Late at night, the wind was howling outside, but the candlelight was still bright in the central army's tent, as warm as spring.

Dorgon, Dodo, Haoge, Abatai, Tulai and others all watched silently with gloomy faces. The Han medical officer continued to be busy and healed Huang Taiji.

Time passed, and the medical officer was busy until late at night, and finally put on the broken bones on Huang Taiji's body with splints. The broken right eye also had ointments and bandages on the broken right eye.

Everyone saw Huang Taiji, who was unconscious on the bed, was wearing several splints all over his body and bandages wrapped around his body, looking very funny and interesting.

After being busy until now, the Han medical officer cut off the last bandage, his face showed a relaxed look. He shook his body for a moment, and he was almost unstable. Fortunately, several apprentices supported him.

Haoge hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Medical officer, how many days will it take for me, Khan Ama to wake up?"

The medical officer looked at him with a fearful and hesitant look. He hesitated for a moment before whispering to Haoge: "Prince Su, it seems that it is really hard to say when the emperor will wake up. If it is better, it may be able to wake up within one or two days. If it is not good..."

"What if it's not good?" Haoge pressed.

The medical officer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and replied tremblingly: "If it is not good, it may be possible that the emperor may not be able to wake up within one or two months..."

Haoge opened his mouth. He wanted to say something else, but when he saw the doctor's fearful eyes, he finally said nothing. However, the expression on his face was very lonely and desolate.

Abatai sighed softly and asked Dorgon again: "Prince Rui, the emperor is so injured now, and I don't know when to wake up. Where is our army going here? Please make a decision quickly?"

Duoduo blinked and interrupted quickly, "Second brother, in my opinion, the emperor is seriously injured now, and our army's morale has also been severely damaged. Why not just go to this army and retreat to Shengjing, and it will not be too late to conduct another conquest after the spring next year? Anyway, this Vladivostok cannot escape, so why bother to fight for this moment?"

After hearing the two of them's speeches, Dorgon did not reply, but instead turned his sharp eyes to Haoge, who had been silent.

"Haoge, according to your opinion, what should our army do?" Dorgon said softly.

Haoge sneered and finally spoke, "Isn't Prince Rui's decision temporarily now? I can just obey the order, so why do you need to ask more questions?"

Seeing that he was so unrighteous and pretended to be tough, Dorgon couldn't help but sneer and looked down upon him very much. But on the surface, he still pretended to be thoughtful and said, "Prince Su is too modest. Since that's the case, I will tell you what I think. I think our army is not suitable for retreating for now, but should hold on for a few days to restore morale and then see if the emperor can wake up smoothly. If the emperor wakes up, everything will be fine. The emperor will decide the situation in this army. If the emperor fails to wake up yet, my opinion is to continue the entire army and take down the inner city of Vladivostok!'

After hearing Dorgon's opinion, everyone was shocked.

No, we still have to attack the city? In order to capture the inner city of Vladivostok, the Qing army had suffered heavy casualties and suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, and even the emperor was seriously injured. Is this cruel and desperate battle really going to continue?

Dorgon seemed to see everyone's doubts and said loudly: "Everyone, this decision was not a whim, but a result of careful consideration. You should not only see that our army suffered heavy casualties, but also that the number of casualties in the Tang army guarding the city was also quite heavy under the full attack of our army. According to my estimate, in the inner city, the Tang army had only more than 3,000 soldiers left at most, and the city was broken, the logistics was weak, and there were no reinforcements outside. This was a sure defeat. In comparison, our army still had more than 70,000 people, and its power was a world of difference compared with the Tang army."

Dorgon paused and continued, "Speaking of this, if the Tang army had not been so lucky and had the act of injuring our Qing emperor, how could they have resisted like this? If the emperor had not been injured suddenly, the Tang army in the inner city would have been wiped out by our army, and the inner city had been taken down for a long time. Unfortunately, the Tang army was lucky and did not bless me. He had lost all his might and failed to take down the inner city, so that the Tang army could survive. When I think of this, how could the pain in my heart be expressed?

Dorgon sighed and said, "So, I believe that in a few days, when our army's morale recovers, and attacking the Tang army defending the city again, we will be able to seize the entire inner city with the power of a huge rock crushing egg. Moreover, I also noticed that the Tang army is now consumed by a huge amount, and there is no terrifying hand throwing thunder. I am afraid that the remaining number of poisonous crossbow arrows will be limited. If our army launches a strong attack again, the Tang army will definitely not be able to support it, and its destruction will be a foregone conclusion!"

Dorgon's analysis made everyone except Haoge nod frequently.

Duoduo took the lead and said, "Okay, my second brother is right, I have nothing to say, just obey the order."

Abatai also nodded frequently and said, "Prince Rui said so much, I should obey my order."

Haoge sighed lightly and replied: "I also agree with Prince Rui's point of view."

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Dorgon shouted loudly: "Very good. Since you have no objection, then implement it like this. Everyone will go back and have a good rest in the next few days and prepare for another battle."

On this extremely cold night, the Tang army general Li Dingguo, standing at the top of the inner city, holding a thousand-mile mirror, watching the brightly lit Qing army tent outside the city, but his heart was filled with emotion.

What a difficult victory. If it weren't for the idea of ​​sending suicide squads to sneak into the secret passage, throwing thunder with your hands to blow up the city wall in the west, and killing Huang Taiji, maybe now he and all the remaining Tang army have already become lonely ghosts with different bodies and heads.

The Qing army's formation is still bright, just like the military tents, and there are torches everywhere from the inside to the outside. Obviously, something extremely important is happening here.

So, are they discussing what should we do after Huang Taiji was bombed and killed? Or is Huang Taiji just seriously injured and is being treated urgently in the central army tent?

Li Dingguo was quite unpredictable for a moment.

However, he quickly comforted himself in his heart. No matter whether Huang Taiji was killed or seriously injured, he forced the Qing army to retreat and preserve the crumbling inner city. It would be fine if he had completely achieved the strategic goal of fully achieving it.

Of course, it would be the best thing to force the Qing army to retreat in this way and completely rescue the entire Vladivostok Fort. However, if the Qing army does not retreat and wants to come to attack the city again in the future, he will have a way to deal with them.

That is, water the entire outer city to build walls and create ice bricks to block the gaps. At the same time, water the entire inner city, and turn the entire inner city into an ice-clad fort.

This method was proposed by a civil servant of the Military Supervisor's Office. The inspiration for this strategy came from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. At that time, Cao Cao used watering and ice to build a wall, and successfully resisted the coalition forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui.

The civil servant suggested that it is cold and the water is dripping into ice, and it is just right to use the well water in the inner city to build an ice wall to prevent the next attack that the Qing army might launch during the defense.

Li Dingguo happily adopted his suggestion and ordered that the Tang army, who had just finished the battle and was extremely tired, should stop working hard and start implementing it immediately.

At this time, we can see that in the Tang army guarding the city, except for a few people who were stationed at the top of the city, they had already divided into two groups, one of which was at the original city wall location, clearing the bodies and broken bricks, cleaning the entire city ground, and plying the entire gap.

The other part is in the city, using the well water that was dug out and a large number of wooden board modules that had been made, and began to make ice tiles on the spot.

The specific method is to use the unfinished cold well water to pour it into the wooden module, and use the cold weather to quickly freeze the well water. Then pour it out of the module and it becomes a tiles that can be used to build walls.

Tang Jun was busy, and after the formwork was poured into the well water, it was placed flat on the ground. In just half an hour, it quickly frozen into ice tiles for use.

Then, Tang soldiers carried the ice bricks and moved them to the two gaps, and quickly built the walls on the ground at the gaps. While they built the walls with ice bricks, they kept watering them up. Because the weather was extremely cold, the water poured on this way was like concrete, and quickly bonded the ice bricks to an extremely solid level.

Later, as the project continued, the weather became colder and colder. Tang Jun discovered a simpler and more effective method, that is, to build only the ice bricks on both sides of the wall, then pour well water into the middle, wait for the well water to cool down quickly, and then it became an equally solid wall.

After dawn the next day, the gaps in the two walls were finally completely filled.

Seeing these two gaps, the ice bricks were used to make up such a crystal-shiny ice wall, like a fairy tale world. All Tang Jun was so tired that he was very happy.

Li Dingguo was also very happy to see this solid and beautiful ice wall. He immediately ordered to water down the city walls with all sides, so that the entire city wall would form a thick ice surface, thereby enhancing the city's defense and making it impossible for the Qing army to climb the city wall.

After the Tang army was completed, the Qing army suddenly realized that the ice wall fortress shining with dazzling silver light in the dim morning light. They were shocked and hurriedly returned to report to Dorgon.

Dorgon, who had not had a good rest all night and had just gotten up and had a swollen face, was also very surprised when he heard the report from the army.

He was dressed in armor and hurriedly left the tent. After following the army for a while, he saw that the towering inner city of Vladivostok was shining with silver, as if wearing a beautiful and solid silver armor. The two gaps were even more silver-white and transparent, as if you could vaguely see that there were many people walking back and forth inside.

Dorgon's face was quickly covered with a layer of gray.

He never expected that Tang Jun was able to seize the intensity and time in such a way while experiencing yesterday's battle, he had to wait for the battle to repair the gaps in the city walls by experiencing the battle of yesterday. Tang Jun's action and execution ability were really amazing.

In contrast, both the Ming army and the Qing army were afraid that they would not have such fast and ruthless ability to move. Thinking of fighting with such an extremely powerful opponent, Dorgon couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At this time, Abatai and Duoduo also rushed over and saw the inner city of Vladivostok, which was flashing silver light in front of him, and their faces were very complicated.

Abatai asked first: "Prince Rui, the Tang army has repaired the gap with the ice wall, and has made the inner city like an ice city. If our army wants to capture it, it will be difficult."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duoduo also sighed: "Abatai said that now the Tang army has rebuilt the high wall. If our army wants to attack for a strong force, there will be a lot of casualties. How to attack the city in the future is probably... "

Dorgon snorted coldly and interrupted Duoduo's words. He replied coldly: "So what if the casualties are severe? If this inner city does not take the opportunity to capture and the entire city wall is completely restored as soon as the Tang army reinforcements arrive, then it will be really difficult for our army to capture this city again. Don't you two have to lose confidence when there are any twists and turns. In short, if the inner city of Vladivostok Castle is not in a day, I will not stop the army in a day!"

After Dorgon finished speaking, he ignored the two of them and turned around and left first. Duoduo and Abatai were refuted by Dorgon, and he couldn't help but feel very embarrassed, but he didn't have to say much, and finally left awkwardly.

Next, for the whole three days, the Qing army did not move at all. The Qing army surrounded the inner city only had normal exercises and training every day, and there was no movement at all to attack the city.

However, Li Dingguo still saw from a distance from the Thousand Points mirror that the Qing army far away in the outer city was still cutting down trees, building siege ladders, crashing vehicles and other equipment, and a busy scene of shadows.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seemed that the Qing army was determined to capture the inner city. Okay, I will be here, and you, the group of Tartars attacked again.

However, Li Dingguo had one of the biggest doubts in his heart at this time, that is, whether Huang Taiji was dead or alive, how did the Qing army look so calm, as if Huang Taiji was present or not, there was no effect.

Of course he didn't know that the reason why the Qing army did not attack the city was to restore morale and rest, and the other was to wait for Huang Taiji to wake up smoothly.

On the fourth day, seeing that all kinds of siege equipment had been built and morale had recovered a lot, Dorgon summoned generals such as Haoge, Abatai, and Dodo to discuss matters in the side tents and discuss how to attack the inner city of Vladivostok.
Chapter completed!