The devil is coming

Chapter 327
Zheng Fan knew that A Ming was right. He had no choice now.
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 who can personally bury his family for the sake of the country.
If he knew that he had defeated the Snow Customs and then walked away directly, he would be the first to lose his 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 20 days to get in from there, even with a light car. If a large army comes in and out, it will take at least a month to bring a little more stuff.
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.
At the moment, 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, they will then spend a long, long time to make a roundabout way from there. Snowfield...
In fact, this option is basically impossible. Firstly, the journey is extremely long. Secondly, it means that the savages not only have to break through the Yancheng coalition defense line west of Wangjiang, but also have to break through Yingdu, and finally they have to break through Xinsu City Shengle City. There are three lines of defense that must be broken in total.
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.
Therefore, 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 call yourself stupid,
Because General Zheng is the "proud disciple" of Marquis Jingnan!
Therefore,
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 boss may care about his family's 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, just 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.
As a result, Liang Cheng,
You are really rude!
"I'm a little dizzy." Zheng Fan stroked his forehead.
"Anemia?"
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,
Road:
"Let's have fun, life is too late, have fun, mom will be a jerk!"
……
Liang Cheng has been very busy these days. On the one hand, the newly-laid snow customs does require 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, having said that, there are quite a lot of things to be busy with.
First of all, the big holes in the city wall to the south of Xueguan have to be filled. At this moment, 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's 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 just sit on it like they did when they entered the city. Just charge in on horseback.
In the Snow Customs, there are two tribes that are about to transport slaves to the snowfield. The population is about [-]. 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 to 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 sword and gun.
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 first climbs the city wall, he will die, or if you simply push him away from the ladder, he will be crippled. .
Worst case, 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 also 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 most afraid of is lack of food. At least for now, there is no need to worry about the food problem.
Liang Cheng also specially arranged 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 aspect. Normal times are fine, but the real fortified cities where wars often break out are always surrounded by bare trees. Isn't it true that such dense forests are reserved for sieges? Can it be used locally?
In the past, the Situ family's influence had actually extended beyond the Snow Customs and built cities on the snowy plains. Therefore, naturally no one paid much attention to the defense in the south. Now it must be cleared as much as possible.
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 San led some people to make some defensive equipment, such as simple towers, bat poles, 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 earthen 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 hard to make up for it. How much can we make up? Just make up as much as you can.
In the past, it would have been a waste to use cavalry to defend the city, but when the opponent is also a barbarian that 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?
Therefore, 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 working day and night, and 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 of the 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 come back, and it was estimated that they would never 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 and fortunately, the eldest prince is indeed very lucky.
at last,
On the fifth day,
Outside the Snow Customs, a figure of a wildling 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.
And as one of the first ten thousand households to rush to Xue Customs, Li Muer,
After seeing the Dayan Black Dragon Flag and the "Zheng" flag hung on the Xueguan Gate Tower, 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 realized that something was wrong, and then He hurried back with his troops, but who knew that now the king's flag was changing at the top of the city!
Li Muer gritted his teeth and held back to not issue an order to directly 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, both from the actual military situation and from the frontline army. From the perspective of military morale, losing the snow customs is an unforgivable mistake.
But at least he didn't lose his mind 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. They couldn't let them go. Let's attack the city now. We can't even attack the city without a ladder!
Finally, Li Muer issued 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 all have to work together to get it back. Of course, I have the responsibility, but he, Grimm, called me to mobilize troops, so he, Grimm, has no responsibility?
……
it's 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 entrance was revealed. On the outside, there must be some savage sentries watching the movement here. Yes, but because it was night and there was no moon today, coupled with the obstruction of this wall, this small group of cavalry could go out of 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 were surrounded and annihilated by the savages, then the Snow Customs House would not be directly attacked, but it would 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 just needs to be done honestly, but Liang Cheng actually predicted the first wave of barbarians coming here in advance. The soldiers and horses camped at night, and Xue San had buried some ointment and igniters nearby.
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, grab 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, are you wearing the gold silk dress that Si Niang knitted for us?"
"Get dressed."
"Okay, that thing can be used as a fire retardant, so it shouldn't be a big problem. If you get burned, I still have ointment there."
"Okay."
immediately,
Xue San nodded to Zheng Fan and said:
"My lord, you are ready."
Zheng Fan immediately looked at Liang Cheng out of habit. He was okay with giving a lecture before the war to get some blood. 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 rushes in, they first light their tents. Because there is not enough wood around their camp, there are no fences around the camp. It is easy to rush in, but remember, after the first round of rushing in, I just lit the fire. I lost the torch in my hand and immediately pulled it back. We regrouped in the north direction. After reorganizing the team, we charged him for the second round together. When we charged for the second round, we had to break through his camp!
Remember, you are all the elites brought out by me, and they are..."
"Cough cough..."
A Ming on the side started coughing.
Liang Cheng immediately said:
"You are the elites 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 value them too much, don't underestimate yourself too much. 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:
"Lord, we can start lighting the fire."
Zheng Fan nodded,
He took out a small iron box from his chest armor.
He took out a cigarette from it, put it in his mouth and bit it.
Then he took out the fire folding piece,
First light the cigarette in your mouth,
Then the torch was handed over and they began to light 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,
And silently and slowly sprayed out from the nose,
Holding a cigarette between fingers,
He calmly shook out the ashes from his cigarette,
Then lean forward slightly,
Then,
He pointed at the savage camp ahead with the finger holding the cigarette.
Very peaceful and authentic:
"kill."
For a time,
Hold the torch high,
Thunderous horseshoes!
(End of this chapter)