From Yukou Town to Huaishui, the straight-line distance is not far, and it is more than 30 miles away from the Huaishui estuary. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, when the instigator finally arrived at the south bank of Huaishui with his army, he found that there was only a thin layer of ice on the water, which was far from reaching the point of being able to pass people, so they had no choice but to go up the river, because there were a large number of pontoon bridges on the water near Chuzhou City.

"Dismount."

At this time, on the ground, the snow is already deep above the ankles, stepping on it and pulling it out, it is more time-consuming and laborious than usual, and the war horse is not much stronger, the cross-section of the horse's hooves is small, and it will sink deeper, and riding a horse is at most to save physical strength, but in this case, he watched his men marching hard in the snow, how could he sit on the horse?

It was not easy for these foot soldiers to starve, but still be able to clear the marching columns, one by one, with their heads bowed, and not even the weapons in their hands discarded. You know, they had not eaten a grain of rice since the day before, and they were all on the march all day and night, and whether they were hungry or thirsty, they could only grab snow from the ground and stuff it into their mouths, and chew it as if it were a delicious roast chicken.

Instigated to throw the reins in his hand to the soldiers, he tightened the leather robe on his body with both hands, and just took the first step, he felt difficult, compared to these foot soldiers, he at least had a bite to eat, and his physical strength was not a problem, and what about them...... Instigating Du looked at these figures whose movements had become very mechanical, and after a moment of stunnedness, he turned around and said something to the soldiers behind him.

"When the river is crossed, slaughter all the horses, and let the soldiers have a hot meal."

The sky gradually darkened, in addition to the "rustle" sound of falling snow and footsteps, there was only the sound of running water on the big river around him, which sounded from time to time, in his ears, the original turbulent water flow has slowed down a lot, the ice must be condensing, at most it will form a thick layer tomorrow, and this time, they will also arrive near Chuzhou City at the current speed, the place where they set off before, when the time comes, whether the ice can pass or not, it is no longer important.

In the dark, the temperature plummets, which will greatly accelerate the speed of the river freezing, but at the same time, it will also make the walking more uncomfortable.

At this moment, Liu Yu, who was following the Song army brigade in hot pursuit, was like this, he even regretted not staying in the town now, where there was at least a house that could shelter the wind and snow, and then a burning charcoal basin was raised, maybe go further, go directly back to the afterlife, and discuss the structure of the human body with his wife in a heated room......

In the eyes of Li Tingzhi, who was entangled on the side, it was the worry about the war situation, and he sometimes couldn't understand that even if the war ended now, these enemies could escape Huaishui, and they basically lost their combat effectiveness, and raising food, grass, and ordnance was not something that could be done in a short time, and it was a matter of months at every turn, Huaidong not only had a chance to breathe, but he could also use this to move westward to relieve the siege of Luzhou, and even threaten the empty cities that the Yuan people had occupied.

What's not to be satisfied with, you must know that the moon is full and the moon is lost, and the pursuit of perfection has never been done by well-educated people.

"Ziqing, your saliva is flowing out." Suddenly, he was in a good mood, turned his head sideways, and made a joke softly.

"Really?" Liu Yu subconsciously touched the corners of his mouth, there was nothing at all, and then he reacted, what he thought of just now was not good or not.

Looking at the other party's face of ridicule, he shook his head a little helplessly, the more serious the person who usually looks, the more unpredictable it is to tease people, how can he suddenly turn his mind around this person, Liu Yu's eyes looked ahead, in his eyes, countless fire dragons are walking along the river, not like the Yuan people with their heads stuffy, everyone is holding their heads high, holding torches in their hands, even if they talk about laughter, it is not taboo.

Why is this happening, Li Tingzhi was originally a little puzzled, in his opinion, where is this like a pursuit, it is simply a farewell, and I am afraid that the enemy will not know, there is more than one long fire dragon, and the army of nearly 90,000 is divided into dozens of units, advancing in unison, which is eye-catching in the dark night, and there is no need for spies at all, as long as the snow is a little smaller, it can be clearly seen from a few miles away.

"The dignified army, when the dignified array, the enemy is like a lost dog, send it out of the country, it is better to slaughter and cook it, don't you smell it, eat dog meat in winter, and the gods will not change it." I don't know what I remembered, Liu Yu was a little yearning.

Okay, let's eat, Li Tingzhi found that his joke was only afraid of being crooked, but from his words, he could still hear some side things, what it was, he didn't ask again. To be honest, how did this battle come to be, he is still in a trance, everything is planned, every step is like a rehearsal in advance, not only the Song people, but also the Yuan people.

The combat power of the Yuan people is still terrifying, and the five thousand foot soldiers are under the surprise attack of six times the superior force, which is enough to block him for more than an hour, far exceeding his expectations, and almost delaying the fighter.

Don't look at Zheng Tong's department can still fight back in the end, it is actually a last resort, you must know that after a hand-to-hand fight, their damage is not small, if you let the Yuan people rush in again, the momentum will leak down, but they can no longer be raised, fortunately, although they are a little late, they still arrived, so as to form the current catch-up trend.

However, he knew very well in his heart that he couldn't catch up with him like this, once Huaishui was frozen, the Yuan people would run faster than rabbits and follow them into the enemy territory? Li Tingzhi has never thought about it like this, and he is still a little unwilling to let go of so many enemies in vain.

Who would have thought that this first snow would come so coincidentally and so big!

I don't know how long it took, when the Yuanren brigade marching in the dark finally arrived at their starting place, located under the city of Chuzhou, in the big camp on the side of Huaishui, they found that the camp tent left behind had been demolished cleanly, if it weren't for some wooden stakes that were not covered by heavy snow underground, I was afraid that they would be missed directly.

"Hurry up and take someone to see if the water surface is frozen."

This sentence was not said to his own soldiers, but a Mongol who had been leading his horse, following him, drooping his head, and wanting to speak.

"I'll go." Shifting the thorn answered, he heard it coldly, and thought he was calling someone else, until everyone's eyes fell on him, then he suddenly raised his head, nodded twice, and then hurriedly walked away, and if he didn't leave, he didn't know what the big boss would ask, and how he would answer.

At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry army behind him was less than five hundred, only one percent of the initial number, from a military point of view, it can be regarded as most of them annihilated, only to be spared, why the marshal sent them to the river to investigate, there is no way to speculate, and still remember him, is the biggest good news.

It was pitch black all around, only snowflakes fluttering in the wind, and he wiped his face, and his stiff body felt something with the biting cold, and without a torch illuminating them, they couldn't see where the edge of the river bank was, so they could only walk forward step by step, cautiously leaning over.

Fifty thousand people is a huge number, especially when marching in the dark, he didn't have the energy to count how many people were left behind or died on the road, but the large moving shadows in front of him made him feel extremely proud, and this mood even overshadowed the pain caused by his son's whereabouts unknown, he didn't want to ask, but he didn't dare.

Baijia slave is a warrior promised by the Great Khan, and even a concubine is given by his own mouth, such a grace, even if the entire clan is wiped out here, it is difficult to repay it, not only does he not want to die, but he also does not want to hear the death of his son. Otherwise, under the madness, he may no longer be so rational, compared with his son's life, bring these 50,000 people back, even if he receives punishment in the end, he will admit it.

"Dashuai, the pontoon bridge has been found, everything is fine, it is frozen by the heavy snow, but it is doubly strong, hurry up." A soldier ran over excitedly and told him a piece of good news.

"Only one?" But he didn't show much joy, but asked worriedly.

A total of more than ten pontoon bridges have been erected on the Huai River, the middle distance is not too far, but it is not very close, it was originally for the supply of the army, naturally it can not all be piled together, and now such a dispersion has become a problem, which means that every time you find one, you have to disperse the people here, and once you can't catch up, let the Song army behind catch up, but it is a collapse, he has to think twice.

Flee back alone, leaving the army and his son to the Song people? It's a shame to even think about it, so it's better to die here.

"Dashuai, I'll continue to look for it, and I'll definitely find it out, so that everyone can cross over, you go first, okay?"

The soldiers begged bitterly, and some generals and colonels who followed him also joined the crowd of persuasion, but they were still unmoved, but they just called a Han army Wanhu and gave a few instructions.

"You rush to the bridge and let the nearest foot soldier pass first, just say that Ben Shuai said that anyone who dares to argue or rob will be killed on the spot." Then he looked at his own soldiers: "Drag the flag of the commander over and plant it here, if the flag does not move, the people will not move." ”

In the darkness of the night, the banner was inserted into the snow under their feet, and a steady stream of foot soldiers was still marching towards the camp, and no one had the leisure to take a second look, let alone notice that the snowflakes that were originally fluttering gradually became smaller, even the sound of the wind.