Time entered the first month of the fourth year of the emperor's reign, and the Wei army was still besieging Qiuci City, but due to heavy snowfall, the siege equipment in the rear had not yet been delivered, so the Wei army could not launch an offensive against Qiuci City for a while.

This year, the snow in the Western Regions came very late, and it was intermittent, so Ran Min didn't think about it for a while. He thought that he could fight against a small Qiuzi City, but he never expected that because of this sudden heavy snowfall, not only the siege equipment was not delivered in time, but even the winter clothes were not prepared.

You must know that because the Western Regions are located in the interior of the Eurasian continent, the warm air flow on the ocean cannot drive directly into it, and the terrain of West Siberia is dominated by plains, cold air from the Arctic Ocean can enter, and the angle of solar radiation is low and there is less light and heat, so it snows in the Western Regions every winter.

Far from the ocean, the Western Regions live deep inland, surrounded by high mountains, and the ocean air flow is not easy to reach, forming an obvious temperate continental climate. The temperature difference is large, and the sunshine time is sufficient.

The weather in the Western Regions is not cold, it is very cold, at least about minus 10 to 20 degrees!

The Wei army had only besieged Qiuzi City for a few days, and it was already a little overwhelmed. In addition to the Hu people who originally lived in Xiliang, some of the sergeants brought by Ran Min from the Central Plains were frozen to death because they couldn't adapt to such a climate!

Ran Min thought that it was not a way to go on like this, so he asked Dawan, Kangju, Khotan, Shule and other countries who were on the side of Wei to send siege equipment over, and then launched a powerful offensive against Qiuci City.

"Kill!"

The Wei army's arrow array was very sharp, and in an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and they were directly thrown at the city of Qiuci, killing hundreds of Qiuci soldiers.

Under the cover of the rain of arrows, countless Wei soldiers set up ladders, pushed the rushing carts, and rushed to Qiuzi City without hesitation.

The Wei army was very strong, but the Qiuzi army was not vegetarian either, especially when it occupied a favorable geographical position.

The countries of the Western Regions are convenient for bows and horses, good at making spears, hard armor, difficult to shoot arrows, and very strong in combat.

The Wei army launched an attack on Qiuci City for three consecutive days, day and night, but it was slow to conquer this fortified city, and several times some Wei soldiers had broken through the city gates, but they were all beaten out.

Ran Min stood less than five hundred steps away from Qiuzi City and watched the battle.

"Your Majesty, there is no way to go on like this. The Turtles seem to be determined to resist to the end! Our soldiers have attacked the city several times, but they have all beaten them out, and the situation is worrying! Ma Qiu on the side said worriedly.

"And that's not even the worst of it." Lu Gan crossed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the sentinel cavalry in the rear has come to report, and King Hu sent his younger brother Na Long and Hou General Kui to lead more than 200,000 cavalry, and another concentrated army of Wensu and Weitou with a total of more than 700,000 people to rescue Qiuzi!" The enemy is menacing! ”

"Hmph, more than 700,000? ! Ran Min snorted and said, "The alliance between Hu Hu and the countries of the Western Regions is no more than 200,000 at most. ”

"Your Majesty, even if they only have 200,000 reinforcements, that's three times the size of our Wei army! The enemy army is several times larger than mine, and the enemy is outnumbered, if the army under His Majesty's command is all forbidden troops like Yulinwei, it is fine, but at the moment, our Wei army is mixed at all, and it cannot form an effective combat force at all! ”

Ran Ke on one side said: "General Lu, if you say this, you will inevitably increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige!" Just a Hu person, why worry about it? ”

"General Ran, the army of the Western Regions is not ordinary, you can see it by looking at the Qiuzi people in the city, its weapons are sophisticated, and its combat power is slightly inferior to our Wei army, but the advantage in weapons and equipment has actually made up for their lack of combat power. As for this beard, it is not clear whether his combat power is strong or not, but since he can be used as reinforcements by the Qiuzi people, he will not be too weak! ”

Looking at the silent Ran Min, Lu Gan frowned again and said, "Your Majesty, it is snowing heavily, the weather is freezing, the roads are blocked, and the supplies in the rear can no longer keep up." This cotton clothes and grain are not a problem, because all the countries in the Western Regions will supply them, but the enemy's troops are very large, so for the sake of safety, should we continue to increase troops in the Western Regions? ”

"I'm afraid it's too late." Ran Min shook his head and said, "Suddenly encountering this kind of weather is very unfavorable to my Wei army. We are frozen to death, there are many soldiers who are frostbitten, and reinforcements from the Qiuzi people will arrive soon. The order went down and sent the wounded soldiers to Khotan and Shule, so that they could take care of them! ”

"No!"

Ran Min guessed correctly, and the coalition forces of the Qiuzi people soon arrived.

The snow was falling, and the land was vast.

"Boom! ......" The sound of horses' hooves trampling resounded through the sky, shaking everyone's hearts.

"It's a mustache! The army of the bearded has arrived! "The non-commissioned officers of Qiuci, who were still at the head of Qiuci and were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and collecting the corpses of their comrades or Wei soldiers who died in battle, immediately shouted excitedly when they saw the banners of the cavalry team that rushed from afar.

Princess Baoyun of Qiuzi was stubborn, supervised the battle in the city for several days, and did not close her eyes for several days, at this time, when she saw the army of Qiuci arrive, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and muttered to herself: "Qiuzi is saved." Qiuzi is saved! ”

God is pitiful, what have they experienced in the past few days!

The Wei army's offensive was so terrible that many times the Qiuzi people thought that they would not be able to hold on, and finally the Huhu people arrived.

At this time, Ran Min had also seen the figure of the Hu army, and couldn't help frowning: "It's coming so fast!" ”

There was no way, since the Hu people had arrived, Ran Min had no choice but to lead 20,000 Wei troops to battle.

This is the vanguard of the countries of Huhu and Wensu and Weitou, all of whom are cavalry.

Ran Min had already received a report that he had set up a battalion every five miles to dig trenches and build high fortifications, but now almost every Wei army camp had been attacked by Hu, and it seemed that the enemy army had a lot of troops, and he even wanted to eat them in one bite.

"Array!"

The 20,000 Wei troops then formed a huge phalanx.

At the forefront were the shieldmen with shields in their hands, then the crossbowmen with bows and arrows, and then the heavily armed spearmen, with spearmen on both sides and axemen behind them.

As for the sides of the phalanx, the cavalry cruised back and forth.

The Wei army set up a standard phalanx, both offensive and defensive, and the momentum was majestic.

Looking down from above, you can see a dense crowd of people, like ants moving, and the black pressed human head makes people's scalp numb.

"Roar, roar, roar! ......" The Wei warrior with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other roared angrily, striking the war knife on the shield, and for a while, all the Wei soldiers roared and shouted.

The roar of the Wei army was like the roar of an angry dragon, which swept through the four fields and swept the entire vast snowfield, giving people an extreme sense of oppression.

In stark contrast to the Wei army, it was the Hu army on the opposite side, these Hu people were not a family, and they were not good at arranging troops and were unruly, so they couldn't even put out a phalanx, so they could only ride on a tall horse, standing against the wind, holding their weapons tightly in their hands, and attacking the Wei army at any time.

The first to attack was the Hu coalition army, and at the beginning, they used the advantage of the cavalry to destroy the Wei army's phalanx with all their might!

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Chapter 0504: Heavy Snow