The sky was overcast and terrible, like a blizzard brewing.

At the head of Yingzhou City, the soldiers of the border army looked cold, just like this dusty sky, the war broke out suddenly, who can not be nervous, not worried, not afraid, even if the enemy army failed to deceive the door, the sneak attack could not be successful, and slowly retreated, it could not make everyone feel at ease.

Qin Huaidao was silent until the enemy army completely disappeared from view, turned to leave, and said to Xue Feng: "Xue joins the army, you can help solve the general's affairs as soon as possible." ”

"Please rest assured, the general has arranged for someone to keep an eye on it." Xue Feng hurriedly said.

After entering the Governor's Mansion, Qin Huaidao returned to the camp to inspect the circle, came to the temporary living room, signaled Xue Feng to go and spread out the map to study it, and the general of Goguryeo personally led the army to Yingzhou, and also released the intention of soliciting.

Is it to storm at all costs?

Or is it besieged without attacking?

There is too little information, Qin Huaidao is difficult to make a decision for a while, after some deduction, whether it is a fierce attack or a siege, there is no army of more than 50,000 can not do it, there are not many soldiers and horses in Goguryeo, and it is a waste to put 50,000 in Yingzhou, no wonder it is no wonder that he sent people to cheat the city gate, and after defeat, he persuaded him to surrender from a high position, this is to want a quick victory.

If it is really the head of Yingzhou, not only does it not have to leave 50,000 troops, but also can get Yingzhou soldiers and horses in vain, killing two birds with one stone, and playing wishful thinking, no wonder he does not hesitate to have a high position with a different surname.

The more Goguryeo wanted a quick victory, the more it could not agree.

The more Goguryeo wanted to besiege with fewer soldiers, the more it had to drag it over.

War, the most feared thing is not to understand the other party's intentions, after thinking about Goguryeo's strategic intentions, Qin Huaidao made up his mind, and all kinds of ideas came to his mind, wrote them down one by one, and turned back for backup.

"Uncle—" Someone shouted outside.

"Come in."

Luo Zhang pushed the door in and said, "Let me ask, is there a battle today?" ”

"I'm not sure, whether there is or not, let everyone hurry up and prepare for the things I explained, jerky, winter clothes, arrows, all are indispensable." Qin Huaidao admonished, looked at what he had written, put the paper away, looked up at Luo Zhang and asked, "Luo Zhang, follow me here, do you regret it?" ”

"I don't regret it, although I don't care about fame and fortune, it's not bad to have it, it proves that the Luo family is not weak, this is an opportunity to prove it." Luo Zhang said solemnly.

"There will be a chance for you to correct the name of the Luo family, eat more recently, and don't fall behind in training."

"Remember Uncle!"

"Go ahead, let's hurry!"

After seeing Luo Zhang leave, Qin Huaidao's mood became inexplicably complicated, the Luo family has been dismissed from his post at home since Luo Tong, the glory of the past is no longer there, Luo Zhang needs a chance to make a name for himself, Li Junxian was dismissed, Li Yi doesn't need a chance to correct his name, Li Dejian came over, Li Jing's main purpose is probably to gain knowledge.

In the army, only Fang Yiai is a variable, Fang Xuanling probably wants to throw it over with the attitude of trying it out, although Fang Yiai is brave, but he doesn't understand military strategy, and he doesn't need to prove anything, but fortunately, this guy is belligerent, and it's not a big problem.

In general, the people around me are helping.

But if the sacrifice is too great, An Guogong's Turkic army is a variable.

It will not be easy to be in charge, no matter how big or small, you must think about it first, take precautions, Qin Huaidao felt a little pain in his head, rubbed his temples and continued to think.

……

Almost at the same time, there was another person who was also having a headache, the leader of the Sivantan Tribal Alliance.

Last night, I had received the news of the clansmen who had fled back, and the tribe was ended, all of them were filled with righteous indignation, and they hated to fight back immediately, if it weren't for the high prestige of the leader, and they were forced to press down, they would have withdrawn their troops last night, but today they must come up with a decision, otherwise the army will be unstable.

"King!" The middle-aged man, who desperately escaped, opened the curtain and entered.

"Sit down and talk." The leader of the Sibandan tribe greeted him, waited for the other party to sit down, and asked, "Are you sure that it was the Goguryeo people who attacked the tribe?" ”

"Dawang, it doesn't matter if you're a Goguryeo or not." The person who came looked cold and said slowly: "Has the king thought about a question?" The tribe still has our wives and children, our parents, tens of thousands of people, if we don't withdraw our troops and go back, there is no food, no tents, no warriors, how will they live? ”

A seat of words, revealing endless sadness.

Ice and snow, no food, no shelter, and no one to protect, tens of thousands of people are a big piece of fat meat, the wolves on the grassland will rush up to bite a bite, can't live, everyone will choose to leave, into other tribes, become slaves, there may be an informed tribe to come, unknowingly swallow this big fat meat.

The leader of the Sibandan tribe was not unexpected, but unwilling.

After pondering for a moment, the leader of the Sivandan tribe was still unwilling, and said in a deep voice: "But if you miss this opportunity, do you know what it means?" ”

"You know, but if we don't have the tribe, we will be rootless, and what can we do if we win? Once the news spreads, knowing that we have no tribe and have become outliers of lone wolves, if we are used as cannon fodder, let us take the lead again and again, will we fight when the time comes? ”

With a rhetorical question, the leader of the Sibandan tribe hesitated.

If you fight, the loss will be great, and you haven't replenished it, even if you retire in the future, where can you go? The offspring are gone, what are you desperately trying for? It won't be long before the Sivantan tribe will become extinct.

If you don't fight, then why are you staying here?

Sivandanbu's face was solemn, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.

The person who came continued: "Wang, the news has spread, the soldiers want to return, even if the king wants to fight, he has no fighting spirit, maybe he will take the opportunity to escape, instead of this, it is better to go back directly, loot a few small tribes along the way, and save the clansmen. ”

"Leaving without permission is a capital offense!"

The person who came snorted disdainfully and persuaded him: "Wang, there are many generals in the Tang Dynasty, you know this best, do you really think that this plan can be successful?" Even if it succeeds, how many Khitan warriors will be left? Once Goguryeo took advantage of the fire to rob and sent troops to attack the rear, who could stop it? Can the remaining Khitan warriors stop Goguryeo? I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will be the time to lose land and exterminate the clan, and if the battle is defeated, Goguryeo will even sneak attack our rear and annex the Khitan Eight Divisions to restore its strength, no matter what, there will be no good results. ”

"Impossible, don't forget that there is also the Taiyuan Wang family."

"Taiyuan Wang?"

The person who came said disdainfully: "Wang, once the war starts, the matter will be exposed, and when the king of the Tang Dynasty can tolerate it, I am afraid that it will be uprooted and lose its foundation, they are too busy to take care of themselves, if I guess correctly, they are afraid that they have reached some kind of secret agreement with Goguryeo, the Khitan is just a knife they use, and they will be thrown away when they run out, even if they do not reach a secret agreement with Goguryeo, they will have close contacts with He Dahebu, maybe they want to use the war to weaken our strength, so that they can unify the entire Khitan, where will we go when the time comes?" ”

After a lot of hard talk, but it was like a thunderbolt.

The face of the leader of the Sivandan tribe became gloomy, and his eyes flashed with a fierce light.

After a while, the leader of the Sivandan tribe said, "You are worthy of being the wisest person in my Sibandan tribe, and you have successfully persuaded this king to tell me which tribe is best to attack. ”

"King Xie, naturally it is to attack the small tribes that are closely related to He Da Hebu, fight all the way, expand our strength, and force these tribes to withdraw their troops, as long as the strength of He Da He is weakened, if Goguryeo has the heart, he will be the first to swallow them, and when the time comes, we will also follow suit, unify the Khitan, and contact the Tang Dynasty to contend with Goguryeo, and the king is the Khan of the entire Khitan."

"Hahaha, wonderful, pass on the king's order, secretly withdraw the army!"

"The king is wise!"

……

Qin Huaidao's wings stirred by this butterfly became more and more powerful.

If you don't sell the sword of the gods, the enmity with the Wang family will not intensify, and if you don't take revenge and fight back against the Wang family, the Taiyuan Wang family will not have any dissenting intentions, and there will be no war, if there is no Qin Huaidao attacking in the snow and sacking the Siwandan Ministry, the leader of the Siwandan Ministry will not retreat.

This retreat, the Khitan Eight Chaos kicked off!

War, there are too many ifs!

For example, Goguryeo......

In the tent of the general of Goguryeo, the general was eating barbecue and roasting the fire, while talking about the war with several generals, which was very comfortable.

A general said flatteringly: "General, after the equipment is built, the last general will be the first to rush in and take the camp to the general." ”

"With me here, when will it be your turn to take the lead?" Someone said dissatisfied.

"Hahaha!" The general was in a good mood and said with satisfaction: "Don't worry, once the equipment is built, the main army should also arrive, and when the time comes, there will be no main attack, auxiliary attack, and the three sides will exert force at the same time to drive them out of the north gate and rush to the grassland to scourge those uncivilized Khitans." ”

"Hahaha, the general is wise!" The crowd flattered.

A scout hurried in and said anxiously: "General, it's not good, Yingzhou is building a city." ”

"Building a city?"

The general was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "At this time, the frozen soil is like iron, and it can't be dug up, how can you build a city?" It's a joke, it's nonsense, otherwise you will be a demon to confuse the public, take advantage of General Ben's good mood, get out of here! ”

"No, general, they are really building the city, the city wall is already about a zhang high, with water, yes, they splash it with water, the water freezes, and the city wall is heightened, the brothers really see it." The scout was in a hurry and hurriedly said.

"What, to build a city with water into ice? What kind of demon is this? The general's face changed, he rushed out of the tent, turned over his horse, and rushed up.

Several generals also hurried to follow on horseback.

rushed all the way, and soon, everyone saw that Yingzhou was really different, it was a foot high, not a place high, but all the city walls were raised by a zhang, many people were still pouring water on it, if it was one zhang higher, it would take hard to climb up, how could this battle be fought?

Everyone looked at the general.

The general's face was gloomy, just like this gray sky, a pair of incredible eyes stared at the city wall, and muttered: "How can it still be like this...... How can it be? ”

"General, what should I do? Or will you lead people to rush forward and interfere with them with arrows? One shouted.

"The last general is also willing to go!" Others went to war.

As the lord of an army, he naturally knows a lot of inside stories that others don't know, if he can't take Yingzhou, it will definitely cause a chain reaction, and the general doesn't dare to imagine how serious the consequences are.

With the method of pouring water into ice to build a city, Yingzhou is impregnable, and the people inside are very angry, and they will not surrender at all, and want to take it, unless they do not hesitate to kill or die and fill it with their lives.

But the arrow is ready to fly, and it has to be sent!

For a moment, the general was in a dilemma.

"General!" The crowd shouted.

"Quick, go back first!" The general was excited, suddenly came to his senses, and realized that he had to report the loss as soon as possible, and pulled the horse's head and whipped it violently.

"Drive!"

The crowd struck their horses and chased after them.

As everyone knows, on the wall of Yingzhou, Xue Wanshu and Qin Huaidao are watching this scene with relish, and after the general and the others walked away, Xue Wanshu said excitedly: "General Qin suggested not to stop the enemy scouts from watching, sure enough, the enemy army was shocked by the ice city, busy reporting, adjusting the plan, and will not attack for a while, we will have more time to build the city, wonderful, wonderful." ”

"Governor, can you contact Heping Prefecture?" Qin Huaidao asked bluntly.

"The flying pigeon has sent a message to warn, and informed the method of building the city, I believe that Pingzhou is also building the city, as long as Pingzhou is not lost, how long can the old man see how long they can be rampant? As long as it lasts for two months, the imperial army will arrive. Xue Wanshu was in a good mood, and the haze in her heart was swept away.

Looking at the higher and higher city walls, Xue Wanshu smiled and said: "With this Xiongcheng, unless Goguryeo takes 100,000 people to fill it, don't think about taking it, consume 100,000 troops of Goguryeo with the power of one city, and the old man will have no regrets if he dies!" ”

"No, I can't take 200,000 yuan, recruit carpenters throughout the process, make crossbows, melt all the discarded knives in the army to make arrowheads, and in addition, collect the manure and arsenic of people and animals in the whole city and mix them together to boil them, soak the arrowheads, as long as they are shot, even if they are bruised, the wound will definitely be infected, and they will definitely die." Qin Huaidao said coldly, in order to keep Yingzhou, he couldn't take care of any yin damage tricks.

"This law...... Can it be done? Xue Wanshu was taken aback.

"It works!" Qin Huaidao's face was determined.

"Okay, Ping'er, you are fully responsible for this matter, be quick."

"Obey!" A young general said yes and hurried away.

Xue Wanshu explained: "The second child in the family is not good at practicing martial arts, but he likes to read, especially miscellaneous books, and is usually responsible for the baggage in the army, so that General Qin can laugh." ”

"The governor is laughing, and there are good miscellaneous books below." Qin Huaidao said politely.

Seeing that Xue Wanshu didn't believe it, Luo Zhang added: "Governor, the crossbow used by our army was designed by Uncle. ”

"Really?" Xue Wanshu's face changed, she had long been greedy for the crossbow, but she was embarrassed to say it, so she took the opportunity to go over to Luo Zhang's crossbow, and after some observation, she exclaimed: "This crossbow is different from others, I have never seen it, how many shots can it be?" ”

"Thirty shots." Luo Zhang said casually.

"Thirty in a row?" Xue Wanshu was taken aback, she thought it was ten consecutive shots, and the scene of countless crossbow arrows being fired continuously flashed in her mind flashed in her mind, and she was suddenly afraid, and looked at Qin Huaidao: "This crossbow may be passed on to Yingzhou?" ”

"I'm afraid of the court." Qin Huaidao said truthfully.

"This ......" Xue Wanshu didn't dare to say anything more.

The crossbow is not trivial, the imperial court must keep it strictly secret and cannot be passed on, Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "The governor doesn't need to worry, there will be a kind of crossbow with ten consecutive rounds in the next, and it will be passed on to the governor, but it is limited to Yingzhou, and it is also not allowed to be passed on, otherwise the consequences will be known to the governor." ”

"Understand, the old man asked the blacksmith of the Governor's Mansion to build it, and all the blacksmiths were accepted as domestic slaves, treated well, to prevent leakage, and swore in the name of the ancestors of the Xue family, only for Yingzhou, if there is a rumor, let the Xue family be wiped out." Xue Wanshu said solemnly, in order to defend the city, he also fought.

As for the blacksmith, once he mastered the method of making repeaters, he naturally treated them well and became the family heritage.

The ancients reaffirmed their promises, especially by their ancestors, which was almost the highest oath.

Qin Huaidao had the heart to befriend Xue Wanshu, the fifth son of the Xue family, all of whom had a prominent reputation and great influence in the army, handed over the drawings that had been prepared a long time ago, and advised: "Keep it secret!" ”

"I understand, I will never reveal that it was awarded by General Qin, but in this way, once you have made a great contribution, you can't ask the general for credit." Xue Wanshu said apologetically.

"It's okay, Ben doesn't care about that." Qin Huaidao said nonchalantly.

Xue Wanshu didn't know if Qin Huaidao really didn't care, so she secretly made up her mind to compensate from other aspects to repay the grace of the crossbow, and suddenly saw the sky full of snowflakes in front of her, and a huge army was slowly coming, all over the mountains and fields, and she heard in her heart that the main force of the enemy army had arrived.

"Governor, there are a lot of enemy troops." Qin Huaidao looked at this scene and said.

"I'm afraid there are 50,000, with equipment, but the ladder looks like it was built according to the city wall of Yingzhou, and now the city wall is taller, and it can't be reached, so the old man has to see how they fight." Xue Wanshu's confidence has increased greatly.

Qin Huaidao observed for a moment, and reminded worriedly: "Dudu, let's prepare for battle, the enemy army is coming from afar, it is impossible not to fight, and I also know that it will be more difficult to fight after a long time, the most likely thing is to break through the city gate, and prepare more archers to guard the city gate." ”

"Makes sense." Xue Wanshu was not stupid, and immediately called someone to give a few words.

Soon, a large number of soldiers rushed to the city wall with straw, threw the straw on the ground and tiptoed, and prepared for battle.

Qin Huaidao beckoned to Fang Yiai and Li Yixie, who were in charge of the guards behind him, and advised: "You go and guard the city gate, once the city is broken, block it for me, there must be no mistake." ”

"Obey!" The two of them agreed, and hurried down with Yu Linwei.

Qin Huaidao was not very relieved, so he suddenly had a plan, and said to Xue Wanshu: "Governor, it's better to let people block the city gate with soil, and then pour water into the hole in the city gate, let the water freeze, seal all the city gates, and don't go out in a short time anyway." ”

"Great idea!" Xue Wanshu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly found someone to explain a few words, and the other party hurriedly went.

The four gates were frozen, the city wall was heightened, Xue Wanshu no longer had any worries, her heart was settled, and she shouted with some expectation: "Soldiers listen to my orders, once the enemy approaches, give me a fierce shot." ”

"Obey!" Everyone was amazed.

The city wall was heightened and reinforced, just like a Xiongguan, and everyone's confidence was greatly increased.

Soon, the war drums of the enemy camp roared and shook in all directions.

An infantry rushed up, with swords and shields in front of them, and roared, like a pack of hungry wolves seeing lambs, followed by a group of auxiliaries, who carried ladders and rushed with them.

The battle began without warning.

Qin Huaidao looked at the swarming Goguryeo army, at least more than two thousand, proudly unmoving, a pair of eyes flashing with a sharp light, this kind of city defense battle is the first time to participate in close proximity, the opportunity is rare, see more, learn more, feel more, maybe it will be useful in the future.

"Everyone listened to the orders of the governor of Pontus, and let go of the fight!" Xue Wanshu's voice sounded, spreading all around like thunder, calm, powerful, and reassuring.

"Come closer, hold me steady!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

At the sound of the order, the arrows rained down on the people who rushed up.

"Ahh

Screams rang out, and countless Goguryeo soldiers fell.

Qin Huaidao looked at this scene, Rao is life and death are a little unbearable, a round of arrow rain hundreds of people are gone, all of them are living lives, but force yourself to adapt, to accept, now is your life-and-death national war, there can be no mercy, mercy and sympathy.

"Peng—"

Countless bowstrings exploded, and another round of arrows whistled away, knocking down more people.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the enemy rushed to the city wall, and the ladders were erected, but the height was not enough, even if they climbed up, they could not enter the city, but there were still people who bit the knife, used both hands and feet, quickly climbed up, and were soon shot down by arrows, and finally climbed to the top, picked up the knife and slashed violently, trying to see the ice away.

Qin Huaidao was a little speechless when he looked at this scene, how reckless would this be to do such a thing?

When he saw countless people carrying the huge crashing wood over, Qin Huaidao suddenly reacted and said: "Dudu, the enemy's cloud ladder siege is fake, and it is true to attract everyone's firepower, this is to cover the huge collision wood and crash open the city gate." ”

Du Du Xue Wanshu saw through it at one point, and seeing that the enemy couldn't see the ice at all, he had no worries in his heart, and shouted excitedly: "Hahaha, aim and shoot for me, don't care about the enemy of the ladder." ”

"Canopy!"

Countless arrows were shot at the man who carried the huge crashing wood, some of them missed, and some were blocked by the shield, but the rest of the arrows hit the person, and the person who carried the huge striking wood fell, and someone immediately took over.

More enemy troops came with shields, protected people, and another round of arrows rained over, shooting on the shield clanging and bounced, only a small number of arrows shot in from the gap, but the effect was not great, the huge impact on the wood was about to approach the city gate, the city gate hole has not been frozen, once it is opened, the consequences are very serious.

Xue Wanshu was anxious and shouted: "Aim at them, shoot me hard!" ”

"Pong! Disheveled! ”

The arrows rained down and were fierce.

But more enemy troops came with shields to cover, and the effect was not very obvious.

"These people must not be allowed near the city gates."

A thought flashed in his mind, Qin Huaidao thought wildly, looked back, and saw many people carrying water into the city gate hole, and looked at the huge collision wood that was getting closer and closer, and suddenly had a plan, and shouted: "Governor, hurry up...... Let the bearer of water come up and pour it down from above. ”

"What do you mean?" Xue Wanshu was a little stunned for a while.

"It's too late to explain, quick!"

Xue Wanshu thought about Qin Huaidao's resourcefulness, there must be a deep meaning in doing this, anyway, it will not affect it, immediately let people give orders and continue to command the battle.

Soon, a load of water was carried up.

Qin Huaidao picked up a bucket, and when he saw that the giant tree had already reached the door, a stream of cold water was poured down directly, and he immediately shouted: "Quick, fall down!" ”

Everyone didn't know why, but they poured the water down.