As night fell, Su Lu's leading army finally arrived at Li Xiaoqin's camp, and his eyes were miserable.

In dozens of shacks, there were seven or eight hundred guards, all of whom were skinny and skinny, and Li Xiaoqin, the most robust, was almost twenty pounds thinner than the day he was looking for Su Lu's soldiers.

When Kou Cheng, who was the guide, saw Su Lu, he hugged his thighs and cried, like his father who had died.

As night fell, the tents had not yet been erected, but the guards had dug a large pit in the ground, large enough to hold thousands of people to sleep.

Although the pit was shallow, it also scared Li Xiaoqin enough, holding Su Lu's hand, with tears in his eyes:

"Have I already sentenced me to the camp, and will I be executed on the spot?"

Li Xiaoqin, who is almost forty years old, cried like a child, he was wronged, it wasn't that Xiaoqin didn't do his best, the mountain road was too difficult to walk.

Su Lu patted Li Xiaoqin on the shoulder: "What do you want, bury you and bury you with everyone's hard work to dig such a big pit to bury you." ”

Li Xiaoqin wiped his tears, understood, and immediately relieved, pulled Zhao Pu next to him and asked:

"How did you get here, by the way, your heavy armor and iron spears, why is this the only thing you have?"

Li Xiaoqin Balabala kept asking.

Su Lu ignored the two of them, commanded Su Ping and Li Kun, threw all the firewood he found into the pit, and divided it into dozens of large piles, not too close, otherwise it would affect everyone's eating.

The cauldron was set up, and the melted snow water was steaming hot for a while, and it didn't take long for it to start rolling and boiling.

Su Lu instructed Li Kun to lead people to pour all the spices and chili peppers prepared in advance into the pot.

"There must be enough in every pot, the weather is cold and wet, and if the brothers want to get through, they have to rely on these things to survive."

Su Lu instructed Li Kun, this is a life-saving thing, if everyone's body is not hot enough, they won't be able to survive tonight.

Soon, the smell of incense came from the boiling cauldron, mixed with the spicy smell of chili peppers, and a group of guards threw their jerky into the pot.

As soon as the soup is hot, after a few turns, it is picked up by the person who threw the jerky, and then it returns to his mouth.

Li Xiaoqin looked at Zhao Pulao jerky and ate: "Zhao joins the army, where is our jerky?" ”

Zhao Pu pointed to the mountain of bracken piled up on the ground next to him: "Su Dudu said, you eat that first." ”

A group of hungry monkey-like guards only dared to scold their mothers in their stomachs, but there was no way, there were many people on the other side, and they dared to scold for fear that they would not be beaten.

Li Xiaoqin looked constipated: "Zhao joins the army, Brother Zhao, I'll call you brother, can you eat this thing?" ”

After staying here for four or five days, Li Xiaoqin searched for everything he could eat, and he resolutely did not believe that this thing could be eaten.

Kou Cheng picked up the chopsticks, grabbed a chopstick and threw it into the pot, he didn't pay so much attention to it, when he was a child, his family was poor, and he could eat the leaves, and these bracken would definitely be able to eat it when it was cooked.

Su Dudu doesn't let everyone eat meat, there must be Su Dudu's idea, and people won't die if they eat vegetables.

"Delicious"

Kou Cheng took a bite of the bracken, said something vaguely, and then gathered the rest of the bracken together, picked it up with chopsticks, blew the hot air, and swallowed it.

In the entrance of the hot bracken, a warm current filled the cold body, and the spicy taste of the chili pepper rushed down the throat, and the warm current instantly warmed the whole body, and the cold seemed to be isolated from the body, and the whole person was ironed.

Kou Cheng closed his eyes, feeling like he was about to fly.

"It's delicious"

Kou Cheng burst into tears, since he was a child, he had eaten so many things, but he didn't expect bracken to be the best.

Infected by Kou Cheng, a group of people put bracken in the pot one after another, Li Xiaoqin's chopsticks were fast, and before he could react, he ran away from Zhao Pu's jerky.

"Bracken can be as good as jerky, I don't believe it."

Zhao Pu ran out of jerky, so he could only pick up a chopstick bracken, and after swallowing it, Zhao Pu also widened his eyes: "It's delicious." ”

Li Xiaoqin didn't believe it: "Fart, bracken can be as delicious as jerky." ”

"Hey, that's so fragrant."

Li Xiaoqin grabbed the bracken with Zhao Pu and said in admiration:

"The person who invented this way of eating is really a god, the unpalatable bracken is so hot, it has become a good thing that the delicacies of the mountains and seas can't compare, I have eaten all over the eight alleys in the capital, and I have never seen such a delicious food."

Zhao Pu scoffed: "It's as if you've really been to Bada Hutong." ”

Li Xiaoqin's eyes glared: "Lao Tzu is also the home of his relatives, and Xicheng Anyuan Bo's Mansion is Lao Tzu's home." ”

Zhao Pu suddenly admired and overflowed: "Disrespectful and disrespectful, the family of the ancestor Li Zhihuai, I know and know." ”

Li Xiaoqin was immediately deflated, threw chopsticks and scolded:

"Lao Tzu broke the turtle son's two legs sooner or later, and embarrassed Lao Tzu all day long. I said Lao Zhao, this way of eating can't be the one we all came up with, right? It's so fragrant. ”

Zhao Pu nodded, then took out his rice bowl and greeted everyone:

"Of course it's the governor's method, otherwise who would have come up with such a good method. Drinking soup and drinking soup, I can survive tonight, relying on a mouthful of soup. ”

Li Xiaoqin saw that everyone had bowls, but he was empty-handed, so he got up angrily and picked up the cauldron.

At night, Li Xiaoqin looked at the buried fire with a strange expression: "Dudu, if we sleep like this, won't we be frozen to death?" ”

Su Lu pointed to a pile of wool skins on the ground, and commanded: "This is yours, you are responsible for distributing it, wrap it up and sleep, Ming'er has to march, and the road is even more difficult to walk." ”

After saying that, Su Lu also wrapped himself in sheepskin and lay down on top of the buried fire, the heat below had already come up, and the soil began to heat up, and it was not a big problem for this warmth to persist overnight.

The next day, when Li Xiaoqin woke up, he moved his limbs, but he didn't feel frozen, and he suddenly became strange. In the past, dozens of brothers were huddled together, and their arms and legs were still cold, but now they are wrapped in a sheepskin, and they are so warm.

Kou Cheng, who had already woken up, touched the soil on the ground, and his face showed an expression of sudden realization: "General Li, this soil is warm, and the governor asked everyone to sleep on the fire, just because the soil is warm, so everyone will not freeze." ”

Li Xiaoqin grabbed a handful of loess, which was really warm, not colder than his own hands at all.

Looking at Su Lu, who was directing the guards to burn the snow and melt the water, Li Xiaoqin's face was full of shame. I was quite happy when I replaced Su Dudu to lead the army, but now I understand that I was really stupid at that time, and it must be a thousand difficulties for Su Dudu to refuse such a powerful figure.

Regret not being at the beginning!

After breakfast, the guards also packed up their salutes and set off.

"Throw away the iron pot, just keep the waist knife you carry, the front is the most difficult to turn over Wangliangling, after Wangliangling, we can really survive."

The shouts of Su Ping and Zhao Fatzi back and forth sounded in the team, reminding the guards to discard heavy objects and travel lightly.

Kou Cheng looked at the iron pot on the ground with a reluctant face, and asked Su Lu next to him:

"Governor, if we lose the iron pot, we won't be able to eat as delicious as last night."

Su Lu looked at the snow-covered Wangliang Ridge and let out a long breath:

"After Wangliangling, we can survive, this is what you said, when we arrive at Lintao Tunbao, where there are Tule people, there are dried meat for us to eat."

Kou Cheng was reluctant, turned his head several times to look at the iron pot, and was reprimanded by Su Lu, so he cheered up and climbed up the mountain.

Wangliang Ridge is very high, and the guards have made great efforts to finally climb to the top when the sun turns in the middle of the sky.

The guards rested in place, and Su Lu found a stone to sit down and rest, gnaw on the jerky, and ate a mouthful of snow.

Finally finished gnawing on the jerky, Su Ping's startled voice attracted Su Lu's attention.

"What a big river, this is leading to the sky!"

"That's the end of the river, it's snow or white clouds, it looks like white clouds."

"Kou Cheng Kou Cheng, how come there is still a city over there, a lot of houses, is there any family?"

In the distance, a large river rushes down from between the white clouds, and the white waves are surging.

Not far from the river, a city could be vaguely seen, but because of the distance, it was impossible to see if there was anyone else.

Kou Cheng finished gnawing on the jerky, didn't look up, searched for clean snow on the ground, grabbed a bite and stuffed it into his mouth, smacked his mouth and said:

"That is Liangzhou in Western Qin, far away from here, is the origin of the name of this ridge, and the river is called the Yellow River ......"

Kou Cheng told everyone the allusions here.

Su Lu looked into the distance and suddenly remembered a poem.

The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains.

Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate.