Time passed intermittently, and the winter in the Western Regions had completely arrived. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAlthough it hasn't snowed yet, the temperature has dropped to more than 10 degrees below zero.

And Tianshuigou also ushered in a short period of peace, and there were not too many battles in these months, and there were no large-scale battles. The casualty rate is not high, but the gains are good.

During this time, they had great difficulty convincing the women to remarry. A group of girls seem to have left a very bad image, that is, everyone hides.

"That's right, we do go to their homes every day to talk and persuade and educate, why is this the result." Yan Hanshui looked at Bai Tan and them with a strange expression.

Bai Tan had a helpless expression: "Now we can be regarded as even a three-year-old girl, and we are avoiding us." ”

Ma Lin laughed dryly on the side: "Persuasion education is right, but you and the swallows go to bed from morning to night, this is not persuasion education, this is punishment." And ......"

"Okay...... Yan Hanshui covered his face and said, "But it's not very effective, is it, at least more than one hundred and fifty people have been convinced." It's 1/4 of the proportion of young, unmarried, or young women. ”

Ma Lin shrugged helplessly: "The remaining 3/4 is not easy to get." You see, as soon as we got here, it was like the plague god was coming......"

The doors of everyone's houses were locked, and the women hid in their homes with their children in their arms. Those over the age of 10 are now not allowed to go out of the house. Except for the smoke and cold water, they were on the street, which was empty.

"Hmph, pock...... Last time we talked about it? Yes, this is here, this young woman surnamed Zhou has a loyal family and is quite prestigious here. Let's start with her...... The one who went up and knocked on the door. Yan Hanshui pointed to a swallow and said, but the swallow obviously had a black line on his face.

She walked to the door of the house, and then began to knock, and said, "Sisters, open the door...... We are also for your own good, if you have something to say......"

All right...... If you don't open the door, you knock on the door. The woman inside was probably afraid that the door would be knocked on, so she opened the door an hour later with an unhappy face.

So Yan Hanshui looked well-behaved and began to chat with the young ladies. And the young women had black lines on their faces, and they didn't even want to live in their own homes. However, this embarrassing thing soon came to an end, and a Tang soldier suddenly walked in.

"Captain Yan, General Li is looking for you......" the soldier said to Yan Hanshui.

Yan Hanshui asked suspiciously: "Is something wrong?" "You must know that they have been calmly taking it for almost two months, and now the weather is getting colder and colder, and the number of times the soldiers of Datang go out to rob is getting less and less.

Because now it seems that the fight is going on again, and the caravan is guarded by a lot of Tibetan troops. Especially after the last robbery, Tubo has obviously increased the safety of those caravans and the teams transporting grain and grass. And now there is no shortage of food in Tianshuigou.

The soldier didn't care about outsiders, of course, they were all from Datang, and there were no outsiders at all. "Yes Captain, our scouts have received news that the Tibetans are now attacking Shazhou in an all-out way. The first to bear the brunt of the battle was Shicheng Town and Boxian Town, the battle was very fierce, and it is said that there were more than 3,000 casualties in Tibet in just three days. And in these two towns, the Tang army was less than two thousand. So...... General Lee asked Captain Yan to go to his tent as soon as possible to discuss whether rescue was needed. The soldier spoke briefly, but the people immediately stood up.

"Go back now, that's a big deal." Yan Hanshui gritted his teeth, and then followed the soldier and left the courtyard.

Just after they left, the young woman who had been persuaded by her for a long time cried directly: "I don't know how many people will die this time...... "After the last time Zhangye where she was located was captured, from her father to her husband, seven or eight men died in the family.

"Although that little girl is too inky, but ......... There's nothing wrong with that. The young woman stood up, and then spoke to the women next to her, and a group of people began to gather all the single women in the area.

The smoke and cold water returned to the largest tent, which was already full of people. Li Wei looked at Yan Hanshui: "You are here?" This information was also transmitted by your swallows, but you are in the living quarters, so you only know. "The swallow set by Yan Hanshui is at the same level as Li Wei, so it is the same to report directly to Li Wei.

Yan Hanshui nodded: "Do you have any details?" ”

Li Wei took her a piece of paper and looked at it. The Tang Sandbank began to attack the defenses, abandoning all the surrounding villages and moving the population into the main cities. Therefore, the two towns of Shicheng and Boxian have about 2,000 soldiers each, with a population of 1,000 households in Shicheng and 3,000 households in Soxian.

Since these thousand households are basically the descendants of soldiers, merchants and adventurers, they have good quality and can be used as auxiliaries. The population of 3,000 households is about 10,000 people, and all the combat strength of these two towns is counted, and it is estimated that Shicheng can have 3,000 people and more than 5,000 people. However, the total strength of Tibet was around 50,000.

Although the information of the swallow is not detailed, it is already quite a lot. Yan Hanshui frowned: "With a total strength of 50,000, their combat soldiers are estimated to be more than 20,000 to 30,000. After all, there must be caravans and slaves, and these populations will definitely not be too small. ”

Li Wei nodded: "You're right, but even if hundreds of us get in, I'm afraid it will be difficult to change the situation of the battle." Li Wei said bitterly, although he said that he was a fact.

Yan Hanshui also sighed: "We don't go to defend the city, we go to save people!" ”

"Saving people?" All the generals were stunned for a moment, and then they didn't know why.

Yan Hanshui smiled: "Of course it's to save people, dear Bai Tan, how long will it take for your soil system Dao method to dig a passage in two towns?" ”

A group of people suddenly understood, and Bai Tan tilted his head and thought about it: "If you want to avoid the Tubo army, I'm afraid you have to dig at least twenty miles of land." Even if I don't sleep, I guess it's going to take a week. ”

"A week...... No, you're talking about sleeplessness...... It looks like it's going to take a month to prepare. But these two towns don't look like they can last a month. And you can only dig one passage at a time, and there will be a town that will last for two months. Yan Hanshui sighed, everyone knew that this was simply impossible.

Li Wei and a group of generals were also discussing, and at this time, Li Wei's son Li Bin stood up and said, "General, it's better for us to save only one town." ”

Li Wei looked at his son: "Li Bi will tell you ......"

Li Bin said to everyone: "Miss Bai Tan said that it will take a week for her to dig through to a safe area without sleep. And now that the two towns are in crisis, we have to make a trade-off. Stone Town was originally a military fort, so there were not many civilians. In addition, the location is remote and desolate, so both the population and the material are insufficient. ”

"But the town of Boxian is different, where is the important place of the Silk Road, there are many merchants and people. 3,000 households, I'm afraid we can count at most 800 households in Tianshuigou now, if we can rescue those people, we will have more manpower to use. After Li Bin said this, a group of people nodded to indicate that it made sense.