Caixi Army, Zhengyang Army, Zhangyang Army, Pengli Army, as well as 50,000 troops each from Juyang Lord Xiong Li and Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, as well as 30,000 soldiers from Shouling Lord Jingshe, several Chu armies gathered together .
This army of nearly 290,000 people is preparing to launch the most violent offensive against the Wei army so far since the Wei army crossed the Hui River.
"I finally caught him..."
In the Zhangyang army, the leading general Zhou Zheng looked indignant.
You know, a while ago, because the Wei army did not set up a camp, the Chu army was suffering a lot. They wanted to attack the Wei army, but they didn’t know where to start. After all, the Wei army didn’t even have a camp. This attack Shit.
Now, the Wei army has established an ice city outside the city, which is a good thing for the Chu army. It means that the Chu army finally has an attack target and no longer has to search for traces of the Wei army as confusingly as before. .
only……
"Isn't this city too big?"
Standing at the front of the team, Zhou Zheng covered his eyebrows with his right hand and looked at the ice city in the distance. The more he looked at it, the more incredible he felt.
After all, the ice city of the Wei army that appeared in front of the Chu army generals was no less large than the cities in Juyang County, or even bigger.
Can something like this really be built overnight?
At this moment, not only Zhou Zheng held such an idea, but also the county magistrate Cai Hou who commanded the Caixi Army, the county magistrate Ximen Ji who commanded the Xiyang Army, Xu Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Peng Li Army, and even Yangcheng who had witnessed Zhao Hongrun's methods earlier. Jun Xiongtuo, at this moment, everyone was shocked because of the grand ice city in front of them.
Especially those ordinary Chu soldiers who were illiterate were whispering to each other.
It's no wonder, after all, ghosts and ghosts are the most popular here in Chu State, so that at this moment, many soldiers and generals feel that the ice city in front of them, which does not look like an ice city that can be built by human power, is probably some kind of ghost. Monsters helped Wei Jun build it.
When they thought that the Wei army might have received help from some ghosts and monsters, many Chu soldiers and generals felt the cold wind blowing on their faces becoming more and more biting. "Note: The ghosts and monsters here are not meant in a derogatory sense." , but gods in a broad sense, including evil gods who cause chaos and cause disasters.』
No wonder, after all, at this moment, even those who have studied and understand some worldly principles, such as Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, Guling Lord Xiong Wu and others, think they cannot explain how this ice city was built. Well, let alone those illiterate Chu soldiers?
Only Shouling Junjingshe firmly believed that this must have been the work of Ji Run, the prince of Wei who commanded the Wei army, and it did not involve any inhuman power from gods or ghosts.
"Pass an order from Jing and ask Fei Zhuang to take the lead!"
Riding a war horse and standing in the main formation of the army, Shouling Jun Jingshe gave these orders to the messengers.
Hearing this, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, who was also watching the battle in the formation, was slightly startled and asked curiously: "Master Jingshe, don't you see that Ji Run?"
Shouling Jun Jingshe smiled lightly when he heard this.
He thought that he and Ji Run, the young master of Wei, had already said all that needed to be said: he ordered many Chu troops here to burn the trees to tell Ji Run to "go back to the north bank of the Huihe River"; while Ji Run By building this ice city in one night, I replied, "Absolutely impossible."
Since the meanings of both parties are clear, what more needs to be said? Just see the truth!
Feizhuang was a general under Lord Shouling Jingshe. I don't know if it was to avoid controversy, but Jingshe ordered his troops to serve as vanguards.
This move alone made Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, think highly of him.
However, when Fei Zhuang led the Shouling army slowly forward from the army array, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo realized that he had guessed wrong: Shouling Jun Jingshe sent his troops as the vanguard, not to prevent Controversy, but made some preparations for this war.
"That's..."
Xiong Tuo squinted at the Shouling Army. He vaguely saw that about 30% of the 30,000 Shouling soldiers who were the vanguard were pushing a wooden cart, which was the most common in Chu State and was used to transport grain. Or a wheelbarrow for transporting other things.
At this time, what was piled on these wheelbarrows were not rice bags or two bags, but bundles of firewood.
Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, immediately understood that Master Jingshe was clearly going to use fire attacks to melt the ice city of Wei Jun!
"...You are truly worthy of being Lord Jingshe."
Xiong Tuo secretly took a look at Shouling Jun's residence and admired it secretly.
It was not that he admired Jingshe for being ready to attack the Wei army's ice city in such a short period of time, but that he admired the calmness of Lord Santianzhu.
Because even he, Xiong Tuo, was still thinking about "How did the Wei army build this ice city in one night?"
But the attitude of Lord Jingshe is more direct - no matter how you built it, I will destroy it!
Thinking of this, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, turned his head and looked far ahead, looking at the ice city of the Wei army.
"Ji Run, how should you resist?"
A trace of curiosity flashed in Xiong Tuo's heart.
How to parry?
When the soldiers come, they will block the water and use the earth to cover it up!
At this moment, in the ice city of the Wei army, Zhao Hongrun stood on the high platform built by the soldiers and clearly saw the number of Chu troops outside the city.
"You are so decisive. Shouling Junjingshe...did he summon all the Chu troops nearby?"
Zhao Hongrun, who just a moment ago was still dreaming about whether he could get away with it by luck, took a long breath at this moment, secretly glad that he had not been lucky before, and had already told his soldiers to prepare for the battle. Otherwise, Wei Jun would be in trouble this time. As soon as I get a foothold here, I'm afraid I'll be driven back to the north of the Huihe River by Na Jingshe.
"Your Highness." Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao seemed to have noticed something at this time, and reminded him in a low voice: "The Chu army seems to want to attack with fire."
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun groaned softly and looked into the distance with concentration. Sure enough, he saw many soldiers in a vanguard of the Chu army pushing wheelbarrows filled with firewood.
"In such a short period of time, the strategy of attacking the city has been thought up. It seems that the sudden appearance of the ice city has no impact on the scenery at all... It is worthy of being the Three Pillars of Chu State who have experienced strong winds and waves. It's just that …Can such a small amount of firewood be enough to burn this ice city of my king?”
Perhaps the opponent he faced this time was one of the three famous pillars of the Chu Kingdom, and Zhao Hongrun was vaguely inspired by his inner pride.
After all, there are only a handful of people in Wei who are lucky enough to fight against Shouling Junjingshe.
"There is no need to panic, just let the soldiers proceed step by step as they would in the past when facing the enemy." Zhao Hongrun ordered calmly, temporarily letting his generals take their own orders.
After all, as the commander-in-chief, he only needs to focus on the overall situation.
As for the situation in front of him, he didn't think that those firewood could burn the ice city of his Wei army.
Fire (heat energy) can melt ice, and wind can help increase the intensity of fire. This is true, but it also depends on when.
At the moment, the weather in November is colder than any winter in Zhao Hongrun's memory. At this moment, the Hui River has already frozen, and it will even be possible to walk on the ice and run horses in a few days.
It seems that in this freezing weather, Zhao Hongrun could only think that Mr. Jingshe was overthinking it if he tried to use a little firewood to melt the ice city.
You know, the ignition point of firewood is between 200 and 300 degrees. Even if there is an open flame, it may take a while to ignite in freezing weather like this.
What's more, even lit firewood cannot release enough heat to melt ice in such weather conditions in a short period of time. Instead, it is likely to be blown out by the cold wind and flow down after the ice melts. Destroyed by ice water.
Why since ancient times, there have been few fire attacks on battlefields in winter after snowfall. The reason is simple: it cannot burn.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun was not afraid of Shouling Jun Jingshe's so-called fire attack. Even when he looked at the countless Chu soldiers and generals outside the city, he still had a sneer on his lips.
Although Zhao Hongrun had just praised Jingshe for being decisive, now he wanted to say that Lord Shouling Jingshe was still too conservative.
If at this moment, Na Jingshe ordered the entire army to attack, then the Wei army would probably still have some troubles. However, Shouling Jun Jingshe sent an army to test the effect of the fire attack...
"Ha! After standing in the cold wind for a while, these soldiers still have fighting strength?"
Zhao Hongrun thought secretly.
At the same time, the Shouling Army led by Fei Zhuang had rushed within a stone's throw of the ice city of the Wei Army.
Seeing this, the Wei soldiers inside the ice wall fired with their bows and crossbows.
It has to be said that due to the cold wind blowing today, the accuracy of the arrows was obviously affected. For example, the Yanling Army's 2,000-man general Fei Zhuang, who wanted to snipe the enemy with a strong bow, failed to achieve his goal. , he just shot to death a Chu soldier ten feet away from Feizhuang.
In this situation, all the archers of the Wei army could do was to shoot their bows and arrows as fast as possible while praying in their hearts that the arrows they shot could hit a target. Other than that, there was nothing they could do.
Fortunately, volleys like the Wei army relied on covering the enemy. Although the sniper attack on individual targets was greatly weakened, from the perspective of shooting enemy soldiers, it did not have much impact.
Unless there is a strong wind, once the cold wind suddenly becomes stronger, the arrows fired by the Wei army will almost lose their effect.
The Shouling Army, as the vanguard army, actually encountered trouble, and it was a very difficult trouble.
That is, the firewood on the wheelbarrows pushed by many soldiers in the army were burned before the charge. Many of the firewood in the carts gradually went out under the cold wind.
This incident shocked many of his army's thousands and two thousand generals.
They hurriedly ordered the soldiers to use fire sticks to light the firewood again. But the problem was that it was freezing cold at the moment. How could the firewood sticks be used to light the firewood again in a short time?
Only a small number of wheelbarrows were pushed to the foot of the Wei army's ice city while the firewood was burning.
But the effect is minimal.
Just as Zhao Hongrun expected, the Wei army on the ice wall only needed a handful of snow to stop the firewood from burning.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Shouling Junjingshe frowned deeply.
Because he felt that the Wei soldiers in the ice city opposite seemed to know how to deal with his fire attack, so that almost no one panicked.
What? There is a wheelbarrow burning firewood under the ice city? Oh, give me a few handfuls of snow. Ha, solved.
This passage is enough to summarize the battle between the Wei army and the Chu army.
"Is it true that using fire to attack in the cold winter will achieve twice the result with half the effort?"
Shouling Junjingshe frowned deeply.
To be fair, if possible, no general would be willing to go to war in the cold winter, because this season is not conducive to marching and fighting, even for Shouling Junjingshe, one of the Three Pillars of Chu State.