In just one night, thirty percent of the captives and horses froze to death.

The problem in front of Xie Xuan and Li Fu was not to hunt down Tuoba Shi Yijian, but to be trapped in this earthen city.

Any pursuit that lasts longer than a day's journey is fatal.

And it's not the coldest time yet.

The tents and earthen walls of Xianbei could not withstand the pervasive cold wind, and some people just closed their eyes and took a nap at night, and then they could not wake up again.

The night watchmen had frozen ears and fingers.

The biggest problem is still the food in the city, and it is difficult to maintain more than 20,000 Liang troops and more than 13,000 prisoners to survive this cold winter.

War horses are in an even more difficult situation.

The hay in the city is limited, and it will definitely not be able to support thirty or forty thousand war horses.

"Horses can't be killed, if we kill the war horses, we will be completely trapped here." A white gas erupted from Li Fu's mouth, and he felt that as soon as he spoke, his tongue was numb from the cold.

The entire earthen city was covered with a layer of ice edges, shiny.

Outside the city, the white cold air swept down like waves with the north wind.

The corpses of last night's battle were all frozen blue-black, and the flesh and blood were glued together.

Xie Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "You can drive the slaves to chisel the ice casting house, and in the short term, I can't get out." ”

As we enter winter, the weather is getting colder day by day.

Yesterday was full of blood, and I felt that I could bear it, but today, I can't even move my legs and feet.

"Without further ado, or more people will freeze to death tonight." Li Fu shouted loudly, "Get up and move, don't shrink to the ground." ”

Tens of thousands of people are divided into four parts, one part takes ice, one part cuts wood, some builds houses, and some carries knives to supervise.

Fortunately, there were forests all over the North Sea, and the loggers had hunted some wild beasts.

The ice cubes are piled together, and when the cold wind blows, they freeze together, and they can be ready-made houses with a few beams and pillars.

When a hole was opened in the North Sea, fat fish took the initiative to swim over.

Although it is bitterly cold, the products are extremely abundant.

In the evening, Li Fu and Xie Xuan leaned in front of the bonfire to eat grilled fish and barbecue, and they were also happy.

The two are not much different in age, and they soon became acquainted, and they talked about everything from south to north.

"A few years ago, when I first arrived in Liaodong, I became a scout, explored the terrain of Goguryeo, and caught a twelve or thirteen-year-old enemy soldier. Li Fu suddenly talked about the past.

"Your Highness is benevolent." Xie Xuan raised the wine bag to toast.

"Benevolence?" Li Fu sneered, "I let him go, but he didn't let me go, go back and report, Goguryeo sent five hundred horsemen to chase and kill fifty of us, the brothers in order to protect me, one by one left behind, heavy casualties, the head was cut off and hung on the flagpole, the body was chopped up and fed to the dogs, a brother was captured alive, just chased us all the way, cut his flesh all the way to feed the dogs, the brother screamed for three days and three nights before he died." Li Fu closed his eyes and chewed the horse meat in his mouth, as if recalling the scene of the year, and a painful look passed over his face.

The cold wind outside, like thousands of ghosts wailing, is very warm inside the igloo, and the window is deliberately left for ventilation.

Xie Xuan was slightly disgusted and spit out a piece of fish meat in his mouth, "No wonder Your Highness is so brave." ”

"After I survived, I understood a truth." Li Fu opened his eyes and looked at Xie Xuan.

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Xie Xuan suddenly had a very bad premonition.

"There must be no woman's kindness in dealing with the enemy!" Although Li Fu is young, he has a ruthless face, which makes people dare not face it.

At this moment, there were screams and laughter from outside the house.

"Your Highness!" Xie Xuan stood up suddenly, and different experiences determined the difference in the concepts of the two.

Li Fu also stood up and stood in front of him, "The grain and grass in the city are not enough to maintain so many prisoners, they are alive, after all, they are a hidden danger, and they will also take away the original little food, for the generals, Ci is not in charge of the army." ”

Xie Xuan frowned, if there were two or three thousand people, it would be enough, but this was more than thirteen thousand prisoners......

"This place is rich enough to survive the winter."

"That's because the snow hasn't come yet, and once the snow falls, they will be completely trapped in this city, and the soldiers will have to rest and have no energy to take care of them, and these people will have our blood on their hands."

"Even so, you can let them go and let them fend for themselves, and it is ominous to kill prisoners since ancient times." Xie Xuan's contention was not only for the killing of prisoners, but for Li Fu, a Yamen general, who actually made his own opinion.

If it were someone else, it would have been done by military law a long time ago.

"These people escaped, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not return to Tuoba Shi Yijian, exposing the reality of our army, General Xie is a southerner, he does not know the customs of the people in the north, there is no loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness here, in order to live, unscrupulous means, even if they are kept, they will not be able to bring back the Liang." Li Fu's tone was calm and indifferent, as if he was saying something commonplace.

In the past, when he was in Shangwutang, he was not like this, but later he entered Liaodong, fought with tigers and wolves, and was with Yidi, and the things he experienced were all over, and his heart gradually changed.

Xie Xuan was told by his indifferent words and didn't know how to refute it.

Letting them go, and trekking through the ice and snow on only two legs, is actually the same death.

Those who survive by luck will definitely take refuge in Tuoba Shi Yijian, and then the reality of White Wolf City will be exposed.

Xie Xuan sighed, sat down dejectedly, and drank in a sullen voice.

Li Fu sat down again, flipped the grilled fish, and after the fish was browned on both sides, he handed it to Xie Xuan, "General Xie doesn't have to worry too much, even if this matter is transmitted back to the imperial court, I will bear all the blame alone, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Where does Xie Xuan still have an appetite, "Hey, I'm afraid that this matter will affect His Highness's reputation in the future." ”

Baume & Mercier naturally cares about fame.

"Hahaha, General Xie is too worried, since I am a general, I should be responsible for defending the land and the people, how can I care about these false names? If someone likes to chew his tongue, let him chew it. ”

The cold wind outside the house was still howling, mixed with screams and laughter, and it sounded for most of the night.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Xie Xuan and a few guards walked out of the igloo and looked to the north, all stunned.

I saw a corpse wall of more than 500 steps piled up in the north, blocking the cold wind, and the entire earth city suddenly warmed a lot.

After last night's killing, the Liaodong soldiers became more and more energetic, cooking meat soup under the ice wall.

However, the generals of the Southern Army did not look very good, and it was obvious that they did not sleep well last night.

"General...... "Even a fierce man like Huan Shiqian can't stand it."

"The Liaodong army lives in the west, and we live in the east city, don't argue with them."

Jiangdong and Liaodong are thousands of miles apart, and their customs and habits are very different.

"Yui!" The crowd will give up.

However, Xie Xuan was obviously overly concerned.

Li Fu was already wearing several layers of skin, riding on a war horse, with more than a thousand elite horsemen ready to go out of the city, each of them had three horses, and the other two war horses were carrying felt tents, wine, grain and other things.

"Where is Your Highness?"

"There won't be snow for a while, so I'll go and explore the surrounding terrain and find out the traces of Tuoba Shiyijian by the way." Li Fu wrapped the skin on his body tightly, and the wrapping was thick.

didn't listen to Xie Xuan, raised the reins, and went out of the city......

(End of chapter)