"Today, I came all the way, and I was separated. Seventeen of them were lost, and there were dozens of frostbite and frostbite. But they are all the strong soldiers we have carefully selected. Zhu Zhen, who was also full of ice particles, tried to shrink her neck and complained loudly.

"I'm really crazy, so I braved this snowy day to fight with you in Huazhou (now Huaxian County, Henan). There were 3,000 men and horses, and they folded more than 10% on the way. ”

"This is not bad, we will fight Songzhou with the Heavenly King (Xianzhi), and we can lie down hundreds of people in one night. Those who can't be called really can't get up. After drinking a bowl of hot soup in front of the fire, the pale and thin veteran Zhang Cun sighed:

"Anyway, this time we still have dry food, canned charcoal, and winter clothes, so we came over after being well prepared. Everywhere you go, there is hot soup and a fire baking. You don't see what the situation of the rebels and the people in the cities and towns on the road is, and no more complaints are unblessed. ”

"After all, the strict (real) supervision army sent by Chang'an has arrived in the southern city of Heyang; If we don't move it, our plans will be in vain. Now I can only grieve my brothers. ”

Zhu Laosan, who still looks like a simple and simple person with thick eyebrows and big eyes, also said with leniency:

"That Zhuge (Shuang) envoy finally got this news and the inside story, and it was quite difficult for people to be the soldiers and horses of Wei Bo's army in Weizhou. Let's just work a little harder on this road, and it will be better when we get to the place. ”

At this time, with the whining wind and snow blowing up, the thick cloth tent was blowing; A sergeant, whose whole body was dyed plain white, staggered in, and said in a stiff, trembling voice.

"I... It's back."

"It's really hard, sit down and rest, and take a hot sip to ease your body first."

Zhu Laosan hurriedly stepped forward and slapped the snowflakes on the other party's body, and then untied the fur-trimmed coat and draped it on the other party.

"It's not hard, it's just that the road is a little difficult to walk. He almost fell into the snow nest, and the two mounts also broke one of them, so they had to drop halfway. But I've finally found my way out.。。 ”

He Gui, a native of Puyang, Henan Province, but only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old student, was a little grateful to take over half a bowl before panting and continuing with a cigarette. "This time, I touched the outside of Nakuang County, and I walked around the city without anyone noticing; Instead, I ran into a lot of abandoned corpses that were frozen to death. I went to Pucheng Town, more than ten miles to the north, and although there were more flags on the wall, it was the same. Nowadays, there are no patrol posts in Siye, and even several tunnels, checkpoints and garrisons are vacant. ”

"In addition, the large and small rivers around the side are already very hard and frozen, and it is a white spot to knock it down with a pickaxe, and it is not a problem to walk through the carriage, and I used a slide (climbing plow) to drag over many of the distances."

"That's it. Passed on my order, let the first batch of soldiers who have made food and eat, look for materials on the spot to make more slippery seeds. When the second batch of food was finished, the excess tent blankets and quilts were taken out and the cattle and mounts were kept warm. Don't be a pity to feed enough grass cakes and beans, I'm afraid it will be useful."

Zhu Laosan stirred his thick brows when he heard this, and said happily.

"Ordered."

"Got it."

"I'll go."

Everyone hurriedly answered one after another.

He Gui also took two pieces of the hot cakes from the side of the stove, and dug out a large piece of stewed meat with white flowers and fat from the clay can, sandwiched it between two slices of cake, and added mixed batter, tea stalks, dried meat, salted vegetables, and vinegar paper, and devoured the hot soup full of flavor.

After a few hours, the group continued to brave the wind and snow and set out on their way again; In the misty vision, they could only rely on the poles on the snow-covered road in front of them to guide and identify the direction.

It's just that the sky is getting darker and darker, and the wind is blowing stronger and stronger, almost blowing the oblique battle flag, and the snow is still falling one after another, without the slightest intention of stopping. The clouds in the sky were getting lower and lower, as if they had broken through a hole and dumped all the snowflakes.

Even though the marching soldiers were wrapped in winter coats and wrapped in various fabrics, they still felt as if they were in an ice cellar, shivering like chaff from the cold. The armor and weapons on his body also became heavier and heavier as if they were filled with lead.

Some of the slightly weaker soldiers were about to be unbearable, and many of them felt that their legs were about to freeze, as if it was very difficult to lift them. They really wanted to stop and not leave, but when they thought about it, maybe as soon as they stopped, they might freeze to death, and instead of being frozen to death in the middle of the road, it was better to grit their teeth and stick to the boundary of Huazhou.

Maybe you can get some credit, and then have a sheltered place to rest and eat a steaming soup. In the midst of this reluctant spiritual expectation, they walked for an unknown amount of time, and after falling down and falling and injuring dozens of people, they finally received the order to stop again.

The blue-gray city walls of Kuangcheng, which were covered with frozen ice, stood impressively in the field of vision of most people who had become clear because the wind and snow had stopped a little. And on the top of the city, which was covered with thick snow, there was still a dead silence at this time, only the faint fire between the battlements of the city battlements was still indicating the existence of possible defenders.

Then several slippers were pushed over the narrow and frozen moats, and against the frost and snow of the wall, they were connected to form several long poles that protruded into the city; Then the rope with the hook is raised little by little, and finally it is embedded diagonally in the inner part of the castle wall.

However, there was still no movement on the top of the city, and even the sound of the rope ladder being pulled up was muffled by the whining cold wind; Then dozens of them took off their heavy and cumbersome cotton robes, and only fur jackets lined with iron armor were left in shape, and they climbed up the rope ladder with a swaying rope in a muffled manner.

Not long after, the torches that shook on the wall made Zhu Laosan's eyes back up.

"Most of these dogs in Weibo Town are scattered in people's homes, which makes people have to work hard to find out. It's the yamen that cleaned up quickly, but there was no decent seizure, and there was a town general guarding it. ”

After more than an hour, Zhu Zhen, who had condensed the blood on his clothes, was half lustful and half complaining about him:

"Leave the wounded and tired soldiers, and let's go to Pucheng again."

Zhu Laosan immediately decided.

After more than half of the night, Zhu Laosan, who had been concocted in the same way, was already standing on the top of the wall of Pucheng Town, which was higher than Kuangcheng; However, the fierce fighting, the screams, and the roars in this military city were already endless.

However, it is harmless and does not change the final result; Because in the gatehouse at his feet, he personally led his own soldiers to kill more than a dozen Wei Bo generals who resisted stubbornly, and the funny thing is that before breaking into the city, they were still drunk at the prostitute banquet.

But despite being drunk, they still lived up to the reputation of "Chang'an Heavenly Son, Wei Boya Soldiers", and in the cramped banquet room, they were able to stubbornly resist and kill and drive out the invading rebel soldiers many times with only the short soldiers they carried with them and the cases they subsequently caught.

It wasn't until Zhu Laosan led his own soldiers to resist it with swords and cards that he saw them squeezing into the wall and slashing and poking them to the ground one by one, and during this period, none of them begged or begged for mercy, but in the dying struggle, they cut through his well-protected Mingguang armor, leaving a wound on his arm.

"It's a big profit. It's full of good stuff. There are also many large animals. ”

Then Zhu Zhenxi shouted with a smile.

With the fluttering of the snowflakes, the doors of the warehouses that were scrambled to open were suddenly revealed under the light of the torches, among which were bags of wheat beans, bundles of cloth and quilts, baskets of new and old copper coins, green salt and wine in jars, and dried dried dried rice and wind wax...

In the last few slightly smaller warehouses, there are shelves full of weapons and disassembled bowstrings and arrows, and a collar and collar are neatly stacked with armor and stacks of helmets. Most of them are still brand new and shiny.

"Obediently, I'm afraid this Weibo dog didn't put the whole army here."

"There are even stables, which are full of fine Pingzhou horses."

"It's not going to work."

After inspecting these warehouses, Zhu Laosan poured cold water on them.

"This time we are different from the past, there are not many soldiers and horses that can be used, what we pay attention to is a fast fight, take advantage of its unpreparedness and quickly decide. So except for some guys and expensive things that can be used directly, these other burdens must not be brought, otherwise when Wei Bojun is shocked, it will be self-defeating. ”

"That's a pity, it's a shame that so much food, grass and materials are going to be blind. Even if it's distributed to the people nearby, it's good. ”

Zhu Zhen couldn't help but reluctantly retract her gaze, pursed her lips and said regretfully.

"This is a military city, and the farthest house is also more than ten miles away, who can run so far to get your food in the cold weather. It's a pity that these looted anointed blood.。。 Even if you don't need to transport it to the south, you can get a lot of good things."

Zhang Cunjing, who was on the side, shook his head and said.

"Stop, don't forget where your biggest hope and goal is right now, is it just to covet these promises?"

Zhu Laosan interrupted their thinking a little helplessly.

The next day, in front of the fireworks that rose after the sky turned white, a team full of loads meandered away, but they all changed into the robes and armor of Wei Bojun, and were armed to the teeth with swords, guns, halberds, bows, and crossbows.

"Next, let's make persistent efforts and go to the city."

Riding on the blue-gray high-headed horse that came from the transfer, Zhu Laosan said in high spirits.

"It's not too late for a small grain envoy to stop here, and there is a transshipment grain yard supervised by the festival judge."

- I'm the dividing line -

And in the steppe north of the Yinshan Mountains, in a large settlement where the Tatars spend the winter, there is also a snow-capped fire. The largest of them, brightly lit, was filled with the smell of wine, barbecue, grease, sweat, and even vomit.

Tribal chiefs, large and small, dressed in thick fur fur and felt coats, fur-brimmed or fur-pointed hats, and even crowned with tanned animal heads, gathered around the camels, whole sheep, and fat cattle on the grill in front of them, and feasted with undisguised loud shouts and angry shouts.

From time to time, wine bowls or stinky boot covers flew through the air, provoking bursts of shouting laughter. Others are playing with and caressing batches of fine silk or delicate utensils with their greasy and rough hands, making all sorts of squeaky sounds

And Chen Jingsi, who was the capital supervisor of the Beixing Battalion, was also looking at all this with a smile on his face, as if he was completely blind to the vulgar and rude actions in the banquet. It wasn't until the loud usher sang a name that the tent suddenly fell silent.

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