Chapter 215 Avalanche(1/2)
"Swish swish swish swish--"
Rockets shot on the straw halfway up the mountain, igniting the straw. Some saltpeter in the straw helped to ignite. The fire rose quickly. With the wind, the fire started to burn quickly. The smoke rolled, and the straw thrown in front of everyone was also ignited. When the wind blew, the fire ran around and the heat was pressing. Qin Huaidao quickly signaled everyone to retreat.
More than 5,000 people were more than 5,000 bundles of straw, more than 2,000 bundles on the hillside, and more than 3,000 bundles on the top of the hill. The width of the pile was only more than 100 meters. One bundle, one pile, burning wildly, forming a terrible temperature to melt the snow underground, forming water into the ground.
The enemy of Goguryeo below cannot understand what the fighting method is. Everyone understands the fire attack, but it must be burned. It is even more impossible to release smoke and poison. When the cold wind blows, the smoke drifts away and does not blow to the fortress at all.
The soldiers on the top of the mountain also couldn't understand it. Everyone glanced at Qin Huaidao from time to time and wanted to ask, but when Qin Huaidao looked deserted, he didn't dare to ask more. He suppressed his curiosity and continued to look at the burning fire.
It’s not that Qin Huaidao didn’t want to say it, but that it was too troublesome to explain it. He stared at the snow melting under the fire, turning into water and permeating the ground, and more and more. It’s fake not to be nervous in his heart. Although he is sure, it is the result of calculation after all, and it is not necessarily a fact.
Gradually, Qin Huaidao saw that the thick snow began to appear on the steep hillside. When the straw burned almost to an end, the cracks became bigger and bigger, and more and more. His eyes were brighter and he stared at him, shouting: "Hurry, retreat, retreat a little later."
As soon as I finished speaking, I saw a large area of snow slipping down, and the snow fell down as well.
The mountain also slipped down, forming a vacuum without snow, and the area of snow on the vacuum belt lost its support and also slipped down, making the area bigger and bigger.
Soon, the snow on the top of the mountain collapsed in large areas and slipped down, forming a certain amount of force and began to roll down, and also slipped down halfway up the mountain. After the resistance was gone, the speed was faster.
"Boom--"
In a blink of an eye, snow on the top of the mountain rolled down on a large scale, forming an avalanche.
The sound was deafening, like a galloping horse, like a huge wave that slammed hard towards the foot of the mountain, splashing snowflakes all over the sky.
At the foot of the mountain, in the fortress group, Goguryeo soldiers saw endless snow rolling down, as if a towering mountain peak collapsed. They were so scared that their faces were pale and their bodies were fixed. They forgot to escape, forgot to hide, and even didn't know how to think, just because all this was too sudden and incredible.
"The punishment of heaven is the punishment of heaven!"
I don’t know who suddenly shouted, his voice with endless fear, sharpness and trembling.
The next moment, Goguryeo soldiers knelt down one after another, trembling.
In the ignorant era, Goguryeo soldiers thought it was a punishment sent by the gods to punish the sins committed by everyone. No one dared to escape, no one dared to resist, and could not resist. The violent avalanche fell down, filling the foot of the mountain and submerging most of the fortress below.
On the top of the mountain, the soldiers were stunned when they saw this scene. They forgot to fight and didn't even dare to breathe. They secretly looked at Qin Huaidao, inexplicably, and felt a sense of awe in their hearts.
That is a man who can attract heavenly punishment!
That is the messenger of the gods!
Qin Huaidao felt relieved when he saw the rolling avalanche. Fortunately, the calculation was correct. The temperature of the straw burning melted enough snow water. After the snow water penetrated into the ground deep in the snow layer, it loosened the originally solid snow, greatly reducing the cohesion and breakage strength between the snow layer and the ground, causing sliding between the snow layer and the ground to fall.
The top of the mountain and the half-mountain burn at the same time. Once the snow on the half-mountain melts and slides down, a vacuum zone will be formed. The snow on it will have no resistance and slides under the action of gravity. In addition, the snow water on the top of the mountain melts and flows down, causing the ground to be slippery, and the thick snow layer will inevitably appear as avalanche.
If it doesn't work, then you can only let the soldiers go to the opposite valley and yell. The vibration of sound waves caused an avalanche. Fortunately, everything is within calculations, so you don't have to yell like a madman.
Soon, the avalanche became quiet, and the fortress at the foot of the mountain was silent and silent.
The fighter is here and the victory is in sight.
Qin Huaidao drew his sword, his face was cold and his eyes were sharp. He pointed at the long sword and shouted: "Brothers, go down the mountain from the side and break into the fortress, without leaving a single one."
"kill--"
The soldiers suddenly reacted, shouted excitedly, and their fighting spirit was boiling.
I originally thought that 50,000 enemy troops would be a bloody battle, but now it seems as relaxed as ever, with eyes glowing, sliding down from a slower hillside next to it. When I was about to slide to the bottom of the mountain, I turned around and rushed into the fortress from the avalanche landfill, rushed into the ground, skillfully took off the sled board, held the crossbow and rushed to the place where I had not been filled.
Don't be scared of the few remaining enemies, don't resist at all, kneel on the ground and surrender.
But the generals were killed, and it was a pity to finally come here. If they didn't make some military achievements, they took decisive action, and the crossbow arrows were like rain and locusts, and the Goguryeo soldiers fell down one after another.
When Qin Huaidao rushed over, he saw corpses all over the ground, and the battle was over.
This battle was beyond everyone's expectations. When everyone saw Qin Huaidao coming, they all moved away and stood on both sides, their eyes full of awe. Even the familiar three brothers of the Cheng family and the two brothers of Yuchi were a little nervous and wanted to speak but stopped. In everyone's opinion, the avalanche just now was the punishment of heaven, and Qin Huaidao was the one who attracted the punishment of heaven.
In this era, people have inexplicable awe of the punishment of heaven.
Qin Huaidao didn't think much about it, and looked at everyone and said, "Cleaning the battlefield, collecting weapons, finding some survivors to ask, see where the supplies are piled up, digging them out and taking them away."
"Abide by the order!" Everyone took the order with a loud bang.
Qin Huaidao then realized that everyone was abnormal, but they left one after another and went to execute the order. Without asking any more questions, he explained to Li Dejian: "Take people to the city wall at the exit of the valley to prevent anyone from coming."
"Abide by the order!" Li Yixie hurried away with a team of Yulin Guards. Before leaving, he did not forget to remind forty Yulin Guards to guard and protect Qin Huaidao's safety.
Not long after, a voice came: "General, a large number of people's bodies were found."
Qin Huaidao looked at him and said, "Li Dejian was shouting." He quickly ran over and saw a wide fortress piled up corpses, filling the entire space, including men, women, young and old. He was tragic in his death. He looked like an ordinary person in his clothes.
"Beast!" Seeing this scene, Qin Huaidao's eyes turned red instantly. As a qualified soldier, he accepted the belief of fighting for the people. He was the most shameful person and could not stand the suffering of the world.
"Yuchi Baolin!" Qin Huaidao roared.
"exist!"
"Take a thousand people to find a place to dig a hole. If you can't dig it, you will burn it. If you have nothing to burn, you will peel off the clothes of Goguryeo and burn it, and bury the people."
"Abide by the order!" Yuchi Baolin's eyes turned red when he saw the corpses in the room, and he hurriedly left.
"Continue to search and find out all the people." Qin Huaidao shouted, his mood a little out of control.
The Yulin Guard, the responsible escort team, took action quickly.
Qin Huaidaoze stood at the door, staring at the corpses in the room blanket, with his tragic expression, painful expression, and eyes that were dying, as if he was accusing this damn era and the Goguryeo army that should be killed.
After a long time, Qin Huaidao remained motionless, like a sculpture, but his heart was full of anger burning and boiling, turning into endless hatred for Goguryeo.
When two armies fight, they rely on their own abilities. No one blames anyone on the battlefield, but it is impossible to kill the people indiscriminately.
This is the bottom line!
Unacceptable and unforgivable bottom line.
Not long after, more corpses were found, one by one, carried out from the fortress, and placed outside to the big pit, neatly arranged, a tragic and depressing atmosphere filled the air, and the joy of victory in the Great War was wiped out.
Two hours later, night fell, a large amount of snow was cleared and a large amount of supplies were dug out.
A bunch of bonfires were lit in the open area, and the mass pits continued to be dug, no one complained or slacked off.
All the generals surrounded Qin Huaidao and silently watched the excavation site of the crowd pit, feeling heavy.
Another hour later, the pit of thousands of people was dug, and corpses were carried down. Qin Huaidao came to the pit and looked at everyone in a deep voice and said, "Everyone, as a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, you cannot protect the safety of the people. This is a shame for you and me. Goguryeo is unkind and cruel to me, the people of the Tang Dynasty, cruel and tyrannical. I hereby swear to the people of Liujiabao that I will not avenge this revenge and will not be a human being, and the heaven and earth will be aware of it!"
"Take revenge, take revenge!" everyone yelled.
The voice is tragic and resentful, with the indomitable and mission of a warrior.
Qin Huaidao held a handful of soil and sprinkled it on, shouting: "Sleep in peace, bury--"
With a command, the soldiers shoveled the soil and filled it with land.
Qin Huaidao came to Li Dejian and asked coldly: "What is the statistics on the spoils?"
"There are still many that have not been dug out. Currently, there are 10,000 war horses, 3,000 war horses buried in snow and died. The food is about 50,000 stones, and it is well preserved. There is also a batch of forage, about 10,000 Goguryeo's corpses, and the others are still under the snow and have not been dug out." Li Dejian said quickly.
"Dig, keep digging, give you a night, move quickly."
"Abide by the order!" Everyone took the order and took action one after another.
"Li Yixie!"
"exist!"
"Take your 100 Yulin Guards to scatter out, investigate the surrounding areas, and prevent the enemy troops. While searching for the surrounding people, the village was looted by Goguryeo and was empty. The escaped people should be hidden in the deep mountains, caves and other places. You can call for search. If you find them, you will bring them all to receive food."
"Abide by the order!" Li Yixie hurried away.
Qin Huaidao came to a fortress and made a bonfire. Someone brought a wooden bench. Qin Huaidao nodded to express his gratitude. While roasting the fire, he spread out the map to study, and his face turned gloomy as frost.
Not long after, Li Dejian came over and put a clean sheep on the fire to roast it. He looked at Qin Huaidao, and was a little afraid to speak. He was baking it silently, and glanced at Qin Huaidao from time to time.
Qin Huaidao felt Li Dejian's abnormality and asked, "What do you think I'm doing?"
Li Dejian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you really attract the punishment of heaven?"
"You mean the avalanche just now?" Qin Huaidao asked back.
"Yes, avalanche is also a kind of punishment of heaven. Everyone is very curious and a little scared. They quietly discuss behind their backs that you are an envoy from the human world sent by the gods and are invincible. From watering into ice to building a city to sled boards, there are thirty consecutive crossbows, which are unheard of and unseen, and now they are attracted by heavenly punishment, which is simply incredible." Li Dejian couldn't help but say bluntly.
In the ignorant era, the theory of advocating ghosts and gods is hard to explain clearly that this is science, a technology, and everyone knows it. Qin Huaidao asked, "Isn't this good?"
Li Dejian quickly said, "Okay, my brothers are all wearing it privately, saying that the general is the messenger of the gods, and he will fight with the general and defeat everything. Since we came to Yingzhou, we have never been defeated at once, and we have won the most with less, and we have lost very little. Now our morale is high."
Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the morale was rising. This was a good thing. He pointed to the map and said, "After this battle, half of the army went south, and half of the remaining half were unknown. What do you think?"
"It should be distributed in many places like Liujiabao. Each place has different numbers of Tibetan troops, roads are blocked with heavy snow, and it is difficult to walk. Their activities are limited and they cannot escape for a while. It is better to find them one by one and kill them. What do the general think?" Li Dejian asked back.
"The problem now is that we don't know where the enemy is. It takes too much time to find each one. We can't be outside for too long. Be careful of being attacked in the back." Qin Huaidao said as he continued to study the map.
Li Dejian had no better way, so he was silent.
The bonfire was beating and crackling.
From time to time, there were screams of soldiers digging out good things and the rustling of snow shoveling out.
Soon, the mutton sizzled oil and exuded a refreshing fragrance.
Qin Huaidao ate something and rested on the wooden bench, and he felt uncomfortable sleeping.
In a daze, Qin Huaidao was woken up by a noise. When he got up, he saw that many people came outside, wearing thin clothes and trembling all over his body. Li Yixie stepped forward to greet him: "General, find a few people hiding in the cave. Women and children cannot come over and the road is difficult to walk."
All the young and strong people came, with about a thousand people looking around nervously.
To be continued...