Zheng Fan knew that A Ming was right. At the moment, he had no choice.
Tian Wujing is indeed kind to him, and he does appreciate himself very much, but you must know that Tian Wujing is a great Yanhou Ye who can personally bury his family for the sake of the country.
If you know that you have defeated the Snow Customs and then just pat your butt and leave, you will be the first to lose your head after the war.
You can’t even find an excuse to explain why you don’t stick to the snow customs;
The entire land of Sanjin, strictly speaking, is a place that can enter and leave the snowfield. There are only two places.
The first place is my own Shengle place, but from there, even if it is a simple journey with a light vehicle, it will take at least twenty days. If a large army comes in and out, it will take a month to bring a little more stuff. Yu is the least.
The other place is the Snow Customs. As long as you can pass the Snow Customs, you can reach the plain from Jindi to the Snowfield.
Right now, the battle is on the front line of Wangjiang. The soldiers and horses of Yan and Cheng are facing off against the barbarians and Chu people. Unless the barbarians can break through Wangjiang and kill Shengle at the same time, it will cost a lot of money from there. It takes a long time to detour back to the snowfield...
In fact, this option is basically impossible. First, the journey is extremely long, and second, it is equivalent to requiring the savages to not only break through the Yancheng coalition defense line west of Wangjiang, but also We still have to break through Yingdu, and finally we have to break through the line of defense of Xinsu City and Shengle City. In total, we have to break through three lines.
If the savages are really capable of breaking through these three lines of defense and returning to the snowfield, they can directly "recover" the land of Sanjin.
So, as long as you block the Snow Customs, the savage army entering the customs this time will be trapped here, a super-large version of "catching turtles in a urn".
Even a military novice knows the benefits of guarding this place. At the same time, what excuse can you use to explain to Marquis Jingnan why I don’t hold on? Marquis Jingnan is such an easy person to fool. people?
You can’t even say you are stupid,
Because General Zheng is Jingnan Hou’s “proud disciple”!
So,
I really have no choice.
"I said, why didn't you remind me earlier?" Zheng Fan looked at A Ming.
A Ming took a sip of blood and said:
"My lord, that zombie might have planned this a long time ago."
There is another sentence , A Ming didn't say it, because he felt that Liang Cheng himself was getting on the bus first and paying for the ticket later.
Before the snow comes to the customs, the master may care about his own family wealth and be reluctant to fight hard, but once the snow comes to the customs, you have to fight even if you don’t fight. The rice is cooked before the rice is cooked, admit it. .
Just saying this, the feeling of putting on eye drops is too obvious.
Zheng Fan suddenly remembered what he said to Liang Cheng on the tower of Fengxin City that night. Just do it boldly. It doesn't matter if your family fortune is gone.
In the end, Liang Cheng,
was really rude!
"I'm a little dizzy." Zheng Fan stroked his forehead.
"Are you anemic?"
A Ming put the bottle of wine in front of Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan rolled his eyes at A Ming,
slapping the battlements with both hands,
said:
" Just have fun, the day is over, have fun, mom!”
……
Liang Cheng has been very busy these days. On the one hand, he has just won the battle. There are a lot of things that Xue Customs needs him to do. On the other hand, he may not dare to see his master at this time.
My boss originally gave you the family capital that you have finally accumulated to do financial management, and then pretended to be an expert and said that as long as it is higher than the regular interest rate to avoid inflation, but you turned The head went to add leverage to others.
However, having said that, there are quite a lot of things to be busy with.
First of all, there are these big holes in the city wall south of Xueguan, which need to be filled. At this time, it is too late to build the wall again, so we can only demolish the houses in the city to find materials to fill them in first. .
Fortunately, it is winter now, and here is close to the snowfield. After the city wall is repaired, water is poured on it at night to freeze. It may still not be very strong, but it is almost enough. Don’t let the savages be like you. Just sit on horseback and charge in just like when you enter the city.
In the Snow Customs, there are two tribes that are about to transport slaves to the snowfield. The population is about 8,000. Because the selection of slaves is strict, they are basically young and middle-aged men and women, and the male-to-female ratio is close to one. Compare one.
Men can return to the snowy plains and become their slaves to herd cattle for them, while women are responsible for giving birth to children and reproducing the population.
This group of people, both men and women, were all required to join the construction team. The men were also issued simple weapons and some armor, which were naturally used as auxiliary soldiers when defending the city.
All living things are equal under swords and guns.
Even if you have never held a sword before, even if you are facing a savage warrior, you can go up and give him a hand when he just climbs the wall. One stab and he would die, or if the ladder was simply pushed away, he would be crippled.
At the worst, if there are more people on the city wall, you can help the regular army with arrows, right?
In addition, it is not surprising that the barbarians want to destroy the city wall of Snow Customs. The transshipment speed is indeed too severely restricted, but it is precisely because of this that there is still a lot of food stored in Snow Customs that has not had time to be transported in. Snowfield.
The defenders often fear the lack of food. At least for now, there is no need to worry about the food problem.
Liang Cheng also specially arranged for a group of people to cut down trees in the forest south of Xueguan, cut off a piece and transport it back, and then had people set fire to the forest outside.
The so-called strong walls and clear fields actually also include this meaning. Normal times are fine, but the real fortified cities where wars often break out are always surrounded by bare and dense forests. , wouldn’t it be left to the siege party to use on the spot?
In the past, the power of the Situ family had actually extended beyond the Snow Customs and built cities on the snowfields. Therefore, naturally no one paid much attention to the defense in the south. Now we must try our best. Clean it up.
One thing that is very regrettable is that Liang Cheng personally inspected the arsenal in the Snow Customs. There should have been a large amount of ordnance stored there, but it is estimated that these items were used by the savages long after the savages broke through the customs. It was taken and taken away, and there was really not a single bit left.
Xue San then led some people to make some defensive equipment, such as simple towers, rackets, wooden shields, fences, etc.
There was no time to dig the fortifications outside the city. No matter how good the design was, there was no time to do it, but Liang Cheng still had someone build an earth wall in front of the south gate.
In short, this city is short of everything except food. It is difficult to make up for it in a short time. If we really want to sort it all out, it will take at least a few months, but now we can only Work should be started quickly and we can make up as much as we can.
In the past, it was very wasteful to use cavalry to defend the city, but when the opponent is also a barbarian with cavalry as the main force, defending the city is indeed the most suitable thing.
The Yan people are notorious for not being good at siege. The Shengle army may be better than the ordinary Yan army, but the savages don’t have many serious cities on the snowy plains. You ask them to understand how to siege cities. ?
So, after considering several aspects, it is more cost-effective and more durable to rely on city walls for defense.
Everyone inside and outside Xueguan was busy without food and sleep. Only General Zheng could have some leisure time.
However, there are prerequisites for leisure. General Zheng has to spend some time every day to visit fixed points to boost morale. It can be said that he can truly exert the effect of his mascot.
On the third day, the vanguard army led by Jin Shuke and the eldest prince returned, but the other two auxiliary vanguard armies with one hundred cavalry each did not return. It is estimated that, There's no way he can come back either.
Without their sacrifices and their efforts to create suspicion, it would have been almost impossible for the main force to jump out and attack Snow Customs in a sneak attack.
Unfortunately and fortunately, the eldest prince is indeed very lucky.
Finally,
on the fifth day,
a wild man sentry rider appeared outside Snow Customs.
After receiving the news, the soldiers and civilians who had been busy for five consecutive days were finally able to rest. Those who were cutting down trees and burning forests outside also returned to the city.
As one of the first ten thousand households to rush to Xuehaiguan, Li Muer,
when he saw the Dayan black dragon flag and the "Zheng" flag hanging on the tower of Xueguan, Finally, his whole face was completely distorted with anger.
His unit was originally responsible for guarding Xue Customs, but because of Grimu's call, he led the main force of his unit to help encircle and suppress the Yan people. After the encirclement and suppression failed and the Yan people were not found, he instinctively Realizing that something was wrong, he led his troops and hurried back. Who knew that now he was the king of changes in the city?Flag!
Li Muer gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to issue a direct order to attack the city. He was very excited now because he knew what it meant for Xuehaiguan to fall into the hands of the Yan people, no matter from the actual point of view. Starting from the military situation or from the perspective of the military morale of the frontline troops, losing the snow customs is an unforgivable mistake.
But at least he did not lose his head completely. The holes that were originally broken in the wall on the south side of Xuehaiguan were now blocked. These warriors under his command had just returned with him galloping day and night. They are extremely tired and cannot let them attack the city now. They don’t even have a ladder to attack the city!
Finally, Li Muer gave the order to set up camp. On the one hand, he needed to let his warriors rest and recover. On the other hand, several other captains of ten thousand men would also arrive in the next day or two. .
Now that the Snow Customs has been lost, we have to work together to get it back. Of course, I have the responsibility, but he, Grimm, called on him to mobilize troops, and he, Grimm, No responsibility?
......
At night,
The south gate of Snow Customs was quietly opened, and a cavalry team of 800 people came out of the city. At this time, The role of the wall at the city gate is revealed. On the outside, there must be some savage sentries watching the movement here, but because it is night and there is no moon today, plus the obstruction of this wall, This allowed the small group of cavalry to leave the city "quietly".
This small group of cavalry can be said to have condensed the main essence of the Yan army in Xueguan.
General Zheng Fan was inside, as was the main commander Liang Cheng, and Xue San, A Ming and Fan Li were also inside.
If this small group of cavalry is surrounded and annihilated by the savages, then this snow customs, not to mention being directly breached, will definitely cause chaos in an instant.
Because then it is no longer leaderless, even the claws are gone.
Under the cover of night, the cavalry first marched along the city wall. After they were some distance away, they rode out and left the city wall in an instant.
When they arrived at the outskirts of Li Muer's camp, everyone stopped again.
Zheng Fan once again saw Liang Cheng’s understanding of war. Maybe in Zheng Fan’s view, defending the city is all about defending the city honestly, but Liang Cheng actually predicted this first force in advance. A wave of savage soldiers came here to find their camping spot for the night, and asked Xue San to bury some ointment and igniters in advance.
These details were planned when Liang Cheng sent people to burn and cut down the forest, leaving a special "parking space" for the barbarians' advance troops.
"Everyone, take your torches and wrap yourself up. Come on, hurry up."
The knights began to get busy.
Xue Sangen personally smeared the ointment on Fan Li’s big iron can, and asked while applying it:
“Ali, the one Si Niang knitted for us Are you wearing the gold silk clothes?"
"Yes."
"Okay, that thing can be used as a fire retardant, so it shouldn't be a big problem. If you get burned, I have ointment there."
"Okay."
Immediately,
Xue San nodded to Zheng Fan and said:
"Your Majesty, we are ready."
Zheng Fan immediately looked at Liang Cheng out of habit. , He can give a lecture before the war to stimulate his blood, but General Zheng does not dare to talk too much about the specific deployment before the war.
Liang Cheng immediately said to the surrounding knights:
"According to the Lord's instructions, after everyone rushed in, they first lit their tents. Because there was not enough wood around their camp, So there is no fence on the outside, so it is easy to rush in. But remember, after the first round of rushing in, you just light the fire. If you lose the torch in your hand, you will immediately withdraw it. Regroup in the north direction. After reorganizing the team, we Let’s charge him for the second round together. When we charge for the second round, we must break through his camp.
Remember, you are all the elites brought out by me, and they are... "
"Cough cough..."
A Ming on the side began to cough.
Liang Cheng immediately said:
"You are the elite brought out by General Zheng, and they are savages. Although they may have learned a lot, they are waiting for the fire." Together, it will be a mess soon.
Don’t take them too seriously, and don’t take yourself too seriously. In the eyes of General Zheng, you are no worse than the elites of the Zhenbei Army and the Jingnan Army.
Our army will win this battle!"
Immediately, Liang Cheng looked at Zheng Fan and said:
"My lord, we can start lighting the fire."
Zheng Fan nodded,
took out a small iron box from his chest armor,
took out a cigarette from it, and put it into his mouth Bite it,
Then take out the huozhezi,
light the cigarette in your mouth first,
then pass the huozhezi down and let them start lighting it Torches.
Fan Li directly ignited the big iron can on his body,
it instantly became a burning tower,
Zheng Fan took a sip The smoke,
slowly and silently puffed out from the nose,
holding the cigarette between fingers,
clearly shook the ashes,
Leaning forward slightly,
Then,
pointed to the savage camp ahead with the finger holding the cigarette,
very calmly and authentically:< /p>
"Kill."
For a moment,
the torch was held high,
the horse's hooves were like thunder!