Although Li Biao was seriously injured, he still sent Lao Ha and others back to Zhenhai as soon as possible, and sent this important information to Zhang Hang and others.

Looking at the information in his hand, Zhang Hang, who was dressed in military uniform, handed it to Cao An and Zhao Qin, and after these two people finished reading, several people suddenly looked up at each other, and Cao An, who was wearing a fish-scale armor, smiled: "The Goguryeo people finally can't sit still, I thought they would continue to wait!" ”

After the previous month's preparation and co-optation, the Xia army on the Zhenhai side and the Goguryeo army in Najin City were no longer a simple confrontation between the two armies, and after the various tribes living in the area between Najin City and Jinhae City completed their positions, in fact, the battle between the two major power groups had formed here.

In the past, Goguryeo used the indigenous army that defected to him to constantly attack the headquarters of the Blue Wolf Army in Zhenhai, and even the nearby coal mine was almost breached, but Zhang Hang, who was in charge of Zhenhai's security, was not worried at all from the overall situation.

After all, these are just raids by small forces, as long as they can not mess with their heels, then these small forces have no way to take themselves at all, not to mention that the Goguryeo army has been holding its troops in Luojin City in order to consume these indigenous tribes.

For the previous stalemate war, Zhang Hang, who led the blue wolf army to garrison Zhenhai, was not afraid at all, anyway, the East China Sea has convenient transportation here, and because the climate was still warm in the later period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the sea near Zhenhai rarely froze in winter, even if it formed a thin layer of ice, it could also be broken by using the sea ships under Zhao Qin's department.

Therefore, Zhenhai can easily obtain a large amount of supplies from all over the East China Sea, and because of the existence of Zhao Qin's naval army, they firmly control the sea control from the mouth of the Tongmen River to Zhenhai, and they are not afraid of the Goguryeo people fighting against them.

Compared with the good logistics system of the Xia army in Zhenhae, the logistics of the Goguryeo people can be said to be terrible, because of the obstruction of the mountainous plateau in the central part of Goguryeo, the road to the western plain could not be walked, and the logistics baggage could only rely on the southern part of the east coast to transport it.

It is said that Goguryeo on the east coast also has its own fleet, but they are just some simple ships, which cannot be compared with the warships on the west coast, let alone with the naval warships of Wang Ze in the East China Sea.

Because of the strong threat of the navy of the Zhaoqin Jinhai Detachment, the baggage fleet that came from the south of Goguryeo only dared to walk close to its own coastline, and when they reached the port of Luojin City, they did not dare to go further north even if they were killed.

In this way, Gao Wen could only helplessly use land transportation to carry the baggage, but the distance from Luojin City to Zhenhai was not only hundreds of miles, not to mention that it was even more difficult to walk when the road was closed by heavy snow in winter, and the consumption of baggage by land was also greater.

This caused the supply difficulties of the Goguryeo army, which is one of the reasons why the Goguryeo army has been delayed and stopped attacking after coming to Najin City.

During the month that Gao Wen was stationed in Luojin City, in addition to hurrying to win over the nearby Beiwofu and Baishan tribe people to take refuge in him, he also had to seize the time to build a logistics supply base in Luojin City, and Gao Wen had made a lot of preparations these days.

Looking at the endless line around him, Gao Wen's heart was full of pride, in addition to the 20,000-strong Goguryeo army, there were nearly 7,000 people who were young and strong contributed by the Northern Wofu people in the north and the people of the Baishan Tribe.

Although he initially suffered some losses in jungle warfare with the Xia scouts in the direction of Zhenhai, he was soon replenished by the population from other tribes.

However, when Gao Wen saw the team composed of these indigenous young soldiers, he couldn't help frowning, the appearance of this army is really poor, compared to the uniform of other Goguryeo soldiers, these indigenous young men who took refuge in Goguryeo are wearing a variety of things, everything.

However, Gao Wen didn't say anything in the end, after all, in his heart, these indigenous soldiers were just consumables, and the main force of the attack on the Zhenhae Xia army this time was still Goguryeo's own 20,000 troops.

Because the winter weather was really cold, all the Goguryeo soldiers wore thick sheepskin jackets, felt coats, dogskin hats on their heads, and even wore basically the same fur gloves on their hands.

In addition, the winter in the land of Beji is extremely cold, and if you go to pick up an iron weapon with your bare hands, it is easy to be frostbitten by the cold steel, so it is good to be able to keep your hands from problems, and you can't go to war with a weapon at all.

In addition to the Goguryeo soldiers who were prepared, even the horses in the army were wrapped in thick warm felt, and the legs of the horses were also wrapped in felt to prevent the cold wind from frostbite.

These plows were contributed by the local people of the Baishan tribe, and the people of Beiwofu donated a large number of medicines that could be used to treat frostbite, both of which were especially important to the Goguryeo people.

Although the Goguryeo people also came south from their hometown of Buyeo, over the past few hundred years, the Goguryeo people have become accustomed to the southern climate and have abandoned many of the habits of living further north, and they have to continue to study.

During this period of time in Luojin City, in order to deal with the extreme low temperature in the land of Beji, Gawain learned a lot of knowledge about winter field activities from the old hunters of the White Mountain Department and the Northern Wofu people. Passionate about e-books

With so much preparation, although the winter is still extremely cold, Gawain believes that the soldiers of Goguryeo must be more resistant to cold than the soldiers of the East China Sea on the other side, so that he can speak in front of the king in the future by virtue of the merit of taking Zhenhai City and absorbing the surrounding indigenous tribes.

As the Goguryeo army continued to advance, the Baeksan tribe and the Beiwofu people were distributed in the jungles on both sides of the Goguryeo army, and the army was directed towards Zhenhai City, and a major battle was inevitable.

At the same time that the Goguryeo army was approaching Zhenhai City, Cao An and Zhang Hang also welcomed reinforcements from all over the East China Sea, including Whale Island and Sakhalin Island, with a total of 20,000 soldiers.

The first choice to arrive was the First Division of the First Army directly led by Jiang Chuan, but because Jiang Chuan had other things to do, he had to stay in the East China Sea, so his deputy general, that is, General Zhenwu (the junior rank of the general) Peng Cong, led these 10,000 people to Zhenhai to support.

The other reinforcements were 5,000 men of the 4th Division of the Blue Wolf Army led by General Jianwu (partial general middle rank) Meng Xian and General Zhenwu (partial general junior rank) Shu Liang Jaw, and the last part was 2,000 ironclad soldiers led by General Jianwu (partial general middle rank) Liu Wancheng.

The last 3,000 men were local militiamen who came from Whale Island and Sakhalin Island respectively, but it seems that they are going to come in vain, and they can not rob the old butchers in front of them for their battle achievements.

Among these reinforcements, what Zhang Hang valued the most was the heavy armor of the two thousand people led by Liu Wancheng, especially when they came, they were temporarily equipped with heavy hammers and heavy axes.

Because the weather here in Zhenhai is getting colder and colder, the extreme low temperature causes the weapons of the Blue Wolf Army soldiers to often become very fragile due to the cold.

In this way, their weapons would often break easily when engaging the enemy army, and finally, after referring to the weapons of the Goguryeo scouts who fought against them and the advice of Zhao Qin, who had been in Zhenhai all the year round, Zhang Hang finally chose a heavy hammer and a heavy axe, and let Liu Wancheng equip his headquarters.

The ironclad army under Liu Wancheng can give full play to the function of these heavy weapons, so that no matter how cold the weather is, these heavy weapons will never break.

In fact, Zhang Hang originally had gunpowder weapons available, but now that the weather is cold, it is difficult to make a fire in the wild, and because of the cold weather, the use of gunpowder weapons can easily cause some damage to his side, so at this time, Zhang Hang decided to suspend the use of gunpowder weapons after a difficult choice.

Just when Zhang Hang, who was in charge of all the affairs of Zhenhai, was preparing everything and waiting to meet the Goguryeo people to fight, Gao Wen, who led the Goguryeo army to advance continuously, actually walked halfway and did not leave, and nearly 30,000 troops stopped by a river a hundred miles away from Zhenhai City.

Seeing that Gao Wen really has no intention of moving forward, Zhang Hangshi can't wait until now, this war is being watched by all the indigenous tribes in the entire Beji land, and now this war has actually become a battle to decide who is the overlord of the East China Sea, and it is also the standard that determines which side these tribes turn to.

Only the side that wins this battle will reap the greatest benefits from the next development of the Begi Land, and those who have become accustomed to the law of the jungle will be willing to listen to you.

Probably Gao Wen was not willing to take his already small number of soldiers to spend with Zhenhai's castle, so he set up camp by the river in Subin, which was about a hundred miles away from Zhenhai City.

This river, which was known as the Suibin River before the Sui and Tang dynasties, was not called the Suifen River until the Qing Dynasty in later generations, but even at this time it was not a very wide river, and the river was covered with a thick layer of ice in the cold winter, so that the river lost all the conditions that could be relied on as natural hazards.

However, Gawain chose this place for the battlefield, and for Goguryeo, which had excellent cavalry, the open and flat river beach near the river bank was a good place to fight, which was much better than the narrow, rugged terrain around Zhenhai Fortress.

Moreover, being able to transfer the enemy army out of Zhenhai City can also reduce his own casualties to a large extent, so from the beginning Gao Wen was not prepared to storm Zhenhai City.

Of course, Zhang Hang, Cao An and others did not dare to come out of the city, and immediately the thousands of poor Baba Whale Island and Sakhalin Island reinforcements could only defend the city together with the soldiers of Zhenhai City.

Zhang Hang and Cao An, together with Peng Cong, Liu Wancheng, and Meng Xian, a total of more than 20,000 soldiers, as well as thousands of Heishui soldiers who had been incorporated into the army, went to the Goguryeo camp.

When the army arrived not far from the river, everyone suddenly found that the Goguryeo army here had successfully built an ice and snow castle using ice and snow and river water, and the walls were all walls one zhang high and one zhang wide, all of which were built with ice and snow mixed with river water, which was not only extremely fast, but also very tough.

"Damn, isn't this the Snow City we built when we fought with the Qi army in Jiaozhou City?" Immediately, there were veterans who had participated in the battle of Jiaozhou City, and when they saw it, why was the ice and snow city that suddenly appeared in front of them so familiar?