Before Secretary Hou could finish speaking, the horn sounded again in the wind and snow.
Compared with the retreating horn just now, this time it was more powerful and louder.
Suddenly Hou Mi and Cao Ning looked at each other.
Where do the Turks come from?
Before Hou Mi and Cao Ning could speak, there was a different whistling sound in the wind. The two of them almost screamed inwardly at the same time, and the next moment densely packed stone bullets came towards them, crackling on the city wall.
Many of the soldiers on the city were hit by stone bullets and fell to the ground screaming. Of course, there were also some who reacted quickly and raised their shields to resist. The stone bullets fired by the Turks were not large, but the number was unexpected.
Much.
After all, this city wall of rammed earth was not made of piled stones, and it was in disrepair for a long time. Soon, large and small gaps appeared in some places.
Cao Ning and Hou Mi had already retreated to the walking path to the upper city. They looked at each other with a wry smile. It was obvious that the Turks had given up attacking directly and were planning to consume the city defense bit by bit. No matter how small the stone bullets were, no matter how large the city wall was,
It was too high to withstand such a fall. Moreover, the stones that hit the city were all piled up under the city, and together with the corpses, they formed a new road to the city.
"We must hurry up and repair the city!" Cao Ning said with a frown.
Several crenellations on the city have already collapsed. If this continues, there will really be an accident if all of them are not preserved.
"Wait a minute." Hou Mi waved his hand, "Since the enemy plans to use such means to deal with us, it is impossible to stop for a while. If we repair the city now, we will not only risk being smashed.
, and it’s also twice the result with half the effort.”
"But this won't work!" Cao Ning stamped his feet, "At least it's better than watching our city wall being smashed down!"
Before he finished speaking, he was about to rush up, but was grabbed by Hou Mi.
Although in actual age, Secretary Hou is really not much older than Cao Ning, but at this time Shangguan's majesty appeared, and Cao Ning was startled: "General..."
"If your brother were here, he would never be so confused." Hou Mi said lightly, "I have already said that all this has just begun. If you do this now, you will play into the hands of the Turks. What we can do now
Yes, just wait.”
"But..." Cao Ning gritted his teeth, obviously still a little unwilling, but Secretary Hou also brought up his brother's name, which made Cao Ning have to think deeply.
Indeed, Cao Ning has long hoped that he could become the same person as his brother. This made him think that if his brother were here, at least he would not be as flustered and unprepared as himself.
"But the problem still needs to be solved." Secretary Hou expressed Cao Ning's worries, "Are there still many stones in the south of the city?"
Cao Ning smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, although we are in a river valley, the stones on both sides are not easy to pick up. This is why there are very few big ones among the stone bullets thrown by the Turks. Moreover,
If we rashly dig into the mountains to extract rocks, our escape route will be blocked if we fail to secure all of them."
"What about the wood?" Hou Mi immediately asked.
"There is still a lot of wood. After my subordinates came, they ordered that all the wood within a radius of five or six miles be collected to prepare for emergencies." Cao Ning said hurriedly, but he still felt helpless when he remembered something.
"But we don't have much hot oil anymore, and even if we have wood, it's of no use..."
Secretary Hou waved his hand: "Bring the wood to make the fire. This place is very close to the river. Let the brothers who are repairing behind go to the river to get water and ice!"
"Ah?" Cao Ning thought he heard wrongly and looked over with wide eyes, "We are not short of water either."
"Go if you are told to go." Hou Mideng said impatiently. The stone came down with crackling sounds, and his own mood was naturally not much better.
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The wind and snow gradually subsided, and the Gobi became a vast snowfield.
The huge army trudged forward on the snowy field.
"How long has it been since there was no news from Huile?" Cao Zhong shouted at the top of his lungs while looking at the surrounding mountains and terrain.
The wind was howling, and these words were almost scattered by the wind as soon as they came out of his mouth. In order to unfold this map, the surrounding guards formed a wind wall. Yu Yi also walked over step by step.
, the old general looked very energetic and said loudly: "It has been about three or four days. This heavy snow has forced our march to move more than ten miles with the wind."
After a pause, Yu Yi stretched out his hand and clicked on the map: "The farthest scout we can contact now is still ten miles away from Hui Le City. It is estimated that it will be a few hours before the news comes back, and this
All goes well on the road."
"Where is Yu Xi?" Cao Zhong asked immediately. After Yu Xi brought his people back to report the news, he left with his team almost without stopping. He left one day earlier than the main army and should be the closest to returning to Lecheng.
Reinforcements.
Even if they only have a few hundred cavalry, they are still better than nothing.
"There is another place here." Yu Yi said in a deep voice, "These two mountain cols should be the only places we can rely on after Huile, so should we leave half of our troops here?"
"Old General, are you worried that you won't be able to defend Lecheng when you return?" Cao Zhong asked bluntly.
No matter what, the purpose of returning to Lecheng is to guard the choke point of the river valley. The meaning of Yu Yi not going back to Lecheng but to guard this mountain col is self-evident.
"Isn't General Zhengxi worried?" Yu Yideng asked immediately.
Cao Zhong shook his head: "I believe that Hou Mi, as long as we can defend Huile, it is unnecessary for us to leave troops here now, and we can pull more people to Huile City, which is the greatest help to Huile."
, the terrain there is narrow, and all that can be done is to fill it with more people until both sides can no longer move."
Yu Yi looked at Cao Zhong silently, and Cao Zhong looked at him without hesitation.
No matter which method is used, there are risks.
After a long time, Yu Yi nodded: "Then I'll listen to General Zhengxi."
He already knew that there was another conflict between Li Xingchen and Yang Jian in the south. No matter what the reason was, Yu Yi and Cao Zhong's subordinates were already mixed together at this time. Naturally, there would be no more conflicts between the two sides, otherwise by then
It can only be cheaper for the Turks.
The Northern Zhou court quickly sent Liang Rui to Xiaoguan, and the meaning was obvious. Yang Jian no longer wanted to care about what Yu Yi wanted to do, and knew that he couldn't control it, so he simply let Yu Yi go.
Naturally, Yu Yi had nothing to be polite about.
Nominally this army still belongs to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but in fact it belongs to the Lantian Yu family. What the Lantian Yu family will use as a bargaining chip to get from the Han Dynasty depends on Yu Yi's own ability. (To be continued.