Hearing Tun Qika's question, Li Shutai only felt a buzz in his head, and the whole person was instantly stunned.

No way?

Didn't it mean that he came here to support Tunqika and deal with the possible sneak attack of a small group of troops in the Tang Army? How could all of a sudden change in intelligence become the main force of the Tang Army to attack, this, this is simply ......

Grandma's, hateful to herself just arrived at this camp, originally thought it was not a routine march, but it turned out to be a self-throwing net and self-entering its urn, this, this is really fucking bad luck!

Li Shutai sighed in his heart, how could his luck be so bad, and he actually let the whole thing develop in the most unfavorable direction for himself step by step. And although I, Li Shutai, am a relative of the emperor, but I am not an immortal after all, now you are tun Qika to ask me, how will I know how to deal with this damn Li Xiao!

However, although Li Shutai thought like this in his heart, he still tried to maintain a calm look on his face, he pulled Tun Qika aside, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, this is not the place to talk, and go into the room to talk in detail." “

Tun Qika replied embarrassedly, he also understood how much he had a gaffe, so he immediately went to his official office with Li Shutai, and after the two entered a secret room, they closed the door to talk.

Under the dim candlelight, Tun Qika hurriedly reported the situation of the Tang army detected by the sentinel cavalry to Li Shutai in detail. Hearing this, Li Shutai frowned more and more.

"Efu, you said, now that the Tang Army has so many troops and is so powerful, can our army really hold on to fighting to the death here? In case ......" Tunzika muttered with a frown.

"No case, this Yaozhou City must be desperately saved!"

Li Shutai immediately interrupted his rambling words, and the expression on his face was already very ruthless: "Tun Qika, the general will tell you that now the regent is ready to attack Shengjing with all his might, and it is estimated that we will send troops soon, we will guard this important place, if there is a loss, I am afraid that the regent will immediately cut off our heads to show the public!" “

"But, but the enemy's strength is so great, although our army is united, I am afraid that it is not an opponent at all. In this way, even if you die with this Yaozhou City, what good will it be?" Tun Qika still hesitated.

Li Shutai sighed lightly and did not reply. He just stood up and walked slowly to the window with a gloomy face, and the cold wind blew straight into his face through the window paper, making him shiver.

However, at this moment, as if he had a sudden inspiration, he immediately said to Tunzika: "Look at this weather, isn't it going to snow heavily?" “

Tun Qika was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know what he was asking, so he could only answer immediately: "Yes, look at the weather, it should be a while, and it will snow heavily, so I shouldn't have run." And judging from the experience of previous years, if such heavy snow falls, I am afraid that it will not stop for a few days. “

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Li Shutai's eyes, and he immediately replied: "Okay, okay, if it really snows heavily, then we have a way." “

Tun Qika was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Oh, what can I do?" “

"The general's method is that if it really snows so heavily, then it is certain that the artillery of the Tang army must be difficult to use, so they will have to temporarily build siege equipment, so that our army can get a chance to breathe, and can finally hold on to the city." Li Shutai said with burning eyes: "At the same time, I will send a messenger to Tokyo to urgently inform the regent, so that the regent can send reinforcements as soon as possible. As long as the reinforcements arrive, then our army should be able to attack inside and outside, and will be able to break the Tang army under the city. “

Li Shutai paused and replied: "If the weather really becomes so cold, it is very likely that the sea surface here in this Yingkou will also freeze, and the ships of the Tang Army's naval division will all be frozen, and it will be difficult to escape." In this way, the Tang army, whether it is a naval division or a land army, will become a trapped beast in a cage, unable to move and unable to move, and can only be surrounded and eliminated by our army. “

Listening to Li Shutai's plan, Tun Qika's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh and said, "It's a good plan!" In that case, I will send a messenger to the regent for emergency rescue, and at the same time order that the defenders in the nearby military fort should all abandon the fort and immediately rush back to Yaozhou to coordinate defense. As long as we hold the Tang army in this Yaozhou city for a while, and when the regent's army comes, we will immediately flank it inside and outside, and completely wipe out all the troops that the Tang army has landed! And as long as the Tang Army is wiped out, those frozen sailor ships will not be the kings of a group of jars, and let our army calmly clean up? “

Li Shutai nodded and said, "Ben will also look at it the same." Now our army only needs to defend this Yaozhou City with all our might. As long as we can hold off the Tang army under the city, then no matter what the results of the battle will be in the future, we will be a great achievement. From the general's point of view, this kind of siege battle is a challenge for us, and it is a rare opportunity! “

Next, the two began to discuss the specific cooperation between the two armies, and finally, the two agreed, because Li Shutai's official rank and position were higher than those of Tunqika, and he was attached to the status, so he took over the post of the lord of Yaozhou City, and although Tunqika was a Manchurian, because of his official position and identity, he was lower than Li Shutai, so he became his deputy and served as the deputy general of Yaozhou City.

As soon as the two agreed on the agreement, they began to act according to the plan.

Speaking of which, Li Shuitai's prediction was really accurate, in the second half of the night, the cold wind became more and more cold, and the sky was really fluttering goose feather snow, and the heavy snow fell one after another, covering the entire Yingkou area white.

Li Xiao couldn't sleep well, and he was sleeping in a daze, when he heard the sound of heavy snow beating on the tent, he didn't feel his heart swell, and then jumped up from the bed.

No way?

If it starts to snow now, tomorrow's siege of Yaozhou City will be greatly affected. If the snow doesn't stop tomorrow, will you really be able to act as planned?

Li Xiao's face was solemn, and his heart was inexplicably entangled, but now, his only hope can only be to hope that the heavy snow will stop tomorrow morning, so as not to delay tomorrow's combat arrangements.

But what if, tomorrow, the snow doesn't stop, but it continues? ……

Li Xiao didn't feel sleepy anymore, and finally managed to survive until dawn, but the heavy snow still didn't stop, pressing the entire tent roof to sag, making Li Xiao feel inexplicably bored. And just as he was washing in the tent, his soldiers came to report urgently.

"Report! Lord Li, it was windy and snowy all night last night, and by now, the sea water has frozen, and the ships of our army's sailors are all trapped in the ice! ’

Hearing this statement from his subordinates, Li Xiaodun's face changed greatly.

No, this cold wave came so quickly that it froze the sea water overnight, and now his own sailors will never be able to get out.

Li Xiao sighed even more in his heart, in this way, he came to Yingkou this time, it was really God's favor, otherwise, even if it was a day at night, his fleet would be frozen overseas, so that he could not move, and fell into an extremely embarrassing and dangerous situation.

Li Xiao quickly came back to his senses from the myth, and he understood that the current situation was very unfavorable for his own actions, but as the commander of the first army, he still had to make a decision urgently.

"Go, call Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng, this king has something important to discuss with them urgently."

"Yes!"

Soon, Tian Wei, the mayor of Xingzhong Town, and Liu Guoneng, the deputy mayor of Xingzhong Town, came to Li Xiao's tent in a hurry.

As soon as Tian Wei entered the tent, he immediately asked Li Xiao anxiously: "Lord Li, now that it is snowing heavily, I don't know when it will stop, can our army continue to attack Yaozhou City as the plan made last night?" “

"Yes, Lord Li, now the heavy snow is blocking the road, and as soon as the artillery enters the water, it can only become an ornament, if there is no artillery siege, how can this Yaozhou City be obtained, and how is the current situation?" Liu Guoneng also interjected with a worried face.

Li Xiao glanced at the two of them coldly, but his voice was as hard and cold as steel: "Oh, so you all thought that after this heavy snowfall, our army would be helpless?" Can our army just sit and wait for the snow to stop before they can attack Yaozhou City again? ”

After listening to Li Xiao's questioning, Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng looked at each other silently, and they both bowed their heads silently.

Li Xiao snorted coldly, and his voice became more and more fierce: "Have you ever thought about it, now that the sea is frozen, all the sailors of our army are frozen in place, and it will take a few months before they can be civilized, the current situation of our army is extremely bad, it can be said that it is already a ruin, and there is no way back!" You want to wait for the snow to stop, if it doesn't stop, if it snows for six or seven days? Then how can our army stay for a long time on this snow-covered beach, helpless, and suffering in tents every day! And if our army is helpless and in a dilemma when it is hit by a heavy snowfall, and if it fights a big battle, wouldn't it be better not to come to Yingkou at all?! ”

Li Xiao's words made Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng both look ashamed on their faces, and their heads hung lower, and they had nothing to say.

If we can't take advantage of the fact that the morale is still available now, and take Yaozhou in one fell swoop, then wait until Dolgon comes with a large number of reinforcements, and the veterans of our division are tired and demoralized, I am afraid that if Dolgon does not come to attack, just besieged, we will all be besieged here. It's still a dead end, and we don't hurry up to find a way to change it, just waiting for the snow to stop, or temporarily going to the field to cut down trees to make siege equipment, which is not enough. “

"Master Li, in your opinion, how should our army act now?" Tian Wei, who was blushing with shame, asked in a low voice.

"Just like yesterday's plan, continue to attack Yaozhou City." Li Xiao said categorically.

"But, Lord Li, now that the snow is falling, once this cannon gets into the water, it will be unusable." Liu Guoneng asked with a hesitant expression.

"Then find a way to make a barrier on top of the artillery when firing to prevent snow from splashing the fire door and the inner chamber. Even if it cannot be completely prevented, even if there will be sacrifices, it must be done. In short, if you want to take Yaozhou City at all costs, do you understand what this king said? Li Xiao's eyes were blazing, and there was no room for negotiation when he spoke.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng both felt that their whole bodies were in shock, and the two of them bowed their hands together and said, "Don't worry, Master Li, I understand!" “

Subsequently, Tian Wei and Liu Guoneng turned around and went out of the account, and immediately began to give orders in a hurry, so that the whole army began to prepare for Yaozhou.

After receiving the order, the entire Tang army began to move one after another, removing the tents, eating breakfast, counting the weapons and baggage, and then began to set out in the wind and snow.

In the busy atmosphere of the Tang Army, where there were many soldiers and horses, the artillery was always stationed on the ground, and the thin figure of the artillery head Wang Laozhuan was very inconspicuous.

Wang Laozhuan is a native of Laizhou, Shandong, and has served in the Tang Army for several years. It's just that for the first few years, I worked in the auxiliaries. Later, because of the expansion of the artillery recruitment, he was selected into the artillery general because of his meticulous and reliable work, and his work was serious and responsible.

Wang Laoshuan, who was older and thin, cherished this rare opportunity very much, and naturally made positive progress, and worked hard and painstaking to study the artillery, so he was very proficient in the operation and use of artillery, so he was selected by Hu Ben, the chief of artillery in Xingzhong Town, as the commander of this 24-pound heavy artillery projectile.

The gun commander is the most junior officer of the artillery chief, and is only responsible for assigning his own gun and several gunners under him. At this time, Wang Laozhuan was shouting at his five gunners to carefully cover the 24-pound dragon cannon that he was looking at as a treasure, cover it with a cannon coat, and then push it onto the gun mount, and then carefully put the rope of the gun mount on the necks of the two pack horses.

These two pack horses are from the cavalry because of minor injuries, legs and feet are slightly inflexible and retreated, and now become the pack horses of the artillery team, because there is a foundation of war horses, the pull and possibility of these two pack horses is still far stronger than the average farm horse, so Wang Lao and his gunners are very cherished, not to pull the cannon, never easy to use.

Subsequently, after completing all the preparatory work, Wang Lao tied them, and under the supervision of Hu Ben, the chief of artillery, together with the pack horses, pulled forward and reared, and carefully started from the same place, and the people and horses worked together, and the rubber wheels immediately began to squeak and march, rolling through the snow that was more than two fingers deep, and turning all the way to the northeast, straight to Yaozhou.

As far as the eye can see, all the guns of the entire artillery have become like long snakes, and under the guidance of a Tang military flag with red letters on a black background at the front, they are walking all the way in the snow.

The wind was howling, the snow was falling, Wang Laozhuan and the others, although they pushed the gun carriage in the back, and their bodies were already slightly hot, but their hands and feet were so cold that they almost didn't obey the call, and the whole face wrapped in a thick towel was even more frozen to the point of numbness, and there was almost no feeling. And the breath exhaled from the mouth and nose is even more uncomfortable because when it is cold, it forms a lump of ice skates outside the towel.

Everyone pushed the artillery all the way, and chatted and talked intermittently along the way, in this way, so that the mind could concentrate and not let the mind freeze and faint.

"Wang Paotou, you said, King Pingliao wants us to go to Yaozhou City under such heavy snow, this, can this work?" A young gunner named Xiao Pingzi on the side asked Wang Laozhuan in a low voice.