"So according to what Colonel Tian saw, what should we plan next?" Li Qi asked.
Tian Hangnan bowed his hands and said, "Sir, I have sent someone to send a letter to General Liang for instructions. There should be news in a few days. Before that, I think we only need to hold the valley and wait for reinforcements from the army."
Li Qidao: "Well, that's all we can do now. Does anyone else have anything to say?"
Everyone looked at me and others, shaking their heads.
"Okay, I'll leave Captain Tian's duties to you, don't slack off," Li Qi said.
"I obey my orders!"
…
In the following period, people from the Snow Country came to provoke me almost every day.
Either they would send cavalry to harass them in the middle of the night, or they would beat war drums during the day, but they still did not attack.
Being treated like this by the other side, the army was in panic, and there were even deserters.
Li Qi had a panoramic view of all this, but he didn't ask about it. Tian Hangnan was handling everything.
The valley where Li Qi is located is a trapezoid, with a large entrance and a small exit, and mountains on both sides.
In this kind of weather, it is obviously impossible to launch an attack from the mountain. Not to mention other things, the difficulty of the mountain is not small.
So Li Qi felt that the opponent could only attack from the front.
However, if we want to attack from the front, if all the enemy's main forces are placed at the entrance, then the number of troops in the rear will be reduced, and Li Qi's troops will very much hope to break through from there.
Once out of the valley, it was obviously impossible to surround Li Qi and the others.
"Sir, it's been seven days, why is there still no news?" Tang Yun handed Li Qi a water bag that had just been filled with hot water.
Li Qi took it and put it on his lap and said, "What I'm worried about now is that the news won't be conveyed."
"Probably not. Captain Tian has arranged for more than a dozen people. If they set out in different directions, someone will always go out." Tang Yun said.
Li Qi said: "How are you doing with the things I asked you to get?"
Tang Yundao: "It's almost done. Xinshan has been watching over there."
Li Qi nodded: "No matter what, we have to prepare a retreat. If an uncontrollable situation arises, we should first save our lives."
As he said that, he sighed and said: "I just hope that the back road will not be used..."
…
On the thirteenth day of being besieged in the valley, the message sent out finally got a reply.
Tian Hangnan found Li Qi with the reply letter. When Li Qi opened it and looked at it, his expression changed: "You Liang Fuhui! I'll fuck you!"
Tian Hangnan frowned: "Sir, what's wrong?"
"See for yourself!" Li Qi handed over the letter.
Tian Hangnan's face couldn't help but change when he saw it.
The reply said that Li Qi must ensure that the grain and grass continue to be delivered. No matter what the cost, even if only half of the food is delivered, he must arrive at the capital of the Snow Kingdom on time to meet the army.
To put it bluntly, this is a typical pick-and-roll.
The letter also said that with 30,000 people on Li Qi's side, even if he faced an army of 50,000 from the Snow Country, he still had a certain chance of winning. Even if he couldn't defeat them, he could still get away.
Anyway, the whole article is nonsense, it is undoubtedly to let Li Qi find a way on his own, and he has to meet up with the large army at the designated time.
Damn it, you Liang Fuhui, you really want to kill everyone?
"What should I do now, sir?" Tian Hangnan asked uncertainly.
Li Qi said: "You can edit another letter and send it to General Huang to see what he says."
"But it will take ten days to go back and forth. By then, if..."
Before he finished speaking, there was suddenly a loud noise outside!
Li Qi and Tian Hangnan looked at each other for a moment, and the two quickly left the military tent. They saw chaos outside, and many people rushed towards the source of the sound.
Tian Hangnan grabbed a soldier and asked, "What's going on?"
When the soldier saw it was Tian Hangnan, he quickly said: "Captain Tian, the enemy has launched an attack..."
"Initiating an attack? Why didn't you blow the horn?" Tian Hangnan asked.
"I don't know either..." The soldier looked horrified.
Li Qi came over and said, "Let's go take a look."
The two passed through the crowd and soon arrived at the front line outside the military camp.
I saw a mess outside, with many open flames everywhere, and many injured soldiers being carried back one after another.
There is a special smell in the air.
Li Qi sniffed, climbed up the mountain to the stand, and took a few glances not far away, and found that there were no enemy troops at all.
After jumping down, Li Qi found a centurion for questioning.
"Back to your lord... this morning, there were a lot of big wooden barrels at the door. At first, we didn't know what the other party wanted to do. We didn't dare to act rashly. At noon, the other party beat drums to attack, so I led people to guard it.
At the entrance... But who knew, more than a dozen people came from the other side. They rode horses to not far from the barrel, and fired rockets at the barrel... After that, the barrel emitted thousands of flames, and many people
I was also burned by the fire that jumped out..."
After listening to the centurion's explanation, Li Qi thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to the front and have a look."
Tian Hangnan was stunned and quickly stopped him: "My lord, you can't do that."
"Hasn't the enemy army left now? It's OK to go over and see." Li Qi said.
Seeing that Li Qi was determined to go, Tian Hangnan found some shield men to clear the way in front, and the group slowly walked towards the direction of the explosion.
After arriving, Li Qi saw fragments of barrels that had been blown to pieces everywhere.
Although the fire on the barrel has been extinguished, thick smoke is still rising.
Li Qi walked over and looked at the burnt black liquid on the ground, and instantly understood what was going on.
"Captain Tian, does this look familiar to you?" Li Qi asked, pointing to the black liquid on the ground.
Tian Hangnan stared at it: "Is this... oil?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "It seems you still remember its name. Yes, the last time we went to annihilate the Tianji Society, they used oil."
Tian Hangnan suddenly realized.
"But obviously this time the Snow Country army has more oil, so they made a petroleum bomb." Li Qi said.
"I see."
Li Qi said: "Let's go back first and then talk."
After returning to the military camp, Li Qi said to Tian Hangnan: "The other party is obviously just here to scare us. Don't worry. You tell everyone not to panic. If you see those barrels again in the future, just stay away. As long as there is no fire, those barrels will be there."
It won't explode."
"good."
It had only been two days since the oil barrel incident, and all kinds of rumors were flying in the military camp. Almost everyone was discussing about witchcraft and sorcery.
For a time, people were panicked and everyone was very scared.
Tian Hangnan also came to Li Qi and told him about this several times. Li Qi also knew that if this continued, everyone would probably surrender before the fight even started.
So he decided to find a way to stabilize the morale of the army.