Liang Qi was not as lucky as Chu Ge, although he took 500 people all the way day and night, and also wiped out a small tribe of dozens of people, but when he led his troops to the vicinity of the frozen city, he was still discovered by the Turks near the frozen city, and all the Turks inside and outside the frozen city hid in the city and closed the city gate.

"Has it been discovered?"

Liang Qi took a few people to the vicinity of the frozen city on horseback, and saw that the city gate was closed, flags were waving on the earthen wall, figures were flickering, and the dazzling light reflected by weapons was flickering.

"Lord Captain, it seems that the Turks of Frozen City have discovered us, and now we are afraid that we have only one way to attack!" The lieutenant said to Liang Qi.

Liang Qi frowned, the situation is unfavorable, the strong attack will definitely cause heavy casualties, but now there seems to be no other way than a strong attack.

After thinking for a while, Liang Qi said to the lieutenant: "Order, the soldiers are coming to the city with great fanfare, you take 200 people back a few miles to camp, set up more camp tents, and order people to tie branches to the horsetail and drag them back and forth in front of the camp, so as to drag the sky full of smoke and dust!" ”

The lieutenant didn't know why, but he still agreed: "No! ”

Liang Qi learned this trick from Zhao Ziliang, in the past few months, Zhao Ziliang not only urged the soldiers to carry out intensive training, but also trained his subordinate generals in military knowledge, tactics and strategy, so that some of his subordinates also learned some things, which was much better than not knowing anything before.

After the lieutenant took 200 people to camp, Liang Qi himself led 300 cavalry to the south gate of the frozen city, and the huge momentum made the turquoise army on the earthen wall extremely discolored, these cavalry were too elite, and they couldn't help but be afraid.

Liang Qi led his army to a halt under the city wall. Before he came, he had done some knowledge of the Frozen City, and he had the intelligence support of Zhao Ziliang, so he knew the situation of the Frozen City very clearly, and he shouted at the city wall: "Is Murong the Wolf Lord of the Frozen City successful?" ”

An old man with a white beard, iron armor, and a leather helmet walked up to the arrow chop and shouted to Liang Qi: "The old man is Murong Chenggong, who is under his feet?" Why do you want to bring troops to the city? ”

Most of those surnamed Murong are Xianbei people. Xianbei people are deeply influenced by Han culture, many Xianbei people can speak fluent Chinese, Xianbei nobles are also proud to learn Han culture, but Xianbei people have declined in the northern grasslands, even if there are Xianbei tribes are very few in number, and vassals survive under other powerful nomadic tribes, it has become no climate, this Murong Chenggong is a declining Xianbei patriarch, took refuge under the fire fairy Khan, and was sent to this frozen city as the city lord. His people also graze cattle in the area around the frozen city.

Liang Qi said loudly: "I am Liang Qi, the captain of the Shule Town under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, and the commander of the General Zhao Ziliang, and the joint minister of the Fire Immortal killed his father Sulu Khan, which is against ethics and a great crime!" And without being canonized by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he established himself as a khan without authorization, this is a rebellious act, such a disloyal, unfilial, no king and no father, the world will punish him! Today, my general is under the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to crusade against the fire spitting fairy, if the wolf lord leads the people of the people of the frozen city to surrender, my general will not be guilty of the past. The wolf lord still leads the frozen city up and down, governing the people of a city, if the wolf lord insists on going against the grain to help and abuse, then don't blame the school for waving the army to attack the city. Once the city is broken, the jade will be burned! If the wolf lord is sympathetic to the clan and thousands of people in the city, he should know how to choose, and the captain of this school gives the wolf lord a day to think about it. At this time tomorrow, if the wolf lord has not opened the city gate and led his troops out of the city to surrender, the captain of this school will order the siege of the city! ”

After speaking. Liang Qi instructed a team behind him: "The people with you patrol near the city wall, especially pay attention to the vicinity of several city gates, if anyone tries to escape from the city, immediately kill, do not let anyone go!" ”

The team is clenching their fists: "No! ”

Liang Qi turned around again, and waved his hand: "The others will return to the camp with the captain of this school!" ”

Watching Liang Qi leave with the men and horses, Murong Chenggong and the other soldiers on the earthen wall secretly breathed a sigh of relief, no way, this Tang army is too elite, not only is the momentum terrifying, but the soldiers are all well-organized, energetic, and morale is high. In the face of such an army, the pressure is too great.

At this moment, Murong Chenggong saw billowing smoke and dust rising a few miles to the south, and there was a knight's cave faintly, and when he looked at it again, it seemed that a large number of people and horses were camping.

Not only did Murong Chenggong see it, but the other soldiers on the earthen wall also saw it, and one of the generals under Murong Chenggong was shocked: "Wolf master, look at the number of people, I am afraid that there are no less than five thousand people, and no five thousand cavalry can not afford to make so much smoke and dust!" ”

Murong Chenggong, as the head of the clan and the long-term commander of the army, how could he not see it? At this time, he was already shocked in his heart, and his hands on the wall were trembling slightly.

After observing for a while, Murong Chenggong said, "Go home!" ”

One of them said worriedly: "Wolf master, what if Tang Bing suddenly attacks while I am not waiting?" ”

"No, since the Tang military captain said that he would give us a day to think about it, he shouldn't break his promise, but there can't be no one on the city wall, leave half of the people, and the other half of the people go down to the city wall to rest, and the ten commanders and above will go back to the house with me to discuss matters!"

"Yes, Wolf Lord!"

Six miles outside the city, the Tang Army barracks.

When Liang Qi rushed back with his troops, the lieutenant was bringing in and camping, and the main tent of the Chinese army had been set up, and the generals of all sizes followed him to the main tent.

After everyone entered, the lieutenant asked, "Captain, how is the situation?" ”

Liang Qi said: "A certain has given Murong Chenggong, the wolf lord of Frozen City, a one-day deadline for him to lead his troops to surrender!" ”

The lieutenant said: "What if Murong succeeds and doesn't surrender?" ”

"If he doesn't surrender at this time tomorrow, I'll know that I can attack!" Liang Qi said, and said: "After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and we can't fully hope that Murong Chenggong will definitely surrender, if we attack tomorrow, we must be prepared in advance!" First, the scouts had to be sent out to extend the patrol area to within a radius of twenty miles; Second, guards should be deployed inside and outside the camp; Third, I asked some people to bring tools and a few carpenters, and sent a hundred people to cut down trees to build siege ladders and siege vehicles, and ten siege ladders and one siege vehicle must be built before this time tomorrow, fortunately, the frozen city earth wall is only one zhang high, and the ladder does not need to be too long, and the siege vehicle does not need to be too large. Even if Murong succeeds in surrendering, if he doesn't surrender, these things can come in handy! The first team was in charge of the outposts and guards, and the second team went to cut down trees, help the craftsmen build ladders and siege engines, and the rest rested. Let the man make a fire and cook".

Everyone agreed in unison: "No! ”

It is not a simple matter to lead a single army to fight, not only to command a large army to fight, racking your brains, but also to arrange food and grass, consider the safety of the march or camp, in short, as the commander of an army, you need to consider all aspects of things, once there is a omission, it may cause chaos in the army, loss or loss of combat effectiveness. It depends on the commander's commanding ability. The stronger the command ability, the more easy it is to command the army, and the general with poor command ability will have a hard time commanding the army, and some generals can command 1,000 people like an arm, but they can't command 10,000 people, and they can't play, so the more troops they command. The more you can see the strength of the commander-in-command ability of the leading general.

Zhao Ziliang himself crossed the river by feeling the stones, no one taught, and he had no opportunity to go out to study with the leading generals, and he was just a small platoon commander in his previous life. The modern army of later generations was completely different from the Tang Army at this time, and many things in the army of later generations, such as logistics and staff officers, did not need to be personally interrogated by the military commander, and there were special people and units in charge, but now the Tang Army does not have various departments such as staff and logistics departments. Therefore, almost everything needs to be dispatched and coordinated by the commander of the first army.

Zhao Ziliang's division of troops this time also had the factor of testing these generals and colonels under him, allowing them to lead the army alone. It can be seen that they are capable of command and command.

The mansion of Murong Chenggong in the frozen city.

The generals above the commander of ten and the patriarchs of all the clans inside and outside the city were all present, Murong Chenggong held the hilt of the sword and strode to the main seat with a gloomy face, looked at everyone on the left and right sides and said: "The Tang army is outside the city, look at the momentum of the other party and the size of the camp, the number is not less than five thousand!" Let's talk about it, do we open the city gate and surrender, or live and die with the frozen city? ”

The centurion of the cavalry battalion stood up and said: "Lord Murong Wolf, the Fire-Spitting Immortal Khan trusts you very much, takes great care of your Xianbei people, allows you to have your own grazing within a radius of two hundred miles in the Frozen City, and appoints you as the City Lord of the Frozen City, Murong Wolf Lord, if you surrender to the Tang Army, how can you be worthy of the kindness of the Fire-Spitting Immortal Khan?" Please also ask the wolf master not to do that despicable thing, so as not to be laughed at! ”

The centurion of the Turk Battalion was a Tuqi Shi man surnamed Huang, who was sent by the Fire Immortal to monitor Murong Chenggong, so he naturally opposed surrendering to the Tang Army.

The centurion of the Xianbei battalion said: "Wolf lord, now there are a total of 3,000 people in the city, most of them are old and weak, only 300 people's combat strength, and the Tang army has as many as 5,000 people, the disparity in strength is too great, refusing to resist the Tang army is tantamount to self-destruction, it doesn't matter if I wait for death, there are more than 1,000 of us in the city, if the Tang army enters the city, our Xianbei tribe will be completely wiped out!" ”

Captain Centurion of the Turks was furious: "It's alarmist, we have three hundred elites, and at least a thousand men can be selected from the men in the city to join the defense, as long as we hold out for ten days and a half months, the Fire Spitting Fairy will definitely send a large army to rescue us!" ”

A Hui patriarch shook his head and said: "Now in this form, only you believe in this kind of words, we don't believe it, since the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack the Tuqishi, it must be completely prepared, not counting the army of the southern Sogdians and the armies of other surrounding tribes, the army that can be mobilized in the four towns of Anxi alone is no less than 24,000 people, and these 24,000 people are all elite, enough to be worthy of the 100,000 cavalry of the Tuqi Shi, and the fire spitting fairy himself is difficult to protect, where else does he have the extra troops to rescue us?" If I hold on, there is only a dead end, you have all seen it just now, the Tang army has guarded the four gates, strengthened the patrol around the perimeter, and not a single mosquito will want to fly out. If you want to live, you can only surrender! Old man, no matter what you think, the old man has decided to surrender to the Tang Army! ”

Another patriarch also said, "My clan also surrenders!" ”

With these two people at the beginning, several other patriarchs all expressed their intention to surrender, which made the centurion of the turbulent cavalry battalion begin to panic, and he immediately pulled out his waist knife and was furious: "You dare to betray the Fire Immortal Khan? ”

But he didn't want a person behind him to suddenly pull out a knife and cut it, and the centurion of the cavalry battalion was cut off on the spot.

Seeing this, Murong Chenggong sighed, got up and said: "The matter has come to this, I can only surrender to Cheng, in the afternoon, the old man will go out of the city to talk to the captain of the Tang Military Academy, and fight for some for me to freeze the city, and you all go back to appease the soldiers, and prepare for the surrender of Cheng." (To be continued.) )