The bone-chilling wind blew non-stop, and instead of melting, the snow on the ground froze into a thick ice crust on the surface, and some solid places could even allow the army to pass without breaking, which also made Li Xiu's march faster, after all, most of the bulky supplies were transported by climbing plows, and it was very easy to slide on the snow. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It is precisely because of the previous snow that the winter of the grassland has also arrived early, and the temperature at this time is already extremely low, Li Xiu estimates that even at noon, the temperature will not exceed zero degrees, because the ice and snow have no signs of melting in the sun at all, and riding a horse at this temperature is simply a sin, and you have to endure the feeling of a knife-like cold wind blowing over your face all the time.

Fortunately, Li Xiu does not belong to the soldiers in the army, he and Tang Jian are both civil officials, so they huddle in the tent of climbing the plough all day long, but even so, they still feel very cold when they are in a hurry, especially Yuechan's body is weak, and her hands and feet are cold every day, Li Xiu can only hold her to keep each other warm.

Compared with Li Xiu, there is a more enviable person in the army, that is, Tang Jian, before he scolded Li Jing and Li Ji to avoid him, but now he does not scold, but every day he holds the pair of twin Hu girls he brought back from the Turkic camp to swagger, and he can warm the bed when it is cold, and his life is more comfortable than Li Xiu.

Li Xiu has also seen Jieli, but Jieli's current life is a little miserable, Li Jing asked people to build an iron cage, locked Jieli inside, and the cage did not have any exit, all of them were poured with molten iron, if you want to open it, you must let the saw be sawed open little by little, in other words, Jieli can only let people dismantle the iron cage after arriving in Chang'an, which is of course also to prevent Jieli from escaping.

Li Xiu had seen Jieli from afar a few times before, and the impression was not very deep, this time the other party was a prisoner of the Tang army, and he could finally take a closer look at the other party, and found that Jieli at this time looked sluggish, without the spirit of the previous grassland overlord, according to Tang Jian, who had seen him before, in just a few days, Jieli had aged a lot, and even his white hair came out.

In the face of this old and decadent Jieli, Li Xiu didn't bother to laugh at it, and after a few glances, he planned to leave, but after Jieli learned that he was Li Xiu, he immediately stood up and looked up and down, and he also observed Li Xiu so carefully for the first time, after all, the reason why he failed miserably on the bank of the Weishui River was because of the gunpowder that Li Xiu made, and even he almost died under the firearms.

Li Jing is probably also afraid of being blocked on the grassland by the snow disaster, so after deciding to withdraw the army, he has been urging the army to speed up, God doesn't seem to give Li Jing much face, since they withdrew the army, it has been gloomy, it seems that it may snow at any time, which also makes the army even more afraid to stay, all the way to the south to retreat.

Originally, everything was going well at the beginning of the army, and as they marched, they were getting closer and closer to Dingxiang City, as long as they arrived in Dingxiang, and then there were Xiangcheng and Shuozhou, where a large number of supplies were still stored, so as long as they got there, they didn't have to worry about the snow disaster.

On this night, the army camped by a small river, although the water in the river was stopped, but it can still be chiseled ice for water, and what is more surprising is that when the ice on the river surface was chiseled, the big fish in it jumped out by themselves, and finally harvested a lot of fish, which also made the army finally improve the food, and the fragrance of fish soup filled the entire military camp during dinner.

In the tent, Yuechan is boiling fish soup on a small stove, there are a lot of fish harvested from the river today, Li Xiu also got a fresh fish, although he likes fishing, but he doesn't particularly like to eat fish, but the fish soup is quite his appetite, especially in this cold weather, drinking a sip of hot and fresh fish soup is also a rare enjoyment.

But just as the fish soup was about to be boiled, I suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside, and then a familiar voice shouted outside the tent: "What a fragrant fish soup!" I wonder if the horse welcomes me as an uninvited guest? ”

Hearing this voice outside, Li Xiu and Yuechan couldn't help but glance at each other helplessly, because they could all hear who this person was, although Li Xiu didn't welcome this person very much, but it was not easy to refuse, and finally had to speak: "King Ren Cheng is polite, please come in quickly!" ”

As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, he saw a young general with good facial features and a short beard under his chin walking in, it was Li Daozong, who wanted to give his niece to Li Xiu as a concubine. Speaking of Li Daozong, after escorting Jieli to meet Li Jing, he learned that Li Xiu was also here, and immediately came to visit, Li Xiu was very welcome at first, but he slowly found that Li Daozong came more and more frequently, and every time he was stuck on the meal, it is estimated that he also found that Yuechan's cooking was delicious, so he ran to eat every day.

Of course, Li Daozong is not the only one who comes to Li Xiu to eat, for example, Tang Jian is also a glutton, but Tang Jian may be old, after all, he still has to have a little face, so he is embarrassed to come every day, usually once every day or two, but Li Daozong is a faceless and skinless person, and he comes to Li Xiu here to eat almost every day.

I saw that after Li Daozong came in, he was still carrying something in his hands, which made Li Xiu also very surprised: "King Rencheng is too polite, he has come here, what else is he mentioning?" ”

"Haha, I also borrow flowers to offer Buddha, in fact, this is also the blessing of the horse, we can enjoy these delicious foods now!" Li Daozong said and put the things in his hand on the table in front of Li Xiu, but what made Li Xiu speechless was that what Li Daozong brought was wine, and it was also the distilled liquor that Tang Jian brought to reward the soldiers before, didn't Li Daozong know that he didn't drink a drop of wine?

"Hehe, I know that the pony doesn't drink, so I brought something like this in addition to wine!" Li Daozong said that he put the things in the other hand in front of Li Xiu, it turned out to be a very rare canned fruit, although the canned food was invented by Li Xiu, and he brought a lot of it when he came before, but he had already eaten it up before, and the canned food in the army was almost consumed, especially the canned fruit, which was very rare, and even Li Xiu himself had not eaten canned fruit for many days.

"Haha~! No wonder King Ren Cheng said that you borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and it turned out that all the things you brought were made by me, but this canned fruit is too rare, where did you get it? Li Xiu couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he saw canned fruits, for him, if he didn't eat fruits and vegetables for a long time, it would be too uncomfortable, even if he drank tea every day.

"It's a coincidence, didn't Suni surrender to me before, at that time, in order to show his sincerity, he gave us a batch of supplies, but I only cared about watching Jieli, and I didn't care about what he sent, only to find out today that there were a few boxes of canned fruit inside, it is estimated that he bought it from some grassland merchants at a high price, and as for the wine, it was given to me by the general manager, I have not been willing to drink, but unfortunately the horse does not like to drink, otherwise we can drink and talk!" Li Daozong explained with a smile.

"That's too coincidental, Yuechan hurry up and get a big bowl!" Li Xiu shouted in surprise again when he heard this, and then pried open the canned food stopper with a knife, and then poured two bottles of canned food in the bowl, which was also a dish, and Yuechan also sent the fish soup at this time, and burned three more dishes, all of which were mutton, after all, after defeating the Turks, they captured a large number of cattle and sheep, and now they are all used as military food, which also makes Li Xiu and them usually mainly eat meat.

When the dishes were ready, Li Xiu and Li Daozong chatted while eating, it is estimated that it is the reason for the wine today, Li Daozong's interest is also quite high, and he poured himself a lot of wine, and talked about the war at first, and then talked about some of Li Daozong's adventures when he marched and fought over the years, such as when he fought with Li Shimin, he was once tightly besieged by the enemy, and he was about to die at the hands of the enemy, and finally fortunately Wei Chigong came out to save them, so he has always been very grateful to Yu Chigong and so on.

But chatting and chatting, the topic of conversation began to change to their own private affairs, and at this time Li Daozong was also six or seven points drunk, only to see him suddenly sigh heavily at this time and said: "Don Ma, we are all relatives of the emperor and the country, and there are some things that only we can understand, for example, although I have made great contributions, I am actually worried!" ”

"King Ren Cheng, you captured Jieli alive, and made such a great contribution, I am afraid that there will be countless rewards after you go back, what else do you have to worry about?" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, but he didn't understand the meaning of Li Daozong's words at this time.

"It's because the credit is too great, so I'm more and more worried, donkey, you think about my cousin Hejian County King, isn't it because the credit is too great, he was framed for rebellion before, and he didn't even keep the title, and then His Majesty rehabilitated him after he ascended the throne, but even so, the Hejian County King is no longer reused, such as this attack on the Turks, even I have a share, but he can't get a little military power."

Li Daozong seemed to be even more distressed when he said this, and poured himself a sip of liquor at the moment, and then said with a bitter face again: "Now my merits are not too big, and they are still a lot worse than the king of Hejian County, but I am still young and have been in the army for a long time, if I make more and more contributions in the future, it is inevitable that I will end up with the same fate as the king of Hejian County!" ”

The king of Hejian County is Li Xiaogong, when the Tang Dynasty was founded, Li Xiaogong helped Li Yuan pacify the south, it can be said that he made great achievements, but unfortunately later because the credit was too great, so he was suppressed by Li Yuan, although Li Shimin restored his title, but still not reused, Li Xiaogong is also Li Shimin's cousin, with this example, Li Daozong will naturally worry about himself.

Speaking from the heart, Li Daozong's worries are indeed very reasonable, in fact, although he is trusted by Li Shimin, but after Li Shimin's death, Li Daozong's fate is not very good, but of course Li Xiu can't say these words, when he thinks about it, he can only pick some good sounds to comfort the other party, but at this moment, he suddenly only heard a noise in the camp, and then the sound of "enemy attack" was endless!