Leaving the Xue family, Tang Letian went to the Qinglou again, Tang Letian naturally did not go to drink flower wine, but said goodbye to the old friend of Xue Feng in the Qinglou.

This is in line with Xue Feng's behavior.

Leaving some money for the old friend, Tang Lotian returned to the prince's mansion, found a place to live and slept for the night, and the next morning he met with Midwinter, and together they went to the border where the prince ordered them to go.

The snow has not melted, and the road is difficult, even if Tang Lotian is sitting on a dragon horse who is good at running, it is still difficult to trek in this heavy snow.

This makes the march very slow.

In the middle of winter, who originally said that he was going to the border in advance, his face became more and more ugly.

After all, the military order is like a mountain, and if he rushes to the border when the big war has already begun, it will be a sin for him.

And at this time, the middle of winter felt more and more difficult things, because he was not the only one who encountered such a problem, this heavy snow covered a very wide range, and the control of the whole of Kyoto from the outside world and the connection with the border became very weak.

Although there are high-level figures who go to the border in various ways, the number is limited after all, and the bravery of individuals is often not worth mentioning against the torrent of iron-blooded armies.

The more anxious he was, the more he looked at Xue Feng in the middle of winter, and Xue Feng at this time looked like a tourist who was enjoying the mountains and rivers.

"I said, Brother Xue, aren't you afraid that we will be punished if we go to the frontier late?"

Tang Letian shook his head and smiled: "Of course I'm not afraid, in fact, it's useless to be afraid, besides, it's not just our group of people who go to play, as long as they start from Jingshi, how many of them can arrive on time? ”

Midwinter didn't believe Tang Letian's words at all, and sneered: "What are you kidding? The law does not blame the public? Where have you heard of such nonsense? I only know that one person makes a mistake, and the whole family sits together." I can tell you, if we can't arrive in time, your parents and relatives in your family, one will be counted as one, and all of them will be buried with you. ”

Tang Lotian still didn't care, riding on the dragon horse, looking around with a smile.

Midwinter snorted heavily, and then ignored Tang Letian.

Tang Lotian was relaxed on the surface, but he was actually thinking about how to go further in his heart.

Even Tang Lotian was thinking about whether to change his body and stay in the imperial capital.

But after thinking about it for a while, Tang Letian gave up this idea, since the nine-sided chaos has begun, it is the time to establish military merits, even if Tang Letian wants to change his identity, he should also change to Midwinter, occupy his body, and make meritorious contributions.

This midwinter, Tang Lotian still did some investigations, his family background is first-class, he is the third son of Zhenguo Gong, and he is also a figure with a head and face in the entire imperial capital.

Zhen Guogong is a very shrewd fellow, he has six sons and three girls, two of these six sons follow the old emperor, two follow the crown prince, and two are neither left nor right, and never stand in line in the court.

The three daughters were married to the Fire Poison King, the King of Zhouchang, and the King of Zhenxi, who held heavy troops.

It can be said that the arrangement of Zhen Guogong's son and daughter is clear, no matter how the situation in the court changes, their Long family can advance and retreat freely.

On the one hand, they don't have the power of the Long family, and in addition, they don't have a strong family foundation, and playing this kind of balanced dispersion game is tantamount to sending themselves to other people's mouths. It can be said that this midwinter is a very suitable candidate for Tang Letian to replace.

However, Tang Lotian is not in a hurry to become a midwinter, the number is that this midwinter is already an existence in Tang Letian's palm, and when to harvest is all in Tang Letian's thoughts.

In the middle of winter, this trip brought 200 soldiers, of which more than 100 were iron-blooded elites who fought for many years.

These are Midwinter's personal children, they are all born to the Long family, and they can order and prohibit, even if the emperor's orders are not listened to, they only obey Midwinter's orders, these are the most relied on in Midwinter's trip.

In addition to these, there are two thousand soldiers, and these are the ones who really eat the imperial grain.

Midwinter's two lieutenants are the prince's people, and they are also the ones who eat the emperor's grain, even Midwinter's assistants monitor Midwinter's every move.

And Xue Feng's position in it is even more interesting, he is a strategist, his duty is to give advice to Midwinter, to put it bluntly, he walked out of the imperial capital, Midwinter became Xue Feng's main family, at least the nominal protagonist, Midwinter replaced the position of the prince.

But in fact, Xue Feng's position is very wonderful, he has the responsibility of monitoring Midwinter, and at the same time has to assist Midwinter, but the difference between him and the two lieutenants is that he does not have a single soldier in his hands, and he has no ability to protect himself at all, but he has to restrain Midwinter, which can be called an awkward position.

In other words, someone else must be a head or two at this time, and you must be careful of your own life at any time, after all, the existence of Midwinter is a martial artist, if you don't have a good relationship with him, you can find all kinds of reasons to deal with him in the frontier anytime and anywhere, and ensure that you can't even find a shredded meat, and the reason must be legitimate and sufficient.

Don't think that Midwinter is the prince's person, Xue Feng is also the prince's person, everyone is their own person, you are really at the border, you are you and I am me, you must not offend me, do not find my fault, the two of us are safe, if you offend me, I will definitely not let you live freely.

You think that the strategist is relatively safer than the warrior, and the risk that the warrior takes is in the battle array, and the risk that the strategist takes is sometimes in his own military camp.

Midwinter, Xue Feng and his entourage are at the border is a huge desert, where the sand dunes are undulating, like huge waves rushing into the sky, walking in these sand dunes is like walking in the mountains that can be moved.

There is a lot of wind and sand here, and sometimes a gust of wind blows, and a sand dune of tens of meters will move hundreds of meters.

For the warriors who had just emerged from the ice and snow, the heat was unbearable, and the sun was scraping back and forth like knives.

Fortunately, these soldiers are all strong and strong, otherwise they really can't withstand such a temperature difference.

The barracks were on the edge of the desert, and it looked dilapidated, and it was clear that it had been through a lot of fighting.

"Our speed is still a little slower after all, but the barracks are still there, and we still have a chance. ”

Midwinter let out a sigh of relief, unable to tell whether he was happy or frustrated.

Anyone can see that the barracks are on the verge of collapse, and there is no way to repair the wall outside the barracks.

With the arrival of the midwinter group, bursts of cheers came from the dead and silent barracks.

"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!"

The voices sounded weak, and despite all the excitement, their voices were still pale and weak.

Hearing such a shout, Midwinter's heart became heavier and heavier.

Tang Letian walked into the barracks and saw all the declining soldiers and defeated generals, and there were wounded soldiers everywhere.

However, these did not flee here for the time being, and still stuck to the position barracks, which shows that these soldiers still have a certain belief in fighting.

At the same time, it also proves that these soldiers are indeed elite soldiers, and if they were other rabble, the casualties would have fled long ago.

"General Long, all the soldiers of the Black Dragon Formation, there were originally 2,000 people, and at present, there are 848 people, including 203 lightly wounded, 53 seriously wounded, and 592 people who can still go into battle to kill the enemy, please check the general. ”

Hearing this number, all the fighters were silent, what kind of battle would cause such a large attrition, so many fighters were injured?

Midwinter said in a low voice: "You have worked hard, you can rest well during this time, and leave the rest to us, and when you recover, we will fight side by side." ”

The soldiers were all relieved when they heard this, they were afraid that the new general would be dissatisfied with them when he came, after all, so many soldiers had died.

"Tamar, come with me and talk about the current situation. ”

The general, who had knelt in front of Midwinter, immediately stood up and followed the solemn into the tent.

The tent had also leaked, and there were still a lot of blood stains and burnt marks in some places.

It is conceivable that this military camp was once broken through by the enemy, but the enemy was driven out by the soldiers of the Black Dragon Battalion.

"How many enemies do we have, and how strong are they?"

Midwinter had entered the tent and asked.

Tamar hurriedly responded: "Our enemy is the Fire and Earth Formation on the side of Shuimu, they were originally evenly matched with us, both of them were about 2,000 people, but seven days ago they arrived at reinforcements of about 3,000 people, gathered together with 5,000 people, and broke through our camp in one fell swoop. However, in this battle, we suffered huge losses, and many soldiers were wounded, but fortunately, a batch of pills were stored before, and the lives of some soldiers were saved. ”

Midwinter sat on a chair and nodded slightly, "Five thousand to two thousand, it's already rare for you to be able to hold the camp." ”

Tama's expression was slightly gloomy: "Later, they came to attack twice, and they were forced to retreat by our efforts, fortunately, the general came in time, otherwise, they are attacking the camp once, and we have to retreat, otherwise we will have to stay here and burn the jade." ”

Midwinter nodded slightly, but frowned.

One of the lieutenant generals in Midwinter muttered: "Even with the group of soldiers we brought, we can only make up the number of three thousand, and with three thousand against five thousand, we still don't have much chance of winning, at most we can only hold the camp." General, I'm afraid this camp can't hold it, so it's better to retreat for the time being and make another plot!"

The deputy general who opened his mouth was named Zheng Guang, with a handsome face and a sense of a scholar, but his figure was powerful and powerful, and he looked like a capable scholar and martial artist.

Another lieutenant named Xiong Hei was tall, with a dark complexion, a beard that was connected to his belly, and a pair of big eyes like copper bells, which made people chill.

Hearing this, Tamar immediately became a little anxious, his eyes turned red, and he roared in a low voice: "This camp was defended by the flesh and blood of thousands of soldiers, how can we retreat without a fight like this?"

Midwinter also felt that abandoning the camp like this would be too damaging to morale, and said: "Immediately send people to build a fence in the camp and dig a trench in front of the camp to resist the enemy's chariots and horses." ”

Zheng Guang only put forward his own suggestion, everything has to be decided in the middle of winter, and when he heard the order, he was about to nod his head to receive the order, and at this time, he spoke leisurely along the way: "General, don't be in a hurry to repair the wall, take down Tamar first!"