"Jinglue, make some arrangements and order people to collect sand, cut through the ice, and collect river water!" Li Xiang said in a deep voice.
Tonight, he will be like Cao Mengde and build a city overnight.
"It's winter now, the weather is cold, and drops of water turn into ice. We mix water with sand and soil, and we will be able to build an ice city in a short time. Moreover, the bottom of the ice city is very slippery, and the Sui soldiers cannot easily attack it." Li Xiang stood He stood up and walked around in the big tent while speaking.
"Master's brilliant plan!" Wang Meng couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. In this way, Yang Su could not threaten them in a short period of time. Moreover, Yang Su didn't have much time to entangle with them.
In the tent, after hearing this, Yang Dayan, Wei Ben and other generals were ready to go down and do things according to Li Xiang's instructions.
"By the way, condense water into ice with sharp objects such as caltrops and thorn balls, which will be more lethal." Li Xiang continued to add.
Everything was ready. The soldiers took tools, carried sand and soil, and scooped out water from the dug river. A city with only city walls began to quietly take shape.
The soldiers filled the sacks with sand and soil to make bags weighing tens of kilograms each, and then the soldiers neatly stacked them layer by layer.
Some soldiers also carried water from the river or water obtained by melting ice in a large pot to the city wall and poured ladle after ladle into the straw bags until the warm water formed a thick layer of ice in the cold wind, covering the grass bags. The outside of the soil bag.
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A round of orange-red sunshine rose from the horizon, coating the land shrouded in mist with a layer of glow.
Slowly, under the sunlight, the morning fog seemed a little loose, a little ethereal, and gradually moved. The fog accumulated in the night and the haze accumulated in the cold gradually and reluctantly disappeared under the urging of the sun. .
In the morning light, Yang Su looked at the city wall that had been built overnight on the other side, his heart filled with disbelief and deep disappointment.
Yang Su has also received the news that Bai Qi and Su Lie have defeated Zhang Xutuo, captured Qixian County, and sent troops from the Xiang clan in Jingnan.
Therefore, Yang Su has been paying close attention to the activities in Li Xiang's camp in the past few days. It wasn't until yesterday, when the 60,000-strong army left Li Xiang's camp, that Yang Su thought his chance was finally coming. As long as Li Xiang's remaining troops are defeated, he can then fully deal with Su Lie and Bai Qi.
Yang Su also knew very well that he didn't have much time, only three days at most. If he didn't set off to camp in Chang'an after three days, he might be blocked from Chang'an by Bai Qi and Su Lie.
Although Yang Su still seems to have nearly 110,000 troops under his command, the gap in strength is not that big compared to the coalition forces of Su Lie and Bai Qi.
But the opponent was an elite soldier who had won consecutive battles, and his morale was at its peak. However, less than half of the soldiers under Yang Su's account were second-line troops such as county soldiers. In this case, Yang Suk did not dare to be blocked by the opponent from conducting field battles outside Chang'an.
However, the construction of this ice city put many of Yang Su's plans in jeopardy. With such an ice city, it is absolutely impossible to break through the city and defeat the opponent within three days. Moreover, as Yang Su was on the defensive side, he did not have any reserves of many siege equipment in his camp.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. Yang Su never fights an unprepared battle. Even if he does not grasp the advantage of winning before the war begins, he will not take risks easily.
"Huh!" Yang Su gently exhaled a heavy breath, and then said solemnly, "The entire army must break camp and retreat towards Chang'an!"
"General Yang Jian!" As he said that, Yang Su called Yang Jian over, and he didn't know what he said.
Realizing that Yang Su had abandoned camp and left, Li Xiang would naturally not let Yang Su leave easily.
Yes, with Li Xiang's remaining troops, he was indeed no match for Yang Su before Bai Qi and Su Lie arrived.
However, Li Xiang was unwilling to let Yang Su return to Chang'an. Therefore, Li Xiang immediately ordered Guo Ziyi to lead the remaining 10,000 cavalry in his camp to stop Yang Su.
Even considering the large number of powerful generals in Yang Su's army, Li Xiang temporarily transferred Xing Tian, Pei Yuanqing and other generals to Guo Ziyi's command. If it weren't for the cavalry attack this time, Li Xiang would have sent out even Kuafu.
With only 10,000 cavalry, they would definitely not be able to confront Yang Su's army head-on, but they could choose to harass them. As long as Yang Su's march can be slowed down, there will naturally be many ways to deal with Yang Su when Bai Qi and Su Lie's army arrives.
Although Guo Ziyi only has 10,000 soldiers and horses, they are all cavalry, and their speed is naturally not comparable to Yang Su's mixed infantry and cavalry army. Relying on his speed advantage, Guo Ziyi led his army to engage in guerrilla warfare with Yang Su, constantly attacking the Sui army by surprise, and immediately escaping after one attack, but did not engage in head-on confrontation.
This back and forth disturbed Yang Su endlessly. Although these harassments did not cause much damage to the Sui army, they seriously slowed down the Sui army's marching speed. If this continues, maybe Li Xiang can really achieve his goal.
However, as a famous general of the generation, Yang Su would not sit back and watch the crisis come. In fact, Yang Su had already prepared for this.
Although Li Xiang had already told Guo Ziyi to be cautious, as a famous general of the generation, Guo Ziyi himself was definitely not low on vigilance. However, successive successes still have some impact on Guo Ziyi.
At this moment, Yang Su's backhand was finally exposed. Yang Jian led five thousand cavalry and suddenly came out from behind Guo Ziyi. Although Yang Su led the army forward as usual, he ordered Yang Lin to lead 10,000 cavalry to fight back, hoping to gather the strength of the two to annihilate Guo Ziyi's 10,000 cavalry.
Fortunately, Guo Ziyi showed his style as a famous general of the Tang Dynasty in this battle. Although more than half of his soldiers were lost, he finally managed to escape from the siege of Yang Jian and Yang Lin. Moreover, they also killed and wounded four thousand enemy cavalry.
In this battle, the battle between Xing Tian and Yang Jian was even more exciting. With the blessing of brotherly attributes, the force gap between Yang Jian and Xing Tian dropped from 5 points to 3 points. The bonus of sealed weapons in Yang Jian's skills is also possible. This time, he failed.
But with a 3-point difference in force, it took Xing Tianzu nearly Lily to gain the upper hand. Moreover, Xing Tian failed to defeat Yang Jian in the end. After all, their purpose this time was to break out of the encirclement, and they would naturally withdraw once the road was opened.
Seeing the embarrassed Guo Ziyi, Li Xiang had no choice but to demote him to the rank of captain. Although Guo Ziyi is a great talent, since he lost the battle, Li Xiang naturally has to be punished.
However, what really worried Li Xiang was that with Guo Ziyi's defeat, Li Xiang could no longer allocate his troops to harass Yang Su. Chang'an is a fortified city. When Yang Su's troops return to defend Chang'an, there will be a tough battle to be fought.
