readx; At the same time that Zhu Youzhen's horse crossed the Zhanghe River, on the vast snowfield more than 300 miles north of Baiyangyu Pass in Qian'an, a team of cavalry dressed in thick cotton clothes was trudging against the wind and snow. In this bad weather www.biquge.info even the indigenous Mongolians in the steppe have stopped all outdoor activities and huddled in yurts to warm up for the winter. This was not the case with this cavalry, which had been wandering around the snowfield like headless flies for days, and all the soldiers were complaining.

Finally, the wind and snow were a little lesser, and the generals led by him finally issued an order to set up camp. As if they had been granted amnesty, the soldiers dismounted and set up camp in the snow. Like the Mongols, they spread a thick layer of felt on the ground, so that they could barely lie down and regain their strength. But before that, they had to vacate most of the tent and bring the war horses in to warm up, because everyone knew that if there were no war horses on this vast snowfield, they would have to wait for death.

These cavalrymen were all from the three battalions of the Beijing Division, but they were only used as reserve troops in the defense of the Beijing Division, and they did not fight a single day. Compared with the Qin soldiers, their military discipline is not a little bit worse, and they are all drunkards and gamblers, and at this time, they all have a chance to breathe, and they all take out the wine jug that is about to reach the bottom from their arms, take two sips greedily, and then curse in frustration. Scolding God, scolding themselves for bad luck, of course, scolding the most is their main general.

However, their chief general, who was nearly fifty years old and had gray temples, was full of interest, as if he did not feel the cold at all, and kept checking back and forth between the military tents to see if there were any soldiers who had lost their ability to move due to cold and hunger. After reading it, he nodded with satisfaction and shouted, "The whole army is assembled!" ”

Before the morale of the troops could catch their breath, they urgently assembled, and naturally they were even more scolding. The general saw it in his eyes and laughed: "You must hate the general so much that you want to break the general into thousands of pieces, right?" ”

Although everyone really thought so in their hearts, of course they didn't dare to say it, they just fell into a deathly silence, and for a while they could only hear the sound of the cold wind howling.

"But Ben will advise you not to do such stupid things." The general said triumphantly, "Do you know where you are now?" Now it is more than 300 miles away from the Great Wall, and there is no general, can you walk out of this snowfield? I'm afraid I can't even figure out the direction! ”

Everyone was hit in the soft underbelly by the generals, and they had no choice but to express their approval with silence. The general continued: "You may still wonder why Ben is taking you around the neighborhood. In fact, it is very simple, the purpose is twofold, first, to let you adapt to the cold climate as soon as possible; Second, eat up all the rations you bring with you! ”

The crowd was in an uproar. Not to mention that more than ten people really can't stand the cold and have frozen to death; Let's talk about the food problem, deliberately exhausting the food, isn't this a brain disease?

The general had expected everyone's reaction, and said with a sneer: "Why did the general do this? Quite simply, Ben will need a crack army, a tiger and wolf army that can defeat the enemy on the grassland! For thousands of years, the Han army has also penetrated into the prairie many times, but in the end they all returned, why? In the final analysis, it is because there is no food and grass to continue and cannot be replenished.

"But if you think about it from another angle, why did the Mongols survive on the steppe? Because they don't need provisions at all, the steppe itself is their sustenance! Now Ben will be teaching you the way of survival of the Mongols, as long as you learn it, you can persist in living in this cold weather, and there will be some hope for going to Liaodong in the future. Otherwise, even the Mongols can't do it, how can they fight against the more powerful Jurchens? ”

Everyone woke up like a dream, thinking that now they were chasing ducks to the shelves, and if they didn't work, they had to do it, so they had to follow the main general with all their hearts. Originally, these soldiers were almost the worst group in the official army, but now in order to survive, they were trained by the general to obey, and no one dared to disagree.

The general nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Very good, now the general will tell you how the Mongols survived in this situation. All the troops are out! ”

The army had no choice but to immediately pull out the camp and follow the generals to continue their march. The general said with a smile as he walked: "The Mongolians raise cattle and sheep, and they live by eating meat and drinking milk in winter. We don't have cattle or sheep, but it doesn't matter, there are still things on the grassland that we can eat. ”

A young general who had been following him couldn't help but ask, "General, this snowfield is so white that you can't even see a bird, how can you have anything to eat?" ”

The general was very polite to the young general, and patiently explained: "It is true that there will be a lot fewer animals on the grassland in winter, but there are still some of them, especially wolves. Wolves are animals that do not migrate like migratory birds, nor hibernate like bears and snakes, but they still come out to forage in winter and in groups. As soon as we come across a pack of wolves, we have meat to eat. ”

While he was talking, the general suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone, listened carefully for a while, and suddenly laughed and said, "Did you hear that?" ”

Everyone also quickly pricked up their ears and listened for a long time, but there seemed to be no movement except for the north wind of the call sign. The general pointed to the northwest direction and said, "If you want to survive on the grassland, don't let go of any detail." Ben would have heard the sound of wolves howling from the wind just now, and there must have been wolves upwind. Come with me! ”

With that, he urged his mount and galloped northwest against the strong wind. Everyone hurriedly rode their horses to follow, and after traveling for several miles, they saw a few small moving dots on the snow in front of them, and it was an adult she-wolf wandering on the snow with a few wolf cubs, as if they were searching for rabbits and other small animals.

"Who can shoot those wolves?" The general smiled, "But you can only shoot wounded, not killed!" ”

The young general behind him immediately took a few steps forward and said, "The last general will try!" ”

As he spoke, he opened his bow like a full moon, and after aiming for a while, he suddenly let go, and an iron arrow immediately roared out, piercing the she-wolf's belly accurately. The she-wolf immediately screamed and fell to the ground, and several little wolves were taken aback, and before they could react, the young general shot down all the cubs with arrows.

Everyone immediately cheered and stepped forward, thinking that after so many days of dry food, they would finally be able to eat meat today. Not to mention wolf meat, even fly meat has to be eaten now!

But the officer was not in a hurry, but dismounted and came to the she-wolf, and poked her wound with the tip of his sword. The she-wolf was in great pain, and let out a terrifying and terrible cry one after another, and everyone couldn't help but feel a fur in their hearts. The general smiled and said: "What are you still doing in a daze, before you get on the horse and prepare to release the arrows, the wolves are coming soon!" ”

Sure enough, after a while, a group of wolves were really attracted by the she-wolf's cry and appeared in everyone's field of vision. The corner of the general's mouth showed a cruel smile and said, "It's not a lot!" Looks like everyone can have a full meal today! ”