Chen Ying originally wanted to introduce the Turks into the Salt Lake area and use the hollow thin ice layer formed by the salt lake to kill the Turks. When Chen Ying proposed his own ideas to the Right Guard and the Leading Mansion, the right deputy commander He Yuejing frowned and shook his head and said, "General Chen, I'm afraid the Turks will not be so easily deceived?"

Chen Ying said: "What's going on?"

He Yuejing said: "Last year in Gengwu (the first day of the third month) and in the late July Ding (the fourth day of the seventh month), the Liang army invaded Lingzhou. Since September, he has invaded Lingzhou three times, especially the Lingzhou tyrant Liu Tong, and Zhang Ju have successively defected to Liang Shidu. As a native tyrant in Lingzhou, Zhang Ju and Liu Jing have no reason not to know the strangeness of the Salt Lake, so the Turks not only will not be fooled easily, but may be able to use the tricks and plot against us!"

In the city, there is limited space. In fact, many people and gentry did not live in the city, but built forts and defend themselves. Especially in remote prefectures and counties, there were many large and small forts. Docks, also known as docks, are a civilian defensive building. It was about the time of the Tianfeng period of Wang Mang, when the north was famine and the society was in turmoil. In order to protect themselves, rich families built docks and camps.

The fort outside Lingzhou City was at least dozens or hundreds of people, and the majority were hundreds of people. Facing the massive "Liang" Turkic coalition forces, it was not enough to defend. In July, the Liang army failed to attack Lingzhou, but took the opportunity to capture Jiangjiawu Fort. The owner of Jiangjiawu Fort was Jiang Baoyi, the right martial general of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that his ancestors were Jiang Wei, the general of Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms.

Jiang Baoyi and his son Jiang Xie were both stationed in Taiyuan and fought with Liu Wuzhou. At this time, only some old, weak, sick and disabled left Jiangjiawu Fort. After Liang captured Jiangjia Fort, he slaughtered all 273 people from all over the fort. Only Jiang Baoyi's concubine Jiang Pan hid under the corpse in the dry well and escaped.

In September, the Liang Shidu led a large army to attack Lingzhou again. Zhang Ju was worried that Zhangjiabao would suffer a catastrophe, so he opened the city to surrender and led more than 400 Zhang family members to surrender to Liang Shidu, and was appointed by Liang Shidu as the right commander of Liang. Of course, it would be better to say that Zhang Ju was afraid that Zhang was in trouble with military disasters.

In terms of strength or population, the Zhang family in Lingzhou is far stronger than the Lingzhou branch of the Jiang family in Tianshui. However, Jiang Baoyi visited Chang'an, Daxing City in his early years and met with Emperor Gaozu. When Li Yuan raised his army, Jiang Baoyi had already commanded the army on the left and later moved to the General of the Right Wu Guard and was awarded the title of Duke of Yong'an County.

However, Zhang Ju was not even a ninth-rank official. As Zhang Ju surrendered to Liang Shidu and was named the Right Commander Army, Liu Tong also surrendered to Liang Shidu.

Lu Decao said: "What He Deputy He said is too dangerous and exaggerated. Perhaps the Turks could not have imagined that even powerful people like Liu Tong and Zhang Ju may not regard them as personal figures!"

"We must first think about everything before we can be invincible. We cannot expect the enemy to think of it." Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "I have not thought of a better way. When fighting against the Turks, we should be safe first. At present, the most advantage we are that the Turks cannot guess our reality and reality at all! In addition, the advantages we have are not that the Turks do not have. We do not have to consider frostbite, and we do not consume much fuel when guarding the hot springs. If the weather is colder, the Turks in Thunderbolt City will definitely not be able to support them..."

Wei Wenzhong touched the beard on his forehead and said, "But Lingzhou City has been surrounded for three months. Although they don't have to worry about their food and grass, the fuel is also insufficient. I wonder if I can hold on!"

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Chen Ying naturally didn't know that the fuel in Lingzhou City was actually about to be announced. In order to keep warm, the people in the city have started to burn corpses. When the corpses are highly decayed, they will become oily and cannot be burned directly. If they are accompanied by dry firewood or other fire-induced objects, they can be burned.

Due to the cold weather, the bodies of soldiers and civilians who have recently died in Lingzhou cannot burn. However, there are corpses that were restrained after the death in July. At this time, the people in the city all excavated the corpses that had already been transformed and burned to keep warm.

But these corpses are not very large, and they can't hold on for long.

The wind was cold on the Lingzhou city wall, like a knife cutting. However, the Lingzhou general manager Guo Zihe did not dare to hide in the general manager's office to prevent the cold. Although he had to endure the biting cold when standing on the city wall, Guo Zihe's appearance on the city wall could boost the originally sluggish morale.

Although Guo Zihe was in his prime, his energy was always limited. He thought secretly at the hilt of the knife, and the soldiers and civilians on both sides were all dead and had no morale at all. If Guo Zihe had not led the way, Lingzhou would have collapsed long ago.

Although he could lead by example to boost morale, when the corpses in the city were burned clean, he might not be able to make the situation come true.

"Now it seems that we can only have one way to go!" Guo Zihe said with a serious expression at Yang Ze.

"Does General Manager Guo want to break through?" Yang Ze pondered: "At this time, if you want to break through, you are embarrassed to be ashamed of climbing the sky, and there is almost no hope of success!"

"I naturally know this question!" Guo Zihe said: "I only want to confirm one thing now!"

"Are there any reinforcements?" Yang Ze sighed and said, "This year the snow fell earlier than in previous years. When the news reached Chang'an, the heavy snow had already blocked the road. Even the reinforcements sent by His Majesty would not reach Lingzhou for a while!"

This is a problem. It is much more difficult for the army to march in heavy snow than usual. If the news arrives in Chang'an, reinforcements will take at least seven or eight days to prepare, and even if they are eighty miles a day, it will take nearly one month. However, under such weather conditions, if you want to maintain the marching speed of eighty miles a day, almost no army can do it!

"Our fuel can last for up to half a month!" Guo Zihe said: "Send a dead soldier to break through and search along the official road to Chang'an. If you can't meet reinforcements within seven days, return immediately. While we still have the power to fight with the Turks, kill one and earn one!"

"The official has no other ability, so it's okay to run errands as a soundtrack!" Yang Ze said with a relaxed smile.

Guo Zihe naturally knew that this breakthrough was definitely not as easy as Yang Ze said. Running errands was just the most ideal state and almost impossible to happen. The most likely thing was that after a series of bloody battles, the entire suicide squad was killed.

"There is no rush!" Guo Zihe said: "Stay for a night first and break through tomorrow morning!"

For more than two months, Guo Zihe has basically never stepped down the city wall. He has been eating and living in the city gate tower, and the command center is also pressed in the city gate tower. Fortunately, whether it is Liang Shidu or Turkic people, they do not have heavy catapults at all. Otherwise, one stone cannon can be used to destroy the command center of Lingzhou.

When he entered the command center of the city gate tower, although there was a brazier, he was still trembling with coldness. Yang Ze looked at the wounded soldiers moaning in pain all over the room, and Yang Ze's heart became heavier: "Master Guo, I'm afraid that the subordinates will be entrusted!"
Chapter completed!