Chapter 145 Ice City

Shen Yuexi was wrapped in a cloak, stamping her feet on the spot, and persuading the dark crowd in front of her with kind words.

"Fellow folks, it's so late and it's so cold outside. You'd better go back and prepare to evacuate."

After discussing with Qiu Liming, she felt that there was no chance of winning, so she asked Qiu Liming to lead the sergeants to inform the villagers of Xiaogang Village, telling the enemy that they had prepared siege weapons, and asking the villagers to flee to Baixiu Mountain overnight.

She also packed herself up and prepared to go down the mountain.

It was extremely cold at night, and Xirong did not play any tricks, as if he was waiting for dawn to attack.

It is impossible for me to imitate Xiao Zhuo and defeat more with less. The enemy has suffered Xiao Zhuo's losses before, and this time he has taken precautions in all aspects.

Once the battle started, people were pushing the arrow-proof carts, and the sergeants hid behind the arrow-proof carts. Looking from the city wall, even if a pile of two-story-high large wooden boards wrapped in iron sheets were coming over them, crossbow arrows could not penetrate them. Push under the city wall, and the enemy will climb up the ladder and start fighting.

It is impossible to defend the enemy with less than 2,000 soldiers against 20,000 enemy troops. What's more, her universal manufacturing machine has not yet been fully charged.

If Xiao Zhuo were here, he would definitely be able to come up with ingenious tactics as he has experienced hundreds of battles. But for her, who has always relied on the power of technology, her head hurts, and she hasn't come up with any good ideas, so it's better to take the next step. Bar.

As a result, as soon as she left the camp, she saw dense firelight coming toward her from the road down the mountain.

Qiu Liming went to persuade the villagers to leave, but it seemed to have the opposite effect.

In this cold weather, even Li Zheng came over. Everyone came to the mountain camp, clamoring to see the Crown Princess. There was no other reason. The villagers firmly believed that under the protection of the gods, even if the enemy had siege weapons, they would be able to defeat the city. The city wall cannot be breached.

"Princess, we in Xiaogang Village have the protection of the gods, and we will definitely be able to repel the enemy," Li Zheng said on behalf of everyone, "You must also believe in the instructions of the gods and stop talking about retreating."

Shen Yuexi really wants to tell everyone that the god is actually her.

The problem is that if she says it, she has to provide proof to make everyone believe it. But Big Bear hasn't started yet.

"The enemy has prepared siege weapons, and our city walls cannot stop them." She had no choice but to follow the temptation, "Maybe the gods want us to evacuate."

"Impossible, the gods are prophets. If they knew we would evacuate, why bother building a city wall?" Satomasa shook his head, "Besides, if the gods want to tell us something, they usually possess someone and tell us. "

Shen Yuexi couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this.

In front of her were all the villagers who firmly believed in the blessings of the gods. It seemed that in order for the villagers to believe in the wishes of the gods, she would have to perform a performance herself.

Shen Yuexi was a little embarrassed.

This kind of thing is only seen in history books. The possessed person has disheveled hair and dances, which is no different from a mental illness.

She didn't want to do that. She wasn't good at singing and dancing. Now if she pretended to be a god, she didn't know how to dance. She looked like a fool in front of so many villagers. She couldn't bear the thought.

However, if for the sake of own face, the villagers are not evacuated in time and the Xirong army breaks through the city wall during the day, then thousands of people will die.

In order to save everyone, I don’t give up on face or anything else.

As the saying goes, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. She pretended to be possessed by a god and asked everyone to evacuate, and saved these thousands of lives, which became a ten-thousand-level pagoda.

Thinking of this, Shen Yuexi made up her mind, looked around and saw a high platform made of slopes.

She had to stand high so that the villagers could see clearly.

"Li Zheng, please wait a moment." Shen Yuexi finished speaking and walked towards the high platform.

As soon as she reached the slope of the high platform, her feet slipped. Shen Yuexi screamed and fell to the ground on her back.

Damn it, misfortune never comes singly. It caused countless little golden stars to fly in front of my eyes.

"Quickly, help the princess up!" Li Zheng anxiously ordered the women in the crowd, "Hey, young people just don't walk carefully and don't watch their steps."

Several women rushed forward and helped Shen Yuexi up.

"Is it not broken?" this one asked.

"I think I hit the back of my head, but there's no bleeding." The one replied.

Shen Yuexi gasped, covering the back of her head with her hands, looking down at the slope.

Some blind soldier was pouring water on the slope. It was cold and icy at night, but she didn't pay attention. The fall made her head buzz and it hurt like hell.

Li Zheng ordered: "You guys, hurry up and help the princess to rest in the tent. Let's see if we can raise the city wall by another level tonight."

Shen Yuexi raised her hand and said, "No, I've figured out a way!"

At this time, Qiu Liming also went up the mountain, and when he came closer, Shen Yuexi said to him with a happy face: "General Qiu, quickly gather all the people who can be summoned. I have a way to defend the city."

Qiu Liming looked at Shen Yuexi in disbelief: "The mistress really has a way?"

He originally took Shen Yuexi to pay homage to Xiushan, but Shen Yuexi changed his mind and said he could defend the city?

Shen Yuexi asked the women to get out of the way and said to Qiu Liming:

"General Qiu, this must be done immediately. Everyone is here and will listen to my orders."

According to her instructions, a thousand villagers dug soil on the mountain, and 500 villagers were responsible for transporting it outside the city wall. The soldiers went down outside the city in the dark and piled the soil into a large slope. The closer to the city wall, the higher the slope. All this It must be done quietly without torches, and try not to disturb the Xirong army on the opposite side.

The villagers all followed the instructions and started working. Qiu Liming felt that Shen Yuexi had fallen silly.

Shen Yuexi originally thought that the city wall was not high enough, but Shen Yuexi actually asked everyone to pile dirt under the city wall. Did he want the Xirong people to climb directly into the city?

After Shen Yuexi explained this strategy to him, Qiu Liming slapped his thigh and raised his thumb: "Mother, your strategy is so clever. Even my lord has never used such a clever strategy."

Shen Yuexi smiled and said: "Don't be too busy praising me. The right time, place and right people are indispensable for this matter. It must be completed as soon as possible."

Qiu Liming said: "Don't worry, I have ordered the sergeants to dig out the water source in the mountain, and I am continuing to transport water under the city wall. I am using torches to heat the water to prevent it from freezing."

There has always been a water source on the mountain of Langya Pass. When there were no wells in Xiaogang Village before, the villagers would get water here. Under Shen Yuexi's arrangement, the villagers and soldiers acted overnight and prepared defenses according to her strategy.

The watchtower of the Xirong army noticed the actions on the other side and promptly reported it to Sumonai and Xiumuye who were drinking in the tent.

"There are torches on the mountain opposite. It seems like they are transporting something?"

Sumonai put down the wine bowl and said to Xiumuye: "What tricks are they playing?"

"General, don't worry," Xiumuye raised his wine bowl to urge him to drink. "The weather is so cold. Drink more wine to warm yourself up. We will attack at dawn. No matter how hard they try, they can't turn out an army."

"But I'm a little worried..."

"Haha, it's nothing more than preparing some rolling wood and stones to defend the city. Xiao Zhuo has already used these tricks." Xiumuye put down the bowl and cut the meat with a knife. "Xiao Zhuo is not here now, how big a stir can they make."

Xiumuye's ideas were always reliable, so Sumonai felt relieved and asked, "Have the ladders on the arrow-proof vehicle been installed?"

"Don't worry, General. It has been installed a long time ago. It is protected by iron sheets. Even if the opponent attacks with rockets, it is impossible to set the car on fire."

Xiumuye chewed the meat in his mouth and stabbed the knife on the table: "It's just a little bit. With the addition of a ladder and an iron sheet, the arrow-proof cart is much heavier and it's slower to push."

Early the next morning, the cold wind was still raging, and Sumanai was still sleeping soundly when he was woken up by the sergeant of Xirong.

He and the Xirong generals came out of the camp and when they saw the city wall on the opposite side, they couldn't help but froze.

The city opposite turned into a city wrapped in ice overnight. Under the city wall, there was a slope shining with white light.
Chapter completed!