Chapter 327 Ma Ta Joint Venture
Zheng Fan knew that A Ming was right. He had no choice now.
Tian Wujing is indeed kind to him, and he really appreciates himself, but you must know that Tian Wujing is a great Yanhou 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;
In the entire Sanjin land, strictly speaking, there are only two places where you can enter and exit the snowfield.
The first place is my own Shengle place. However, it will take at least twenty days to get in from there, even with a light car. If a large army comes in and out, it will take more than a month to bring a little more stuff. It's the least.
The other place is the Snow Customs. As long as you can pass the Snow Customs, from Jindi to the Snowfield, there is a smooth plain.
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 take a long time from there. A long detour back to the snowfield...
In fact, this option is basically impossible. Firstly, the journey is extremely long. Secondly, it means that the savages must not only break through the Yancheng coalition defense line west of Wangjiang, but also have to break through Yingdu, and finally they have to break through Shengle City in Xinsu City. A total of three lines of defense must be broken.
If the savages really have the ability to break through these three lines of defense and return to the snowy plains, they can directly "recover" the land of Sanjin.
So, as long as you block the Snow Customs, the army of savages 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 holding on here. 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. ?
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 was another thing that A Ming didn't say because he felt that Liang Cheng was just getting on the bus first and paying for the ticket later.
Before the snow comes to the customs, the master may cherish 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 applying 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.
The result is Liang Cheng,
You are really rude!
“I’m a little dizzy.” Zheng Fan stroked his forehead.
“Are you anemic?”
A Ming put the wine bottle in front of Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan rolled his eyes at A Ming,
He slapped the battlements hard with both hands and said:
“It’s just a matter of fun, life is too late, have a good time, mom, please!”
…
Liang Cheng has been very busy these days. On the one hand, the snow has just fallen and the customs requires him to do a lot. 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 finally saved up to do financial management, and then you pretended to be an expert and said that as long as the interest rate is higher than the regular interest rate to keep an eye on inflation, you turned around and added money to others. lever.
However, to put it bluntly, there are quite a lot of things to be busy with.
First of all, there are several large holes in the city wall south of Xueguan, which need to be filled. At this time, it is too late to rebuild the wall, so we can only demolish the houses in the city to find materials to fill them in first.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and this place is close to the snowfield. After repairing the city wall, pour water on it at night to let it freeze. It may still not be very strong, but it is almost enough. Don't let the savages follow your side. Just sit on horseback and charge in like you did when entering 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 ratio of men to women is close to one. 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 beings are equal under swords and guns.
Even if you have never held a sword before, even if you are facing a savage warrior, if you go up and give him a knife when he just climbs the city wall, He would have to die, or he would simply be pushed away from the ladder, and 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 savages want to destroy the city wall of Snow Customs. The transfer speed is indeed too 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 into the snowfield.
What the defenders are often most afraid of is 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 to provide It cleans up.
One thing that is very regrettable is that Liang Cheng personally inspected the arsenal in the Snow Customs. It should have stored a large amount of ordnance, but it was estimated that these items had been taken away by the savages after they broke through the customs. It was really There is not a single bit left.
Xue Sanze took some people and began to make some defensive equipment, 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 hurry up. When work starts, 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 who mainly uses cavalry, it is indeed the most suitable thing to defend the city.
The Yan people are notorious for not being good at siege. Shengle's army may be better than the ordinary Yan army, but the savages don't have many serious cities in the snowy fields. You want them to know how to siege?
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 is busy working day and night, and only General Zheng can 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 came back, but the other two auxiliary vanguard armies with one hundred cavalry each did not return. Can't come back.
Without their sacrifice and their suspicion formation, it would have been almost impossible for the main force to jump out and attack Snow Customs in a sneak attack.
Unfortunately, the eldest prince is indeed destined to die.
Finally,
on the fifth day,
outside the Snow Customs, a figure of a wild sentry rider appeared.
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.
Li Muer, who was among the first ten thousand households to rush to Xuehaiguan,
after seeing the Dayan black dragon flag and the "Zheng" flag hung on the tower of Xuehaiguan, His whole face was completely twisted 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 Sensing something was wrong, he led his troops and hurried back. Who knew that now the king's flag was changing at the top of the city!
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 military situation The starting point is still based on the morale of the frontline army. Losing the snow customs is an unforgivable mistake.
But at least he didn't 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 from galloping with him day and night. They were already extremely exhausted and couldn't let them go. Let's attack the city now. We can't even attack the city without a ladder!
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, does not responsibility?
……
It’s night,
The south gate of Xueguan Pass 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 entrance was revealed. There must be some savage sentries watching from the outside. There was no movement, but because it was night and there was no moon today, coupled with the obstruction of this wall, this small group of cavalry was able to proceed "quietly" out of the city.
This small group of cavalry can be said to have condensed the main essence of the Yan army in Xuehaiguan.
General Zheng Fan is inside, the main commander Liang Cheng is also inside, Xue San, A Ming and Fan Li are 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.
The cavalry took advantage of the cover of night and 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 in advance that the first team would The savages 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, that gold thread that Siniang knitted for us. Are you wearing clothes?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, that thing can be used as a fire retardant, so it shouldn’t be a big problem. I have some ointment in case you get burned. .”
"Okay."
Immediately,
Xue San nodded to Zheng Fan and said:
"My lord, you are ready."
Zheng Fan Immediately he looked at Liang Cheng out of habit. He was okay with holding a lecture before the war, but General Zheng didn't dare to talk 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, there were no fences around it. It was very difficult to rush in. Easy, but remember, after the first round of rushing in, you just light the fire. If you lose the torch in your hand, you will pull it back immediately. Regroup due north, and after reorganizing the team, we will charge him for the second round. When we charge for the second round, we must break through his camp.
Remember, you are all led by me! The elite came out, and they are..."
"Ahem..."
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 seem to have learned a lot, when the fire breaks out, they will be in chaos soon.
Don’t take them too seriously, Don't underestimate yourself, 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!"
Now! , Liang Cheng looked at Zheng Fan and said:
"Master, we can start lighting the fire."
Zheng Fan nodded,
took out a small iron box from his chest armor,
taken out a Put a cigarette into your mouth and bite it,
Then take out the cigarette,
First, he lit the cigarette in his mouth,
and then handed over the torch and asked them to start lighting the torch.
Fan Li lit the big iron can on his body directly on fire,
In an instant it became a burning tower,
Zheng Fan took a puff of cigarette,
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Then silently and slowly puffed out from his nose,
holding the cigarette between his fingers,
shook the ashes calmly,
and leaned forward slightly,
Then,
He pointed at the barbarian camp in front of him with the finger holding the cigarette,
very calmly and authentically:
“Kill.”
For a moment,
the torch was held high,
Horse hooves are like thunder! (End of this chapter)