Chapter 1065

"It's snowing so hard today that it seems that there won't be any soldiers going to Yumen pass today." at the east gate of Wuwei City, a soldier guarding the gate looked at the boiling snowflakes outside the gate and couldn't help sighing.

Since the western expedition, a large number of soldiers and grain and grass have passed through Wuwei. The peaceful Wuwei City in the past has been broken, and the whole Wuwei has suddenly become very busy because of the western expedition.

Recently, the roads have been closed by heavy snow. There are no birds or animals in such heavy snow. Not to mention people, Wuwei City, which has been busy for many days, has finally recovered its tranquility.

"It's natural. I'm afraid such a heavy snow is rare in recent years. It's extremely difficult for horses to walk. In addition, the weather is so cold that even the iron man can't afford it!" the companion nodded. Everyone in Wuwei City hid in the house to keep out the cold in this ghost weather. If they hadn't had military affairs, they wouldn't suffer here.

"Fortunately, with an army coat, it's not as cold as in previous years." the doorman patted his army coat, which is the most popular army coat this year. It's extremely cold proof. With this treasure, the doorman's task this year will not be so difficult.

"Yes!" the companion wrapped his military coat, thought about the cold in previous years, and nodded with lingering fear.

It was getting dark, and it was going to be dark. The doorman looked at the snowflakes falling in the sky, frowned and said, "it's too late. It's impossible for any army to come. Let's close the city gate!"

The doorman turned back, but his companion did not move, staring straight at the end of the snow road.

"What's the matter?" the doorman said in surprise.

"There's a carriage coming!" the companion said in surprise.

The doorman suddenly turned back. At the end of the snow road, a sixteen horse drawn carriage came on the snow, and two snow dragons lined up behind him.

Soon, the sixteen carriage had run to the gate of Wuwei City, and then the second and third sixteen carriage with strange shape also came. I saw that in full view of the public, the originally difficult snow road had turned into a snow field only a few fingers thick, which was enough for people and horses to travel unimpeded.

"Amazing!"

"In this way, even if the snow is heavy, the army can still move forward as usual."

The doormen exclaimed.

Sure enough, behind the three carriages, an army covered with snow came on the snow. The strangest thing is that all the army wore strange hats, protected their heads, ears and most of their faces. No wonder they can march in such a snowy weather.

"I dare to ask, but general Su is escorting grain and grass!" the doorman looked at the huge sign in front of the carriage and asked respectfully.

Since the western expedition to Gaochang, Su dingfang's power has gradually spread on the Longhai line. His escort of grain and grass has never missed the time, and it is extremely fast, which has been recognized by everyone.

"The firearms supervisor led the army and asked Wuwei city to receive him." Xue Rengui came forward and said in a loud voice.

"Firearms warden!"

"Mojiazi!"

"It's Mo!" suddenly a bright voice came.

"Happy new year to mohou!"

The doorkeepers shouted and saluted. If someone is more famous than Su dingfang on the Longhai line, the Mohist school must be one of them.

The name of Mohist school is well known to all natural people, not to mention that the brick road under their feet was pioneered by mohou. It is said that Su dingfang's method of transporting grain benefited from mohou's guidance.

Today, they once again saw the magic of Mohism, and even attacked the snow with a chariot.

"Get up. You can do your duty in snowy weather. You can be regarded as a dutiful person." Merton nodded.

"Thank you for your appreciation." the guards were overjoyed. They were able to get the praise of the Mohist School and will certainly become their boasting capital in the future.

Wuwei city is an important town. Most of the soldiers in the past rest here. There has long been a camp to receive the soldiers coming and going. There are no more than a thousand firearms supervisors. Naturally, it can be easily resettled.

After the two gatekeepers verified that the waist card of the firearm supervisor was correct, only the soldiers led the firearm supervisor to camp.

Soon after the firearm supervisors left, the news of mojiazi's attack on the snow spread all over Wuwei city. Many people braved the snow to watch the brick road and saw the extremely flat snow path between the left and right snow ridges. They couldn't help but marvel.

It was a cold night with wind and snow. When it was bright the next day, the wind and snow finally stopped. The camp was covered with a thick layer of snow. Even the snow road opened with chariots yesterday has been completely covered.

"The snow has stopped!"

The whole firearm officers and men cheered one after another. The heavy snow stopped. They finally didn't have to go forward in the snow. Although they had mohou hats and gloves, which were enough to keep them out of the cold, they suffered a lot in the snow.

In the camp, Merton could not help showing a trace of joy when he heard the news that the wind and snow had stopped.

"The big event is bad, sacrificing wine Lord." Xue Rengui came in a hurry and said with a frozen face.

Merton frowned and asked, "what's the matter?"

"My Lord, although the wind and snow have stopped, the weather is colder. The snow on the official roads has frozen. The snow truck can't move." Xue Rengui said bitterly.

Merton's heart sank and said, "the snow is frozen."

"The humble position originally wanted to let the snowplow open the road first, but it didn't think of it, but it couldn't be pushed at all." Xue Rengui shook his head. Although the wind and snow yesterday was very heavy, the snow was very soft. The snowplow pulled by 16 horses opened the road smoothly.

Now the snow has frozen, even the snowplow pulled by 16 horses has little effect, and the speed is very slow.

When Merton came outside the military tent, a cold air rushed to his face, but he didn't care at all. He went directly to the brick road and reached out to touch the snow on the ground. As expected, it was no longer loose and needed a little force to disperse it.

This strength is naturally nothing to people. However, with so much snow on the official road superimposed a little, even sixteen horses soon exhausted their strength and couldn't go far at all.

"Wine worship Lord, why don't we set up camp in Wuwei city now and wait until the snow melts." Xue Rengui said helplessly.

Now the roads are closed by heavy snow, the weather is very cold, and the snow is frozen again. Even attacking the snow by car has become extremely difficult, which is not enough for the army to pass.

Merton pointed to the dirt road on both sides of the brick road and shook his head. "Absolutely not. Do you know that there are not many brick roads after Wuwei. Once the snow melts, the official road will become muddy and the March will be more severe than now."

Xue Rengui suddenly sank in his heart. He only thought that it was difficult to travel in heavy snow, but did not consider that the firearms prison would face a more severe test when the snow melted. Only half of the brick road from Lanzhou to Yumenguan was built. It was not long after Wuwei, and the brick road had been exhausted. The firearms prison had a lot of luggage, which was more difficult to walk on the muddy road.

"In this way, I'm afraid the firearms prison can't escape the crime of missing the deadline." Xue Rengui said seriously.

Merton suddenly stood up and said, "the firearms prison can't bear the crime of missing the deadline. There must be a way."

"I'm going to call the horses to rotate to open the way. Even if the snow is hard, the road will be opened." Xue Rengui said helplessly.

"No, since it's useless to attack snow with chariots, it's useless to open it forcibly. It's not far away." Merton shook his head.

"You can't go or not." Xue Rengui was as anxious as a hot pot ant.

At the moment, there was a sudden exclamation from the sixteen chariots that were opening the road in front. I saw that the originally thick snow had made the chariot no longer bear the heavy load, and the wood board was directly loose and damaged.

"Young master, the villain is incompetent, which disappoints the young master." Zhang Mu came to Merton with a broken board and said dejectedly.

Merton took the board and looked at the iron nails on it. Suddenly, his heart moved and said, "you can know why the iron nails can be easily nailed into the board."

"That's because the nails are sharp!" Zhang Mu replied.

Merton smiled and said, "yes, that's because the nails are very sharp. If we compare the snow to a board and our legs are nails, we can easily fall in, but what if so?"

Merton threw the board in his hand flat on the snow, then jumped and stepped on the board. Under the action of the board, even if he bore the weight of Merton's body, he only sank slightly, but he completely supported it and didn't sink any more.

"What's going on?" Xue Rengui didn't understand.

"This is the force studied by Mohists. The smaller the contact point between an object and other objects, the greater the pressure and easy to penetrate, while the larger the contact area, the smaller the pressure and difficult to penetrate," Merton explained.

Merton finished, but found silence. Looking back, he saw that everyone was confused. He immediately understood that he was casting pearls before swine. He couldn't help laughing: "this is the same reason why we want to sharpen our swords."

"Oh!" this time, all the firearm supervisors suddenly realized.

"I know that it's OK to chop bones with a freshly sharpened knife, but it's difficult to cut meat with a blunt knife." Xue Rengui looked very impressed.

Merton said reluctantly, "one truth is that this time the sudden cold weather makes the ice and snow solidify. Although it increases the hardness, it also increases the bearing capacity. We just need to change the wheels under the car into wide boards, so that the carriage won't fall into the snow."

Zhang Mu was stunned and said, "if the carriage has no wheels, how can it run?"

Xue Rengui immediately looked at Zhang Mu with disdainful eyes and said, "Zhang Mu, you really have an elm head. In winter, you haven't played on the ice in the river. It's very slippery. Pulling several people by one doesn't waste too much energy. Isn't this snow a thick layer of ice?"

Zhang Mu suddenly realized and said excitedly, "yes, we can also polish the bottom of the board, which is more smooth and labor-saving."

"You can also tilt up both ends of the board, but press the snow in front under the car to prevent ice and snow blocking in front."

Zhang muyue said that he was more and more excited and inspired.

"Great, let's have a horse sledge this time." Xue Rengui laughed loudly, but he didn't know what he said. He just got the name of the sledge right.

Other firearm officers and men were also proud for a while. They admired the sacrificial Lord in their hearts, as if nothing could defeat him in the world.