Chapter 956: There Is an Ambush Indeed

Fortunately, the snow stopped in the morning!

Ning Chen immediately ordered the army to march.

The scouts ran back and forth, constantly exploring the way ahead.

The three or four inches of snow made the road difficult to travel, so the marching speed was very slow.

Ning Chen frowned.

At this speed, it would take more than ten days to reach Bianzhou.

It was okay during the day, but at night, it was freezing cold and there was no way to march.

The road was full of ice, not to mention people, even horses were shivering with cold.

So at night, the army had to stop, cut down trees, and burn fires to keep warm.

Despite this, some soldiers still caught a cold.

In this world, a cold can kill people.

But you can't leave sick soldiers in the wilderness to die.

So this greatly slowed down the marching speed.

Ning Chen wrapped his cloak tightly and came back and walked into the tent.

He had just inspected the camp and visited the sick soldiers.

There was a charcoal fire burning in the tent.

It was so cold that Ning Chen's eyelashes were frosted, which turned into small water droplets.

He roasted the fire for a while, wiped his face, and then lay down with his clothes on.

Fortunately, the army had enough food and grass this time.

It was freezing cold, and if there was no food and grass, it would be a big trouble.

Go and stop!

Someday, the army arrived at a lookout.

As long as they passed the lookout, the situation would be much better.

Because of the mountains blocking the way, the wind and snow on the other side should not be as strong as this side.

Ning Chen used a telescope to observe the cliffs on both sides of the lookout, and then said in a deep voice: "It's a good place for an ambush."

King Wu observed for a while and nodded, "Indeed! But it's cold now, there shouldn't be an ambush."

"Should?" Ning Chen turned his head and looked at him, "I know this Leng Wenyan. He can lead an army of more than 100,000 to rebel. He is still very capable.

As the saying goes, the weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people.

If Leng Wenyan sent troops to ambush here before the snow, then he would have occupied the weather and the location.

On the cliffs on both sides, as long as 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses are hidden and rolling rocks and logs are dropped, our army will suffer heavy losses.

If these rolling rocks and logs fall into the baggage camp and the food and grass are destroyed, there is no need to fight this battle, and we will definitely lose."

Yuan Long said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take people up to investigate."

King Wu hurriedly said: "No, the road up the mountain has long been covered by heavy snow, even I can't It is not certain that we can find the way... and the mountain road is rugged and dangerous, so it is difficult to climb up.

We decided to send troops at the last minute, and Leng Wenyan could not have prepared in advance and set up an ambush here in advance. "

Ning Chen shook his head, "It's hard to say. It took us more than a month to get here from the capital, and it only takes more than ten days to get here from Bianzhou... Don't forget that the speed of pigeons and hawks is much faster than us.

If Leng Wenyan got the news of our mobilization half a month in advance, he would have enough time to set up an ambush here. "

King Wu said: "If Leng Wenyan knew that you were raising an army to attack, he would be scared and hide in Bianzhou City, relying on the strength of the city to resist... I don't think he has the courage to set up an ambush here. "

Ning Chen sneered, "Dare to raise troops to rebel, which is enough to prove Leng Wenyan's courage... Besides, he has Xiliang behind him. If Xiliang asks him to do so, he dare not refuse. "

Ning Chen said, turning his head to look at the swaying treetops not far away.

Immediately, he looked at the height of the cliff again.

Ning Chen muttered, "Northwest wind, the wind direction is not bad... it should work!

Messenger, go find Lei An for me and ask him to take the hot air balloon."

"Yes!"

The messenger took the order and left.

After waiting for a while, Lei An came with the hot air balloon.

Ning Chen said, "Lei An, you have someone take the hot air balloon and use a telescope to observe the situation on the tops of the mountains on both sides to see if there is an ambush?"

"Yes!"

Lei An immediately took his men into action.

A hot air balloon slowly rose into the air, connected by several ropes, and more than a dozen soldiers pulled the hot air balloon.

If they let go, who knows where the hot air balloon will float to?

The hot air balloon rose higher and higher, almost surpassing the tops of the mountains on both sides.

The Ning An army soldiers on top watched with telescopes.

After a while, several large snowballs fell from the sky.

These were brought by the soldiers riding the hot air balloon, because the altitude was too high, and the flag signals could not be seen clearly.

Lei An saw a snowball falling and immediately ordered, "Pull!"

Everyone worked together to pull the hot air balloon down.

Ning Chen immediately asked, "Did you see clearly? Is there an ambush up there?"

"Your Highness, there are indeed people up there!"

Everyone's face changed drastically. Ning Chen really guessed it right. There was indeed an ambush.

The Ning'an Army soldier who reported continued, "Your Highness, but they all seem to have frozen to death."

Ning Chen and others' expressions suddenly froze.

Ning Chen came back to his senses and asked hurriedly, "How many people are there up there?"

The soldier said, "There are probably thousands or tens of thousands of people, and there are also piles of rolling stones and logs.

But they lay there motionless, their bodies covered with frost, and they all looked dead."

Ning Chen sighed.

"They probably didn't expect the snow to be so heavy. The top of the mountain was much colder than below with strong winds and snow.

The heavy snow covered the mountain road, and they couldn't come down. They were frozen to death on the mountain..."

As Ning Chen said this, he suddenly felt something was wrong and looked at the soldiers who went up to investigate, "You said there were a lot of rolling stones and logs on the top of the mountain?"

"Yes!"

Ning Chen frowned slightly.

King Wu asked, "What's wrong?"

Ning Chen said: "Something is wrong... They have a piece of wood, and a piece of wood can burn for a long time. How could they freeze themselves to death?"

King Wu said: "Maybe burning a fire to keep warm will expose themselves, so they didn't do it?"

Ning Chen's mouth twitched, "Which is more terrible, death or exposure?"

"This... Soldiers are bound by orders. Maybe the leader did not allow them to burn a fire to keep warm, so..."

Ning Chen waved his hand and said: "No matter what the reason, this must be strange... So many people, all frozen to death is hard to believe... Explore again, this time get closer, and test with firearms."

"I got the order!"

Lei An took the order and immediately asked someone to raise the hot air balloon to explore again.

The hot air balloon rose and approached the cliff.

There was a thunderous explosion in the sky. The soldiers on the hot air balloon used muskets and grenades to test.

Who knew that many of the bodies that were frozen to death had resurrected.

A few snowballs fell.

Lei An hurriedly asked someone to pull the hot air balloon down.

Ning Chen asked, "How is it?"

A Ning'an soldier said, "Your Highness's guess is correct. Some of those people are dead, and some are pretending."

King Wu opened his mouth wide.

Because Ning Chen noticed something was wrong.

If they believed it and passed through the lookout, what awaited them would be rolling rocks and falling trees, which would inevitably cause heavy casualties.

Ning Chen's face darkened little by little.

"There are a lot of pine trees on the top of the mountain, but now some people are alive and some are dead...How do you think those people who froze to death died?"