As time passed day by day, the temperature became lower and lower, and the Goguryeo soldiers still went to the riverside every day to pry open the ice, but they also found a terrible thing, that is, it is not so simple to pry the ice open now, and the time used every day is getting longer and longer, and now it is beginning to freeze during the day.

Many people have already told Gai Yuan Suwen that our method is meaningless, even if we can keep the river in front of us from freezing, but the entire Datong River has grown, can we make the entire Datong River not freeze? This is simply impossible, unless we keep staring at the entire river without eating or sleeping, and the slightest bit of ice will be smashed straight away.

But Gai Yuan Suwen didn't listen to him, so many soldiers under his hands, and now they didn't do anything at all, how could this work? Gai Yuan Suwen had fallen into a state of chaos, if there was something wrong with his subordinates, what did he think he had done to resist the Tang army? If you stay in the barracks every day, then you really haven't done anything, and you will be very panicked in your heart, although you are doing useless work now, but at least you have worked, and your heart will be a little more steady.

Li Xiang has already sent someone to investigate clearly, and the old people around him have also been found, according to them, at most, there are still five or six days of work, and the entire river will be very hard to freeze, and at that time, whether it is running a carriage or doing something else, he will be able to come and go freely.

However, for the sake of insurance, Li Xiang is still ready to separate his army, only a thousand people can pass at a time, and the rest of the people have to wait on the shore, after the first batch of people passes, they must pull iron locks on both sides, and the soldiers must hold on to the iron rope when crossing the river, in case the ice in the middle is opened, relying on the iron cable, they can still leave a life.

As for the cavalry crossing the river, all the men had to dismount, and then fifty people had to surround a small group, and they had to spread out evenly, trying not to shake the river too much.

In the winter of previous years, the Goguryeo army also crossed the river directly on horseback, but now it is just winter, so there is no big mistake to be careful.

The soldiers under his command are also ready, they have been resting here for nearly two months, although they usually go out to train, but most of the days they are still nested in the tent and bragging, so one by one they are about to hold back the fire, and now the order has been issued from above, let them carry out recovery training every day, seeing that the attack is coming, and the opportunity to make contributions is also coming.

Listening to the sound of the training of the Tang army on the other side, the Goguryeo army did not have any joy, their faces were full of worry, and they were shivering with cold, although the king of Goguryeo sent them some cotton clothes, but the number sent was too small, twenty people could not share one, and the rest of the people could only put everything they found on their bodies.

Although this can temporarily maintain the temperature of their bodies, the combat effectiveness has dropped so much that many people are looking for clothes from the bodies of dead people, and the flowers on them look at them from a distance, and they don't look like an army at all, just like calling Hanako.

Even this kind of clothing called Hanako was a novelty in the Goguryeo army, and when someone fell asleep and didn't get up, the next morning he would be stripped of his clothes, and then the whole person would be thrown outside, and everyone didn't even have the strength to dig a pit to bury him......

Eating can't eat dry food every day, drinking ice water is also drinking, and even a fire is a luxury, who has the strength to bury people?

Gai Yuan Suwen saw all this in his eyes, but he had no other way, he couldn't manage so much at the moment, all the treasury of the imperial court was emptied, and there were still things in the warehouses of many nobles in the rear, but the king of Goguryeo couldn't make up his mind, if he sent those people's things to the front line, it would be tantamount to offending the nobles of the whole country, and there were not many troops in the rear now, once those nobles rebelled, the life of the king of Goguryeo himself was a matter.

Seeing that the training of the Tang army is getting more and more powerful, Gai Yuan Suwen also knows that they are about to attack, these days he sent out his most trusted people to make an understanding of the entire Datong River defense line, if the Tang army kills them, they will not even be able to hold on for a few days, and even the day will fall apart.

So Gai Yuan Suwen had to make some preparations for himself, when he came from the capital, he also wanted to rectify the house, and then use the Datong River to let the Tang army lose a large amount of troops here, and then he could negotiate with the Tang army through victory, even if it was to give them all the land north of the Datong River, as long as he could keep Goguryeo.

The ideal is very beautiful, but the reality is very skinny, after coming to the front line, he also understood, just rely on the troops in front of him, don't expect to bring any losses to the Tang army, when the time comes, you can run a little faster and not be captured by the Tang army, then it will be considered a merit to Goguryeo.

So this guy looted the whole army and got enough supplies for his 3,000 ironclad army, including food and drink, so that he could run faster at the beginning of the war.

These soldiers under his command also understood that Gai Yuan Suwen had placed them in the southernmost part of the barracks, they were the most capable of fighting in the entire army, and they should be placed on the northernmost first line, but now they were placed in the southernmost place, wasn't it just to escape? If you were in the far north, it would not be so easy to shuttle through the entire Goguryeo military camp when the war was about to break out.

Now the generals of the battalions still know that you are the prime minister, if once they enter a state of chaos, they can do anything to escape for their lives, let alone you are the prime minister, even if the king of Goguryeo himself is here, these people dare to wield a knife to kill, at that time, who cares about the class level, as long as they can survive, then they have to kill all the way.

Gai Yuan Suwen has seen the chaos on the battlefield, so he must be fully prepared, he entrusted these generals under him with important tasks, and only hoped that when the Tang army attacked, these generals would be able to withstand two hours, which could be regarded as buying time for his escape, but the generals also had Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts, do you think only the prime minister will escape?