"These ghostly guys, don't let me catch them, or I'll have to skin them alive!" Li Daozong jumped off his horse in a huff, threw off his helmet and scolded as he walked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hehe, the more angry you are, the more you fall into the trap of the other party, this Yi man is quite cunning, knowing that we are heavily guarded, he uses this method to lure us angry, and even let us take the initiative to attack, so as to expose the flaws, you must not be fooled!" Seeing Li Daozong's angry appearance, Tang Jian, who was sitting opposite Li Xiu, said with a smile.

It's getting late, Tang Jian just happened to come to Li Xiu here to eat today, as for Li Daozong, there is no need to say, he didn't even bother to find a reason, almost every night after setting up camp, he would come to Li Xiu here to eat, speaking of which he was hard enough, because when he was marching, he was responsible for leading the cavalry to parade outside, which can be said to be the first line of defense of the army.

"This Yi Nan is really bold, obviously he has no strength, but he still dares to provoke our Datang, do they really not know how to write dead words?" Li Xiu also said to himself at this time.

Last time, Yi Nan led Xue Yantuo's cavalry to test the reaction of the Tang Army, originally Li Xiu thought that the other party should not dare to come back after retreating, but he didn't expect that this Yi Nan did not give up, although the main army withdrew, but sent a lot of rangers to peep around Li Xiu and them, Li Daozong had caught a few, and at first interrogated them, and then they were directly tied to the rope and dragged to death by horses, but even so, Yi Nan still did not stop probing the situation of the Tang Army.

"This makes people's hearts insufficient, snakes swallow elephants, or villains are ambitious, and they don't know their own catties!" Tang Jian replied to Li Xiu with a smile at this time. At the same time, Li Daozong also sat down, and then picked up the teapot and poured it.

"The villain? This description is very appropriate, Xue Yantuo's strength was not strong, but later he defeated Jieli several times, and got the funding of our Datang, which made the strength soar, and now the Turks have been destroyed, Xue Yantuo has faintly become the number one force on the grassland, it seems that Yi Nan's ambition has also soared, and even wants to leave our army behind, so that he can dominate the grassland more smoothly! When Li Xiu heard Tang Jian's description, he also showed a sudden expression at the moment.

"That's the case, but in my opinion, although Yi Nan has ambition and a certain strength, he is too composed, if it were him, he would definitely not tear his face with our Datang now, but he would have to behave more deferentially, avoid the suppression of Datang, and then secretly make efforts to unify the grassland, and wait until his strength is really strong, he is qualified to call Datang, but his current actions are too anxious, and he doesn't even have this patience, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve great things in the future!" Li Daozong finally drank the tea in one gulp at this time, and then also expressed his opinion.

"Haha, it seems that King Ren Cheng has seen things very thoroughly, since this is the case, then there is no need to be angry because of Xue Yantuo's small actions, and when our army withdraws, there is a way to rectify this Yi man!" When Tang Jian heard Li Daozong's words, he couldn't help laughing and said, don't look at Li Daozong's youth, but he can be valued by Li Shimin, and his own talent is not comparable to ordinary people.

"I understand the reason, but because of the appearance of these rangers, the speed of our army has slowed down significantly, and God doesn't seem to be able to get along with us, every day is gloomy, in case there is really a heavy snowfall, I'm afraid we will have to be blocked on the grassland!" Li Daozong frowned again at this time.

Hearing Li Daozong's words, Li Xiu and Tang Jian also frowned together, indeed, slowing down the marching speed was the biggest impact on them, because there were Xue Yantuo's rangers around, and Yi Nan's army was also likely to be around, which made Li Jing not dare to rush at full speed, always guarding against the sneak attack of Xue Yantuo's army, and the speed slowed down suddenly, for example, according to the original plan, they should not be far from Dingxiang now, but in fact, there are still three or four days away.

"That's a problem, I suspect that Yi Nan is probably trying to slow down our march, and when it snows heavily, it will be even more difficult for us to withdraw from the grassland!" Li Xiu took a long time before he slowly exhaled a breath and said.

"Don't worry too much, anyway, we only have three or four days left to stay in Dingxiang, as long as we survive these few more days, when we get to Dingxiang, he won't dare to chase after him even if he borrows a few more dares." Tang Jian turned his head to look at the sky outside the tent at this time, but when he said these words, he himself had no confidence.

That night, when Li Xiu was sleeping, he was suddenly woken up by the howling wind outside, speaking of the wind from the grassland, the wind on the grassland has hardly stopped, but the wind in this night is extraordinarily strong, whenever the wind blows, there is a long whistling sound, and the tent is also blown "hulala" straight sound, which makes people worry about whether the tent will be swept away.

The strong wind lasted for half the night, and when Li Xiu woke up the next morning, he found that the sky was even more cloudy outside, there was no light in the morning, and the sky was overcast, and it seemed that it could snow at any time, and it was absolutely impossible to be light snow, which also made the army very anxious, and hurriedly accelerated the speed, hoping to leave the grassland before the snow.

However, the sky on the grassland did not seem to give Tang Jun much face, and in the afternoon, the snow finally fell in the sky, and at first it was possible to barely move forward, but then the snow was too big, and there was a strong wind, and the cold snowflakes were pumped on the face by the wind, it was cold and painful, and the horses couldn't even open their eyes.

In the face of this situation, Li Jing had to order to set up camp, although Li Xiu was on the plow, but also felt that it was difficult to move forward, and finally when he received the news of camping, he was relieved, and then the surrounding guards immediately began to set up tents, but because the wind was too strong, the tents were difficult to set up, and even the tents were directly blown away by the strong wind, and finally Li Xiu saw that there was a shortage of manpower, so he simply came down to set up a tent with the guards, and finally was busy until dark, which reluctantly set up the camp tent.

"Hurry up and have a cup of tea to warm up!" Yuechan also helped boil a large pot of water at this time, and added tea to it, and sent tea to Li Xiu and the guards one by one.

When Li Xiu returned to his tent, Yuechan changed him into a snow suit that was soaked inside and frozen on the outside, and then boiled a pot of lean porridge, Li Daozong didn't come today, and it was estimated that he was busy placing his brothers, and Li Xiu was also hungry, and drank most of the pot of porridge in one go, of course, this pot is not big, it was originally used by Yuechan to cook for him alone, and it was generally just enough for him and Yuechan to eat.

With something in his stomach, Li Xiu felt much better, but when he saw the snowflakes coming through the cracks in the tent, his face also showed a sad face, now they are at least three days away from Dingxiang, but they are blocked by such a big snow, if this snow is overnight, I am afraid they will really be trapped on this grassland.

Li Xiu's worries finally became a reality, the heavy snow fell all night, the next morning, although the snow was much smaller, but still scattered snowflakes, and the snow on the ground was no longer up to people's chests, Li Xiu's tent door was blocked by snow, and finally the early guards dug the tent door open, which allowed Li Xiu to come out.

The snow was so thick that the snow in the camp had no time to clear out, so they could only temporarily dig out roads with chest-high snow on both sides, and the guards were on duty last night, pulling the snow off the tent from time to time, otherwise the tent would have collapsed by the snow.

In the face of such heavy snow, Li Jing also immediately convened the soldiers in the camp to discuss the matter, and even Tang Jian and Li Xiu, the two idlers, were also invited, although Tang Jian was very dissatisfied with Li Jing, but now the big thing is important, so he also let go of the personal grudges between the two.

"Everyone, in the event of such a heavy snowfall, the road was blocked at once, fortunately this place is not too far from Dingxiang, as long as the road is opened, we can still go back, but the supplies in the camp are probably not enough, quartermaster, how much grain and grass is there in the camp now?" Li Jing first looked around at everyone, and finally asked the quartermaster.

Although Li Xiu was in charge of the dispatch of materials in the rear, he only managed to transport the materials to the army, and there were special quartermasters in the barracks to manage the distribution of these materials. ”

"Seven days is definitely not good, such a deep snow, just clearing the road is a big project, and it is likely to take more than half a month or even a month, so the food gap is too big!" Zhang Gongjin also frowned at this time and said.

"The gap is indeed a bit big, starting today, each battalion will hand over all the food, and then the army will distribute it uniformly, and each person will reduce the ration of food, which should be able to last for a while longer!" When Li Jing heard the words of the quartermaster and Zhang Gongjin, he immediately thought about it for a moment and immediately ordered to distribute food and materials uniformly, which is also a common method in the army when there is a shortage of materials, but Li Xiu frowned when he heard this, because he himself carried a lot of food, which Yuechan usually uses for cooking, and now it will all have to be handed over.

There is no objection to Li Jing's decision, after all, everything must be focused on the overall situation now, you must know that if there is no food, then their tens of thousands of troops will starve to death on the grassland. However, at this time, Li Xiu had an idea, but as soon as he wanted to take the initiative to talk to Li Jing, he was also a little hesitant for a while.