Hearing this Xiao Pingzi ask himself, Wang Laoshuan, who was shivering from the cold, frowned, and said loudly: "What do you little rabbit cub know, Lord Li's arrangement must be taken into consideration." We just need to do what we are asked to do, so why bother? ”

Seeing him answer like this, Xiao Pingzi was silent for a moment, but still muttered: "Of course I know, Master Li is the commander of the first army, and I should obey his orders." It's just that in this snowy weather, how should this artillery be used? If water gets into the fire door or bore, the gun is in danger of exploding. ”

Seeing that he was still questioning Li Xiao's decision-making, Wang Laozhuan couldn't help but tighten his face and said angrily: "What's the matter, why do you fight then, listen to Master Li, what are you always talking about here?" Didn't you listen to what Chief Hu said, let's go, no matter how much it costs, we must capture this Yaozhou City. What is the artillery explosion, our artillery has brought all the belongings this time, a total of more than 130 artillery, even if it is a few bombs, the available artillery is still enough, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take Yaozhou City? Take a step back and say, if Yaozhou City really can't take it, let's really be bad. ”

When Wang Laozhuan said this, another gunner took over: "Commander Wang is right, Xiaopingzi, didn't you see your dog enter, now the ships of our army's naval division are frozen by ice, and they can't move at all, and our army's retreat has been broken, and if we don't take Yaozhou, as a place to live, then our army really has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground." Fuck you, don't think so much useless, what about these more than 130 artillery, how can you blow us up so unlucky. ”

Xiao Pingzi was very embarrassed by everyone, he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak again. Seeing that he was no longer entangled in this issue, the crowd gradually turned the subject elsewhere.

The snow march was not easy, the whole Tang army walked all the way against the wind and snow, the speed was very slow, and the first large number of cavalry to march for nearly an hour could be regarded as seeing the black shadow of Yaozhou City.

Seeing the appearance of the Tang Army's troops, Yaozhou City, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded again.

Hearing such an alarm, Li Shutai, who had led the army to march all day and had been busy for almost a night, fell asleep in a daze on the bed, and when he heard this sharp and piercing alarm, he suddenly jumped up from the bed.

"What's going on? Why did the alarm sound, could it be that on such a snowy day, would the Tang army still come to attack the city? Li Shoutai roared angrily at the soldiers who served him.

Before the soldier could reply, the door was slammed open, and a Qing soldier who had reported the news, with a frightened face, rushed into the room in a hurry, and shouted to Li Shutai.

"Oh no, the master is attached, there are Tang army cavalry coming in the wind and snow, and they are outflanked to the north of Yaozhou City, as if they want to completely intercept our army's retreat."

Li Shutai's face changed greatly, and the residual drowsiness suddenly disappeared completely, and at the same time, his heart was immediately enveloped by inexplicable fear.

Isn't it, these Tang troops are so strong and stubborn, in such a snowy day, they still want to attack Yaozhou City, this, how is this possible?

Without saying a word, Li Shutai immediately began to dress and put on armor, and then, without even eating breakfast, he hurriedly went out and went straight to the northern city wall.

On the way to the northern wall, the lieutenant general Tunzika also rushed from the house in full armor, and when he saw Li Shutai who was hurrying towards the city wall, he immediately trotted towards him.

"Efu, the Tang army is still thinking about attacking my Yaozhou City on such a snowy day, this, this is simply ......" Tun Qika looked frightened, and his mouth was not good.

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shutai waving his hand with a look of annoyance: "Don't say it, let's go up to the city with the general and see what Tang Jun wants to do here." ”

Tun Qika was stunned for a moment, hurriedly responded, and followed Li Shutai to the northern city wall.

After the two of them climbed the city wall, Li Shutai and Tun Qika saw through the flying snowflakes that there were more than 4,000 cavalry as many as 4,000 cavalry one mile away from the north gate of Yaozhou, and they had cut off all the official roads from Haicheng to Yaozhou, and they all gasped.

Good guys, the troops of the Tang army on this expedition have more than 4,000 cavalry alone, which is much more than the strength of their own defense of the city.

Li Shutai looked at the Tang cavalry who were waiting for him in a daze, and suddenly felt inexplicable regret in his heart.

Damn, I knew that the Tang army was so strong, and I had such a strong determination to attack the city, and I should have encouraged Tunqika to abandon the city and flee with myself last night.

It's good now, it has been tightly blocked by the Tang Army, and it has become a turtle in an urn, and it is impossible to escape again.

At this time, Tun Qika next to him, as if he saw the remorse that flashed on Li Shutai's face, he whispered to Li Shutai in horror: "Efu, it seems to you that this Tang cavalry has completely blocked the retreat of our army, and this is ...... next."

"Don't say it!" Li Shutai rudely interrupted Tun Qika's words and said sharply: "Now that the matter has come to this, we can only hold on to the city and wait for help." Hmph, now that the snow is falling so heavily, the Tang Army's artillery is only afraid that it will be difficult to use, and it will be a while, but there is no good way to attack the city, so you don't have to panic too much. ”

After listening to Li Shutai's comforting words, Tun Qika's face was slightly better, but he still looked hesitant and couldn't hide his uneasiness.

Tun Qika didn't know that when Li Shutai said this, he was actually emboldening himself, after all, he didn't know anything about Tang Jun's next actions in his heart.

And half an hour later, a large number of Tang army infantry finally rushed to the outside of Yaozhou City, looking from afar, under the flying snowflakes, all kinds of Tang army soldiers, shield soldiers, spearmen, rampant generals, fire guns, auxiliary soldiers, etc., with overwhelming momentum, to Yaozhou City, a circumference of only four miles, against the wind and snow walking, to the Qing army defending the city, caused an extremely strong sense of coercion.

Seeing that the infantry of the Tang Army was coming with such ferocity and the number of troops, Li Shutai and Tun Qika felt more and more extremely uneasy.

It's just that now they have no way to stop the Tang army's actions, and they can only watch as the Tang army's infantry of more than 40,000 people surround the entire Yaozhou City, like a tight iron bucket, and it seems that even a fly can't fly out.

After nearly half an hour, all the soldiers of the artillery who were pushing the heavy artillery forward finally saw Yaozhou City, which had been tightly surrounded by their own soldiers in the distance.

At this time, the voice of Hu Ben, the chief of artillery, sounded loudly in the ears of every artillery commander: "Brothers, do you see, there is Yaozhou City in front." Let's work harder, push the cannon to a mile and a half outside the west gate of Yaozhou City, and then shoot at close range. King Pingliao said, now that it is snowing heavily, those open-air artillery on the head of Yaozhou City may have already been covered with snow and water, and have completely become decorations, so we can rest assured and boldly shoot at close range and beat them fiercely! Master Li also said, as long as the city wall of Yaozhou City is blasted open, we will be given the first credit for our artillery, brothers, this is a lot of rewards ahead, we have to show our strength to do a good job! ”

Hu Ben's words made the artillery troops who were almost exhausted suddenly reinvigorate a lot, like Wang Laozhuan and others, the more they tried their best, and continued to push and pull the artillery towards Yaozhou City.

When the artillery was always struggling towards the west gate of Yaozhou, Li Xiao, who was finally marching in formation, also came to the outside of Yaozhou City under the protection of hundreds of the most elite and powerful escort cavalry. Li Xiao was dressed in pure white steel armor and wore a cloak as red as blood, this cloak that had been wet with snow and water for a lot was still blown by the cold wind, like a flag, dancing loudly.

At this time, Li Xiao, holding a clairvoyant mirror carved in fine copper, carefully watched the arming of Yaozhou City through the large clouds of snowflakes falling one after another, and couldn't help but show an unconcealable smile on his face.

"Hmph, these Qing captives, do you think that with God's help, this heavy snow can stop this king from attacking the city? I'll tell you, this is pure wishful thinking! After reading the situation, Li Xiao put down the clairvoyant mirror, and a touch of ruthlessness flashed on his handsome face.

"Pass on the king's order, let the artillery general accelerate the designated position outside the west gate of Yaozhou, and then order the auxiliary soldiers to use the collected tents to build a snow shelter, so as to reduce the snow water in the inner chamber of the artillery and the fire door as much as possible."

"Yes, I understand."

After more than a quarter of an hour, the gunners of the artillery headquarters finally pushed the heavy guns and came to a mile and a half outside the west gate of Yaozhou, and then, the Tang infantry who were originally surrounded outside the west gate gave way one after another and retreated to the back or on both sides. Let these gunners divide all the 130 guns into two rows, the front is the attack artillery, and the back is the reserve artillery, and these cannons are placed on the right side of the west gate, and at a glance, they are almost the same length as the entire right side of the western wall.

After unloading the guns from the gun carriage and fixing them, the extremely tired gunners stepped aside and gasped for breath to recuperate.

Wang Laozhuan and his five artillery men, also gasping for breath, staggered to the side, everyone here, feel the physical strength of the whole body, it seems that all the strength is exhausted, if it is still supported by will, almost everyone, want to sit on the snow, without any scruples.

At this time, a large number of auxiliaries immediately rushed up, holding in their hands simple snow canopies made of tents, suspended over each cannon, and the four corners of the snow hut were fixed with thick sticks, and at the same time, many auxiliaries fixed the thick sticks at the four corners with their hands to prevent the snow shelters from falling or loosening.

At this time, Li Shutai and Tunqika on the city wall of the West Gate saw that the artillery of the Tang Army had arrived at the predetermined position, and then saw that those auxiliary soldiers were urgently building a snow cloth shed, and the faces of the two people turned miserable white almost instantly.

This is bad, it seems that the Tang army is not afraid of hard work, and it is also determined to take Yaozhou City, so that in this way, in this self surrounded by the Tang Army, perhaps, there is only one way to capture it.

Li Shutai quickly noticed it, and Tun Qika on the side looked at himself with a pitiful and frightened look, and his eyes were already clearly asking himself, what should he do in such a situation now?

Seeing that this general with a white flag in Manchuria was so assertive, and timid and cowering, Li Shutai was full of contempt for him in his heart, but he couldn't bear it and didn't show it on his face.

Hmph, you cowardly fellow, in such a situation now, what else can you do except defend it?

After all, if you lose this key city, causing the entire Yingkou area to fall into the hands of the Tang army, and all the soldiers and horses are lost, you and I will have only one way to die.

Thinking of this, Li Shutai was full of sadness, and for a while, he thought of his wife and children in Liaoyang City, and his heart was like a knife.

Alas, what is the current unfavorable situation can only depend on the will of God.

At present, Li Shutai has pinned all his hopes on the poor quality of the Tang Army's artillery, which cannot be hit or explode as long as it is damp or drifts into the snow, and such an inexplicable fantasy has become the last straw in his heart.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, from the position of the Tang army, there was a messenger with two escorts, galloping, standing outside the moat like an ice belt, and shouted loudly to the city.

"Dare to ask the head of the city, which is the general in charge? A certain family came on the order of Lord Li, and had a special confidant to tell the general who was defending the city. The messenger threw his head back and shouted at the city in Manchu, with great proficiency.

Li Shutai looked down carefully through the overlapping snowflakes, and suddenly found that this person was quite familiar, and when he was thinking about it, Tun Qika next to him had already shouted in surprise: "Hey, you see, isn't this person the Karamu who betrayed his master Tan Tai and surrendered to the Zhenghuang Banner of the Tang Army when he entered the customs before?" ”

Li Shutai was shocked in his heart, and after a closer look, wasn't this the person?

At this time, he suddenly thought of Tan Tai, the main general who was captured alive by the Tang army in the border city of Mingguo Town, and then killed by digging out his heart and liver alive, and couldn't help but shiver.

"Hmph, such a villain who betrays his lord and seeks glory, first betrayed Tan Tai, and now he has come to earn me to invite credit, it's really shameless!" Li Shutai scolded in a low voice, and wanted to ignore it, but he heard the messenger under the city shouting: "This chief general, why don't you answer a certain family's question, but why?" Now that you are in danger, your life is in danger, the situation can be said to be as dangerous as an egg, and the destruction is imminent, why is it in such an embarrassing situation, but you still don't listen to the persuasion of a certain family? ”

When Li Shutai heard this, he couldn't hold back anymore, he took a step forward, held the trench with one hand, and scolded at the Karamu below: "Phew! Karamu, you traitor to glory, you pig and dog bastard, and you face to persuade me! Lao Tzu can't wait to shoot you to death with an arrow, and then skin you and break your bones, dig out your heart and liver, in order to relieve the hatred in my heart! ”