He Lian was very angry. He heard from Bu Dugen two days ago that there was an ice city pass in Longmen, but he still didn't believe it. When he went south last year, he came to Longmen to see it in person. The Han people didn't build a city pass here, so he wanted to follow it this year.
As the Yellow River flows south, as long as the speed is fast, it can rush directly to the east of the river.
Hedong was much richer than Bingzhou, and he had planned to grab more goods. After the robbery, he retreated to Liangzhou and returned to his own territory from Beidi County.
How could it suddenly appear from the city gate?
But looking at the two ice cities guarding the mountain pass, he was dumbfounded. From the cliff to the river, they were thirty or forty paces wide. The one on the west was one mile long, and the one on the east was even longer. It was five to seven miles and more than two feet wide.
The wall is not very high, but the outer wall is completely made of ice, forming a very steep slope. The ice extends for more than a hundred steps, and there are several antlers frozen on it.
How to fight this? The ice surface is farther than the range of a bow and arrow. If you want to attack the city gate, you have to step on the ice the whole way. The slope of the outer wall is very slippery at first glance, and I am afraid that I will not be able to set up the ladder.
You can march on the ice, but you can't fight. You'll slip when you walk, you'll fall when you run, you can't charge quickly, and you won't be able to stand firmly in formation. How can you fight?
He Lian threw his hat to the ground angrily and stepped on it a few times. After stepping on it, he felt very distressed. It was made of silver fox fur, without a trace of hair. It was his favorite.
It's all the Han people's fault.
The hearts of the Han people are as bad as rotten rotten meat.
While Helian was observing the city, Liu Xiang was inspecting the city defenses. After continuous construction, the barracks had turned into a city gate. The wall was one foot wide, with wooden boards on top to prevent slipping. Anti-arrow battlements were built on both sides. The ice on the outer wall
It extends out for more than a hundred steps, and as long as water is poured from the wall, it will continue to expand outwards. The camp is also piled with ice cubes collected from the rear, so that it can be raised and repaired at any time.
If it weren't for spring melt, it would be really dangerous. The most terrible thing is that it is too easy to repair the walls and ice. Even if the enemy covers it with grass and soil and smashes the ice, you only need to continue pouring water outside, and it will be repaired overnight.
It can be restored to the original state, but boiling water is a little troublesome.
Liu Xiang himself didn't know how to fight. He looked at the several big toys standing behind the wall. Although he had contributed a lot in building the city, these toys were intended to be used to kill enemies. It would be a disaster if they were not used.
It's a bit of a pity.
After looking at the city wall, I went to the warehouse of the rear camp to check. The food and grass were in good condition. The crossbows had lost their feathers and the arrows were neatly stacked. These were 200,000 levied from Anyi and Linfen, and would continue to be transported from Shaanxian and Luoyang in the future. Liu Xiang asked for
One million arrows were lost, and Emperor Ling has approved the matter.
Don't think this number is huge. He has 800 crossbowmen, 3,500 cavalry archers, and 1,800 infantrymen with bows. He can shoot tens of thousands in one battle, and hundreds of thousands if it gets more intense.
The damage rate is very high, even if it can be recovered, it cannot withstand the rapid shooting.
The person in charge of the treasury was Liu Biao, the lieutenant of the Northern Army. He used the future lord of Jingzhou as the old gatekeeper. Liu Xiang snickered in his heart.
"Brother Jingsheng has worked hard and kept the supplies in good order. He has made great contributions to this battle. I will definitely go to His Majesty to ask for your credit."
To force people out, you have to give them some benefits. The Northern Army Zhonghou said it sounds nice, but if you stay in Shanglinyuan, in which life will you get military merit? In the Han Dynasty, military merit was the easiest and most important thing.
The most recognized.
The mainstream thinking is still that no one with the surname Liu can be crowned a king, and no one can be crowned a marquis without great merit. What is great merit? Defeating the enemy and chasing the enemy to the north are the most conspicuous great achievements. Other achievements are not as clear as military merit. Although there were a few faint emperors in the late Han Dynasty
He broke the rules of the feudal lord, but that was a lucky move, and the world looked down upon him.
"Thank you, General."
Of course Liu Biao knew this truth. He was reluctant when he first started on the road. Now? It smells so good!
The two armies continued to confront each other. There were no large-scale battles, but small-scale conflicts continued. The fight between scouts and rangers never stopped.
The 800 Yueqi of the Northern Army were also placed under the control of Taishi Ci, which was different from the 500 Yueqi of the Anping Army. In their hearts, the Anping Army defeated the Northern Army, and those Yueqi wanted to steal the Yueqi of the Northern Army.
Name, this is unbearable. You go out and kill eighty people today, and we will kill a hundred when we go out tomorrow. Anyway, we can't lose our momentum, and the name of Yueqi can't be taken away by others.
Liu Xiang was very optimistic about this kind of behavior of safeguarding collective honor. As long as there was no private fighting, he would reward whoever had the results. This conniving attitude made the soldiers of the Northern Army soar in fighting spirit. The Anping Army did not care. In their eyes,
A bunch of newbies can't make a big difference, but when it comes to killing enemies, that bunch of rookies can't, they're too young.
Liu Xiang was sitting peacefully in the camp, but Helian was getting more and more anxious. Every day, a large number of people, horses, and livestock died of cold and starvation. There was no large area of pasture in the Yellow River Gorge. The temperature in the severe winter was more brutal than swords.
, if this continues, it will be defeated without fighting.
The city must be attacked.
You will die if you fight against the Han people, and you will die if you go back with nothing. The warrior of Da Xianbei is not afraid of death. He decided to let those bastards go up first.
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, after five days of confrontation, the Xianbei people sent Zahu three armies forward to attack the two cities on the left and right at the same time. The third leg was to demolish the antlers array more than a mile above the river.
Liu Xiang felt that it didn't matter how many roads were divided. The total width was more than 100 meters, and the crossbowman could shoot from one end to the other.
Two groups of barbarians marched quickly along the river bank. When they reached the ice below the city, they began to spread grass and soil. The people on the river were still approaching cautiously. They could not run, and they did not dare to run in large numbers, in case they fell into the ice hole.
There was no salvation at all.
"Infantry goes to the city, cavalry is on alert." The enemy's first large-scale attack, Liu Xiang didn't know what the intensity of the battle would be like. Out of caution, all the troops had to prepare their weapons to prevent any unexpected events.
His worries were unnecessary. The weather was too cold and the ice was too slippery. His movements were slow and he was unable to advance or retreat. The Hu people who were crawling forward with arrows missing suffered heavy casualties. They collapsed before they even got thirty steps below the city. The closer they got, the more they collapsed.
Under the city, the steeper the slope of the ice surface, the more people will fall to the ground. On the battlefield, arrows will be lost like rain, and if you fall to the ground, you will lose the protection of your shield, and you will basically not be able to survive.
Zahu left hundreds of corpses in the east camp and retreated in panic. The soldiers in the west camp were more elite, and the barbarians died more and retreated faster. The third group had just touched the antlers formation, and they had not broken a few.
The crossbowmen from the two cities on the left and right shot them to the ground. This was a crossfire. They couldn't hide, avoid, advance, or retreat. Only a few of the miscreants within the range escaped.
More than a thousand corpses covered the river.
Only antlers were placed on the river. It seemed that the defense was weak, but in fact it was a trap deliberately left. The movement on the ice was slow, and the retreat was naturally slow. Shooting from both sides crossed, and as many as came were killed, unless Liu Xiang's arrows were exhausted.
, otherwise, there would be a millstone of flesh and blood.
The only pity is that the secret weapons are of no use. They can't hit that far. I hope the Xianbei people will increase the scale of their attack and wear them down. Only then will they have a chance to defeat them and annihilate them.
This battle tested Bingcheng's combat power, and Liu Xiang was very satisfied.
He Lian had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he couldn't even say he was depressed. Those bastards who didn't even know what ethnic group they were had to die. It was their destiny to explore the way for the Great Xianbei warriors. It would be better if they died.
If you can save a few mouthfuls of food, you can at least feed a few more cows and horses.
He chewed the tender lamb meat vigorously and gave a vicious order: "Let them continue the attack. Those who escape will be executed on the spot."