If you look down from the sky, on the snow-covered fields along the line of Phoenix City and Gongchangling, a huge blue-gray dragon is particularly eye-catching.

The field of vision is closer, but this long dragon is composed of a warrior wearing blue-gray cotton armor and carrying a weapon, and these warriors are eyebrow-free, because of the cold climate and covered with white frost, but no one complains, and there is a precipitated momentum between the marches.

However, from under the covered ice flowers, on the faces that occasionally appeared, there were tattoos that I didn't know what pattern they had tattooed, but they couldn't help but be terrifying and full of murderous intent.

Even the most savage Jurchens, who are not inferior to the wild, have now gradually changed their bad habits and no longer get tattoos in places where they can see, as a sign of their civilization progress. And now there are not a few soldiers with dark tattoos on their faces in this army, which is enough to prove that this army does not belong to the army of the Northeast.

It wasn't until he drew his eyes to the knights riding war horses in the Chinese army that the origin of this army was finally proven.

"This snow is really in the way!!"

The person who spoke was Ma Yao, the former patriarch of the Zhuluo Mountain Society, who was in his early forties and came to the Northeast for the first time to see such heavy snow, and the current Viscount of Zhuluo Mountain.

Earlier, after the people and horses and Zhuluo Mountain collectively returned to Hongmen, tribal leaders and leaders like Zhuluo Mountain Society and Yushan Clan, who were already the runners-up of Hongmen, were immediately placed in various posts in Hongmen in accordance with their abilities and requirements.

As a former patriarch, Ma Yao could have been at ease as his viscount and enjoyed a good life, or he could have been a small official in a government agency, but after his culture and ability were cultivated, he might not be able to climb to the top.

But Ma Yao, who has not liked to live a step-by-step life since he was a child, has become the patriarch of the Zhuluo Mountain Society over the years, and for the sake of these clansmen, he has very restrained his character. Now that he is finally unofficial and lightweight, Ma Yao also hopes to live by his own temperament.

He finally chose to join the Hongtang Military Department and become a soldier, in this regard, as Ma Yao's friend and boss, Li Tianyang agreed, and even opened a back door for him, so that he could study in the Armament Department of Bengang Academy while leading the army to familiarize himself with army life.

And this time, 40,000 indigenous warriors were once again dispatched to the north to support Wu Jie and them, plus the previous 100,000 soldiers, the entire indigenous tribe of Dayuan Island dispatched as many as 140,000 soldiers, and after the list of dead in the previous battle, this indigenous warrior also lost tens of thousands, if these tribesmen did not have the slightest doubt in their hearts, it was impossible.

Therefore, this time with Ma Yao, a representative of high prestige among the former patriarchs of the indigenous tribes, as the deputy commander of the army, he can use his prestige among the indigenous warriors, and can restrain the behavior of the indigenous soldiers, calm their morale, etc.; Second, through Ma Yao's experience, he was able to tell those who were worried about what happened on the battlefield and feared that Hongmen was deliberately consuming the strength of the indigenous warriors.

Of course, in addition to Ma Yao, there are also many former patriarchs of indigenous tribes who have chosen to be soldiers, and at the same time, many captains of indigenous tribe hunting teams have also become the middle and low-level backbones of Hongtang's army.

It's not that Hong Tang is reluctant to take out a higher official position to buy the hearts of the indigenous middle-level leaders, but it is true that when the indigenous tribes were not absorbed by the Hongmen, many of their leaders only had basic tactical cultivation, and they lacked too much in strategy to take on heavy responsibilities, so for the sake of these soldiers, Li Tianyang did not irresponsibly hand over the army to these leaders.

How to say, after these indigenous tribes returned to Hongmen, these indigenous warriors also became a part of Hongmen, and every time they sacrificed one more person, it was actually the loss of their entire Hongmen.

"Who's to say it isn't! In the past, in Dayuan Island, except for the highest peak of the Snow Mountain Range, we could see the snow on the top of the mountain from a distance, and the rest of the time we have never experienced the scene of being surrounded by heavy snow. ”

Bai Yushan had already experienced the scenery of the northern country when he was in the peasant army, and it was just a revisit at this time, but for the indigenous soldiers who had never seen this snowy weather, it was far more troublesome and difficult to march in this knee-deep snow than they were to march in the mountains and jungles.

Along the way, many indigenous warriors were infected with wind chill due to the cold, but fortunately, the doctors and doctors of Hongtang were well prepared with medicine and timely enough to prevent it, so these indigenous warriors did not lose much in non-combat.

As early as after receiving the exact news of the Yehe cavalry's troops, Baiyushan and the others began to land and move towards Anshan.

In the meantime, except for sending soldiers to report their march to Wu Jie, who was sitting in Phoenix City, even the rest of the Hongtang soldiers did not know about their arrival.

When they sent their troops to the northeast earlier, Bai Yushan and them found a big problem, that is, they paid great attention to a sortie time in their campaign plan, but in the case that the indigenous army had basically never seen heavy snow and had no experience of marching in ice and snow, it was extremely difficult to ensure that the timing of their troops was accurate.

For this reason, after learning that Ye Hebu raised troops to attack the rear of the Qing Dynasty, Bai Yushan corrected his plan, landed from Haishan in advance, and hurriedly marched towards the Anshan defense line with a large army.

Along the way, the army marched no more than twenty miles a day, and the physical exertion was extremely high, if it was according to the previous plan, I am afraid that they should travel at least thirty miles a day, and these gaps alone could make Bai Yushan lose the best opportunity to enter the field.

Fortunately, although these 40,000 indigenous warriors are still adapting to the local climate and environment, their extremely hard-working and hard-working spirit has not gradually begun to change as their lives have become better and better over the years.

"Let the brethren find a place to set up camp, and here we are today!"

Bai Yushan stood on the edge of the team, carefully watching everyone in the team slowly move forward step by step, both cold and tired, it really consumed a lot of physical strength, he couldn't help but start to say worriedly.

"Our soldiers are not so squeamish, I think it is right for us to travel two miles more while the sky is still bright."

Bai Yushan had to take into account the feelings of the indigenous warriors, but Ma Yao, who was born as an aborigine, didn't have to care about this, he was dissatisfied and wanted to refuse.

"Master Ma Yao doesn't need to be in such a hurry, we already set off a few days earlier than planned, and the delay in waiting for the sea at this time is within our budget. And you see, many soldiers are still weak, and from time to time there are coughs indicating that their condition is still not improving, so we will not go to the battlefield with a group of wounded diseases! ”

Bai Yushan laughed and explained Ma Yao and said.

"Well, just do as you command!"

Ma Yao thought for a moment, as the main general who has just entered the battlefield, he still has a lot to learn.

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