The cold wind swept through the wasteland and mountains, blowing everything in heaven and earth to death.

"Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs...... Yang Shixiang opened the curtain of his carriage, looked at the three million jade dragons in front of him, and muttered to himself about the snow scene stirred by Zhou Tian.

The soldiers of the Sheng army who guarded him were all wearing heavy cloaks, and the ears of the velvet hats were also lowered, and they marched forward with difficulty in the wind and snow. One of the rear caravan carrying a tent was stuck in a ditch, and the pit could not be brought out, and the horses were snorting and neighing loudly, and they were all sweating in this cold weather. Several members of Yang Shixiang's family, wearing sheepskin robes, the fluff inside was more than two inches long, and they looked warm, riding on horseback, and the fox and the tiger scolded loudly, and a Sheng Junqian always wanted to explain something to them with a smile, but he was immediately whipped.

In front of him, Yang Shixiang was unconscious, just looking at the snowy scene, a little Yi surname flying sideways.

Ye Zhongjun rode on the horse, just following Yang Shixiang closely. He doesn't care what kind of poem this Lord Hanlin is. It's just that he has to serve him well, and now his top is still in his uncle's hands!

Yang Shixiang said a word, seeing that no one agreed, a little disappointed. With such snow in the country, it should be a good time for three or five friends, riding a donkey and carrying wine, and singing poems and harmony! He smacked his lips regretfully, looked around, and saw the deputy general Ye who had a red nose by the car window, no fish or shrimp, he smiled: "Brother Ye, can your brother understand what he said just now?" ”

Ye Zhongjun raised his face and smiled: "If you go back to your lordship, you have also studied in Zongxue for a few years. This means to guess, that is, God has a bad heart, and treats us nether creatures like dogs and cats, isn't it? However, Lord Yang is the star of the heavens, and the star of Wenqu is descending to the earth, unlike us martial artists, we will have to rely on Lord Yang more in the future! ”

Yang Shixiang laughed and pointed at Ye Zhongjun: "Qingfeng is illiterate, and he will flip through books...... This sentence just says that the creatures of the nether realm are just the same in the eyes of God, and God will not deliberately favor anyone! Everyone is struggling in this world, the prince is still a beggar, it is nothing more than a competition on his own! Brother Ye is the same as me, Xu Yifan is also like me, everyone depends on their own means, the world is bitter, the difference between the top and the bottom is nothing more than what is planted and what is the effect, and I can't complain about God! ”

Ye Zhongjun just salivated and laughed, and Yang Shixiang didn't look at this martial artist as an understanding. I thought it was boring, so I lowered the curtain and went to avoid the wind. Ye Zhongjun scolded in a low voice, seeing that the Yang family members in the back team were getting more and more troublesome, and they were busy and went back to solve the problem, I don't know how many smiling faces I accompanied and how many benefits I promised. These two masters of the class and the others left with a snort.

The general manager in charge of commanding, as well as several capital guards, were all full of whip marks, and complained to Ye Zhongjun one by one: "My lord, the king of Hades is good, but the little ghost is difficult." These masters, we really can't wait! Fucking said that the surname of the Northern Dynasty is Strong, and the Dongxue Party has made such a big noise, why didn't anyone come to intercept it? As long as someone comes to find the wrong one, there is a yellow spring under the blue sky, and Lao Tzu does not run, so he will put a fried seed on the stall! ”

Ye Zhongjun just smiled bitterly: "What is the identity of the person?" The think tank around Zhongtang! We have some stinky hills, why should we stand up with others? My top is still in my uncle's hands! Everyone should only look at my face, after this mission is completed, what will the handsome reward come down, the brother does not want a big son, in the future in the Northern Dynasty to find a foreign salary, the brother does not want a big share, the big guy is equally divided! ”

A few petty officers cursed again and dispersed. Ye Zhongjun was there immediately, and his heart was extremely unhappy. The suffering caused by this trip is not only a benefit. Every day, I have to talk to Yang Shixiang's family members, and serve Lord Yang for a day's meal, I have to get one hundred taels of silver, now! Otherwise, they will hand things up indiscriminately, what kind of glutinous rice, cold meat, dirty hand towels, and charcoal with a lot of smoke...... It's cold and it's hard to walk, but he has to travel all night, and his old lady can lie down and sleep when he wants in the car. They have to carry it!

"What the fuck are you going to try riding a horse? God is above, Xu Yifan's two hundred and five are good for him to play evil! Lao Tzu is a big deal, as soon as the tiger skin is taken off, and the silver is held up by a new official photo! Which battalion leader can't pull a few friends as an errand boy? Serve you bird feathers! ”

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Just when Vice Admiral Ye was ruthless, on the far top of the mountain, an eight-fold military telescope of German Zeiss was staring at their team.

The person holding the telescope was lying on his stomach, and a person was half-kneeling. On such a cold day, with such a heavy snowfall, the two of them did not move at all. Especially the kneeling person, with a straight waist, in a standard half-kneeling posture in the army. One person is reporting, one person is remembering.

"Numbers, three hundred and seventeen!"

"Guns, almost all of them are equipped, all of them are five-son fast guns!"

"Formation, two-way columns, no sentinels, no flank guards, take the brigade march sequence......"

"The direction of progress, two seven zeros to the east of the north, and the speed of travel is presumed to be about ten miles per hour!"

The data was reported in a series of reports, and the half-kneeling man hurriedly stuffed the recorded things into his leather satchel and rolled down the hill in a puff of smoke. At this time, in the valley not far below this hill, a team of about three hundred people had already gathered, but compared to the Sheng army guarding Yang Shixiang, their military appearance was much stricter. The sentry has been released, and there are also fire guard posts on the high ground everywhere. Although it was only a temporary rest, the shack for the horses had been erected, and some people were loosening the horse's belly belt, inspecting the horse's back, checking the horse's hooves, and replenishing the horse's feed according to the regulations.

Those who did not have a task were all waiting in the leeward according to the sentry formation, and the guns were warmed in their arms, and they were ready to use. The officers stood at the front of the line, all in a casual posture. In the whole camping place, only the sound of the wheezing of the war horses was heard, and the rest of the coughing was not heard.

The reconnaissance scout sent the intelligence to the improvised Chinese army, which was nothing more than a tent. Two people sat in the tent, one short and stocky, the other tall. The tall man with a military posture and a tight black face is Zhang Xuzhou. And the other one didn't seem to be very accustomed to such an atmosphere, just kept coughing lightly, his fat face was a little cold and blue, and he looked a little nervous, who else could there be if it wasn't Yuan Shikai?

After a report, the eyes of both of them lit up when they saw the scout covered in snow come in. Zhang Xuzhou gestured slightly to Yuan Shikai: "Lord Li's military order, this mission is mainly based on you, you look at it first, you take determination, I will arrange the command." ”

Yuan Shikai was also not polite, took the neatly recorded record, and was surprised first after taking a look: "Grown?" At the beginning, I walked around the kang all day long, but now I can actually write words? It's not easy! ”

The scout smiled awkwardly, not daring to say a word. He turned out to be Yuan Shikai's old subordinate, a thousand chief sentinels of the Qing Army's personal army. Because of his strong obedience, he was selected when he was forming the Praetorian Guard. Now he is also a regular eye, in charge of a shed - but according to the military language reform of the newly established Janissary Staff Office, his shed should be called a shift.

When the officers (non-commissioned officers) at all levels, according to the training courses set up by those German foreign instructors, all need to be trained in rotation, except for the deputy officers at the grassroots level, these main officers are also divided into three levels. Every time you pass the assessment of all aspects of military culture at the first level, you can get a lot more salary! At the first level, the salary can be compared to that of the officer! These grassroots veterans also studied and trained hard for this, and they did not dare to disobey the slightest discipline. In addition to the fact that it really hurts to be hit with a military stick, upgrading to a level is really able to support a family! Battalion bastards, you can't eat it in the Praetorian Guard!

Although he was Yuan Shikai's old subordinate, Zhang Xuzhou's black face was sitting there, and he didn't dare to say a word, but just replied in a low voice: "Yes!" ”

Yuan Shikai hurriedly swept through the records, detailed and neat. He is also a person who has led soldiers, and he can see the benefits at a glance. It's really easy to make a decision with this. What's even more rare is that just a positive goal can actually make such a standard record!

Yuan Shikai smiled and handed the paper to Zhang Xuzhou: "Lord Zhang, the matter of the war is that you take the rudder." I'm just making a decision, now these guys are only more than 200 miles away from Pyongyang, and if they go further, they will be able to get in touch with the sphere of influence of our Praetorian Guards, and when the time comes, there will be many people and they will fight, only now, there is one more person who will not let them escape! ”

Zhang Xuzhou took it with a straight face, and Yuan Shikai casually ordered his old subordinates: "It's so pitiful, tell the other scout brothers to also withdraw to warm up...... Tell the news, look at your hands full of frostbite! To pay twenty taels of soup and medicine, everyone will share the ......"

His old subordinates looked embarrassed and didn't dare to move. Zhang Xuzhou didn't raise his head, and said angrily: "This is just the duty of being a Praetorian Guard!" We have logistics, and we have not prepared a reward for silver, I don't want to do it, two legs are long on my body, please! We're not uncommon! Yuan Shikai's expression froze, then relaxed, turned his head and smiled: "I don't understand the affairs of the camp, naturally Lord Zhang respects." Go down, there's no need for you here. ”

The eyes were still standing straight, as if they had not heard it. Zhang Xuzhou just looked down at the record, ignoring Yuan Shikai's embarrassment, and after a while, he stood up violently and glanced at the straight eye. Lizheng replied to him with a serious military salute: "Disband!" Continue to be in place for the afterlife...... Well done, worthy of our Praetorian Guards! ”

The straight face was flushed, snapped in return, and walked out straight. Zhang Xuzhou didn't look at Yuan Shikai, he walked out of the tent and went to give orders, and immediately ordered the soldiers to go around. After a while, I saw more than a dozen officers covered in snow, who came from all directions according to their command knives, and when they walked to the tent, they stood upright and reported loudly. As soon as Zhang Xuzhou agreed, these officers rushed in.

Yuan Shikai looked coldly in the tent, these officers were surprisingly young, most of them were selected by Xu Yifan from Nanyang, brought to North Korea by himself, personally found the best instructors to train them, personally educated them as soldiers, and equipped them with the best military uniforms, the best equipment, and the best weapons! Those handmade good calfskin military boots are soft and sturdy, each pair is at least ten taels of silver, and three Huai soldiers are paid for a month! Even if there is an officer from the Qing Army, he doesn't even look at this old commander.

Everyone was eager to try it, and their faces were solemn. In such a severe cold, no one showed that they were frozen, and the military posture was still meticulous. You must know that many Nanyang officers have never seen snow in their lives, and now they press the command knife, or the hands that salute with a flat chest, the chilblains have been connected into patches, and pus is flowing outward! As soon as it stood upright, the military boots and spurs clashed, and only murderous spirit was left in the camp tent!

Zhang Xuzhou nodded to Yuan Shikai with a straight face, and his tone was already cold: "Let's arrange military affairs, Lord Yuan, do you want to listen?" ”

Yuan Shikai smiled faintly: "There are so many big men huddled together, I don't join in this fun, it's stuffy inside, I'm going to breathe." ”

He bowed his head and climbed out of the tent, looking at the snow with his hands, looking at the soldiers who were still meticulous in the snow without officer belts.

This is a dignified army, Xu Yifan takes strict discipline as the whip, the best equipment and the best treatment as the cornerstone, and at the same time casts an upward step with the flesh and blood of the enemy. At the same time, give them a comprehensive education, first-class training. Cultivated this new army that is different from all the armies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs...... They are all the same people under the vast sky, why is Xu Yifan so different from him? Is there any providence that favors Xu Yifan so much?

After a long time, Yuan Shikai came back to his senses, and only heard the last few words of Zhang Xuzhou in the tent: "Surround them, kill them, block them!" Except for the trapped people, anyone who tries to break through will be killed! This time, I don't want to take prisoners! ”

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"Pain, pain, pain!"

Li Xuan pursed her lips and kicked her legs dissatisfied. Inside the tent, the improvised earth dragon burned warm. Spring in every room.

Xu Yifan, with the Qilin team and those North Koreans, has been walking back for three days, and every day he spends at least sixteen hours on the road and eight hours to rest and eat.

It was a long journey in the snow and ice, and such a march was done to the best of its ability.

The Qilin team has already been done, and Nan Yunrong and they have no choice but to follow Xu Yifan's proposal first. We'll see later. Now Xu Yifan has let the Kirin team mix with those guys in North Korea and start to get familiar with each other. When the time comes, we will do business together. Everyone is born as a horse thief, and they get along quite well. Although many sticks died in the raid of the Qilin team, they were all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, and their lives should be put aside at home and not brought out, who cares about that.

With experienced people in cold areas like the Kirin team leading the way, the way back was much faster than when I went. Xu Yifan couldn't bear it and didn't ask everyone to march at the same time - in fact, he also knew that when marching in a cold area, he was not well rested and prepared, and it was easy to overdraw the heat and quickly lose temperature. Although he was worried that there was not enough time, Beiyang didn't know what kind of demon moths would come out. But only Yokoshita's heart doesn't want to think about it, he has done everything he can.

As for why he is in Li Xuan's tent now, it is because of Li Xuan's eldest lady's temper. On the march in the past few days, Li Xuan's wounded people were still supported by the sisters of the Nan family, gritting their teeth and holding on, without a word of complaint - Xu Yifan could not afford to find a car for Li Xuan to drag down the time of the horse team's march. But when the medicine was changed, Li Xuan had a temper, and no one else was allowed to touch it, so he had to send the minister of military training, and the first-class viscount Xu Yifan did it himself! For this, Cuckoo and Luo Shi hated it so much that their teeth itched.

Why do you want to change the dressing every day, according to the words of the knife wound doctor of the Qilin team, the weather is cold, and the dressing can't penetrate into the blood, and as soon as it gets cold, the medicine will be out of breath the next day. Madame's body is precious, it is best to put it on every day, and then hit the splint!

Xu Yifan recalled his own era, and he didn't need to be dressed every day to put on a plaster cast - this time when he went back, he had to find some Western medicine. Build a well-established medical system! He has no preference for Chinese and Western medicine, but in his time, after all, he is familiar with Western medicine, and he has the confidence to do things he understands, right?

So now Master Xu has no choice but to be in the tent now, yawning, holding Li Xuan's feet, clumsily dressing him - and be careful of Li Xuan's other good leg kicking him. Pity yourself as a patient, and now you still have snot all day long, and after a day of marching, there are two shiny under your nose!

"It's good, it's not painful. Be obedient and recuperate carefully. All the doctors I hired are miracle doctors, and they will be all fine in three days......"

Li Xuan smiled like a flower, pulling her chestnut hair and tickling him, and under the lights in the tent, her chestnut hair flashed with a crystal color, so soft that she could be used for shampoo advertising.

"Three days? Let the stutterer talk...... Three, three, three...... Thirty more days! I'm going to be lame, and you're going to have to be lame with me. ”

Li Xuan's calves are as white as jade, so delicate that even the pores of sweat are almost gone, and they are dazzlingly slender. The toes were still moving mischievously, pinched in the hands, as if they would be twisted if they were a little stronger.

Xu Yifan coughed and suppressed his reaction. Two sick people, lame to snot, and there are hundreds of horse thieves of all races outside, make a hair! put a splint on him with a straight face, and said nonsense in his mouth: "You are a big house, of course the two of us have to be a good match." When the time comes, you will turn left, and I will turn right, which is called the Black Wind and the Twin Evils, crisscrossing the rivers and lakes......"

Li Xuan just chuckled lightly, slowly quieted down, and looked at Xu Yifan's face. Under the lights, Xu Yifan is also surprisingly young, he wants to grow a beard and be powerful, so he hasn't shaved so much, and now he is still sparse. If you look closely, this kid is really good-eyed.

“…… It's not much older than me, why are so many people listening to you? My father ran everywhere for you, and my brother gave you his life, and heard your words bigger than God's...... Your thousands of soldiers, I heard that you ordered them to go all the way to the river...... Those out there...... It's called a horse thief, right? Fierce and vicious, with a long beard, one can beat you seven or eight, why do you come and say that you will take it away? God says His children are all equal, why are you so different? At such a young age, you are amazing? ”

Li Xuan looked at Xu Yifan and asked seriously, Xu Yifan looked at him. The girl's eyes are shining, less delicate than the eldest lady of the Nanyang family, and less natural arrogance because of her too outstanding beauty. There is just a kind of gentleness and dependence.

Xu Yifan smiled faintly: "Because I work hard enough...... Don't you want your man to be a big hero? ”

Li Xuan thought about it seriously, bit his lip and replied: "Of course the big hero is good, who doesn't want a man to be powerful...... Just have more time to spend with me...... Don't blame me for asking you to change my dressing, I know you're reluctant. But at this time, I can realize that you are not so good to me because of the Li family......"

Xu Yifan thought that Li Xuan was going to say something heartwarming, but he didn't expect the eldest lady to stiffen her chest: "It's because I'm beautiful enough!" ”

At this time, according to his past experience, he could only nod with a deep face.

Li Xuan leaned back in satisfaction: "I know you're busy, no matter what...... future, you have to take some time to accompany me" At this time, Miss Li didn't know what to think of, her eyebrows were raised, and her speech became gritted teeth: "...... You don't have time! In addition to those two girls, now even the twins who haven't grown up are wanted! You're a crime! Beasts are not as good as beasts! I hate three wives and four concubines! ”

Women are not jealous, and they have never been seen in the past. I have traveled to this era, enough saints, there are many nominal women, but the surname life adds up to ten fingers...... Well, plus the toes, it's all countless! Just when Xu Yifan could only shake his head and smile bitterly, ready to come up with the ultimate ** for men to deal with women-coaxing and deception. Chu Wanli's low voice suddenly sounded outside the tent: "My lord, my lord!" The messenger sent by Tang Shaochuan sent a message! ”

Xu Yifan's hand shook, Li Xuan pursed his lips, withdrew his feet, and waved his head to signal him to go out. It was difficult to disobey the order, Xu Yifan strode out and glanced at Chu Wanli's face. This guy is rarely serious, and he feels bad in his heart. Stretched out his hand and took the letterhead in Chu Wanli's hand.

"Master Xu Junjian:

As soon as I said goodbye, the adults must have everything in their hands, and they don't wait for the servants to wait for the good praise and prayer. However, the official heard the report that Yang Lianfang in Beiyang set off for Seoul on the seventh day of November, day and night, and rushed to Pyongyang. All kinds of plans, what is the outstanding surprise of Nai Yang Lianfang? Such a change will be a failure, and a refusal will not be. The lower officials bear the responsibility of staying behind, and at this time, they are all burned, and they can't set up a plan! I hope that the adults will return to Pyongyang as soon as possible and plan everything. It is difficult for the lower officials to bear the arduous burden, so they can only wait for the thunder of the adults! Pyongyang cannot be said to be without adults, the Praetorian Guards cannot be said to be without adults, I hope that the adults will return quickly, quickly, quickly! ”

A few times flew in Xu Yifan's heart, and after a little calculation, he was already pale, and it was too late! Yang Shixiang came so quickly and urgently, and he didn't go through the slow officialdom procedures at all. He really underestimated such a Beiyang character! Everything has not been arranged, and Yang Shixiang has already arrived in Pyongyang to announce the decree. Yourself and your subordinates, on which point, which one can not obey the order? Is it really a rebellion with the Praetorian Guard? How many people can go with him?

Do you really think your fate is tied to the sky? But he forgot that heaven and earth are not kind, and he just uses all things as dogs!

With a blushing face, he was about to give an order, prepare a dead horse to be a live horse doctor, and march forward day and night. Chu Wanli held his hand in a heavy voice: "My lord, the news from Pyongyang can't be based on Tang Shaochuan's, don't forget that Yunzong is still there!" Is there a signature on this letter? ”

Xu Yifan shook the letterhead violently, almost tore it up, read it once, no, read it a second time, and didn't. He suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "This Tang Shaochuan can only run behind the scenes, it seems that he can't be allowed to take responsibility in the future!" What else is there to think about at this time? Of course, it is to dispatch reliable people to intercept Yang Shixiang, and he and I can't see the king! As long as I come back, I will find a reason for him, and he doesn't know what I am running in the Northeast for! …… Why hasn't the news of Yunzong come yet? I just don't know, does Yunzong have this responsibility! ”

Speaking of the latter, his tone couldn't help but tremble. He tore the letterhead to pieces, threw it on the ground, stomped on it, and reached out to pull the whip on the horse rack outside the tent: "Order!" Day and night, rush back to Pyongyang! Even if God is in front of me, I, Xu Yifan, will not back down! It was this thief who put me on this path!

Chu Wanli just looked into the distance, and his tone was indescribably affirmative: "I believe in Yunzong, my lord, you also have to believe in Yunzong!" ”

(To be continued)