Chapter 250: The True Role of Snowdrifts
Fighting and beating and not being able to rush out, two Mongolian scouts were going crazy, and they were too cold, so they simply lit a fire regardless of the order.
Anyway, it's a death, so you can't be a frozen ghost before you die, and you'll be comfortable for a while. What people didn't expect was that when they decided not to leave, and after lighting a fire to expose their goals, the scouts who were staring at them stopped doing anything to them.
This discovery puzzled the Mongol scouts. But it's a good thing after all, at least after the fire, they're not cold.
But as hunger struck them, a few brave scouts went into the nearby woods with their weapons, and soon no one bothered them when they had hunted some small animals, roasted them on the fire, and eaten them in their stomachs.
This night was also the most comfortable night they had since they left the city. Early the next morning, having eaten the rest of the food, they began to hurry again.
After yesterday's events, they wondered if the enemy scouts who were staring at them had withdrawn.
Thinking that there was finally no one to stop them, they could quickly march towards the original city, and when it took more than an hour to walk for twenty miles, the bows and arrows in front of them shot again, and the three scouts who ran in front were killed by arrows one by one.
Three people died in a row, and the other scouts looked around nervously, and there were no people or objects in sight except for the white snow.
One of the scouts who tried to continue was shot and killed. The others became completely honest.
Unable to advance, the Mongolian scouts who stayed in place felt the cold of the ice and snow again, and just like yesterday, they set up a fire and went into the mountains to hunt.
And all this went undisturbed until the next morning, when they had eaten their fill again, and began to hurry.
After traveling twenty miles, the scout who rushed ahead was once again hit by an arrow and fell from his horse. Finally, a clever scout saw the clue, and it turned out that the enemy scout who was staring at him was not gone, but created a limit for them, that is, the distance of a day could not exceed twenty miles.
After learning of this result, although the Mongolian army scouts were helpless, they were also relieved. Thinking that the distance is limited anyway, after the rush a few days ago, they are only more than a hundred miles away from the original city, and there will always be a time when they will finish their journey in this way.
is simply not in such a hurry, but continues to hunt and roast the fire, and lives a leisurely life that is not in a hurry or boring.
...... The sun rises in the east and the sky is bright. The soldiers defending the city ran to the battlements and hurriedly looked down, and saw that a small snow-capped mountain had been built on the fortified city tower.
The snow-capped mountain leans against the city tower, a distance of nearly three zhang, and it is less than one zhang high from climbing the city wall.
At such a height, the soldiers under the city can't rush up, but if the soldiers defending the city want to jump down through the snowy mountain, it will become very easy.
Especially in such a cold weather, as soon as a cold wind blows, the snow-capped mountains are already very strong, and there is no problem for people or even war horses to step on them.
This discovery was soon reported to the ears of General Baha, who did not even bother to eat breakfast, so he led people to rush to the city tower, and also saw the small snow mountain that appeared after that night, and he was also puzzled.
What are these strangers going to do? Is it to ascend the tower? If so, then why not continue to increase the force.
How about piling the snowdrift directly on top of the castle tower, so that they can really use this snowdrift to climb the castle tower?
If that's the case, with the help of the opponent's manpower advantage, once they really rush up, it will be very difficult to beat them back.
It's just that people didn't do this, or they left a distance of nearly a zhang, what tricks did they play?
Baha was still puzzled, and when he couldn't understand what was going on, the horn of the Kaqi Mengmen soldiers sounded under the tower, and at the same time the army began to assemble under the city, and it looked like he was sending troops to attack the city.
"It's not good, they are really going to attack the city, quickly gather the army and prepare for a big battle." The situation suddenly changed, and Baha didn't have time to think about anything else, and the only thing he had to do now was to gather his army and hold the city.
The city and the outside were busy shouting, half an hour later, everyone was ready, the city tower was also full of soldiers standing behind the battlements, although the city tower may also encounter a big snowball attack, but hiding in this position, it is relatively safe.
The important thing is that the enemy is going to attack the city, even if they are going to defend it, this is their duty.
The Mongolian soldiers under the city gathered more and more, tens of thousands of people gathered together, and from a distance, it was really a sea of people, so not spectacular.
This scene also saw that the soldiers defending the city were straight to the tooth flowers. There were too many enemies, four times the number of people they defended the city, and if they really rushed up desperately, would they be able to hold it with their 8,000 troops?
Of course, the soldiers defending the city will not know that there are indeed some Mongolian men of the Kaqi tribe as far as the eye can see, but farther away, there are some old and young people standing, and if they really let them attack the city, it cannot be said that they have no combat effectiveness, but they are much worse than the young people.
The two sides set up their positions, and the soldiers defending the city also held bows and arrows in their hands, although the weather was very cold, which would greatly affect their bow shooting level, but as long as the enemy launched a charge, they only needed to shoot an arrow casually in the direction of the crowd, and the shot was still confident.
In the cold wind, the soldiers defending the city are messy in the wind, but the siege Mongolian army under the city is always slow.
They didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack the city, but instead carried out some wooden boxes, and dozens of boxes were carried to the bottom of the city, and the view was very good, even from the top of the city.
"What are they doing? Do you want to play any new tricks? Bahรก, dressed in armor, looked at what the Mongol army under the city had done, and his eyes showed suspicion.
Just when everyone was speculating about what the Mongolian army under the city wanted to do, there was also movement under the city, and General Jebu was wearing a suit of armor, riding on a tall horse, and a majestic appearance walked out of the team.
He was followed by dozens of Mongolian soldiers, who stood in front of the boxes as soon as they appeared, neatly arranged, as if waiting for some order.
"Brothers in the city, listen, we are born as a family, and we are all children of the Immortal Heaven, and we should not be enemies." After sucking up his eyeballs, Jebu's voice rang out, he was full of energy when he was well fed and warmly dressed, and as soon as this voice came out, it spread far away.
"We are a family, and what we should do is to unite and defend ourselves against foreign enemies. So who are our enemies? Liao people! โ
"They hold us down and bow down to them, and they take a lot of money from us every year, and they are our enemies."
"It's a pity that the adults who lost the Moge tribe knew this, but they didn't have the courage to resist, they would only bow their heads in the face of the Liao, and in turn they oppressed us. So why should they lead us?
"If they can't protect us and call us the shots, they should step down."
"The patriarch of our Kaqi tribe is a true warrior who dares to resist the Liao people and show his sword to them. He is now leading us to prepare to show the sword to the Liao people, to tell those Liao people that we will never be anyone's slaves, we are the sons and daughters of the immortal heaven, and we are the most noble Mongolian men. โ
"It's just that our Kaqi tribe is still too weak, which requires us to unite more Mongolian people together, today we came to Gucheng, we don't want to hurt the harmony of both sides, and we don't want to kill any Mongolian people, because we were born to be brothers."
"Our patriarch cherishes every bit of the strength of the Mongolian people, and today I stand up to make peace. I also believe that there must be many hot-blooded men like me in Gucheng, even if this is the case, you should stand up and say no to the Liao people with us. โ
"Our patriarch said that as long as everyone stands together, it will be an extremely powerful force, and it can shake the heavens and the earth."
"Our patriarch also said that as long as the people really stand up on that day, everyone will share the benefits. So, do you see the boxes? Come on, open. At the sound of the order, the dozens of men who were still standing lowered their heads and opened the wooden boxes placed beside them, and under the sunlight, the colors of yellow and silver shone out and came into everyone's eyes.
"Wow!" As soon as dozens of boxes of real money and silver came out, they naturally attracted everyone's attention, and many people still let out an exclamation in amazement.
Except for the Mongol dignitaries like General Baha, when had ordinary Mongol soldiers seen so much gold and silver, they were all shocked by the contents of the wooden box at this moment.
Some people are even more unceremoniously greedy with their faces. Zhebu, who was riding on a horse, could not see the change in the faces of the soldiers defending the city, but he could feel it from the exclamation, and immediately laughed, followed by a hand pointing to the wooden boxes and said: "See, this is the gift that our patriarch has prepared for everyone, as long as the men who want to fight against Liao together, they can go out of the city and join our team, so that we are a family, and these wealth are what we have together." โ
"See, in order to give you a chance to go downstairs, our patriarch set up a snowdrift overnight last night, as long as you want, you can jump from the city wall to the snowdrift at any time and slide down, at that time, not only will we not hurt you, but we will also treat you as brothers, give you the best food, the best clothes, and let you feel the warmth of home." Pointing to the snowdrift that was only a foot from the top of the wall, Jeb said loudly.