The heavy snow fell for five days and finally stopped. Although the sun showed its face, the north wind did not stop, and the weather was still bitterly cold. The sunlight shines through the ice and snow and refracts the eyes. A sergeant took off the ice skate from a branch and sharpened it into an arrow, and found that it was not a problem at all to shoot people.

There is still no shadow of the golden soldier.

Chu Tianya and the others wondered-this is not Jin Bing's style! Blitzkrieg and quick strikes are the fighting styles they should have!

It's really worth pondering.

In the tent, Chu Tianya convened all the leaders to discuss the matter. In view of the current weather and landform, analyze and study the movements of Jin Bing. There were many different opinions, but everyone agreed that it was not a good idea to sit here and ponder, and it was still necessary to send people to inquire about the military situation.

No matter how difficult it is, you have to send someone out. It's better than being blind here. Ignorance of the enemy's situation at the time of battle is a sign of defeat.

But it's hard to do.

There are no high-tech airdrop vehicles and radio communication technology. If you send scouts, it is also unknown whether you can walk through the vast snow-capped mountains and cross the dangerous road of the flying fox that is difficult to walk on a sunny day. Even if the scout artist is bold in the past, what awaits him is the heavy sentry and the killing machine of the Jin Kingdom; Also, even if all the scouts dodge these successful investigations, who can guarantee that they will come back alive to report the military situation? When he returns, what year and month will it be?

It seems that the strategic passivity is really difficult to reverse.

The 100,000 army is stationed in Xiaocang Mountain, and the daily food and horses can consume a mountain, plus the expenses of burning the fire for heating, the logistics pressure on Taiyuan and Xishan is extremely great. Recently, I heard that a group of people have died of exhaustion and illness because of the transportation of logistics materials in windy and snowy days, and several small conflicts have broken out.

If it goes on like this, it's not a solution!

After all, Taiyuan has just experienced a war and catastrophe less than a year ago, and the family background is not rich, and the people are panicked. If this continues, if you don't wait for Jin Bing to call, the Hedong side will already be exhausted, and it may even trigger many contradictions and crises from within.

Chu Tianya felt that he was now like a prey that had been forced into a corner, and he was waiting to fight to the death with the enemy with all his fighting spirit and strength; Jin Guo just wanted the tiger wolf who only preyed on him, but he spent all his time in the dark looking at him coldly. Neither attacking nor relaxing, just looking at him like that.

The tiger wolf has to watch the prey consume a lot of body because of nervousness and excitement, wear out the fighting spirit, collapse the mind, and then carry out a deadly culling.

Instead of recklessly attacking when the prey is at its peak and ready to fight to the death. In that case, even if you can win, you will be hurt somewhat.

Jin Bing was originally a fierce tiger wolf with sharp teeth and claws, but now he has human wisdom because of a defeat, which undoubtedly makes it even more terrifying.

Chu Tianya knew that the one who gave the tiger wolf of the Jin Kingdom such wisdom was Shi Liai's house!

Although the battle has not yet begun, the strategic confrontation between Hedong and Jin has never stopped.

Now because of the natural advantages and disadvantages, the Jin Kingdom is completely in the position of a predator, and the Hedong Righteous Army is completely at a passive disadvantage!

Bai Xu also recognized this problem, he said that when the heavy snow had just fallen, Wanyan Zonghan sent a war letter. Thinking of the fact that the Jin soldiers have not been sent out now, it proves even more that they are also a kind of "psychological tactic", which is to ask the Hedong Righteous Army to prepare for war after receiving the war letter, and then decline again in one go, and exhaust it in three times!

It's a completely cunning predator's usual attrition tactic.

There is no doubt that because of last year's defeat, Jin Guo has become cautious and cunning.

How to deal with it?

Someone in the camp suggested that it would be better to collect the troops and return to the camp for the time being, so as to calm the brakes. But that didn't work, the Jin soldiers came as fast as lightning and as fast as the wind, and they were killed under the city of Taiyuan overnight. When they find their soldiers and horses to defend again, it is estimated that half of the city will be lost!

If he still stays here, Jin Guo will dare not come so much. One day, the morale of the Hedong rebels will slowly decline, and the logistics will be exhausted. They can come and pick up the dead fish.

If you can't retreat, you can't defend, so you can only take the initiative to attack!!

But where and how?

This problem is simply more difficult to solve than retreating and defending.

Chu Tianya encountered one of the most difficult problems since he took office; And this problem, it can be fatal!

"Wait two more days!" At the end of the meeting, Chu Tianya said, "Two days later, we will make a decision." ”

……

The mouth of the valley of Huanglong Valley, the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain.

Suzaku and the nobleman stood at the mouth of the valley and looked back, their hearts blank.

To this day, they don't believe that they can actually come out of this valley. It was not buried in the snow, it was not starved to death, it was not eaten by bears.

There was only one horse left, and the other was dead halfway through. The rest of the horse had lost a lot of weight due to lack of food. The Suzaku and the nobleman took turns to ride, and the other led the horse. Comparatively speaking, nobles who are more accustomed to this kind of bad weather will ride less. After three days, Suzaku was no longer human, and his hair was almost frozen.

"Sister, you have to insist!" The noble man led the horse and stumbled with difficulty, and shouted loudly, "We have left the Huanglong Valley and arrived at the border of Hebei!" Further on, there is a village, and there are households! ”

Suzaku squinted slightly on his horse and looked ahead, only a vast expanse of white, where could he see any cities and villages. In fact, she had already investigated clearly before setting off, and out of a large area of Huanglong Valley, there were no villages and towns at all, and it was a military buffer zone.

Crossing the river to the south, it is the boundary of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are a large number of garrisons stationed along the Yellow River; To the north is the boundary of Zhending Mansion, which was once the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Last year, when Wanyan Zongwang came to the city of Tokyo, the newly appointed Great Song Dynasty officials had already ceded Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, the two most important military towns in Hebei, to the Jin State. Taiyuan was once one of them, but because of the Battle of Taiyuan and the existence of Chu Tianya, Taiyuan was not officially taken over by the Jin State.

Suzaku just let the nobleman go all the way north, and there was no need to stop.

The nobleman wanted to find a place for Suzaku to rest, but it was already a wilderness, and it was difficult to find a place to shelter from the wind and keep warm. Moreover, they no longer have any dry food. It's hard to hunt or dig up some grassroots.

It's really called the heavens and the earth.

I had no choice but to keep walking.

Once, when a nobleman thought of the Jurchens and the appearance of Jin Bing, his heart was cold. Now, she is actually looking forward to being caught by Jin Bing as soon as possible. That way, at least Suzaku won't freeze to death and starve to death.

After walking for nearly an hour, the nobleman also sat down and gasped for breath. She noticed that her feet were getting heavier and heavier, and she wanted to take off her boots to take a look, but it turned out that the boots had already frozen into a sturdy ice lump!

Suzaku looked at her, and her heart ached.

"Replace you with a horse!" She scolded.

"It's okay, I'm used to it!" The noble man grinned and showed a pair of tiger teeth, picked up a stone and knocked on the shoe, and said, "When I was in the old forest of Mobei before, I didn't wear shoes in the winter, so I stepped on the snow barefoot - what is this?" ”

Suzaku stopped talking, only in the heartache. She knew that the nobleman was bragging, after all, people are people, even if they are livestock, can they feel good if their feet are frozen?

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Suzaku said, "Let's find a place with trees to rest, make a fire to keep warm, and then slaughter the horse for dry food!" ”

"Horses can't be killed!" The noble man hurriedly shouted, "How do you walk after killing the horse?" It doesn't matter if my feet are icy, you can't! ”

"It's an order." Suzaku replied coldly, grabbed a ball of snow and chewed it in his mouth, gurgling.

The noble man turned his head to look at the thin horse next to him who was steaming all over his body, and his heart was sour. She loves animals the most, not to mention that war horses are like comrades-in-arms of soldiers. Although she is not a soldier, she lives with the Hedong rebels every day, and she understands this feeling. When the other horse died, she cried.

The second girl rested for a moment, and suddenly there was a noise in the southeast direction. The noble man hurriedly put his ear to the ground to listen, and suddenly raised his head with a frightened look on his face, "The sound of horses' hooves!" The sound of the horse's hooves! ”

"How many rides?"

"About hundreds!"

Suzaku stood up, "Don't listen, I saw it." ”

The nobleman also stood up and looked over, and sure enough, a string of black dots appeared on a white expanse of snow in the southeast, neither fast nor slow, obviously the formation of the army's cavalry.

"It's Song Bing." Suzaku said.

"Strange, how did Song Bing cross the Yellow River and come here?" The noble man wondered, "Sister, can we ask them for help?" ”

"Don't make a mistake, keep your mouth shut." Suzaku said, "What if this is a disguise from the golden soldiers?" Moreover, even if we are Song soldiers, we are not from the government, or even good citizens. ”

"Oh!" The noble man was silly and happy, "The lord is the king of Xiangma Mountain, and we are the little minions of the bandits!" ”

"Shut up! - I'll deal with it, just say you're my maid, don't open your mouth if it's okay! ”

"Yahuan? Why is it Yahuan, isn't my sister good? ”

Suzaku turned his head to look at her, his eyes were cold, "I will have such a silly sister as you?" ”

As he spoke, the cavalry had already run closer. It seems that it is indeed a well-trained cavalry unit of the Great Song Dynasty, and it spontaneously formed a fan shape to surround them in the middle. The sergeants looked at these two women with outstanding appearance but wolf bèi, and there were curiosity and amazement in their eyes, and there were also a few ill-intentioned and wary eyes.

One of them took a few steps closer to them and asked, "Who?" ”

The second daughter looked up at him, it was a very young officer. Thick eyebrows and big eyes, dignified appearance, and a very strong body, belong to the kind of handsome man who can make women think hard in the boudoir, a heroic body, and there is a righteousness between the eyebrows.

Such a man can undoubtedly give women an inexplicable sense of favor and security.

But now, Suzaku and the nobles are wary of him.

"Lovers, women's families. This is my companion ring. Suzaku replied cautiously.

The young officer looked them up and down, his expression was very cold, and his eyes were very sharp.

Suzaku and the noble man snuggled together gently, avoiding his gaze.

"Song people, or Jin people? Is there a way to guide you? ”

"Song people......" Suzaku motioned to the nobleman to take the documents from the prison on the saddle and show them to the officer.

As a Qingwei, he is often ready to go out on missions, and this kind of thing is naturally indispensable. Moreover, none of them are yet fake. With the relationship between Chu Tianya and Zhang Xiaochun, it is not a trivial matter to run a few "Taiyuan household registrations"?

Suzaku's body is written in a grand manner, his maiden surname is Yan, his girlfriend's name is Daike, and he is a person from Taiyuan Mansion. Zhu'er is a maid and belongs to the lowly family, there is no such thing.

"Miss Yan, why are you wearing a mask? Since he is from Taiyuan, why did he come to Hebei in such a snowy weather? The officer dismounted and handed the body back to Zhu'er, standing in front of the two daughters, still looking at them vigilantly and suspiciously.

"Come looking for relatives." Suzaku replied, then took off the mask on his face for a moment and put it back on, "I was injured by a stray arrow during the Battle of Taiyuan last year, so I put on a mask to cover my ugliness. ”

The young officer's eyes suddenly lit up, and the corners of his mouth sneered, "You two are meticulous!" - Someone, take it! ”

"No! - The cavalry shouted, and the spears surrounded the circle and narrowed the circle.

"What do you mean, Master Jun? We are clearly good people of the Great Song Dynasty! Suzaku hurriedly shouted, "My husband has not returned from the battle, and I heard from my neighbors that he once followed Tong Taishi to garrison the Daimyo's Mansion, so I came to look for him!" ――It's a human or a ghost, and I have to see my real body to go back! ”

"You're blind!" The young officer sneered, "Where is the wound on your face from a stray arrow, it is clearly caused by a dagger!" Can't you see this flaw? -- Words are deceitful, deeds must be treacherous! In such a windy and snowy weather, Hugh said that it was a woman's family, and even a well-trained military man could not come out of the Huanglong Valley. ”

"You military master is too unreasonable!" Zhu'er got angry, shook her body and stepped forward, pushed towards the young officer with her chest straight, and said angrily, "What is it that hurts my girl's face, what is in your way?" What if it was a dagger? You don't want to think about it, the unmarried husband is out of the army, and the father and brother in the family have died again, so as not to let some frivolous children come to disturb you! The girl broke the face with a knife to show her sincerity to her husband and guarded herself like jade! Seeing that the husband still hasn't returned yet, the girl has given up her life and doesn't want to look for him, she wants to see people alive and dead to see corpses! - It's really infuriating to be wronged by you who are so sincere and generous to be wronged by your heartless old man!! ”

A call erupted like a cannon, and the young officer took a few steps back.

It's not that he was frightened by Zhu'er's momentum, but if he didn't retreat, he would be pushed by her plump and delicate breasts.

Suzaku saw it in his eyes, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: This man still knows a little bit of books and etiquette, and he is not a frivolous child! If you encounter a group of scious and cowardly military ruffians, it will be difficult to deal with today. In the past, these people in front of me didn't have to worry about anything, but now I am very weak and have to take care of the noble people with ordinary skills; Who knows how many of them are in the vicinity? …… There are two kinds of people in this world who are the most difficult to mess with, one is the monk and the monk, and the other is the people in the army!

The young officer took two steps back, still staring at them like that, not in the slightest hint of relaxation or frivolity.

Hearing the nobleman's call, the surrounding cavalry soldiers were a little shocked. Touching the scene, they are also people who are in the army, if there is such a chaste martyr in the family, who is not moved?

So, a few sergeants involuntarily put away their guns.

The young officer looked at the two girls carefully for a while, took two steps back and hugged their fists with a "bang", and then waved his hand, "You two, get off the horse!" Help the two girls get on the horse! - The sergeants obeyed the order and escorted the two girls to the border! ”

"No-" shouted in unison, and the two sergeants jumped off their horses.

Suzaku and the nobleman were still a little stunned, the situation had changed a little too quickly.

The young officer was still expressionless, and said to them: "Even if you are a thin woman, you are still a woman." In Yue's life, he will never hurt a woman! ”

Suzaku blinked, "Dare to ask the general...... Gao's surname? The slave family is also very impressed! ”

The young officer did not answer, strode back and turned over his horse in a chic and neat manner, and waved his hand, "Go!" ”

The sergeant who came to help her and the two of them on the horse whispered: "Don't be surprised, girl, you have good luck to meet our eldest brother Yue!" -- His name is a flying word, and the word Pengju! ”

"Yue Fei, Yue Pengju!" Suzaku looked sideways at the young officer who was sitting on the horse, without squinting at the righteous young officer, and said secretly in his heart: If we can make achievements in this trip, this person has helped us a lot! …… It's just strange, why are there cavalry of the Song Dynasty in this place? This is an unexpected novelty, and I have to report it to the lord as much as possible!