readx; "Fighting is actually a process of following the trend, we must use all the forces we can use to strengthen ourselves as much as possible, and among all the forces that can be used, the power of nature is the most powerful force among them, and it is also the fairest force for both sides of the war. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it depends on who can make greater use of the power of nature, who can reduce nature's obstacles to themselves as much as possible, and who can have the upper hand in the war.

The White Plague is a natural disaster, I naturally know it, Si Tianjian has carefully studied the changes in the celestial phenomena in the history of the Liao Kingdom, and the results have judged that the probability of the White Disaster in the Xijing generation of the Liao Kingdom this year is as high as eighty percent. ”

Yun Zheng sat back on the edge of the brazier, leaned out and whispered against the brazier.

Su Xun looked at the thick fur on his body, and then looked at the soldiers wearing leather balls outside the tent and smiled: "No wonder you care so much about armaments, so that you have been preparing for this for five years, and it is really God's way to reward hard work!" ”

Yun Zheng glanced up at Su Xun and said with a smile: "This is a national war, who dares to take it lightly?" If this northern expedition is successful, it will also be the success of the Great Song Dynasty, not the success of a certain person, Si Tianjian, Ordnance Supervisor, will be the supervisor, Ma Jian, Jinguancheng, Privy Council, left and right, plus the central and Hedong transport envoy Yamen, the two Zhejiang] road transport envoy Yamen, these yamen sincere cooperation, will have our current trip to the north.

As I said, the war was won five years ago when the Flattop Pact was signed, and we just went north to pick up this flower of victory with our own hands. ”

Su Xun nodded heavily, Yun Zheng's statement is very objective, now is not the era of famous generals dominating the world, after the appearance of firearms, even Wu Yong's strong personal style will gradually withdraw from the stage of history, and now he wants to win in a decisive war. The main thing to see is who has more abundant capital and who has more resolute determination.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen is completely crazy, and he would rather bet on the power of the whole country to complete the coveted Yanyun plan, just because Zhao Zhen has such ambitions, it is not surprising that the Great Song Dynasty has achieved the current results.

Elite soldiers, excellent armor blades. Sufficient grain, a steady stream of soldiers, and a resolute central government, these conditions for victory were all prepared by the Great Song Dynasty.

People are always prone to hunger in cold weather, and most of the heat energy generated by the body is used to keep out the cold.

The drums of the second watch had already been beaten, and although they were carried away by the cold wind, Yun Zheng and Su Xun still faintly heard something.

A cup of hot tea and a piece of dried steamed bread are a good supper, especially after the dried steamed bread has been roasted on a charcoal fire. Burnt yellow and crispy, with a fresh grain fragrance, people can't stop.

Before a piece of dry steamed bun was finished, Cui Da broke in from the outside, and he couldn't wait to hold the brazier and not leave.

Yun Zheng glanced at Cui Da and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, this pseudo-aristocrat who pays the most attention to demeanor and temperament on weekdays looked desolate at this time, and he was not even as good as calling Huazi.

The chubby face was covered with blood that had been cracked by the cold wind, the mutton fat on his face was stained with mud, and the snot hung shiny on his messy beard. Both ears are already black and purple, if you don't warm them up soon. It can only be cut off.

The gorgeous fur was messy, and there were many cracks to reveal the shiny black gold armor inside, Yun Zheng could even think that if it weren't for the black gold armor, this guy would have died seven or eight times long ago.

The monkey tries to help Trida take off his boots, but they are as hard to take off as if they were on his feet. Listening to Cui Da's scream, Yun Zheng did not hesitate to order the monkey to cut the leather boots with a knife.

"Slow down, slow down, these feet are long gone, and I can't feel your knife cutting into the flesh. Damn, don't put my feet on the ground. ”

The monkey ignored Cui Da's screams, brought in a basin of snow from outside, and vigorously scrubbed Cui Da's swollen feet with his hands.

"In order to save food, Xiao Dahu ordered all the non-Khitan people in the city to leave the city walls, they can only be stationed outside the city, although I am Xiao Dahu's rear army, but this guy does not give me preferential treatment, I can enter the city myself, but my subordinates cannot enter the city.

If I hadn't received your military order, I might have frozen to death by this time......"

"Did Xiao Dahu find out about the lack of food in Xijing City?"

"Not yet, but he'll find out in three days."

"Why?"

"Nonsense, the grain stacks full of grain will be eaten up in three days, do you think those grain stacks that are only two feet deep can hide from Xiao Dahu?"

"That's a good idea, empty grain stacks!"

"What a good way, it's just a trick that Da Song often uses to close positions."

Cui Da finally stopped trembling, wiped his face with his sleeve casually, picked up the teapot and drank tea, and his other hand was already grasping Yun Zheng's freshly baked steamed bun.

"After eating, go soak in hot water for an hour, and then let the military doctor take a good look at it, and when you come back, I will have a reason to sleep."

Yun Zheng, who was finally relieved, waved his hand at the greedy Cui Da and went to the back tent to get ready to sleep, only to find that the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier when he went out.

The eiderdown quilt sewn by his wife is very warm, and there is a thick layer under his body, as long as he lies down, it is like falling into a pile of cotton, listening to the howling of the cold wind in his ears, Yun Zheng smiled slightly, and then fell asleep, today's harvest is very good.

The wind and snow were too big, Lang Tan had to order to set up camp, the leeward was not a good camping spot, the snow flakes collected by the strong wind would accumulate thicker and thicker in the leeward place, and it was only an hour, and the camp tent that had just been set up had to send someone to clear the snow, otherwise, the tent would be crushed by the snow.

The tired soldier hurriedly took out his sleeping bag, and got into it without taking off his shoes, and then tied the mouth of the sleeping bag tightly with a strap, exposing only one head and wrapping it in a thick turban, and after a while they fell asleep, as Song people, they had never seen such a violent snowstorm.

Lang Tan insisted on patrolling the camp, but this insistence lasted for half an hour in total, and then he had to give up in a hurry, and after giving the military orders to the military marquis around him, he had to return to his tent and start resting.

Xiao Dahu's army had already entered Xijing, and under such weather conditions, no one could trek more than twenty miles from outside to attack the military camp here, at least, Lang Tan thought he couldn't do it.

When the wind stopped at dawn, the snow was still flying, and without the wind howling to accompany Yun Zheng, there was no sleep, and the monkeys outside the tent were organizing their own soldiers to shovel the snow, and after walking out of the camp, they found that the snow had reached their knees.

The craftsmen of the craftsman battalion are unloading the wheels of the cart, and after loading the two horizontal logs, the cart will naturally become a climbing plow, although the livestock pulling the climbing plough is not fast, but it can already ensure that the Song army can move in such an environment.

There were too many baggage in the camp, and without these things, there would be no way to take those baggage by relying on people and horses.

Today's Song army relies on baggage very deeply, whether it is firearms, or a large number of crossbow arrows, or those heavy ballistas and eight-bull crossbows, which are indispensable things in the army. Without these things, the war would be a joke.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud - "It is the reason why the armor is tended to be everywhere, day and night, doubling the road, fighting for profit for a hundred miles, then capturing the three generals, the strong one first, the tired one later, and the eleventh of its law; Fifty miles and fight for profit, then the general will be on the top, and his law will be half to; Thirty miles and for profit, two-thirds to. It is the old army that will die if it has no baggage, die if it has no food, and die if it has no accumulation.

Other people's armies abandoned their baggage to pursue the enemy and had the method of eating the enemy, but the Song army was no longer possible, for them, the replenishment of gunpowder weapons was a more serious matter than the lack of food.

At this time, whether it is Lang Tan, who has been trapped in the snow pit, or Li Dongchu, who has just walked out of the mountains and forests, or Yun Zheng's headquarters battalion, they must march into Xijing in the fastest time, once Xiao Dahu finds that his food and grass are seriously insufficient, he will definitely break through in the first time.

However, his army of more than 300,000 people was distributed in a radius of 100 miles in the three counties of Xijing, and it was too difficult to retreat in such weather.

The plough began to move forward with difficulty, and after the fire burned Shanxi Jingdatong Mansion was in front of you.

An earthy yellow wall was suddenly erected in the snow, and the dense flags on the city wall indicated that this was a heavily guarded fortress.

The scouts of the Song army blew the horn as soon as they saw the city wall, and almost at the same time the Liao people on the city wall also discovered the scouts of the Song army, and the same horn used to report the news also sounded.

At the same time, the feathered arrows at the head of the city had already fallen on the scout's head, and the two armies were so close that the scout had to hug his head to escape the range of the feathered arrows.

Li Dongchu waved away the snow flakes in front of him irritably, but he couldn't make his vision clearer, Xijing City was still vaguely unable to see clearly in the wind and snow.

"Heavy snow full of bows and knives can see Xijing City!"

Li Dongchu roared, as if he wanted to pour out all the depression in his chest, he thought that guarding Yanmen Pass was the best thing, but when he saw Xijing of Liaoguo, he found that guarding Yanmen Pass could only be the work of pigs and dogs.

"The whole army obeys the order, and the land that extends three miles west along the north gate of Datong is the defense area of my White Horse Army.

Li Dongchu began to build his own defensive wall at the first time, the material is the inexhaustible ice and snow in front of him, as long as the snow wall appears, pour the snow water that has just melted, it will become a solid wall in an instant! (To be continued.) )

PS: Chapter one