Chapter 4 The Strange Thing about the Salt Lake
Thank you very much for getting up at 2000 o'clock. I want to have a sister who can love the reward of 500 o'clock! Lao Cheng has an impression of the ID of getting up at 2000 o'clock. He is the leader in the previous book.
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In order to defend Lingzhou City, Guo Zihe paid a heavy price. His third brother Guo Ziduan died in battle, while his second brother Guo Zisheng was shot in the chest and injured his lung lobe. It is still unknown whether he can't be saved.
He originally had two thousand direct troops, but now more than one-third of them were killed in battle, and less than a thousand people could maintain their combat effectiveness. What made Guo Zihe the most trouble was that the weather was too cold, and the firewood in the city was about to be told to the heart. Now the people have both demolished the furniture and wooden doors to keep the fire in the heat.
This move is undoubtedly a way to quench your thirst. It’s okay to remove the furniture, but when can I burn it after removing the wooden door?
Once the torch is burned out, it will become a dead city without having to tackle the Lingzhou.
The Liang army was injured by more than 3,000 troops under the city and was unable to attack, so it was naturally not worth worrying. What Guo Zihe was most worried about was the increasing number of Turks.
Suddenly, a burnt smell penetrated Guo Zihe's nose. Guo Zihe naturally knew what it smelled, it was the smell emitted by burning corpses. Looking along the source of the smell, Guo Zihe saw a house not far from the city wall. Guo Zihe thought about it, but finally walked towards the house with his numb legs and dozens of personal guards.
Before we even arrived at this house, several small courtyards emitted this burnt smell that made people vomit. In fact, there was no need to see, Guo Zihe knew what was going on.
"Chu attacked Song and surrounded the city. The people changed their sons and ate them, and separated their bones and cooked them." Lingzhou Chief Yang Zeyi sighed, "I didn't expect that the tragic tragedy recorded in historical books will be staged in Lingzhou City today!"
"It's not like eating!" Guo Zihe said: "The grain in the city can last for half a year, but it's just this torch, only..."
In fact, Guo Zihe had no choice but to do anything. If the Turks and Liang Shidu coalition forces had not siege the city, the people in the city could go out to log wood as firewood and survive this difficulty. But now they are trapped in the city and cannot go out. Peel the flesh from the corpse and burn bones should be the best way.
Suddenly, Yang knelt in the direction of Chang'an, pulled out his sword and crossed it around his neck: "I am betrayed by the emperor, and I will be punished for my death!"
As he said that, he was about to commit suicide by slitting his sword.
However, Yang Ze found that his sword could not be cut anyway. He turned his head and saw that it was Guo Zihe who reached out to press his sword hilt. Yang Ze said with anger: "Why does General Manager Guo stop Yang!"
"Yang Changshi wanted to die! Have you ever thought about the more than 20,000 vassals in Lingzhou City?" Guo Zihe sighed and said, "Yang Changshi doesn't want to be a traitor. Is Guo willing to be a traitor?"
"This..." Yang Ze pondered.
"Death is the easiest way, and it is even harder to survive!" Guo Zihe said: "This year, the Great Cold is the white disaster, the Turks suffer heavy losses, and countless cattle and sheep are killed. The Snow Killing Pass is their usual trick. Yang Changshi really thought that even if they surrender to the Turks, they would leave behind the more than 20,000 people in Lingzhou City?"
Without waiting for Yang Ze to answer, Guo Zihe shouted: "No, the Turks will not leave a Tang Dynasty man at all. They will slaughter all the Lingzhou without leaving any chickens and dogs."
When Yang Ze heard this, his face turned dim.
There was no reason why Guo Zihe could think of anything. It was just that he was unwilling to think about some things. Yang Ze was in a mess at this time: "Master Guo, what should we do?"
"Only hold on and wait for reinforcements!" Guo Zihe said: "Your Majesty will not sit idly by and watch Lingzhou fall into the enemy's hands, nor will you sit idly by and watch Lingzhou's creatures suffer. Maybe the reinforcements are already on the road, at most half a month, or at least ten days of reinforcements!"
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The reinforcements mentioned by Guo Zihe have actually arrived. The hot spring pool is only more than 100 miles away from Lingzhou. If Chen Ying is willing, he can reach the city of Lingzhou in at most two days.
But Chen Ying had no choice but to send troops decisively. If there were no more than 20,000 Turkic people from Bogulu Town, Chen Ying would have sent troops toward Lingzhou long ago. Now if he didn't pull out the nails of Bogulu Town, Chen Ying would have no way to march into Lingzhou.
With Lin Chuanfu's efforts, more than 100 snowboards were made that night, and Chen Ying took the hundred soldiers selected from the entire army to conduct ski training.
However, it is a pity that if you don’t know why these strong soldiers have never been able to ski like the People’s Liberation Army in the snowy fields of forests and seas.
Either this person falls or that person falls and eats mud. Even Chen Ying has a plan to dispel the plan to sneak into Lingzhou City with a snowboard.
You know, according to the current situation, they will not be able to learn to walk with snowboards even if they have ten or half a month. I am afraid that when they learn to control snowboards like this, Lingzhou City will not be able to save them.
In fact, Chen Ying didn't remember whether Lingzhou was captured by the Turks, but Chen Ying made the worst plan. This time, he sent troops to rescue Lingzhou, and the pressure on Prince Li Jiancheng was quite high. Once he failed, it was likely that Li Jiancheng would fall into a passive position.
Just as Chen Yingfu was thinking a lot, a crisp sound suddenly came from the front.
Chen Ying looked up and saw Liang Zan disappearing from the snow with a "ouch".
"Ray Zan, Liang Zan!" Chen Ying was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "Ray Zan, Liang Zan!"
Chen Ying rushed to the place where Liang Zan disappeared, but Gao Yunquan stopped Chen Ying: "General, you are the leader of the army. If you have any accidents, your morale will be frustrated and the consequences will be serious!"
Luo Shixin said: "I'll go!"
Before Luo Shixin could walk up, Liang Zan crawled out of the snow pile while struggling and shouted nervously: "Don't come here, there are ghosts!"
Chen Ying naturally didn't believe that there was a ghost. After a long time, Liang Zan spit out a mouthful of snow and said, "Langjun, leave here quickly!"
"What's going on?"
Chen Ying asked in confusion.
Liang Zan said: "This should be a salt lake, with salt layers everywhere and no frozen content at all."
Chen Ying looked closer and found that as Liang Zan said, he didn't know what was going on. Although the snow here looked no different from other places, it was just a thin layer. Even if he stepped on a snowboard, he fell into the salt layer, which was so embarrassed that the salt cave that Liang Zan fell into was not too deep, only three or four feet long.
"Left Deputy Gao!" Chen Ying turned around and looked at Gao Yunquan and said, "You are knowledgeable, do you know what's going on here?"
Gao Yunquan pondered: "Lingzhou produces salt, and this should be a salt lake. When there are droughts, the salt lake will wither. Where there is salt, the snow will not freeze, forming one hole after another. Look, there is also a skeleton of a yellow sheep here!"
When Chen Ying heard this, he suddenly remembered that when the Three Kingdoms of Song, Liao and Xia were in great strength, Lingzhou belonged to the territory of Xixia, and Xixia was rich in green salt.
"How big is the salt lake here?" Chen Ying looked at the endless snowy surface, and a vague thought appeared in his mind.
"The last general did not come to Lingzhou either!" Gao Yunquan said with his fist: "According to rumors, it seems that the salt lake in Lingzhou is about a hundred miles away!"
"Baili, Baili!" Chen Ying murmured: "Make a striking mark here. No one must go deeper to avoid unnecessary damage!"
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through Chen Ying's head.
I suddenly felt calculating in my heart.
Several soldiers took out their flags and were about to insert them on the edge of the salt lake. Chen Ying suddenly said, "Stop it, go back first!"
Chapter completed!