In winter, snow falls in most parts of the river, especially during the cold tide. In winter, the lower limit of snow cover is about 2,300 mm, and the snow depth is generally more than 3 inches. The higher you go, the deeper the snow becomes, and the snow on Jiufeng Mountain can even last for more than three months.

Under the orders of Commander-in-Chief Daniel Zhang, the Eighth and Tenth Infantry Corps camped on the spot, ate, roasted, and slept. The cold wind and cold of the night was not something that this makeshift camp could withstand, and most of the soldiers gathered around the fire, knocking back to back, taking turns to change the fire.

Daniel Zhang stood in the cold wind, his hands attached to his back, his face was slightly pale and he looked at the endless night sky, his 'lips' trembled slightly, "Ma Harrier, hold on......"

After Daniel Zhang transferred his troops to Chen Qi, Chen Qi did not slacken, and when the infantry troops camped on the spot to rest, he arranged for the sentry team to patrol around the camp, and personally led the reconnaissance horses to find the whereabouts of Wang Fuchen's subordinates, as sleepless as the cold night snow. He also specially arranged for some of the scouts to rush to the vicinity of Hekou Town, and it was bound to find him before Wang Ping's domain.

Heavy snowfall for several days, the smooth ground was covered with deep snow, and the rugged ground condensed into ice, which added great difficulty to the walking of Chen Qi and his party.

Looking at the dark night sky, Chen Qi only hoped to find Wang Fuchen's troops as soon as possible, and even if he met Wang Pingfan's troops, it was a hundred times better than 'confused' and confused thinking in this cold and dark night.

Chen Qi stretched out his hand and held it in the air, a scoop of snow 'flowers' fell on his hand, and he 'touched' his face and rubbed it back and forth, the ice was so clear and piercing that Chen Qi felt sleepy.

Ice water was still dripping down his cheeks, and he heard the sound of heavy stamping from not far away.

Chen Qi tilted his head to the side and said, "Go to the front and take a look, be careful." ”

Got Chen Qi's order, the horse galloped away, a no, the horse with the sound of the horse, after seeing Chen Qi, the person immediately dismounted and saluted, Chen Qi looked, it turned out to be the first to send out the horse.

"General Chen, you have made a great discovery."

"Is it the town army Zhonglang?" Chen Qi hurriedly asked.

Tanma lowered his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid not." ”

"Then tell me, what did you find?"

"In the direction of Hekou Town, fifty miles away from this, I found a cavalry arm, judging from my humble position, it was the cavalry of the Wangping Domain."

Chen Qi was taken aback, then calculated in his heart, and after thinking about it, he asked weakly: "How many troops are there?" ”

"I can't see clearly in the dark, judging by the sound of horses' hooves, there are no less than two thousand."

"Good! Keep up with you, I'll go back to camp as soon as possible! ”

The soldiers were very fast, Chen Qi saw that he was familiar with the news of the horse, and he didn't think about it, and immediately returned to the camp to report to the commander-in-chief. After Daniel Zhang got the news, without saying a word, he immediately ordered the whole army to set out of camp. More than 1,000 cavalry cobbled together with Chen Qi led the way, Yin Huaxing led 5,000 infantry to follow, and the rest of the troops followed behind.

Every once in a while, there would be scouts to report to Chen Qi the movements of Wang Pingfan's pursuers, and although they moved in their direction, Daniel Zhang's pursuit line actually formed a snake-shaped circle.

Yin Huaxing thought about it in his heart for a while, and ordered to camp on the spot with the infantry, eat, roast and sleep, and then take his own 5,000 infantry to the opposite direction, and send people to Daniel Zhang to pass on the improvised strategy.

Daniel Zhang knew Yin Huaxing's skills well, knew that he had his own plans, and did not interfere, and continued to 'press' towards Wang Pingfan's pursuers.

Wang Pingfan's pursuers did not know whether they knew that they had entered the enemy's line of sight or had other plans, and instead of going in a straight line but in a circle in an elliptical range, Daniel Zhang was deeply surprised, but there was still some distance from it, so he had to follow it.

Running quickly from the side to explore the horse, the horse stopped in front of the Daniel Zhang, dismounted and gasped sharply, and said, "Dashuai, hair ...... Found the town army lieutenant general. ”

Hearing this, Daniel Zhang was surprised and delighted, stared at the tanma, and asked urgently, "Where is it?" Say it! ”

"Less than twenty miles south of Wang Pingfan's pursuers, it seems that they have been discovered, and they are hiding back and forth."

Daniel Zhang's eyes widened, no wonder the Wang Ping clan was circling around this area, it turned out that they were also foraging. But the praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, and you are not so lucky.

Daniel Zhang stretched out his big hand under the black sky, in the midst of the heavy snow, and shouted: "Speed up!" ”

After discovering Wang Fuchen, Daniel Zhang seemed to have found the light of life, and Ma Harrier's department also moved forward quickly as if he had found hope, eager to fight a battle quickly, even if it was to warm his body.

When Wang Pingfan's pursuers found that they were being pursued, Daniel Zhang's troops were naturally only ten miles away from him, and in the panic, the general of the pursuing troops hurriedly drank his horses and went forward, and continued to pursue Wang Fuchen's troops.

Seeing that he was about to catch up with Wang Fuchen's troops, Tanma hurriedly reported back and reported Daniel Zhang's troops the truth. Although the general of the Wang Ping Domain is young and victorious, he is also a competitive person, but he knows that the difference in strength is mysterious, and there is no terrain advantage, and if he wants to fight, Wang Fuchen's department will counterattack from the side, and the situation will be difficult to reverse. After thinking for a while, he quickly made a decision to give up continuing to pursue Wang Fuchen's troops and withdraw to Zitong City.

Daniel Zhang was willing to let go of this wonderful opportunity and sent a horse to Wang Fuchen's department, and his army accelerated and pursued Wang Pingfan's pursuers. In the blink of an eye, Wang Pingfan's pursuers turned into deserters.

Both sides are cavalry, the speed difference is not big, the ruggedness of the ground has slowed down the speed of the soldiers and horses of the two armies as a whole, and the black pressed ground, in addition to the scoop-shaped heavy snow falling one after another, is the earth-shattering sound of riding horses.

The deserters of Wang Ping Fan found that Daniel Zhang's pursuit was still timely, and the distance maintained was enough for the army to escape to Zitong City and have the opportunity to return to the city one after another. And the 3,000 cavalry of Daniel Zhang's army will definitely not stay under the city, and the deserters of Wang Ping Fan will always 'show' a slight smile, if Daniel Zhang's army really dares to chase him to the city, he will definitely let him go and not return.

This smug thought still had a happy smile on his face, and suddenly there was a fierce shout in front of him, and then he saw that the black crowd had crowded in front of him for some time, and the shouts continued, echoing in the night sky.

Countless cavalrymen at the head pulled their horses back and stopped, instinctively waiting for the instructions of the general general, the general was young after all, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but panic, but when he wanted to stay for half a moment, the iron cavalry in the rear rushed in, it was even more difficult to deal with, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Arrange the formation, charge!" Step out of the way! ”

The general gave an order, and the 2,000 cavalry were immediately lined up in the shape of a long snake, and they were always surrounded by all the cavalry in the center, and in front of them was an arrow-shaped arrow. The speed is fast, and the movements are also agile, but unfortunately, before the arrow is formed, the soldiers found that in addition to the white 'colored' snow falling in the black sky, there seems to be another thing mixed with it. Some of the curious soldiers did not understand what it was, so they held their chests and allowed the heavenly things to fall on them, but when they understood, they had already planted their horses and fallen into the blood-stained snow, and their bodies were full of holes.

After a while, there was a shouting in the army. "The thieves let go of the cold arrows and pulled !! And the quick-fledge! ”

At the same time as the chaos here, an overwhelming roar sounded in the black and oppressive crowd. Daniel Zhang, who was pursuing from the rear, received the information that the front horse was probing the horse, and heard the roar from Yin Huaxing's infantry department, and could not help but greatly increase the morale of the whole army, and after a few words of encouragement, the whole army struggled to chase after the deserters of Wang Ping Fan at a faster speed.

The sound of horses' hooves, the roar, the howling of the wind...... The face of the general of the deserters of Wang Ping Fan was already pale and bloodless, and the originally dry lips had been bitten and bloody, so Le Ma went out first, and roared: "I don't want to be trampled into 'meat' mud by the horse's hooves, and I don't want to be 'shot' into 'meat' cakes by 'chaotic' guns, so I will give up my life and rush!" ”

Rush! Rush!

The general seemed to be very popular in the army, and at the sound of an order, the adjutant general and soldiers had no disagreement, and rushed behind him, and a large part of them quickly went around in front of the general to resist the 'chaotic' arrows for him.

Seeing Wang Pingfan breaking through, Yin Huaxing, who was standing on the rock, smiled 'Yin' and 'Yin', raised his hand in the air, looked coldly at the cavalry war horse that was rushing quickly, and counted down silently in his heart.

Three, two, one, the cold wind swept across Yin Huaxing's face, and his face suddenly became extremely harsh, and he waved down with one hand, shouting: "Attack!" ”

At the sound of an order, the 5,000 infantry rushed towards the deserters of the Wang Ping Clan with muskets in hand while expanding the column, and before the Wang Ping Clan could pry a small hole in the infantry formation, they were filled with dumplings by the infantry who were expanding the column at the same time and Daniel Zhang's troops who were chasing behind.

Under the black sky, a ghost cried wolf, and the falling snow 'flowers' were also splashed with a layer of blood.

Of the 2,000 cavalry of the Wang Ping Domain, almost less than 200 fled back.

After the end of the war, Wang Fuchen's remnants also rushed over, and after seeing Wang Fuchen, Daniel Zhang was overjoyed, and Ma Harrier, Ma Harrier hooked his shoulders and shouted, and his mouth was cordial. But he laughed and scolded his mother in his heart, and he was finally able to give King Han a 'handover' generation.

"Handsome! Capture the enemy general! While Daniel Zhang was laughing with Wang Fuchen, several soldiers came up with a prisoner.

The soldier pressed the captive's body and kicked him in the knee socket, shouting angrily: "Kneel! "My heart was very happy, and I thought that you were running around with this bird army, and Lao Tzu followed you around in a circle in the heavy snow.

However, this captive still has some ambition, and he gritted his teeth and didn't kneel.

Daniel Zhang waved his hand, and after the soldier let him go, he said, "Tell me, who are you and what official position?" ”

The captive glanced sideways at Daniel Zhang and tilted his head sideways.

"Presumptuous!" The soldier was stunned to see that the general was unhappy with the captive, and pressed him hard, then Chen Qi came over and said, "Dashuai, I know this person, he has a great background." ”

"Oh?" Hearing that there was a big coming, Daniel Zhang, Wang Fuchen, and Yin Huaxing all came over and asked suspiciously.

Chen Qi said again: "He is Wang Pingfan's nephew Wang Lizhi, who is Wang Pingfan's most trusted descendant in the army, and he has met on the battlefield before, but I really didn't expect to meet here." The loss of this unit must have been very painful for Wang Pingfan! ”

"Humph!" Wang Lizhi glared at Chen Qi and said nothing.

Although Wang Lizhi didn't say a word, Daniel Zhang didn't plan to let him say anything more, waved his hand to take him down, and then 'handed over' Chen Qi to send someone to guard him closely, and then looked at Wang Fuchen Yin Huaxing, and the three sons and old foxes all squinted, and the 'yin' and 'yin' laughed together.

Although the 8,000 remnants of Wang Fuchen were rescued, when he learned that Liu Zheng had been killed, and then thought of Niu Zhou and others, not only did the blood in his body roll, but he also hated and hurt.

In the camp, Daniel Zhang took a breath of cold air and asked, "Xihe, what do you think?" Through the battle just now, Daniel Zhang trusted Yin Huaxing even more.

Yin Huaxing glanced at the sky outside the tent, thought for a while, and said: "Since we have gathered, we should attack Zitong City immediately, after Wang Pingfan learned the news of the destruction of Wang Lizhi's army, after all, he will have some scruples in his heart, and at this time, we will attack with all our strength, and the impact on him will be very great." ”

Wang Fuchen also agreed with Yin Huaxing's opinion, Yu Gong and 'private' both wanted to go to Zitong as soon as possible to kill him, nodded and agreed: "What Xihe said is reasonable, we will attack now, and we will not give Wang Pingfan a chance to breathe!" ”

"That's not necessary, our army can rest for the night, and it's not too late to send troops after dawn, after a battle, the soldiers are also tired, and the brothers of the 12th Infantry Army probably want to sleep well, tonight is a good opportunity." Raise your 'spirits' and prepare for the big war! ”

Daniel Zhang nodded, feeling that what Yin Huaxing said was extremely right, so he did what he wanted.

In the royal mansion, Lin Feng happily slapped three times in a row on the case, laughing on his face but scolding in his mouth: "Fuck Daniel Zhang, I have to 'force' Lao Tzu!"

Zhou Peigong Li Guangdi smiled at each other, Lin Feng's language and the two of them had long been accustomed to it, but Li Fu, who was standing on the side, was a little uncomfortable.

After a pause, Lin Feng glanced at Li Fu, then looked at Zhou and Li, and said, "Li Fu and you have made it very clear about the matter of the Junggar Mission, you think about it and express your opinions." ”

Zhou Li and the two of them gathered together to look at each other for a small meeting, and Zhou Pei said fairly: "Jin Qing, you are thoughtful, you can say it!" ”

Li Guangdi tilted his head slightly, his eyes usually looked at Lin Feng, bowed and saluted, and said, "Jin Qing thinks this matter is ......."

As Yin Huaxing planned, at dawn the next day, the main force of the Eighth Army, the Tenth Army, and the Twelfth Army of the Infantry set out for the attack on Sichuan. After resting for the night, the soldiers' physical strength recovered a lot, and the temperature during the day was higher than that of the night, and the vision was clear, and the marching speed was greatly increased.

Yin Huaxing's judgment was indeed correct, Wang Pingfan learned that Daniel Zhang and Wang Fuchen had gathered and the whole army was 'advancing' towards Zitong, thinking that the encirclement and annihilation of Wang Fuchen's troops of the 12th Han Army Infantry had come to naught, so he decisively ordered to immediately abandon Zitong County and quickly withdraw to the front line of Mianzhu and Chengdu.

When Daniel Zhang's troops arrived at Zitong, the Wang Ping clan had disappeared without a trace, leaving only some cannons left due to the difficulty of marching. Not giving Wang Pingfan too many opportunities to organize defenses in Mianzhu, Daniel Zhang did not stop at Zitong, but directly followed and 'advanced' towards Mianzhu.

The sky was still full of snow, and the sky was pale, but in the eyes of the soldiers, the white snow was all red.