c_t; Although all the confidants and generals were full of confidence, believing that Marudu City would not be breached, Gao Zhao, the king of Goguryeo, was still a little worried in his heart, after all, Wang Meng was really terrible, and he actually relied on only 3,000 elites to subdue Sanhan and Wo Fu, and defeated 25,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Gao Shang, this strength made Gao Zhao feel frightened, and involuntarily raised his vigilance.

"The Jin general Wang Meng successively subdued Sanhan and Wofu, and defeated our army's 25,000 troops, this strength far exceeds all the generals of our Goguryeo, however, this king believes that the noble is because of the light enemy that leads to the fiasco, you must take this as a warning, do not underestimate the enemy, you must play up the spirit of twelve points, go all out to defend the city." Gao Zhao Zhengse admonished.

"Yes, my lord, we will remember." The confidant generals shouted their orders.

Gao Zhao nodded with satisfaction, and stood on the city wall to look out of the city, at this moment, Gao Zhao's eyes were greeted by a large group of Wofu soldiers who were building siege equipment, these Wofu people cut down the trees in the woods near Marudu Castle and turned them into the required siege equipment.

"Rushing the car, the ladder, the shield, the king, it seems that the people of Wofu will only build these three siege weapons!" A confidant general said.

"King, with these siege equipment alone, there is no way to threaten the capital of the pill, the soldiers and horses are wasting time, and they are really stupid and stupid." Another general said disdainfully.

"The last general is very curious about how these fertile soldiers and horses can use these rudimentary weapons to attack Marudu City." A ministry general said.

Gao Zhao looked at the soldiers and horses who were building siege equipment, and also showed a puzzled expression, Marudu City is a strong city, and the soldiers and horses should build heavy equipment such as thunderbolts and siege vehicles, what is the use of building so many ladders and shields, these most basic siege equipment can only scratch the itch of Marudu City.

"It's impossible, it can't be just these in front of you, these are just siege engines built by the Wofu people, and the Jin army hasn't moved yet. This king believes that the Jin army will definitely build advanced siege equipment, and the Jin army is my great enemy of Goguryeo, so you must not relax your vigilance because of the scene in front of you. Goguryeo King Gao Zhao said cautiously.

Obviously, he had already experienced a situation where he was breached by the pill capital. I don't want Marudu to be broken by the enemy again, so his face will be completely lost.

"The king, his subordinates have sent more than a dozen henchmen to investigate the situation outside the city. It is believed that they will soon return to Marudu and report the intelligence that the enemy army is more prepared. Strategist Masasei said.

Gao Zhao smiled and praised: "Okay, do a good job, know yourself and know your opponent to win a hundred battles, if we want to defeat the enemy, we must first thoroughly understand the specific situation of the enemy, so that we can prescribe the right medicine." ”

All the subordinates nodded yes.

Soon, several of the henchmen sent by the advisors returned to the city. and reported on what they had discovered.

"What, the Wofu people and the Sanhan people are stepping up to build siege equipment, and the main force of the Jin army is sleeping in the camp, it's daylight!" Gao Zhao exclaimed incredulously.

"King, the villain successfully mixed into the Jin army camp in the name of delivering food, they did sleep in the camp tent, and the villain still heard the snoring sound?" The soldier affirmed. Read the full text of the latest chapter

Gao Zhao nodded, believed the soldier's words, and said leisurely: "This king understands. The Jin army must have planned to launch a surprise attack at night, so it is really cunning to keep your spirits up in broad daylight! After speaking, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The king is wise, and his subordinates think so too. In this way, our army only needs to strengthen its defense at night, and it can teach the Jin army a hard lesson and extinguish their arrogance. One of the generals said loudly.

"Great King, since we have to guard against the surprise attack of the Jin army at night, the officers and men of our army should rest immediately. Otherwise, there will be no energy reads at night. The strategist whispered.

Gao Zhao frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Let the people continue to carry the rolling wood and stones, and all the soldiers lie on the ground on the city wall to rest, so that once the enemy attacks, they can quickly enter the battle." ”

"Yes, the king, the subordinates will arrange it." One of his subordinates answered, and turned to make arrangements.

"This king wants to see how the Jin army breaks the city tonight." Gao Zhao stared out of the city and muttered to himself in a dark voice.

In the evening, the soldiers of the Jin army, who had slept for most of the day, all got up to eat and drink, and discussed with each other the actions of the night, and they all believed that since they slept during the day, there must be military operations at night, otherwise, how to explain this is also an anomaly.

"General, the soldiers are already alive and well, I don't know what to do at night?" A Jin army general walked into the Chinese army's tent and asked Wang Meng.

Wang Meng waved his hand lightly, and said with a straight face: "Let the soldiers move in the camp for an hour, and then go to sleep." ”

The general was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "General, the soldiers have been sleeping for a day, how can they still sleep at night, isn't this ......?"

"Why, Ben General's order has embarrassed you?" Wang Meng said unhappily.

"The general forgives the sin, and the last general is just worried that the soldiers will not be able to sleep at night." The general said truthfully.

Wang Meng smiled indifferently, and said: "If you can't sleep, just lie in the camp tent, talk about women, prepare urine buckets for each tent, all soldiers are not allowed to go out of the military tent, and violators will be executed." ”

"Yes, General." The general had no choice but to take this order.

An hour later, all the soldiers of the Jin army returned to the camp tent and lay down and talked about the women, and the soldiers on duty patrolled back and forth in the camp to be responsible for supervision.

And at this moment, on the wall of Marudu City, the elite soldiers and horses of Goguryeo were waiting for the day, ready to fight with the raiding Jin army soldiers and horses, they looked nervously at the dark outside of the city, as long as there was a trace of wind and grass outside the city, it would affect their nerves, making them mistakenly think that the elite of the Jin army was killed.

The weather in winter is changing, and the clear night sky, which was originally a sparse moon and stars, is overcast in the blink of an eye, and the howling northwest wind is blowing stronger and stronger, followed by goose-feather snow falling from the sky, and soon dyeing the earth snow-white.

The sudden drop in temperature made the Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall shiver, they did not expect the weather to cool down suddenly, and for this reason, they were not fully prepared to protect against the cold.

"General, the soldiers are all frozen, if the Jin army's surprise soldiers and horses do not appear again, they may have frostbite many soldiers." A lieutenant looked at his boss and whispered.

"General, in the opinion of his subordinates, such bad weather. The Jin army will definitely not come to sneak attack, let's evacuate! Another general said.

At this moment, most of the Goguryeo soldiers were shivering from the cold. And very eager to return to the warm tent.

The Goguryeo general glanced at his subordinates, and said: "The king has already said that the Jin army will definitely raid the capital of Marudu tonight, and our army must make comprehensive preparations to give the Jin army a head-on blow." The order went down, so that the soldiers cheered up and prepared to meet the enemy. ”

"Yes, General." The general had no choice but to receive the order.

Subsequently, all the Goguryeo soldiers firmly believed that the elite of the Jin army would definitely attack Marudu City tonight, and they were ready to meet the enemy with a strong spirit.

Half an hour, one hour, two hours. In four hours, more than a dozen soldiers had frozen to death in Goguryeo's elite soldiers and horses, but the Jin army still showed no signs of launching a surprise attack, which made them very depressed, and secretly scolded Gao Zhao for being incompetent and making such a wrong judgment.

Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the Goguryeo generals stood up angrily and paced up the city walls.

The white belly of the fish gradually rose in the east, and the Goguryeo general sighed and ordered loudly: "Return to the camp." All the officers and men immediately returned to the camp. ”

As soon as the general's order was issued, the Goguryeo soldiers hurriedly shook off the falling snow on their bodies, packed up their weapons and prepared to evacuate the city wall, but some of the Goguryeo soldiers and horses who were frozen to death and frostbitten could not move. For this reason, the other soldiers could only be carried away.

This night, the Goguryeo soldiers froze to death more than a dozen soldiers and frostbitten hundreds of others, although the loss was not large, but it seriously affected the morale of the army and made the soldiers full of resentment towards Gao Zhao.

The severe cold weather froze the Goguryeo army. But at the same time, it snowed heavily in the sky, but it saved most of the Goguryeo soldiers, because most of the Goguryeo soldiers were motionless, the thick goose feather snow fell on their armor, as if they were covered with a heavy quilt, so that they could well resist the invasion of the cold, but some soldiers quietly shook off the snow on their bodies, thus losing such a natural quilt, so it is easy to understand that they were frozen to death and frostbite.

After a large number of Goguryeo soldiers returned to the barracks, they immediately arched into the quilts to warm their shivering bodies from the cold.

The Goguryeo generals immediately rushed in the direction of the palace to tell Gao Zhao what had happened during the night.

At this moment, Gao Zhao had already woken up from his slumber, and got dressed and walked out of the dormitory.

Looking at the people who were clearing the snow all over the yard, Gao Zhao was stunned for a moment, and asked casually, "When will it snow?" ”

"My lord, it was in the middle of the night." A subordinate replied.

"It snowed in the middle of the night." When Gao Zhao heard this, he was greatly surprised, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"King, King." At this moment, the Goguryeo generals rushed over.

"What's the situation, tell me about it." Gao Zhao asked impatiently.

The general said truthfully: "King, the last general and all the soldiers under his command have been guarding the city wall for a whole night, and they have not even seen a shadow of the Jin army, but they have waited for the biting cold wind and goose feather snow, and more than a dozen soldiers have frozen to death, and in addition, hundreds of people have frozen. After speaking, he looked at Gao Zhao worriedly.

When Gao Zhao heard this, he was quite unhappy, and his four thousand soldiers waited all night, freezing to death and frostbitten hundreds of people and horses, but the Jin army did not launch a surprise attack.

This is naturally Gao Zhao's own misjudgment, however, as the head of a country in Goguryeo, it is impossible for Gao Zhao to admit that he made a mistake, no matter how stupid his decision-making is, someone must bear this stupid charge for him, besides, Gao Zhao never thinks that he has made a mistake in judgment, he feels that it is just his bad luck and the sudden cooling and heavy snow that broke the plan.

"This king's judgment will never be wrong, last night the elite of the Jin army must have been ready to raid the capital of the pill, but last night it suddenly snowed heavily, and the temperature suddenly plummeted, so the Jin army was inconvenient, so they temporarily canceled the plan to raid the capital city, yes, it must be like this." Gao Zhao said affirmatively.

When the general heard this, he felt that what Gao Zhao said seemed to be very reasonable, a special situation did happen last night, if it weren't for this, maybe the Jin army would really launch a surprise attack on Marudu City.

"The king, it is the subordinates who are stupid and have not noticed the change in the situation, which has caused the army to freeze to death and frostbite, and the subordinates please read the guilt;." The general asked Gao Zhao for his guilt.

Gao Zhao nodded, and said with a straight face: "It's good to know that you can change your mistakes, you have worked hard all night, this king will not punish you, and you will take it as a warning in the future." After speaking, he motioned for the general to retreat.

After the general left, Gao Zhao looked at the goose feather snow that was still falling, and looked very happy in his heart, the sudden arrival of the heavy snow brought some trouble to the Goguryeo army in the city, but the enemy army outside the city must be in a more difficult situation, so, in comparison, the Goguryeo army in the city still occupied a big advantage.

Gao Zhao's prediction was very correct, the three-way coalition army outside the city did encounter a lot of difficulties, and the sudden arrival of heavy snow and cold snaps caused a lot of frostbite to the three-way people who lacked warm cotton clothes. In addition, the weather was cold, the soldiers could not stretch their hands and feet, the speed of building siege equipment was significantly slower, and many of the ladders that had been built were frozen in the snow and could not be taken out, which seriously affected the plan of the Sanhan and the Wofu army to attack the capital of Maru.

Wang Meng, the chief general of the Jin army, wore a thick cotton coat, walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and looked at the entire camp.

"The time has come, why haven't Wofu and the three Han soldiers and horses launched an attack on Marudu Castle yet?" Wang Meng looked at his subordinates beside him and said angrily.

"General, probably because of the weather! Last night there was a sudden snowfall, and the weather became even colder. The subordinate guessed reasonably.

Wang Meng's face was dissatisfied, he looked at his subordinates, and said, "You go immediately, and let King Wofu and King Sanhan come to see the general." ”

"Yes, General." The general responded and immediately went to summon the king of Wofu and the king of Samhan.

Soon, King Wofu and King Sanhan and others, wrapped in heavy fur coats, appeared outside Wang Meng's Chinese army tent and saluted Wang Meng.

"The time has come, in order not to launch an attack on Marudu City according to the original plan." Wang Meng didn't greet him, and asked bluntly.

"General, the weather is too bad, many soldiers are frostbitten, and the ladders and rushing cars built last night are all frozen in the snow and can't be taken out at all, so they can't attack Marudu City." King Ma Han explained first.

"Yes! General, the weather is bad and cannot effectively harass the capital of Maru. King Chenhan followed. xh211