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Chapter 1197: Waiting patiently

Lian Shaowen stood above the city and looked at all the soldiers gathered in Weng's city, feeling bitter in his heart.

The most recent batch of food and grass should have arrived five days ago, but nothing was left. The scouts sent out only found several traces of fierce battles in the snow and ice in the sky, and dug up the floating snow. The fresh blood proved that the grain transport team had indeed come out, but now there is no more. Thousands of grain transport soldiers, and You Ge, who were protecting the grain channel near the left, were all gone without a trace.

There is no doubt that they were destroyed by the Ming army.

All along, the snow and bad weather have become his best weapon to resist the Ming army. He was originally confident that he would persist until the beginning of next spring. Such a season is really not suitable for large-scale military use. But it is obvious that the Ming army violated the rules. In such weather, they went out on a large scale and cut off his only source of hope.

The last little grain has been cooked into the pot and made into porridge. Even the soldiers' war horses were stabbed, and then they became rare meat foods for soldiers in the near future.

In fact, those horses are really unbearable to fight again. In the twin-union city, it is difficult for even people to eat, and there is something to feed the war horses there?

Now in the Shuanglian City, there is no grain of food. Even the things for heating have been basically given. All the things that can be demolished in the city have been demolished, except for some houses where they temporarily live.

The weather was a little lucky a few days ago. The long-lost sun brought some temperature, but it was only during the day. At night, the temperature dropped even harder. And in the past two days, it seemed that winter knew that its doomsday was not far away, so it became extremely rampant.

Strong winds, heavy snow, hail, or joint attacks, or intermingling with each other, and for a while, the temperature is lower than before.

Lian Shaowen knew that he had to make a decision.

The Ming army clearly did not come to attack his Shuanglian City. In fact, they didn't have to fight at all now. As long as they wait a few more days, the people in Shuanglian City either freeze to death or starve to death. This situation completely made Shuanglian City acropolis, which existed purely for combat, completely useless.

The Shuanglian City is not big, and there are only more than 3,000 soldiers garrisoned, and they are not considered elites. Almost all the elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty have died in battle or surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and have become enemies of the Qin Dynasty. But even so, if the Ming army clearly had a chariot and horses to fight, Lian Shaowen was sure to give the Ming army a lot of damage with the solidity of the city, perfect facilities and sufficient equipment. Without paying several times the price of the defenders, the Ming army would definitely not be able to take the Shuanglian City.

But now, he had to abandon these advantages and leave the city to fight the Ming army.

He must have food and firewood for heating.

Either die in battle or freeze to death. There is no third option to choose one.

Some subordinates proposed to give up the Shuanglian City and retreat to Yongdu. Even Shaowen knew very well that the Shuanglian was fifty miles away from Yongdu. These fifty miles are now basically in the hands of the Ming cavalry. It was a dream to withdraw to Yongdu. I was afraid that once I left the city, the cavalry on both sides would appear. Then there were endless delays, harassment, cutting, and finally slowly gnawing all of them piece by piece.

He wants to take the initiative to fight.

The Ming army's new third battalion on the opposite side is only ten miles away from Shuanglian City. Standing at the top of Shuanglian City, you can still vaguely see the light there in the Ming Dynasty.

There is food, firewood, and everything you need.

There are 3,000 troops in the city, and now there are 2,657 people who can still go out of the city to fight. The rest are either too sick to afford the bed or frostbite, which makes them have difficulty walking, so they can only stay in the city.

"Brothers, you will either live or die." Lian Shaowen looked at all the soldiers in Wengcheng, and there was some abnormal blush on everyone's face. For a long time, they hadn't eaten a full meal like today. But everyone also understood that it was just a slaughtered meal before going to the execution ground. After eating this meal, I don't know if there is another meal. If you want to survive, you must go and grab what they need from the Mingren.

Either live or die!

Everyone understands what is right about them soon, without explanation or motivation, everyone is full of fighting spirit. In order to survive, there is nothing else that cannot be done, even if it is death? That is just a little bit ahead of the death period.

"Keep the city!" Lian Shaowen waved.

Wengcheng City Gate, the outer city gates opened one after another, and the soldiers walked out in silence. Lian Shaowen took a last look at Shuanglian City. Standing here, he could see the panoramic view of this small Acropolis.

"I hope I can come back." He silently said in his heart, turned around, went down the city, carried his sword, and followed his team.

The Shuanglian City is not even closed.

Because there is no need to close it, if they win, they will naturally come back. If they lose, what's the use of closing the city gate? Are the sick men in the city who can't even lift a knife now?

The wind was strong, and the people stumbled on the sidewalk.

The snow is very dense, and if you are far apart, you can only see a vague shadow.

At other times, all Qin troops would use the most vicious language to curse such tormenting weather, but today, they hope that the wind will be stronger and the snow will be denser.

Strong winds and heavy snow can make the enemy relax their guard, allow them to approach the enemy's camp safer, and allow them to know nothing before they suddenly kill.

These bad things in the past are today where they have a greater chance of success.

The soldiers gritted their teeth and lowered their heads, and advanced hard in the wind and snow.

The wind and snow quickly turned them into snowmen, allowing them to blend with this vast world.

The base of the Third Battalion of the Ming Hulao New Army, ten miles away from Shuanglian City, looked no different from usual. The suffocating wind lamps were hung on the top of the high fence, shaking around by the wind. From time to time, some people could not resist the wind and extinguished. Then some soldiers would come over and change to a new one.

Except for this undecisive light, the entire camp was trapped in a darkness, and seemed to be without any precautions for the coming danger.

But inside, he was ready to fight at any time.

There have been several days when such a pilgrimage has been waiting for the battle every day. Every day, half of the people who are resting also require the soldiers not to remove their armor and not to leave their swords. After the weather suddenly became extremely bad today, the guards in the camp have been further improved.

The enemy will definitely come, unless they want to die of starvation. The dog is anxious and jumps over the wall, let alone people? This is the basis for Chen Shaowei to judge that the enemy will definitely come to attack his base.

But when he reported his judgment to the Central Army and asked the Central Army to provide some support to seize the Double-Environment City, the emperor suddenly brought a team of personal guards to his camp, which made him a little nervous. If the Double-Environment City had no intention of coming out at all, his sins would have been great.

"Report!"

A soldier hurriedly walked into the tent, and the snowflakes piled up on his body fell down with his movements.

Chen Shaowei stood up suddenly and looked at the soldier nervously.

"The Qin army left the Shuanglian City and was marching towards our camp." The soldier ran down on one knee and reported to Chen Shaowei with some joy.

"That's great!" Chen Shaowei was overjoyed and jumped up. "Sent all the people to prepare for the battle as planned."

Several personal guards rushed out of the tent, and Chen Shaowei also left his tent and hurried towards the tent where His Majesty the Emperor rested. The combat plan had been arranged long ago, and with a command, he could take his place.

This is his home court. Even Shaowen doesn't come. If he comes, he doesn't have to think about leaving. He was worried about gains and losses, fearing that His Majesty would be displeased because of his mistakes in judgment. At this time, he disappeared, but was replaced by deep joy. He had already prepared everything, and a big victory would happen in front of His Majesty's eyes.

The camp did not light up, and it looked no different from before, but under the cover of darkness, all the soldiers had arrived at their position. Qin Feng stood on a high ground built up by snow, just in time to look down at the entire front, and Chen Shaowei stood beside him.

In the darkness, there was silence, and time passed by little, but there was still no movement in the direction of the attack. This made Liu Shaowei a little nervous.

"Lian Shaowen is really a very good general." Qin Feng looked at Chen Shaowei without any anxiety and said with a smile: "The attack will only take a while. He is waiting for our most relaxed time. He can drive the soldiers to attack decisively in such weather. He can still keep calm before the attack and wait for the best opportunity. Although Lian Shaowen is not famous, he does have the talent of a general, which is a pity."

When is the best attack moment? As a general, Chen Shaowei is certainly very clear. At this time, he regretted that he invited His Majesty out so early. This is to let His Majesty drink the wind and snow here!

"General Chen, go and do your business. I don't need you to accompany you here. Waiting before the war is the most difficult time for the soldiers. At this time, you should appear among the soldiers." Qin Feng waved his hand, not caring about it. This coldness is really not a matter for him.

Chen Shaowei said goodbye and left. At this time, not far from his camp, nearly three thousand Qin troops were squatting quietly on the snow. The heavy snow had already fallen thickly on their bodies. Not to mention night, even during the day, it would be difficult to tell that such a large army was hidden here.
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