readx; Three days later, the snow was heavier. www.biquge.info Under the fierce invasion of the cold current from Siberia, the vast Asian continent stretching from Lake Baikal in the north to the Huai River in the south is full of snow flakes the size of goose feathers. Even in the daytime, the visibility is less than 200 meters, and at night, it is like a super cauldron buttoned up, and it is impossible to see from a few feet away.

In this extremely bad weather, the common people in the three cities occupied by the Manchu army in Qian'an, Yongping, and Luanzhou had an even more difficult life. Some of them were originally residents of the city, but most of them were farmers from nearby villages and towns, and now all of them were captured by the Qing army and entered the city as slaves of the Manchurians.

Now nearly half of these poor people have died, and the frail old people and children have long been slaughtered by the Qing army, leaving only tens of thousands of adult men, forced to do all kinds of heavy physical work under the snow bright butcher's knife. Because the Ming army was approaching from all directions, Amin ordered the demolition of the houses in the city for the purpose of defending the city, and as a result, the people did not even have a place to shelter from the snow, so they could only huddle together in groups on the streets to keep warm, and countless people died of freezing and starvation.

As for the women, the fate is even more tragic. During the day, they were forced to do the same heavy work as the men, and at night, they were escorted into the tents of the Qing army camps in groups of people, and became the objects of the Manchu beasts to vent their animal desires. Many women have committed suicide by various means, while others have long since become completely numb and endure this dark life like walking corpses.

As for the Qing army in the city, they spent every day drinking. Because the defense tasks of Qian'an and Yongping were heavier, each had a white flag inlaid with a Jia La'e Zhen stationed, and the soldiers of the Han army banner had to be slightly restrained in front of the master; And the Han military banner in Luanzhou is almost in a state of herding sheep because of its self-conscious peace of mind. Especially the heavy snow for several days, so that these traitors have no intention of defending the city, except for a very small number of soldiers on duty at night, most of them are in the warm tent, hugging the plundered woman and sleeping.

However, in the middle of such a snowy night, a group of Ming troops appeared like ghosts in a forest not far north of Luanzhou City. The Ming army numbered about 2,000 people, all of them infantry troops, and their costumes were quite peculiar: they did not have any armor on their bodies, but only wore thick cotton clothes, and the cotton clothes were also covered with a simple coat made of dry grass, and they wore cotton hats on their heads, and on top of the cotton hats was a hat. As long as you shake vigorously, the snowflakes that fall on your body will fall, so that the snow water that seeps into the cotton clothes is minimized.

And the strangest thing is that these Ming soldiers did not come on foot, but rowed simple skis and used weapons as ski poles to support the snow forward. This kind of skis are actually two wooden boards, tied to leather boots with hemp rope, which is very rudimentary. But in the knee-deep snow, these two long planks greatly dispersed the weight of the human body, so that the legs of the Ming army would not fall into the snow.

These two thousand Ming troops were also carefully selected to be the strongest soldiers. Since receiving the news from the Beijing Division, they rushed to make skis on the first day, practiced skiing on the second day, and set off from the station on the third day, and spent nearly a day and night advancing dozens of miles, unknowingly bypassing Yongping City and the oil press town where the heavy troops were gathered with white flags, and now they finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

Of course, the physical exertion of snow cross-country is very high. Rao is these soldiers, mainly Qin soldiers, have experienced a hundred battles, and after a long journey of seven or eight hours, they are also so tired that they can't stop breathing.

However, Ma Qianxue, who was at the forefront of the team, was still gliding lightly on the snow, not only with ease, but also quite excited, and from time to time turned back and whispered to Li Dingguo, who was close behind: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

Li Dingguo hurriedly said in a low voice: "Stop, we are about to arrive in Luanzhou City, first rest in this wood, eat some dry food to recover our strength, and then attack the city in one go!" ”

Ma Qianxue reluctantly stopped, leaned comfortably against a tree, blinked her big bright eyes and smiled: "It's so fun!" Hey, do you think that today's saints are immortals? I was able to come up with such a solution! ”

Li Dingguo smiled when he heard this: "The Holy Lord is the Saint Monarch of the Ages, of course, it is very human. People were standing on planks, gliding through the snow, and I couldn't think of it anyway. Even a war horse can't run on a snowy ground like this, let alone an infantry army, but with this kind of ski, you can move. Even if we are discovered by the Qing army now, we can escape with our whole body. ”

"You're not easy!" Ma Qianxue immediately said, "If you hadn't come up with this plan for a snowy night raid, skis wouldn't have come in handy." In the afternoon we passed two or three miles away from Yongping City, and the defenders were like blind men, and did not even react at all. ”

"Don't underestimate the enemy too much, after all, this is less than twenty miles away from the Tartar camp in the oil press town, we must take Luanzhou as soon as possible before dawn, otherwise there will be variables." Li Dingguo slid over as he spoke, handed Ma Qianxue a piece of dry food, and said, "It's too cold, you eat it quickly and rest here for half an hour." I will take Jin Tongwu to the city to reconnoiter first, and I will be back soon. ”

Ma Qianxue took the dry food and came into contact with Li Dingguo's hand, which was frozen several times because of the cold, and at the same time feeling distressed, a trace of sweetness couldn't help but come to her heart.

However, she quickly became vigilant, and frowned: "Don't lie to me, don't you want to leave me here and attack by yourself, right?" ”

Li Dingguo was seen through by Ma Qianxue, so he had to smile awkwardly. Ma Qianxue immediately sank her face and said, "It's not that I look down on you, your martial arts are much worse than mine!" Besides, you are the main general, how can you risk attacking in person? General Jin! ”

Jin Tongwu, a general who has now been promoted to the deputy chief officer of the second rank, hurriedly came over, pretending to be respectful and said, "What do you have to say about Miss Ma?" ”

Li Dingguo hurriedly said: "In this case, the three of us will go over together, and only take a hundred people to go first." Listen to my orders and act when the opportunity comes! ”

"Obey!" Jin Tongwu and Ma Qianxue received orders at the same time, Jin Tongwu was originally Li Dingguo's general, but it was okay; Ma Qianxue was deeply impressed by Li Dingguo's wit and bravery in the battles of life and death again and again!

In this way, one hundred elite soldiers of the Ming army, under the leadership of the three young generals, deliberately sprinkled a lot of snow on their bodies, quietly slid across the vast snow, and quickly approached the Luanzhou city wall not far away. And only ten feet away, they merged with the silver-white field, and they could not be seen in the middle of the night.

The city of Luanzhou is built on the Qinglong River and is also an ancient city with a history of 1,000 years, but it is now in disrepair, and the city walls are low and dilapidated. Now just after the fourth watch, the wind and snow are tight, and the city is empty except for two unlucky Han army flag soldiers patrolling at night. Li Dingguo and the others took advantage of these two guys to patrol into the distance, and with a wave of their hands, a hundred Ming soldiers quickly crossed the moat that had already been frozen and pasted the city wall.

Everyone waited for a while, and when they heard that there was no movement in the city, Ma Qianxue glanced at Li Dingguo, which meant: Look at me!

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