People spend the most physical and energy when they are under high tension for a long time.

The fire burned, the temperature around was much higher, people did not feel how cold it was, and when many yurts burned out, the cold wind blew, the temperature dropped suddenly, and one by one suddenly felt that the cold wind was as cold as a knife, and the body trembled, and it was impossible to control it at all.

Soon, the guards found that their bodies began to be numb, their arms were frozen and numb, and the palms holding the weapons were even more cold and unconscious.

This scene was seen by Qin Huaidao, and he immediately smiled, but he also knew that the heat was not enough, and after waiting for a while, when he saw someone falling, the scene began to be chaotic, and he was overjoyed, and shouted: "The time has come, erect the battle flag of the general." ”

A flag was erected, with a Qin character written on it, waving in the wind and hunting.

In the distance, the three brothers of the Cheng family, who had been watching attentively, excitedly gave the order to attack.

The team rushed to the range to release the rocket, and burned the felt house, as for those guarded enemy troops, the three brothers of the Cheng family chose to ignore it, anyway, they didn't dare to rush out, and they couldn't shoot, what were they afraid of?

After two rounds of rockets, a large area of yurt was set on fire, on the other hand, the vigilant enemy army still did not rush up to stop it, and no one shot arrows, but many people fell to the ground and could not get up, and more people rushed towards the burning yurt, not to fight the fire, but - to bake the fire!

One by one, it was too cold, the frozen face was purple, shivering, if it weren't for the harsh military orders and discipline, they would have rushed into the other intact yurts to take refuge.

The yurt was set on fire, and the soldiers who were hiding inside had to come out, and invisibly, two groups of people were crowded together, and bursts of rockets fell from the sky.

Screams and sounds of falling to the ground came one after another, but still no one wanted to leave, and if they didn't bake the fire, they would freeze to death, and even in order to seize the favorable position of the roasting fire, some people fought a lot.

The general came out of the big tent, and when he saw this scene, a sadness welled up in his heart, knowing that it was over, the army of 50,000 was all elite, and it was buried like this? I'm not reconciled.

"Summons, assemble the troops." The general roared angrily, hating to fight the cunning enemy outside.

Countless people ran and spread the order.

The people who were in charge of the guard before were so cold that they couldn't walk and couldn't afford to assemble at all, so they simply lay down near the burning yurt and died, and continued to roast the fire, and the soldiers who had been hiding in the yurt were better, and rushed out to assemble one after another, and the assembly position was far behind, avoiding the range of bows and arrows.

Soon, the general found a problem, what if the team was assembled? The snow is too late to rush up.

Is it just slowly consumed by the opponent, so passively beaten, waiting for death!

How could the dignified Goguryeo army be so humiliated?

How could a dignified Goguryeo general be so humiliated?

Unwillingly-

Endless anger, sadness, grievance and helplessness welled up in my heart, I only felt a rush to attack my heart, my eyes were dark, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and my body fell back uncontrollably.

"General!"

"General!"

Everyone was shocked, and they rushed up, they were already passively beaten, and without the command of the general, the last bit of heat in their hearts was instantly extinguished, and they were chilled, just like this cold weather.

"No—"

Countless generals let out a cry of despair.

However, the rocket stretched out again and fell on everyone's heads.

Looking ahead one by one, endless unwillingness and grief and indignation surged into their hearts, and someone shouted: "Fight with them." ”

"Yes, fight!"

"It's all death anyway, and death has to be pulled on the back."

"Fight—"

Countless people roared angrily, the sound was like a spark falling into an oil pot, and suddenly everyone's blood was detonated, and in the face of death, one by one, the primitive desire to survive was stimulated, becoming impulsive and ferocious, but everything, like a trapped beast.

"Kill—"

I don't know who shouted, a wave of people rushed up, and more people rushed up.

However, under the attack of the dense crossbow arrows, coupled with the thick continued blocking, it is difficult to move forward, even if you fill the life, what about the life?

Falling in batches, even if it is a minor injury, but in this icy climate, lives are lost much faster than usual.

Many sober generals saw that they couldn't attack, so they fled to other places with people, anyway, they rushed up to death, and there was still a glimmer of life if they fled, and a group of people fled, and more people followed suit, and soon, the Goguryeo army had a large-scale rout, rushing out from different directions, and didn't go far, but found that they couldn't walk.

The snow is too deep, and every step takes a lot of physical strength, how to walk?

As soon as the cold and biting wind blew, the body temperature was rapidly lost, and the strength was also lost, and endless despair and remorse came to my heart.

The cold wind blew the towering snowdrifts, revealing the bones of some children and women, and their eyes were wide with rage, as if they were looking at these desperate murderers, as if they were laughing at them for having today.

On the hillside not far away, Qin Huaidao saw that the enemy army was broken up and the time was ripe, and then looked at Brother Wei Chi and Yu Linwei, their eyes were fanatical, and they couldn't kill them immediately, so he said: "Attack——"

"Obey!" Everyone couldn't wait for a long time, and they were overjoyed when they heard the order, and they rushed down with all the departments.

The enemy army has been routed, has no will to fight, and there is no need for any tactics at all, rush down, and the killing is over.

Luo Zhang didn't move, holding the battle flag, his face calm.

Qin Huaidao was a little surprised: "Why don't you go?" Don't want to make meritorious contributions? ”

"The enemy army has already broken out on a large scale, and there is no binding force, so it can be seen that its top general is dead, and it is not interesting to rush down, besides, what's the use of so many combat exploits? It's good to follow Uncle, I don't want to be a big official, a general, it's boring, how heroic my father was back then, and what happened in the end? It's not that I've been dismissed, confined to my home, and no one cares about it. Luo Zhang replied.

"I can see it clearly, but the credit that should be made is still there, not for profit, it is good to have a reputation, leave a mark in history, not in vain, in addition, with fame, you can live better." Qin Huaidao sighed.

"Uncle's arrangement!" Luo Zhang said nonchalantly.

"Okay, there's going to be a chance!" Qin Huaidao said a word, looked at the battlefield, and saw that the enemy fell to the ground one after another under the attack of the crossbow, without the strength to fight, and even lost his knife, and fled by the way, and there was a large-scale stampede.

An army that has lost its will to fight and has lost its soul is not to be worried.

The battle was almost one-sided and slaughtered, the addition of 2,000 forbidden troops became the last straw that crushed the enemy, crossbow arrows rained down, wailing again and again, and endless killing intent was like this cold wind, indifferent, cold, and ruthless.

Blood was left all over the ground, but it was quickly frozen, and when the cold wind blew, the smell of blood could not be smelled.

It's a grinding of forward-looking ideas.

This is a crushing of equipment superiority.

The battle, without suspense, gradually subsided in the endless wail.

Qin Huaidao and Luo Zhang went downhill together, slowly walked into the tribe, looking at the corpses all over the ground, their hearts were numb, this is a war, either you die, or I die, there is no reason to talk about it, not to mention that this Goguryeo army even kills ordinary people, it is not a benevolent and righteous army, and there is no need for sympathy.

Whoever kills, people will always kill him!

When I came to the big tent, I saw a person lying by the bonfire, motionless, already dead, but his appearance was familiar, it was the general, I had met him outside Yingzhou City, Qin Huaidao stepped forward and squatted down to see, it was not that he died of a knife soldier, there was no wound on his body, and his mouth was full of black blood, as if he was angry.

Xue Feng came in and was overjoyed when he saw this scene: "General, it's the general of Goguryeo, he died, who killed him?" ”

"See for yourself." Qin Huaidao got up.

"Hey, no external injuries, this is angry and angry?" Xue Feng said in surprise.

Qin Huaidao estimated that this guy had a heart attack, or a cerebral infarction, otherwise it would be impossible to die alive, but it didn't matter, the person was already dead, and said, "Search!" ”

"Understood." Xue Feng hurriedly searched his body and took out a quick identity token, made of mutton fat jade, half of the talisman, he couldn't see what material was made of, and there was nothing else.

Qin Huaidao motioned to Li Dejian, who came in, to put it away, it was all trophies, and he wanted to register it, and looked at Fang Yiai, who was excited, and asked, "Have you enjoyed killing?" ”

"It's enjoyable, General Xie is complete!" Fang Yiai smiled excitedly.

"Then go and order all the armies to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils of war, especially arrows, as for Yu Linwei, go to put out the fire, have more yurts, we can live more comfortably, and we have to spend the night here early tonight." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Fang Yiai agreed and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao looked at the big tent, there was a futon on the ground, and a few wolf skins were used, which was rare, there was a fire burning in the middle, and he couldn't see anything valuable, so he said to Luo Zhang: "Work hard, kill a sheep, if you can find a larger container, the container will be filled with snow, burn on the fire, and stew some mutton." ”

"Understood." Luo Zhang hurriedly went.

Qin Huaidao sat down by the bonfire, looked at the dead general, he had relatives in his heart, what if he was in a high position, he still couldn't escape death, and said to Xue Feng: "Throw the body out." ”

Li Dejian also sat down and said excitedly: "General, killing 50,000 with 5,000 and losing a small amount, this is a great victory, and it will definitely move the world, why are you not happy at all?" ”

"What about fame?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically, seeing that Li Dejian looked surprised and was asked, he continued: "Your father has already become famous all over the world, but what? This person, you have to be pragmatic, and don't make a name. ”

Li Dejian was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a while, and suddenly said with a straight face: "Please teach me the general." ”

"I really want to know?" Qin Huaidao looked at the other party, saw him nodding, and said with a solemn expression: "Uncle Li is a Tang Dynasty military god, but if you think about it, can the house be rich?" ”

Li Dejian shook his head decisively, he still knows how much wealth his family has.

"But it's full of children and grandchildren?" Qin Huaidao asked again.

Li Dejian shook his head again, thinking a little.

Qin Huaidao asked again: "Uncle Li is in good health?" ”

Li Dejian shook his head again without hesitation.

"Can you be in a high position?" Qin Huaidao asked again.

asked four questions in a row, Li Dejian shook his head or shook his head, but his heart was enlightened.

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Life is a lifetime, for the nation, for the world is certainly meaningful, but if it is at the expense of the family and lovers, don't do it, Uncle Li I is wise and known to the world, but the government is poor, and the family suffers, only you are a son, worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, the health is not good, the old age is painful, and it is only a criminal department book, although the saint attaches great importance to it, but what?" It's not that you can't be blessed with descendants, and you still can't come to the camp to fight for meritorious service in exchange for fame? ”

Li Dejian was silent, thinking about all kinds of things at home and all kinds of things for his father, and he was touched, and said with a straight face: "Live for your family, understand, thank you for your advice." ”

"Uncle Li treats me like a father, you and I are brothers, so I just say a few more words, right or wrong, weigh it yourself, in my opinion, being a man is worthy of the world, and even more worthy of the family."

"Then why are you here?" Li Dejian asked.

"If I say I was forced, would you believe it?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically, seeing Li Dejian shaking his head obviously, he smiled bitterly: "If I could, I wouldn't come at all, Qinjiazhuang is waiting for a bunch of things, and I don't know what is happening now, whether someone has taken the opportunity to destroy it, you and my brother, it doesn't hurt to tell you, I came because of the Taiyuan Wang family." ”

"I see, I see!" Li Dejian suddenly looked at the door, and saw that no one was coming, so he whispered: "If you can get the covenant, the Taiyuan Wang family has nothing to worry about."

Qin Huaidao nodded and didn't say anything.

Li Dejian understood, and when he saw Xue Feng coming, he immediately said: "Xue joins the army, do you know the location of He Dahe's department?" How far is it from here and how long will it take? ”

"It's not far, but it's hard to walk in the snow, and it's two days at the earliest."

"Where? General, the map may give me a look. Li Dejian said and looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao had already guessed Li Dejian's thoughts, so he didn't object, and handed over the map.

Li Dejian spread out the map, and under Xue Feng's guidance, he found the location of He Dahebu, there was a lake, and a hill, so he asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"It's larger than the Sibandan Ministry, about 40,000 households."

"Forty thousand?" Li Dejian stared at the map and pondered for a moment, then looked up at Qin Huai and said: "General, the main force of He Da He should still be outside, blocked by the blizzard, and the remaining troops of his tribe should be between five thousand and ten thousand, which is far inferior to this Goguryeo army, which can be taken." ”

"Tell me what you think." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Just use the tactics just now, seize the upper hand, only we fight them, they can't beat us, slowly bleed, as long as the soldiers are killed, the rest is not to worry, catch it and change the contract, however, He Da and He Army's army needs the snow to melt before they can come back, they have to wait for a long time, and there is some trouble."

Qin Huaidao saw that he had grasped the key point, and said with a smile: "Is there a way to solve it?" ”

"Heavy snow is closing the road, there is no other way but to wait, but it is too long." Li Dejian said helplessly.

"There's another way." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Teach me quickly." Li Dejian's eyes lit up.

"Think for yourself first, use your brain more, and you'll know when the time comes." Qin Huaidao didn't reveal it, and when he saw the Cheng family brothers and An Guogong coming together, he said with a smile: "It's hard work, sit down and talk." ”

"I wish there was such hard work every day, this battle was incredible, the old man had never encountered it in most of his life, a whole army of 50,000 people, as the general said, couldn't pull the bow, couldn't lift the knife, and even walked unsteadily, most of them were trampled to death by their own people." Persistence sighed.

"General, I also found that there were tens of thousands of people lying in some yurts, all of them were not lightly ill, coughing up blood foam, like a wind cold, it has been blocked, and no one is allowed to approach, how to deal with these people?" Cheng Chumo asked.

Coughing up blood foam means that it may cause bronchitis or even pneumonia, lack of medical treatment, and will not live long without treatment, Qin Huaidao advised: "Speaking of which, they are all soldiers, help them get rid of it." ”

"Obey." Cheng Chumo hurriedly agreed.

"The order goes down, everyone can only drink boiling water, find some ginger and throw it in to cook, everyone must drink it, it can dispel the cold, avoid contracting the wind and cold, find utensils to stew sheep, let everyone eat as much as possible, I don't know where the next meal is, find a way to boil water and soak your feet before going to bed, you must keep an eye on it, in case there is a wind chill in the army, the consequences you know, the sheep fat is made into a rocket for backup, the number is large, stay here tonight, go." Qin Huaidao admonished.

The wind chill was so terrible that no one dared to be careless, so everyone agreed and hurried to give the order.

……

Temple of Manna.

The charcoal fire is fierce, warm as spring.

Li Er looked at the information in his hand, but his heart was cold, and he was silent for a long time, until Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Li Xiaogong and Fang Xuanling hurriedly came, their faces improved slightly, and they asked people to bring a low stool, and everyone sat in a group.

Li Jing asked bluntly: "Holy Lord, but there is a battle report coming?" ”

"Didn't you just receive it, how are your bones?" Qin Huaidao looked at Li Jing worriedly.

Li Jing gathered his clothes: "That's it, it is estimated that it won't last long." ”

"I shouldn't have called you, but it's too big, and I need your advice, and so do you." Li Er said and looked at everyone, his face was straight: "I just received a battle report, the Xi people were wiped out by the Khitan coalition army, and a black-clothed army appeared in the Khitan army, wearing masks, and its combat effectiveness was extremely strong, with more than 10,000 people. ”

10,000 black-clothed soldiers, also wearing masks, obviously trying to hide their identities, then they are not Khitans, Goguryeo is in the east, and they are also openly invading, it can't be them, the identity is interesting.

They are all veterans of the battlefield, with clear minds and guessing something, but there are no famous words.

Li Jing asked, "But do you have any other information?" Especially Yingzhou. ”

"Yingzhou flies pigeon Pingzhou, the news comes out, Yingzhou is safe, besieging Yingzhou's 50,000 Goguryeo army to the north into the Khitan, I'm afraid it's not simple behind this." Li Er said.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Yingzhou was fine, thinking that their child was finally fine, Li Er saw everyone's thoughts, and added: "Huaidao went out for a few days and returned, and brought 5,000 soldiers and horses to go deep into the Khitan, with unknown intentions." ”

"What?"

The hearts that everyone had just put down were raised again, and they panicked again.

Li Er understood everyone's thoughts, didn't say anything, and looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing pondered and faintly grasped something, but after thinking about it carefully, it was a little ethereal, and everyone also thought about it, and they didn't dare to relax when it was about their children's lives.

After a while, Cheng Yanjin suddenly asked: "Holy Lord, there are two questions, one is that Huai Dao has not disappeared for a few days, where did he go?" Second, Goguryeo and the Khitan joined forces, why did the 50,000 troops besieging Goguryeo suddenly enter the Khitan territory north, and what was this for? How did the minister feel very conflicted. ”

"Could it be that there is a continuity behind this?" Xu Shiji said.

"What do you mean?" Li Er looked over.

Xu Shiji organized the language and said: "Shengshang, the 50,000 soldiers and horses besieging Yingzhou suddenly entered the Khitan territory north, there must be something strange behind this, and after that, Huaidao also led troops in, it is by no means an isolated time, however, one thing is certain, the enemy army goes first, Huaidao advances backward, which means that there is certainty, but there is no need to worry too much." ”

"Holy Lord, are there any other anomalies?"

"Anything else?" Li Er thought about it and simply handed the battle report to Li Jing.

Li Jing took it and watched it carefully, and soon found that there was a sentence in it, "The enemy army kills the good and loots the materials", and his mind suddenly exploded like a bolt of lightning, and all the doubts were strung together, and he hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, there is a sentence in the battle report 'The enemy army kills the good and robs the materials' I am afraid that it is the truth." ”

"Don't all the enemy soldiers do this?" Li Er was a little surprised.

Others also looked at Li Jing, but Li Jing smiled firmly: "This time is different, Goguryeo chose this time to send troops, it must be well prepared, choose a quick battle, and take Pingzhou or Youzhou in the shortest time, why suddenly kill the people and grab the supplies?" ”

"You mean, Goguryeo is short of food?" Li Er is worthy of being the emperor immediately, and he can see through it at one point.

"That's right, Shengshang, we can assume that if Huaidao and the others suddenly disappeared and ran to burn Goguryeo's grain and grass, the 50,000 troops besieging Yingzhou were short of food, and the withdrawal of troops would affect the other army, and there may not be food when they went back, the best way is to raise food nearby, but Yingzhou can't take it, the second choice is the Khitan, and they will go north at will, so the other army that went south to Pingzhou also frantically grabbed supplies, and why did the Khitan on the west road suddenly take the Xi people? The Xi people are not without the strength to fight, and they set off from the Khitan at any cost? can make the Khitan do this, but there is only a lack of food. ”

"That's right, there is another point, that black-clothed army, if it is not a lack of food, it does not need to be quickly resolved, swallowing the Xi clan in one fell swoop, I am afraid it will not be easily exposed, otherwise it will not be able to wear a mask." Xu Shiji agreed, and he is worthy of a generation of famous generals with unique vision.

Li Xiaogong looked at the two of them and reminded: "There is a problem, Huaidao can burn the grain and grass of Goguryeo in a few days after he disappears, this is impossible, right?" ”

Li Jing smiled and said: "It's impossible to ignore it first, assuming that they did it, do all the problems have a reasonable explanation?" In other words, if the grain and grass of Goguryeo were still there, the soldiers and horses besieging Yingzhou would not go to the Khitan, and the army going south would not be in a hurry to plunder the supplies, but would attack fiercely and take Pingzhou as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity. ”

"It makes sense, but can they really burn Goguryeo grain and grass? Why do I think it's a bit mysterious? Li Er believed the speculation, but he couldn't believe that Qin Huaidao could do it, it was useless to burn a little grain and grass, he had to burn a lot, and a lot of grain and grass were often guarded by heavy soldiers, where was it so easy.

Li Jing smiled: "Shengshang, don't forget that it was Qin Huaidao, what kind of minister that kid did is not strange now, of course, it doesn't matter if he did it now, in the end, Goguryeo is short of food, although it is limited to rob the surrounding people and grab supplies, this is an opportunity." ”

"That's right, and the opportunity is rare, the snow covers the mountains, the road is difficult to travel, it will take at least a month to re-prepare the grain of 100,000 troops from Goguryeo to the front line, but the enemy who goes south can't survive for a month, you can fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, so that they have no food to raise, and then find an opportunity to attack, test the reality, once it is confirmed that there is no food, with the ability of Dugu Yunyan Metropolitan Governor, he will be able to find a way to defeat the enemy." Li Jing reminded.

"It makes sense, the same can be true in Yunzhou on the West Road, but after the Khitan took the Xi people, they have food, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with for a while." Li Er said.

Li Jing thought for a while and reminded: "The Khitan Eight Department will leave some people to guard the tribe, it is impossible to send them all, the coalition army should be about 50,000, but the Xi people have not much food, and suddenly there are 50,000 more mouths, which may not be able to hold out for a month, what the minister is worried about is that the black-clothed army, if they are Tang people, it means that someone in the Tang Dynasty is secretly supporting and will provide grain and grass. ”

Although he guessed the identity of the man in black in his heart, there was no evidence, and Li Jing did not say nonsense.

Everyone is a smart person, knowing that the three states are in the east and north of Taiyuan, which is the only way for Taiyuan to go to the location of the Xi people, and it cannot be bypassed.

Li Er also nodded knowingly, feeling a little more cold in his heart.

No matter who dares to move his own country, Li Er doesn't mind uprooting people.