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Chapter 805: Cool Winter

This year's winter in Weizhou is also extremely strange, in previous years at this time, it has already been heavy snowfall, the ground is full of snow, but this year's weather is extremely cold, but it is the kind of dry cold, this abnormal weather also makes the local people extremely worried, if there is not enough snow water flowers, then next year's harvest can become a big problem, experienced old people can almost have a premonition that next year will usher in the memory of the big drought year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the long-lost snowflakes are finally falling, but everyone does not have a sense of joy, although the long-awaited snow is coming, but with the heavy snow is the war that spreads throughout Weizhou. The military disaster was worse than the natural disaster, and the common people fled with their families and mouths to the city of Weizhou, which seemed to be very calm for the time being.

On the roads leading to Acropolis City, there was an endless stream of fleeing people, staggering forward in the heavy snow, because Yangquan was still stubbornly resisting, these roads were still unimpeded for the time being, even occasionally the sentry cavalry of the Southern Army infiltrated them, and for these fleeing crowds they only watched from a distance for a while and then beat their horses away, these refugees were not the target of their detection.

From the beginning of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year, Lan Yu and Xu Siyu did not launch an attack on Yangquan, but allowed the soldiers to repair for two days, and the battalion also specially added food for the soldiers, and almost all the people within a hundred miles nearby fled to flee, either hiding in Yangquan, or on the road to flee Weizhou City, which saved the Southern Army a lot of things, and the pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks abandoned by the people became the trophies of the Southern Army, and the soldiers' tables were put on the table on Chinese New Year's Eve.

And in Yangquan City, the same story is also being played, the soldiers are wearing armor, carrying blades, living their New Year's festival that is destined to be remembered for many years, the meals are much more sumptuous than usual, although I don't know how long I will stay here, but Xu Ji still does his best to make the soldiers feel the atmosphere of the New Year. Even the fleeing crowd received two white-flour steamed buns and a pound of meat each.

Xu Ji has been in Yangquan for eighteen days. In the eighteen days when the opponent was frantically attacking, Yangquan had more than thirty percent of his deaths, and now there were less than 7,000 soldiers with combat effectiveness.

Supporting the city outline, Xu Ji looked up at the sky, looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky, but there was a look of joy in his eyes, "It's snowing, it's good, it's going to be bigger." At this time, the outside of the city was already white, and the large camp of the Southern Army in the distance was also clothed in silver.

"It's a good one!" Jin Chao shook the snowflakes on his cloak, "The colder the weather, the better, we still have city walls, houses to shelter from the wind and cold, their thin tents, I want to see how to resist this cold." ”

Xu Ji smiled, "Yes, the southern army was born in the south and grew up in the south, the climate there is warm and humid, and there is a very obvious difference between us and here, even if King Ning has been preparing for the attack on Weizhou for a long time, no matter how rich the materials are, the soldiers' adaptation to the climate is also a big problem." This is in our best interest. ”

Stretching out his hand to brush over the battlements, the snow had accumulated several inches thick at this time, Xu Ji said: "Use the snow to raise the city wall, and then splash it with water, after a night, it will be stronger than steel." ”

"Water the walls so that they are like ice."

"You can also use snow water to make ice bullets, which can save stone bullets from trebuchets."

The two of you said a word, I said a word, and in a moment, they came up with a few tricks, and they couldn't help laughing when they looked at each other.

The city rejoiced in the snow, but the main general outside the city was worried, although they were prepared for the severe cold of Weizhou, but they were born in the south and did not have a personal experience of the severe cold of Weizhou.

thought that the cotton clothes were thick enough, but under the cold wind here, just the cotton clothes filled with silk wool could not help the soldiers resist the low temperature at all, and at this point, Lan Yu and Xu Siyu were extremely jealous of the equipment of the soldiers in the city. These days, from the soldiers of the Dingzhou Army who were killed or captured, they saw the equipment that made them jaw-dropping, cotton clothes made of cotton, which were still luxury goods in the south, but here it was the equipment of an ordinary soldier, hoods, gloves, etc., which protected the soldiers tightly. And these, in the south, in their army, are barely fully equipped for the generals.

"Li Qinghal is fucking rich!" Xu Siyu, who inspected the barracks with Lan Yu, said.

"It's not that he has money, but they were the first to grow these things, and I heard that the cost of this thing is not high, but when it is shipped to us, it is only multiplied more than ten times to sell." Lan Yu shook his head.

"Dingzhou doesn't grow cotton on a large scale!" Xu Siyu said puzzledly: "The Central Plains restricts grain from entering Dingzhou, and in order to make a living, all the fertile fields are basically planted with grain crops!" ”

"Mur Wei, don't forget Mur Wei, I heard that the cotton itself was found from there, Li Qing controls Mur Wei, of course it will be planted there on a large scale, and Mur Wei is a barbarian, Li Qing doesn't care about their life or death, I'm afraid as long as they don't starve to death."

Xu Siyu pulled over a soldier on duty, and saw the blood hole cracked on the soldier's palm, blood seeped out, and it would condense into ice in a moment, and the soldier could only keep changing the weapon in his hand, otherwise the palm and the weapon would freeze together.

"How is this like you?" Xu Siyu asked sadly.

"Back to the general, there are many, and there are many brothers who have frostbitten feet, all of them are rotten, and it is difficult to walk." The soldier said.

"Brother Lan, the situation is not good, if it continues like this for a long time, we will be defeated by the weather." Xu Siyu said, "This dog's day in Weizhou is too cold. ”

Opened a tent, the tent was on fire, it seemed that it was removed from the door and window of the nearby people, dozens of soldiers sat tightly around the fire, Lan Yu touched the blanket under the soldier's buttocks, wet. Although there was fire, the temperature inside the tent was still very low, and as soon as the tent door was opened, the cold wind invaded, and some people immediately shrank their shoulders.

"Brothers, are you okay, can you still hold a weapon, can you still kill people?" Xu Siyu asked loudly with a smile on his face.

A lieutenant officer stood up, "General Hui, you can stand up and kill people, but you can't sleep when it's cold at night, and you're a little lacking in energy during the day." ”

"Good!" Xu Siyu patted him on the shoulder, "We are cold, the enemy is also cold, and they can't stand it anymore, as long as they fight one or two more, they will collapse, and when the time comes, let's go into the city to spend the winter." There is no faith to defeat them. ”

"Yes!" The soldiers replied in unison, but their voices were a little weak.

Walking out of the tent, the two of them frowned even tighter, "Brother Lan, you must fight quickly." ”

Lan Yu nodded, "The other party's will to resist is extremely strong, and I also want to fight quickly, but if I want to be fast, I can't reach it." ”

"If it goes on like this, the first thing that can't stand it will be us, in the past few days, the soldiers who went out to cut wood have been repeatedly harassed by the cavalry of Lu Dabing, and they have lost hundreds of people. Moreover, the nearby trees are basically gone, and in a few days, the soldiers will not even have anything to keep warm, but the farther places are not safe, and Lu Dabing's cavalry is really difficult. While talking, the two walked to the top of the camp and stared at the silver-covered Yangquan City not far away, the traces of the war between the two places had been submerged in heavy snow, and everything seemed so clean.

"See, the opponent is using the heavy snow to raise and strengthen the city wall, and it seems that they have no intention of breaking through and retreating." Xu Siyu said.

Lan Yu's brows tightened into a Sichuan character, and he looked at the city wall in the distance, "What are those things dangling around the city?" After staring at it for a long time, he suddenly became angry, "These are some corpses, are they the corpses of our brothers who died in battle, Xu Jinchao actually insulted the soldiers who died in battle so much?" ”

Above the city, rows of hanging corpses of Southern soldiers were stripped naked and hung on the city, already frozen into ice sculptures, floating in the wind, and even making a clanging sound when they collided together.

Xu Siyu showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, "This matter, cough, cough!" ”

Lan Yu glanced at Xu Siyu suspiciously, wondering why he didn't look so angry, "What's the matter?" What's the secret? ”

Xu Siyu hesitated for a moment, "Brother Lan, you didn't go to the front line to personally supervise the battle, some situations are not very clear, and this matter is not entirely to blame on the opponent, to put it mildly, it is too cold, and some brothers can't help it, that, that?" ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"The enemy of Yangquan often launched a counterattack when we attacked, and went out of the city to counterattack, and every time many people died outside, some brothers were in a hurry, so they stripped the armor of these Dingzhou soldiers who died in battle, you know, the equipment of the Dingzhou soldiers is indeed very good."

Lan Yu immediately understood, his own soldiers were so cold that they stripped the Dingzhou soldiers who died outside the city and threw their bodies on the battlefield, which angered the other party, so he stripped his own soldiers who died in the city after attacking the city, and saw the rows of shiny corpses above the city, Lan Yu sighed, I don't know what to say, although the war itself is cruel, but like this scene, even Lan Yu feels unbearable.

"Order the army to release the encirclement north of Yangquan, we will only fight on three sides, leaving an opening for them to retreat, and secondly, from today onwards, let the soldiers start building snow platforms, the higher the better." Lan Yu said: "Within a day, I will see the snow platform as high as the city. Tomorrow, we begin a general offensive. ”

"Yes."

"Send a letter to King Ning, ask for help, a Yangquan is so difficult to fight, Weizhou City has been operating in Dingzhou for several years, it will be more difficult, please send reinforcements to His Royal Highness King Ning."

"General Hu Zequan's men have long been waiting for him."

"Why hasn't Xiabaoping been beaten yet, Zeng Yifan has fifty or sixty thousand horses, and he has been fighting for so long, but he hasn't taken Xiabaoping yet, he must be making a small calculation again, you go to warn him."

"Understood!"