After a snowfall four days ago, there was a heavy snow in the sky again. The city was besieged, but there was no shortage of food or weapons in Xinghe Fort, and the charcoal and hay were a little stretched, but the inventory of this black coal was quite sufficient, so the unlucky ones were only those horses and mounts. Even if those cavalrymen in Beijing love horses, at most they only scold those damn tartars, and they are helpless about the horses falling off~ . Even so, morale is still very high.

Because behind them is the Great Wall, it is the Ming Dynasty! Because they are in the city, they can still sleep on a warm kang when they are not on duty! Because they've sent a wave of enemies home!

Zhang Yue and Zhou Bailing Zheng Pingyuan were now patrolling the city defense in sections, after all, it was not only about guarding against foreign enemies, but also about the mood of the sergeants—no one wanted any internal changes at such a critical juncture—and if the sergeants had deliberately watered the outer walls to freeze the city in order to stop the enemy from attacking the city, now that they didn't have to do that, Xinghe Fort had become a fortress of ice and snow.

In addition, after several times of repulsing the incoming enemy, he also captured a few prisoners.

Due to the large number of wounded soldiers, Zheng Pingyuan did not want to leave the wounded Tartar captives to waste food at first. Zhang Yue is not soft-hearted, but he is very confused about Arutai's intention to attack in this weather, so he gave the two genuine alternate Jinyi guards around him full authority, and instructed them to find a way to pry open the prisoner's mouth.

At this time, he inspected the gate and the west gate to ensure that there was no problem with the two major gates in the fort, everything was normal on the city, and there was no trace of the enemy attacking on the lookout. Along the way, everyone who saw him would stop and call Xiao Zhang affectionately, and from time to time someone would stop him and ask a few gossips such as reinforcements, and he would smile at all, and he would have to persuade and encourage a few words.

When he returned to the Qianhu Office, he almost felt frozen all over. After entering the only room with a burning kang and drinking a whole cup of hot water in one go, he came to his senses, threw the big piece on the chair beside him, and dragged his boots into large cotton shoes. The original double-layer lambskin with cotton tufts of new boots has been broken in several places made by royal craftsmen, after these days of fierce battles, the top has been stained with all kinds of stains, some places are even worn out, coupled with heavy snow, it is simply dry and wet, wet and dry. But even if this is something given by the emperor, in this kind of place where life and death are not good, he has no suitable snow coat to replace, and naturally he doesn't care whether things are clean and tidy.

After all, I thought that this trip would not take a few days, and the two suitcases were left in the small courtyard of Meng Jun in Xuanfu. Although Xinghe has drilled two deep wells, the more soldiers there are, the consumption of water is larger, and now almost all of them boil snow water for consumption. In order to save black coal, he wiped his face with snow water in the morning, and he didn't even bother to care about the shaven beard on his face.

Rubbing his hands that were frozen and cracked, Zhang Yue saw Sheng Lianhu standing there grinning but didn't dare to say anything, and immediately laughed and scolded angrily: "Isn't this at home, what are you doing standing in a daze, and you don't pick up your shoes?" You must have walked such a long circle and you must have been soaked, do you two want to go back with two frozen feet? ”

Lian Sheng and Lian Hu glanced at each other and picked up their shoes. Because the common people and slaves are forbidden to wear boots, they used to wear a layer of linoleum on the cotton shoes in winter, and these days are walking in the city all day long. At this time, as soon as the two pairs of shoes were taken off, a peculiar smell came out, and as a result, Zhou Bailing was smoked as soon as he entered the door, and saw that the feet of the two people were frozen blue and purple, so he shook his head and sighed.

One fart sits on the kang and the other end. At the suggestion of Zhang Yuedi. He also simply pulled down the black leather boots in the middle of the highlands. Then he grinned, "Now we are trapped in the city. Isn't the Tartar a dilemma? The two young men from the lookout had already seen that the Tartars were slaughtering cattle and sheep again. I'd like to see how long they last! ”

"Old Zhou, don't be too happy. If only Arutai. I'm afraid someone will be sent to besiege here. Then divide the troops and cross the outer Great Wall to disturb Wanquan and other places. Merely. As long as we top it here. Their lives will not be so easy. After all, Wanquan and other places are stationed with heavy troops. Not so easy to deal with. Let's talk about winter. The entire Xuanfu has many military households and few civilian households. Just deal with it properly. The damage caused should be limited. I only hope that Xing'anbo's side can be more decisive. ”

"Compared to Wu Anhou. Xing'anbo is far away! ”

Zheng Pingyuan also entered the house at this time. His head was covered with snowflakes on his hat and on the ground. His cheeks were red from the cold. Fighting side by side these days has made him have a lot less scruples. In his mind. Even if it is Xinghe who keeps it. He, a thousand households, was so harmed that he commanded the king to die in battle. Don't talk about the future. I'm afraid I can't even do it for a thousand households. Now he only remembers Zhang Yue's sentence in his heart, fighting for life. All other gains and losses were thrown out of the clouds. saw that Zhou Bailing moved a seat to him. He sat down unceremoniously.

"I'm an old subordinate of the Marquis of Wu'an. The twelfth year of Yongle also followed out of the plug. At that time, I followed Wu Anhou to chase and lose temperature. As a result, the enemy army continued to attrition. Wu Anhou was hit by two arrows. I was hit by an arrow in my tracks. But in the end, we only stopped for a moment. Wait until the armies have converged. We cut off the arrows

Pursuit. Big break and hypothermia! It's a pity that Wu Anhou died after that time. After that, Xing Amber even had to look at the faces of a group of eunuchs. It's breath-holding! ”

Spit out a dirty word hatefully, Zheng Pingyuan couldn't help but think that he had been in Xinghe for six years, and the bright red on his cheeks turned red: "Xinghe was not a bitter place in his early years, at that time in the Yuan Dynasty, I heard that this was still a mansion city, but later since the mansion was abolished and thousands of households were abolished, it was defeated little by little, and in the end, Jiancheng became a soil city, and Kaiping was slightly better than here." If it weren't for the town guard eunuch's mansion to withhold, the grain has always been tight, I would have taken people to repair this earthen city a long time ago, after all, there have been many escapees from the north over the years, and with their help, it is not a problem to do these jobs. ”

"Well, it's an afterthought!"

Although Zhang Yue knew that he and Zhou Bailing in this room would not be able to say anything, he didn't want to waste time on this kind of frustrating topic, so he interrupted Zheng Pingyuan's words. Just as he was about to speak, the thick cotton curtain at the front of the room was knocked open again, and this time it was Xiang Long with a happy face who came in. Before he could even stand firm, he shouted with joy.

"My lord, I finally pried open the mouths of those captives! According to them, in addition to Arutai this time, there were also the Korqin tribe and the two wandering small tribes that they bumped into during the previous march, which was about 20,000 people. They also revealed that they were told that there were tens of thousands of stone grain in Xinghe Fort, and a few days ago they also said that there were plenty of firearms, anyway, they made a lot of promises, so they braved the cold to attack the city! It's just that because the morale of the neutron shot by the big arrow before is not as good as it was at the beginning. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yueshi's heart sank. Since they frequently used firearms when they defended the city before, it is not surprising that the enemy knows that there are enough firearms in the city, but where does the statement of tens of thousands of stone grain come from? Glancing at Zheng Pingyuan, who was frowning, and Zhou Bailing, who was thoughtful, he suddenly had an idea, and then laughed.

"Since the captives say so, I have an idea.

It has been snowing in the past few days, and the strength of the sub-siege is not as strong as before, so he simply took these prisoners to parade the streets throughout Xinghe Fort, released a message that he would be beheaded in public tomorrow, and then created an opportunity to let people reveal some news to them and let them go back. Of course, you have to do something like it, and kill one or two when you hunt down. Even if you can't mess up the hearts of the Tartar army, as long as the upper nobles know that Xinghe doesn't have any 10,000 stone food......"

"Then it's time for the Tartars to jump to their feet!"

As soon as Zhou Bailing's words fell, Zheng Pingyuan immediately got off the kang and nodded without saying a word: "This is a good idea, I'll arrange it now!" Although it is cheaper, these dog tartars can spare their dogs' lives as long as they can relieve the siege of Xinghe! ”

Seeing Zheng Pingyuan coming out of the house like a gust of wind, Zhou Bailing couldn't help but shake his head angrily: "Lao Zheng is indeed a man, but it's a pity that he doesn't have any heart, no wonder he hasn't been able to move his nest after staying in Xinghe for so many years." I don't think that the news was fabricated by Arutai to deceive the next person, I'm afraid that he really got such a spy report, and as soon as we arrived in Xinghe, the army over there pounced, which is too much of a coincidence. If it weren't for the fact that I had limited manpower, I would have come to him for a sneak attack at night! ”

"You're right, no book is written by coincidence, but I'm afraid some things didn't happen to us because we were too unlucky." Zhang Yue frowned thoughtfully, and then asked, "The first time I used up five arrows that matched the divine spear, and then I used up another one, and the divine machine arrows were also almost used by those firecrackers under your command, but I heard that as long as there is gunpowder, the divine spear and the divine machine arrows can also be used with ordinary arrows?" ”

Zhou Bailing didn't know why Zhang Yue was asking, so he raised his head after a calculation: "That's right, it's just that the effect is not as good as the special ones...... Lord Zhang, why are you asking this, are you really preparing for a sneak attack? ”

Zhang Yue rubbed his chin gently, feeling a little regretful. I think that when he and Wan Shijie were running back and forth in the Armory, the two of them had asked some strange questions to those craftsmen, and those craftsmen also gave all kinds of advice. It's a pity that he didn't expect that he could really "arch like a god", otherwise he could create a more ideal effect. Thinking of this, looking at Zhou Bailing with excitement on his face, he whispered his idea.

After listening patiently, Zhou Bailing nodded emphatically: "It's all at this time, the risk is a bird!" Zheng Qianhu has listened to your idea, what exceptions do I have? In a word, I listen to you, Lord Zhang! ”

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