Chapter 239: Frozen for a Thousand Miles, God Bless Zhao
Shangdang County, Changping.
The cold wind is biting, the snow is all over the sky, and the mountains and forests are covered in silver.
In the camp of the Zhao army, the goose feathers fell heavily, but in a quarter of an hour, the snowflakes could not reach the ankles, and the cold wind was biting, and some smart soldiers immediately wanted to escape from the mountains and forests after seeing the snowfall. But before these soldiers could run out of the mountains and forests, the heavy snow and cold wind had already stiffened his hands and feet, and finally he died in the mountains and forests.
When other soldiers saw the snowfall, they hurriedly carried hay into their tents to keep warm, and many soldiers lit campfires to keep them warm. The flames dispelled the cold, but the snow was still falling. At the same time, the Qin army, which was leading the army to cut off the Huai army's rear route, also encountered the same trouble.
The sudden blizzard caught the Qin State by surprise, and the Qin State army also did not prepare winter clothes. Outside the thin clothes was cold iron armor. The cold wind blew, the iron armor was cold and biting, the goose feathers and snow fell, and the Qin army also looked for something to protect against the cold, but the snow fell too fast, but after half an hour's effort, the ground was piled up with thick snow.
Although Bai Qi has high prestige and is respected as a god by the soldiers of the Qin State, in the face of this sudden snowfall, he is only a mortal and not a god. Seeing the sudden arrival of heavy snow, Bai Qi sent a rush out of the camp to the Qin State, wanting the Qin State to send cotton clothes, and at the same time ordered the army to cut down wood for warmth.
But the freshly cut down trees were too damp to ignite, and there was not enough wood in the camp to use them. A large number of soldiers huddled into a camp tent to keep warm.
The Qin and Zhao armies used various methods to keep warm, but the cold wind still blew through the mountains and forests, and the heavy snow had no intention of stopping.
Countless soldiers of Qin and Zhao were frozen to death in the cold wind and snow, and then became stiff, and finally became a twisted and cold corpse.
Bai Qi looked at the sudden heavy snowfall, the Qin army had already cut off the Huai army's return route, blocking all the 600,000 Huai troops in Shangdang County. Shangdang County is surrounded by mountains, all access roads are blocked, as long as it holds on for a month, the Huai army will collapse without a fight. But at this time, heavy snow fell from the sky, the cold wind was biting, and the army was frozen to death countless times.
The Huai army, which was already in a desperate situation, not only escaped, but now it has turned defeat into victory.
"It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen! Why doesn't God help Qin but Huai? I'm not convinced! Bai Qi roared angrily, looking at the snowflakes that kept falling in the sky, and a sense of powerlessness rose in his heart.
Zhao Jun camp, Lian Po looked at the sky in disbelief, and then closed his eyes in pain, in order to defeat the Huai army, the Zhao army has been fighting with the Huai army, with heavy casualties.
finally led the Huai army into a desperate situation, but a sudden snowstorm fell, and the good situation was ruined.
"God don't bless Zhao! God bless Zhao! In vain! ”
Because the Huai army had precautions in advance, the army withdrew from the mountains one after another, stood on the flat ground, and had prepared enough firewood in advance. In addition, there is no cold wind or blizzard here, although the temperature has also decreased, but there is enough firewood to keep warm, compared to Qin Zhao's army, it is simply a paradise.
It snowed heavily for three days and three nights, and the cold wind hung for three days and three nights. By the fourth day, the cold wind had cleared and the snow was not falling. However, except for a few places in the entire Shangdang County, the rest of the mountains and passes were all piled up with a thick layer of snow.
The mountain peaks are covered with a white veil, the trees are also covered in silver, the mountains are silent, even the birds, birds, insects and snakes have disappeared without a trace, and the whole world is plain white and silent. This scene makes people want to chant a poem when they see it. But beneath this beauty on the outside, there are countless dangers hidden.
Heavy snow closed the mountain, and the army of Zhao and Qin, who were originally hiding in the mountains, could not come out at all, because of the lack of cotton clothes, after the sudden snowfall, a large number of soldiers fell ill, and there were not so many medicines in the army at all, and many people could only resign themselves to fate. The camp of the Qin army and the Zhao army was even piled up with thick snow, and even some tents were crushed by the snow. Beneath these tents, a large number of soldiers huddled together and froze to death.
A heavy snowfall suddenly caused more than half of the soldiers to freeze to death and fell ill, and the remaining soldiers barely supported it. And there are more and more sick soldiers.
Lacking medical treatment and medicine, the Qin army and the Zhao army were already on the verge of collapse, if it weren't for the heavy snow sealing the mountain, these Qin and Zhao armies would have collapsed long ago. But even if they didn't break up, these armies had completely lost the strength to fight again, and even Bai Qi and Lian Po had no choice.
At the end of the festival, the snow fell heavily, and Prince Luo did not go to see his masterpiece again, but returned to the camp under the escort of Yu Linwei. Then the entire camp was put under martial law, and everyone was forbidden to enter, even Xu Chao was not allowed to enter.
Xu Chao looked at the heavy snow in the distance with a shocked expression, and he was even more in awe of the main sect in his heart. In front of him, all this is no longer a mortal power, he used to just regard the record in the history books as a coincidence, and then Tai Shi Ling recorded it, and even deliberately did it.
But after experiencing it himself, he suddenly understood, there are so many coincidences in this world? The history books recorded by Taishi Ling are made up blindly? It's completely conservative.
It is true that Huai is protected by his ancestors.
In the camp, after everyone else left, Prince Luo breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, his body could no longer support it, and he lay directly on the ground.
The price of using a ground level item like a blizzard is very high, and this time it directly consumes ten years of his life, but the effect is also very good. Prince Luo did not regret releasing this Heavenly Mandate artifact, and the moment he released the artifact, it gave him a feeling of being in control.
After using the artifact, Prince Luo's body became very weak and soon fell into a deep sleep. At the same time, the Huai royal family became more sacred in the hearts of the Huai soldiers.
A heavy snow fell, the morale of the Huai army was great, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky represented the destiny of heaven in Huai. Everyone was confident that they would win. After Xu Chao saw that the heavy snow stopped, he immediately mobilized his troops and horses, and the army took the opportunity to seize the passes, and at the same time wanted to open up the back road of the army and transport grain and grass.
After the snow stopped, the sun appeared in space, and the snow and ice in the mountains began to melt.
Tens of thousands of Huai troops returned to the army, and soon came to the place where the Qin army intercepted. At this time, in the camp, the Qin army suffered heavy losses, and a large number of soldiers were either frozen to death or seriously ill. It was simply powerless to resist the attack of the Huai army.
The Huai army easily captured these camps, and the Qin troops in the camp were all captured by the Huai army, and the soldiers in the Qin army camp did not resist at all, and even after seeing the Huai army, they surrendered to the Huai army in exchange for hot food and cotton clothes.
The Huai State can be said to have taken this pass without bloodshed, and at the same time, the passes in other parts of Shangdang County were also broken by the Huai army one after another.
(End of chapter)