The military camps stretched out for more than ten miles on the border line of the Tang Dynasty. The whistling north wind lifted the flags and flew in the wind. Bands of armored soldiers patrolled the camp, the hot breath from their mouths condensing into a white mist in the air.

At this time, it is only the middle of September, the temperature outside the plug is already extremely low, there have been several heavy snowfalls in a row, the Tang soldiers are extremely unsuitable for such weather, the tent is not warm at all, there are not many things in the army to keep out the cold, although Guanzhong is also very cold in winter, but it is not comparable with this grassland.

Li Kuan left Li Jing's tent, and after getting permission, he was going back to prepare. This time, in addition to taking the opportunity to find suitable coal mines, he also had to take this opportunity to go to the steppe to give the Turkic empty rear a solid blow. It may be helpful to the front-line army, but before leaving, Li Kuan has one more thing to do, that is, to give the army a way to protect against the cold. This is also what he remembered when he was frozen for the past few days. This army is not like Chang'an, and it can be very comfortable in winter, so Li Kuan remembered a scene he saw on a variety show in his later life, in the Arctic Circle in the far north, the Eskimos live in igloos, although there is no ice here, but there is snow, pile a layer of snow on the tent, and then pour some water to let the snow condense together. When he thought of this method at that time, Li Kuan slapped his head twice with hatred, how good it would be to think about it earlier, and he would not have to suffer the freezing of the past ten days, and he could also take the lives of those soldiers who were frozen to death.

This method just came to mind, and Li Jing told Li Kuan that it was colder on the grassland than here. When asked him about the method of keeping out the cold, Li Kuancai racked his brains to think about countermeasures, and recalled it in a flash of inspiration for a while.

Li Kuan is not smart. Compared with many generals in the army, he only has more memories of later generations, some common sense things that are very common in the later world, because of the lack of inspiration, so this era is not. It's like the planks pulled by dozens of ox carts on this expedition, which are used to make sleds, this thing is very simple. The structure can even be said to be rudimentary, but it lacks that flash of aura, and people have been stupidly stepping on the snow in winter.

So after Li Kuan returned to the boot barracks. In addition to preparing the necessary items for going north to the grassland, he also called Chai Lingwu, Li Pengcheng and others to tell them the method he had come up with. Let them inform their elders. Li Kuan decided not to get involved in this matter. The people he brought with him are now following his fathers to make soy sauce, and what kind of fame can be made in this way, they have to be allowed to show it, and then they can be transferred to the rest of the positions and exercise. Otherwise, when the veterans are old, who else will lead the army of the Tang Dynasty? In the early Tang Dynasty, after Li Er's subordinates gradually grew old, there was only one Xue Rengui to hold the scene. But there is also a fault line in the middle of nearly a decade. Without a general in the army, how can the strongest combat power of the army be brought into play?

When Chai Lingwu and Li Pengcheng walked out of the new barracks with suddenly realized expressions. Li Kuan began to assemble the soldiers, three hundred people with two war horses each, and the armor on their bodies gave people a strong sense of oppression under the black oppressive sky. All three hundred men sat on their horses with solemn faces, waiting for the moment of departure.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to the grassland, as long as we enter the grassland, I believe we will have a chance to make impressive achievements! Do you have faith? Li Kuan looked at the soldiers and said.

"Yes!" One by one, the soldiers shouted at the top of their voices.

"Be louder, why do you look like a?" Li Kuan roared.

"Yes!!" The soldiers roared with all their might.

"Good! We are Datang soldiers, why are we here this time? Li Kuan then asked.

"With the blood of the Turks, wash away our shame! Snow shame!! Liu Wei replied.

"Snow shame! Snow shame!! Snow Shame !! The soldiers yelled.

"Good! Very good!! Come with me, kill into the grassland, and let the Turkic dog tremble under the iron hooves of our Tang Dynasty Iron Horseman! Li Kuan waved his horsewhip in his hand, and galloped towards the camp gate with the reins of his horse, and the soldiers of the new barracks also galloped out.

At the outermost part of the garrison of the Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan met Li Jing, and at this time there were two people beside him, their whole bodies were shrouded in a black robe, and the outfits of the two of them were so conspicuous on the snow-capped grassland all around. Li Kuan was very surprised, with such two people, I am afraid that they will find their traces from the distant Turks, Li Jing will not know this, why didn't he remind him?

"Captain Yunlu, these two are the people who are about to enter the grassland with you, you don't need to ask who they are, you don't have to ask what they want to do, in short, they are just going to take a ride with you along the way!" Li Jing did not introduce Li Kuan, it seems that these two people must have a special mission.

"Dashuai, are they too conspicuous in this outfit on the grassland?" Li Kuan asked.

'Don't worry, the steppe is very empty, as long as you don't reach the Turkic settlement, even if you go out of a hundred miles, you may not meet a person who will breathe!' Besides, now that the war has started, what do you care about? Your white cloak has been taken off as well, this thing looks good, but it will get in the way of fighting. Li Jing said.

"We'll untie it before we go to war, it's just that it's wrapped up like this and it's not so conspicuous." Li Kuan quibbled.

"Go as you like! Okay, let's hit the road! The vanguard troops had already broken into the grassland yesterday, and Ben Shuai would also reorganize the army and march towards the grassland. Jieli has already started to go south, you better go around in a circle, don't run into it head-on! After Li Jing reminded him, he walked towards the camp.

After Li Kuanmu saw Li Jing leave, he looked at the two black-robed people who had been silent, and stretched out his hand and waved: "Go!" As soon as the reins of the horse were pulled, the crotch chased the clouds and shot out, and the soldiers behind him also quickly followed.

Li Kuan and the others left first, but the two black-robed men did not move, and only after all the soldiers had walked to the front did they ride their horses to follow.

"Huh...... This man is the son of the current emperor? It's nice to be dressed in black! A black-robed man said with a smile.

"It's really good, it's just that people have their own teachers, so don't think about it! How can there be no people like you and me who can teach such disciples? Another black-robed man spoke up.

"Yes, let's go! We came quietly this time, and we can't hide it, so these two things are better wrapped! The black-robed man who spoke first pulled a white cloak from his saddle and shrouded it over it.

The other black-robed man did the same, and then the two of them hurried to follow Li Kuan's troops, and now it was time to go to the depths of the grassland.

The grassland, surrounded by a vast white expanse, snow-capped, this winter came very early, the drought of spring and summer made the Turks on the grassland chase water and grass and scattered very open, this winter just arrived on the heavy snow, so that the large tribes of the Turkic people on the grassland are very few, most of them are small settlements, dozens of herdsmen are more than 100 households, these are the goals of Li Kuan's trip. As early as a few days ago, Little Gray Ash had already taken his little brother deep into the grassland, but I don't know if it has achieved results! Li Kuan didn't know where to find his big dog, so he could only follow his own mind and make a big circle, so as not to encounter the Turks head-on.

"Take out the black veil and blindfold! There is snow all around, which is easy to cause snow blindness, so be careful! Not long after entering the grassland, Xue Wanche said loudly, it has not been a year or two since he led his troops to fight, and he has also had experience in snow warfare like broken words, so he asked people to prepare black yarn in advance.

After the soldiers covered their eyes, they felt that the snow around them was no longer dazzling. The speed increased, and the rustle of the horses' hooves against the snow became more rapid.

When entering the grassland, it is also difficult to distinguish the direction, only the front and back, because the footprints they left after walking through them show them the direction they came from. But the southeast and northwest are not so easy to distinguish, fortunately, there is a thing called Sinan at this time, this thing can be disassembled, and it will not have much impact if you carry it with the army, of course, this is also due to the fact that Li is not big enough to be in size.

Traveling all the way, there is not necessarily a person on the road for dozens of miles, the grassland is sparsely populated, and the Turks are full of only hundreds of thousands, but because of their harsh living environment, they are extremely fierce, and all the people are soldiers. Therefore, although the Turks are few, they have no less combatable soldiers than the Tang Dynasty at this time. Li Kuan: Although they went around in circles, they obviously didn't go around big enough. After three days of deep penetration into the grassland, they encountered a Turkic army, with a small number of less than five hundred people, which seemed to be a tribal Turkic army, they were the advance army sent by Jieli, and the vanguard of the Tang Dynasty was of the same nature.

The two armies are colliding face to face, and they have to fight if they don't fight, anyway, it is impossible to treat them as if they didn't see them, and they must try their best to keep all these people behind, and there must not be a single living mouth, otherwise the Turks are afraid that they will send a large army to encircle and suppress them. But it is easy to defeat 500 Turks head-on, and it seems a bit unrealistic to annihilate them all. This became the first hurdle that Li Kuan faced after today's grassland.

The Turks on the opposite side obviously also spotted Li Kuan and the others, shouting Turkic one by one, leaning over to this side, waving the scimitar in their hands, as if warning them.

"Bow and arrow ready, shoot me when you get into range!" Li Kuan said to the soldiers behind him.

"No!" All the soldiers hung their horses in the saddle, then removed their longbows from their backs and mounted their arrows.

When the Turks on the opposite side saw this posture, they must not be able to get better, so they also pulled their bows and arrows into a full moon, facing this side, and for a while the swords were tense and the atmosphere became solemn. The north wind whistled past the people and horses on both sides, rolling up the snow foam on the ground, and they all spread to fill the place.

"Shoot!" Li Kuan waved his hand and shouted out the word fiercely.

The "swishing ......" arrows roared away like locusts crossing the border. (To be continued......)