White snowflakes are falling, hiding the blood stains on the grassland highlands.
Duke Lviv and the Jiuhu people finally saw Dingbei City in late November and early November.
Along the way, they had to march in snowy weather for nearly half a month. Supplies from various territories of the Kingdom of Ross were continuously transported along the three mountain roads.
Fighting in winter is a taboo for military strategists, because cold is the biggest enemy.
The soldiers were very fast, and the morale of Duke Lvov's army was at its peak, but they were also chilled by the cold, and the snowy sky dazzled their eyes.
With the Jiuhu Sirius Army, the blocking operation launched by the 20,000 Dingbei Army was not so effective, but it also turned the Rus and Jiuhu people into a tired force.
Within six days, 20,000 Dingbei troops rushed forward to attack the marching team.
The wind roared and the cranes roared, and the grass and trees were all in war.
This is the greatest feeling of the Rui people and the Jiu Hu people.
On the other side, the Tiance Army was not having a good time. The Leopard Tao Guards on the left and the Ying Yang Guards on the left and right hurriedly arrived, only two days earlier than the Jiuhu and Ruos people. As for the Tiger Guards on the left and the Flying Bear Guards on the left and right, they
We have just crossed the Wuding River, and we still have a few days to go.
Prince Zhao Zaicheng was also in the marching team of the Tiger Guards on the left and the Flying Bear Guards on the left and right.
The prince's status is respected and he has only been to Dongdu once in the past. This is the second time that prince Zhao Zaicheng has gone to a place other than Chang'an in the past twenty-five years.
Instead of disturbing the people, Zhao Zaicheng just watched with his own eyes along the way.
Daqian founded the country for hundreds of years and fought for hundreds of years. In fact, the people's life was not as satisfactory.
The burden of life always weighs people down.
On the day when the Left and Right Leopard Tao Guards and the Left and Right Ying Yang Guards arrived, Zhao Zaixiao handed over the defense of Dingbeicheng to the Left and Right Leopard Tao Guards and the Left and Right Ying Yang Guards.
Zhao Zaixiao, who was overwhelmed by more than 10,000 wounded soldiers, had no smile on his face.
Every day, people died due to serious injuries. General jars were placed all over Zhao Zaixiao's residence. Some people said it was bad luck and moved them to another place.
But Zhao Zaixiao refused, because he slept most peacefully here.
Zhao Zaicheng was riding on the horse, Su Ce, Xiang Hao and Jiang Lan were guarding on both sides, surrounded by a circle of brigade soldiers.
When Duke Lvov saw the flying Daqian military flags on Dingbei City and the city walls full of Daqian sergeants, he knew that he had lost the best opportunity.
It's just that it's easy to mount a horse, but difficult to dismount.
The city wall of Dingbei City is not high, only five or six meters, which is much shorter than Anbei City in Wuding Henan.
Everyone hates war, but they like the merits that war brings.
Because these meritorious deeds can solve the problems they encounter.
The closer he got to Dingbei City, the more excited Su Ce found the prince's demeanor.
There are many rumors about what happened to the Crown Princess, and royal affairs are always kept mysterious, so the people in Chang'an City have many reasonable inferences.
But I am afraid that only the royal family knows the true situation best, and the secrets of palace harems always lead to speculation.
Su Ce has a quiet temperament, and flattery is not something that a person like him can do because he can't learn it!
Zhao Zaicheng did not keep Su Ce with him all day. Three thousand brigades needed Su Ce's command, so there were many things to do every day.
After descending to the grassland highlands, there were many more woods. The Jiuhu and the Rus had cut down all the four woods in the north of Dingbei City. The wood needed to build the camp did not require as much wood as the four woods, but it was winter now and the army needed to keep warm.
You can't just rely on hard resistance.
As late winter approaches, the snow becomes heavier and heavier.
The Ruos, Jiuhu and Daqian all know that they cannot fight.
But when the arrow is on the string and fails to fire, no one dares to take it lightly.
When the Tiance Army's left and right Tiger Guards and left and right Flying Bear Guards arrived at Dingbei City, the Jiuhu and Ruos people gave up the idea of attacking.
The sentries of the Jiuhu people saw Tiance's army entering the city. Now Daqian's troops in Anbei City have exceeded 200,000.
Zhao Zaixiao sent the conscripted young men home, and the treasury of Dingbei Prefecture took out the 150,000 yuan that was supposed to be used to repair Dingbei City next year and gave them to these young men.
Water can carry or overturn a boat. These young men were recruited as soldiers just to prevent unexpected situations. Dingbeicheng cannot lack defense.
When the 30,000 Xiang troops arrived, these young men no longer guarded the city walls. Instead, they started building construction in Dingbei City. More than 400,000 people evacuated to Dingbei City. Taking advantage of the heavy snow in winter, Dingbei City More houses need to be built.
At the same time, these people were evacuated to other villages.
Zhao Zaicheng spent the rest of his time doing these things besides going to the city wall every day to take a look.
Zuo Yingyangwei sent a group of cavalry to fight with the sentry cavalry sent out from outside the Jiuhu camp. The scale of the battle was limited to a thousand people.
This enemy is unfamiliar, and the Tiance Army needs to test out the enemy's strength.
Every day, the battle process of Zuo Ying Yang Wei will be deduced three times by four generals and about eight generals.
At the same time, organize all the information collected on paper.
Know yourself and the enemy, and fight a hundred battles without slacking off.
Daqian has always fought not by relying on the lives of the soldiers, but by turning the entire army's military formation into a killing whole. Then, according to the enemy's weaknesses or vulnerabilities, concentrate elite troops to break through the enemy, and then the entire army suppresses them. to create pressure.
The existence of the battle formation is to use the cooperation of the soldiers to inflict maximum damage on the enemy.
After the enemy's army collapses and they pursue the enemy, Da Gan's light cavalry often achieves results several times that of the battle formation.
Therefore, the most valued and important soldiers in the Daqian army are not the hunky crossbow soldiers and Mo Dao soldiers, or the mighty and domineering light and heavy armored cavalry, nor are they the auxiliary soldiers who connect the military formations, but the inconspicuous sword and shield bearers. It is the foundation of the Daqian military formation, and all other arms are built on this foundation.
The sword and shield men hold down the formation and maintain the integrity of the military formation, so that other arms can kill a large number of enemy troops.
Around the end of November, the Hu Ben Guards, the Fei Xiong Guards, the Lu Ben Army from Tiance's army, and the baggage brought by Anbei Prefecture arrived at Dingbei City.
The prince and the second prince stayed in the house for half an hour, and no one knew what they said. Su Ce stood guard outside the door with his sword half out of its sheath, because the prince said that he wanted to discuss important matters with the second prince.
So Su Ce asked the travelers to guard the outside of the courtyard, while he stood at the door, consciously stuffing a piece of cloth in his ear.
Su Ce was suddenly tapped on the shoulder.
"Ouch!" Heng Dao was unsheathed.
Su Ce turned around and slashed with his sword horizontally. Looking through the round hole in his faceplate, he saw the second prince.
Turning up his wrist, the sword passed across the crown prince's head.
Cold sweat broke out from Su Ce's back instantly.
"Death penalty!" Su Ce knelt down on one knee and held a horizontal knife in one hand. At this time, Su Ce didn't know what to do.
"Little Colonel, this subordinate of mine is a soldier who fought hard in the army. I went to pat him on the shoulder rashly. If it weren't for his high martial arts skills, you would have suffered a lot today. Why don't you apologize?" Prince Zhao Zaicheng held a cup of tea with a smile and drank it. Take a sip.
The second prince, Zhao Zaixiao, turned to look at the prince's unreasonable appearance. He had been beaten or beaten since he was a child, and he was not unreasonable at all.
"Brother Emperor, the principal knows!" Colonel Zhao Zaicheng glared at Prince Zhao Zaicheng.
He turned around, helped Su Ce up, and took the horizontal knife in Su Ce's hand into his own hand. The knife was a bit heavy. Zhao Zaixiao shook his wrist, held the knife in both hands, and struck Su Ce three times. Zhao Zaixiao's hand was very steady.
, each knife stopped three inches away from Su Ce.
With the blade close at hand, Su Ce's body tensed up, and the index finger of his right hand twitched subconsciously. Other than that, his body didn't move at all.
The front is like the spring breeze blowing on the face, and the back is like the cold wind.
"What a sword! What a general!" The second prince couldn't see clearly what Su Ce looked like through his visor. He walked around Su Ce and looked up and down at Su Ce's armor.
He asked tentatively: "A, from the Anbei Frontier Army, is nostalgic. People who are nostalgic are always nice. Unlike some people, who behave respectfully when they are in use and give old punches when they are not in use. It's boring!"
"Anbei Protectorate, Su Ce!" Su Ce beat his chest and bowed, not concealing his identity. After all, his armor was indeed conspicuous, so there was no need to conceal it.
"You are brave enough. No wonder I chose you among so many people. Protect my royal brother. I'm sorry for what happened just now. Don't take it to heart!" After saying this, he inserted Su Ce's horizontal knife back into Su Ce's waist.
scabbard.
"Qiang!"
He was about to leave, but as soon as he took a step, he suddenly turned to Su Ce and said: "After all, you scared me once and scared you three times. I always feel that I am at a disadvantage. I am at a disadvantage and I can't sleep. Let's do this. I will go back to Chang'an City.
I had to drive a cart of Baiguojiang to Yongfufang, and a bottle of Baiguojiang was robbed for thirty guan. I can't even hold a banquet!" Zhao Zaixiao patted Su Ce's shoulder angrily, before saying
One sentence is well said, but the following words are a bit childish.
Prince Zhao Zaicheng drank the tea in the cup in one gulp. He didn't have the chance to take a sip of hot tea during the march. Hot tea was soothing and comforting. He chewed the tea leaves in his mouth and pointed at the second prince: "You, you just can't change it and you won't suffer."
Su Ce, just give me ten bottles. If you give me back a car, my people won’t be able to support the family anymore? Get out of here, don’t forget what I told you.”
"The Second Prince doesn't mind the Baiguo Nong that I drank. I'll ask someone to send it to the Second Prince later. Or ten bottles. Prince, Second Prince, how about it?" Su Ce knew that the Second Prince was handling it with care, so he didn't have any trouble with him.
, People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. As for whether there is Baiguo Niang at home that he is reluctant to sell, Su Ce said there is, and the winery managed by Li Chang has it.
"That's smart, brother, I'm busy at school!" the second prince praised and walked away.
"Don't forget Gu's instructions!" Zhao Zaicheng spit out the chewed tea leaves and shouted at the back of the second prince.
The second prince did not respond. He stopped when he was about to leave the hospital and said in a sonorous and solemn voice: "Don't worry!"
Su Ce turned around and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the second prince's back disappearing from the courtyard door. Now that he thought about it, he was still scared. If the knife struck him just now, everything would be over!
"Follow me to the Festival Hall tomorrow! I have thought of a way, but I don't know if it will work." Prince Zhao Zaicheng gave Su Ce instructions and entered the house again. Su Ce knew that the prince was going to rest. In the past few days after entering the city,
, there is no need to worry about the garrison of 160,000 troops, but the food and drink of 160,000 people kept Prince Zhao Zaicheng busy for a long time. Just the Brigade Army in Su Ce's hands took out two groups and divided them into twenty teams.
, constantly traveling to and from both sides of the Wuding River, connecting Dingbeicheng and Anbeicheng together.
In the middle of the night, the second prince was holding a military talisman. When Su Ce saw it, he suddenly looked up at the second prince, walked outside the house, looked around, and then closed the door.
"I wonder how the second prince could hold the prince's military talisman?" Su Ce was curious as to how the second prince obtained the military talisman of the prince's personal army. During wartime, military orders were used to direct battles, and there were special military talismans for troop deployment.
Logically speaking, we should not be confronting the enemy now! Su Ce was confused.
"In the order of supervising the country, Tiance's personal guards have assigned five regiments of people to be controlled by the second prince tonight. It's clear!" The second prince's expression was very serious.