Chapter 21: A Swift Clearing of the Road

By the time Yelu Hongji arrived at Datong Mansion in Xijing, the army beside the king had been trapped by heavy snow, and the snow was already two feet deep. In the past two days www.biquge.info, a few miles away from the camping tent of the king, the sound of fighting could occasionally be heard from the camp of the king's troops.

This has to start from the two or three days after the siege of the heavy snow by the king's troops, Yue Li paced anxiously in the tent on this day, not to mention him in this kind of weather, even the king was helpless. The king was sitting by the fire, drinking wine while desperately thinking of a way to deal with the snow disaster, Yue Li walked up to him and asked, "Lord Wang, have you thought of anything?" ”

"First of all, before the snow disaster comes, pay attention to the latest forecast and warning information about the blizzard? It's too late for that. Adjusting your travel plans? I can't adjust it anymore. Stock up on food and water; Stay away from unsturdy, unsafe buildings...... We still have enough food, right? ”

"It's enough for the time being, but it's only enough for three or five days, and the rest can't be transported!" Yue Li said anxiously, and then asked rhetorically, "What is an unsafe building?" ”

There are no big trees, temporary buildings, and billboards at the moment, but the tent is not safe after the snow has been pressing down on the tent for a long time. "Tents! The soldiers were ordered to clear the snow from the tents in a timely manner. Let's take a look outside. ”

The king stood up as he spoke, tucked the flask at his waist, and set up a big tent with Yue.

After walking around the barracks, Wang found that although the snow in the barracks had been cleared by the soldiers to walk on the road, the surroundings were still white, and although the snow had stopped, the air was still blowing cold winds, and if the snow was to melt by itself, it would be difficult. Looking at the soldiers in the camp tent, the patrolling ones walked in small steps to ward off the cold in the snow, and the other soldiers were all nested in the tents to keep warm, and their faces were listless, and if they continued like this, their morale would be exhausted.

Such a good opportunity to attack the Xixia defense line delayed this heavy snowfall, and Wang Bi himself was inevitably a little annoyed. If you want to move on, you have to clear the snow.

On the snow not far away, there was Tong Guan's voice, Wang looked at the voice, Tong Guan, Zhi Keshi and Seed Master Dao were three teenagers running faster in the snow. Behind them were deep footprints.

"This kid! I'll go and call them back," said Zhe Kejun, who was behind the king.

Wang's eyes lit up: "I have a way!" Zhe Kejun, you go and transfer out two pioneer battalions! ”

One pioneer battalion is 500 people, and if two pioneer battalions are dropped, should the king use the pioneer battalion to clear the snow? No one understood what Wang was going to do with the two pioneer battalions, and many people poked their heads out of the tent curiously to watch.

The two pioneer battalions had already stood in formation, and the generals of the two pioneer battalions had formed their formations, and then turned around and came to Wang next to the others and said to Zhi Kejun: "Report to the general, the vanguard battalion has been mobilized, please give the general an order." ”

Zhi Kejun turned his head to look at Wang Bian, Wang Bian nodded and said: "Everyone has spent a few days here, and they must have been very tired and bored, now you two pioneer battalions will fight first!" ”

The two generals glanced at each other, the prince is crazy? Let's kill each other in the snow?

Wang Bian pointed to the road leading to Zhenrong and said: "You all put down your weapons, you two battalions open up battlefields on this road, east and west, and use snowball attacks to stop each other while moving forward, which battalion goes five miles first, and pushes up ten snowmen in that place, and the battalion that completes it first will be rewarded with wine today, and each of them will be rewarded with twenty copper coins." What do you think? Are you interested in comparing? ”

The people were stunned for a moment, and then they understood that the king wanted them to fight with snow. And there are silver taels, leaving to cheer: "Compare to compare!" ”

"Good! Get in line! With an order from the king's side, the soldiers geared up. With Zhi Kejun's order, the two commanders ran to the soldiers of their own battalion to command. Although they were two or three feet away from the road, in order to attack the opposing battalion, the soldiers first attacked the snow in the middle, grabbed the snow and kneaded a ball and threw it at the soldiers of the opposing battalion.

At first, they all took this as a military order and were busy doing it, but after throwing it over, they saw that the other party was thrown by themselves and was covered with snow, and the soldiers thought it was funny. The small kung fu snow boiled, shouting to kill, and laughter echoed in a wilderness of snow. In a short time, a lot of snow was cleared from the middle road, and the generals of the two battalions commanded the soldiers of their own battalions to clear the snow while breaking through the encirclement, and easily kneaded the snow into balls and threw it at the opposing battalion as a weapon.

The soldiers of these two battalions were fighting hotly, and the soldiers of other battalions also ran out to watch, and some of them shouted and cheered. Some adjutant generals and battalion generals ran to Zhi Kejun and said, "General Zhe, how can you just let them fight?" Tell the prince quickly, why do I want to participate too! ”

"Wait, wait, don't make any noise, I don't care if I make any more noise!" Zhe Kejun waved his hand to drive away the people around him, and happily came to the king's side.

"Lord Wang, what kind of play are you? Look at it, this soldier has been holding back for days, and he is worried that he has no place to go! Look at this fight! ”

Wang next to the smile looked at the snow that had been quickly cleared: "This is called a snowball fight, I always played it when I was a child!" There is also a snowman, you see, the soldiers of the two battalions in these five miles will clear a way in a while, should we still use it to defend here? At this rate, our hundreds of battalions will be able to make a road in a few days. You don't feel bored yet! ”

It's not just that you don't feel bored, but you can still receive awards if you warm up, who doesn't want to do it. The people who are fighting snowball fights are in full swing, and the camp that is still dead just now will be lively.

It was relatively easy for a battalion of 500 people to clear five miles of land, and the snow on the five-mile road had cleared almost in less than an hour, and a few big snowmen piled up on the roadside could be seen in the distance.

Tong Guan, Zhe Keshi and Seed Master Dao also ran back to the camp, Tong Guan smiled and said, "Dad, why are you so good at playing!" ”

The king laughed amused: "Do you want to learn?" Daddy still has a lot of tricks! When he said that, everyone laughed, and it seemed that being blocked by heavy snow could become a very interesting thing.

The soldiers of the first group against the winning battalion happily received the prize, and those who did not win were also happy. They returned to the camp tent, and the battalion headquarters of the second group summed up their experience and commanded the battalion to support one team of every 50 people, some of which were specially cleared of snow to open the way, and some of which were specially attacked to block the opponent. This time, it was five miles away, but it only took half an hour. The third group was more difficult, first had to sprint forward and march for a distance before starting, although the generals were more experienced in commanding, but it also took more than half an hour to turn back.

After such a toss for most of the day, Wang saw that more than ten miles of road had been cleared in front of him, and ordered the whole army to move forward.

Although the ten-mile road is not very much, there seems to be hope for the team, which has been stopped by heavy snow for several days. After the soldiers had set up camp and had a full meal, they drank wine around the stove, and laughter could be heard from the various tents.

On the second day, the battle was carried out in larger groups, with three battalions against three battalions at a time. After most of the day, I cleared another twenty or thirty miles. Not only that, but a few miles away from the troops, it seemed that the faint sound of fighting could be heard. After three or four days of marching, the troops finally rushed to the worst part of the snowstorm.

The team marched to a valley, crossed the mountain and arrived at Zhenrong, and then there were dozens of miles to Zhenrong, and the snow on the mountain road in front of the Malay report was not deep, and the normal march was estimated to be a day's journey to reach Zhenrong, Yue Li and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang next to the mountain looked, there seems to be a temple not far away, send someone to investigate, not long after the soldiers came back to report, that is to do the abandoned temple, the temple actually has some remnants of the Western Xia there to hide from the wind and snow, see the Song army these people scattered and fled to the mountain.

How could there be remnants of Western Xia soldiers in this place, Wang Fang remembered that there were corpses of Western Xia soldiers on the road reported some time ago, and couldn't help but suspect that the people he let go of who were often leading the team did not really leave the Song Realm.

Since he had this idea, Wang Pan decided to go and see it in person, and he ordered Zhang Ping to lead the troops to camp, and Yue Li to sit in the camp. He took Zhi Kejun and a team of guards to the temple to have a look.

Hearing the decision of the king, Yue Li stopped: "Lord Wang, if it is really the wandering Western Xia army, I am afraid that the prince will be in danger." Why don't you bring more people with you? ”

Wang said: "These people will hide when they see the Song army, and there are more people with them, I'm afraid they won't dare to come out." If it's really the person we let go, it must have happened to us on the road ahead. I think I couldn't be better! ”

Tong Guan said on the side: "General Yue, don't worry, my father himself dares to go to the Western Xia camp, not to mention such a small number of Western Xia deserters?" They can be scared to death when they see my father! Dad, I'll go with you! ”

"I'll go too!" The fold on the side is suitable, and the seed master Dao also said.

"You two stay with General Yue, and Tong Guan will come with me!"

After Wang Pan finished speaking, he hurried his horse up the hillside, folded Kejun, Tong Guan followed, and a guard team was followed behind him. Walking all the way up the mountain road, Wang saw Tong Guan walking, his eyes were wide alert, and he looked around, "Don't worry, we have delayed our trip for many days in the past few days, and it is estimated that the Western Xia army has already returned to Western Xia." ”

"Count them as fast as they run, or I'll kill one when I see them!" Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

"You can't say that, like Manba, Manchang, Wu Su is a good person."

Tong Guan stared and turned his head to look at the king: "Daddy, what you said is so easy, but the Xixia people hurt my brother, aren't you sad?" I see my father taking the soldiers crazy every day, and he doesn't seem to care about my Yueniang and my brother at all! ”

Wang snorted and smiled as if he was self-deprecating: "If you don't care, you won't come here, I am also very sad to hear Li Liangzuo say that your brother is gone." However, no matter how sad you are, it is your own business, and the soldiers are fighting with you, not to see you sad. Remember, even if one day even I am gone, you must not be sad to show anyone it! ”

"Hmm!" Tong Guan nodded vigorously.

As he spoke, the group came to the front, and Wang Bei and the others got off their horses, and the surroundings were very quiet, but Wang Bei could feel that there must be people around. They pushed open the door of the temple and walked inside, and although the temple was deserted, it was still inhabitable. Stepping into the main hall, the king stood beside him, and there were three coffins in the empty hall.

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