Devil’s Advent

Chapter 327

Zheng Fan knew that what A Ming said was right. Right now, he had no choice.

Tian Wujing is really good to himself, and he really appreciates himself, but you must know that Tian Wujing is a great swallow who can personally bury his family for the country.

If he knew that he had beaten the snow customs, and then he patted his ass and left directly, after the war, he would be the first to lose his head.

You can't even come up with 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 that can enter and leave the snow field.

One is at my own Shengle's place, but going in from there, even if it is a light vehicle, it will take at least 20 days. If the army goes in and out, bring a little more stuff, at least a month or so.

The other place is the Snow Customs. As long as you can pass the Snow Customs, from Jindi to Xueyuan, you will be able to reach Pingchuan.

Right now, the battle is on the front line of Wangjiang, and the troops of Yan and Cheng are facing off against the army of wildlings and Chu people. Unless the wildlings can break through Wangjiang and kill Shengle at the same time, it will take a long, long time to detour from there Snowfield...

In fact, this is basically impossible. First, the distance is extremely long, and second, it is equivalent to letting the savages not only break through the defense line of the Yancheng coalition on the west side of the Wangjiang River, but also break through Yingdu, and finally have to break through the Xinsu City, Shengle City. The defense line, in total, had to break through three lines.

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 the Three Jins.

Therefore, as long as he gets stuck in Xueguan, the army of savages entering the customs this time will be trapped here, a super-large version of catch a turtle in a urn.

Even a military rookie knows the benefits of guarding here. At the same time, what excuse do you use to explain to Jingnanhou why I don't stick to it? Jingnanhou is such a foolish person?

You can't even call yourself stupid,

Because General Zheng is the proud apprentice of Jingnan Hou!

so,

There is really no choice.

I said, why didn't you remind me earlier? Zheng Fan looked at A Ming.

A Ming took a mouthful of blood and said:

My lord, that zombie might have planned to do so a long time ago.

There is another sentence that Ah Ming didn't say, because he felt that Liang Cheng himself got on the bus first and then paid for the ticket.

Before the snowy customs is opened, the Lord may cherish his own family property and is not willing to fight recklessly, but once the snowy customs is opened, you have to fight if you don’t fight. Let’s admit it.

Just saying this, the feeling of eye drops is too obvious.

Zheng Fan suddenly remembered what he said to Liang Cheng that night on the upper floor of Fengxin City, you can do it boldly, it doesn't matter if your family is wiped out.

As a result, Liang Cheng,

You're really welcome!

I'm a little dizzy. Zheng Fan stroked his forehead.

Are you anemic?

A Ming put the wine bag in front of Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan rolled his eyes at Ah Ming,

Slapped the battlements hard with both hands,

road:

Let's play, life is over, have fun, Mom, please!

...

Liang Cheng has been very busy these past few days. On the one hand, it is true that the Snow Customs that has just been conquered requires him to do a lot of things. On the other hand, he may not dare to meet his master at this time.

The owner originally gave you the money you have accumulated with great difficulty, and then pretended to be an insider, saying that as long as it is higher than the regular interest rate, it will be enough to run around inflation, but you turned around and gave it to others. lever.

However, there are a lot of things that need to be busy.

First of all, these large holes in the city wall south of Xuehaiguan needed to be filled. At this moment, it was too late to rebuild the wall, so he could only demolish the houses in the city and find materials to fill them in first.

Fortunately, it's winter, and it's close to the snow field. After repairing the city wall, pour water to freeze it at night. It may still not be very strong, but it's almost enough. 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 8,000. Because the selection of slaves is relatively 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 go back to the snowy plains as their slaves to graze for them, while women are responsible for giving birth to their children and multiplying the population.

This group of people, regardless of gender, were all required to join the construction team, and the men were also given simple weapons and some armor, which were naturally used as auxiliary soldiers when defending the city.

All beings are equal under the sword,

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 push him away from the ladder, he will also be crippled. .

Worst of all, if there are more heads on the city wall, you can also help the regular army eat arrows, right?

In addition, it's no wonder that the savages wanted to destroy the city wall of the Snow Customs. The speed of transshipment was indeed restricted too much, but because of this, there was still a lot of food in the Snow Customs that hadn't had time to be transported into the snow field.

What the city defenders are most afraid of is the lack of food. At least for now, there is no need to worry about food.

Liang Cheng also specially arranged for a group of people to cut trees in the forest south of Xueguan, cut a piece and transported it back, and then let people set fire to the forest in the outer periphery.

The so-called strong walls and clear fields actually contain the meaning of this aspect. Normal times are fine, but the surroundings of the real strong city where wars often break out are always bare, and the dense forest grows, isn't it reserved for the siege? Can I use it locally?

In the past, the power of the Situ family had actually extended beyond the Snow Pass, and they had built cities on the snow field. Therefore, no one paid much attention to the defense in the south, and it had to be cleaned up as much as possible at the moment.

It is a pity that Liang Cheng personally inspected the arsenal in Xueguan. It should have stored a large amount of ordnance, but it is estimated that these things were taken away by the savages after they broke through the level. What's more, there wasn't a single bit left.

Xue San led some people to start making some defense equipment, simple towers, poles, wooden shields, fences, and so on.

It was too late to dig the fortifications outside the city, even if there was a good design, 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, the city is short of everything except food, and it is difficult to make up for it in a short period of time. It will take at least a month to sort everything out, but now we can only speed up the work, how much can we make up for? Make up as much as you want.

In the past, it was a waste to use cavalry to defend the city, but when the opponents were also savages mainly composed of cavalry, defending the city was indeed the most suitable thing.

The Yan people are notoriously bad at siege. The Sheng Le army may be better than the ordinary Yan army, and the savages, there are not many serious cities on the snowy field. You let them understand siege?

Therefore, considering several aspects comprehensively, it is more cost-effective and more durable to rely on the city wall for defense.

Inside and outside Xuehaiguan, everyone was busy with sleepless nights and food, and only General Zheng could find leisure.

However, there are prerequisites for leisure. General Zheng has to spend some time every day to go around a few fixed points to boost morale. It can be said that he is really playing the role of his mascot.

On the third day, the vanguard army led by Jin Shuke and the eldest prince returned, but the other two vanguard armies with 100 riders each who were in charge of support did not come back, and presumably, they would not come back either.

Without their sacrifices, without their old suspicions, it would be almost impossible for the main force to jump out and attack Xueguan.

Unfortunately, fortunately, the eldest prince is indeed hard-pressed.

finally,

On the fifth day,

Outside the Xuehai Pass, the figure of a wildling sentry cavalry appeared.

After receiving the news, the soldiers and civilians who had been busy for five consecutive days were finally able to rest, and those who were cutting trees and burning forests outside also returned to the city.

And as the first batch of Wanhu who rushed to Xuehai Customs - Li Mu'er,

After seeing the Great Swallow Black Dragon Flag and the Zheng flag hanging above the Xueguan Tower, his whole face was completely distorted with anger.

His department was originally responsible for guarding the Xueguan, but because of Grimu's call, he led the main force of his department to help encircle and suppress the Yan people. After the encirclement failed and the Yan people were not found, he instinctively realized that something was wrong. He led his troops back in a hurry, who knew it was already the Changing King Banner at the head of the city!

Li Mu'er gritted his teeth and resisted to give the order to directly attack the city. He is very emotional now because he knows what it means for Xueguan to fall into the hands of the Yan people, no matter from the actual military situation or from the frontline army From the perspective of the army, losing Xueguan by himself is an unforgivable mistake.

But at least he didn't lose his head completely. The holes that had been broken in the city wall south of Xuehai Pass were all blocked at this time. The warriors under his command had just returned from galloping day and night with him. Let's attack the city now, there is no such thing as a ladder!

In the end, Li Muer still gave the order to set up camp. On the one hand, he needed to let the warriors under him rest and recover. On the other hand, several other ten thousand commanders would also arrive in the next day or two.

Now that the Xueguan has been lost, everyone has to work hard to get it back. Of course, I have the responsibility, but he, Grim, called him to send troops out, so he, Grim, is not responsible?

...

it's night

The south gate of Xueguan was opened quietly, and a cavalry team of 800 people came out from the city. At this time, the function of the wall at the gate of the city was revealed. There must be some sentry cavalry of wildlings staring at this side. It was quiet, but because it was night and there was no moon today, coupled with the cover 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 Xuehai Customs.

The general Zheng Fan was inside, the main commander Liang Cheng was also inside, Xue San, Ah Ming, and Fan Li were also inside.

If this small group of cavalry were surrounded and annihilated by wildlings, then the Xueguan, not to mention being breached directly, would definitely be in chaos in an instant.

Because then it is no longer a group of dragons without a leader, even the claws are gone.

Under the cover of night, the cavalry first marched along the city wall, and then rode out after leaving a certain distance. In an instant, they left the range of the city wall.

When it came to the periphery of Li Muer's camp, the big guy stopped again.

Zheng Fan once again saw Liang Cheng's understanding of war. Perhaps in Zheng Fan's view, defending the city should be done honestly, but Liang Cheng had predicted in advance the first wave of savages who came here. The soldiers and horses camped at night, and asked Xue San to bury some ointment and igniters in advance near here.

These details were planned when Liang Cheng sent people to burn and cut down the forest, and reserved a parking space for the wildlings' advance soldiers and horses.

Everyone, take the torches and wrap yourself up. Come on, hurry up.

The knights got to work.

Xue San even 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 woven for us?

Wear it.

Sure, that thing can be used as fire prevention, so it shouldn't be a big problem. I still have ointment in case there is a burn.

Okay.

immediately,

Xue San nodded to Zheng Fan and said:

My lord, you are ready.

Zheng Fan immediately looked at Liang Cheng habitually. Before the battle, he was okay with giving a speech meeting to beat chicken blood. General Zheng didn't dare to talk too much about the specific deployment before the battle.

Liang Cheng immediately said to the surrounding knights:

According to the command of the Lord, after everyone rushes in, light their tents first. Because there is not enough wood around their camp, there is no fence on the outside. It is easy to rush in, but remember, after the first round of rushing in, Just light the fire. If you lose the torch in your hand, you will immediately withdraw it to me, and regroup in the north direction. After reorganizing the team, we will charge him for the second round together. In the second round of the charge, we must rush through his camp!

Remember, you are all the elite brought out by me, and they are...

Ahem...

A Ming on the side started coughing.

Liang Cheng immediately said:

You are the elite brought out by General Zheng, but they are savages, don't look at them as if they are well-learned, but when the fire breaks out, they will be in chaos immediately.

Don't take them too seriously, don't take yourself too lightly, in the eyes of General Zheng, you are no worse than those Yan 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,

From the chest armor took out a small iron box,

Take out a cigarette from inside, deliver it to your own mouth to bite,

Then take out the torch,

First light the cigarette in your mouth,

Afterwards, the torches were handed over, and they started to light the torches.

Fan Li directly ignited the big iron can on his body,

Instantly became a burning tower,

Zheng Fan took a puff of cigarette,