The night blizzard is the most violent, perhaps the god of the wind and snow remembered to forget, so he doubled the wind and snow into this year, the end of November is the coldest time, the wind and snow are raging wildly, it destroys, ravages everything on the ground, accumulates snowdrifts in the low-lying places, adds the last grass stalks from the mountain, gravel and dust swirl with the wind and snow, and even the Qilian Mountains are trembling and curling up in this rare snowstorm in a hundred years. Drunken Dew Academy

But about ten miles away from Wuwei County, a long group of black dots squirmed with difficulty in the blizzard, looking so small in the vast heaven and earth, but they were the only beings who dared to challenge the most violent blizzard.

The three thousand Xiliang troops have been marching in the snowstorm for two whole days, they cherish the war horses, they are not on the horses, the war horses are wrapped in thick blankets, snorting, snorting, snorting, snorting white air, following the master with difficulty.

During the two-day march, the lives of nearly 100 brothers were lost in the wind and snow, but they still used the most tenacious and tenacious perseverance to complete a march that would have been impossible for others.

Zhang Huan walked at the front of the team, his ** was exhausted, his feet were moving forward with difficulty and heavily, completely mechanical, numbing movement, this may be the most unforgettable march in his life, but he had no choice, before leaving, he only had three days of military rations left.

"Governor! Do you want to send scouts first? A general shouted as hard as he could in the snow, but the howling wind immediately drowned out his voice.

Zhang Huan waved his hand, signaling not to send scouts for the time being, everyone continued to move forward, at one watch, the team stopped less than five miles away from the southern camp of the Hexi Army, they found a leeward cliff, clinging to the rock wall and snow swallowed a little dry food, rested for a while, desperately rubbed their hands and feet that were almost frozen, and the two scouts poured a few large sips of wine. Gritted his teeth and rushed into the wind and snow again.

"Governor, take a few sips to warm up!"

He Lou Wuji walked up to Zhang Huan with difficulty with a small copper kettle, panted and handed it to him: "In our hometown, you must bring the strongest wine on a snowy night." Drunken Dew Academy"

Zhang Huan looked at this young general, who was only nineteen years old. Silently took the copper kettle, 'Goo!' I took two sips. The wine is very strong and spicy. But a warmth immediately ignited from Zhang Huan's chest and abdomen, and then the warmth rolled to his limbs.

"It feels so much better." Zhang Huan returned the copper kettle to him and smiled: "I remember that your grandfather also had such an experience back then!" ”

"yes!" He Lou Wuji also leaned against the rock wall, he took a sip of wine and said with some emotion: "When I was a child, my grandfather often told us that when he attacked Xiao Bolu with Gao Xianzhi, he crossed the Tanju Ridge, which was the most memorable march in his life. The gloomy clouds are bleak and condensed. It was their faith that triumphed over the Thousand Miles Glacier. In the end, he won the victory, but unfortunately his grandfather lost a leg during the Battle of Rus, and he never went to the battlefield again, which became the most painful memory for the rest of his life. ”

Zhang Huan patted him on the shoulder, "One day in the future, I will send you to Ross to fight again." Suppose you win. I will make you the King of Broken Leaves. ”

He Lou Wuji turned his head to look at Zhang Huan, his eyes flashing brightly.

He said firmly: "Good! If one day comes, I will go all the way to the west and take Damascus for you. ”

Zhang Huan smiled approvingly, "A journey of ten thousand miles begins with a single step, you take Wuwei County for me tonight!" ”

He Lou Wuji stared in the direction of the underground city in the distance, and he nodded solemnly.

Time passed slowly, the soldiers were anxiously waiting for the return of the scout, although rest can restore physical strength, but the already numb body began to clearly feel the pain of the cold, did not dare to make a fire, everyone desperately stomped their feet, striking each other, in order to drive away the thick sleep, on the other side of the rock wall, Zhang Huan and a dozen generals held the last mobilization before the battle.

"Everyone, we have no way out, the dry food on everyone's body is our last food, if we fail, we will be wiped out, and there is no possibility of even returning to Tianbao County, so we can only fight against the water, use the enemy's blood to measure the first step of our Xiliang army, and use the enemy's blood to write the glorious beginning of our Xiliang military history!"

Zhang Huan looked at the group of young generals in front of him, looked at their young and resolute faces, and their eyes were full of hope and fighting spirit, these generals were promoted by him personally from the captain and the team, although they were young, but they had experienced a hundred battles, and he went through hardships to this day, it can be described as a fellowship of adversity, like brothers, Zhang Huan suddenly had a feeling in his heart, and he could truly appreciate their loyalty in the worst and most difficult environment. Drunken Dew Academy

He took a deep breath and said: "Three hundred years ago, it was also in the Helong region, and Yu Wentai, who was only twenty-eight years old, was the same as us today, in the most violent wind and snow, he led his army to double the way and annihilate his first enemy, Hou Mo Chen Yue, in one fell swoop, laying the most solid foundation for him to finally establish the Northern Zhou Empire.

I am only twenty-three years old this year, and I am willing to follow Yuwentai's example and go down to Liangzhou County on a snowy night to take the first step in our conquest of the world. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan stood up proudly, his head raised slightly, and his eyes flashed with glittering light, "I can tell you the truth, I am the only bloodline of Prince Yu, one day in the future I will re-establish a new Tang Empire, sweep all the families, and re-establish the majesty of the Heavenly Khan, and you will all be the founding ministers of the establishment of the empire, you will become my sharpest sword, for me to fight in all directions, wipe out the Hui, step on the Tubo, I promise you, you will be the king in the future, but not in the Tang Dynasty, go to the west to establish your territory, Persia, Great Eclipse, Tianzhu, Byzantium and even Great Qin, these are all possible, and I hope that by that day, you can tell your children and grandchildren that your first step is to follow the Tian Khan of the Tang Empire out on a cold night when a snowstorm is raging,"

He jerked out his sword, stared at the generals and shouted, "How is it! Will you fight with me? ”

The blood of the generals boiled, and they were so excited that they drew their swords and shouted in a low voice: "I am willing to fight for the governor!" ”

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At the second watch, the army of 3,000 people re-entered the wind and snow, and quickly advanced to the southern camp of the Hexi army, and the scouts came to find the news, there were sentry posts on the north and west sides of the southern camp, but the guard tower on the east side was blown down by the blizzard, and it had not been repaired, and the outside vision was very blurred, until twenty steps away from the camp gate, the people at the door could see the situation, Zhang Huan divided the troops into two ways, he personally went to the camp, and He Lou Wuji led 500 people to pretend to be messengers to take the south gate of Wuwei County.

It's getting closer, and it's still eight hundred steps away from the barracks. The front is still a dim snow fog, nothing can be seen, to three hundred paces, Zhang Huan gently waved his hand back, ordered the soldiers to pause, he personally led fifty strong martial arts soldiers, quietly approached the east camp gate, when there were still fifty steps away from the camp gate, this finally saw the swarthy camp, the two lanterns faintly flashed a faint red light, and the west wind passed the intermittent conversation.

"Damn, it's really lucky, why is it your turn to be on duty tonight!"

"Alas! Luck is really bad, there were only five of the original fifty people on duty, but it's us, find a place to hide! Standing here is going to freeze to death. ”

Thirty steps, Zhang Huan finally saw the gate of the camp clearly, the gate was closed, and the three black shadows curled up behind the door, all of them seemed to be wrapped in futons, with hats, and their heads were buried deep in the futon, Zhang Huan suddenly found a problem, their bodies were too thick, and if they were shot, they might not be effective.

"Governor, I'm coming!" A bearded officer flashed behind him, that is, the captain Jiuhan who had a quarrel with He Lou Wuji during the gambling gathering, he was born in a martial arts family, twenty-seven years old this year, martial arts are very strong, sixteen o'clock murder and wandering the rivers and lakes, became a ranger, was captured by the government five years ago, sent to Fengxiang to join the army, Zhang Huan led the army to sneak attack back to the capital city, he was just a captain, because he killed the most enemies and was promoted to captain by Zhang Huan, Li Shuangyu was promoted to the general, he took over as Zhang Huan's personal guard commander.

Zhang Huan nodded, "Be ruthless, don't be merciful!" ”

"Don't worry!" With a wave of his hand, Jiu Han led the five brothers to rush towards the camp, they did not go to the main gate, but ran to the fence next to it, quickly climbed up, and jumped into the camp lightly, in a moment, the five of them touched the main gate, the three guards were already asleep, and without much effort, they killed them one by one in their sleep, and quickly dragged the corpses away.

Just when Jiu Han was about to open the gate, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and he saw a soldier running quickly to urinate under the fence, this was one of the five guards, he was looking at the five of them in surprise with slanted eyes, Jiu Han reacted very quickly, his face immediately sank, and he scolded: "You five people guarding the door, why are none of them gone, do you want to find death?" ”

The soldier was so frightened that he was a spirit, it was a big sin to sleep off the post, he pointed to the back of a camp tent in fear, and signaled that another person was there, Jiu Han gave a look to one of his subordinates next to him, and immediately two people copied it from behind, he slowly stepped forward, his eyes were fierce, and the soldier was so frightened that he 'pounced!' He fell to his knees and begged for mercy, "The villain will never dare again.

Before he could say anything, a knife was already pressed against his neck, and a cold voice sounded in his ears, "Let me ask you, is Lu Sigong in the camp?" ”

The soldier reacted immediately, he fell to the ground, looked at Sen Leng's knife and trembled with fear, and pleaded in a trembling voice: "Please.