Chapter 1191: Exploiting the Environment
The army of the Jin Kingdom retreated, and a battle that had been waiting for a month seemed to end hastily.
In the dark night, the defenders of Liaoyang Mansion were still keeping guard step by step, and they did not relax because the enemy retreated.
The night after the snow was cold, and the howling wind was enough to freeze the gold stone.
Fortunately, a large number of cotton clothes were sent this time, and with thick clothes, this winter night was not so difficult.
"Boom, boom!"
In the second half of the night, a violent explosion sounded outside the city of Liaoyang Mansion, and the city walls were blown to staggering, as if they were about to be blown down.
"Enemy! Enemy! ”
The defenders immediately roared, and the drums of war rang out at the same time, informing the defenders of the city.
"What's the situation?"
Wang Jin and the others were also awakened by the explosion, and hurriedly led their soldiers to the city wall.
"There was a sudden explosion under the city, someone should have quietly arrived at the city wall!"
Han Tao opened his mouth and said, he was in charge of the city guards in the second half of the night.
Wang Jin approached the female wall, but did not poke his head out, but looked carefully out of the city behind the female wall, and could only see a white expanse by the light of the fire.
"Generals should not go near the city walls, beware of the enemy ambushing crossbowmen!"
Wang Jin looked at everyone and said, since the enemy can plant explosives close to the city, he can also ambush crossbowmen in the snow and shoot generals, this kind of trick is not uncommon when the Tang Dynasty conquered Goryeo.
These ambushes are all one-in-a-million marksmen, and they will only attack the generals, not ordinary soldiers.
"General Wang, it's all snow outside, and the light of the fire is limited, if the enemy keeps sneaking up like this, I'm afraid the city wall won't be able to hold on!"
Han Tao opened his mouth and said, the sharpshooters ambushed by the enemy are secondary, and now the biggest threat is the enemy bombing the city, and the frozen city wall can't withstand the gunpowder bombardment.
Wang Jin also frowned, he didn't have a good way to deal with the enemy's move for a while, and he couldn't set up a fire outside the city in the ice and snow, even if he set up the enemy, he would extinguish it.
"The Jurchens have been hunting in the northern mountains and forests for a long time, and they are very good at hiding in the snow, and it is difficult for wild beasts to find them!"
Zong Ze opened his mouth and said, the Jurchens can be regarded as having exerted their abilities to the limit, and the beasts are the most astute, and it is almost impossible for the disguised people who can sneak attack the beasts to find out.
"When it's dawn, sweep away the snow near the city!"
Wu Song opened his mouth and said, the enemy is using the snow as a camouflage, as long as the snow is removed, the enemy is naturally not easy to approach.
Early the next morning, the Qi army went out of the city to clear the snow, preparing to sweep away the snow within a hundred steps around the city wall, revealing black soil.
"It's not easy to do, this snow won't melt, and it will pile up and become a snowy mountain! Isn't this a cover for the enemy! ”
Wu Song had just started to find out about this strategy to seal the loophole, this is Liaodong, not Liangshan, the snow here will not melt, the snow they swept out can only be piled up, but no matter where it is piled up, it will become the enemy's bunker.
"Stop!"
Wu Song stopped everyone, and the snow could not be swept away.
And Wang Jin and the others near the city wall also frowned, last night's explosion was very powerful, and cracks appeared in several places on the city wall.
"The city wall of Liaoyang Mansion is still too thin, in disrepair, I am afraid it will collapse after such a few explosions!"
Gong Wang touched the cracks of the city wall mountain, the city wall of Liaoyang Mansion is different from that of the Central Plains, the city wall of the Central Plains is almost all rammed earth as the main body, and this kind of city wall can resist bombing.
However, the city wall on this side of Liaodong is different, this side is built with a mixture of masonry and rammed earth, this kind of city wall is very strong in normal times, but it is different in the extremely cold environment in winter, and there will be gaps in the masonry and rammed earth after being extremely cold, and it may collapse after being exploded.
Everyone frowned, for a while they couldn't think of any good way, the enemy made it clear that he would come back at night to sneak attack, and they couldn't stop it unless they were heavily guarded.
But if it is heavily guarded, it will be a tired plan for the enemy.
"It's better to take the initiative!"
Du Yan frowned and said, although they are at a disadvantage in this ice and snow environment, they have no other choice now.
"I'm afraid the enemy is waiting for us to pass! Even if the city wall collapsed, it actually had no impact on us, and we didn't dare to kill the ruins of the Jin Kingdom. ”
Wang Jin shook his head, didn't the enemy just want to force them out, and if he went out at this time, he would fall into the hands of the enemy.
"General Wang, do you remember Cao Mengde pouring water to build a city?"
Zong Ze, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.
"Water? That's right, quick, give the order to pour cold water on these crevices, pour them slowly! ”
Wang Jin's eyes lit up, and it was a big project to reinforce the city wall with rammed earth, but if the city wall was reinforced with ice, it would be simple.
"General Zong, I've been taught, I almost forgot to use the environment!"
Wang Jin hugged his fist at Zong Ze, it was really a treasure for an old man, and this problem was solved in an instant.
"In addition, let people splash water outside the city to build a wall, and we must use the ice wall to block the enemy's sneak attack!"
Wang Jin said with a smile.
At this moment, in Liaodong, even the Liaohe River is frozen, and it is very simple to splash water into ice.
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"Your Majesty, I'll bring someone over again tonight, and this time I will increase the amount of medicine, and I will definitely blow up the city wall!"
Wanyan Yinshu looked at Wanyan Wu begging with a smile and said, after yesterday's defeat, he came up with a countermeasure, and it was really powerless to sneak attack the enemy at night.
"It's a pity that the enemy general didn't show his head, otherwise shoot a few, this result will be even greater!"
Jin Wushu said regretfully.
"Be careful when you go to sneak attack tonight, the enemy must be prepared! If not, take it easy! In this weather, it will snow again in two days! ”
Wanyan Wu begged to buy a nod and said, the enemy can find a way to be on guard in normal weather, but what about the night of the blizzard?
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Everyone saluted to Wanyan Wu and begged for money.
"Report, the enemy is building a city outside the city!"
A soldier ran into the camp tent to report.
"What's that? Building a city outside the city? ”
Wanyan Wu begging to buy felt that he had heard it wrong, building a city in this weather? The soil is frozen like granite, how can you build a city?
"The enemy is building a city out of ice!"
The soldier hurriedly reported.
Wanyan Wu Qimai and the others' faces changed suddenly, and they immediately took people to the outside of Liaoyang Mansion.
At this moment, outside Liaoyang Mansion is like a construction site, a large number of soldiers are pouring water to build a wall, using a combination of various branches, sand and stones and ice water to create ice bricks.
"This ......"
Wanyan Yinshu's face was ugly, he finally came up with a plan to deal with the enemy, which was cracked by the enemy, as long as this ice wall was formed, it was impossible for him to quietly approach Liaoyang Mansion.
"These guys know how to take advantage of the cold!"
Wanyan Wu begged for a very bad face, originally they were going to use the cold to deal with the enemy, but they didn't expect the enemy to also take advantage of the cold.
The ice wall was built too quickly, and they couldn't have taken the risk of destroying it, because it was so easy to repair it, just splashing water.
When it was dark, a one-zhang high ice wall outside Liaoyang Mansion was poured out.
(End of chapter)