In the blink of an eye, it was January 633 of the Shengyuan Dynasty, and the temperature had dropped to the lowest, the north wind was scraping the bones, and the river began to freeze one after another. Due to the cold weather and the freezing of the swamp, Gongliangxiu did not dare to deploy heavy troops on the shore, and only stationed more than 1,000 cavalry for reporting and vigilance.

Seeing Gongliangxiu, Jiang Jie saluted and said:

"I've seen the major general!"

"The little general is exempt, what about Yan Gongzi?"

"My lord is still in Songdia, and I ordered my subordinates to transport the old, weak, women, children, wounded and sick, as well as grain, grass and military supplies back to Cupigon, and then assist the two generals Sikong Nan and Lu Gao to withdraw to Xishan."

"That's all?" Gongliang Xiu hurriedly asked.

"In addition, my family has a letter to the two generals, Lu Gao and Sikong, ordering his subordinates to relay the major general and the Soviet division."

"Oh, come and I'll listen."

Jiang Jie took a sip of hot water and explained the story and the content of the letter in detail.

"Gongzi Yan is really thoughtful, it seems that our army is expected to return north."

"My lord's letter also said that if the weather is cold and the river is frozen, after our army withdraws from Pavins, the Jinxuedi people will definitely replenish troops to the West River again, so let the Soviet division and the major general withdraw the soldiers and horses from the valley and retreat to the back mountain, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy outside the West Mountain."

"I will immediately go into the valley to discuss this matter with the Soviet division, and the little general will rest for a day, and tomorrow the cargo will be unloaded and returned from Pagens, and I will make a long-term plan later."

"Well, there's Major General Lao."

After explaining clearly to Jiang Jie, Gongliangxiu asked his cousin Gongliangsong to entertain Jiang Jie, and Gongliangxiu personally went into the mountain to see Su Fangyi.

"Little general, come, I'll toast you."

Jiang Jie looked embarrassed and said:

"Don't hide it from the major general, you can't drink alcohol under you."

Gongliangsong's face was unhappy:

"Why is this, it is not possible to give face to this general!"

"Below is the body of wine and poison, and if you drink it, you will die, so you can't drink alcohol."

"Oh, and things like that. What do you say, Gongzi Yan showed you? ”

"Exactly, in the early years of the next year, I was on an errand in the Lord's Mansion, and I almost died because I drank water by mistake, so I can't drink, and I ask the major general for forgiveness."

After alcohol enters the human body, it is metabolized and detoxified by two enzymes in the liver, and the human body has one of them and can naturally break down alcohol. The so-called depth of alcohol is essentially the content of the two metabolic enzymes.

Some people drink three catties of liquor and are not drunk, not because of the amount of alcohol, but because of the liver. Some people turned pale after drinking two taels and immediately sent them to the hospital, which was because the liver had no metabolic enzymes and was suffering from alcoholism.

Jiang Jie was poisoned while drinking, and Bailiyan rescued him in time to save his life, and then told him not to drink.

Seeing Jiang Jie's prevarication, Gongliangsong was suspicious, suspecting that Jiang Jie was pretending to make excuses.

"Hehe, okay, then replace wine with tea."

"Major General Xie."

Gong Liangsong smiled and looked kind, looking harmless to humans and animals, and after eating a few mouthfuls of food, Gong Liangsong asked again:

"Little general, is Gongzi Yan going well this time?"

"It went quite smoothly, and the barbarian army of more than 100,000 people was wiped out in the snap of a finger, without the effort of our army."

"Oh, that's not surprising. Gongzi Yan defended Yin Yangcheng that year, and the Jin army's tens of thousands of troops attacked for a month, with heavy casualties, but they could not shake it, and it was a matter of effort to defeat hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops. It's just that I don't know, this time Gongzi Yan can gain something? ”

"General Hui Shao, there are more than 100,000 people, hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and tens of thousands of pigs, cattle, sheep and horses. The 400,000 stones, grain, grass and meat were transported from Kelownas. ”

"yes, nothing else?"

Gongliangsong's words were meaningful, and Jiang Jie immediately thought that Gongliangsong had bad intentions and was asking about money.

"Oh, there are some other occasional gains, and the specific things are not clear below, and General Bai He is in charge."

"No, it won't." Gong Liangsong questioned, twisted his short beard with two fingers and asked: "The little general has followed Gongzi Yan for many years, and Yan Gongzi treats the little general like a brother, how can such things not be asked by the little general himself, and this time they were not transported back to the valley together?" ”

"I don't know, what the general asks him to do, he will do it below, and he never dares to ask more about other things."

Failing to achieve his goal, Gongliang frowned, and simply picked out the clarity and continued:

"In the previous robbery, your army obtained two or three hundred thousand gold and silver coins, and Songdia is so rich, it won't be less than a small city in Posong Province, right?"

"This ...... What the major general said was not bad, but it was really not my turn to ask about this matter, so I didn't count it in detail, and I really didn't judge how rich he was. ”

"This can't be, your army has gained more than Parvins this time, how can there be less gold and silver."

"I really don't know, if the major general sees my family another day and asks in person, my family will definitely tell the truth."

Gongliangsong's cheeks suddenly twitched at this time, of course he knew that Bai Liyan knew it in his heart, but if Bai Liyan could say this, why would he ask Jiang Jie around the corner.

Since the navy marched westward, the coalition army has rewarded a total of more than 160,000 silver coins and more than 7,000 gold coins.

This is still obtained after looting the villages along the way, after the first battle of Parvins, Bailiyan did not see a penny of stolen money, Kelownas is far richer than Pavins, and the income will not be less.

Gongliangsong calculated for Bailiyan that he would plunder a small city and plunder the territory, and if there were no 600,000 gold and silver coins, there would be 300,000 or 400,000 yuan.

Baili Yan is the first to strike, Gongliang has not been able to build a small city so far, only occasionally looted two villages, the "drop in the bucket" is not enough to plug the teeth, let it develop, Gongliang will definitely suffer in the future.

Jiang Jie played Tai Chi from beginning to end, leaving Gongliang helpless. Two days later, Jiang Jie sailed away, and Gongliangsong did not forget to let people secretly search for the goods ashore, but he was disappointed and did not find anything valuable.

Soon after Jiang Jie left Xishan, Temir led his army to Pavins, which was supposed to arrive a few days ago, but because of the loss of Kelownas, Temir was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma on the second day of withdrawal, and could only march by car.

"Temir, how are you sick?"

"Can't die yet, how is Sondia?"

Temir said weakly, and Mooney said in frustration, ""

"The news has just come that Montina, Charles, and Baronadat have been slaughtered, frozen to death and starved to death, and the northerners are marching towards Ganapal, and now they may have been lost."

As soon as the words fell, a mouthful of blood gushed out from Temir, and Mooney was shocked:

"Temir, Temir!"

"It's over, it's all over......"

Before he could breathe, Temir fell unconscious again, and Mooney forced himself to carry Telmi into the tent in his grief, and then ordered:

"Order all the armies, rest for half a day, and prepare to attack the city!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

At dusk that day, Mooney stormed Govinns day and night, and a few days later, Jiang Jie's fleet arrived at Govinns and picked up the soldiers and horses.

At the same time, Baihe captured Ganaphal, the war spread rapidly, the eastern part of the province fell into panic, the coalition army did not arrive, the whole village Jinxuedi people fled westward when they heard the news, and countless officials abandoned the city.

The coalition forces captured the city of Ghanapal for one day, and the next day opened the city and let the people out of the city, leaving it to its own destruction in the ice and snow, while intensifying its plundering of various places.

In mid-January, the river reached its peak of ice, except for the Posong River, all the small rivers froze, the ice layer was more than a foot thick, the water in the upper reaches of the river was exhausted, the flow rate dropped sharply, and some shallow sections of the river froze one after another, and the navigation was seriously blocked.

Bailiyan continued to intensify Montina's preparations, and the trenches outside the city were dug one after another, relying on the trenches to dig deep holes for cat's ears, and pads were put on quilts to block the exits, so as to avoid the severe cold.

But because of this, some people turned a deaf ear to the three orders and closed the hole tightly, resulting in carbon dioxide poisoning and dying in sleep.

As soon as the heavy snow stopped, Bailiyan rode out of the city to inspect the defense area to the east, and the training of the new vassals was good and bad. Central Plains thieves and mountaineering has always been a hidden danger, hundreds of thousands of people, the Central Plains thieves are not a few, although there are full-time guests responsible for the assassination of Central Plains thieves, but now they are too busy, and there are still people who continue to make trouble.

There were as many as 400,000 new subjects entrenched in Montina, and 2560,000 men, but the majority were old and infirm, and 80,000 were over 18 years old and under 35 years old.

But in fact, due to the current material and technical conditions, a 35-year-old is equivalent to a modern person who is 45, is already middle-aged, and a 40-year-old is equivalent to 50 years old.

Due to wars, natural disasters, material scarcity, malnutrition, and other reasons, the vast majority of the people in the Central Plains did not live to be 50 years old, and their energy and physical strength began to decline year by year at the age of 40.

Therefore, the young and strong people of 18 to 35 are actually equivalent to the age of 16 to 45, and if you zoom in, this age ratio is quite small.

However, at present, the war is tight, thanks to the worry-free logistics, and there is no need to invest labor in agricultural logistics, Bailiyan has taken away all the males between the ages of 18 and 45.

Montina is located in the center of the vast plain, sixty miles to the east is the Dolandon River, beyond the Dolandon River, Montina is a flat river, there is no danger to defend.

Looking at the frozen river, Bailiyan said:

"This river is the only barrier to stop the reinforcements from Po Song Province from attacking Montina, and only by holding on to this river can we hope to prevent the enemy from threatening our army."

At this time, Fang Liang was not without worry and said:

"But now that the river is frozen, and the enemy can easily cross it, how can we stop them from crossing the Dolandon River, which stretches for hundreds of miles?"

"Naturally, there is a way, how about the lime that you burned before?"

"The general doesn't want to use lime to stop the Jinxuedi people from crossing the river, right?"

"Why, can't you?"

"The subordinates are stupid, and they really can't think of how this lime can stop the Jinxuedi people from crossing the river."

"You'll find out when the time comes. Now let people go to the center of the river and the banks of the river to dig the surface of the river, and measure the thickness of the ice for me. ”

"Yes!"