Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Le Cheng didn't think this was a good time to fight.

In winter, especially in this snowy winter, it is really too cold.

This white hell.

Le Cheng looked behind him, five thousand elite Zhao soldiers were following his footsteps, advancing slowly in this narrow snow-covered valley.

At this moment, the north side of the valley where Le Cheng is located is Wuling, a branch of the Taihang Mountains at an altitude of more than 800 meters, and the south side is a cliff called "Luomajian" by the locals. It's dark and very permeating.

Walking on such a road in the season of ice and snow, the experience can be said to be very poor.

Looking at his subordinates behind him, Le Cheng couldn't help frowning slowly.

Many Zhao soldiers advanced with the support of their comrades in arms, and many fell to the ground as they walked, and then passed out.

The three days and three nights of rapid marching in ice and snow had already resulted in a considerable loss of combat personnel in the 5000-man army led by Le Cheng. Although there was no detailed number, it must have exceeded 500 men.

This also includes at least 37 Zhao soldiers who slipped and fell into the falling horse stream.

If it weren't for the fact that this army is the elite of Zhao State, all of them are considered strong in the upper body, and their endurance is far superior to that of ordinary soldiers, then the number of downsizing would have at least doubled, or even more.

Le Cheng let out a long breath, and the breath turned into a small white mist in front of him.

"The order goes on, everyone must not stay, and move on!"

As a general, Le Cheng knew very well in his heart that fighter opportunities never waited for anyone.

If they could not seize this opportunity, then Le Cheng and Zhao Guo would have to pay far more than 500 casualties.

People always die in wars, and if there are fewer deaths, it will be the best result.

At this moment, a scout appeared in front of Le Cheng, his cheeks were flushed from the cold, but he spoke with a somewhat uncontrollable excitement.

"General, about five miles ahead of the mountain pass is the Leather Prison City!"

Le Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that.

It's finally here.

Le Cheng thought for a while and asked. : "Will your reconnaissance operations be discovered by the people in the leather prison? Are there any Qin army sentries outside the city?"

If it is discovered in advance, it will be very troublesome.

The scout replied: "General, if it's snowing heavily today, there are only a few patrolling people on the top of the leather prison, why come out of the city to check?"

Le Cheng was finally relieved after hearing these words, and turned around and issued another military order.

"Pass down the order, everyone will rest on the spot, and continue to set off after half an hour to attack the leather prison!"

Two hours later, the leather prison city finally appeared in Le Cheng's sight.

The name "Pilao" is actually simplified from "Pilao Village".

The stronghold is also the military stronghold.

Therefore, the small city of Pilao was built from the beginning as a military fortress guarding the west exit of Baixing.

It is worth mentioning that the builder of this leather prison is none other than Zhao Guo after the division of the three families into the Jin Dynasty.

In 362 BC, the State of Wei defeated the coalition forces of Han and Zhao and seized Pilao City from the State of Zhao.

After another few decades, the Qin army occupied Hedong, and the leather prison became one of the front-line fortresses in Hedong County of Qin State.

It seems that because the Qin State has been in an offensive position for these years, this leather prison city actually looks like a small miniature city not much bigger than a village castle, and the city wall is not very tall. The icicles look quite eye-catching, reminding Le Cheng of the difficulty of attacking the city this season.

The south side of Pilao City is a narrow and long deep valley cliff, and the north side is the end of Wuling, which is over 800 meters above sea level. There is only an extremely narrow road in the middle, which is the Baixing among the Taihang Eight Xings.

From the geographical point of view, this is definitely a typical easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack type, where one man is in control and ten thousand men are not open.

Even though according to the information obtained, there are only a thousand or so defenders in the leather prison city, but as long as they are dealt with properly, the thousand Qin troops can stop ten times more Zhao troops for more than a week.

A week is enough for Qin's reinforcements to arrive.

Le Cheng snorted, turned his head and ordered: "Let the commandos come up!"

A moment later, dozens of soldiers wearing armor from the Qin army appeared in front of Le Cheng.

In fact, even Le Cheng himself was wearing the armor of a hundred generals of the Qin army.

Le Cheng issued another order: "The rest of the people wait here and attack the city after I give the order!"

After saying this, Le Cheng walked out from the corner in front of him, and walked towards the small leather prison in front of him without any haste.

Behind Le Cheng, dozens of Zhao Jun soldiers wearing Qin Army armor also followed in Le Cheng's footsteps.

The distance between Lecheng and Pilao City gradually shortened.

Seeing that the leather prison city was in front of him, suddenly hundreds of Qin soldiers appeared at the top of the city at the same time, bowing their bows and setting arrows, and the arrows pointed directly at Le Cheng's head and heart.

"Who is here?" Someone from the top of the city asked sharply.

Le Cheng had no doubts that if it wasn't for the armor of the Hundred Generals of the Qin Army on his body, the arrows would have shot him into a hedgehog long ago.

Le Cheng took a deep breath and said, "I am the patrol captain. I led my troops out of the city to patrol six days ago! Open the city gate quickly, I have an important military report!"

The Guanzhong accent is correct.

In fact, Le Cheng is proficient in the languages ​​of Qin, Zhao, and Yan.

The reason why it was said that it was six days ago was because Le Cheng knew very well in his heart that the current thousand-man team stationed in Pilao City had just switched defenses two days ago.

Another question came from the top of the city: "What is the military situation?"

Le Cheng looked at the direction of the sound and found a general of the Qin army.

Le Cheng deliberately showed an impatient expression on his face: "The military situation is a secret, and you can only tell it to two or five hundred masters, how can you tell it to you!"

The hundred generals of the Qin army on the top of the city cursed a few times, and then asked, "Do you have a token?"

Le Cheng took out a token from his pocket and threw it directly towards the top of the city.

This token was brought by the messenger Zhao Kuo sent back to report the letter. Le Cheng believed that Zhao Kuo, the son of an old friend, would not cheat himself.

The facts are as Le Cheng expected.

"Open the door!"

After a while, the city gate in front of Le Cheng slowly opened.