In mid-August, heavy snow falls.

In the north wind howling, Zhuojun finally entered the harsh winter season.

If it was a previous year, the snow would be all over the mountains, and the people would be sparse.

But in this winter of the seventh year of the Great Cause, the road will definitely not stop again.

In the early winter, the army gradually took shape, revealing the figure of such a large and bloated, continuous camp, and a banner that covered the sun, almost covering the entire Zhuo County.

This is like a great army that has never been seen since ancient times.

As a result, its appetite is also surprisingly large, and grain, grass and ordnance are constantly gathering in Zhuo County for the use of the army.

This winter, how many people froze to death on the way to Hebei, the Great Sui Government did not count later.

On the history books, there are only a few strokes, and they are also lightly bred.

Those many lives quietly disappeared into the snowstorm in the northland, and there were very few people who paid attention to it.

And Li Po, who was in the middle of the army, could clearly feel how cold it was this winter.

Not to mention those people, even the soldiers, it is very uncomfortable.

Briquettes are the most scarce thing, but they have almost become the preserve of dignitaries and generals, and the little people don't have to worry too much about it.

As a result, the mountains and forests of Hebei were seriously damaged, and large groups of soldiers were sent out to cut down trees, and the mountains became bald at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But Chai He is still in short supply......

The price of a load of firewood has gone towards consistent, two, and three times.

By the time September and October began, frostbite had become the main reason for the non-combat attrition of the Zhuojun army.

And these soldiers of the Sui army who have withdrawn from the army sequence one after another due to frostbite are actually very lucky, except for going through a rather difficult journey and returning to their hometown, they don't have to worry about anything else.

The rest of the people still have to go to Liaodong, which is a more bitter cold place, to appreciate what the winter is like there.

And these people who went back to their hometowns were the ones who ignited the spark of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Everything about Zhuo County, and what they saw and heard along the way, made the rumors spread like a plague from Zhuo County to further afield.

However, Li Po didn't care about it at this time, and he didn't have the slightest intention of being a bystander, because he was in the eye of the storm.

Soon after the heavy snow fell, the defenders of Mayi received an order from the military headquarters.

I have to say that the people of the Dou family are much more reliable than Li Bi.

The family has already set off to go back to Luoyang, but the order of the military department still came as promised, and the soldiers of Mayi were transferred to the Zuo Houwei Mansion, the supreme military commander, the military department Shangshu, and the left Houwei general Duan Wenzhen.

On Zuo Xiaowei's side, he didn't dare to let go of a fart, and after seeing the order, he immediately let people go.

It was Li Bi's cousin, who hurried over and gave Ma Yi a send-off.

But that's all, even if his father Li Yaowang came, it was impossible to change anything when the order came.

The military department is still in the book, a great god like Duan Wenzhen, the general of the left guard, except for a few people in the court, who dares to point fingers at him?

Li Bi didn't talk nonsense to her cousin at all, her relatives have become enemies, and it is estimated that she hates foreign enemies even more.

If they meet at the most chaotic time in Liaodong, maybe the two of them can only be the result of a sword and gun.

Li Po didn't care about the Li family's mess, he was just a little relieved.

I also decided in my heart that I must stay away from the people of Zuo Xiaowei's Mansion in the future, if I really can't dodge, I must hold the handle of the knife tightly, and I can't give them the slightest opportunity to take advantage of.

As for what Zuo Houwei's Mansion looks like, Li Po has no bottom in his heart.

The group followed the people from the military headquarters, passed through the camps, passed through the tents, and headed northeast.

This walk was a day and a half, halfway in a camp, barely made do for one night, and didn't even have time to make friends, so I went on the road again.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day, in the distance, that the walls of Zhuojun County were already faintly visible, and the group stopped, entered another empty camp, and settled down.

The snow had stopped at this time, but the temperature was also lower, and a group of people were choking on the cold.

The people who came from the military department, although they were dressed thickly, they also had cold faces, blue lips, and runny noses.

It's finally time to get there, and this one is also relieved.

However, he still squeezed out a smiling face, hugged his fist with Li Bi, and said: "General Li, temporarily settle one or two here, and there will be military orders after that, and the army will be signed everywhere. ”

"I still have to go back to my life, if the general is fine, I will leave."

The people from the military department walked very neatly, and they didn't even have time to stay warm and eat something hot, which shows that the military department at this time was already in a state of anxiety.

Fortunately, Li Bi didn't give Li Po a chance to complain this time.

Along the way, the questions have been asked very clearly.

Now the duty of the Zuo Houwei Mansion is to guard the emperor's side, and Duan Wenzhen, the general of the Zuo Houwei Mansion, has to follow the emperor at all times as a counselor.

Therefore, Zuo Houwei Mansion wanted to stay away, but it was not possible.

They were similar to the Yingyang Mansion, which was the previous Hussar Mansion, and they all became the emperor's guards to conquer Liaodong.

This time, it is much safer, and there is no longer any shadow of Hebei and Shandong people, and there are mostly Han people from Guanxi around them, and if you want to get closer to Zhuo County, you can still hear some Jiangnan accents, which is where the two Huai elite soldiers are stationed.

As for the famous Jiangnan Navy, they also came this time, and it is said that they followed the general to protect their children and were building warships in Donglai.

What's even more obvious is that when you arrive at this place, the treatment is immediately different.

The firewood in the camp is full of piles, and there are even some briquettes, and under the jurisdiction of Zuo Xiaowei's Mansion, it is called heaven and earth.

You know, Chai He or something, Zuo Xiaowei Mansion has not been supplied for a long time, if it weren't for Li Po being scared of the cold, he got some Chai He to reserve early, otherwise, maybe a few days ago, a group of people would have to squeeze together to keep warm.

Of course, this is very unfair, but I was still complaining about the injustice before, but now I found that the Ma Yi Sui army, who had taken a big advantage, all said that Lao Tzu liked this kind of unfairness.

After settling down, Li Po and Li Bi got together again, and this time, both of them showed relieved smiles on their faces.

Obviously, the Li family's Sanniang, who was a little enthusiastic before, has also clearly realized that the Sui army's conquest of Liaodong is really not a good thing for herself, or even for the Mayi Sui army.