A sudden heavy snowfall made everything confusing.

However, at the beginning of November, it snowed heavily in Kuizhou, which was a rare situation in the past.

Goose feathers and heavy snow fluttering, a day and a night, all around turned white, mountains, rivers, grass and trees, houses are all decorated with white, the snow on the official road is up to three inches thick, under such a climate, not to say that the common people are nested at home will not go out, that is, the righteous army stationed in the official road, are shrunk into a group, most of the people are in the temporary barracks, do not go out and do not want to move, to avoid being frostbitten.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was preparing to evacuate, was also temporarily blocked by the sudden heavy snowfall, and he was originally going to lead 100,000 volunteers to set off by water and land, but this heavy snow made the preparations more difficult. However, the heavy snow is not a bad thing, at least in Zhang Xianzhong's opinion, the Zheng family army will not be able to attack the capital city of Kuizhou in a short time.

The goose-featherlike snowflakes fell on his shoulders, and Zheng Xunrui shook them off a little hard.

Hong Xinyu beside him thought about persuading him to avoid such a big snowstorm, but in the end he didn't open his mouth, all the 30,000 Zheng family soldiers were marching against the wind and snow, and Zheng Xunrui, who was the commander-in-chief, couldn't dodge at this time.

Such a heavy snowstorm, beyond everyone's expectations, unexpectedly, at the beginning of November, Kuizhou began to snow, although the climate has been a little abnormal in recent years, but the beginning of November snow in Sichuan is still rare.

Whether Zheng Jiajun needs to temporarily take shelter from the wind and snow to prevent frostbite from the situation of people on the march in the heavy snow, not only Zheng Xunrui is thinking, Zheng Jinhong and Liu Zeqing and others are also thinking.

Finally, when the army was temporarily resting, Zheng Jinhong and Liu Zeqing all came to Zheng Xunrui's side.

The artillery battalion and the Shenji battalion led by Zheng Jinhong became more and more difficult to march. If he didn't change the rhythm of the march, he would have to lead 10,000 soldiers to another road at most.

Zheng Jinhong, Liu Zeqing and others came over, but Zheng Xunrui did not speak immediately.

The first to speak was Zheng Jinhong.

"Young master, the weather is too bad, and my subordinates suggest that we wait until the heavy snow stops. Continue the march. ”

After Zheng Jinhong finished speaking, Liu Zeqing followed and spoke.

"Dashuai, my subordinates also feel that the climate is too harsh, and the brothers are very hard."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Li Yan beside him.

Li Yan didn't want to speak, he didn't know what Zheng Xunrui thought, but since Zheng Xunrui saw it, he also had to express his opinion.

"The subordinates feel that the considerations of General Zheng and Deputy General Liu are reasonable, and marching in such bad weather is too hard for many soldiers."

After everyone had expressed their opinions. Zheng Xunrui finally spoke.

"During the period of Ming Taizu, in order to be able to completely extinguish the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Liangguo Gong Lanyu attacked Gyeongju at night, and the Ming Chengzu Zhu Di surrendered to the Northern Yuan army, all of which marched under the climate of wind and snow. The march can be very hard and may even cause many unnecessary losses. But don't forget, in the windy and snowy climate, Zhang Xianzhong will also be negligent, he thinks that the Zheng family army will not march, and will set up camp, even if he has any measures to deal with it. It will also be delayed due to wind and snow. ”

"On the surface, the wind and snow made it more difficult for us to march, but if you think about it, isn't it God helping us, as long as we can overcome the difficulties in front of us. Arriving at the Kuizhou capital city according to the scheduled time, we will be able to start the fight unexpectedly, and when the battle really begins, Zhang Xianzhong is thinking about evacuating the Kuizhou capital city, and there is no chance. ”

Zheng Xunrui's attitude is clear.

Zheng Jinhong, Liu Zeqing and others naturally carried out unconditionally, and from Zheng Xunrui's meaning, they also needed to encourage many soldiers to speed up the pace of the march, and it was best to suddenly appear in the capital city of Kuizhou and launch a large-scale attack when Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates had not yet understood.

Marching in the wind and snow is not as simple as words.

Although Zheng Xunrui rode the war horse, he was also shivering from the cold, he couldn't help it, he simply dismounted and walked, so that his somewhat stiff body could slowly recover, fortunately, he was still young, his body had been well maintained over the years, and he could endure such a severe cold, and many soldiers looked at him.

Many soldiers were indeed inspired by Zheng Xunrui, in such a cold climate, Zheng Xunrui, as a prince, can find a place to rest, bake the fire to keep warm, even if the sergeant is required to march in the wind and snow, you can also take a carriage, which is much more comfortable, and the Zheng family army has no shortage of carriages, many carriages are used to transport firearms and ammunition.

However, Zheng Xunrui did not have any specialization at all, and marched with everyone, facing the same severe cold.

The march during the day was better, but the march at night was very hard.

All around is a white expanse, the sky is still falling snowflakes, and the thicker and thicker snow covers the official road, even experienced guides must carefully distinguish the road.

Night marching is also a must training content for Zheng Jiajun, especially in the harsh climate of night marching, Zheng Jiajun from the general soldier to the ordinary sergeant, are all involved in the training.

Zheng Xunrui once said that in the future, the mode of battle will change greatly, the face-to-face kind of charge will gradually be reduced, the cavalry charge will be gradually weakened, and the battle will be dominated by the use of firearms.

Zheng Xunrui's words, Zheng Jiajun's soldiers are not particularly understood, after all, after the popularization of the Mauser gun, Zheng Jiajun has not yet fought with firearms, but they will soon understand.

Zheng Xunrui can be said to be the hardest working person in the entire army.

Zheng Jiajun's weekday training, Zheng Xunrui did not participate, after all, he had too many things to deal with, and Zheng Jinhong and others thought that Zheng Xunrui did not need to participate in the training.

The sudden rapid march, and under the situation of wind and snow, Zheng Xunrui gritted his teeth and insisted, the soldiers on the march were all red and fluttering, and there was even hot air on their bodies, but Zheng Xunrui was pale and his lips were black.

Liu Zeqing and Hong Xinyu both found out, they couldn't help but ask Zheng Xunrui to take a carriage, anyway, there are too many carriages in the army, just vacate a carriage, but this request was rejected by Zheng Xunrui.

Also a little unbearable is Li Yan, Li Yan is also a scholar, he has never suffered so much, and his body kept trembling during the march.

At last it was time for an hour of rest in the night.

Liu Zeqing, Hong Xinyu and others quickly surrounded Zheng Xunrui, and the pro-military camp formed a circle outside, and a fire had been lit between the circles, so that Zheng Xunrui's body could be warmer, and of course, Li Yan.

Zheng Xunrui felt that he had slowly adapted, not as painful as at the beginning, he knew very well that his endurance had exceeded the limit, and he would be able to adapt to the rhythm of the rapid march next.

During the rest time, Zheng Xunrui couldn't take a break, so Hong Xinyu brought the map and began to emphasize it further by the firelight.

"Tomorrow, the army will be able to reach the east of Kuizhou City, and I don't know if the heavy snow will be able to stop at that time, but I expect that the Liukou under Zhang Xianzhong's command will not be able to discover the whereabouts of our army, and by the time they really find out, we will already attack."

"The artillery battalion led by Zheng Jinhong arrived on the other side a little later, which was a big mistake, and there was no way to reverse it, after all, the artillery battalion could not be so fast, but this heavy snow helped us a lot, under such a bad climate, Zhang Xianzhong would not choose to transfer mainly by waterway, sailing on the river in the wind and snow, there will be too many unpredictable dangers, and such a cold climate, the sergeant is difficult to bear on the ship, so we arrived at Kuizhou after the city, You no longer have any worries, and you can attack boldly with confidence. ”

"I have emphasized many times that this attack is mainly artillery and firearms, every soldier has a Mauser gun and enough ammunition in his hand, and when facing the rogues, you must shoot without hesitation, after this battle, you will understand the true power of the Mauser gun, and I hope that you can know how to command the Zheng family army in the future through this battle."

"Under the severe cold climate, Zhang Xianzhong thought that we would rest in Wushan and would not march forcibly, even if he was so worried, I am afraid that the scouts he sent would not reconnoiter in such an extreme climate, we have walked for such a long time, and we have not seen any people on the official road, let alone found the scouts sent by the rogue."

"The scout battalion has already gone to the front to reconnoitre, and I believe that there will be accurate news when the time comes."

"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is very important for our Zheng Jiajun, after we achieve victory, the situation in Huguang and Sichuan will undergo major changes, I don't need to emphasize other aspects, only one thing you remember, no matter how difficult it is, you must kill or capture Zhang Xianzhong alive." ……

An hour passed, and the army set out at the end of the day, and it was the coldest time of the day, although the snow was still falling, and ice had appeared in some trees and mountains, and the climate had dropped to about minus ten degrees, and the spit could soon form ice balls.

The soldiers of the Zheng family army had overcome the extreme cold climate, and they had already drunk the prepared chili water and ginger soup, and although they looked unusually tired, they were full of energy.

Zheng Xunrui still rode a horse and looked around, this time his speed was not fast, and he carefully looked at the many soldiers standing straight in the wind and snow, the fierce battle was about to begin, and it was time for these soldiers to show their skills. (To be continued.) )