This King Zhou is not stupid

At the end of the court, Di Xin picked up the gossip communicator to talk to Huang Feihu, and he only said one sentence.

"Watch out for Frostfall."

Huang Feihu seemed to understand something. That night, there was a light rain scattered in the sky. The rain was so small that it didn't have any effect on the army.

But by the next day, the effects were starting to show.

There was a thin layer of ice on the ground, and the ice surface was flat and smooth. Huang Feihu didn't pay attention when he got out of the tent. He stepped on the ice and almost slipped and fell on the spot.

Fortunately, he had advanced lightness skills, he lightly supported the ground with one hand, quickly stabilized his figure and stood up again, so he didn't lose his composure.

"hiss--"

Huang Feihu gasped on the spot.

"The ground is so slippery, what should I do?"

When Di Xin saw it, he also covered his face. He guessed half right.

I thought it was going to be a frozen Qishan like Jiang Ziya, good guy, this trick of freezing the ground into ice is even worse! ! !

"Humph."

Shen Gongbao looked at Shang Ying's gaffe from the top of Qishan Mountain, and said with a sneer, "It's already cold at the time of frost, and if it gets colder, you won't be able to detect your flaws. I'll use Yuxu's ingenious method to make a little rain, and see how your army advances!"

Shen Gongbao's crazy idea is really useful, not to mention people, even horses can't stand on the ice. Once the horse falls, the limbs will spread and it will easily cause fractures.

And people are even worse, either lying forward or backward, falling to the face or spine, which is not a good thing.

Even trucks turned on the ground but did not move forward because of the slippery ground. There were no tires in this period, let alone snow chains.

In the entire camp, the only person who can move normally is Nezha.

He stepped on the Hot Wheels, flying in the air is the most comfortable.

"Father." Huang Tianjue came to Huang Feihu swaying left and right and asked, "The ground is so slippery, what should I do?"

"This rain must be deceitful! It is intended to block the way of my army, but unfortunately... this expedition did not bring monks, otherwise why would we be afraid of such an ice surface?!"

Huang Feihu glanced at Nezha, although Nezha was good at fire magic, but he couldn't just burn the whole camp down.

And wait until he melts the ice before hitting?It was dark then.

"Nezha! You should be the vanguard and go to the Xiqi camp to yell and scold. If Xiqi doesn't reply, you can check the camp from high altitude and come back to report!"

"Yes, Nezha takes orders!"

Rather than breaking the ice, Huang Feihu wanted to know how many people were in the Xiqi camp, he sighed secretly.

"I have been with the army for dozens of years, and have led troops for more than ten years. I have never seen such a method of repelling the enemy. I am careless!"

After a while, Nezha came back to report.

"Returning to the general, there are only about [-] people in the Xiqi camp, and they are also suffering from ice skating."

Nezha was laughing when he spoke.

Because when he was yelling and cursing at the gate of the Xiqi camp, a general almost slowly 'truded' on the ice, and finally fell back and fell to the ground, and it took a while to pull it up.

Even Nezha couldn't bear to beat him.

"what?"

Huang Feihu was taken aback by Nezha's report, because this phenomenon can be said to dispel his guess just now. There is no reason for the two armies to be affected by the plan.

Hey, this is where Shen Gongbao is so powerful. He disguised himself as a victim, so Yin Shang couldn't use conspiracy and tricks to say Xiqi.

One side has an army of [-], and the other has more than [-] people. Even an individual can see who suffers more.

"This... both sides are affected by the ice surface, there is no other way, so we have to hang up the exemption card for the time being and think about countermeasures."

On Chaoge's side, Di Xin stood up and asked, "How many troops are there in Chaoge camp?"

"Back to the king, there should be 10,000+ troops."

"Okay, pass on the order to let the Ministry of Land spawn a forest in the open space outside Chaoge City, and then call all the carpenters in Chaoge territory at a high price, and ask the soldiers stationed in Chaoge to help the carpenters build new chariots. If there are people who are willing to help , also hire jobs at double the price."

"Yes!"

The minister of the Ministry of Land immediately responded, and quickly summoned monks who are good at wood attributes. There is a gap between the trees that are born and the trees that grow normally. Generally, the lifespan is not long.

On the contrary, the trees that are warmed slowly with mana have better material, are easier to survive, and are more spiritual, but the growth rate is much slower than the spawned trees, and slightly faster than normal growth.

Ordinary land construction is done by warming it with manpower, planting and growing naturally, but when there is an urgent need for wood, it will also pull up the seedlings and encourage the growth of trees.

Chaoge City started a big mobilization, but no one complained.

If anyone complains, it must be the minister who manages the treasury of the Shang Dynasty, and the money is flowing into the people, even if it is not his money, it feels distressing to see it.

Chapter 240: Chariot, how can it be called a chariot if you can't fight it?

In the cities of the three major vassals, the people in the city also talked a lot after seeing the situation in the commercial camp.

"General Huang doesn't understand. If you encounter ice, you only need to tie some straw on your shoes to stand firm." An old man sighed.

"You said it lightly." A strong man next to him said: "The army is marching, where do you tell them to find straw, don't be harsh with your tongue."

"That's right, with an army of [-], it takes a certain amount of time to find straw, not to mention the tents and other things, and you can solve it with a single word." A woman next to her was holding a bamboo basket, and talking.

In ancient times, there were also some measures for anti-slip. The simplest is to tie straw on the shoes. The rough straw can form friction with the ice surface and stabilize the figure.

It is said that when the group of Journey to the West first crossed the frozen Tongtian River, it was Zhu Bajie who wrapped the four hooves of the white dragon horse in this way, so that the white dragon horse did not fall on the ice.

It's just that Huang Feihu's army couldn't find so many straws for a while, and even weeds were rarely found because of the frost.

And tying straws does not mean that you will not fall. If you run too fast or use too much force, you will still fall, which is not conducive to the march and battle of the army.

Di Xin also took this into consideration, and ordered people to buy all of Chaoge's shoes, and planned to let the soldiers work part-time as carpenters and part-time shoemakers to make simple spiked boots.

Due to the limited time, the simplest production method is adopted. Add a layer of wood and short nails on the bottom of the shoe, just make sure that the back of the nail will not be pressed against the center of the foot when stepping on the ground.

The chariots and spiked boots began to be produced in large quantities. Thirty new chariots and more than 1 pairs of spiked boots were produced on the same day.

Those spiked boots were first transported onto the flying boat and directly transported to Huang Feihu's camp.

On Huang Feihu's side, although the ground was slippery, by covering the ground with some tent cloth or tying some wood to the shoes, it was barely able to maintain the operation of the camp.

Otherwise, the soldiers would have nothing to eat, and they might complain.

"Hey, we have to find a way to solve the ice problem as soon as possible, otherwise the army will not be able to move forward, but the food and grass are always being consumed."

Huang Feihu was also very anxious because of his unfavorable start. The ice surface should have melted at noon, but perhaps because of the drop in temperature, it never melted.

This made Huang Feihu extremely embarrassed.

But he didn't feel embarrassed for long. In the evening, the flying boat arrived.

"General Huang." The next person who stepped out of the flying boat was the senior doctor Yang Ren.

"Master Yang, why are you here?"

"By the king's order, I will bring you some useful things. Come and move the things down."

Box after box of spiked boots was brought down, and Yang Ren showed Huang Feihu one of the spiked boots. Huang Feihu looked at the sole of the shoe and was very surprised.

"Is this a nail?"

"Yes, nails can be used to fix objects, but I really didn't expect that the king would combine nails and shoes. If you wear such boots, you can indeed stand on the ice."

"Your Majesty's wisdom is beyond our imagination." Yang Ren also photographed Di Xin's horse.

I can't do it without filming. The monks from the Ministry of Humanity are broadcasting live. These monks from the Ministry of Humanity will not participate in the war, so they did not assist the commercial operation to melt the ice, and they have the same status as the messenger.

"General Huang should hurry up and distribute these spiked boots."

"it is good!"

Huang Feihu immediately distributed the boots in an orderly manner, because there were only more than [-] pairs of spiked boots at the beginning, and they could not be directly supplied to everyone, and they were not suitable for rush marching after wearing spiked boots.

So Di Xin also sent someone who could change the situation of the battle.

Besides the spiked boots, some new-style chariots began to drive off from some flying boats. Although there were no horses to pull them, the soldiers who had seen the wagons had already had a certain concept of "chariots", and they were not too surprised that the chariots could move without the pull of horses.

What surprised them was the appearance of the new tank.

Both the front section and the rear end adopt a triangular collision design, and the two sides are armor plates with a certain slope, with spikes on them.

Not to mention the bottom, when the wooden and iron dual-structure track rolls, there is almost no slippage on the ice surface, but Dixin is a little dissatisfied.

It is too light. The total weight of this chariot is less than two thousand kilograms. Except for the axles, armor plates, rams, and spikes, everything else is made of wood. In modern society, it is not enough to build a tractor. How dare you cut corners like this.

"My lord, is this the new chariot?" The civil and military officials in Longde Hall were very surprised when they saw the new chariot.

"This design is really wonderful."

"What is this? The chariot that Gu wants to build is a chariot that is like a swimming dragon that can breathe out flames; or a chariot that can carry a huge crossbow on its shoulders and can pierce through caves; The power to face tigers and leopards can still be the enemy, this is the chariot that I think in my heart! The word chariot does not lie in the chariot, but in the battle!"

Di Xin's words made many ministers very emotional, and Huang Feihu, who was on the front line, could best understand the impact brought by the new chariot.

As early as more than a month ago, the design of the chariot had already been designed by the carpenter and handed over to Di Xin. Huang Feihu also had a look at it. Now that the real thing is being made, Huang Feihu just wants to say one word.

"mighty!"

It's right to be mighty, and Emperor Xin didn't make it if he wasn't mighty.

Huang Feihu also got on the chariot. The entrance of the chariot was not at the front or at the back, but on top of the chariot, like a box.

There are three holes in the front, rear, left, and right sides of the chariot, which can prevent Chang Ge from holding the pole, and the way to observe the outside world is to stand at the entrance above the chariot to command.

Huang Feihu thought about it, but the chariot did not move.

"General Huang, the interior of the chariot has been changed a bit. In order to prevent others from operating the chariot maliciously, you must hold this token in order to let the chariot move as you wish."

Yang Ren lay on the chariot, and handed Huang Feihu a metal token with the word "chariot" and serial number on it.

At this time, the chariot began to move with Huang Feihu's thoughts, no matter whether it was moving forward, backward or rotating on the spot, its flexibility was several levels higher than that of classical chariots.

"Good! It's also convenient to operate. Huang Feihu stood up inside the chariot. The interior of this chariot is very small. When Huang Feihu stood up, half of his body was exposed.

"Your Majesty's support is really timely. Tonight, I will lead people to use this chariot to take down the Xiqi Camp! Flying Leopard!"

"exist!"

"Find two hundred soldiers to drive chariots, and let the soldiers who are distributed to spike boots form their own army. We will surprise Qishan tonight and let them eat quickly. Don't delay the battle!"

"Yes!"

Huang Feibao immediately went to inform the surprise attacking soldiers to eat earlier. Although it is fine not to eat, it is better to have a meal as soon as possible, and Huang Feihu looked at the thirty new chariots, and already had an idea in his mind.

"Don't say that more than a thousand people from Xiqi are blocking it, even if thousands of beasts are galloping, I will use this new chariot to break a way today!"

Chapter 240 Three: The Comer Is a Known Leopard

That night, Shen Gongbao continued to come to Qishan to cast another spell to hinder the advance of the Yin Shang army.

But as soon as he arrived at Qishan, he found that the Yinshang camp was brightly lit. Not only that, but between the Yinshang camp and the Xiqi camp, there were fire lights passing by quickly. Although the speed was not as fast as horses, it was faster than people.

In the rear, there is a large army looming in the moonlight reflected on the ice.

"Oops!"

Shen Gongbao did not expect that the Yin and Shang army could still sneak under the condition of ice, the ice was so smooth that even a general would stumble if he was not careful.

When he took a closer look, it turned out that they were chariots made of iron and wood, and he sneered.

"A pile of coffins, it seems that the Yin Shang army is capable of this."

He could see that there were not many people dispatched by Yin Shang, at most 2000 people, and [-] people obstructed [-] people. It seemed that Xiqi was at a disadvantage, but don't forget that Xiqi's side was a defensive battle.

The defensive side will always have an advantage over the offensive side, and it is still a narrow pass, as long as the archers are ambushed on both sides of Qishan to block the pass.

But that was in the past, times have changed.

Xiqi soon discovered Yinshang's chariot team. As Wen Zhong said, even if the card for avoiding battle is high, a surprise attack is possible, but the success of the surprise attack depends on the vigilance of both parties.

They immediately stood on the wooden wall of the camp and shouted: "Surprise attack by the merchant army."

"The ground is so slippery, how did they get here?!"

"It's a truck! No, no, it's not a truck!"

A sharp-eyed Xiqi soldier saw clearly the appearance of the comer.

"It's bigger than a chariot! Be careful, they're coming!!!"