking about was actually the eastern part of Qilian Mountain, the big mountain in the north of Yunjie County and the west of Haokang County. This mountainous area is basically a horizontal mountain peak from east to west, and the mountains are steep, and most of them are barren.

It is precisely because of the barrier of these mountains that Niu Ba's army has to honestly attack Haokang County. Otherwise, he could have led a large army to cross the river from the north, and then crossed these mountains and killed directly to Yunjie County, why was he blocked here.

It's just that while it blocks the enemy, it also blocks the way of the Huashan army! Now the thought of going around that place is a headache for everyone. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.