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The winter of the fifth year of Wude was really cold, and the earth seemed to be sealed by ice and snow. In many places, the ground was cracked by the frost. Yunhao had only seen such a cold winter in the Northeast before. I didn¡¯t expect that Hebei in the Tang Dynasty would be so cold.
But such a cold winter is good news for Yunhao. At least, the road was frozen solid, making it easier to provide supplies. What he looked forward to most was that Master Sheng Yan could come back with enough kerosene and gunpowder. With these two things, he was confident to defend Bingzhou City even if he faced a hundred thousand Turkic cavalry.
Bingzhou City is not very big, with a city of three miles and a country of seven miles. It is a standard small county town in Hebei. Hebei has experienced successive wars in recent years, and Bingzhou City has been severely destroyed by the war. The city wall, which was only three feet high, was already crumbling and almost collapsed in several places. The first thing Yun Hao did after annexing the state was to mobilize his soldiers to boil water and pour water to build the city wall.
It is definitely not realistic to build the city wall now, but fortunately the weather is very cold. Freezing the entire city wall with ice should be a good idea.
Ling Jing sent people to cut down all the trees within a radius of ten miles, and used oxcarts to pull them to the city and pile them up. Yunhao ignored this indiscriminate deforestation because he knew what Ling Jing was thinking. These trees can be made into siege materials, and it is also good to cut them down and use them as firewood.
In fact, when fighting in winter, firewood is more important than food. Especially in such freezing weather, dogs can really freeze to death. When Yunhao went out to inspect the city wall today, he saw more than one stray dog ??that had frozen to death.
¡°I asked Xiong Kuohai to bury the stray dog, but he still didn¡¯t want to. They say that dog meat is fragrant meat, and they say that dog meat rolls three times, even the gods cannot stand firm. The immortal's unsteady stance must be due to being drunk, which has something to do with dog meat.
Hebei has been experiencing repeated wars, and the land is severely desolated. As Yunhao marched, he didn't see a few inhabited villages. We saw a lot of ruins, and the destructive power of war was huge. If Hebei does not rest and recuperate for more than ten years, Hebei will not be able to return to its pre-war level.
It was said to be the county seat, but Yunhao didn¡¯t know it until he saw the county magistrate. The total number of people in this city, old and young, is only over 10,000. All those who could walk fled, and the rest were either the old, the weak, or the rich who still had a little money at home were unwilling to leave. In such a large Bingzhou city, the final number of people gathered was only four to five hundred.
"Master Marquis, that's all. I even summoned the servants at home, there is really no one left." The county magistrate is called Liu Fulu. He is well-named, and he is as fat as a big Afu. With such a figure in Hebei, even if I beat Yun Hao to death, I would not believe that this guy is an upright official.
??Looking at Liu Fulu, whose face was swollen, and then at the dozen or so guys in green clothes and hats in the team. Yunhao knew that this guy wasn't lying.
"Ask your people to go out of the city to collect firewood. Within three days, I need a thousand loads of firewood." Now Yunhao is worried about not having enough firewood, because the firewood is being consumed so fast. After Yunhao taught the soldiers to make an earthen furnace, the entire Bingzhou City became a huge furnace. Numerous chimneys billowed with smoke and dust all day long, and from a distance a layer of light blue mist enveloped Bingzhou City.
In such cold weather, you must not break the firewood, otherwise it will be a disaster. Yunhao couldn't understand why Hebei could be so cold. In my impression, this kind of weather seems to only occur in the Northeast.
"A thousand tons! Lord Marquis!" Liu Fulu's facial features were about to clench into a ball. The forest within a radius of ten miles had been chopped down by the army. If we want firewood again, we have to go further, but I heard that the Turks have already arrived. At this time, no one dares to leave the city.
"If there is no firewood, I will use your fat body to light the fire!" Of course Yunhao ignored this guy, Qiu Shili stretched out his hand and pinched Liu Fulu's neck collar, and said viciously.
Ignoring the screaming Liu Fulu, Yunhao walked into the county government office. Now Yunhao is like a tiger trapped in a cage, with an aura of irritability all over his body.
The news in the military newspaper was getting worse day by day, and Li Er's old habit relapsed. He personally led the Xuanjia Army to investigate the enemy situation of the Turks. As a result, I almost didn't come back. If Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong hadn't been too brave, maybe people in the Tang Dynasty would already be mourning the loss of a prince.
The Turks in Hebei and Shanxi implemented a three-guang policy. Any place with people will be taken away. Houses were also burned down, and it was said that Youzhou and Yizhou were already in flames. The Great Wall defense line is simply in danger!
They burned their houses because the Turks did not have firewood for heating. These bastards were unwilling to cut down trees themselves, so they had no choice but to burn Han people's huts to keep warm. This thing burns instantly and is very easy to burn.
Except for not killing many people, the Turks have done almost all evil deeds. It¡¯s not that the Turks are merciful;He pointed to the distance and said, "They are coming!"
Yunhao followed Yu Lao's finger and saw a Turkic cavalry standing on the ridge from a distance. The Turkic cavalry held a large black flag in their hands, swaying in the wind. Soon, the second cavalryman appeared. Then the third, the fourth, the fifth! When the boundless Turkic army pressed blackly towards Bingzhou City, Yunhao took a breath of cold air.
?Looking at it like this, it seems like tens of thousands of Turks came all at once. Could it be that Ashina Simo brought an army of fifty thousand to attack Bingzhou City where he was stationed? You think so highly of me, Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Wuwei together now only have a little over 8,000.
The Turks were like an earth-yellow flood, pouring out of the mountain ridges all the time. These people seem to be ghosts emerging from hell, emerging out like there is no end.
¡°It¡¯s not that there are only 50,000 people, why are there so many?¡± Yunhao felt a little guilty when he saw more and more Turkic cavalry.
"Fifty thousand? If it's less than 80,000, you can poach my tricks." The old fisherman looked at Yunhao with disdain. Yunhao, who is known as a master of arithmetic, can't even figure out the number of people. It¡¯s so embarrassing!
"Where did they come from with so many people? Didn't they say that there were only one hundred thousand cavalry invading Hebei?" Yunhao scratched his head, and now he was a little confused. If there are 80,000 people on his side, wouldn't Li Er have only 20,000 people on his side? There is no reason that Li Er, who has an army of hundreds of thousands, cannot defeat 20,000 Turkic cavalry!
"Barbarians, some are still at the level of knotting ropes to record events. Do you expect them to be able to correctly understand the number of people? When the Turks call an army of 100,000, it means a lot." The old fisherman put his hands into his sleeves, although he could not see clearly. Even if the situation is far away, he is reluctant to take his hands out of his sleeves. Holding the copper telescope now is simply torture.
Yunhao looked carefully through the telescope, wearing thick sheepskin gloves on his hands. Zhang Miaoke and his two little wives, handmade product, absolutely limited edition.
"That means that the Turks are going out in full force this time?"
"It's so cold in Hebei. What do you think the grassland will look like? They were frozen here. No matter how cold it is here, it's warmer than the grassland. As long as they have a way to survive, they won't care about whose land it is. God is fair. Yes, as long as the tribes on the grassland start to become stronger, such disasters will always happen, and the tribes on the grassland will decrease a lot every time.
Sometimes, even large tribes with tens of thousands of people will disappear on the grassland. If this were not the case, the world of our Han family would have been occupied by grassland barbarians long ago. Even so, tragedies such as Wuhu's chaos in China still occurred. So don't blame God, he is also very fair. "The old fisherman looked at the Turkic army in front of him and suddenly began to talk in a philosophical spirit.
Knowing that the old guy was showing off his knowledge, the students who followed him from the academy had stars in their eyes. He looks like a star-struck fan!
When the Turkic cavalry continued to cross the mountain ridge, the Turkic cavalry who arrived earlier had already begun to charge. The horses under their crotches were galloping, causing snow foam to rise into the sky. It was like a puff of white smoke rushing towards Bingzhou City.
Yunhao was stunned. He didn't understand what the Turks were thinking. Could it be that they were riding not horses, but winged unicorns from the West? Want to fly up to the city wall?
The Turkic cavalry was still accelerating and seemed to be heading into the city wall.
"This is a common tactic used by the Turks. They send military sharpshooters to shoot arrows at the city to urge us to surrender. If we refuse to surrender, they will massacre the city after breaking it." Seeing that Yunhao didn't understand, Qiu Shili explained by his side .
"Ah! So that's it!" Yunhao lay on the arrow stack with interest, wanting to see if his little tricks could work.
The galloping Turkic war horses suddenly began to fall down. The galloping horses accumulated strong kinetic energy, even though the ground was covered with thick snow. But falling off a horse and breaking your muscles and bones is the best result.
Seeing the puzzled look in Mr. Yu's eyes, Qiu Shili explained in a very stupid way: "This was all ordered by the Marquis. Many fist-sized stones were thrown on the ground. He also asked the peasants to dig many small holes one foot deep. .Now it¡¯s all covered in heavy snow, and even we don¡¯t know where the traps are.
The galloping horses stepped on rocks or stepped into pits. Naturally, they will fall down. It is winter now and those eagle shooters on horseback must have suffered heavy losses. "
"This boy, he took advantage of the geographical location to the extreme. Who would have thought that small rocks and earth pits could be a good way to fight against the Turkic cavalry." The old fisherman glanced at Yun Hao, and he had to admire Yun Hao's means. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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