The northern region is a land of ice and snow, and it has officially entered the time of extreme cold.

Su Lu passed down the military order, the ice and snow roads were difficult to travel, and the 100,000 troops were eaten in Rouran, and there was no need to immediately withdraw the army and return to Xuanfu.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, the troops were dispersed, changed their uniforms, and no longer wore iron armor.

Carry out winter training on a large scale to exterminate horse thieves and bandits in the territory of Zongheng Rouran, and return south in the spring of the next year, when the ice and snow melt.

All the herdsmen in Thule have surrendered, bandits have been swept away, and opposition has completely disappeared.

Su Lu is ready to return to Beijing immediately, this northern border is too cold, his internal breath cannot be used, and if he stays any longer, he will inevitably freeze to death here.

The land battle immediately prepared to return to Beijing, and on the second day, the Praetorian Guard battalion set off and returned south in a sled.

Su Lu almost wrapped himself in a dumpling, and he still felt cold.

After the team marched to Xiwuqi, set up a tent to rest, and the fire in the tent was burning, Su Lu felt that he had regained some consciousness.

Roasting the fire, Su Lu complained to Lu Zhan and said: "If you can't mobilize the internal breath, you are simply looking for death in this northern land." I don't know how the herdsmen of the northern land survived, their winter days are really miserable. ”

Lu Zhan was busy making the fire bigger, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Commander, I really let you say it right, the herdsmen in the north can survive all of them, otherwise they can't stand such ice and snow." ”

Su Lu was a little shocked when he heard this, these herdsmen actually had internal rest, and when he was about to ask Lu Zhan what kind of kung fu these herdsmen were doing, the sound of the guards reprimanding sounded outside the tent.

"Someone, stop."

"There are assassins, be on guard."

Lu Zhan drew his sword and stood at the door of the tent.

The old god of Su Lu continued to bake the fire in his presence, this cold and snowy land is not suitable for assassins to hide at all, and those who can send assassins at this time are afraid that their brains are not very bright.

"I'm not an assassin, I'm a herdsman, and I'm here to bring food to the prince."

The herdsman's voice drowned out the voices of the guards around him, and could be heard far away in the dark night.

Lu Zhan shook the knife and glanced at Su Lu in amazement.

If the prince of his own family wants to talk about military exploits, he is naturally invincible and invincible, but when it comes to loving the people, his own prince can't be counted, how can there be herdsmen to send food to the prince.

A janissary opened the curtain and came in, and the cold wind blew into the tent with snowflakes, and Su Lu, who was sitting next to the fire, shivered.

Lu Zhan hurriedly pulled up the tent and asked the guards, "What's the situation, it's not an assassin?" ”

The guard ran to the fire, lit the fire and said: "It's not an assassin, the tiger is clumsy, and he confessed his mistake, it was a few herdsmen, saying that the generals under the command of the prince saved their lives last time, and just now I saw our prince camping here, so I thought about coming over to send some food." ”

Lu Zhan's face was cold: "How do they know that it is the prince who is stationed, there is no traitor, and no one knows that we are protecting the prince." ”

The guards roasted the fire and felt much warmer on their bodies, so they smiled and said: "There is a herdsman who visited the prince with Yuan Zhang, the shopkeeper of the Xuanfu Dafeng, and the Luhe shopkeeper of the Beijing Herun, and he recognized the prince. ”

Lu Zhan nodded: "That's right, anyone who has seen the prince is not easy to admit mistakes, this ice and snow is dressed like a ball, and our prince is alone." ”

Su Lu waved his hand: "Identify the identity, let him in if there is no problem, let's take charge of this grassland in the future, these are our people." ”

Lu Zhan got up: "Second son, you accompany the prince, I'll go and screen it." ”

After about a cup of tea, the sound of talking sounded at the door of the tent, and Lu Zhan led a few herdsmen over.

Huzi took the lead in the camp with a few guards, set the table, and stood beside Su Lu.

Only then did the land battle lead the herdsmen into the tents.

The herdsman led by him had a dark face, and when he saw Su Lu, he didn't wait for Su Lu to speak, so he walked a few steps quickly and knelt in front of Su Lu.

"The herdsman Zharihe has seen the prince, the prince Jin'an, and the longevity and the sky."

Su Lu called Zari and told everyone to come and roast the fire.

"It's too cold this day, Zhari and you don't have to come here, you all have parents and children, and the whole family is counting on you to live, if something happens to you in the dark night, I can't explain it to your family."

Zharihe was moved to tears: "The grass people thank the prince for his concern, this is a hundred miles, Zharihe is used to walking, even if you close your eyes, you can know where there is a snow cave, where is a high slope, there will be no accident." ”

The herdsman next to him also smiled and said: "We accompany Zharihe, even if the bear is blind, he doesn't dare to come out to find us trouble, although the prince can rest assured." ”

"This is the beef and mutton and mare's milk wine brought by Zhari and them, Lord Wang, you can eat some."

Lu Zhan brought up the processed meat and wine, and several herdsmen looked at Su Lu with blank eyes.

Su Lu Xindao herdsmen are so hospitable, they don't say that they can't do it, so they picked up the beef and nibbled on it twice, and drank it all with mare's milk wine.

Well, the taste is average, and the beef is only salted, which tastes even more general.

Hey, why did Zari and a few herdsmen still look at themselves as they did just now, they didn't watch them eat because of their hospitality.

"You haven't eaten yet, so you might as well eat some together."

Su Lu politely sighed.

Zari nodded with a few herdsmen, and his saliva almost flowed.

"The prince is too polite, how embarrassing."

"We didn't have much food to eat, so how embarrassing."

In the midst of the gossiping voices, several herdsmen gathered around, and under the stunned eyes of several guards of Lu Zhanhuzi, they ate the mare's milk wine and beef and mutton cleanly.

Su Lu looked at a few herdsmen with unsatisfied faces, and suddenly understood, where is this Nima to send me food, this is the food that I am worried about Lao Tzu.

"Go, bring us our food, and let it be in large quantities."

Su Lu commanded.

Lu Zhan understood, turned around and went out, and after about half a cup of tea, he came in with a large pot of roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes and placed them among several people.

Zharihe took the lead, picked up a piece of roasted sweet potato, broke it into two pieces, and said excitedly to his companions:

"This is roasted sweet potato, the best and most delicious thing in the south, you can taste it."

As he spoke, Zharihe took a bite of the roasted sweet potato, and the look of satisfaction on his face was as if he had eaten something unspeakable.

The rest of the herdsmen started to eat sweet potatoes one after another, and their faces were also satisfied.

"It's delicious, it's delicious."

After a few herdsmen had finished eating most of the pots of potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes, Su Lu asked.

"Zharihe, do you still have enough food to eat now?"

Zharihe's face was pale: "Don't dare to hide it from the prince, we really don't have much to eat, if this white disaster continues for a few more days, and then slaughter cattle and sheep, we won't be able to live our lives in the coming year." ”

The herdsman next to him said: "At this time in previous years, there were Han merchants who brought grain, but this year, there were many wars, and those bastards of the vulture protrusion killed a lot of Han merchants, and the Han merchants did not dare to come." ”

Su Lu nodded, and instructed the landing war: "Write down this article, and when we return to Xuanfu, we will order the government to buy potatoes and sweet potatoes and transport them to the grassland." ”

"By the way, didn't Yuan Zhang of Dafeng be saved by us, the prophet will call him and ask him to organize a chamber of commerce, keep the price lower, and not let the people on the grassland not have enough to eat."

Su Lu commanded like this, and Zhari and several herdsmen were moved, and they all knelt down and kowtowed to Su Lu.

"Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, General Cao's urgent letter came from the west, and there was an abnormal movement in the Qin army in Liangzhou."