After half a day of fierce fighting, the people who came to attack were the people, and all I could hear from the people up and down was those who shouted as if it were Turkic, but they were not very sure. The southern wall alone experienced an extraordinary bloody battle, more than half of the more than 200 soldiers died, and the remaining less than 100 people were also heavily wounded. The corpses of the invading enemies were more than two hundred at the head of the city. In contrast, the situation on the three walls of the north, east and west walls was much better, because the city was high, and it was not the direction of the main attack, and there were very few people who could reach the top of the city, and the total number of dead and wounded was less than a hundred, and the corpses of the enemy were only a few dozen.

At this moment, the corpses on the fallen city wall have been distinguished according to the enemy and the enemy, and the dead soldiers belonging to Yunzhou are naturally transported to the mortuary that has been specially set out in the city for temporary storage, and will be buried after the battle in the coming day. As for the corpses of those enemies, according to Du Shiyi's orders, the disposal was much simpler and rude. Du Shiyi ordered all the corpses to be cut off and thrown out of the city, and then all the heads were hung on the southern wall. Coupled with the heads of horse thieves who were already in the wind hanging on the city gates before, it turned out that this wall was as eerie as a ghost gate.

However, no one in the big night cared about this. Although the cold wind was getting stronger and stronger, according to Du Shiyi's instructions, bags full of sand and soil were stacked on the city wall layer by layer, and water was poured on each layer. The cold well water was relayed to the city by the young men from below, and when they saw that the well water they thought was used to wash away the blood stains at the head of the city was poured on the sand bags at the head of the city, everyone's hearts were full of doubts. But the initial fright has passed, and some people have even vomited the inventory in their stomachs, and at this time they are passing buckets of water, and some people can't help but collect their clothes

"Stop for a while, Du Changshi has an order, and change into cotton clothes"

Everyone had just been relaying round after round, and they were sweating profusely, and when they stopped at this moment, they immediately felt the cold wind biting. Therefore, when I saw a group of people carrying large packages on their backs to distribute clothes, some people were busy wrapping them around their bodies, some people were curious to shake them open to take a look, and some people even shouted in a fuss: "This clothes are so thick to the touch, is it silk?" ”

"One or two of that silk cotton is sky-high, where is it so easy to get? It was the kapok transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and Du Changshi Yingming had hoarded a lot of it in the treasury of the Governor's Mansion early on, and he used it at this time. A man in the cotton coat explained with a smile, but immediately after, he felt something cold fall on his face, and when he reached out and touched it suspiciously, he immediately looked up at the sky. Seeing this, he immediately exclaimed, "It's snowing"

At the same time, it was found that it was snowing, as well as the soldiers and young men on duty on the north and west walls and the east wall. Although it was not lower than the south wall, Du Shiyi still ordered to immediately use sandbags to build a high water splash, and they were also very busy with their work, and they had just put on the cotton clothes sent by Du Shiyi's order with gratitude and confusion, and then found that snowflakes began to fall in the sky. In order to guard against the hidden arrows outside the city, there were only a few torches on the city, and the fluttering white snowflakes were already raining a lot before people even noticed. At this moment, whirling and falling in the cold wind actually added a bit of softness to the flesh and blood killing field during the day.

"It's snowing, it's really snowing"

Sima Chengzhen, who has been paying attention to the weather and has never gone to bed, is almost the first person in the city to find snow. He couldn't help but laugh three times in a row, and then said to Sima Heiyun, who was urging him to go to bed: "Snow falls from the sky, snow covers Yunzhou, those who fight the idea of Yunzhou are so afraid that they will break several teeth."

Sima Heiyun didn't understand many big truths, but he had always been the most obedient to the master's wisdom, and he was not happy when he heard this, but then he said bitterly: "Sir, it's almost midnight, since it's snowing, you should hurry up and rest."

"Sleep, of course, it's time to sleep this snow, I can finally sleep peacefully"

Faced with the arrival of this heavy snowfall, Du Shiyi also breathed a long sigh of relief. Since he had already given cotton clothes to the soldiers and young men who were on duty and busy at the head of the city, he immediately issued a strict order, ordering not to delay the process of building a high city wall with sandbags, and he personally wrapped the big wall tightly and inspected it on all sides. When he dragged his tired body back to the Governor's Mansion, he saw Princess Gu'an greet him.

In the big battle in the afternoon, although the place where Princess Gu'an was not the most fierce battle, the former princess of Hebo was still obviously shot by a stray arrow, coupled with the robbery a few months ago, her face was slightly pale at the moment, but she still couldn't hide that happy smile.

"Fortunately, Sect Master Sima is here, otherwise if such a snow comes unexpectedly, those captives will certainly be unhappy, but I am afraid that Yunzhou City will not be happy, and fortunately, the young lady has already transferred a large number of winter clothes made of kapok from Jiangnan, otherwise just those furs will be used to keep the city warm, but they are still not enough. I only hope that Wang Zhonghe's side can also deal with the past. ”

"Well, I just wish he could improvise."

Du Shiyi knew that this was not the time to worry about Wang Zhongsi and Luo Yinghou Xiyi, so after taking a deep breath, he said to Princess Gu'an: "Sister is also busy for a day, let's go rest first." ”

"It's okay, I've already persuaded the two viewers to go to rest, with the jade slave accompanying them, and with this heavy snow falling, they are not so frightened. The young lady has just come back and is reconciling with Wang Ziyu and Cui Hao, are you going to meet her? ”

If it was usual, after such an accident, Du Shiyi naturally wanted to see his wife as soon as possible, but at this moment he knew that it was not the time. After shaking his head, he said in a deep voice: "After this heavy snowfall, the enemy army is probably in turmoil, even if they don't retreat, it will be difficult to attack the city tomorrow to have today's might." But because of the suddenness of this battle, I am afraid that there will be some riots in the city, and I asked my sister to take the wolf guard to suppress it. The soldiers and horses on the south wall had been badly damaged before, and Nan Jiyun was also heavily wounded, and he had to replenish the troops immediately. Heaven is beautiful, but if people's hearts are not aligned, this level is still not easy to pass the young lady's place, and my sister will take care of me a lot. As for the head of the city, it is not enough to build a height, in order to prevent the dog from jumping off the wall, I will add other things, enough for those besieging guys to drink a pot. ”

"It's okay"

Princess Gu'an nodded, seeing that Du Shiyi had summoned her entourage and turned to leave without looking back, she couldn't help but look up at the increasingly dense snow in the sky, and a smile appeared on her face. For the first time in her life, she had the urge to thank the heavens, and even reverently folded her palms and muttered to herself.

For Yu Luoyu, this unexpected heavy snow can be said to have put him in a dilemma for a while. It's only July, not to mention Yunzhou, it's the Raole Governor's Mansion, and the first snow often has to wait until the end of September or even later. Therefore, he brought enough food and grass for this trip, but he did not expect to encounter such bad weather in any case. Therefore, when the subordinates of the lower head came up urgently, and the generals in the rear gathered together, and even said the word "retirement", he immediately showed a solemn and angry face.

"Retirement? This heavy snow has sealed our retreat, and now that we are retreating, do you want us to freeze to death? As long as we attack Yunzhou, we can keep out the cold as much as we want, and if we are not prepared, will they be prepared? The order went down, so that everyone hid under the horses to protect themselves from the cold, and early tomorrow morning, all the sheep they brought with them were slaughtered, and after drinking mutton soup to warm their bodies, they immediately attacked the city."

If you go back like this, not to mention the dead and the wounded, not to mention four or five hundred, and you may meet Yunzhou soldiers and horses on the way back, it is better to gamble

It was this thought that Yu Luoyu tossed and turned in the second half of the night and only slept lightly, and finally turned over and got up in the first shouting outside. His head was a little swollen, and he couldn't hear what was being shouted outside, but he immediately dressed up and got out of the makeshift tent built by the felt blanket. However, when he saw clearly the Yunzhou City that was still impressive yesterday afternoon, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

After a night of heavy snowfall, if the city wall of Yunzhou is just white, then it will be fine, but why is the south wall of Yunzhou nearly two feet higher than half out of thin air while turning into an ice city? Moreover, those hideous and terrifying heads frozen in it were the same subordinates who had attacked the city wall before but eventually died

"Tutun, do you want to continue to attack the city?"

Seeing that the subordinates on the left and right were as white as earth, Yu Luo was also hated and annoyed in his heart. What I hate is that I should have taken Yunzhou in one go yesterday, so even if this heavy snow occurs, it will not have much impact; Annoyed that the army's heart is in turmoil, he said such cruel things last night, and there are still people who want to withdraw their troops and go back. Thinking of the consequences of returning empty-handed this time, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and shouted: "If you don't want to die, kill me, there are not many soldiers and horses left in Yunzhou City, this city wall is just looking towering, it is impossible for them to complete such a project on that snowy night last night, you all open your eyes and see, how many people are there in the city?" ”

Standing on the arrow tower at the head of the city, seeing that the military horses under the city began to prepare for the siege of the city, Du Shiyi couldn't help but smile. In yesterday's siege battle, the losses of Yunzhou were not small, and the effort to build the city wall was also not small, if the enemy retreated, the result would be nothing more than that, but if these military horses came to attack...... Then, there is still a chance to expand the results

He immediately commanded to the left and right: "Command, beat the drum"

There were still not many defenders on the city, and there were no arrows to meet them, but the dull sound of war drums in the cold wind could not help but make the captives who carried the ladder up uncomfortable. So, when a shivering and absentmindedly carrying the ladder fell coldly and gnawed on the mud, the others were distracted at the same time, and they only listened to the crackling, and the person who fell to the ground showed a straight upward trend. By the time someone finally noticed that the ground was slippery and icy, the non-combat attrition had already left them in a wrench.

And even after overcoming many obstacles, when the ladder was finally erected on the city wall, a person saw that the ladder that could be erected under the battlement a little bit yesterday was still a full distance from the head of the city, and finally no one had the desire to climb up.

How many lives will be taken to fill the siege like this?