Chapter 425: The First Snow of the Fourth Year of the Apocalypse

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Two days later, the time had come to the eighth day of the 11th month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse.

The main forces of the blue flag and the blue flag rushed to the outside of Zhenjiang City, and the red flag and the red flag were inlaid, and a few Niu Lu arrived in advance.

In the south of Zhenjiang City, the dense camp tents of several Houjin troops relied on the city, one after another, and countless sentry horses were also like ants, scattered to the Ming army camp five miles away.

The morning sun was soft, but the temperature was a little colder than the previous days.

Li Yuanqing knew very well that the cold deep winter was coming.

Although there is some wood in the camp, it is not enough to survive this winter.

Fortunately, the fleet of Guancanghai to buy coal has already set off, and according to the prestige of the Dongjiang headquarters and the Changsheng Camp at this time, the Chao ~ Xian side will never dare not give face.

On the mound of earth of the fort, Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan stood behind the half-human-high earthen wall, probing the movement of the Houjin camp opposite.

"Holy shit, you really look up to us! It's only been a few days, and I've actually come to forty or fifty cows. Amin, isn't he really afraid of pain? ”

Chen Zhong gloomily looked at the continuous Houjin tent not far away, and his fists clenched 'creak'.

Zhang Pan said: "Yuanqing, Lao Chen, Zhenjiang is a hornet's nest!" Let's camp here, it's like a steel knife stuck in their hearts, and they won't sit still! We have to be prepared. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Although he had long expected that the soldiers would come to Zhenjiang and that Houjin's reaction would be strong, Li Yuanqing did not expect that their reaction would be so rapid.

It is no wonder that Mao Wenlong has made a breakthrough in Zhenjiang in recent years.

This node is really like what Zhang Pan said, 'It's a hornet's nest'.

However, the more Houjin troops gathered in Zhenjiang City, the more relieved Li Yuanqing would be.

This means that Mao Wenlong and the main force of the Dongjiang on the eastern front will be in a relatively safe state.

Especially at this time, the Yalu River had not yet frozen, and the Houjin army could only rely on boats if they wanted to cross the river.

It's just that at this time, although there are a few flags with white flags floating in the Houjin camp, there is no royal flag with white flags, which makes Li Yuanqing have a premonition in his heart that it is not very good.

"Damn it. The dog Tartar is really calm. It's not unhurried, are they here to walk the streets? ”

Most of the main forces of Houjin arrived yesterday, and the camp had just been settled not long ago, and it was in the stage of cleaning up, so Chen Zhong couldn't help but take a sip fiercely.

Li Yuanqing's eyes narrowed slightly. Of course, he understood what Chen Zhong meant.

At this time, although the Houjin army has the city to rely on, but their foothold is not stable, just like Du Du did to his own side before, now a cavalry killing, it will definitely disrupt the rhythm of the Houjin army, and even, maybe they can catch one or two big fish.

It's a pity that although Li Yuanqing has two thousand war horses, they are all the life of the baby~ The root is still too small, although the drill and equipment are not bad, but they are too lacking in the actual combat experience of the hard cavalry, in this battle, except for the limited sentry horse, Li Yuanqing did not take them out.

Even if you know that this is an opportunity, you can't grasp it.

To a large extent, this is also the sorrow of the farming people.

Zhang Pan hurriedly smiled: "Old Chen, what are you angry with these dog tartars?" Sooner or later, they will come to our camp to charge. Are you still afraid of losing merit? ”

It's just that although Zhang Pan's tone is relaxed, his face is indescribably solemn.

More than 40 Niu Lu in Houjin, plus auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous servants, have exceeded 20,000 people, plus the main force with white flags in Zhenjiang City, the number of people has steadily suppressed their own head.

The Jurchen is less than 10,000, and there is no one invincible!

This......

Li Yuanqing naturally noticed the change in Zhang Pan's expression, patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Brother Zhang, the Jin army should not rush into battle after today, let's make good use of today and make up for everything as much as possible." ”

Looking at Li Yuanqing's young but calm appearance, Zhang Pan also reacted and said with a smile: "Yes." Yuanqing, let's go to the camp now. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Okay." After an hour, all officers at the rank of chief and above are summoned. ”

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After a few days of intensive construction, the camp of the Ming army has become more and more stable, the earthen wall has been piled up to ten meters high, and the moat outside is also more than ten meters wide.

Inside the earthen wall, countless sandbags had already been prepared, which was to prevent the Houjin army from using rockets again.

At this time, the Ming army camp, all aspects of the defensive measures have been basically in place, but after all, it is only an earthen fort, and the time is too hasty, and there are still some gaps in dealing with fire attacks.

With these sandbags, together with the barrier of the river in front and the ditch inside, you can maintain the initiative to deal with the fire to the greatest extent.

Sheds have been erected on several commanding heights and batteries in the camp, so that even if there is rain and snow, the artillery can be fired normally.

On the east side of the camp, on the riverside, a simple wharf is also in full swing, with more than 700 warships of all sizes, enough to cut off the river.

Li Yuanqing was also afraid that the Houjin army would not open his eyes to attack these warships, as early as two days ago, the reeds on the north side of the river had been ordered by him to ignite them with fire.

Unfortunately, at this time the swamp had not yet frozen, and the burning effect was not ideal.

But this obstacle was finally removed, and the field of vision here has become very wide, unless the Houjin army comes over through the tunnel, otherwise, it will never escape the eyes of the Ming army.

And with experts like Xu Heizi, the Ming army also has many ways to deal with the tunnel.

Behind the earthen wall, at intervals, there will be a large vat, buried in the ground, and there are sappers to listen to it, and once someone is digging underground, they can detect it at the first time.

At this time, although there are more than 20,000 troops, the climate is not known to be many times stronger than the trip to the Northland.

But it is precisely because of this that Li Yuanqing does not dare to be careless.

Everything is relative.

It's cold, and it's cold for everyone. At this time, the weather is soft and everyone is comfortable.

In this state, the Houjin Army has the advantage of appearing again, and all kinds of trivial joints cannot be ignored by Li Yuanqing.

After inspecting the camp and inspecting all kinds of combat materials, and seeing that everything was on track, Li Yuanqing returned to the big tent and convened the officers to discuss and assign specific tasks.

The biggest advantage of the fleet is that it has an incomparable transportation advantage by land.

For example, if you go by land, 20,000 people will eat, drink, and Lazar for several months, and you will never be able to do it without thousands of mules and horses.

But for the fleet, it was a breeze.

In Li Yuanqing's big tent, a huge sand table in the Zhenjiang area was placed in the middle, and around the periphery, the officers of the two departments sat separately.

Li Yuanqing sat on the top white tiger skin throne, and Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong sat on the left and right.

According to military positions, such as Guan Canghai and Xu Heizi, including Huang Guoshan, Kong Youde, and Liu Dadou, are already guerrilla positions, at the same level as Zhang Pan.

But Zhang Pan is a veteran after all, and he can be regarded as Li Yuanqing's predecessor, and in the seat, Li Yuanqing naturally has to take care of Zhang Pan's face.

For this, the sons and daughters of the Changsheng Camp naturally accepted it, and so did Chen Zhongbu.

It's just that Zhang Pan has no soldiers, so his right to speak is naturally greatly weakened.

But Zhang Pan also has one of the biggest advantages, compared with Zhang Pan back then, he is softer and easier to integrate, which makes Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong get along with him without the slightest obstacle.

At this time, although the time was in a hurry, the Ming army was fully prepared before departure, all kinds of materials were sufficient, and military affairs were arranged several times in the past few days, which was completely defense-oriented.

Although the best defense is offense, Li Yuanqing deeply understands that the Changsheng Battalion at this time can have a certain amount of control in defense, but if you want to directly attack Zhenjiang City, it is not realistic at all in the face of the main force of Houjin.

As the saying goes, 'If you want to hit someone, you have to get beaten first'.

In this regard, Li Yuanqing has enough patience.

Whether it is an old slave or Huang Taiji, Li Yuanqing has their incomparable age advantage.

Even if he survives, Li Yuanqing has enough confidence to survive these two old dogs.

The military affairs were quickly arranged, and the generals of the various ministries quickly left for execution.

Only Li Yuanqing was left in the tent.

Chen Zhong rubbed his temples a little tiredly, and said to Li Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, I'm not too worried about our side. It's the handsome side...... Uiju, I'm afraid it's not easy to take. ”

Zhang Pan also nodded.

He naturally understood that Chen Zhong's words were by no means arrogant and arrogant.

With Li Yuanqing here, in terms of defense, he can hardly find flaws.

At this time, the camp of the Ming army is like a huge hedgehog, and the Houjin army wants to eat it, how can it be so easy?

In addition, Chen Zhongbu and the Changsheng Camp cooperated tacitly, and the order was prohibited, and it was difficult to make mistakes in all links.

On the other hand, on Mao Wenlong's side, although he did not directly face the pressure of the main force of Houjin, at this time, the main force of the white flag, the red flag, and the red flag, including the two yellow flags, did not appear.

Zhang Pan really sweated for Mao Wenlong.

"Lao Chen, the handsome Ji people have their own natural appearance! Moreover, the nearly 20,000 soldiers in the headquarters are by no means decorations. There is also the barrier of the river, I believe that in a few days, we will receive the good news from the handsome. At this time, we still have to take care of the present. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "What Brother Zhang said is good. According to the shrewdness of the commander, he would never be rash and impulsive. What if there is Huang Taiji in Yizhou in person? Our sons and daughters of Dongjiang are by no means vegetarians! ”

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Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan left, and Li Yuanqing sat alone in the big tent, staring at the sand table that was almost ten square meters, and was silent for a long time.

Just as Chen Zhong was worried, Li Yuanqing didn't have too much worry about the defense of his camp.

Perennial campaign, in the face of such a defense, Li Yuanqing has already known how many times, and the sons and daughters under his command, even if they are auxiliary soldiers, have full experience.

But on Mao Wenlong's side, in the past few years, there have been many petty fights, although there are also merits that can be passed, but since the defeat of Chen Jisheng's Right Association, the morale of the headquarters has suffered a great blow.

"Dashuai, I believe that you will be able to survive this hurdle!"

Li Yuanqing prayed silently in his heart, the matter had come to this point, and he could not do more for Mao Wenlong except to drag the main force of the Houjin Army in Zhenjiang City.

At this time, a familiar figure appeared in front of Li Yuanqing, Nian'er came to Li Yuanqing's side carefully with a cup of hot tea, "Master, drink some tea to warm up." The slave maid has just soaked the Biluo Spring. ”

Li Yuanqing's big tent is the main tent, and next door, there is an auxiliary tent that can have almost half the space of this big tent, which is where Li Yuanqing rests, and of course, it is also the place where Nian'er rests......

Since the weather was not too cold, the brazier was not lit in the tent, and the temperature suddenly dropped, and Li Yuanqing also felt a little cold.

took the tea and took a sip, the warmth slowly surged through his chest and abdomen, and Li Yuanqing's mood became a little brighter.

Holding Nian'er's little hand with a smile, Li Yuanqing said with some distress: "Nian'er, I have worked hard for you to follow my master on the expedition." ”

Nian'er's little face was a little blushing, but more of it was happy, "Being able to serve by my lord's side is Nian'er's greatest blessing." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, gently took her delicate body in his arms, sniffed the fragrance on her hair, and his eyes gradually cleared.

At this time, a soldier outside the tent suddenly shouted with a smile: "It's snowing." This is the first snow of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, right? ”

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, hurriedly let go of Nian'er's little hand, and strode outside the tent.

Sure enough, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and the snowflakes fell from the sky one after another, and the whole world was vast.

The corners of Li Yuanqing's mouth suddenly showed an indescribable smile.

Winter is coming.

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