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Chapter 170: 170

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After a while, the peasant soldiers recruited by Li Xiaoxin fell low behind the curved wheel of Waiwan and pressed their heads low.

From time to time, arrows flew over the curved wheel and shot into the outer pills in the city.

Unfortunately, an arrow belt caught fire, just shot into the pile of wood left by the outer pill and ignited the fire.

"It's on fire. Put out the fire."

As a warrior shouted, several feet rushed up, raised their feet and trampled on the fire. The fire was put out immediately and killed the fire in advance.

"Bastard! Didn't I tell you to put away this flammable thing? Why is it still piled here."

The samurai scolded.

Then there was another round of arrow shooting, flying into the curved wheel. While talking, the warrior got an arrow on his right shoulder, and an agricultural soldier who didn't dodge in time also got an arrow on his foot.

After being hit by the arrow, the peasant soldier cried out.

On the contrary, the warrior who was hit by the arrow was so angry that his beard curled up and scolded and said, "don't cry if you can't die. Sir, I didn't say a word when I was hit by the arrow."

The samurai then kicked the farmer's ass.

The peasant soldiers stopped crying and crawled to hide on this side.

Li Xiao watched the battle on the arrow of Waiwan.

Relatively speaking, the combat effectiveness of these temporarily recruited agricultural soldiers is still not enough. If there were not a few warriors there, it is likely that they would have collapsed their collective morale and fled everywhere under several rounds of arrows.

It has been two days since the siege. Sister Xiaoliang Lai has no intention of directly attacking. His purpose is to consume and prevent Li Xiao and them from building the city and delaying this period of time.

If Li Xiao can't finish the task of building the city before the first snow of this year, it means that building the city has failed.

Time is very precious for Li Xiao now.

Thinking of this, the sister small route army launched another round of arrow attack. The foot lighters of the Takeda army could only hide behind the curved wheel and could not fight back at all.

Of the 700 troops brought this time, there are fully 200 with light bows and feet.

The 200 arch foot light covered shooting, has been pressing Li Xiao side of the iron gun foot light, bow foot light lifting can not start, so caused the current only hit can not return the passive situation.

Over the past two days, more than ten people have been wounded by arrows on Li Xiao's side, and two people have been killed.

After a day, as his elder sister Xiaodao's family retreated gently, the next day the war was temporarily overnight. Li Xiao's men and horses couldn't fight back because they were only beaten, so they held their breath in the bottom of their heart.

There can be no further delay.

Li Xiao made a secret decision and said to the samurai beside him, "immediately summon all the samurai in the city and ask them to come here for discussion."

In the arrow oar of the outer pill.

After Shimao shengmeng, Shigang Yiyu and other generals sat down, they first complained. They were suppressed by the other party's bow and arrow these days, but they couldn't fight back. It's really a cowardly thing.

After they complained, Li Xiaojing said, "everyone, it's useless to complain any more. There's no doubt that there's any way to defeat the current enemy. You know, the first snow this year will fall soon. When it's cold, it means that we can't succeed in building a city this year."

After the generals hesitated, Shigang Yiyu said, "Lord, if we go out of the city to fight, our soldiers and horses are insufficient, and most of them are newly recruited agricultural soldiers. These agricultural soldiers are not even ready for armor. If they are forced to fight, I'm afraid the odds of victory are not high."

"Not necessarily." Xiaofan Xiaoxian suddenly opened his mouth. Originally, he had the lowest qualification here. At this time, he shouldn't gnaw.

Li Xiao glanced at Xiaofan Xiaoxian and motioned him to continue.

Xiaofan Xiaoxian looked around and said, "my Lord, the strongest combat power of my sister's family is the two hundred bow and foot light he carries this time. We have to find a way to make his two hundred bow and foot light invalid."

All the family officials laughed and let 200 bows and feet fail. How can this be easily done? Children are just whimsical.

As soon as Li Xiao heard this, he had guessed the meaning of eight points in Xiaofan Xiaoxian's words, nodded and said encouragingly, "go on."

Seeing Li Xiao's encouragement, Xiaofan Xiaoxian said, "I mean to make a night attack on the sister Route Army. It's dark at night, and the two hundred bows of the sister Route Army are light, so it's useless."

Xiaofan Xiaoxian's proposal suddenly brightened everyone's eyes. This is really a good plan.

That night, Liang Lai had just fallen asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of iron guns.

"Night attack?"

Sister Liang Lai turned over and sat up. Suddenly he had this idea. It was ridiculous. He dared to take the initiative to fight with such a small number of people and horses as Li Xiao, who had not trained for a few days.

As soon as sister Liang Lai put on his armor, his subordinates entered the military account and reported the news, saying, "Lord, the iron artillery team and the bow foot light team of the Takeda army went out of the city to shoot our army."

"What?" sister Liang Lai thought and asked, "where is their gun foot light team?"

"I don't know."

Sister Liang Lai picked up the samurai sword and ran out of the camp.

In addition to the sound of iron guns, many arrows flew into the army's barracks in all directions. The situation looked as if they were surrounded by the Takeda army.

Sister Liang Lai looked around and saw that the camp was in a mess.

Suddenly, the sound of several iron guns came from the East. The samurai in charge of command pointed to the East with a Taidao in his hand and said loudly, "the enemy is in the East, attack."

More than 30 people ran to the East with their guns, but they only ran a few steps, and the west of the camp was shot by the bow and arrow of the Takeda army.

The warrior immediately didn't know what to do, so he could only order the guns to stop and pursue to the West.

At this time, however, there was another sound of shouting and fighting in the north, as if the enemy were about to attack the camp.

The foot lighters of our family ran around the camp like headless flies with array hats and long guns.

Because the camp is only temporarily built, its defense is not strong. People in the camp are constantly shot into bows and arrows and knocked down by iron guns.

The four fields were all in darkness, and the enemy's position could not be seen clearly. However, the location of the military camp of sister path was brightly lit, so that the corporal of sister path's family could only stand here and be beaten for nothing.

Our army's two hundred bows are light enough. We can't see where the enemy's men and horses are at all. We can only shoot aimlessly at a meal of bows and arrows in all directions.

Such a hit rate is almost zero.

Bastard, you can't go on like this.

Elder sister Liang Lai gave a loud cry and shouted at his army's horse riding team and gun foot light team: "go out of the camp and search for the enemy to decide the victory or defeat."

After the sister's small Route Army got the news, the horse riding team and the gun foot light matched to sort out the military situation, and then attacked outside the military tent.

Looking at the bright lights, my sister's small Route Army saw the other party's horse riding team and gun foot light Team Attacking in all directions.

Island Sheng Meng, the gun foot light team led by Shigang Yiyu, obviously has been lying in wait for a long time.

At the command of daoshengmeng, on Li Xiaojun's side, there was a standing gun foot light team, so he met his sister's army and intercepted it.

Since both sides are in the dark, fierce fighting is easy to hurt themselves, so they dare not be too involved in fighting each other,

The purpose of sister's small Route Army is to let the Wutian army stop shooting at the camp with bows and arrows and iron guns, and the Wutian army only needs to protect the safety of the army with light bow and light iron gun.

So they all had a tacit understanding. They just flashed by, and there was no fierce fight. Therefore, although there was a loud cry, there were few casualties on both sides.

The two sides fought until dawn. Seeing that the sky was soon bright, Li Xiao ordered to withdraw the troops and return to the camp.

Li Xiaojun did not take advantage of the night battle, and the two armies drew.

But in the daytime, the civilian men on the side of the Takeda army began to build Shengang city again.

On the other hand, the sister small Route Army was unable to fight again in the daytime because it had fought hard all night.

Therefore, Liang Lai could only watch the Takeda army continue to build the city during the day without delay.

On the night of the third day of the siege, the Takeda army repeated its old skills and launched another night attack. The two sides banged all night again. With the indiscriminate placement of bows, arrows and iron guns, Li Xiaojun pretended to attack the home camp of sister Xiaolu army several times. As a result, they were resolved under the command of sister Xiaolu lianglai.

At dawn, the two armies were exhausted, so they finished work and went home to sleep.

Then on the fourth day, sister Xiaoliang Lai saw that the civilian men of the Takeda army continued to rush to work and began to build Shengang City, while the foot light of Li Xiao's men fell on the outer pill with guns and slept in peace.

Seeing the situation, elder sister Liang Lai angrily whipped his horse whip on the grass. If he could not interrupt Li Xiaojun's speed of building the city, it would be futile to lead his troops here.

So his sister Liang Lai stared at Shengang city and thought hard for a day.

On the night of the fifth day, sister Liang Lai made full preparations. There was a big empty plan in the camp, leaving only a small number of people to garrison. On the contrary, ambushes were arranged around, waiting for the Takeda army to come and attack at night.

However, contrary to his sister's expectation, Liang Lai waited for him in the middle of the night, but the Takeda army did not kill him, and no one could be seen.

Until it was almost dawn, it was already dawn.

Sister Xiaodao lianglai thought that the Takeda army would not attack, so when he was ordering someone to transfer the ambush back to the outside, he suddenly heard the sound of killing outside the tent.

Sister Liang Lai suddenly burst into a sudden body and said, "no, we're in the trap."

The Wutian army suddenly appeared and killed from all sides. The sister small Route Army, who had been on guard all night, was already exhausted.

The first thing to fight with the Takeda army was the ambush outside in the grass for a night. When the two sides fought, the sister small Route Army immediately retreated.

Sister Xiaoliang Lai was unwilling to fail like this. She ordered her bow and foot to light, picked up the long gun and went to battle. She led the horses back to the army and went out of the camp to meet the Takeda army.

The two armies fought hard for half an hour. Finally, Liang Lai collected the defeated army on all sides, fought and retreated, and finally the whole army was not defeated.

Relying on the place of death, sister Xiaolu Liang finally led some of her troops to retreat, but paid a high price. She was no longer able to attack the Takeda army in Shengang City, and finally had to return to Yingdong city

Back in Yingdong City, Liang Lai, his elder sister, faces his son Lai Gang's inquiry.

Sister Xiaodao lianglai could only look up to the sky and sighed, "General Li Xiaozhi of the Wutian army is not inferior to Duke Xin Xuan and Duke Xin fan. My sister Xiaodao's family has such a great enemy, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the flying country."

Sister Lai Gang asked, "father, can't we really stop Li Xiao from building a city in Feiyu?"

Sister Liang Lai shook her head and said, "no, I've delayed him enough time. It depends on his luck whether he can finish before the heavy snow in Feixiang country.

In September, after Li Xiaojun repulsed his sister Xiaodao's offensive, he finally lifted the biggest external crisis.

Now the construction of Shengang city can finally continue.

With the concerted efforts of all, the construction period is progressing smoothly.

However, there was an unexpected situation. In September, a heavy rain suddenly came, flash floods broke out, and the plateau rivers soared, which destroyed the town under the city, not to mention, but also rushed into the wood accumulation area needed for building the city.

Immediately, the wood will be washed away by mountain torrents and lost.

The torrential rain continued for several days, and 600 people could only build a city in the heavy rain.

The heavy rain was cold and cold, and the people were miserable.

Even Li Xiao went to the front line to supervise the work.

Looking at the pouring rain, Li Xiaotu asked Xiaoxian, "what do you think of the heavy rain?"

Xiaofan Xiaoxian thought for a moment and replied, "it's a good thing, Lord. The heavy rain just tests whether the house we built is firm and solid. If there are any deficiencies, we can correct them immediately."

Li Xiao laughed and appreciated Xiaofan Xiaoxian's attitude. He nodded and said, "it's just people who work hard in the rain."

At this time, daoshengmeng, Shigang Yiyu, Da Zang Chang'an, Koichiro Muxia and other officials under Li Xiao also rushed to Li Xiao's place in the rain.

Daosheng said fiercely, "Lord, it's estimated that the rain will not stop for several days. I heard that there have been complaints among the people, and they even threatened us to stop work."

Shigang Yiyu said coldly, "if they really dare to do this, kill them and give them a warning."

"That won't work."

Li Xiao shook his head. He knew that the Japanese people's patience and obedience were super strong. If they were not forced to the lowest level, they would never resist.

Both DA Zang Chang'an and Koichiro Muxia came from humble backgrounds, so they can feel the pain of ordinary people building cities in the rain, so they also agree with Li Xiao's point of view.

Shigang Yiyu shook his head and said, "if not, what better way do we have?"

Da Zang Chang'an said, "Lord, we can divide 600 people into two groups. If the two groups build the city in turn, they won't have any complaints."

"But in this way, the progress is much slower." Koichiro kimita asked a question.

At this time, Daosheng suddenly said, "it won't be slow. Anyway, now it's impossible for the sister small Route Army to attack the city. Our standing equipment can also be invested in building the city. In this way, it's not two groups of people, but three groups of people."

After listening to Dao shengmeng's opinion, Da Zang Chang'an immediately beamed and said, "that's great. Adult Dao shengmeng, is there really no problem?"

"No problem." Daosheng nodded fiercely, affirming.

After listening to the opinions of the people, Li Xiao obviously looked like he was thinking about his family with all his heart. He couldn't help but be very happy.

So Li Xiao finally said, "it's so decided. We'll be divided into three groups. Each time, we'll be divided into two groups to build the city, and the other group will rest. At the same time, we should prepare a place to rest and take shelter from the rain, boil a hot soup to drive away the cold, so that everyone involved in building the city in the rain can drink it. Moreover, everyone in the city, including me, must participate in building the city, without exception."

When they heard that even Li Xiao personally participated in the construction of the city, they felt too surprised for a moment.

Chang'an, Tibet, was delighted and said, "if the Lord joins us, even if they are hard and tired, they won't complain any more."

In the sixth year of Yonglu, in the first ten days of October, the first heavy snow in the flying country finally fell.

The first snow was ten days ahead of the first snow in Yonglu's five years, and it came in a big way. It fell for three days in a row and piled snow without feet deep.

Not to mention flying, the whole northern land is covered with this winter snow.

After the heavy snow, the temperature dropped suddenly and it was freezing.

In the heavy snow, Li Xiao wore a white bear hair cloak, a thick hat, a samurai sword in his hand, and took Shimao shengmeng. Shigang Yiyu and several horses returned to the public to patrol in Shengang city.

"See the Lord!"

"See the Lord!"

The cruising foot lighters came forward to pay homage.

Li Xiao waved his hand, followed the snow along the horse path from Waiwan to benwan.

Among the snowflakes, the triple Tianshou of Shengang City stood quietly, with ice on the eaves, hanging one by one.

Da Zang, Chang'an, Koichiro Muxia, and several craftsmen stood aside, looking up at the triple heaven Pavilion.

Seeing that Li Xiao hurried over, Da Zang Chang'an bowed and said, "Lord, under the heavy snow, everything in Shengang city is in good condition, the warriors' feet and light houses are all unimpeded, and no one is frostbitten."

"I see, thanks to your strategy. If it weren't for the rush work in those rainy days, how could we succeed in building the city before the first snow." Li Xiao smiled and patted Da Zang Chang'an on the shoulder.

Da Zang Chang Anton felt excited. Originally, he was dissatisfied when he transferred from Takeda shenglai to Li Xiao's hand as a family minister. Now he saw that he could play under Li Xiao's hand. He immediately felt that this was the place where he showed his skills.

Xiaofan Xiaoxian smiled at Da Zang Chang'an and said, "I don't know who was worried that the city could not withstand the test of heavy snow a few days ago, and was worried all day."

Da Zang Chang'an laughed. His old face was slightly red and he felt a little embarrassed.

All the ministers and Li Xiao looked at the triple heaven Pavilion standing tall and looked back on the hardships of building the city in the past few months.

Dao shengmeng couldn't help saying with emotion: "who knows whether the first snow will fall so early or heavy snow. If it weren't for our previous rush, the construction of the city would fail."

At this time, Koichiro Muxia also said, "Lord, thanks to the people, if they keep working day and night, our city will never be built so soon."

The rest of the family ministers also spoke enthusiastically.

"Anyway, we succeeded in building the city."

"Yes, we finally have our own foothold and built a city of our own."

"We can."

Li Xiaowei smiled, looked at the crowd, turned one by one on his face, and said, "ten thousand feet of tall buildings rise from the ground. Thanks to everyone's concerted efforts in recent months, I would like to express my gratitude."

"Oh!"

All the ministers were elated and agreed in unison, and their morale was high for a while.

Then Li Xiao and his family came to the third level of Tianshou Pavilion. Looking down from a commanding position, the scenery was unlimited for a time.

The whole plateau was under their feet. In the heavy snow, the flying country with mountains suddenly became bright in their eyes. (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)





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