―― Yang Xi ordered Gao Shi to personally arrange for the skis, ski poles and sleds made by others to be made quickly, Yang Xi tried it, and it felt very good, but there was no snow, and it was not easy to try it now, and there was no way to judge how good its performance was.

In later generations, the army he served in was stationed in the northwest, where the winter was very cold, and it often snowed, often half a man high. When the roads are closed by heavy snow, cars, motorcycles, and war horses are not the best means of transportation, and one of the means of transportation often used by their reconnaissance company is skis. In the hands of skilled users, you can travel a lot of distances in a day with skis, and you are not easily trapped in heavy snow.

After asking about the snowfall in Gaoshi's area, Yang Xi also thought of using this strange thing that was used in later generations, but should not appear now, and equipped it in the army.

If the snow closes the road, the rebels can't march, and they are stationed somewhere, and they are unprepared because of the heavy snow and bitter cold weather, then sending a team of elite skiers who can ski and attack the camp again while the enemy is unprepared may have unexpected results. Yang Xi hopes that it will snow as soon as possible, and it will snow continuously, so that the rebels cannot continue to move forward, so that he can calmly select sergeants for training, improve the design of skis, and take advantage of the cold and snowy days, when the rebels are defenseless, to stab the rebels again, so that they are no longer capable of attacking the city of Shaanxi.

Because he served in the special forces and reconnaissance companies for most of the time in the army in later generations, he was "accustomed" to attacking the enemy by secret or unsightly means, even if he crossed over to the Tang Dynasty and became a leading marshal, with more than 100,000 horses under his command, he did not like to fight the opponent head-on.

Although a head-on battle is a general's bravery and strategy, if you can defeat the enemy with the way of surprise and minimize the cost of casualties, why bother to confront the enemy head-on. What about killing the sky in the dark? The time, the place, the people, everything must be used, no matter what way, the opponent can be defeated is a good way, when fighting with the enemy, only courage is far from enough.

Yang Xi also knew that it was a bit unfair to fight an army equipped with hot weapons against an army that was only equipped with cold weapons. But if it's not fair, it's not fair, as long as you can beat your opponent, it's okay if it's unfair.

If he has a pistol in his hand and can kill his opponent with one shot, why does he bother to fight with others, defeat and kill others with martial arts, it may be said to be bravery, but it can only be bravery. He didn't want that, he just wanted to win. No matter what means are used.

Yang Xi's expectations were quickly realized, and on the night when Guo Xin and Xiaoyu ran to Shaanxi County, the sky that had been gloomy for two days began to fall with snowflakes. The snow was quite light at first, but in the second half of the night. It's already snowing.

Because the ground was very dry and the temperature was almost below freezing, the falling snowflakes immediately piled up and did not melt.

When I woke up the next morning. There was already a layer of snow on the ground, about the thickness of a finger, and the snow was still falling. The snowflakes were a little smaller than they were in the middle of the night, but denser.

Heaven and earth were everywhere in a white expanse, and the Yellow River and mountain peaks in the distance disappeared from view.

This kind of weather is when Yang Xi is most worried about changes, and he also ordered the sergeants to step up patrols to prevent possible rebel attacks nearby. There were 100,000 people he brought to Shaanxi County, and it was okay for all of these 100,000 people to camp in the city, but Yang Xi did not do this, he didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the rebels and be trapped in the city, but ordered Wang Sili, Tian Liangqiu, and Liu Guangting to lead 15,000 people each, and stationed them in the east, southeast, and south of Shaanxi County, about ten miles away from the city, according to the mountains and some small towns.

It was snowing heavily, and Yang Xi was also afraid that these places would be attacked by the rebels, so he ordered all departments to strengthen their precautions during snowy days to avoid leaks.

To Yang Xi's delight, the special training team also returned on the day of heavy snowfall.

After the successful ambush of Sun Xiaozhe's troops halfway, Yang Xi also ordered the special training team to return to Shaanxi County, and he had to arrange another training subject and another task. It was only a few days later that the order reached the special training team, and they rushed back as soon as they received the order.

After receiving the news that the special training team had returned to Shaanxi County, Yang Xi immediately went to meet the triumphant soldiers in person.

There are always casualties in war, and some sergeants were killed or wounded in the special training team in several missions, and in addition to accidental losses, there were 206 members who returned to Shaanxi County. Yang Xi observed a moment of silence for the sergeants who died in battle or died unexpectedly, and praised the great achievements of the special training team with great emotion, and announced their rewards on the spot.

He gave the special training team the highest reward that could be given within his purview, which was of course in terms of money and materials, and the promotion in terms of position was to be reported to the military department and wait for the approval of the imperial court.

Yang Xi announced the abolition of the title of the special operation team, and changed the name of the special training team to the special operations detachment, which was personally led by him, the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, and no one else was allowed to meddle in any affairs of the special operations detachment, nor did he announce its establishment to the outside world, but only reported to the Ministry of Armed Forces for the record.

The special training team has been away for several months, and there have been many battles of all sizes, although the sergeants are in good health, they are already very tired, Yang Xi also let them rest for a few days, and he has a new arrangement later.

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Guo Xin's master and servant arrived in Shaanxi County around noon, and they were really tired, after eating Yang Xi's reception banquet, they hid in the room and took a hot bath and went to bed, but they slept in a daze and didn't wake up all night.

Originally, Yang Xi's promise to accompany them to eat the fire nest did not come true, and when he went over to invite them at dinner time, he found that they were still asleep and did not disturb. As a result, they woke up late the next day, and when he was ready to try out the new skis after he had fully settled the returning Special Operations detachment, the master and servant freshened up and stopped.

Yang Xi, who was about to go out, also slowed down when he heard the two of them get up, and went over to visit them.

After sleeping for so long, she didn't get up until nearly noon the next day, Guo Xin felt very embarrassed, and when Yang Xi came to visit them, she couldn't help blushing and looking twisted. For so many years, she has been used to getting up early and getting up every day to practice martial arts, but she didn't expect that when she came to Yang Xi, she would be lazy in bed on the first morning and get up so late.

She was afraid that Yang Xi would think that she was a lazy woman with sloppy living habits, so she was embarrassed and quickly explained.

"Marshal Yang, we overslept, I didn't expect to wake up so late and make you laugh!"

When I got up today, Guo Xin still felt a sore back, and he ran hundreds of miles on horseback, which was really torturous and too tired. She woke up last night, but she didn't have the slightest thought of getting up, and she didn't even bother to move. Xiaoyu, who slept in the same bed with her, was the same, sleeping like a pig. After getting up, the master and servant still felt a faint pain between their legs, and they themselves were a little unconvinced, but they persevered after a few days of hard work.

Guo Xin's blushing face twisted and explained that Yang Xi felt the cuteness of the little girl, of course he didn't care about anything, and said with a smile: "Qi Niang, it's nothing, it's cold, and it doesn't hurt to sleep more." If I'm okay, I'll probably hide under the covers and don't want to get up. You've been running so much for a few days, and you're so tired, you should have taken a break and regained your energy. If you feel that you haven't slept enough, you can continue to sleep in the afternoon, and you must get rid of your fatigue first, otherwise you will fall into the root of the disease, and I will be a sinner. ”

Seeing that Yang Xi didn't mind at all, and his words were very sincere, Guo Xin breathed a sigh of relief, smiled brightly at Yang Xi, and immediately shook his head: "Shiro, we have rested, I don't want to sleep anymore today, it is snowing heavily, and there are beautiful scenery everywhere, but I don't know if we can go out to see the snow scene?" ”

Guo Xin's original intention was to let Yang Xi accompany them out to see the snow scene, in her feeling, when it snowed, Yang Xi would always be a little idle, and there was no need to do so much. When she came to Shaanxi County, she definitely didn't want Yang Xi to leave them alone and do things on her own, but Yang Xi was the marshal of the First Army in the end, and she had a lot to do, so of course she didn't dare to mention the request, so she could only say it implicitly.

The hopeful look in Guo Xin's eyes when he spoke made Yang Xi understand the meaning, he thought for a while, and immediately said with a smile: "Qi Niang, I will go out of the city in a while to test whether a newly made thing can be used for walking in the snow, or the two of you will follow me out of the city and be my entourage." It's just that you have to dress up well, talk less, and don't let people see the flaws. ”

As soon as she heard that Yang Xi took them to test something new, Guo Xin was of course very happy, and immediately agreed, and said that she would obey Yang Xi's orders, not show her stuffing, and not make trouble for Yang Xi. As he spoke, he immediately pulled Xiaoyu into the house and dressed up again.

When they get up today, they change into men's clothes, because the winter coat is thick enough, the height of the chest is basically invisible, and when they go out, they put on a windproof silk coat, or a cloak, which covers most of the body, and it is even more difficult for people to distinguish.

Taking advantage of the time when Guo Xin's master and servant entered the house to dress up again, Yang Xi instructed Yang Zheng to pass on Gao Shi, Pang Zhong and other generals to go out of the city to see the effect of the skis he made.

According to the style of skis used in later generations, Yang Xi had several pairs of solid birch wood and ski poles built, and he wanted to train a horse that could gallop in the snow.

During the Tang Dynasty, the overall temperature was lower than that of the later generations before he crossed over, and there was a lot of snow in the vicinity of Huashan and the Yellow River every winter, and Gao Shi said that the longest year had a snow period of about three months, and the thickest snow of the previous year was over the knee.

Since the snow is so big and can be piled up so thickly, then make good use of it, Yang Xi really feels that he is a traverser in vain.

Because the skis have to support the weight of the person to slide on the snow, the requirements for the production skills are also a little higher, Yang Xi does not know whether the skis he made according to his memory can be used, he must test it well, and if there is anything that needs to be improved, it must be found during the test, and it will be improved, and finally mass-produced.

Sleds are easy to make, and there is little resistance when gliding through the snow with dogs or horses. (To be continued......)