The wolf is a giant canine that is more than two meters long and slightly shorter than the Central Plains horse. From known historical sources and descriptions, the toothed tiger should be some kind of saber-toothed tiger, twice the size of the Central Plains tiger. Judging from this, most of the scouts who went west were attacked by extremely fast beasts.

The barbarian army domesticated the beasts all year round, and used the captured Central Plains people as food for the beasts to solve the food source of the captives and beasts, which can be described as extremely bloody. In the eyes of the Central Plains people, Jin Xuedi cannot be regarded as a human being at all.

The flying whistle is the flying whistle lit by the royal guest at the head of Tiannan Pass at the beginning of September, because the volume is larger, the sound is more sharp and piercing, and the burning time is long, so it is called the can.

Since it is a beast of war, it has an innate fear of sound, light and fire, and the coalition army has been dealing with the barbarian beasts in this way for hundreds of years, and the reason why the Song Guofei whistle is expensive is that the Yuke has a large-scale and long-term material reserve in the south, and a considerable number of Feiming cans are used free of charge during the war, resulting in the unprofitable and poor economic profitability of the Song Kingdom, resulting in a high cost of external sales.

The coalition army of 200,000 horses, only accompanied by 60,000 baggage horses, 13,000 sleigh cars, ordinary soldiers according to the standard of each 100 people issued a flying canister, the commander, the governor is one per person, the governor of the capital, the commander of the army each two, the number is huge, it is also an eye-opener, you can imagine the past twenty or thirty years, how much Yuke has reserved in the south.

After receiving a sufficient amount of Flying Ringing Jars, Yuke sent someone to teach him how to deal with the formation of the beast attack.

"These people, they are not human anymore!" Bai He scolded, his face was ugly.

Sikong Nan said at this time:

"General, if the beast soldiers really come, can this thing be used?"

Baili Yan was noncommittal with a short beard:

"Somewhat useful, but not entirely useful. The method of arranging the formation of the royal guest can only be used to deal with a small group of beast soldiers, and our army is a cavalry, not an infantry army, and there are a large number of horses to take care of, once the horses are frightened, the consequences are even more unimaginable.

In my opinion, the sun is still early, so let the brethren ram a wall of snow on the spot, at least one man and a half high, half a zhang wide, and the longer and higher. ”

"General, what's the use of that?" Lu Gao asked.

"People and beasts fighting, behind is a taboo, especially at night, even if our army is in formation, the beasts are hundreds of pounds, can jump a foot high, pounce into our army's formation, bite and kill at will, you can reach our army heavy casualties. Therefore, I must first stabilize my back and fight with it head-on. ”

"Then the order will be given immediately to ram the wall of snow." Lu Gao got the order and immediately went to arrange the task.

When encountering a beast, it is most taboo to be empty on all sides, even if there is a big tree behind it, it is better than being empty behind it. Building a wall of snow provides a shield for the army, so that you don't have to distract yourself from the rest of your life, while you can concentrate your resources and manpower on the enemy.

Different from the desperate struggle between people, the number of beast soldiers will not be too much, under the strength of the people, there is no need for people to fight to the death, and it is impossible for the beast soldiers to kill all 200,000 people. Under this premise, it is the first principle to preserve ourselves as much as possible and reduce casualties.

The snow wall was rammed from east to west, thanks to the baggage shovels distributed by the Xian army in the south and the snow everywhere, the ramming of the snow wall was quite smooth, the Xian and Qi armies as the vanguard of the army, there were still five or six miles away from the Chinese army, and the foreign army did not know the movements of the Xian army, only Ji Yao had a keen sense of smell:

"General Wei, what is the Xian army?"

"Repair the snow wall. After nightfall, the army is backed by the snow wall to fortify, if the Qi army is interested, you may wish to increase the height and thickness for our army, after nightfall our army is in the north, the Qi army is in the south, the two armies live opposite each other, so that the army behind it will not be attacked by fierce beasts, and can fully resist frontal and flank attacks. ”

"Oh...... What General Wei said made sense, and he was really well-informed......"

Ji Yao complimented him, but there was no sincerity in the words, it was just a politeness.

So the Qi army also began to ram the snow wall, to dusk, ram the snow wall up to two miles, one zhang thick, one zhang high, the east and west ends of the snow wall to the north and south continue to ram the two wings, the two wings are heightened to one and a half zhang, widened to one zhang, and finally form an I-shape, the Qi army is in the south, the Xian army is in the quilt, and the main wall in the middle opens a number of snow holes, which is convenient for entering and exiting.

Bailiyan also continued to ram a number of snowdrifts on the side of the Xian army, creating obstacles, forcing the beasts to enter the predetermined terrain and creating opportunities for culling.

At dusk, the army took refuge under the snow wall, and thanks to shoveling snow, the ground was completely free of ice and snow, the ground was covered with sheepskin blankets, and all the horses were put down, and their hooves were tied to prevent the people from being trampled in the chaos. The flying canisters distributed by the royal guests were concentrated at the exit, and in the end, they were a lot richer.

Before dark, the royal guest gave another order, asking the troops to release a number of horses as bait, and the people who came were surprised to find that the Xian and Qi armies had rammed the snow wall. Immediately reported the news to Cao Chizheng, Cao Chizheng was a well-informed person, and when he heard the news that the Xianjun rammed the wall with snow, he immediately understood Wei Xian's intentions:

"The order is that the whole army will ram the snow wall overnight, and the sooner the better."

"Order."

"Slow!" Cao Chizheng shouted to herald the royal guest and said, "Hurry up and borrow all the snow shovels from the Xianjun army." ”

"Yes!"

Cao Chizheng is not an idle person, the army marched westward except for weapons and grain and grass, rarely carried tools, rammed the snow wall without a tool, where can make such a big move in two or three hours.

After nightfall, the coalition forces rammed the snow wall at night, only the Xian and Qi armies were comfortable, eating barecake and chewing meat, looking at the remnant sun and snow, I don't know how comfortable and comfortable. Cao Chi was riding a horse, and saw Baili Yan on the snow wall, and a rich fragrance rushed to his face.

"Hehaha, General Wei is so interested."

"Marshal!"

Bai Liyan stretched out her hand and dragged Cao Chizheng from the snow slope to the snow wall, and then handed him a bowl of black tea.

"Marshal, please."

"This is a specialty tea from the North Sea."

"Well, there is a shortage of vegetables in the south in winter, and only tea can be used to replace vegetables and fruits."

Cao Chizheng took a sip of black tea and said:

"Why is this furnace so weird?"

"It's a bronze wine stove with pure spirits, which is very convenient for heating and cooking. However, the refined liquor is very precious at the moment, and it was originally used for the burning and cleaning of wounds by the Xian army, so I only brought such a single one on this trip. ”

"I see, I don't want Xianguo to have such a subtle thing, Ben Shuai is really lonely."

Seeing that Cao Chi's eyes were flickering, and his words were not on topic, Bai Liyan thought that this must be nothing good, so she simply asked directly:

"Marshal, what is the important matter for Wei to explain here?"

"Don't hide it from General Wei, the enemy situation in Xiaochi is unknown, none of the scouts sent by our army have not returned, can General Wei still notice other abnormalities?"

"Is the marshal saying that in addition to the beast soldiers, the barbarian army has laid a net in front of me?"

"If it weren't for that, our scouts wouldn't have survived. The barbarian army will never have a small number of troops besieging Xiaochi, so our army is very likely to encounter a fierce battle after tomorrow. As the vanguard of our army, the commander wanted to keep the Xian and Qi armies and our main force for 30 miles, so that the coalition forces could strike at them from the flank. ”

"But if you want to lure out the main force of our army ambushed by the barbarian army, it may be difficult to do it with more than 20,000 people from the Xian and Qi armies, and this is one of them. Second, the ambush of the barbarian army must be to detect the movement of our army in advance, and its ambush force may not be less, and it may be difficult to achieve results only by relying on the main force of our army to detour its flank and strike at the barbarian army, and if it is attacked by the beast soldiers again, more than 20,000 people are afraid that the whole army will be annihilated. Is the marshal a good plan? ”

"Hehaha...... General Wei was really quick-witted. Yes, Ben Shuai does have a plan to make the barbarian army show its original form. ”

"Please also ask the marshal to teach me!"

"In this way, tomorrow ......"

Cao Chi said in detail, Bai Liyan nodded again and again, and then made this plan with him.

Around the end of the day, the princes' armies successively built some snow walls in the city, and their psychology was somewhat comforted, but the beast soldiers did not appear for a long time.

"General, it's almost the middle of the moon, will the beast soldiers of the barbarian army still come?" Lu Gao asked.

"I will definitely come, let the brothers on the periphery cheer up, and the brothers in the inner perimeter should hurry up and rest, and the crossbow and arrow boxes are fully prepared, don't make a mistake for me at a critical time."

Before the words fell, the sentry suddenly shouted:

"Look, there's something!"

"Where!"

"Where!"

The two sentinels searched left and right, and Bai Liyan came quickly with a spear in hand:

"What's going on!"

"General Wei, the northeast direction has found light." Sentinel Road.

Bailiyan took out the distant mirror and looked northeast, and carefully observed it for a minute or two, but there was nothing. Lu Gao said at this time:

"General, it's not that the sentry is looking bad."

Bai Liyan shook his head, pointed to a war horse tied to the cold wind in the distance, and said:

"Do you see the horse tethered fifty paces away, the horse is spinning in place, the horse feels the danger, there must be a beast in the northeast. Command the battalions, ready for battle. ”

"No!"

Animals have much stronger instincts than humans, and horses have a more developed sense of smell than humans. The smell of wolves and tigers cannot be smelled by humans from a distance, but animals can clearly feel the threat of smell.

The light seen by the sentry is not an illusion, but is likely to be reflected from the pupils of canines or felines in the moonlight.

"The general has an order, each battalion quickly prepares for battle, enters their respective battle positions, quickly prepares for battle, and enters the battle positions!" The heralds shouted on their horses, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

After a while, there was a terrible wolf howl, and the war horse tied to the wilderness was finally startled, and a struggling neighing broke the silence, and the war horse frantically broke free from the stake nailed into the ground and disappeared into the night.

"What a fucking infiltrate, is this still a wolf!"

Bai He was surprised, Baili Yan was also numb in scalp:

"Each battalion listens to the order, the shield is in front of the long soldiers, the short soldiers are in the rear, the enemy is ten paces away, and the crossbowmen are free to shoot and kill the target, but those who leave their posts without permission will be killed, and those who panic and waver will be killed!"

A murderous word is aggressive, and Baili Yan feels an unprecedented crisis in his life.

Call...... A war horse neighed fiercely, and the greedy and murderous gaze followed the smell of people.

Ahh......hh

The wolf roared, and the air was filled with blood and terror.

"Ignition!"

Bailiyan held the copper horn in his hand, and threw the torch in his hand vigorously, the ten pace-ahead soldiers unscrewed the Feiming Jar and instantly retreated into the formation, a spark flashed, and the dazzling bright light accompanied by a piercing howling sound illuminated the vision ahead, almost instantly, a group of cold and cruel eyes were hidden thirty steps away, staring greedily at every soldier, a fear from hell went straight to the heavenly spirit, Bailiyan's pupils contracted violently, and his heart trembled:

"Dire wolf, it's a dire wolf...... Prepare for the !! ”