"That direction seems to be the wetland where the valley flows north into the grassland?" Li Tian stared at the back of the rapidly disappearing cavalry, and asked the scout brother beside him suspiciously.

"That's right!" The scout team was replying: "Thirty miles east of the river to the north, there is no end to the wetland, connected to the Bei'an realm, now it is snowing in the cold winter, and the small estimate is that the wetland must be frozen and hard, is it possible that these cavalry are going to the wetland?" ”

Hearing this, Li Tian only felt that there was a flash in his aura, which made him unable to grasp it: "You go back and tell the general!" There are 100 unidentified Xia soldiers rushing eastward, the details are unknown, let them immediately send people to follow my mark to support, remember to be fast, slow down and the heavy snow will cover the mark"

"Boss, it's too dangerous!" The team was in a hurry, but Li Tian had already turned out of the snow, he covered himself with a white deerskin, and whipped at the horse's buttocks, the war horse neighed, and the girl ran towards the river.

If it weren't for the people of Bei'an, this white scene would make people unconsciously suffer from snow blindness, and the consequences would be much more terrible than encountering wild wolves and livestock.

"General, the snow is heavy at this time, shall we rest for a while?"

In the wind and snow, the banners of the three armies of the Xiaowu Emperor danced with the snow, and the northward vanguard army danced with the banner, like a lone dragon marching in the vast snow, hearing the advice of his subordinates, the vanguard commander Wu Zheng pressed down the reins, raised his hand and dusted the snow slag on the helmet: "Continue to march, here in the wilderness, there is no shelter, how to rest?" ”

Huang Han, who joined the army, choked on the cold air, his face, which was already red and almost frozen, twitched slightly, and he wanted to say something more, but the eyes of Wu Zheng, who could be seen, directly swallowed the rest of the words into his stomach, and let the queen turn the horse's head and walk towards the back of the team.

In the rear column of the northward advance vanguard army, Lin Xiu's light cavalry battalion was slowly advancing in response to the wind and snow, and beside him, Zhao Yuan patted his horse and followed: "Ah Xiu, it can't go on like this, the wilderness of Bei'an is in the wilderness, there is nowhere to shelter from the wind, even if we can hold it, the horses can't hold it!" ”

Lin Xiu wiped the snow off his helmet and let out a hot breath: "How can I not know? But General Wu's orders do not stop, and we stop without authorization, which is a violation of military orders..."

"Ah Xiu, have you noticed that Wu Zheng seems to have changed, and the way he looks at us is not quite right..."

Zhao Yuan thought for a moment, and when he said this, Lin Xiu looked at Zhao Yuan with some doubts: "Brother Yuan, this..."

"Nothing... I'm just scared..."

As he was talking, the commander in front of him rushed along the military column, and the commander held the yellow marching flag and shouted: "The general has an order, speed up, and find an abandoned military fort twenty miles northwest for rest... The general has an order to speed up his advance, and an abandoned military fort is found twenty miles northwest for resting..."

Waiting for the soldiers to run away, Lin Xiu nodded to Bian Hong, and Bian Hong immediately ran to the back of the queue with several personal soldiers.

An hour later, more than 15,000 brothers of the northward vanguard army entered the abandoned Juntun Fort, which had been supplied to the border army and stored grain was dilapidated, and several granaries in the fort were empty.

"General, please see Lin Xiu, the captain of the light cavalry?" The soldiers whispered to Geng Liao, Geng Liao looked back sideways, Lin Xiuzheng was standing under the castle wall, Geng Liao's brows frowned slightly: "Let him go to the army tent and wait!" ”

The soldiers had to order the fort wall to be lowered: "Captain Lin, the general asked you to go to the army tent to wait, and the general will summon all the captains in a while to discuss the next military march?" ”

"The last general understands!" Lin Xiu didn't think twice and turned around.

In front of the unified army tent, Huang Han and several other captains were already waiting here, Lin Xiu approached and greeted one by one, after all, they were all from the original right army, and there was always some life and death between them.

Huang Han was very flustered at this time, Wu Zheng's inadvertent changes puzzled him, seeing that there was still some time, Huang Han came quietly beside Lin Xiu, made a small gesture, and walked to the back of the broken house not far away.

Lin Xiu thought for a while and followed. Turning the corner of the broken house, Huang Han took out the wine bag he was carrying, took a sip, and threw it to Lin Xiu: "Wu is your old boss, what do you think?" ”

"Joining the army, Lin Xiu doesn't know?"

Huang Han turned around and glanced at Lin Xiu: "Don't you feel it?" ”

"What?"

"Nothing!"

Huang Han's face changed gloomy, making Lin Xiu suspicious, without waiting for him to ask, Huang Han had already taken the wine bag, turned around and left, and after following out, Wu Zheng had already come to the commander tent, he saw Huang Han and Lin Xiu coming out of the corner of the broken house one after the other, his eyebrows were slightly touched, and he said in a deep voice: "The generals will enter the account!" ”

Sitting on the top, Wu Zheng looked around in front of him: "The Liaoyuan Army, the Dongzhou Army, are now stationed in the southwest of Liaoqiu, in the area of Ghost Howling Slope, from us, with the current situation, it will take at least three days, but the news of the annihilation of the second army of the Xiaowu Emperor reminds us that we must be as soon as possible, so it is urgent to cross the Lanhe Valley and join the Liaoyuan and Dongzhou soldiers!" ”

"General, the heavy snow is blocking the road, if you force the army and lose it before you fight, I'm afraid it is inevitable, just now there are dozens of people in our battalion who are seriously frostbitten, hundreds..."

"Huh?"

With a word of procrastination, the captain of the infantry battalion retracted his voice and returned to his position, and after a short silence, Wu Zheng turned to look at Lin Xiu: "Zhong Yi, what is the matter with you telling me just now?" ”

Lin Xiu hurriedly came out: "General, the Bei'an Institute is connected to the Lan River Valley, in the east of the Lan River Valley, there is a large wetland that extends from the grassland, the wetland was originally not feasible, but now the snow is falling in the cold winter, the final general estimate should have been frozen, if it is more than 1,000 people, it should be able to quickly pass through, enter the grassland from the wetland, and then pass through the Beishan Animal Road on the first line of the Lan River Valley and Liaoqiu, which can be directly interspersed into the middle of the Lan River Valley... Therefore, the last general was worried that the barbarians would take advantage of this unknown trail to detour and flee north, or send troops and horses from the shadows to attack the Liaoyuan army and Dongzhou soldiers stationed in the southwest of the Lan River Valley! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and Rao is Wuzheng also looked at Lin Xiu with shocked eyes: "Where did you learn about this?" ”

"It's... This is what my father heard from those horse officials when he went north to the grassland to trade, after all, sometimes the border army patrols strictly, and the traders will find another way in order to make a profit..."

Say me, Lin Xiu waited silently, what he was most worried about at the moment was that the barbarians would retreat openly and secretly, in case of an ambush attack on the Northern Army, these more than 10,000 brothers would be afraid to follow in the footsteps of the Second Army of the Martial Emperor!

Wu Zheng got up and paced, thought for a moment, and said, "Lin Xiu, which trail can only be traveled by more than a thousand people?" ”