Although the snow has dispersed, the wind is still strong.
Yu Xi, who had just arrived, had no time to talk to Hou Mi and hurried up the city wall, where Hou Mi and Cao Ning were already waiting.
It's not morning yet. Although I don't know if there will be a sunrise today, the coldest and darkest time is before dawn. This applies no matter what weather or where. Although Yu Xi is close to the torch, she still feels
Not any warmth at all.
The Turks' trebuchets had been bombarding almost non-stop for a long time and a night. At this time, they finally subsided. It was obvious that the Turks had withdrawn all their men and were preparing for a new large-scale attack. They could even see the end of the river valley.
There were little lights floating around, and it was unclear whether the Turks were lining up or preparing to light a fire to make food.
The entire Huile City has become riddled with holes under the torrential rain of stone bombs, and it can even be said that there is leakage everywhere. Especially in the middle of the night, the Turks even brought ice cubes and some large rocks they found from nowhere.
Stones were used to smash down a small section of the city wall. It was precisely because the Turks behind them threw everything on the city that the Hou secretaries and the city guards even suspected that the Turks threw everything they could find.
, there should be nothing to find now.
Now the Han soldiers are nervously repairing the city wall, but it has already reached this point, and they can only pile up stones and soil in a messy manner.
Buckets of already heated water were brought up on the city wall one by one. Everyone stared at the buckets. No one knew what the general meant. Yu Xi also looked at Hou Mi in surprise at this time, although
She has been working with this guy for a long time, but Yu Xi feels that she is obviously not as good as Hou Mi in terms of the number of clever ideas.
The strong wind blew at the top of the city, the flags were dancing, and everyone stopped what they were doing. As soon as Hou Mi's hand fell, a row of soldiers picked up buckets and poured them directly on the damaged city wall!
"This?" Cao Ning and Yu Xi both shouted in surprise.
The soldiers also watched helplessly as the water they finally fetched from the river and the snow they collected from the corners were splashed down in such a neat manner.
The scalding water suddenly splashed on the cold stone, and white mist suddenly rose up from the city wall. For a while, the dilapidated city wall was shrouded in the rising mist, like a fairyland. The Turks were obviously frightened by this scene.
When it arrived, there was also silence for a while.
The strong wind roared, blowing against the city wall. When the fog above and below the city gradually dissipated, the areas that were once contaminated by water were now frozen bit by bit. The soldiers behind followed closely and moved more
A lot of water was poured on it, this time it was freshly melted snow water or water taken from the river or even with thin ice. So much water was poured down from the top of the city layer by layer.
In the early morning, when it is the coldest time, if you stand on the top of the city and the wind blows for a while, you will almost lose consciousness. This is also the most suitable time for freezing. Layers of ice are dense and fine, from the bottom of the city to the top of the city.
It spread, and even the rubble piles under the city - which were completely the result of the Turks throwing garbage away all night - were covered with a layer of frost.
The wind finally blew away the dark clouds in the sky. When a long-lost sunshine shone on the top of the city of Huile City, the scene that appeared in front of them made everyone, whether they were above or below the city, whether they were Han people or Turks,
, all held their breath.
The city wall that was originally riddled with holes has now lost all the scars. A thick layer of ice covers the surface of the city wall, like a layer of ice armor.
Yu Xi subconsciously knocked on the ice with the handle of the knife in his hand, and found that it was much stronger than he thought. Thinking about it again, he was relieved. When the ice on the river is thick, even a carriage can
Passed, let alone struck with the hilt of a knife.
Everyone in the city breathed a sigh of relief. When the Turks desperately collected things and threw them into the city, everyone was also surprised by Hou Mi's somewhat strange order. But because it was the general's order, there was nothing they could do about it.
defy.
Moreover, repairing the city wall against the Turks' stone bullets would inevitably mean heavy casualties. In contrast, it was not impossible to take risks.
Now it seems that this risk is well worth it.
In this howling cold wind, the armor of Huile City will only become stronger and stronger.
"What are you still doing? Pour down the newly brought water." Hou Mi waved his hand. In fact, he himself was always on tenterhooks. But fortunately, the Turks still gave him face, and God did not hesitate to show his
magic.
The soldiers agreed with a roar, and Yu Xi came over with a big smile and gave Hou Mi a bear hug.
At this time, it seemed that there was really no barrier between the two people. They witnessed this miracle together and stood side by side in front of the rolling Turkic army.
"You kid actually came back." Hou Mi said with a bit of teasing.
Yu Xi raised his eyebrows: "Isn't I coming back and waiting to collect your body, so that you don't suffer humiliation at the hands of the Turks?"
"You really don't hold back your words." Hou Mi snorted.
Yu Xi smiled and thought of something: "Why did you pour hot water in the first batch?"
"There is a lot of wood in the city, can't we use it to boil water?" Hou Mi said calmly.
"Do you think someone will believe you?" Yu Xi immediately raised his eyebrows.
"The Turkic people believe most in the witch god. This creates a feeling of fairyland, naturally to make them confused about reality and reality. Moreover, if there is so much water here, if it is not boiled, it will turn into a bucket of ice slag in a while.
That’s it.” Hou Mi then said.
"It's true and false, interesting, interesting!" Yu Xi nodded, "I'm afraid it will be harder for the Turks to attack now. Our reinforcements are less than two days away from here. As long as we can hold on until tomorrow, everything will be fine."
Everything will get better.”
Hou Mi was not in a hurry to say this. With this layer of ice covering the city wall, it might not be easy for the Turks to attack for a while: "The last time the scouts sent over, not only the troops from Lingwu had already been dispatched,
News, as well as some battle reports from the Central Plains. After all, a certain general of the Han Dynasty can be regarded as a miscellaneous general, and he is still qualified to know some things..."
Having said this, Hou Mi looked at Yu Xi hesitantly.
Yu Xi unexpectedly smiled and said: "Maybe you don't know yet, Chang'an has sent his father's old Shangguan, General Liang Rui, to Xiaoguan, and my Lantian Yu family has become an abandoned son. So there are people to the south.
What kind of war is this? What does it have to do with XX now? XX just wants to be able to kill these Turkic barbarians who are disturbing the peace!"
This time it was Hou Mi's turn to be surprised. He stared at Yu Xi closely, but Yu Xi spread his hands indifferently, as if what he just said had nothing to do with him. (To be continued)