At that time, Hemur was suddenly attacked by Liu Bao and was anxious to flee for his life, not knowing what happened behind him, nor why Liu Bao suddenly attacked him. However, Hemur can imagine what will happen to his people after he escapes, and as for his elder brother, most of them are already fierce.

When Ma Chao heard Hemur's request, he only hesitated slightly, and then ordered to turn around and march towards the Yehan tribe. Ma Chao because of his young age, when he first arrived in the Sixth Army, Liu Xin just let him be an ordinary soldier, because of his outstanding martial arts, he was promoted to captain by Zhao Yun, and now after a few battles, he has made some military exploits, and has been promoted to the position of partial general, if he makes a few more contributions, he can go further, serve as the deputy general of every sixth regiment, and his status will be comparable to his father Ma Teng.

This time leading the troops into the grassland, Ma Chao was very suffocated and wanted to make a great achievement. According to Liu Xin's orders, they not only had to protect the safety of the three tribes of Huchuquan, Chiwule, and Gutu'an, but also tried their best to win over the other tribes. Ma Chao grew up in Xiliang and knows the character of the grassland tribe, if he can save Hemuer's clansmen this time, the entire tribe will inevitably serve the Han with one mind, and he will make a great achievement.

At this time, Hemu'er's pain subsided slightly, and he struggled half of his body again, and he could see the situation around him, only to find that he was lying on a large plank, pulled by two horses galloping on the snow.

When the interpreter saw him looking around, he quickly pressed him down and said, "You can lie down in your sleeping bag honestly, it's not appropriate to suffer from the cold." ”

Only then did Hemuer know that the strange cloth bag that tied his body was originally called a sleeping bag, because he was afraid that he would fall off the plank, so the military doctor in the team simply tied him to the plank with a rope with a sleeping bag, no wonder he was so difficult to move.

During the two hours that Hemur was unconscious, the whole team did not stop advancing, so it was already quite far from the camp of the Yehan tribe. Although Hemur was pressed against the plank, it did not affect the rotation of his head from side to side. He couldn't help but look to the side, only to see many soldiers speeding past him. The soldiers did not ride horses, but carried two long bamboo poles, and walked on the snow as if they were flying, much faster than their war horses.

He Mu'er couldn't believe his eyes, there was someone in this world who could walk so fast on the snow. Unbeknownst to him, the army led by Ma Chao was only equipped with a small number of war horses, and most of the soldiers used a tool called skis to walk on the snow.

Liu Xin knew very well that his main battlefield in the future would be in the north, and he didn't want his army to only fight in the north in spring and summer, so he had to study various equipment suitable for harsh winter operations to improve the combat effectiveness of his troops, and skis were just one of them.

In this dispatch, Zhao Yun drew a total of 60,000 troops from the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army Corps, divided into three teams, half cavalry and half infantry. Although cavalry was more suitable for fighting on the steppe, it was relative to normal weather conditions. In such a snowy winter, the infantry equipped with skis was far more mobile than the cavalry. Therefore, even the cavalry that was drawn out, most of them did not equip war horses, but chose such skis. Throughout the winter, the 5th and 6th regiments stationed in Xiliang did not stop training, including the use of skis and snowboards, and there was no difficulty in this regard for either infantry or cavalry.

In addition to skis, their equipment naturally included an easy-to-carry marching ration - fried noodles. Today, the chow mein has been improved by adding minced meat and vegetables to make it more nutritious and ensure that the soldiers can quickly recover their strength.

In addition, in terms of cold protection, Liu Xin also did a lot of work, in addition to the easy-to-carry sleeping bags, but also changed the soldiers into special "down" jackets. In order to increase the protein intake of the people in Jingzhou, Liu Xin vigorously promoted livestock and poultry breeding, and many rivers in Jingnan are especially suitable for raising ducks and geese, and they have a considerable scale. At this time, the winter in the south is still very cold, in order to prevent the children from catching cold, Ma Yun always dresses the children in thick cotton clothes, so that the children's hands and feet are difficult to stretch. When Liu Xin was having a meal, he suddenly thought of the down jacket of the later generations, which was light and warm. Liu Xin said just do it, and then ordered the research institute to carry out "scientific research" in this area, this thing does not have much scientific and technological content, but it consumes some labor, after several tests, he really made the down jacket out of it, such a good thing, he naturally wants to apply it to military equipment. Therefore, this harsh winter, which even the strongest men on the grassland can't stand a little, is nothing to the Han soldiers stationed in Xiliang.

Liu Bao had already gone to find Yufuro, and his men were driving thousands of Yehan herdsmen who were about to become their slaves to their tribe. It was a large team, not because of their large numbers, but because it contained a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and all kinds of materials for setting up tents, and a large amount of forage. The snow is already difficult to walk, and with so much cumbersomeness, it is even more difficult to walk, and the speed is naturally very slow. In the evening, it was still more than half the way to the camp of the Liu Bao tribe.

The leader of these people was one of Liu Bao's henchmen, and in order to show that he followed Liu Bao closely, he also gave himself the surname Liu, called Liu Heimao, because he had a pinch of thick black hair on his chest, so he took such a nondescript name. That Liu Heimao saw that it was getting late, and he also knew that it was very dangerous to brave the snow on the grassland to rush to the night road, so he ordered to camp on the spot.

As soon as this command was given, the surroundings became busy in a hurry. Although the herdsmen of the Yehan tribe who were captured have not yet been assigned to whom to be slaves, these heavy tasks must have been completed by them. The most pitiful are the young women, who not only have to live as hard as adult men, but also have to avoid the evil gaze from time to time. In any case, they are the trophies of these people, and there is no escape from the humiliation they will suffer tonight.

Even the bravest herders of the steppes would be at a loss without their horses. The more than 400 cavalry plus more than 300 newly liberated slaves don't worry, they are all riding on tall horses, holding bows and arrows, watching these "would-be slaves" who are working, and no one dares to be lazy at all.

Tonight, it was not the young women who were most miserable, but the adult male herders who had been captured. Before returning to his tribe, in order to prevent them from escaping or rebelling at night, Liu Heimao would order them to be tied up. Of course, Liu Heimao would not be kind enough to tie them up in the tent, but would only wait for them to finish their work and then tie them up on the snow outside the camp. The winter nights on the steppe are even colder, and whether they can escape this catastrophe depends on their own creation.

Liu Heimao was very satisfied with these "would-be slaves" who worked hard, his eyes gradually moved to those young women, and soon targeted a pretty girl. He couldn't wait for it to get dark, and now he wanted to take the girl into his arms and get over it first.

Suddenly, Liu Heimao heard a "whoosh" behind his ears, he grew up on horseback, and naturally heard the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air, and he tilted his head in a hurry, only to feel a hot stinging pain on his face. Liu Heimao turned his head and was about to scold, there is no enemy around here, if it wasn't for which guy accidentally shot this arrow, or someone usually held a grudge against himself and took the opportunity to retaliate, and then there was no one who didn't open his eyes and also took a fancy to that girl, this is to rob himself of a woman. Liu Heimao's mouth opened, but he didn't say a word, but spat out a large mouthful of blood, and then slowly planted himself from the horse, and a sharp arrow shot through the back of his neck and pierced through the Adam's apple.

The seven or eight hundred riders looked around blankly, not knowing where the two arrows came from, and even some of the cavalry of the Liu Bao tribe had begun to suspect that those slaves of the Yehan tribe were mixed with spies. However, these doubts were quickly dispelled, because countless arrows broke through the air, and the sound of "whooshing" was incessant.

These men, all on tall horses, surrounded the camp, became the most conspicuous targets of arrows, and they all screamed and fell, and some of them even had dozens of arrows in their bodies, making them look like hedgehogs. On the contrary, the herdsmen of the Yehan tribe who were working saw the opportunity one by one, and all of them fell to the ground without any damage.

After a few moments, the knights on the horses were all the ghosts of the arrows, for they had no idea which direction the arrows were coming from, as if they were being fired at them from all sides, and they had no way to escape. The bold herdsman quietly raised his head from the ground, and then saw countless figures suddenly appear around him, "flying" towards this side against the snow. Indeed, they can only be described as flying, because they are much faster than the fastest horses in the steppe. Those people were wrapped in a large white robe from head to toe, lying in the snow and blending with the snow, no wonder Liu Bao's subordinates did not find their whereabouts. Now, these people are "flying" quickly in the snow, and their white robes flutter in the wind, which is very majestic.

This army that can "fly" on the snow is naturally the team led by Ma Chao, and there are interpreters in the team who understand the Xiongnu language, and they shout to the frightened herdsmen of the Yehan tribe, and the herdsmen's hearts are relaxed. The herdsmen, accustomed to such bloody scenes, set aside some of them to gather the horses that had lost their owners, while the others continued to work, because they had to spend the night in the snow-covered grassland, and they could not do without tents.

After a while, the horse-drawn sleigh also came here with Hemur. Ma Chao handed over Hemur to his clansmen, asked about the situation, and learned that Liu Bao had gone in the direction of the Fuluo tribe, so he couldn't help but secretly say that it was a pity, stomped his feet fiercely, and said: "Since Liu Bao has run away, then let's set off overnight and go to his nest!" ”