Chapter Seventy-Six: The Bitter Cold of the Far North
In the extreme north of Luofu, the perennial ice wind is raging, and the tide sea is covered with ice and snow for 10,000 years. Tide Snow City is located in the Icewind Valley of the Sea Rim, surrounded by steep cliffs and thousands of years of ice. The tribes in the north can only feed on the cold fish of the tide sea all year round, and occasionally barter with the south to obtain food. Since Li Hanbing led his army to conquer the entire northern territory, the Kunwu tribe often ate grain.
Outside the Tide Snow City on the steep walls of the Icewind Valley, the soldiers were all dressed in silver velvet brocade clothes, galloping on the endless snowy fields, and the snow eagles in the sky were speeding across the sky in pursuit of their prey.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there! There! ”
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Wait!" The snow eagle hovering overhead swooped down, and quickly rushed towards the prey "fox rabbit" dozens of feet away. ”
Although the Kunwu tribe is the largest tribe in the north, since the Li royal family unified Luofu, Li Hanbing's father was ordered to marry the princess of the Kunwu tribe. The most powerful person in power in the entire northern territory is the middle-aged man who is about fifty years old, because he has been hunting and practicing martial arts all year round, Li Hanbing has a strong body and is full of energy.
After hearing Li Hanbing's roar, dozens of silver fur guards around him strangled the snow skull, and their eyes quietly watched the snow eagle in the air swooping down quickly, without the slightest hesitation, and their claws were like sharp blades to control the "fox rabbit" that was escaping in the snow.
Everyone saw that the huge "fox rabbit" was still changing its route at first, trying to avoid the pair of eagle eyes in the air. It constantly switches its escape route back and forth, sometimes even burrowing into the snow to give the illusion of it, but none of this escapes the sharp eyes of the Snow Eagle.
A pool of blood oozed from the snow, the snow eagle flapped its wings and flew high, and a drop of blood dripped from the snow-white hair of the "fox rabbit" to the ground.
"Awesome!"
"The king's snow eagle is the bravest!"
"King Yingwu!"
Li Hanbing touched his stubble with his right hand, nodded very appreciatively, looked at the prey captured by the snow eagle with a smile on his face, and flapped his wings in front of him. He stretched out his right hand to the side, took a piece of bloody fresh meat from the hand of the attendant on his right, and threw it on the ground as a reward.
The snow eagle roared, let go of its claws, and flew towards the piece of fresh meat, frantically enjoying its meal in the snow.
"Your Majesty, Fox Rabbit!" An attendant dismounted, held the "fox rabbit" on the snow with both hands, and respectfully presented it to Li Hanbing's side.
"Yes, this fox rabbit looks very fat, so I'll use it for wine and meat today." Li Hanbing nodded with great satisfaction and motioned for the attendant to take him down.
"Your Majesty, shall we continue?" A powerful and tall commander clenched his hands into fists and asked for his life. More than a dozen guards behind him also chimed in, all wanting to hunt some more game and come back.
"Okay, okay..."Li Hanbing agreed very happily, he waved the whip forward with his right hand, and dozens of people behind him galloped forward.
There were only more than a dozen guards left on his side to guard, and there was a cough from Jinqiu Luan's car in the distance, Li Hanbing's legs clamped the snowflake skull under his crotch, kicked the horse's belly with his foot, and slowly came to Luan's side, and said with a wry smile, "Brother Mu, let you rest in the house, you, you have to come with me." ”
A man of about forty years old, with a thin face and a sickly face, lifted the curtain on Luan's car. Your Highness, you know, you can't pretend to be in your heart. ”
A cold wind swept through the snowfield and penetrated the entire Luang Drive, almost extinguishing the fire in the car. The thin-faced man hurriedly wrapped his shirt tightly in front of him.
Seeing this, Li Hanbing jumped down from the horse, got into the Luan car together, and comforted, "Brother Muyan is too worried, isn't it the matter of the Yuntian Sect, why worry about a sect in the south." ”
"Emperor Ming will definitely suspect us."
"Huh... If I doubt what is wrong with this king, how can I be afraid of him as a sick man? Li Hanbing knew that he had made a mistake, and apologized to Mu Yan with an embarrassed face, "This king lost his words, lost his words, and punished himself with three cups." ”
He apologized and drank three glasses of warm wine. At the same time, he handed the hot tea on the wooden table next to the soft collapse to Mu Yan's hand.
"Your Highness, after all, it was a secret move of Emperor Ming, but now it has been uprooted. Will he give up, and we will have food from the south for the winter? Mu Yan had a worried face, his eyebrows furrowed, and he gently blew on the hot tea sent by Li Hanbing, and then drank it slowly.
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Hanbing patted the snow on his boots, leaned his back on the soft armrest, leaned his head close to Mu Yan and said softly, "We didn't do the matter of Yuntian Sect, who could it be?" ”
"What does Your Highness mean?" Mu Yan's eyes lit up, his tightly locked eyebrows slowly stretched, and he asked in a low voice, "That is among the tribes and King Yong, there are people who have evil thoughts." ”
"It doesn't matter who he is, we just have to watch from the wall." Li Hanbing stretched out his hands to warm himself on the fire, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and a sly smile flashed.
"If they fight in the nest, we can plot to go south."
"Yes, that's what this king wants." The fire in Li Hanbing's eyes slowly ignited, and he had already calculated in his heart. Before the tribes in the north entered Beijing this time, he secretly sent people to explain to the clans of all tribes that no matter what kind of request Emperor Ming made, he only had to agree to it in exchange for enough food for the winter.
The two were talking happily in Luan's car, when suddenly there was a whistling sound outside the car, and the guards held their spears tightly in both hands and looked around, and the snow suddenly rose, covering everyone's field of vision.
The whistling sound became louder and louder, and the guards lit the torches in their hands, surrounded Luan Jia, and looked into the distance with their eyes, but in the vast white field, they could only hear the wind whistling by.
"Everyone be careful!"
"It should be a beast passing by on the snowfield"
"Shield!"
More than a dozen guards held iron shields in their left hands and spears in their right hands watched vigilantly at their every move, while four soldiers raised torches in an attempt to disperse the beasts that might attack.
Li Hanbing, who was sitting in Luan's car, held his right hand tightly on the long sword at his waist, his eyes swept over the snowy flying flowers outside the window, and he shouted calmly, "Don't panic, everyone, stay in formation." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The guards outside the car cheered up and replied in a loud voice. The voice was unusually neat and loud, all in order to drink the beasts that lurked in the wind and snow.
In an instant, a huge claw slashed directly in front of the car, leaving a row of deep scratches on the iron shield in front of the two soldiers. A soldier held a torch to investigate, but was directly slapped off by the giant claw.
"Snow bear! ....”
Everyone shouted one after another, looking at the pool of bright red blood on the ground, their faces were pale, and they kept shrinking their formations in front of Luan's car, clinging to the side of the car, and the snowflake on the side was also so frightened that they kept letting out frightened screams.