In the middle of the night, the wind was howling outside, but inside the Chinese military tent, it was still bright and warm like spring.

Dolgon, Duoduo, Hauge, Abatai, Turai and others all watched in gloomy silence, and the Han medical officer continued to be busy treating Huang Taiji.

Time went on, and the medical officer was busy until late at night, and finally put a splint on the broken bones on Huang Taiji's body, and put an ointment and bandage on the broken right eye.

Everyone saw that the Huang Taiji, who was lying unconscious on the bed, had several splints all over his body, and his whole body was covered with bandages, which looked very funny and interesting.

After cutting the last bandage, the Han medical officer's face showed a relaxed look, and his body shook a little, almost unsteady on his feet, but fortunately several apprentices held him up.

Hauge hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Medical officer, may I ask, how many days does it take for my Khan Ama to wake up?" ”

The medical officer looked at him with a frightened and hesitant look, he hesitated for a moment, and then whispered to Haoge: "Prince Su, in my opinion, it is really impossible to say when the emperor will wake up, if it is better, it may be awakened in a day or two, if it is not good, it will ......"

"What happens if it's not good?" Hauge pressed hard.

The medical officer wiped a handful of cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and replied tremblingly: "If it's not good, maybe within a month or two, the emperor may not wake up......"

Hauge opened his mouth, he wanted to say something more, but when he saw the fearful eyes of the medical officer, he finally didn't say anything, but the look on his face was very lonely and gloomy.

Abatai sighed softly, and then opened his mouth to ask Dolgon: "Prince Rui, now that the emperor is so seriously injured, and I don't know when he will wake up, our army is here, where is it going, and please make a quick decision?" ”

Duoduo blinked, and hurriedly interjected: "Second brother, in my opinion, now that the emperor is seriously injured, and the morale of our army has also suffered a heavy setback, why don't you return to Shengjing for this class, and wait until next year's spring is warm, and it is not too late to go on another expedition?" Anyway, this Vladivostok Fort can't run away, so why bother for this moment? ”

After listening to the two speaks, Dolgon did not reply, but cast a sharp gaze on Hauge, who had been silent.

"Hauge, in your opinion, what should our army do?" Dorgon said softly.

Hauge sneered, and finally spoke: "Isn't it up to Prince Rui to make a decision now?" This king can just obey orders, so why do you need to ask? ”

Seeing that he was so assertive, and pretending to be tough, Dolgon couldn't help sneering in his heart, and despised him very much. But on the surface, he still pretended to be thoughtful and said: "Prince Su is too modest." In that case, let me tell you what I think. I think that now our army should not retreat for the time being, but should hold on for a few days to restore morale, and then see if the emperor can wake up smoothly. If the emperor wakes up, everything will be fine, and everything in the army will be decided by the emperor. If the emperor still fails to wake up, the king's opinion is that he will continue to attack with the whole army and must take the inner city of Vladivostok Fort! ’

After listening to Dolgon's opinion, everyone was shocked.

Isn't it, and you're going to attack the city? In order to capture the inner city of Vladivostok Fort, the Qing army has suffered heavy casualties, and has paid nearly 30,000 casualties, and even the emperor was seriously injured.

As if sensing everyone's doubts, Dorgon said aloud: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king's decision is not a whim, but the result of careful consideration. You should not only see that our army has suffered heavy casualties, but also that the number of casualties of the Tang army defending the city is also quite heavy under the full attack of our army, and in my estimation, in the inner city, the Tang army defenders are only more than 3,000 people at most, and the city is dilapidated, the logistics are weak, and there are no reinforcements outside, which is a sure defeat. In contrast, our army still has more than 70,000 people, and its momentum is worlds different from that of the Tang army. “

Dorgon paused and continued: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for the Tang Army's luck and danger, how could they have resisted so stubbornly! If the emperor hadn't been suddenly injured, the Tang army in the inner city would have been swept away by our army long ago, and the inner city would have been taken for a long time. It's a pity that the Tang army was lucky, God didn't bless me in the Qing Dynasty, so I failed to take the inner city, so that this Tang army could survive. When this king thinks of this, the pain in his heart is how to express it. “

Dolgon sighed and said, "Therefore, this king thinks that in a few days, when the morale of our army recovers, and then attack the Tang army defending the city, he will be able to take the entire inner city with the momentum of a boulder crushing the egg." Moreover, the king also noticed that the consumption of the Tang army is also very great now, and there is no longer that terrifying hand-thrown thunder, but I am afraid that the remaining number of poisonous crossbow arrows is also limited. If our army launches another strong attack like this, the Tang army will definitely not be able to support it, and its destruction is a foregone conclusion! “

Dolgon's analysis made everyone except Hauge nod frequently.

Duoduo took the lead and said: "Okay, the second brother is reasonable, the younger brother has nothing to say, just obey the order." “

Abatai also nodded frequently: "What Prince Rui said is very true, I should obey my fate." “

Hauge sighed lightly and replied, "This king also agrees with Prince Rui. “

Seeing that there were no more objections, Dorgon exclaimed, "Very well, since you have no objections, let it be done." Let's all go back, rest your troops and horses in the next few days, and prepare for another battle. “

In this unusually cold night, Li Dingguo, the commander of the Tang Army, sat at the head of the inner city, holding a clairvoyant mirror, watching the brightly lit Qing army tent outside the city, but his heart was full of emotion.

What a difficult victory, if it weren't for his desperate attempt to send a death squad to infiltrate the secret passage, to blow up the western city wall with a thunderbolt, and at the same time blow up Huang Taiji to death, maybe the current self and all the remaining Tang troops would have become lonely ghosts in different places.

Now the lights are still bright in the Qing army's array, as if it is the big tent of the Chinese army, and it is full of torches from the inside to the outside, and it is obvious that something extremely important is happening here.

That is, they are discussing what should be done after Huang Taiji was blown up? Or was Huang Taiji just seriously injured by the explosion and was urgently treated in the Chinese military tent?

Li Dingguo's heart was quite unpredictable for a while.

However, he soon comforted himself in his heart. Whatever, anyway, no matter whether Huang Taiji was killed or only seriously injured by the explosion, he forced the Qing army to retreat and protect the crumbling inner city, and the strategic goal was completely achieved.

Of course, it would be best if the Qing army could be forced to retreat in this way, so as to completely relieve the siege of the entire Vladivostok Fort. However, if the Qing army does not withdraw and wants to attack the city again in the future, it will have a way to deal with them.

That is, to pour ice to build a wall, to create ice bricks to plug the gap, and at the same time to water the entire outer city, and to turn the entire inner city into a frozen fortress.

This method was proposed by a civilian official of the Supervision Department of the army, and the inspiration for this strategy came to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Cao Cao used ice to build a wall and successfully resisted the combined forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui.

The civil official suggested that now that the weather was freezing and dripping into ice, it was time to use the well water in the inner city to build an ice wall in case of the next wave of attacks that might be launched by the Qing army.

Li Dingguo gladly accepted his suggestion, and then ordered that the Tang army, which had just finished this great battle and was extremely tired, should quit its hard work and immediately begin to implement it.

At this time, it can be seen that in the Tang army defending the city, except for a small number of personnel stationed at the head of the city, the army has been divided into two parts, one is at the original city wall, cleaning up the corpses and broken bricks, cleaning the entire city, and at the same time putting a splint on the entire gap.

The other is in the city, using the water from the wells and a large number of wooden planks that have already been made, to start making ice bricks on the spot.

The specific method is to pour the well water that has not been completely chilled into the wooden board module, and take advantage of the cold weather to quickly freeze the well water. It is then poured out of the module and becomes an ice brick that can be used to build walls.

The Tang army was busy, and after the pieces of formwork were poured into the well water, they were placed flat on the ground, but in just half an hour, they quickly froze into ice bricks that could be used.

Then, some Tang soldiers picked up these ice bricks, moved them to the two gaps, and quickly built walls on the spot at the gaps. While building the wall with ice bricks, they kept pouring water on it, and because the weather was extremely cold, the water poured in this way was like concrete, and the ice bricks were quickly cemented together.

Later, as the project continued, the weather became colder and colder, and Tang Jun found a simpler and more effective way, that is, only build ice bricks on both sides of the wall, and then pour well water in the middle, and wait for the well water to cool quickly, so that it becomes the same solid wall.

After being busy until dawn the next day, the gaps in the two city walls were finally completely filled.

Seeing these two gaps, made up with ice bricks so shiny and shiny, like the ice wall of a fairy tale world, all the Tang Jun who were tired to death and alive were very happy in their hearts.

Li Dingguo was also very happy to see this solid and beautiful ice wall, and he immediately ordered to pour water on each city wall, so that the entire outside of the city wall formed a thick ice surface, so as to strengthen the defense of the city, so that it was completely impossible for the Qing army to climb the city wall.

After the Tang army was completed, the Qing army suddenly discovered that this ice wall fortress shining with dazzling silver light in the dim morning light, they were shocked and hurriedly returned to report to Dorgon.

Dorgon, who had not rested well all night, had just gotten up, and his face was a little swollen, and he was also very surprised to hear the report from the soldiers.

He wore armor, hurried out of the tent, and after following the soldiers for a while, he saw that the inner city of Vladivostok Fort, which stood majestically, was shining with silver light, as if he was wearing a beautiful and solid silver armor, and the two openings were even more silvery and transparent, as if he could faintly see that there were many people walking back and forth inside.

Dolgon's face quickly turned gray.

He never expected that after yesterday's battle, the Tang Army, suffering heavy casualties and exhaustion, would be able to rush for strength and time like this, and use the method of building the wall with ice bricks to repair the gap in the city wall.

In contrast, whether it is the Ming army or the Qing army, I am afraid that they do not have such a fast and ruthless ability to act. The thought of fighting to the death against such a formidable opponent made Dolgon let out a long sigh in his heart.

At this time, Abatai and Duoduo also rushed over, and when they saw the inner city of Vladivostok Fort in front of them, which was almost flawless with silver light, their faces were very complicated.

Abatai took the lead in asking: "Prince Rui, the Tang army has repaired the gap with the ice wall, and made this inner city like an ice city, if our army wants to capture it, I am afraid it will not be easy." “

As soon as he finished speaking, Duoduo also sighed: "Abatai is right, now that the Tang army has rebuilt the high wall, if our army wants to attack strongly, it will suffer heavy casualties." How to attack the city in the future, I am afraid that it will be ......"

Dolgon snorted coldly, interrupting Duoduo's words, he replied coldly: "What if the casualties are heavier, if this inner city is not captured by taking the opportunity, and when the Tang army reinforcements arrive, the entire city wall will be completely repaired and complete, then it will be really difficult for our army to capture this city again." The two of you will lose your faith whenever there are twists and turns. In short, if the inner city of Vladivostok Fort does not fall for a day, this king will not stop for a day! “

After Dolgon finished speaking, he ignored the two of them and turned to leave. The two of them, Duoduo and Abatai, were refuted by Dolgon, and they couldn't help but be very embarrassed, but they didn't say much, and finally left.

Then, for three full days, there was no movement of the Qing army. The Qing troops surrounded the inner city only practiced normally every day, and there was no movement to attack the city.

However, Li Dingguo still saw from a distance from the thousand-point mirror that the Qing army far away in the outer city was still cutting down trees, wantonly building siege ladders, crashing cars and other equipment, and a busy scene full of people.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, it seems that the Qing army is Wang Ba is determined to capture this inner city, okay, this general is here, wait until your group of Tartars attack again.

It's just that Li Dingguo also has the biggest doubt in his heart at this time, that is, whether Huang Taiji is dead or alive, how can it seem that the Qing army will be so calm, but it seems that Huang Taiji's presence or absence has no effect.

Of course, he didn't know that the reason why the current Qing army did not attack the city was to restore morale and recuperate, and secondly, to wait for Huang Taiji to wake up smoothly.

On the fourth day, seeing that all kinds of siege equipment had been repaired and morale had recovered considerably, Dorgon summoned Hauge, Abatai, Dordor and other generals to discuss how to attack the inner city of Vladivostok in the side tent.

The meeting had just begun, and before Dolgon could speak, a soldier suddenly came over with a happy face, and said hurriedly: "Prince Rui, princes, the emperor, the emperor is awake!" “