It was already the beginning of November, and the severe cold in the north was also coming in Cao Yue's busyness.

The first snow in Datong fell with the arrival of another cold wave.

This time the cold air was very strong, and the howling north wind blew for a whole night and a day, and it began to snow in the evening. In just one night, the heavy snow covered the earth with a thick coat of silver, and the sky and the earth were everywhere.

The snow brought great inconvenience to the lives of the people, and also caused a lot of trouble to Cao Yue's training plan.

However, the heavy snow also brought inspiration to Cao Yue, and in the face of the vast snowfield, he thought of skiing and sledding.

In later generations, the group army in which Cao Yue served was stationed in northern Xinjiang, where the winter was very cold, and many times the snow was half a person high. In winter, heavy snow closes the roads, and cars and motorcycles are basically useless, and war horses can be used, but the best tool for snow travel is skis.

Fighters with good skiing skills can easily patrol and perform tasks on the snow with skis.

There are also sleds, which are pulled by trained short-legged dogs, which are more convenient than modern means of transport.

Although there was no factory to manufacture ski tools in the Ming Dynasty, Cao Yue, who grew up in the Northeast and began skiing at a very young age, was confident that he could make ski equipment by hand. When he saw the snow and his inspiration came out, Cao Yue planned to train a team of men and horses who could use ski tools to gallop on the snow, and they could travel hundreds of miles a day without using war horses, and maybe they could achieve the legend of the battlefield.

It is better to act than to act, and Cao Yue immediately began to make ski equipment, including ski poles and snowboards. According to his memory, Cao Yue had several pairs of skis made of solid birch wood, as well as ski poles. The sled is easy to make, and there is little resistance when gliding in the snow.

The manufacturing level of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was still good, and it only took half a day to produce dozens of skis that Cao Yue was quite satisfied with. Ski poles are relatively simple and do not require special craftsmanship.

After the skis are made, Cao Yue also plans to try them out himself. If there is nothing wrong with skis, he starts with his own family unit and teaches the sergeants how to ski. The winter in the north is very long, and Cao Yue is confident that after a winter, a large number of people in the army will learn to ski. Didn't Jiannu live in the so-called white mountains and black waters?

The heavy snowfall eventually turned into a blizzard, and it rained for two days and two nights before it slowly subsided.

After the snowfall became lighter, Cao Yue also took the 500 Jiading troops who stayed with him out of the city, ready to go to ski training.

Cao Yue's family army originally consisted of 700 people, but after coming to Datong, he arranged for nearly 200 of them to be good in all aspects to serve as officers and instructors in the army. In this way, he will be able to slowly control the entire Datong army in his hands.

After braving the bitter cold and leaving the city, Cao Yue found a site with a somewhat undulating slope. After dismounting and walking to the top of the slope, Cao Yue ordered two of his own soldiers to tie his skis for him. The two already knew what Cao Yue was going to do, and they excitedly tied up their skis according to Cao Yue's instructions, and handed the ski poles in their hands to Cao Yue. They were eager to see how Cao Yue could use these simple objects to run through the snow.

Everything was ready, and under the curious gaze of everyone, Cao Yue lifted his feet tied to his skis and walked forward slowly. After testing his balance and the smoothness of his skis, Cao Yue stood still on the edge of the high slope.

Ahead is a gentle slope stretching downward, Cao Yue half-squatted and used the ski pole in his hand to hold it up a little harder. Taking advantage of the difference in terrain and the strength of his hands, Cao Yue slowly slipped down the hillside.

Cao Yue's body balance was maintained well, although everything was very unfamiliar, including ski equipment and terrain, but he only played two stumbles, his body maintained his balance, and the whole person began to slide along the terrain, and began to slowly accelerate.

Seeing Cao Yue using such a simple tool to slide quickly on the snow, the family couldn't help but applaud.

Some people began to be eager to try and run on the snow with two boards like Cao Yue.

Under the gaze of all the family members, Cao Yue, who was slowly finding his feelings, began to speed up. Snow droplets splashed, and snow and dust flew behind Cao Yue.

After speeding up to a steeper slope, Cao Yue showed a high desire, and when he rushed to the top of the slope, he kicked vigorously and a somersault followed, and after a circle in the air, he landed safely and continued to glide at a very fast speed.

The eyes of the families watching the excitement were straight, and the earth-shattering cheers followed, and a few small animals that came out of the woods to forage in the distance ran away.

After skating for about half an hour, Cao Yue ended the performance, slid back to the starting place quickly, and stopped in front of the family with a beautiful emergency stop. "Young master, you are so powerful that you can fly on the snow."

"General, your skiing skills have stunned us, so let's teach us too, right? Haha, that's exciting!"

"I wish we would do the same!"

The family members were very excited, and Cao Yue also began to talk about how to ski after standing up with the support of two personal soldiers.

How to keep your body balanced so that you don't let yourself fall, how to exert your strength so that you can slide faster.

One afternoon had passed, and more than 50 sergeants in Cao Yue's unit had already begun skiing. After a few more days of practice, Cao Yue believed that they would be able to drive two skis across the snow, and even shoot arrows with bows or guns.

As long as the ski equipment is sufficient, Cao Yue believes that he can train a man and horse that can be highly mobile on the snowfield.

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Ten miles outside Datong City, in Datong Beidaying, Deputy General HD and Zhu Yang are drinking each other.

The weather was bitterly cold, the snow was heavy outside, and the training was temporarily suspended, so they were able to take a break for a while, hiding from the fire and drinking.

Drinking is not allowed in the army, and although the two are adjutant generals, they dare not openly violate military discipline, so they can only hide and drink a little.

"Brother Zhu, our Cao Da General Soldier, it seems that he is really not a simple person, in just over a month, he has trained 50,000 recruits in a good way," Gao Gao took a sip of wine, and said to Zhu Yang with emotion: "And the skiing skills he has just started to promote, which is really admirable." ”

After Zhu Yang and Gao Gao touched the wine glass, he poured the wine in the cup into his throat and echoed: "Brother Gao is right, General Cao is really not simple, extraordinary, no wonder he can lead more than 1,000 people to break through Shengjing of Jiannu, and retreat." At first, I thought it was just luck, but now it seems that it is because of ability. If we are given a chance, we will definitely not be like him, who can completely relieve the siege of Songshan and Jinzhou, and lead most of the men and horses to retreat safely. I think this skiing skill is also very useful, this kind of weather, horseback riding is very inconvenient, if you can learn to ski quickly, you can come and go freely in the snow. I think that Cao Zongbing's move is to train a team of men and horses who are proficient in skiing, and take advantage of the heavy snow to attack Jiannu again. ”

"The tiger father has no dogs," Gao Gao sighed from the bottom of his heart, drank all the wine in the cup again, hesitated for a moment, and said as if talking to himself: "Deputy General Wu wants to deal with General Cao, a little beyond his strength!"

Seeing that Gao Gao said this, Zhu Yang was excited, and after thinking about it, he asked in a low voice: "Senior brother, do you think that General Cao will be wary of us and Vice Chief Wu behind his back?" If Deputy General Wu sues the royal court, will he be unlucky? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Gao said: "General Cao is so shrewd, he must have thought that the imperial court sent us to restrain him, and he must be wary of us, maybe he has been watching, and Deputy General Wu may be aware of something he may be aware of." Long live Lord is also very important to him, and he will not easily judge the crime because of a report letter from Deputy Chief Wu without evidence, and will definitely send someone to investigate in detail, maybe it will be Deputy Chief Wu who is unlucky in the end!"

"You mean, we shouldn't be together with Deputy Chief Wu to frame General Cao?"

After thinking about it, he didn't answer Zhu Yang's question directly, but just sighed: "Now there are not many outstanding generals like Cao Zongbing, and the generals who dare to lead more than 1,000 people to attack Shengjing and put all the old nests of Jiannu are probably unique!"

Zhu Yang listened to it silently and didn't say anything more!