Winter nights are always long and quick.

Outside Kyoto in the Ye Dynasty, in the camp of the commander of the Northern Expedition, Lu Jue, Li Siyuan, Xiao Han and others, as well as a group of generals, were frowning and thinking about the map.

"General Lu, now that the Yanmen Mountain that was lost on the side of King Jiangyuan has been recaptured, and now the remaining battle lines are almost all over the two territories of King Changwu and King Beichang, which spread for millions of miles, although there is no too tall mountain, but the weather is cold and frozen, and our soldiers are probably a little unbearable."

Li Siyuan was the first to speak, looking at the long map, which was full of various city fortresses, as well as the signs of ice and dangerous places.

Most of the Northern Expedition troops this time were from the old department of the King of Pingyi, as well as the sweet potato commander of the King of Huainan.

These people have lived in the south since childhood, and some of them have lived for most of their lives, and they may not have seen what the snow looks like.

When Lu Jue heard Li Siyuan's words, he didn't know in his heart that the biggest problem now was the habits of soldiers.

It seems that the army of millions of people in the Northern Expedition, although the number is large, but it is not the right time and place, and even the Tidi clan is more friendly than them.

"There are concerns, but now that the war is urgent, there is no time for the soldiers to adapt in advance, and in two months, after the day of heavenly punishment of the Tidi clan comes, I am afraid that these Tidi people will really rather die than exit the city."

After all, Xiao Han was born in Northern Xinjiang, and he had much more experience in thinking about many Tidi than many of the generals present.

Now there are still two months to go, and the sooner the punishment is imposed, the sooner the Tidi will be under pressure, and the Tidi, who can't see hope, will give up and retreat to the far north.

If the day of heavenly punishment comes, these Tidi warriors will really become a shipwreck, not to mention the current strength of the army, even if a group of grandmasters come to the city in person, I am afraid that the Tidi will not leave.

In the eyes of these Tidi, the horror of heavenly punishment comes from the depths of the soul, and nothing can be shaken.

Although Xiao Han's analysis is very reasonable, if it is placed in peacetime, the sooner the troops are sent, the better the situation will be.

But now the Tidi clan has long been ready not to look back, Lu Jue heard Xiao Han's words, and did not directly say his guess.

After all, the overnight capture of eleven cities in northern Xinjiang is obviously that the vassal kings of the border lands have reached some kind of consensus with the Tidi tribe.

"There is some truth in what the two of you said, now that Tidi is invading, no matter what, we can't delay it any longer, General Fandi, I don't know how the food and grass are prepared?"

Lu Jue nodded slightly, agreeing with what Li Siyuan and Xiao Han said, and then asked Fan Di, who was in the next hand.

Hearing Lu Jue's inquiry, a middle-aged general, with a calm expression, replied softly: "Don't worry, general, the first batch of grain and grass has been sent to the front line first, according to the general's orders, the Hanguguan generation has arranged heavy guards, I believe that before the army is pulled, the grain and grass camp of the front camp should be completed." ”

After Lu Jue heard Fan Di's words, he nodded with satisfaction, Fan Di was the first choice of the grain and grass officials recommended by Xiao Han, looking at Fan Di's steady face, as well as his efficient ability to do things, in the current armament where everything is in a hurry, there is finally one thing that can reassure him.

"Hangu Pass?"

When Xiao Han heard Fan Di's answer, he was puzzled, and turned to look at the map to confirm it again and again, and then asked.

"General Lu, Hangu Pass is located in the middle of the domain of King Beichang and King Changwu, shall we gather a large army and go directly to Hangu Pass?"

In Xiao Han's view, the fall of all the eleven cities in Northern Xinjiang meant that the first line of defense of the Ye Dynasty was gone, and the Tidi people occupied the city, but they drove straight into the center of the border.

"General, most of our soldiers are in the south, although the last general also hopes to arrive at the front line as soon as possible, but go directly to Hangu Pass, will it be too much..."

Xiao Han knew that Lu Jue had just taken office, so naturally he couldn't directly veto Lu Jue's words, which would affect his prestige in the future.

Lu Jue smiled slightly when he heard Xiao Han's doubts, and the other soldiers obviously had not been to the land of Northern Xinjiang, and they didn't know what the so-called Hangu Pass was like.

"General Xiao Han is worried, our soldiers can't stand the cold, please rest assured that the general will be able to endure the cold and cold in the north when you and I arrive at Hangu Pass."

Lu Jue deliberately sold a pass, and he naturally thought about the weather in the north, otherwise he would not directly let Fan Di, the grain and grass official, directly send someone to build it.

"Now I'm going to explain another reason, why we are going to Hanguguan."

Lu Jue's face instantly became solemn, and he quietly glanced at the many generals present, among these people, some were recommended by henchmen, and some were also recruited.

No one dared to be sure if there were undercover agents of King Beichang or King Changwu.

"From now on, everyone here, including I, Lu Jue, can't leave the commander's barracks without permission, until the eve of the promotion, it's not that Lu doesn't believe you, the so-called use of people is not suspicious, suspects don't need it, the Tidi clan can easily break through the eleven cities in Northern Xinjiang overnight this time, the reason, I think you have some guesses."

Lu Jue said word by word, although this ban was said abruptly and without any warning, everyone here agreed one after another, without the slightest abnormality.

Lu Jue nodded with satisfaction, at least for now, everyone is quite one-minded.

Although Lu Jue's words were not thorough, the meaning was already obvious, there were people among the King of Beichang and the King of Changwu who colluded with foreign races, after all, the other two were from the vassal kings, even if Lu Jue and the others really had doubts, in the absence of conclusive evidence, no one could speak out.

"Since everyone here has no opinion, then, General Xiao."

Lu Jue straightened up, the silver armor on his body flickered under the candlelight in the tent, and ordered with a serious expression.

"From now on, I will bother General Xiao's Shence battalion to inspect the gates, if anyone leaves the barracks without authorization, they will be dealt with directly in accordance with military law and decided!"

"The last general commands!"

Xiao Han replied, then turned around and went out to arrange the patrol and vigilance affairs of the Divine Weapons Battalion.

The incident of Lu Youxu back then made Xiao Han deeply understand that sometimes it is not necessarily the opponent on the battlefield who endangers his life, but often the most deadly danger behind it.

Watching Xiao Han walk out of the camp, Lu Jue continued: "The lineup of the Northern Expedition army has basically been prepared in the past few days, and when the matter of grain and grass is certain, our Northern Expedition army will go north directly from here." ”