Chapter 648 The soldiers are coming to the city
The flower-filled Laneige Plain was enough to quickly become a rich state and county in both the Northern Wei and Southern Dynasties, but for the vast and sparsely populated party, this land was not vast enough, and most importantly, the terrain was not steep enough.
At dusk on the second day, the party army of Xifeng Yingshan arrived at the territory of the third uncle he said, and the party was closest to the Southern Dynasty A real big city, Yanyang City, was close in front of him.
The warm and moist breath was like being suddenly cut by an invisible giant talisman between heaven and earth, and the colorful colors were instantly deprived from sight, and what filled the eyes of Lin Yi and the others changed from lively flowers and trees to continuous frozen soil.
The color of the soil was like that of rotten flesh that had become blue-black and had been frozen by the bitter cold, and the stones that had been exposed to the dirt even shimmered with a luster like cold metal.
Most of the wild grass on the frozen soil is gray-white, no more than an inch long, and many of the wild grasses are still growing and flowering in this temperature close to the freezing point, but the flowers that bloom are also gray-white, much like the fluffy catkins.
Although the terrain is constantly rising, like a huge gray carpet spreading endlessly into the distance, and at the end there are snow-capped mountains hidden in the clouds, but this elevation of the terrain is very gentle, and walking in it makes people hardly feel like walking on a slope, but like walking in an endless plain.
But this level was not at all conducive to the charge of the infantry and cavalry.
Countless streams twist and snake through this frozen wilderness, and what appears to be a smooth and seamless wasteland from a distance is actually divided into countless uneven pieces by these streams washed over the years.
Patches of permafrost are like miniature islands.
The water formed by the meltwater of the iceberg is not deep, and it is easy for cattle and sheep to wade directly across the water in normal times, but in the event of war, it is impossible for the cavalry and infantry to quickly sprint in this kind of area.
If there are formations from the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, I am afraid that if the terrain changes slightly, countless killing opportunities can be hidden in this frozen wasteland.
Expanse, barren, cold, and endless is the main theme of this tundra zone, but in the flat landform, there are also a few strange protrusions, which are several hills, the hills are all black rocks, no more than dozens of feet high, on top of these hills, but there are cities.
Lin Yi squinted his eyes and looked at those cities in the cold wind, looking at the height of these cities, he was sure that whether it was the Northern Wei Dynasty or the Southern Dynasties, even if the vast majority of siege weapons could be transported to the city through such a tundra wasteland full of trenches, it seemed that it could not pose any threat to the city on this hill.
"The rocks of those hills are very hard, and after a long period of wind and solar eclipses, the surface has been very rounded, originally only rock sheep can barely walk on the mountain wall, but if it is really wartime, my third uncle has a large amount of sheep fat reserves in these cities, as long as you drench from above, even the rock sheep can not stand, it is very slippery. ”
Looking at Lin Yi carefully looking at those cities, Feng Yingshan also said carefully, "There are a total of 40,000 defenders in these cities, there are underground water sources in the city, there is no shortage of water, and the food in the city, even if there is no external supply, has been prepared for three years." ”
Lin Yi nodded, his eyesight was far beyond ordinary people, so he saw that behind those cities, in the vast wilderness, there were still a lot of boxy houses, as well as many camp tents for grazing, and in the gray-black tundra wasteland, you could clearly see a large herd of cattle and sheep grazing.
"Woo....woo....woo....."
Night was about to fall, but the arrow towers on the high points of those cities had an excellent view, and the party troops in the city soon discovered the arrival of the uninvited guest, and the sound of the horn soon sounded.
A moment ago, Lin Yi had already felt that this kind of area was not suitable for cavalry charging at all, but with the sound of the horn, more than a dozen riders rushed down from the gate of the main city in the middle.
The iron hooves of the horses beneath the dozen riders struck the black rocks, leaving a trail of sparks, and then rushed into the tundra below, whistling through it, riding at any speed.
It's just that these cavalry troops are not rushing straight towards the party army of Xifeng Yingshan, but meandering forward like a serpentine, Lin Yi knows very well in his heart that these cavalry troops are already familiar with the terrain of this frozen wasteland, and they have long been like guides in the intricate landscape, and they have a route in their hearts that can travel quickly.
Fine Feng Yingshan stretched out his hand, this army that has been very low-key all the way also stretched out a lot of flags, and there were more than ten riders towards those people, but these subordinates of Fine Feng Yingshan obviously could not eat through the terrain of this wasteland, and they advanced very carefully, and the figures of these riders were also high and low, and the war horses often stepped into the stream, with a large splash of water.
"It turned out to be Brother Yingshan. ”
There were still a few arrows away from the more than ten riders who rushed out of the fine sealing Yingshan formation, and a loud voice had already sounded.
At this time, Xianfeng Yingshan couldn't see the person's face clearly at all, but when he heard this voice, his face was solemn, and he said, "General Tianqisheng." ”
"The Tianqi clan is a vassal clan of our Xifeng clan, this person is Tianqi Sheng, an important general under the third uncle's seat, and he is very trusted by the third uncle. Feng Yingqi explained softly behind Lin Yi at this time.
Lin Yi's eyesight is not as good as that of Feng Yingshan, he has already seen clearly through the faint light at this time, the person who spoke out is a middle-aged man wearing red and black armor, this man's face is purple and black, a face is a little narrow, but his eyes are very large, his face is somewhat unique, he is of medium stature, but the outside of his body is dusty, but his body is very clean, obviously he is also a cultivator, the armor on this person's body, the red part is soft armor, and the black part is metal thick armor.
Other people couldn't see this person's face clearly at this time from such a distance, let alone the change in expression, but Lin Yi could see it clearly, he could see that when this person opened his mouth and said that it was Yingshan's eldest brother, there was no sense of surprise on his face, as if he had already known that this army was the army of Yingshan.
The two sides greeted each other, and after confirming that it was not an enemy attack, both sides slowly stopped, and Xi Feng Yingshan said directly: "General Tianqisheng, I have something urgent to see the third uncle, can he be in the city?"
"He's in the city, but there's something important to do. ”
Tian Qisheng's face remained unchanged, and he said: "I heard the news before that you were coming on the march, and he had already instructed that after you arrived, let you enter the side city to rest first." He will come to you as soon as he is free. ”
"This ......"
Xifeng Yingshan was suddenly a little embarrassed, he felt that arranging for Lin Yi to meet his third uncle was more important than anything in the Xifeng clan at this time, so he hesitated slightly, and immediately raised his head and said: "General Tianqisheng, my matter is urgent, and it is related to the survival of my Xifeng clan, so please also ask the general to inform the third uncle immediately." ”
"It's about the survival of the Xifeng clan?"
Lin Yi saw that Tian Qisheng originally had a sneering smile on his face, but after hearing this sentence of fine sealing Yingshan, he was also taken aback and a little shocked.
"What's the matter?" Tian Qisheng's eyes flashed violently and shouted.