Heavenly Dao Formula

"How many people are in the large group?" Qian Zhixian asked nervously.

"This... the little one can't tell, the sky is too dark, I just saw a lot of tents set up in the snow." The subordinate replied, "The little one is worried that if they get too close, they won't be able to bring the news back .”

"Lord Qian, let me ask." Master Zhang took up the conversation, "How far are these people from the official way?"

"About... a mile or two."

"Are there any convoys on the official road? Are they setting up obstacles on the road?"

The subordinate shook his head again and again, "This little guy can see it very clearly. The snow on the road is so thick that he can't even see a person, let alone a convoy. As for the roadblock... the little guy didn't notice that they set up a barricade near the official road .”

"Is there a fence around the tent?"

"Not seen."

"Well," Master Zhang said thoughtfully, "the last question, you should have discovered the other party half an hour ago, there should be cooking smoke rising from those tents. What do you think the smoke looks like? Thick fog or gray water vapor?"

This question made the subordinates think hard for a while, "Back to the adults, I think...it should be the one in front."

"Okay, you go down." The chief secretary waved his hand, turned to the magistrate and said, "Master Qian, the number of the other party must not be too many, it should be between three hundred and one thousand."

"Oh? How did you see that?"

"If the official road is empty, it proves that the team has no luggage. Camping near the official road means that they are ready to retreat at any time." The master said methodically, "In addition, I have studied in the Shenzhou garrison. For those with more than 1,000 people, the tents must be set up separately, separated by fences. This is not only to prevent the enemy from attacking by fire, but also to reduce the losses caused by the roar of the camp.”

"So that's it," Qian Zhixian nodded repeatedly, "What does the smoke represent?"

"If the cooking smoke is turbid and foggy, it means that they are temporarily collected wood from nearby. Because of the heavy moisture and impurities, the smoke is very heavy when burned; while the gray smoke shows that it is dry wood, which is easy to ignite. , and it won’t choke people, it just needs to be prepared in advance.”

"There are two meanings in this - if there is an army of one or two thousand people, it is impossible to maintain the bonfire by picking up wood. In case there is no suitable woodland nearby, or there is an accident, wouldn't these people have to starve alive Frozen? Then the morale of the army will be dispersed. Therefore, their number must be limited, which is also in line with the previous judgment of lack of supplies."

"Secondly, they don't plan to besiege for a long time. They probably take one step at a time. Since the wood is picked up temporarily, the rations should be extremely limited. In addition to the round-trip distance, I speculate that this troop can only Three days in the snow!"

Director Zhang became more and more confident as he spoke, and the last sentence almost came out in a trembling voice.

"Good, good!" Qian Zhixian suddenly laughed out loud after a few words of praise.

"Why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at them for being too timid." He patted his thigh and said, "If an army of hundreds of people rushed into Baisha City without saying anything, wouldn't I have fallen into their hands long ago? Neither Dare to do such a rebellious thing, and try to put pressure on me with a letter, it is also despising this official."

Qian Zhixian was both rejoicing and ridiculed in his heart. Sure enough, even the princess's private soldiers had to weigh three points in the face of right and wrong.

"Tomorrow, I will wait for them at the gate of Beicheng—I want to see which thief dares to commit such a crime of treason!"

...

The next day, Xiaoxue still showed no sign of stopping.

The sky was a hazy light gray, with neither clouds nor sunlight, like a cauldron with an invisible edge, upside down on the silvery white land.

The vast countryside outside the city was covered with snow, and the ground was as flat as a blanket. It was obviously inappropriate to go out in this kind of weather. Even the usual birds, which are usually seen, have almost disappeared.

On the contrary, there was a rare commotion in Baisha City.

This county town is not as important as Jinxia, ​​the city wall is less than nine feet, and there is no walkway on the top for people to pass. The wall is divided into two layers, the outer layer is masonry, and the inner layer is wooden frame. Defenders can reach the top of the city wall by climbing the wooden frame, and shoot arrows or throw stone cables at the intruders with half of their body exposed. For important positions like the gate, sentry towers and watchtowers will be set up at the rear, and these facilities are basically used with large crossbows. Ordinary bandits and bandits who want to attack the city will be hit head-on in front of this line of defense.

At this time, the personnel gathered by each family had already occupied the north gate city wall to the brim.

After these private soldiers changed into armor and government standard weapons, they actually looked good, at least few of them showed timidity.

Compared with the private soldiers of Fei and Tang, the yamen servants were much looser. Qian Zhixian simply transferred them all down and asked them to be responsible for logistical matters such as handling arrows and hot oil. At the same time, in order to prevent the enemy from cheating, he also arranged a security team of 50 people at each of the west gate, east gate and south gate.

After arranging the deployment, Qian Zhixian handed over the command to Master Zhang, and he himself went up to the watchtower to monitor the battle situation from a height together with Fei Zhuang and Tang Yingzhi.

"It's about time." Tang Yingzhi glanced at the sky and said, "If the letter wasn't a bluff, the arrest team should have appeared."

"As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit, and this method of intimidation may just be to test your determination." Fei Zhuang stared into the distance expressionlessly, "I'm afraid the prefect Hong was frightened by the princess. "

"Hmph, I'm not so easy to talk about without the imperial decree!" Qian Zhixian said coldly.

The official position is obtained by him through examination, and Baisha City is the place where he lives and lives. How could he easily hand him over to others?

At this time, a few scattered black shadows appeared on the gray-white skyline.

Obviously something is approaching the direction of the county.

"They're coming!" Tang Yingzhi whispered.

"The thief really dares?" Qian Zhixian clenched his fists—to be honest, there was always a trace of doubt in his heart. Direct action against a court official without going through the Ministry of Officials, no matter what the reason is, is already blatant treason. It would be fine if he was a villager in the mountains. He couldn't imagine that someone knew this and deliberately put himself in danger.

"There don't seem to be many people on the other side?" Tang Yingzhi squinted his eyes suspiciously. The black shadows did not gradually connect together, but remained isolated in the number of four or five. At the same time, they were far apart from each other. distance.

The question is, just relying on a handful of people to break into Baisha City? Are they dreaming?

"That's not right..." Fei Zhuang noticed something unusual, the outlines of those black shadows were too big, even a strong general in the army couldn't be born so burly, right? "...Are you sure it's a human?"

"Not human?" Qian Zhixian frowned, "What could it be?"

However, no one can answer this question.

...

On the other side, Ning Wanjun could already see the slender city wall in the distance.

She drove her exclusive mechanism beast "Suzaku" steadily forward in the snow, and behind her were two long rows of soldiers.

The same goes for other teams.

The other four jet-black mass-produced Guanmon "Xuanwu Jia" each led a team. Together with the princess's car, they divided the first batch of vanguard troops into ten long and thin columns.

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