Chapter 1663 "Take advantage of the fire to rob" Huo Quai
Winter in the Northland comes very early, especially in the ruins of the Far North Fortress, which has begun to snow in September, and now in December, the "Divine Descent Day" of the new year is approaching, and the entire Northland has become a pure white world, and the cold is raging on this land.
However, the heavy snow and severe cold did not stop the war in this land, and in the continuous heavy snowfall, the war continued everywhere, but the process of marching and fighting was delayed for a longer time, and the cost of food, grass, materials, and logistics to maintain the war was nearly doubled. To make matters worse, this year's northern part of the country was hit by a once-in-a-century snowstorm!
The snow disaster is a natural disaster that causes the lord more headaches than the drought, everything withers, not only does not produce any food, but cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock can only be fed with reserve forage, what a mouth! It is absolutely possible to cry those forces with unstable foundations, what can I do if I don't fight? Especially the various ethnic groups of the Wolf Alliance, they have a lot of livestock, which is also one of their greatest wealth, and since they broke into the pass, the war has not stopped, even if through continuous sacrifices, they have achieved certain results and absorbed a lot of the forces of the Hongyu Empire, but it is still not enough, they must not develop peacefully with other forces for a winter, this winter is enough to exhaust their heritage.
This snow plague has the greatest impact on them, no matter what the reason, they must drag the rebels and the imperial camp in the north into the quagmire of war, and if they win, they will naturally be able to obtain a large amount of supplies to help them survive this cold winter, and if they are defeated, other forces will also consume a lot of supplies, and they will not be too sad in the coming year.
As long as they can stabilize the defense line, a temporary victory or defeat has nothing to do with the overall situation, under such conditions, even the price of forage has risen two or three times, so that countless forage merchants have emerged in the central, western, eastern and southern parts of the country, especially in the south, where the climate is the warmest, just because of the trade routes, many grain and grass merchants can not directly transport grain and grass to the north, and can only sell it to the big chambers of commerce with trade routes at a lower price.
This is a magical world, fighting in heavy snow is not a big problem, in such a harsh climate, the role of the military division is greater, "wind and clouds change color" can affect the weather in a small range, so as to find better fighters, and the equipment to assist the operation is also more abundant, after all, the ground covered by heavy snow, whether it is cavalry, or infantry, can not guarantee speed, what is the use of cavalry without speed?
The snow disaster in the game is definitely much more terrifying than reality, the snow on the ground alone, many places have not passed the legs of the war horse, the snow sled is just the simplest, and it is not bad to build a temporary ice track with magic, anyway, in addition to clearing the snow, in this special battlefield, the combat method is strange.
At night, the snowflakes flying in the sky became larger and more urgent, but in a few moments, the snow on the ground became thicker. In the snowy night, in addition to the four walls of the city, there were only sporadic fires inside. And to the west of the settlement of the Celestial tribe, beneath the seemingly rising layer of snow, there are countless enemies.
"Strategist, how long will it take?" Huo Quzhi's innate ability is perfectly integrated with the surrounding environment, and his ability has been more perfect in such a harsh environment. Under the cover of the environment, it is difficult for even a super-first-class strategist to see through the concealment of the army he leads, and in such weather, the enemy's scouts will not probe too far, and the area around the settlement is even more loose on the outside and tight on the inside, which is not easy to expose.
With such good conditions, Huo Qubing naturally wanted to do a big job, so although he was the first batch of imperial troops to respond to Ran Min's expedition, there was no return of results. Along the way, he also encountered several armies of the Wolf Alliance, but he avoided them all with the effect of "hiding from the sky and crossing the sea", just to go deeper into the enemy's rear and find a more perfect target.
Especially after receiving the super express "Sun Tzu's Art of War" manuscript sent by Wu Yi, his choice was even more firm, and the temporary commander skill "Secretly Crossing Chen Cang" in the "Art of War" manuscript can be superimposed with his talent effect and enter a more perfect state of concealment. And the one who came to deliver the courier was still the sword saint Pei Min, if it wasn't for Zhu Rong returning to the Wu clan, Wu Yi would probably let Zhu Rong send the courier.
Obviously, this settlement of the Eile Department is the target of Huo Quai!
"Soon, the marshal can prepare." Li Zuoche replied with some gasp, at this time he was fine-tuning the celestial phenomena with the "change of wind and clouds", the blizzard weather could not help the siege, but he couldn't make it too obvious in one step, otherwise he would be detected by the enemy in the settlement in advance.
"Great work! Don't be in a hurry, I'll have to wait a while. Huo Qubing sat on a big boat, looking at the fire in the distance, in order to get close to this settlement, Huo Qubing used the "Secret Crossing Chen Cang" attached to the manuscript of "The Art of War", this commander skill is easy to use when marching, but it has no effect when attacking, anyway, the time is almost up, just wait, wait for the next round when you can choose the temporary commander skill.
The snow warfare equipment used in Huo Quai's army was made by many masters in Hulu City, like the warship he was on, the size was similar to a two-masted sail, pure white, there were also sails, the bottom of the ship was smooth, and there were simple magical abilities, which were jointly created by Huang Yueying and Qin Shifu to carry infantry, materials, and war equipment.
This level of snow cover can be regarded as an alternative "white sea", not only Hulucheng uses ships in the north, but almost all the forces participating in the war use it, but it depends on the manufacturing technology, and the effect is different. Under such conditions, the speed of its implementation is much faster than under normal circumstances, and under such circumstances, the equipment and logistics of war are no longer a drag.
The horseshoe of the war horse is also specially made, each one is more than the horse's hoof, and it is made of materials with cold attributes, but even so, the war horse can no longer wear armor, and the knight must also reduce the load, otherwise it is easy to fall into the snow layer during the run. In fact, if there is no strong cavalry class, it is completely possible to temporarily abandon the cavalry to fight, and use the infantry as the main force, which will be easier to dispatch.
"It's finally good, let's fight!"
When Li Zuoche made the snowfall in the western area smaller, Huo Qubing waited for a while, and when the manuscript of "The Art of War" could choose the temporary commander skill for another round, he immediately waved his army to attack, as for the commander skill he chose this time, it was "robbing while the fire was burning"! At this time, is there anything more suitable than this skill?