703 The Truth Behind The Snowflakes (1/2)

It was deep in autuun to rise The cold air whistled along the heavenly meridians from the north down to the south It swept past the northern wastelands and passed through countless unbroken li of the North Sea and large lakes, cozhou was to the north of the Qing Kingdo purely at the geographical environ City, however, because each year the icy wind ca City here

All around, the autu lost all their leaves The fields beneath the city had snatched their only harvest at the end of summer and now it had become a stubble land that was also covered with a layer of frost It looked very pitiful

Snow had already fallen a nudom, show still covered the distant mountains all around and it appeared very quiet It was on this snowy plain that one could faintly seein the snow and wind

A general on the Cangzhou city walls looked over with narrowed eyes The scouts had longsouth froround, densely packed in uncountable nuether the entire force of the Northern Qi ar! The soldiers of Cangzhou City were not scared Although the enelimmer of fear because in these twenty years, the two sides had engaged in countless battles but the Northern Qi people had never won the upper ground Even during these years when Northern Qi's fa Shanhu, had been moved by the Northern Qi Emperor away from the northern border to the south, they were still unable to take a single step forhen faced with the Qing areneral feel slightly worried was theEo, the only person in the world who could be regarded as aShanhu This was an honor that he had won after years of bloody battle with the Man people in the north

These years, the Northern Qi army's morale and equip Kingdoed to ion This was all because of the person na Shanhu This person coood had dividing and conquering Without truly using up all their strength, they had dom's border armies on this side

Every year there were suarded their border tightly and there were no large dorain and weapons as they waited for the Emperor to send out the final order toup court politics so the vanguard ardom also waited But unexpectedly, the Northern Qi people had co to the precedent set by previous years, once it was autu General Shang Shanhu would be su City to take his annual leave How co City this year?

The earth slowly started to tre was not very loud and the noise was not very startling The black lines on the snowy zhou As the distance gradually reduced, the soldiers on the Cangzhou city walls could gradually see the countless dense black lines, ainto individual military camps which separated into individual Northern Qi soldiers wearing ar weapons, and with a solezhou city gate even felt that they could clearly see the frost gathered on the Northern Qi soldiers' eyebrows as well as their pale hands holding the long spears

A tense and oppressive atate Is ran back and forth in the dozen corner towers accoeneral put down the telescope specially made by the palace treasury and furrowed his brows deeply Muttering to himself, he wondered, ”What do these Northern Qi people want to do?”

The temperature on the city walls was very low The words he spoke i and enveloped his face, just like the dense Northern Qi arzhou City, it covered the true appearance of eneral slowly grasped the sword hilt by his waist and he narrowed his eyes at the inti Northern Qi people beneath the snowy h to their true intent Were they actually launching a large-scale attack on the south? The general did not believe this because he believed that the fa Shanhu, would not be so eneral could command troops, he could not dom in this late autumn and brutally cold weather This was a way to seek out death

Attack the city? The soldiers of the Qing Kingdoh the Northern Qi ar and had about 40,000 people, this field ar weapons What were they going to use to bring down Cangzhou City?

Cangzhou Cty had a full 20,000 elite soldiers ready to go!

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”General, the Northern Qi has entered deep into our territory,” an official reeneral and his broitched a few tizhou's inaction The Northern Camp watched as the Northern Qi arhtest reaction, such hudoeneral made no reaction He knew that the conservative response these two days had already angeredShanhu, particularly with such an unforeseen large-scale Northern Qi army movement that had appeared as suddenly as snowflakes, it uess what the other party wanted to do

The Northern Qi arh the boundary between the two countries as quickly as they could, invading into the territory controlled by the Qing Northern Cae scale movement that Northern Qi had not performed in 20 years yet before all of this, there had been no whisper of this from either the Fourth Bureau of the Overwatch Council or the ence syste arh they appeared inti and majestic, it was impossible for them to head directly south Any military action always had its objective, so… as the objective of Shang Shanhu's shocking action this tizhou City while the powerful strength of the Northern Cazhou as the nucleus In front of the city, there were 40,000 aggressive Northern Qi soldiers but entering with a split force deep into the Qing Kingdom territory, were they not worried that the Northern Camp would summon soldiers from all around and surround them?

At this time, it was deep into autu deep into enemy territory alone, there would beas Cangzhou City sealed their city and drew Shang Shanhu to attack them, the Northern Camp's various army camps could surround them This hat else could the 40,000 Northern Qi soldiers do other than retreat first?

They would not achieve anything yet they had rain and energy Shang Shanshu… what exactly was he thinking?

The Cangzhou general's broere furrowed very tightly Looking at the Northern Qi people ere preparing to set up caht, cory expressions…

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It was already the fifth day The biggest military action Northern Qi has taken in 20 years had, unexpectedly, been zhou City sealed itself and the various army camps of the Northern Camp only waited with strict defenses They watched as the Northern Qi people stepped onto their land but did notreactions

This was coe It eventerritory, constantly waiting to cross swords a was strange and unusual

In a small city 60 li from the borders of both countries, the Northern Qi army's base was set there In a co in a fire basin An internal red seeped out through the silvery outside of the coal and it filled the roo Northern Qi generals in the roo themselves by the fire They stood by a table and orriedly looking at a southern military camp that had been spread across the table, occasionally, they slanted a glance at theShanhu sat in the chair with his eyes slightly closed, it see deeply but it also seemed that he was deeply asleep Suddenly, he slowly opened his eyes and asked, ”It has been five days since the three groups have entered, have there been any zhou?”

The voice of the foreeneral was not loud but it was very deep and resounding

”Report, Coeneral replied respectfully ”According to your orders, the three groups of soldiers did not dare to enter too far except… the Cangzhou group”

”Who would have thought that our southern peers would be even better at enduring than in the past?” Shang Shanhu stood without expression and approached the table He pointed at a spot on the ant and this is battle of poith no way to use tricks The Cangzhou general can hold out for two more days at most, it will be impossible for thedou They must come out in battle… otherwise, it will not be able to offer an explanation to the Qing court”

”What if they continue to stay in the city and refuse to co Shanhu's trusted aide asked orry ”This tith If the other side waits a few h the illusion of the other two groups and directly surrounds us If we … we'll likely suffer heavy casualties”

Not only were the generals of the Qing Kingdom's Northern Cae-scale movement this time, even these Northern Qi people did not understand why they had to suddenly send out troops right now and in such cold weather and with such great risks to enter deep into Qing territory Although this did vent a lot of anger, as military personnel, as needed was actual results rather than paying out thousands, even tens of thousands, of lives to take a stroll in front of the other's city and show off their power

Perhaps the only people who knew the true purpose of the expedition this ti and the silently General Shang Shanhu here, but who in the world dared to ask theh we have been on the defensive these years, you should not think of the Qing ar Shanhu's paldozhou as their headquarter however, it has already been five days and the other four armies of the Northern Camp have not coht by our two other armies On the other hand, it also shows that the Northern Ca a centralShanhu's face ”The Qing Kingdoth are both far superior to ours If… Yan Xiaoyi was still alive, five days ago he would have ordered the other two areas to be given up and have Cangzhou surrounded, forcefully sing up our 40,000 people strong arive this risky order in the present Northern Cah General shi+ could not compare to Governor Yan, he was also a for Emperor did not trust hidou Garrison,” Shang Shanhu said with a so, the Northern Ca Eenerals at present are as valiant and threatening as they were under Yan Xiaoyi back in the day?”

”These years, the Qing Kingdoth in preparation for invading the Qi Kingdo the Emperor is an incredible man but the incredible people under his co to feel rather tedious ”Since it is so, who can stopin for a walk?”

”Standing guard is their best choice, their worse choice, and their only choice… however, that clever Cangzhou general probably can't suppress the Northern Ca”