"It's strange, it's not dark yet." Xiong Tingbi put his hand between his eyebrows and looked at it from afar.

The sky in the north is grayish-white, and the north wind blows very manically, almost giving people a chance to breathe, and many people are unevenly blown by the wind, and have to turn their heads at any time and breathe heavily.

Everyone was wearing thick jackets, and they were also wearing cloaks to protect them from the wind, and some even put the quilts on their horses, and they rode on the quilts, and their jackets were also worn in several layers, even so, they were blown cold by the north wind, and their hands and feet were frozen into black and red, and the north wind blew down everyone's tears, and the teardrops kept dripping, and they formed ice cubes on their faces.

Xiong Tingbi is the same, God will not love him because of his strategic identity, and he is not thicker than others, but he still retains the unique style of the court minister.

Han Xu was the same on the side, no matter how cold it was, he was always in good spirits.

After hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, Han Xu said on the side: "Jingluo, it's going to snow, find a village to rest tonight, right?" ”

The north wind is getting stronger and stronger, there seems to be broken snow being blown over in the distance, and the earth is vast, at this time Han Xu knows the power of heaven and earth, and later generations will never imagine how the ancestors in such a bitter cold area as Liaodong opened up this fertile land.

They set out from Fengji Fort, and two days later left Hupiyi, and stayed in Shenyang for two days, Xiong Tingbi summoned many civil and military generals in Shenyang, met with the local gentry, encouraged and cheered up all strata, and at the same time summoned the Shenyang garrison and announced a reward.

Xiong Tingbi did not stop here, and after staying in Shenyang for two days to finish the work, he announced that he was going to Fushun Pass.

The chief soldier He Shixian persuaded again, and Xiong Tingbi said: "It seems that the ground is full of ice and snow, and I didn't expect to go a little lightly!" ”

He Shixian, who was blocked by a sentence, couldn't speak, sighed, and had to take dozens of families to accompany him, in this kind of weather, there was no other way than to bring elite families, and he really mobilized thousands of battalions to follow, and mutinied halfway, and he was also worried that there were Dongyu in the city, and the movement was big, and it was easy to leak the news.

Xiong Tingbi did not agree to Han Xu's suggestion, the surrounding fields were lonely, the snow covered the villages, and the official road could only barely be recognized, there were still corpses under the snow in the fields that had not been buried, and they could be seen from time to time, which made him feel very bad, and he only wished to rush to Dongzhou Fort earlier, and when he arrived in Dongzhou, he could rest for a night, and he could rush to Fushun tomorrow.

Before it got dark, the north wind finally brought heavy snow.

In an instant, the snow fell very much, and the crumbs of snow were constantly blown by the north wind on people's bodies, and their faces and hands made it more difficult to breathe, and the sky and the earth were instantly swallowed up by black clouds and white snowflakes, and it was almost difficult for them to see beyond the mile, and everyone hid their faces in their collars and cloaks, and they could no longer look at the road, and the horses walked with great difficulty, constantly panting, snorting, and twisting their bodies.

When it was dark, the road became more difficult, so people had to jump off their horses, light the way with torches, and walk with their hands on the reins.

Only a few of He Shixian and Xiong Tingbi's staff did not dismount, and the soldiers led the horses for the officials with their hands, and everyone's hands were frozen purple, in this case, frostbite was inevitable.

Han Xu also dismounted and walked, his boots stepped on the ground, making a creaking sound, the snow field was lonely, black and white were everywhere, there was a strange gray as far as the eye could see, abandoned villages, fields, trees, and abandoned dungeons were all in front of him, there seemed to be monsters hiding not far away, he had to gather his spirits and pay attention to all the suspicious signs that could be paid attention to, but at this time the manpower was too weak, only heavy snow and the north wind were raging between heaven and earth, it was hard to imagine, In such weather, everyone and every horse is exhausted, and it is difficult to respond to an enemy attack.

He Shixian's family began to whisper that it was unprecedented to travel in such weather.

Han Xu's subordinates were still insisting on moving forward silently, and their morale had also fallen to the bottom.

"Ren Shangwu!" Han Xu suddenly shouted in the wind and snow: "Is it hard to fight or is it hard to walk like this?" ”

"It's hard to walk like this."

Ren Shangwu replied without thinking.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Han Xu also laughed, this guy's answer like this is inevitable, and he laughed again at the moment: "Will you lose your life if you fight, or will you lose your life if you walk like this?" ”

"Fighting."

"Do you want to walk or do you want to fight?"

"Naturally I want to fight!"

"Why?"

"Make military merits, get promoted, and get rich!"

"That's a good point."

At this time, everyone was listening attentively to their answers, Xiong Tingbi and He Shixian were also listening, but listening to Han Xu said loudly again: "Training is weekdays, walking is also hard, and you have to endure all kinds of hardships, so that you can kill the enemy on the battlefield, behead and make meritorious contributions, and if you can't stand the suffering, you can't fight, right?" ”

"Yes!"

This time, not only Ren Shangwu, but all Han Xu's subordinates roared together.

"Ahead," Han Xu pointed ahead and shouted: "Dongzhou Fort is in front, let Dongyu take it away, now Jingluo will take us back to Dongzhou, Fushun, Jingluo will suffer with us, we are good men who are soldiers, is this bit of wind and snow still bitter?" ”

He Qingyun shouted: "It's still bitter, but we can eat it!" ”

Immediately afterwards, He Qingyun shouted again: "My lord, are you not afraid of this wind and snow, and you are not afraid of suffering this?" ”

Han Xu said loudly: "Lao Tzu is really not afraid of hardship, just because Lao Tzu has just been promoted to general manager, and he still thinks about being promoted to general manager, do you guys want to?" Do you want to, He Baihu? ”

"Yes!" He Qingyun held his head high and replied: "Being said by adults, I feel that this snow is warm, and it is very comfortable to sweep on my body!" ”

The crowd laughed again, mixed with whistles and strange screams, and after such shouting and laughing, although they ate some snow in their mouths, their morale was surprisingly high.

Han Xu also laughed with everyone, and also whistled a few times, not only his direct subordinates laughed with him, but even He Shixian's family members were the same, many family members were originally very disdainful of Han Xu and his subordinates, they were the sons of heaven in the army, and they didn't look down on Han Xu and others at all, at this time, these family members also shouted with Han Xu and others, and the originally low morale recovered a lot.

"Okay, okay." Xiong Tingbi squinted at the situation in front of him, and praised it several times, Liu Zirui originally shrunk on horseback and didn't dare to raise his head, but at this time he also raised his face and laughed loudly, He Shixian looked shocked, and said on the side: "General Han's ability to lead the troops, a certain chief soldier is ashamed of himself." ”

……

Before the watch, the rangers of the sentinels in front returned, everything around Dongzhou Fort was normal, and there was no trace of the enemy, and the scouts were tired and pale, in such bad weather, they had to rush back and forth, and their physical strength was exhausted.

After arriving at Dongzhou Fort, people didn't care about anything else, they reluctantly cleaned a few rooms, and then lit a bonfire, and they didn't care about eating, everyone nibbled up on the ground and fell asleep after eating some cakes, Xiong Tingbi also wrapped his cloak and lay on the ground to rest, Han Xu also fell asleep on the ground after arranging the duty on duty.

At dawn, Xiong Tingbi woke up from a half-asleep state, feeling stiff everywhere, he struggled to stand up, and walked outside the door, He Shixian and others were still asleep in the next room, the snow outside was white, bright and dazzling, fortunately, the snow stopped, and the wind was much lighter, Xiong Tingbi saw a figure patrolling at the height of the fort wall, and if you looked carefully, it was Han Xu.