The army is mighty, the flags are fluttering, the gongs and drums are sounding, the armor is majestic, the iron horses are pushing through, and the earth is shaking. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The heavy horn pierced the sky, sounding sadly and majestically on the plateau, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty marched neatly and patted the team to advance to the north of the Qinghai Plateau.

Imperial relatives, princes and nobles, ministers of civil and military affairs, monks and Taoists, and opera artists are all in the procession, and many people do not know the hardships of the future, and they are sitting in the car, riding on horseback, enjoying the heroic scenery of the plateau, talking and laughing.

Luo Zhaoyun was a little more attentive, and sent Ning Wufei, Mei Changfeng, Chao Wei and others, bringing enough tents, quilts, thick clothes, etc., in addition, passing through some tribes along the way, they were also sending scouts to continue to buy.

Changsun Sheng relayed his advice to most of the generals and ministers, but some did not think so, while others felt prepared.

A few days later, the army approached the Qilian Mountain, towering and straight, majestic and mighty, endless, with no end in sight, many peaks seemed to be as high as the sky, constantly inserting into the sky.

There were no roads at all, only some canyons and riverbeds, and in the end, the team chose to pass through the Dadou Pull Valley, which Pei Shiju's vanguard troops passed.

This valley is more than 80 miles long from north to south, the road conditions are complicated, the narrow place can only accommodate one or two people, the horses can barely pass, but the chariot must not pass, must abandon the car on the way to make a horse, or sit in a sedan chair.

When they were outside the valley, Gao Xi, Su Wei and others discussed that this kind of canyon, Pei Shiju and others were lightly armed and fast, starting from dawn and before dark, they could drive out of it.

"As long as you speed up the march and get out of the valley before dark, it's not a big problem."

"Fortunately, there is no snow yet, but there is a distance in the mountain, and there is snow all year round, so you should be careful."

After the ministers discussed, they reported to Emperor Yang of Sui, and obtained permission, and the army rested outside the valley for a night, and the next morning, as soon as dawn, the army set out from camp and entered the Qilian Mountains.

Before leaving, Luo Zhaoyun came to Princess Ruyi's car and specially equipped her with a fur jacket, which was as white as a fur.

"This is only for winter?"

"Take it, the climate in the mountains is changeable, don't get caught in the cold." Luo Zhaoyun said with concern.

When Princess Ruyi heard this, she suddenly felt warm all over her body, and her heart was indescribably moved, her cheeks flushed, and she nodded: "Thank you, I will always take it with me." ”

Luo Zhaoyun smiled faintly and turned back to his jurisdictional team.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, into the valley, rugged walking, lined up in a serpentine formation, the further inside, the more rugged and difficult to walk, the cavalry armor had to lead the horses, only some ministers, can ride horses, the palace maids and eunuchs are physically exhausted, miserable.

Originally, it was planned to go out of the valley in one day, but the road was difficult and dangerous, and there were snow and ravines, and thorns, so that the royal relatives, harem ladies, and hundreds of thousands of troops came to walk, and only walked fifty miles, and it was dusk; I had no choice but to rest in the valley for one night.

In the Qilian Mountains, the weather is unpredictable, at night, there is no sunlight, the temperature plummets, a cold wind blows, and gradually rain again.

"Put all the tents up!"

The long queue suddenly became disordered, because many military camps had limited tents to prepare, and it was impossible to fit all of them.

The palace tent was only reserved for the royal relatives, concubines and princesses, palace maids and eunuchs, who could only consider themselves unlucky, and dozens of people were crammed into a tent, not to sleep, but to keep warm.

When the cold and rainy night came, the wind howled in the canyon, the rain soaked the armor of the soldiers, and the clothes of the civil officials and attendants, and the bonfires were all extinguished, and the temperature dropped by more than twenty degrees compared with the daytime.

Luo Zhaoyun's military camp has all set up tents, except for the guards who take turns on duty, the rest of the soldiers have tents to keep warm.

"Bring the extra quilts and tents and send some to the camps that are not prepared." Luo Zhaoyun looked at the black canyon, the trembling Great Sui soldiers, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"General, you kindly reminded those generals at the beginning, but many people didn't care about it at all, and now we still want to help them?" Ning Wufei said with some indignation.

"They are all soldiers of the Great Sui, Brother Paoze, how can they watch them being frozen to death because of some paranoia and opinions?"

When the generals heard this, their faces were ashamed, and General Luo's mind suddenly made these people admire it very much.

Ning Wufei and other generals began to bring quilts and tents, and sent some to those camps that had no preparations, and then sent some to some princes and ministers, although it was a drop in the bucket, but it could also help many people.

He even personally led people to the front palace station, and sent some tents to some palace maids and eunuchs, although these people are the lowest people, but they are also a life.

People who accumulate goodness and virtue, can accumulate praise and luck, and can always turn evil into good fortune are often people who are usually generous and benevolent, which is cause and effect.

In the second half of the night, the rain decreased, the temperature dropped sharply, and the canyon became sleet.

Princess Ruyi was lying in the tent, wearing a jacket, very warm, sometimes, she would stand at the door, feeling the cold wind outside, wind and rain, and felt a warmth and tenderness in her heart, because this dress was Luo Zhaoyun's care and love for her, wearing it was like hiding in his arms.

This night, many people soaked their robes, suffered from the wind and cold, and after surviving the night, they began to get sick with fever, and even many people froze to death.

Finally, when it was dawn, the officers and men of the three armies could not wait to set off and leave this harsh canyon.

On the road, there were dead and wounded, and many soldiers and attendants, with their eyes closed, stiffened, had turned into a cold corpse, everywhere, and it was unbearable to see.

At noon, the team came out of the valley from the north of the Qilian Mountains, and the adventure was over.

After marching another twenty miles, at dusk the army camped on the steppe and repaired, and when the number of people was counted, it was reduced by one-sixth, and they all died in the canyon, or died of disease on the way.

"Seventy or eighty thousand people, even freezing to death, with illness, just gone." Luo Zhaoyun stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at the canyon of Qilian Mountain, and felt that although there was a big gap compared to the "most of the soldiers froze to death" written in history, but seventy or eighty thousand people were not a small number.

At this time, the camp torches were bright, the bonfire was lit, faintly in the area of the king's tent, there was the sound of silk bamboo, qinse, bells and drums, Emperor Yang of Sui was enjoying the song and dance, maybe he didn't know that the army had killed or wounded seventy or eighty thousand people, or perhaps, even if he knew, he didn't care.

"This is the ancient kingship, which regarded the lives of the people and soldiers as if they were grass and mustard, is it worthy of my due diligence?" Luo Zhaoyun was a little dazed in his heart, and his thoughts were struggling. (To be continued.) )