Water is not an arrow, it will flow down if it is blocked by a shield, fall on people's heads, faces, and then drill from the neck to the body, cold and piercing, one by one, they can't stand it for a while, and they can't care about hitting the city gate.

A few more buckets of water were picked up, Qin Huaidao picked up a pass and poured it down, shouting, "Quick, pick up more water and pour it on the ladder." ”

Xue Wanshu saw the fame, and shouted excitedly: "Except for the archers, everyone else will go down to fetch water." ”

Anyway, the enemy couldn't climb the city wall, and it was useless for the sword and shield soldiers and auxiliaries to stay on the city wall.

"Whoa!"

Buckets of water were splashed down, and the people who carried the huge hit the wood were all poured cold, and a cold wind came, and they couldn't help but tremble, and their frozen teeth began to tremble, trembling all over, and they were weak, where could they afford to lift the giant tree?

The people on the ladder were still looking at the ice frantically, trying to open an opening to climb up, but they were rushed by the cold and biting water, shivering with cold, and their feet were unstable and they slipped down.

The ladder was wet, and when the cold wind blew, it became slippery, and many people fell down after climbing a few steps.

On the city wall, the soldiers didn't know the beauty of water when they saw this scene, and they were excited one by one, and they were more active and faster in carrying water.

"Hahaha, the ancients only knew fire attack, today the old man is an eye-opener, this water attack is not inferior to the power of fire attack, General Qin is talented, the old man admires." Xue Wanshu shouted excitedly.

"The Governor is smiling!" Qin Huaidao said politely, and when he saw the enemy army rushing out of countless archers, he immediately shouted: "Go down quickly, cover against the wall, the enemy is about to release arrows." ”

Command is an art, during the war, people's nerves are very tight, directly shouting to cover everyone will be at a loss, especially the auxiliaries who have not undergone relevant training, they don't know how to cover at all, but shouting down, covering against the wall is different, everyone instinctively rushes under the city wall, looking for the wall to cover.

Some guards came over to protect Xue Wanshu.

Xue Wanshu roared: "What are you panicking, the enemy hasn't started yet, organize everyone to go first." ”

"Governor, you go down first, otherwise everyone will not worry." Qin Huaidao proposed.

"How can the old man be afraid of arrows? Go and organize everyone down. Xue Wanshu shouted, the guards had no choice, so they hurriedly ran to organize.

Qin Huaidao didn't run, looked at the enemy archers who began to form a formation, and said, "The enemy seems to be burning with rockets." ”

"Will it burn the ice?" Xue Wanshu asked.

"No, unless they use more than 100,000 rockets to shoot in one place, we can continue to water and extinguish the fire, and let people come up with shields and buckets." Qin Huaidao proposed.

"Good idea, go ahead and arrange it." Xue Wanshu said to a general beside him, and suddenly found that this battle was fought very easily and without pressure.

Fang Yiai and Li Yixie rushed up with a few Yulin guards, holding shields to block the front, Li Yixie said anxiously: "General, the enemy is about to attack with arrows, quickly retreat." ”

Qin Huaidao smiled with satisfaction, these two people also knew that the lord would come up to protect the city, but they did not retreat, looked at Xue Wanshu and said with a smile: "Dudu, why don't you act as a sentry here and watch the enemy perform?" The governor is on the wall, and the whole city will be settled. ”

"Good idea, hahaha, why don't you dare, the old man was also a fierce general back then, and tens of millions of people still killed back and forth." Xue Wanshu laughed, and the blood and fighting spirit in her heart were stimulated.

As a general, he naturally understands that the more he behaves indifferently, the more dangerous he stands in, the more courageous the soldiers are, the more reassuring the people are, and the city will not be chaotic.

The so-called will be the soul of a soldier, this is what he said.

Several guards hurriedly showed their shields to shield and protect Xue Wanshu to the death.

Through the gap in the shield, Qin Huaidao saw that the enemy had drawn his bow, and then looked at the soldiers who had descended from the city, all of them had already hidden under the city wall, squatting and not moving, this position was a dead end, and it was impossible to shoot unless the arrow fell vertically.

But it is impossible for an arrow from outside the city to fall vertically.

It is worthy of being a border army, and the experience of saving lives is not bad.

"Canopy!"

Countless arrows roared, almost covering the sky above Yingzhou City, and the black pressure was overwhelming, which made people chill.

Before everyone could react, countless arrows slammed into the shield, Yu Linwei's shield was very strong, and it was impermeable, covering all the arrows, and Xue Wanche's guard equipment was not bad, and there was no damage.

A dense rain of arrows fell on the houses, making a crackling sound, but the thatched roofs were also frozen, making it difficult for arrows to penetrate, and the walls were also frozen, leaving small pits and falling arrows.

Qin Huaidao smiled when he saw this scene, and shouted: "Dudu, a few more rounds, it is enough to build arrows." ”

"Hahaha, not bad!" Xue Wanshu also shouted excitedly.

"Puffy Tent!"

A rain of arrows roared, the screams of the past were like heaven, Xue Wanshu looked at the city of feather arrows excitedly, and shouted: "General Qin, thanks to you this time, otherwise the old man doesn't know what to do, this camp will definitely not be able to stand it, and now the old man wishes that they would come a few more rounds, what a good arrow." ”

"The governor is experienced, how can he not stand the small Yingzhou, laughing." Qin Huaidao said politely, looking through the gap, the enemy archers were still shooting arrows, but they slowed down, and a large group of people held shields and escorted people to carry the crashing wood over, which was ready to continue to hit the door.

The city gate hole has not been frozen yet, and it must not be knocked open by the enemy, Xue Wanshu didn't need Qin Huaidao to remind him this time, and decisively ordered: "Bastard, come back, give the order, three people in a group, two people with double shields to cover, and one person to carry water up." ”

Not long after, someone escorted the water up, although people were constantly shot, but in order to defend the city, no one flinched, buckets of water poured down, and the people who tried to hit the door were poured into the soup, and they left as if they were running away from the door.

"Hahaha, there's a kind of coming back." Xue Wanshu was in a good mood.

The enemy did not continue to send people up to knock on the door, the archers continued to exert their might, and finally stopped after ten rounds of shooting, and there were arrows as far as the eye could see, Xue Wanshu looked at this scene and laughed, and shouted loudly: "Gao Lao Pifu, Lao Tzu is on the city wall, there is a kind of shooting!" ”

Is this not enough arrows?

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Governor, the great family is not rich, how can the little Goguryeo have so many arrows to squander, this wave of attacks has more than 100,000, it can save us a lot of trouble, the people in the city are okay, right?" ”

"That's right, a bunch of poor ghosts!" Xue Wanshu laughed heartily, and then explained: "Don't worry, the people will be fine, every family has a cellar, and when the war is together, they will hide in the cellar to avoid arrows, and they have long been used to it." ”

"And this?" Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had learned.

"Whew-"

A trumpet sounded, desolate and majestic, and spread far away.

The next moment, everyone saw that the enemy army began to divide their forces to besiege the city, keeping a distance of one arrow, and there was no way to counterattack if they wanted to.

But Xue Wanshu didn't care, she avoided the danger just now, and with experience, it was easier to deal with it, so she immediately told one of the people next to her: "Tell the four guards, just fight according to the method just now, prepare in advance, there must be no mistakes, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that they can come in." ”

"Obey!" The other party hurriedly went.

After waiting for a while, the enemy surrounded Yingzhou, but did not attack.

Xue Wanshu said indifferently: "General Qin, everything is within your calculations, they can't be defeated, they are ready to besiege, and it is not a big problem for Yingzhou to hold on to grain for two months." ”

"Governor, the 300,000 cattle and sheep and 30,000 war horses brought by Xia can be slaughtered if necessary, and in addition, it is best to control the grain from a few days, so that everyone can save and be prepared to survive for four months."

"If General Qin takes out the cattle and sheep, four months will be no problem at all, during the extraordinary period, the governor of Pontus will not be hypocritical with General Qin, it can be regarded as borrowed from Yingzhou, this great favor Yingzhou will not dare to forget, and when the war is over, it will be returned twice, and he will never break his promise." Xue Wanshu said gratefully, with 300,000 cattle and sheep and 30,000 war horses, there is no need to worry about food.

Suddenly thinking of something, Xue Wanshu added: "The method of attack is quite magical, the old man wants to fly a pigeon to send a message to Pingzhou, inform one or two, okay?" ”

"What's the matter?" Qin Huaidao said indifferently: "You must tell Pingzhou not to attack the retreating enemy, there is another advantage to water attack, the weather is cold, cold water is poured, it must feel the wind cold, and the wind cold can be contagious, one to ten, ten to hundred, this battle is self-defeating." ”

"And such a miraculous effect? General Qin's attack on the medical road? Xue Wanshu said excitedly.

Qin Huaidao smiled and said nothing, such a simple common sense was too embarrassed to explain.

Li Yixie saw that Xue Wanshu didn't believe it, and Qin Huaidao didn't explain, so he said: "Dudu, the general is indeed proficient in medicine, and his strength is extremely high, before leaving, Princess Jinyang's qi disease is almost cured by the general, I am afraid that she has been cured at this time, and no one in Chang'an City knows about it." ”

"What, can qi diseases be cured?" Xue Wanshu was taken aback, seeing Qin Huaidao with a shallow smile on his face, and then seeing that Li Yixie didn't seem to be joking, and it involved the royal family, no one dared to joke about this kind of thing, so she immediately believed it and said excitedly: "Great, no wonder General Qin attacked with water just now, and the old man went to fly pigeons to pass the book." ”

"Let's go back together, the enemy army is besieging the city, and it will be dark again soon, and there will be no attack in a short time." Qin Huaidao said and walked towards the city wall.

Xue Wanshu said a few words to the gatekeeper and hurried down to the city.

Stepping on the arrows all over the ground, Qin Huaidao sighed with some emotion, and said to Xue Wanshu: "Governor, go back and let someone repair it, okay to send me some?" ”

"Is it enough to give you half of it?" Xue Wanshu said magnificently, they were all picked up for nothing, and they were not distressed.

"Enough, enough."

"Hahaha, let's go, the old man is happy today, and he should be a big white."

The group left in a hurry and returned to the Governor's Mansion.

Qin Huaidao went back to the camp to take a look, and saw that everything was normal in the troops, and they were busy with all kinds of work, so he took Luo Zhang back to the temporarily settled wing, spread out the map and continued to study, his eyes swept around the Goguryeo territory, Luo Zhang followed in, and asked, "Uncle, are you going out of the city to fight?" ”

"You see that?"

"I've seen you look at the map a few times, guess." Luo Zhang explained.

His own people didn't need to be guarded, Qin Huaidao asked bluntly: "Luo Zhang, come and see, Huaiyuan used to be Liaodong, and this Liaodong City was an important town for Goguryeo to enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it was also a hub place. ”

"Why not Anshi Prefecture in southeastern Liaoning?" Luo Zhang asked.

"The two places are separated from each other, and there seems to be no difference, but Anshi Prefecture is far away from the Khitan, and across Liaodong, if Goguryeo moves troops against the Khitan, the grain and grass will be far away."

Luo Zhang was taken aback: "Do you mean that Goguryeo will still do something to the Khitan?" ”

"Shall others sleep soundly on the side of the couch? Sooner or later, in this big war, if the Khitan suffers heavy losses, Goguryeo will definitely take advantage of the Khitan army outside to suddenly make a move, take the Khitan territory, and then go south to swallow the Khitan army, otherwise, a small Yingzhou can use at least 50,000 troops outside the city? ”

"yes!" Luo Zhang reacted, also looked at the map and asked, "Uncle, what do you want to do?" ”

"I want to infiltrate Liaodong City and burn their grain and grass." Qin Huaidao smashed his fist on the desk, his eyes beating with a strong fighting intent.

Luo Zhang is also not afraid of big things, and when he heard it, he became excited: "Uncle, take me." ”

"It's a great achievement, you call all the sons of the princes, let's do it, don't talk about specific things first, so as not to leak secrets." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Luo Zhang hurriedly went.

Not long after, everyone came over, and Cheng Chumo's loud voice sounded outside the door: "General, are you inviting us to a big meal?" I'm tired of eating meat, can I drink some wine? ”

The words fell, and a group of people entered the house.

Qin Huaidao threw Luo Zhang a look, Luo Zhang looked at the door knowingly, and after making sure that there was no one, he cleaned up Qin Huaidao and kept an eye at the door, so as not to be heard.

When everyone saw this formation, they all realized that something was wrong and stopped talking.

"Gather in a ball." Qin Huaidao whispered, and after everyone gathered around, he said solemnly: "Brothers, after all, we are all after martial arts, Fang Yiai's love is not counted, but after Fang Xianggong has a relationship with our fathers, he is also our own people, I am ready to do a big one, but it is very dangerous, and I may not die, this matter is voluntary, I don't force it, and I won't blame it afterwards." ”

Cheng Chumo heard that Qin Huaidao was called a brother, this kind of title meant that the matter was very important and dangerous, and he volunteered to participate, and couldn't help but ask: "What can make our brothers die?" ”

Yu Chi Baolin scolded unceremoniously: "You sunspot, when did Brother Qin deceive us, let Brother Qin say that it is dangerous, it must be very dangerous, it is not child's play, everyone will decide after thinking about it, anyway, count me as one." ”

Everyone is not stupid, Qin Huaidao is not directly using military orders, but brothers, it can be seen that the trust in everyone, if you don't participate, you won't be brothers in the future, at least one layer apart, participate, the relationship in the future will be one step closer, the Cheng family brothers and the Wei Chi brothers have followed to do big things, and they have expressed their positions.

Li Dejian and Li Yixie also resolutely expressed their stance and took a very resolute attitude.

Qin Huaidao glanced at the two of them, didn't speak, his eyes fell on Fang Yiai, Fang Yiai was suddenly unhappy, and said, "Look at what I'm doing, didn't you just say that we are also our own people?" ”

"You are a fool, if you don't take a stand, who knows if you will participate?" Cheng Chu scolded silently.

", how can your own people not participate?" Fang Yiai's eyes widened.

"If you want to say that, then Lao Tzu has no opinion." Cheng Chu was silent.

Qin Huaidao saw that the two of them were about to start working, and interrupted: "Okay, listen to me, since everyone agrees, now let's talk about the specific things, I am going to take you to infiltrate into Liaodong City and burn their grain." ”

"What?"

Everyone is taking a breath of cold air, and this is bold, right? They looked at Qin Huaidao one by one, their eyes full of shock.

"What, scared?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"I'm afraid of a fart, it's you...... You're too bold, I thought I was bold, and I was nothing compared to you. Cheng Chu said with a sigh of relief.

"Liaodong is an important town, with heavy guards, it is difficult to get in, how to burn?" Li Dejian asked.

Fang Yiai said indifferently: "If you want me to say it, you have to do it, this work is happy, just go in, with our strength, there will definitely be no problem." ”

"Don't make any noise, listen to me." Qin Huaidao interrupted, looked around, and added: "We have to set up a rule, we are not allowed to talk nonsense during the discussion, we can only put forward opinions and suggestions, and hold back irrelevant words, otherwise, we will go to the blind and noisy." ”

"Whoa!" Everyone hurriedly agreed, Qin Huaidao's prestige had been established during this time.

Qin Huaidao said with satisfaction: "This matter must be done, give you another chance, if you don't want to participate, you can withdraw, but you must keep it a secret, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." ”

Everyone shook their heads, and no one quit.

Fang Yiai even said: "It's a fool to quit with such a good opportunity, it's a big achievement, it doesn't matter if you don't do it, it's no problem to come back with our strength, let's just say how to fight?" ”

"There is no information, and a detailed plan cannot be drawn up, so we can only act at the opportunistic level, but we must first train everyone on how to climb the city wall before we set off."

"Climb up?" Fang Yiai was stunned.

Qin Huaidao looked at the other party and asked, "Otherwise, let the Goguryeo people open the city gate and let us in?" If you have the skills, you can do it. ”

"Hahaha!" Everyone smiled good-naturedly.

Li Dejian reminded: "But the city wall is slippery, there is no way to climb up, Liaodong is an important town, the city wall is not low, and there is an army to defend it, so it is not easy to do." ”

"Do you know the height of the Liaodong city wall?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"It's not very clear, but the walls of this kind of important town are at least seven or eight feet high." Li Dejian said.

Seven or eight zhang is about 20 meters, in Qin Huaidao's estimate, explained: "Throw it with the flying claw, the flying claw is connected to the rope, grab the rope and go up directly, you may not, just train for a few days, and after a few days, the winter clothes and braised pork jerky should also be done, just need it." ”

"What kind of claws?" Li Dejian asked curiously.

"It's not normal, I'll build it, everyone will arrange the things in their hands, and start training tomorrow, this matter will be kept strictly confidential, so let's disperse." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Everyone left one after another, Qin Huaidao found Xue Feng, and with the help of Xue Feng, he found the blacksmith, which was very important, and even Xue Feng couldn't reveal the matter of going to Liaodong, only saying that it was prepared first and used in the future.

Two hours later, Qin Huaidao built ten flying claws with the help of a blacksmith, four hooks each, leaving a round hole at the end to tie the rope, and then personally carburized to improve the hardness, and then asked Xue Feng to help find ten thirty-meter-long hemp ropes, which were quite strong and sufficient.

The next morning, the carburizing was over, Qin Huaidao took out the flying claws and knocked on each other, making a crisp steel sound, knowing that it was done, and returning to the wing room, everyone was already waiting, looking at the black flying claws a little uneasy, things don't look big, can they bear the weight of a person?

Qin Huaidao didn't explain, led everyone out of the Governor's Mansion, came to a city wall, let Yulinwei be under martial law, not allowed to approach, and then demonstrate, everyone saw the flying claws thrown out, and landed on the city wall as if they had hooked something, very stable, they saw Qin Huaidao use both hands and feet, climbed up directly, and after a while, he went up to the city wall.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and before they could react, they saw Qin Huaidao pulling the rope and retreating backwards.

"I'll try!"

"I'll try!"

They are all masters of high art and boldness, and they are curious when they see new things, and they all surround them.

Qin Huaidao explained the essentials of the action, and then distributed the flying claws, one for each person, after getting the flying claws, everyone obviously felt that the flying claws were different, very hard, with everyone's strength could not move, the hook was sharp, not to mention people, even a horse could take off a large piece of meat.

Throwing the flying claw is a technical job, Qin Huaidao looked at it for a while, and saw that everyone couldn't, and he couldn't shake it off, so he had to re-demonstrate, pay attention to the essentials of the action, and then let everyone try, see it or not, and don't be in a hurry, this kind of thing needs more practice and patient guidance.

Not long after, Xue Wanshu hurriedly came over and said: "General Qin, the people below said that you are training here to climb the wall, and also said that the city wall is so high that it is easy to climb up, the old man has no other meaning, just to come and see, I am worried that the enemy will also use this trick to attack the city, but there is a way to crack it?" ”

"Use water, or use arrows, or cut ropes." Qin Huaidao explained, as the governor of Yingzhou, he naturally has a lot of eyes and ears, and he must know what he does, so he is not strange and does not care.

"It's good if you can crack it, then you practice, the old man still has something to deal with, if you need anything, just let someone come to find it." Xue Wanshu went in a hurry and didn't ask much.

"He's a smart man."

Qin Huaidao secretly praised and signaled everyone to continue training, and came to the city wall to observe the enemy's situation, looking for weak links, and they could be used when they went out of the city in the future.

In the next three days, the enemy army sent archers to harass from time to time, and did not attack the city, but fought psychological warfare, and put pressure on Yingzhou through archery, but unfortunately the people of Yingzhou have long been accustomed to it, and they don't care.

Three days later, everyone was almost done.

Military coats, socks, gloves and braised jerky are also made, and everything is ready.

That night, Qin Huaidao secretly found An Guogong, carefully advised, and took a few people out of the city secretly, there was an enemy besieged outside the city, and it was definitely not possible to open the city gate and ride a horse, the goal was too big, and he could only walk.

After getting off the city wall, everyone gathered together, and the cold wind blew and didn't feel too cold, Fang Yiai said excitedly: "Brothers, these clothes are really warm, as well as these gloves and socks, I don't feel cold at all, these things are dedicated to the imperial court, and they must be another great achievement." ”

"That's also Brother Qin's, and it has nothing to do with you." Cheng Chumo reminded.

"I'll just suggest it, and I don't want to take credit." Fang Yiai is not happy.

"Okay, don't quarrel with the two of you, and go back to quarrel, so as not to kill the other brothers." Qin Huaidao hurriedly whispered, pointed in one direction and said: "I have observed in the past few days, that is the border between the two armies, the weak link, there is a space twenty or thirty meters wide without a handle, for a while you follow my footprints, lower your body, use your hands and feet together, sneak like an animal, you can't straighten up and expose your whereabouts, understand?" ”

Everyone is a little confused, they haven't gone through it like this, no.

"Look at the dots and learn how I go." Qin Huaidao said and moved forward, his body was pressed very low, the two knives were behind his back, covered by a white coat, and he was holding a stainless steel horse lance in his hand, and soon, everyone found that Qin Huaidao and the surrounding environment were integrated, if it wasn't for the close distance, it would be difficult to find it in the field of vision.

At this moment, everyone has some understanding.

Cheng Chumo took the lead and followed Qin Huaidao's movements, and the others followed.

Li Dejian fell at the end, and said with some emotion: "White clothes are really useful on this ice and snow day, if you stop moving, it is difficult to find." ”

Li Yixie in front turned around and said: "Even if you move, you are not afraid, as long as the movement is not big, the body is low, no one can see it, don't forget that it is night, there is no moonlight, if it is not for the ice and snow, we can't see the road clearly, but we can only see five or six meters at the farthest, not to mention that many people are blindfolded and can't see clearly at night, Brother Qin chose to set off at this time, naturally all the details are considered, hurry up and keep up, don't lose it." ”

In this era, it is difficult for people to even eat meat, let alone liver, many people have blindfolds, also called night blindness, in a dimly lit environment, or at night can not see clearly, and in severe cases, they cannot see at all.

Li Dejian naturally knew that the finch was blindfolded, so he hurried to follow, for fear of getting lost, and secretly warned himself in his heart that he must record it when he was free, because it was all valuable war experience.

The night is like ink, and the snow is silent.

A squad fell silent and quickly disappeared into the snow and ice.