"Push harder, it's still a little closer, fill the moat, and we'll be able to attack that brittle wall of ice! Give it to me! ”

The last bit of sunshine, which had long been devoid of heat, was also hidden in the mountains, and in the howling wind, under the banner of the leopard, Udir looked at the last ditch left in front of him, and his mood was excited, and his eyes exuded a feverish light. Although this trench was wider and deeper than every previous trench. But this was also the last ditch, and if they could fill it, they would be able to attack the city. In his opinion, as long as he can attack the city, although the shining ice castle is beautiful, it will definitely be very brittle and vulnerable. As long as they can attack the city, they will be able to break through this ice fortress, break the cage that traps them, and kill the Han people to turn over on their backs alone.

As the twilight grew, the sky grew darker and darker, but Udir was more and more happy. It's even better when it's dark, and when they fill in the trenches when it's dark, the crossbowmen in the city are not so good at all, and they can take advantage of the opportunity of the night to speed up the filling of the trenches, and they can also take the opportunity to dig up the wall, and even directly build ladders to grab the wall.

Under the White Tiger Shuai Banner on the Ice Castle Tower, Yi Feng praised Zhang Jin: "Have you contacted General Shangshan and General Qin?" Facing the bursts of shouts and cheers from the Tongluo people in the city, he didn't have half a point of surprise on his face, but showed a slight smile, which was a confident smile that he could grasp all the time.

Zhang Jincheng, the commander of the cavalry reconnaissance regiment, nodded and replied: "The people sent out have returned, and the plan of the commander has been notified to the two generals of the cavalry battalion, and they replied that they obeyed the commander's order." Zhang Jin said that he has been in a good mood recently, and he has been running before and after this time. Although the task is very heavy, he also gets a lot of opportunities, and he completes each task to Yi Shuai's satisfaction. The other day. Yi Shuai had already talked to him, telling him that the cavalry battalion and the reconnaissance regiment would be expanded, and the cavalry reconnaissance regiment would soon be expanded into a cavalry reconnaissance battalion, and the battalion commander of this reconnaissance battalion, Yi Shuai had already hinted that he would be promoted. Although it will be difficult to complete the expansion for a while and a half, at least this is already Yi Shuai's promise. With this sentence, wait for the expansion of the reconnaissance battalion. He is naturally a battalion general. From regiment commander to battalion general, this can be promoted not by one level, but by several levels. In particular, this will also be a cavalry battalion. The rank of the cavalry battalion has always been one level higher than that of the infantry battalion, which shows that Yi Shuai is still very satisfied with his appearance of leading the reconnaissance group.

"Where is the cavalry battalion now?" Yi Feng asked again. The cavalry battalion is a sharp blade, and it is natural to use them at critical times.

"Back to the big handsome. More than 2,000 cavalry battalions are now twenty miles behind the Tongluo people. The people we sent were walking directly along the foot of the river valley, and now these Tongluo people are all thinking about breaking through the ice fortress, but they are a little lax in their defense of the back, and our scouts can easily pass directly to the side, and there is no need to take a long detour. ”

Yi Feng stood up and walked around repeatedly, thinking about and perfecting his plan in his head. After a while, he turned his head and asked Su Zhi again, "May I ask Qi Jin." How many elite cavalry can be gathered tonight to launch a night attack? ”

Su Zhi replied: "Now there are 20,000 warriors gathered here by the five major tribes of my Xi tribe!" ”

"How many of them are there?" Yi Feng did not buy Su Zhi's account, the so-called 20,000 Xi soldiers. It's not true. Those who were young herdsmen at best, he needed more elite cavalry. On this specification, that is, the personal guards and guards of the leaders of the five major tribes.

Su Zhi smiled a little awkwardly, then turned his head and discussed with the leaders of the other four tribes, and finally reported a number: "Three thousand!" ”

For this number, Yi Feng was a little surprised, not that it was less, but that it was a little more. But think about it, these three thousand are the guards of the leaders of the five tribes, and maybe even the personal soldiers of the leaders below, although the Xi warriors gathered here at the moment are not all the soldiers of the Xi tribe, but the ones who can come at the first time are the leaders of the tribes and their guards who arrived the fastest. Therefore, three thousand rides are also a fact.

Yi Feng smiled at Su Zhi and the others, "Very good." ”

Wei Zheng, who consulted the army, also said to Yi Feng at this time: "The five thousand recruits we recruited from the five tribes have been fully recruited, and even because there are too many applicants, the number of recruits in the end is slightly exceeded. ”

"How much?"

"Three thousand!" Wei Zheng was a little embarrassed and smiled at Su Zhi and other Xi clan leaders. Originally, it was agreed that the Huaihuang Army would recruit 5,000 recruits to enrich the Huaihuang Army, but now in just a few days, with the favorable treatment conditions, the Huaihuang Army has recruited a full 8,000 of the strongest young men from the five tribes. After all, this is a matter of digging people's walls, but Su Zhi and the others don't care too much. The young people of the Xi tribe went to serve as mercenaries for the Huaihuang Army, which can be regarded as a way out, and in the future, maybe these mercenaries will come back, and the combat power of the soldiers of their own clan will also be raised to a higher level. Moreover, so many Xi warriors have suddenly increased in the Huaihuang army, which is also a good way for the Xi to strengthen the Huaihuang army.

Yi Feng originally only wanted to recruit five thousand, but now he recruited eight thousand at once. He thought for a while, "Since they are all recruited, then accept them all, the young people of the Xi tribe are all warriors on horseback, well, temporarily organize them into three battalions according to the establishment of the army, and let them and the remaining three thousand Xi warriors go out of the customs and attack the Tongluo camp at night tonight." "The newly recruited 8,000 Xi soldiers will be their first combat lesson tonight, and those who can survive will naturally be eliminated even if they pass the first level of assessment, and those who die in battle. This is the most cruel law of the battlefield, survival of the fittest, and actual combat training.

In the ice and snow by the weak Luoshui River, the wolf was in a terrible mood, and he sighed, and he was all out of order.

After sighing for a while, he asked Xu Deyan with a strong spirit: "Is there any news of the maid?" ”

"Mo Hofer, since A'wan went south, there has been no news back yet, and I don't know if she has seen Yi Feng and moved to the reinforcements."

The leader of the Khitan Bun tribe, Dahe Duluo, sighed again, "I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Mr. Xu's advice, and I shouldn't have been tempted to fight this battle with the Tiele people." Damn, who would have thought that the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind. The damn servant bones have already secretly colluded with the Baye Gu people, if it weren't for the last listening to Mr. Xu's words. broke through in time, and the strong man broke his wrist, but I am afraid that this time it will not only be a big loss for the stool department. Even the rest of the Khitan will suffer a big loss. Mr. Xu, you are resourceful, you sue me, what should we do now? ”

Xu Deyan rubbed his cold hands and muttered: "The only way to do this is to avoid the edge for the time being, and let's retreat east along the weak Luoshui." Collect the defeated soldiers along the way and contact the Khitan tribesmen. Then, then along the Raole River. Retreat to the south, let's retreat to the territory of the Xi people, and if the Wuzhou army goes north to rescue, we can join them in time. ”

"What if Yi Feng didn't go north?" Oga Drado.

"Then we will retreat to Yingzhou, Liaoxi. Retreat into the Sui realm. The Tiele people definitely didn't dare to chase so far, let alone chase directly to the city of Yingzhou! ”

Du Luo sighed, the whole person has aged a lot these days, "I hope Yi Feng can send troops to the north, I heard that this time the Tongluo tribe also sent troops, they directly killed Xi Jing, I am afraid that Yi Feng will go north to rescue, what if I meet the Tongluo people." I heard that this time the Tongluo people dispatched 10,000 horses. ”

"Mo Hefu don't think nonsense, the Wuzhou army will not necessarily meet the Tongluo cavalry."

"I hope everything is as Mr. Xu said." Dahe Dura can only hope that Yi Feng will send troops north. And you won't encounter Tongluo cavalry along the way. Otherwise, he didn't think that the Wuzhou army could defeat tens of thousands of Tongluo cavalry. "Okay, enough rest, let's hurry up and get on the road, according to what Mr. Xu said, let's retreat east first, and then retreat south, damn it, sooner or later we have to settle this account with the Tiele people, go!"

As night fell, darkness enveloped the wilderness.

Inside the ice castle, Yi Feng summoned all the battalion generals, including the four cavalry battalions that had just been hastily completed. One of the cavalry battalions was temporarily assembled by the personal soldiers and guards of the five major leaders of the Xi tribe, and the other three cavalry battalions of 8,000 people were formed by the young men of the Xi nationality who had just been recruited in the past few days, who were not even equipped with armor and equipment, and who had not even received the training of recruits in the Huaihuang Army, and who knew nothing about the rules and regulations in the army.

Four provisional cavalry battalions of 11,000 people, although only the provisional second cavalry battalion is composed of pro-soldiers, with good combat power, but the other three battalions of recruits are also young and strong in the Xi tribe, at least everyone has been preliminarily selected when recruiting, and the selected ones are all young and strong who can walk horses and open bows, and even they have their own horses, and they also have bows and knives.

In the face of all the officers above the team level, Yi Feng bluntly issued a military order.

"The Tongluo people have made good progress in the past few days, and now they have attacked the city, and only the last city is left, and now they are proud. Ben Shuai decided that tonight we will take the initiative to go out of the city to fight and raid the Tongluo people. Four cavalry battalions were tasked with raids, and crossbowmen were responsible for defending the city. ”

There was a moment of silence on the field.

Yi Feng continued at this time: "This is your chance to take revenge, and it is also your chance to make a fortune by making meritorious contributions. ”

Su Zhi strode forward, "I am willing to be the commander of the night attack soldiers and horses!" ”

"Good!" Yi Feng stepped forward with a smile, "Don't worry, you are not alone. ”

Su Zhi understood what Yi Feng meant, there was an ice castle behind them, and they could retreat to the back of the pass at any time. And the most important point, in addition to their Xi cavalry who attacked at night tonight, there were also more elite Wuzhou cavalry who could kill from behind the Tongluo people at any time and give them a fatal blow.

After the military order was delivered, the generals withdrew and went back to prepare.

Wei Zheng said to Yi Feng: "Is it really necessary to fight this battle, I mean, even if you train troops, you don't have to send so many men and horses, such a scale, the casualties will definitely be not small, be safe, this casualty should be avoided." ”

"The knife is not sharpened or fast, and the soldiers are not trained and refined." Yi Feng shook his head, "Of course we can skip this battle and continue to trap the Tongluo people, so that we can win the final victory at the lowest cost." But this will not be our last battle, and there will be more and more battles to fight in the future. The edge of the sword has been sharpened by itself, and now we have the opportunity to sharpen our soldiers with the Tongluo people, although it will cost some casualties, but it is worth it. It's better than waiting, wait until the future and directly let them face a worse situation, you can't be spoiled by raising children, you can't be spoiled with soldiers, and you can't be pampered with mercy. ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "What the marshal said is right, so the marshal is the commander of the whole army, and he can establish this army with ever-changing combat power in a short period of time, while I, Wei Zheng, can only be the marshal's adviser to join the army, and just make up for the marshal." ”

"Send cavalry to attack at night tonight, but the cavalry will definitely not be able to directly defeat the Tongluo people, after all, the Tongluo people still have 8,000 men and horses, and if they really want to be trapped in the beast, they still have to struggle for a while. Tomorrow, the infantry battalion and the chariot battalion will be sent into battle, so that they can fight together and refine the essence. Cavalry and crossbowmen could not be trained by then, but infantry and charioteers were abandoned. All branches of the armed forces are very important, and if any branch of the armed forces is weak, it will become a shortcoming of our army, and we should try to avoid this situation. ”

"Yes, I'll do my best to arrange it." Wei Zheng nodded.

In the ice tower on the Ice Castle City, the chariot battalion brothers of Yu Chigong and Cheng Yanjin are still here on standby. They had been staying for several days, and they could only watch the crossbowmen and the Tongluo people fighting back and forth every day, but they had no chance to play at all. This situation is really a torment for Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin, who desperately want to go to the battlefield to prove themselves.

"My broadsword is already hungry and thirsty!"

The horse slashing sword has long been sharpened to be incomparably sharpened, and even his set of heavy infantry full-body plate armor is polished and shiny, which can be used as a mirror. After wiping all the equipment on his body shiny, the last bit of patience of Wei Chigong was finally worn out. The big sword that crossed his knee was extremely sharp, but he didn't even have half a first-level skill under the sword.

Cheng Yanjin leaned to the side holding his spear, and also sighed: "My big gun is already hungry and thirsty!" ”

"I'm hungry for my crossbow machine!" On the other side, several crossbowmen also laughed.

At this time, a sound of footsteps sounded, and Cheng Mingzhen came in from outside the tower with a cat's waist, "Hey, guess what I just saw?" ”

"What, it can't be that you saw a beautiful Xi woman, right?" Cheng Yanjin asked casually.

"What's so nice about the Xi women." Cheng Mingzhen replied, "I just went out to pee, and I saw that the new barracks were gathering, there were a lot of people, estimated to be tens of thousands." ”

"I heard that 8,000 Xi recruits were recruited this time, so it's not going to be a surprise inspection in the middle of the night." A spearman said that he remembered all the training he had experienced in the boot camp before, and one of the most impressive things was that he often made a sudden inspection in the middle of the night, what kind of inspection, training, and tossing the dead.

"No, I think they seem to have assembled before the war, like they are going to fight."

Everyone speculated for a while, and many of them heard the exact news again, three newly formed cavalry battalions of Xi recruits and a cavalry battalion composed of the leaders of various Xi tribes, four battalions of 11,000 men and horses, and they were about to leave the city tonight to attack the Tongluo people at night. Hearing this news, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin and the others couldn't help but sigh again, how could they even go to the battlefield with the newly recruited recruits from the Xi clan, but they threw them away for so many days, and there was no movement at all.

"My broadsword is already hungry and thirsty!" Wei Chi stroked the knife and sighed.

"Don't say it, hey, go to sleep, out of sight and out of mind. Damn, it looks like this time I came out for nothing. Cheng Yanjin was extremely disappointed, and fell asleep with his head covered. (To be continued......)