Heavenly Dao Formula Chapter 329: The shadow in the wind and snow
"How many people are there in large numbers?" Qian Zhixian asked nervously.
"This...the little one can't say it. The sky is too dark. I only saw a lot of tents set up in the snow." The subordinate replied, "The little ones worry about getting too close, and they won’t be able to get the news if they catch them. Brought it back."
"Master Qian, let me ask." Master Zhang took the conversation, "How far are these people from the official road?"
"Almost...one or two miles."
"Are there any convoys on the official road? Did they set up obstacles on the road?"
The subordinates shook their heads repeatedly, "This little one can see clearly. The snow on the road is quite thick, and you can't even see a person, let alone the caravan. As for the roadblock... the little one didn't notice that they were on the official road. Set up a card nearby."
"Is there a fence around the tent?"
"Not seen."
"Well," Master Zhang thought thoughtfully, "The last question, you should be the person you found half an hour ago. There should be smoke rising in those tents. You think the smoke looks like What is it like? The thick turbid fog or the gray water vapor?"
This question made the subordinates think hard, "Back to the adults, the youngest think...it should be the former."
"Okay, you can go down." The master book waved his hand, turned his head and said to the magistrate, "Mr. Qian, the number of opponents must not be too many, it should be between three hundred and one thousand."
"Oh? Why do you see it?"
"The empty sky above the official road proves that this team is not carrying heavy luggage. Camping near the official road means that they are ready to retreat at any time." The master book methodically said, "In addition, I was in the Shenzhou garrison. I have learned that if the number of people exceeds 1,000, the camps must be set up separately, separated from each other by fences. This is to prevent the enemy from attacking by fire and to reduce the losses caused by the screaming."
"So that's it," Qian Zhixian nodded repeatedly, "What does the smoke represent?"
"If the cooking smoke is thick and turbid, it means that they are temporarily collected wood from nearby. Because of the heavy humidity and many impurities, the smoke is extremely heavy; while the gray and clear smoke means that it is dry wood. It's easy to ignite, and it won't choke people. It just needs to be prepared in advance."
"This has two meanings-if it is an army of one or two thousand people, it is impossible to maintain the campfire with the wood picked up. If there is no suitable woodland nearby, or there is an accident, wouldn't these people want Going hungry and frozen alive? That way the military will be dissipated. Therefore, the number of them must be limited, which is in line with the previous lack of judgment."
"The second thing is that they have no plan to stay around for a long time. They probably take one step at a time. Since the wood is picked up temporarily, the rations should be extremely limited. Plus the distance back and forth, I guess this unit is the best. You can only stay in the snow for three days!"
Master Zhang became more confident as he spoke, and his last sentence almost came out loudly.
"Okay, okay!" Qian Zhixian suddenly laughed after two compliments.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I laughed that they were still too scared." He patted his thigh and said, "If the troops of hundreds of people, if they don't say anything, just rush into Baisha City, wouldn't I have fallen into their hands early? Didn’t dare to do this kind of rebellious things, and tried to pressure me by a letter, I would underestimate the official."
Qian Zhixian's heart is both fortunate and ridiculing. Sure enough, in the face of right and wrong, even the princess's private soldiers have to weigh three points.
"Tomorrow, I will wait for them to arrive at the gate of the North City-I want to see which thief dared to commit this crime of injustice!"
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The next day, Xiaoxue still showed no sign of stopping.
The sky is a hazy pale gray, with neither clouds nor sunlight, like a cauldron with invisible edges, buckled upside down on this silver-white ground.
The vast countryside outside the city is covered with snow, and the ground is flat like a blanket. Obviously, going out has become an untimely thing in this kind of weather. Even the birds that are usually seen almost disappeared.
It's a rare noise in Baisha City.
This county town is not as important as Jinxia. The city wall is less than nine feet, and there is no walkway at the top. The wall is divided into two layers, the outer layer is masonry and the inner layer is wooden frame. The defender can reach the upper part of the city wall by climbing the wooden frame, exposing half of his body to shoot arrows at the intruder, or throwing rocks. At an important location like the gate, a watchtower and watchtower will be set up at the rear, and these facilities are basically equipped with large crossbows. Ordinary bandits and bandits who want to invade the city will be hit head-on in front of this line of defense.
At this time, the people gathered by the various houses have fully occupied the north gate city wall.
After these private soldiers were changed into armored armor and government-style weapons, they actually looked alike, at least few of them showed timidity.
Compared with the private soldiers of the Fei and Tang families, the yamen are much looser. Qian Zhixian simply transferred them all down and let them be responsible for logistical matters such as the transportation of arrows and hot oil. At the same time, in order to prevent the enemy from deceiving, he also arranged a security team of 50 people at the west gate, east gate and south gate.
After arranging the deployment, Qian Zhixian handed over the command to Master Zhang, and he boarded the watchtower to monitor the battle with Fei Zhuang and Tang Yingzhi from a height.
"It's almost time." Tang Yingzhi glanced at the sky and said, "If the letter is not bluffing, the arrest team should also appear."
"As the saying goes, soldiers are not tired of deceit. This kind of intimidation is just to test your determination." Fei Zhuang stared at the distance blankly, "The Hong Taishou, I'm afraid he was scared by the princess. Lived."
"Hmph, I don't see the imperial decree, this official is not so easy to speak!" Qian Zhixian said coldly.
The official body was his rightful reputation, and Baisha City was his place to settle down. How could he easily let him go?
At this moment, several scattered black shadows appeared on the gray-white skyline.
Apparently something is approaching towards the county seat.
"They are here!" Tang Yingzhi whispered.
"Does the thief really dare?" Qian Zhixian clenched his fist--to be honest, there was always a trace of suspicion in his heart. No matter what the reason is, it is a blatant rebellion to directly act on a court order official without going through the official department. If it is a mountain villager, he can hardly imagine anyone knowing this and deliberately committing a risk.
"It seems that the number of the other party is not many?" Tang Yingzhi squinted his eyes in doubt. The black shadows did not gradually become one piece, but remained alone at the number of four or five~IndoMTL.com~At the same time, they were far apart. Estimate the distance of almost a hundred steps.
The question is, just a handful of people want to break into White Sand City? Are they afraid that they are dreaming?
"That's not right..." Fei Zhuang noticed the abnormality, and the outlines of those black shadows were too big, even if they were military soldiers, they couldn't be so burly, right? "...Are you sure that is a human?"
"Not a human?" Qian Zhixian frowned, "What could it be?"
However, no one can answer this question.
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On the other side, Ning Wanjun can already see the long and slender city wall in the distance.
She drove her own machine beast "Suzaku", steadily marching in the snow, and behind her were two long rows of soldiers.
The same goes for other teams.
The other four dark mass-produced Guan Beast "Xuanwu" each led a team, and together with the princess car, divided the first batch of pioneers into the attack into ten slender columns.