On the trees, ice slivered and crystal clear, the thick snow turned the entire sky into white. In the woods, the howling northeastern knife wind made a sound like howling, but occasionally, the birds coming out to find food cried twice, adding a little vitality to the forest.

A piece of snow suddenly fell from a fruit tree, revealing the seeds hidden in it for half a winter. A hungry bird flew over and scrambled to peck at it, but suddenly, a gray mountain bird with blue glitter stopped pecking, stopped on the trunk next to it, tilted its head down to observe. After a moment, a group of birds disappeared in an instant with a rapid chirping.

In the snow below, several white heads were exposed.

"I, I, I said, Brother Mao, you are not crazy! But, but..."

"I know the territory of Jiannu in Yizhou!"

The telescopes were frozen in the cold winter. Mao Jue pulled his hand out of his cotton gloves and rubbed the lens hard. Then he pulled the monocular telescope away and looked down.

The city was built to a great extent. The city wall was only about four or five meters long and there was still a lot of collapse. The enemy building was mostly incomplete. But even so, if this was the city, and it was Jiannu's territory, in the telescope, I clearly watched the five braided soldiers pace back and forth on the city wall. The city gate was opened, and a few braided soldiers were lazy in the winter sun.

This place is a nail that Jiannu nailed to the Kingdom of Korea, and a thorn in Mao Jue's heart. From here, it takes less than three days to Tieshan. Every time the Eight Banners swept the North Fourth Road of the Peninsula, they also set out from here and cut grass valleys everywhere.

When Jianzhou and Ye He fought, the shouts of killing were not extinguished for three days and three nights, which scared the Korean defenders trembled and closed their four gates. It was only a few geniuses who dared to cross the river to collect the body. It was also obvious how close it was to the Later Jin Dynasty. As soon as the Battle of Yuegu ended, Mao Jue's eyes were already on this place.

Zhao Kuangyin has a domineering saying, "Whether you lie on the side of the bed, you can't let others snore! The same is true for Mao Jue. There is such an unstable time bomb in the north, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't develop it. After working hard to plant crops for a year, the fire came over, and it was in vain.

But if we take this back, the Yalu River is ahead. With the advantages of the navy in Dongjiang Town, we can completely defend the river and harass the rear of the Later Jin Dynasty. The strategic initiative can be converted into our own hands. The entire Ping'an North Road will be in his own pocket.

Moreover, there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of us. In order to enter the pass to Zhengming, Huang Taiji transferred most of the vitality. More than 3,000 Zhenghong Banners of Yizhou were also in the recruitment sequence. There should not be many guards. Moreover, the New Year Festival was just now, and the army entering the pass was also on the way to triumph. Yizhou City was also the time when people were most relaxed. If they did not seize this opportunity, it would be difficult for Mao Jue to fight again.

To use the word "Yingwen" to make trouble for the European milk nest!

However, his opponent was the Eight Banners, so it was not too easy to be careful. Before hunting, the old jackpot in the scout team brought a group of old Liaodong hunters here to step on the plate and took his eight hundred people. Mao Jue didn't even drive the group along the way. He ate dried sweet potatoes, ate dried meat, and drank snow water. He touched the thirteen miles near Yizhou. Mao Jue asked Liu Chong and Shen Rong to lead the team to squat first, and brought dozens of people to investigate in person.

Looking at the Yizhou City below, Mao Jue still frowned. The Qian Zeng wanted to say something, but he was stunned. Wen Meng stuffed a snow ball into his mouth, and the young master was so choking that his kidney deficiency covered his mouth and bent it down again.

"Master General?"

The old man also leaned over, his squid-hunting eyes were cushioned, and the old guy was still able to see it hundreds of meters away without a telescope.

"Five at the city gate, seven on the city wall, and two hidden whistles hid in the nest under the big tree. Call the big guy here and start fighting?"

Although he retreated all the way, the Ming army's aura was still destroyed and it was not cold yet. At least, Wen Meng and his older brothers were like this. The newly recruited personal soldiers were almost the same. They piled up the money aside, and the scouts all gathered on Mao Jue with their eyes full of passion.

Who knew that Mao Jue shook his head gently.

"Don't worry! Watch it first!"

The telescope stared at it for a while, and Mao Jue hooked his hand at Old Jun's head.

"Old man, please keep an eye on me. How many people are there at the gate of this city? When will the guard change? How long does it take to patrol the city wall? How many steps are there? After this battle, you can retire and get a grandson. I can't treat you badly!"

"What did Mr. Jiang say? Old man, my grandsons are all dead in Liaoyang! The old man's life is for Mr. Jiang! You tell me, listen!"

After being stunned for a moment, Mao Jue nodded again.

"I took back what I said just now! Old man, keep an eye on it, Lao Wen, go there with me and take care of Mr. Qian!"

The two old guys were lying comfortably on the snow, just as proud as lying on the head of their own kang. He held Qian Zeng, whose tongue was frozen, and Mao Jue climbed to the right ridge again.

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After almost one day of investigation, Mao Jue had a rough figure in his mind, but he didn't plan to stay. After all, more than 800 people, even if the Later Jin people were in winter, the dangers exposed also became greater and greater as time went by. Moreover, he had been trekking in the snow for three days. In the cold winter, the morale of the soldiers was getting worse and worse. They had to fight quickly, and the possibility of being responsible for capturing the city would become smaller and smaller.

He took out a shack in the snow to spend a difficult night. Before dawn the next day, Mao Jue pulled all the soldiers under him over.

In addition to guns, bayonets, and ammunition, each personal soldier also equipped with an iron shovel. He ate well here and did not lack vitamins. Now he has no night blindness under his hands. Before dawn, dozens of swords and shields used shovels to dig a trench in a snow shell that was almost one meter deep, and the top was flat. More than 200 infantrymen were carrying guns down into the trench, and the rest was still lying behind the ridge.

This Yizhou City is a mountain city, with the city wall located on a raised Gaogang. The Joseon Dynasty also inherited the style of the Goguryeo period. Fortunately, the Houyi of Silla, who were brave and warlike, became lazy, and the south wall was placed on the flat ground, facing the ridge where Mao Jue's troops were located. This road leads directly to the commercial part of the city, which facilitates the trading of the Later Jin people in nearby villages to go to market, and it also became Mao Jue's breakthrough.

On the north wall, there are lush trees, rugged terrain and no doors, which is not conducive to the attack of the large army, but the wall is quite low.

There is also a Dongcheng city gate, which is too far away, but it is not ignored by Mao Jue.

"Old Liu, you take the cavalry to the east. If there is no smoke in Yizhou, be careful and expose it. If it is smoked, I will grab the estuary for the river at any cost. If you encounter it, no matter whether it is male, female, old or young, you will be slaughtered!"

There is no international law and war law in this era, and it is estimated that Liu Chong's cavalry did not have the idle intention to kill people before asking about it. Before killing people, they were the Jurchens of Han people. With one order, many people might die in vain, but this is war!

The only thing that made Liu Chong a little depressed was that he would not have a chance to face the front battlefield. After a lot of trouble, the man clasped his fists.

"I will obey the order!"

"Chen Rong! All the sword players are given to you. If you go around the north of the city, you must arrive before the sunrise. Find a way to climb over the wall and enter the city. There are a few gaps there. You can use it. Your task is to ignite the fire, create chaos, and act according to the opportunity. If things cannot be done, it is OK to hide it. As long as the fire breaks out, I will punish you and reward you with a hundred taels of silver! Everyone will also reward you with the rest!"

To be honest, Chen Rong is not what Mao Jue trusts the most, but Wen Meng couldn't walk away. Mao Jue was a little unconfident that he wanted to climb over the wall, so he could only leave it to Chen Rong. However, this man took this as an opportunity and smashed his fist into his chest.

"Don't worry, I will save it!"

With a promise, Liu Chong, who was leading his horse down the mountain, with about eighty sword and shield hands, Chen Rong quickly slid down the ridge from behind.

On this day, Lao Jun observed that the south gate was changing its defense at the third o'clock on the sun, so in front of the three poles, it was the time when the guards were most relaxed and it was also Mao Jue's opportunity.

The local method was to measure the time. A stick was inserted into the snow. The experienced old man stared at the shadow. Although this was not Mao Jue's first battle, the battle in Zhaobi Yuegu was the first battle he carefully planned to launch. He was anxious and lay in the snow trench, Mao Jue looked down frequently.

The higher the sun and the moon are, the warmer the weather is. In the Guandao below, there are a few golden men entering the city. They probably went to Yizhou to visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings. The guards at the door did not check strictly, and they were allowed to mutter a few words to each other. However, Mao Jue did not dare to take this risk. After all, this place is too small, and these people are almost acquaintances and can easily be exposed when they change to another stranger.

It had been crawling in the snow for about two hours. Finally, the counting old army gestured three fingers at Mao Jue, and there were still three incense sticks. More than 200 personal soldiers in front were in their throats, and everyone was looking north tightly.

But at this critical moment, the city gate guard who was originally lazy suddenly got nervous and walked around. Someone walked to the city wall and shouted at the patrolmen in the city wall. Mao Jue felt a sudden thud.

Exposed?

Immediately, his hands tightened again, and he wanted to slap himself. The sun shone down at a slanted point. His angle just happened to be reflected in the telescope, and perhaps it was shining on someone's face.

But now that things have come to this point, Mao Jue not only did not put away his telescope, but continued to shake the camera forward, and the bright light kept shaking at the city gate.
Chapter completed!