The city fell, and in a roaring sea of joy, my men and I were still a little dumbfounded.

Originally, it was said that friendly forces were responsible for frontal feints, and our troops concentrated long-range firepower to provide cover and suppress the formation.

However, I never thought that the Tiger Prison Pass, which originally looked so strong, actually went down with such a drum and entered the city lightly. You must know that the defenders were stubborn and heroic in their succession to the throne before, and they had a general tendency to hold each other.

But anyway, it's a good thing. Why not be able to win this majestic pass at less cost and sacrifice than expected.

When I led the team through the doorway in the sparse and fluttering snow particles, I couldn't help but stay for a while, carefully observed the environment, the doorway with a few feet of width and height, although it was spacious enough, but I don't know if there were too many dead people, although the road has been cleaned, but in the gray skylight, it seems to be a deep tunnel,

The inner wall of the closed door alone is more than a foot thick, and the door itself is also two feet thick, with a heavy cast iron strip veneer, a palm-sized bubble nail fixed and strengthened, and an ordinary bow and crossbow fire gun hit on it, which is just a white spot.

If you plan to carry out fire attack or blasting, I am afraid that I don't know how long it will take to burn and how much gunpowder and oil will be piled up to have an effect. Before that, it was enough for the defenders to follow the holes and gaps left under the porch, causing an unknown number of casualties.

More than a dozen steps away from the closing of the door, there is still a jack iron gate that uses the mechanism and its own weight to seal the door as a second protective measure.

After walking for a while, it suddenly opened up in front of me, but I entered a square, straight urn city on all sides, and the unconcealed empty space was enough to accommodate thousands of people standing sparsely. There are no attachment points on the walls of the city that can be climbed, and the battlements that extend slightly outward at the top are good cover for condescending attacks

Obviously, even the attackers who succeeded in breaking through the gate would be trapped by the turtles caught in the urn here, and without cover, they would suffer heavy casualties from the heights.

As for a confined environment like Urn City, I am somewhat wary of it, because it is too easy to trap formed troops here.

In some film and television themes in later generations, such an environment and terrain are also the easiest source of various conspiracies and turmoil, such as the massacre after the closure of the door, or the forcible annexation of the collective disarming or something.

Fortunately, my nervous worries did not turn into a chance reality, and I walked through the second section of the road behind the urn city and came to the inner city of Wujiao Pass.

As the fortress of Wugao Pass, it is actually divided into a triple layout from the outside to the inside, which is the urn city that traps the enemy and defends the enemy, and the outer wall - the inner (small) gate city where the garrison and the materials are stored - the outer (large) gate city that is like a city and is mixed with merchants, travelers, soldiers and civilians.

When I took my subordinates and slowly walked into this small Guancheng garrison, I found that this Xiaoguancheng did not look small at all, just the basic layout of those cascading barracks, warehouses, offices, large and small school yards, canals and ponds and other public facilities, at least tens of thousands to tens of thousands of soldiers and horses could be stationed.

And under the long wall were all large prisoners who had been guarded.

It was full of former defenders who were lying on the ground, mostly old, weak, sick, and skinny, and could only stare at us with numbness or hatred or helplessness, but not many of them could have the strength to get up and continue the fight with our invading enemies.

More are huddled in the caves on both sides of the gate, and the cold corpses that have long been frozen are hugged. A considerable part of the defenders were frozen to death like this.

And the strong smell of blood and burnt smell in the air lingered for a long time. Obviously, in the process of seizing and occupying it, it was not so smooth.

Subsequently, I met with Xu Qing, the commander of the capital who had already entered the customs to deploy important matters, and only found out the reason after a short meeting.

In fact, not long after the battle began, the only people who had the strength to fight in the pass gathered at the head of the city. When they were all killed and wounded in the confrontation in the city, there was no doubt about the outcome.

Although there are still people who try to make a last-ditch effort, such as burning the castle, to stop us, it seems that even God is helping us, and the snow particles in the sky are starting again.

After the previous battle, they couldn't find much equipment and materials to light the fire. can only desperately turn around and rush forward, and then be cut down and stabbed to death by the first climbers who have formed a numerical advantage and overflow the city wall.

The source of this qiē came from the Luodu side, who had taken away most of the soldiers and surplus materials from Wujiao Pass half a month ago, so the remaining defenders who volunteered to stay behind began to have a break and dead people a few days ago.

Even if we don't attack, hunger and cold will be enough to wipe out the last of these defenders' strength and persistence.

In other words, it was these weak people who were trapped in hunger and cold who actually relied on the last bluff to mix the 70,000 or 80,000 troops who still had the remaining strength on the Eastern Front in front of the Wujiao Pass, wasting at least ten days of precious time.

This result somewhat poured a bucket of cold water on the heads of the generals of the Eastern Front who had just been immersed in the easy destruction of the city, joy and triumph, and seemed to slap their faces hotly, which made people both frustrated and indignant.

Then there was a short rest, and then it was all kinds of remedies to step up the march to Luodu. This time

Since our troops did not directly participate in the battle, and were in relatively good condition, they became the vanguard of the march to Luodu, and concentrated the materials and supplies gathered by the troops and horses from all walks of life, and set off quickly.

Before regrouping and setting off, when I arranged for the two auxiliary brigades left behind, there was another episode, but I heard some kind of wailing and screaming from under the city walls.

However, the friendly soldiers who couldn't bear it began to slaughter and torture the captives who had little power to resist.

So on a whim, I sent someone to find Xu Qing, and with the expected booty and dividends as a guarantee, I spent a lot of money to buy the right to dispose of these defender prisoners.

And since the Wugao Pass has been lowered, there are no more dangers on the road to Luodu, and the road is smooth, but I still ordered to maintain enough caution and vigilance,

Because, according to the map and the demonstration on the sand table, this section of the narrow valley behind the pass, in terms of the art of war, is also suitable for ambushes and volleys.

It's just that when I walked along the river valley east of Wugao Pass, I found that the previous cautious and wooden-like enemies were superfluous, and the road was also full of frozen corpses, just like the way I had come, scattered on the side of the road.

And many of them are fleeing postures with their backs to the direction of Wujiao Pass, which is obviously unbearable and appears as deserters.

Obviously, this winter is not easy, not only for us southerners, but even in the camp of the Northern Army.

If in this case, you can still carry us to the field to ambush us, then you can only accept your fate.

After all, even in the next generation, not the armies of all countries can be like the volunteers in Changjin Lake, only after a long-distance attack, carrying very few supplies and ammunition, stunned to arm to the teeth, grasp the ground and air superiority of the joint ****, fight all over the ground to find teeth.

The gray sky, the lead-colored clouds, and the snow particles that fluttered down again, this time no longer mixed with the rain, but colder and seeping people, and soon countless people's armor and livestock, and even everything around them, were dyed with a layer of white, fluffy light snow.

"I'm ...... to freeze me"

In the sequence of the Sixth Brigade, Fang Bao, who had been promoted to the head of the Strike Team, shook his body and complained loudly, exhaling a puff of white smoke, which was then dissipated by the oncoming cold wind.

"This **** weather...... How long will it last?"

He was a typical southerner, and like many people in the army who had lived south of the river for a long time, he had probably never seen such cold weather in his life.

"This is just the beginning......"

A sergeant with a typical Huaibei accent, the interface said

"When the goose feather snow comes down, the thing you pounce on can be frozen into ice ballast......"

Hearing this, Fang Bao couldn't help but shiver, and wanted to pick up the small wine jug in his arms, but was stopped by a voice.

"Enough ......"

But he wore a broad-brimmed felt hat and wrapped a scarf around his neck and ears.

"Don't drink too much, otherwise the heat on your body will dissipate faster......"

"It's only going to get colder and ...... to the bone"

Because of his experience as a tea lord and a smuggler, he obviously had more experience in the North than others

"That's right, uncle."

Fang Bao said a little helplessly

"Last night, several of the pack animals in the team died......"

A considerable part of the livestock assigned to their team were brought from the south of the Yangtze River, so they were very unaccustomed to the cold of the north, and accidentally froze to death on the road.

"Routine disposal is ......"

Fang La's head was trudging with a cane without looking back.

"After the camp is closed, I will think of a way to ask this formation for some more animal power......"

According to the custom, in addition to cutting the meat and making dried dried meat, the remaining scraps, water and bones can still be stewed into several large pots of oily meat soup.

Thinking of this, Fang Bao's body suddenly regained his strength, and he couldn't wait to rush to the next camp.

Fortunately, a considerable part of the baggage was left in the Martial Prison Pass, he thought

Fang La suddenly sighed and stopped, in fact, most of the people on the march stopped,

Because in the brief interval when the wind and snow stopped, under the dim halo, they saw the outline of the huge city that towered over the distant horizon, and it was so magnificent that people couldn't help but take their breath away

"That's Shenjing Luodu......

Fang La's eyes narrowed slightly, muttering to himself. But I feel that there is a strange feeling and longing for it.