On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head.

Although the snow had stopped, the wind still howled across the wilderness, blowing up the snow on the ground and hitting the faces of many of the hurried soldiers, slowing them down again.

It's been half a month since they left Tokyo, but now Sun Tu and his team have just passed the realm of the Daimyo's Mansion, and they are still hundreds of miles away from the northern front. In the past half a month, this team only traveled twenty or thirty miles a day, and with all kinds of entertainment delays along the way, they only walked more than 300 miles in total, and this kind of marching speed really set a new record.

If the army marches in a hurry according to Sun Tu's wishes, even if the road is blocked by heavy snow and other external reasons, it will be possible to reach the vicinity of Yanmen Pass in half a month, and the front line will be reached in at least about 20 days. Judging from the current itinerary, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach the place at all in a month and a half, and by then, maybe the battle of Baigou River will have to be decided.

The reason why the pace is so slowed down is that the external reason is secondary, and the key is only that there is more Gao Yu and his party in the middle of the team. I don't know if he was trying to set up a score or if he had other plans, anyway, his team refused to speed up the march anyway, and the four-wheeled carriage he rode in the snow was not as flexible and fast as a single horse, and the entertainment along the way after revealing his identity turned this march to the north into an outing.

And what made Sun Tu frown even more was that when he went over to urge, Gao Yu replied with confidence: "If you are in a hurry to rush to the front line, you can take the first step, and the old man will come later." ”

Obviously, the other party is fighting the idea of separating them from Sun Tu, which is not only to guard against Sun Tuhui's disadvantage for them on the road, but also a means for Gao Yu to escape the upcoming big war. Although he really went to the front line with his identity, even if the Song army was defeated, he could be safe, but Gao Yu was still jealous and refused to take risks. For this reason, he even stayed in the daimyo's mansion for three days, went to banquets and socialized everywhere, and took the shelf to the fullest.

If Sun Tu hadn't finally turned his face and forced him to set off, I'm afraid they would still be hovering in the Daimyo's Mansion to this day.

The only good news is that after leaving the realm of the Daimyo's Mansion, there will be no decent cities for Gao Yu to stay again. However, the road will become more and more difficult to navigate, especially now that the road is congested with heavy snow and the location of the official road is somewhat unclear, and it will be more and more difficult to get on the road quickly.

At this time, thousands of men and horses trampled on the vast snowfield, all that could be heard was the whistling wind and the creaking of feet on the snow. After a few days in such a monotonous and unchanged environment, the fatigue of everyone will become more and more intense, and even the speed will be slowed down again.

A scout team that was exploring the way ahead had rushed back at this time, and when they saw Sun Tu, they reported: "General, I have seen that there are no villages and towns twenty miles away, and it seems that we can only sleep in the wild tonight." ”

Sun Tu nodded, raised his eyes to look at the dark sky again, and sighed, "This is also a helpless thing." The order went down, and after walking half an hour further, he found a leeward place and set up camp. ”

After leaving the Gyeonggi border, the prosperous scene left by the Great Song Dynasty has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and there are deserted villages and wild shops everywhere, and there is a depression. Especially in the past year, natural disasters have occurred frequently, causing many people in the north to flee from their hometowns, making the roads more and more deserted and less popular.

And when they got out of the boundary of the Daimyo Mansion in Beijing and got closer and closer to the border of the Liao-Song Dynasty, the road became more and more desolate, and I had not seen any decent villages and towns in the past two days. This made the thousands of forbidden troops who had been staying in Tokyo obviously feel uncomfortable, even if the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army had gone out of Beijing to quell the chaos before, they had not gone so far, and they did not have much concept of the world outside Gyeonggi.

Sun Tu had already known that this was the case, and he had seen a more desolate scene than here, so he was extremely calm and commanded properly, and arranged all the relevant orders in a few words. But just as the team continued to move forward, a horse from the rear caught up, it was a cronie in front of Gao Yu, and I saw him say loudly: "Yue Hou, the Taiwei has an order, the big guy has been tired of people and horses for a whole day, so let's camp here and rest." ”

"It's not dark yet, what are you doing in a hurry to rest?" Sun Tu frowned again. Today, he realized more and more that it was a mistake for him to insist on taking Gao Yu out of the capital, this guy and the three hundred people who protected him were really a big burden.

The cronie smiled and said, "Yue Hou, you are in your old age, and it is naturally no problem to be healthy." But the captain is old, and he can't bear the fatigue of running around. You don't want the captain to get sick because of this, do you? ”

Sun Tu looked back, his eyes a little cold. You must know that all this way Gao Yu had been sitting in his magnificent carriage, which was to be dragged by four horses, which was not only warm as spring, but also wide enough for him to stand without touching his head. A guy who sat comfortably in a car actually told himself and others on horseback and walking, and the person who was rushing against the wind said that it was hard, and it was also because he had this cheek.

But the hundreds of people who were dragging behind the team no longer waited for Sun Tu's order at this time, and directly found a place to set up camp. Obviously, they are determined to spend the night here, and it has nothing to do with them as for what Sun Tu and the Tiger Benjun think.

In fact, along the way, the gap between the two sides has become wider and wider, and it has almost become a situation of fire and water, and the whole team is clearly separated when it sets up camp. So even if Sun Tu continues to lead people forward, people will not follow, after all, only Sun Tu is in a hurry to go to the front, and he Gao Taiwei has time to delay.

Seeing this, Sun Tu could only sigh, and after sweeping the surrounding environment, he pointed to a small high slope not far away: "Let's also set up a village over there, get up early tomorrow and hurry to make up for today's share." ”

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army responded one after another, and soon set up camp two miles away from the camp on Gao Yu's side, and then some people set up tent barracks, and some people went around to pick up dead branches and other things, so that they could build a bonfire at that time. After repeated training, this previously weak forbidden army has been tempered.

As the main general, Sun Tu certainly didn't need to care about these trivial matters, he took the opportunity to open the sheepskin map and check the location of his house. From this point of view, his house is now located nearly eighty miles north of the Daimyo's Mansion, and it looks like it is not far from the border pass, and it can cross the Liao-Song border in two days, and then catch up with the north for ten days, and it should be able to reach the front line.

Of course, this means that everything goes well and the team can move at the pace they want. But the team behind it will inevitably make some kind of moth, and the speed will be slowed down a lot. This made Sun Tu's eyes unconsciously reveal a trace of murderous aura. He didn't really let him be a drag, but wanted to settle the grievances together.

Originally, this matter was planned to be done after leaving the border of the Great Song Dynasty, but now Sun Tu is already a little uncontrollable. Judging from the current environment, even if you do it here, there shouldn't be much of a problem. It's just that you have to lock everything around, and you can't let people escape!

Thinking of this, Sun Tu turned his head abruptly, and glanced at Gao Yu's camp not far away, did he choose to do it tonight?

At this moment, a soldier sent outside to collect firewood ran back with a solemn expression, and when he saw Sun Tu, he reported: "General, the little one found three sets of footprints on the hill two miles away, which is really a little strange......

"Huh?" When Sun Tu heard this, he hurriedly collected his thoughts and said, "Let's go, you take me to see, don't be mistaken, take the footprints left by the beast as human footprints." "Anyway, in the past few days, they haven't seen half of the other figures, in such a harsh climate, and on the wilderness, how can someone suddenly appear next to everyone?

But this statement was quickly rejected by Sun Tu. Sure enough, on the top of a small hill in the southwest, there were three lines of shallow footprints. If it weren't for the soldiers who came here to look for firewood, if the color is still a little bright today, I'm afraid this trace would have been covered up or ignored long ago.

This made Sun Tu's face become quite solemn: "It seems that someone nearby has been staring at us, but who is it?" ”

"It can't be some bandit who is king of the mountain, right?" Some subordinates put forward their opinions, but Sun Tu shook his head and denied: "This place is so desolate, except for us, there are no pedestrians, how can there be bandits to settle here?" What's more, if many of our officers and soldiers had crossed the border, if the bandits had already hidden far away, how could they risk following and observing? They must have had other purposes! ”

Saying that, Sun Tu half-squatted on the hill according to the traces in front of him, and then carefully observed the road below, and slowly, the corners of his mouth curled: "The angle here is just enough to take all the camps of Gao Yu and them into their eyes, but our camp over there is too far away from here, and it is difficult to see all the leopards." It seems that they are coming for Gao Yu! ”

"Huh?" Everyone was a little puzzled: "What is the reason for this?" ”

"It's hard to say why, but since it's not coming at us, we can just watch. Just guard their own camp, as for Gao Yu's side, it depends on their creation. Sun Tu immediately made a decision and said with a smile. Gao Yu has done all the bad things, and in the past, others in Tokyo couldn't find a chance to take revenge, but now in this wilderness, it is reasonable for someone with a grudge as deep as the sea to risk a sneak attack. I just don't know if these guys have the ability to do this.

If he could really get rid of Gao Yu by the hands of others, it would be a good thing for Sun Tu.

Everything depends on what the hell is going on tonight......