As for why the general wanted to recruit these horse thieves, Cao Bianjiao was a little puzzled. Xiao Cao, who was behind the gate, looked down on Peng Dazhu's gang of horse thieves, thinking that these people were just thieves who deceived the soft and feared the hard, and like the thieves in the northwest, they were all white-eyed wolves who harbored evil intentions and could never be fed.

When the former trilateral governor Yang He was in Shaanxi, he tried his best to appease those thieves, but it was completely reversed in less than half a year, it can be seen that thieves are thieves, no matter how good you are to them, they will always be thieves, and they will never be reborn as soldiers!

Now the general is recruiting these horse thieves, in Xiao Cao's view, it is a repetition of Yang He's previous example, God knows when these horse thieves will suddenly show their true colors and bite the Jinzhou army.

Xiao Cao's complaints and incomprehension, Shi Dayong was not easy to explain to him, because he didn't know if it was a correct choice for Lu Dao to recruit Peng Dazhui and others.

But he knew that Peng Dazhui would not really work for himself, but he would also not bite himself.

A man who is not afraid of death will not do shameful things.

Shi Dayong believes in his vision, just as he firmly believes that it is a correct choice for him to defend Emperor Zhuang Lie and the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, he can only appease Cao Bianjiao and ask him to take a look first, and I don't know if these horse thieves can really be used by me.

Under Shi Dayong's appeasement, Cao Bianjiao could only acquiesce to the reality that there was a gang of horse thieves in the army. But in any case, it is absolutely impossible for him to mingle with these horse thieves - he has his arrogance, the arrogance of being a Ming soldier.

Therefore, in the marching ranks, the wolf cavalry and the horse thieves were clearly distinguished, and they never talked to each other.

The soldiers also looked down on these horse thieves in their bones, and coupled with Cao Bianjiao's attitude, they naturally did not have any good impression of the horse thieves.

Peng Dazhui and others also knew that not all Liao troops trusted and valued them like their generals.

The man said that he was a faithful, and General Shi spared them from dying, although he gave a choice that people were not very reluctant to make, but since he promised others, Peng Dazhui never thought of breaking his promise.

In order to prevent his brothers from clashing with the Liao army, Peng Dazhui asked his nephew to be strictly guarded, and he must not let any of the brothers who committed the crime find out the trouble, in which case, things may be bad. After all, they had just accepted the appeasement, and it was still a deal, and to put it bluntly, they were still a gang of thieves—a gang of thieves who suddenly stopped their work to rob homes and give temporary jobs to officers and soldiers for a short period of time.

Therefore, now a spark can rekindle the conflict between soldiers and thieves, and if something really happens, I am afraid, they will not even be able to work this short-term job.

It is really strange that people thought that they would die, but they were not afraid of death; Now that I have the hope of living, it is a little difficult to want to die again

There were unforeseen storms and clouds in the sky, and when it came, it was still a crescent moon hanging in the air, but in the blink of an eye, it was covered with dark clouds, and soon, the sky was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

Without the guidance of the moonlight, the Jinzhou army could not rush in the dark, so they had to light it with torches, so that the speed of the march was reduced, only faster than on foot. There is no way, if the horse gallops, the torch will not be able to withstand the wind at all. Without fire, how can we march in the dark night?

God didn't seem to feel the joy of the victory of the Jinzhou army, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, the torches were about to go out, and the temperature dropped to freezing in an instant.

If the horse meat in the bag does not have a trace of temperature, I am afraid that it will soon become frozen meat.

Shi Dayong was worried that a snow would fall on this ghost weather, but the more he was afraid of something, the more something came. When there were still more than ten miles to the place where the foot camp was settled, the snowflakes finally fell.

This snow is the second snow in Hebei after the heavy snow in Wuqiao.

Shi Dayong, who was wearing a mask, was not the first to notice the snow, and it was not until his subordinates screamed that he knew that it was snowing.

A snowflake passed through his neck, and fell on his neck, and his neck twisted, and the snowflake immediately melted, a little icy, a little wet.

Under the firelight, the goose-feathered snowflakes kept falling, and the wind helped the snow, and soon, it was a snowstorm.

"General, the wind is strong, this snow will not stop for a while and a half, we can't stop, the brothers are too cold to stand it, if we don't rush back, we will be in trouble!"

Cao Bianjiao saw that the snow was falling heavier and heavier, and he was a little worried that at the current speed, he was afraid that it would take another hour to reach the camp of the foot camp. But the soldiers were already too cold to stand it, and if they didn't find a place to shelter from the wind and snow, they were afraid that they would frostbite many people.

"Xiao Cao, you lead people to walk in front, and the brigade follows behind, try to run the horses as much as possible."

Shi Dayong also knew that Lu Dao had to speed up, this ghost place couldn't be found in front of the village or behind the store, even if he wanted to find a place to shelter from the wind and snow, he couldn't find it. The most urgent task at the moment is to speed up the march and strive to rush back as soon as possible. Otherwise, if this blizzard turns into a blizzard, his Jinzhou army is likely to get lost and hide in a desperate dilemma.

By the light of the torches that were blown away by the wind, Cao Bianjiao saw that the leader of the horse thieves, Peng Dazhui, had a somewhat painful expression, but he still strangled his mount.

The head of this thief is a man, Cao Bianjiao snorted secretly, and took a team of wolf cavalry to explore the road first.

Jinzhou is wearing cotton clothes, and the horse thieves make a living by robbing houses and houses, so naturally they will not treat themselves badly in this winter, and the cotton clothes on their bodies are not thinner than those of the Jinzhou army. But the snow is flying all over the sky, and no matter how thick the clothes are, people will be cold.

The wind was blowing, and the torches were no longer usable. Now the whole team must be led by the person in front, otherwise it will be dark in front of everyone.

Cao Bianjiao knew what his team meant to the people behind him, and under the guidance of no bright light, he could only grope forward with his feelings, and the speed was constantly accelerating.

It's a complete adventure, and if you crash into some obstacle or get tripped by something, your life is in danger.

But for the safety of the brigade, Cao Bianjiao and the wolf cavalry also went out, fortunately, they were lucky, they groped all the way and did not encounter any danger.

Behind, Shi Dayong relied on the sound of horses' hooves in front of him to discern the road and direction, and after running forward for a few miles with such difficulty, the situation began to improve.

In front of me, it was no longer pitch black, the snowflakes swept down by the wind covered the earth, and the white expanse also pointed out the direction for the human beings in the dark night.

Jinzhou, who had a bright light in front of them, suddenly cheered, and even the horse thieves couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing the light means that you can speed up the march, which means that you can reach your destination early.

If you are a human being, you don't want to stay in this icy and snowy place, drinking the northwest wind, freezing and starving.

Suddenly, a team with torches in front of them walked this way, and saw a group of black figures on the road in the distance, and the team immediately cheered: "It's our people, it's our people!" ”

It was Li Dashan who came, it turned out that Jiang Wanli saw that it was suddenly snowing, and he was worried that the general would get lost due to the black, so he discussed with Shao Wu, and Li Dashan brought a team of people to pick up the general and them back.

Seeing their own soldiers and horses coming to greet them, the wolf cavalry swept away the fatigue caused by the cold, and rushed over excitedly. Under the response of Li Dashan's team, half an hour later, Shi Dayong finally led his troops back to the camp safely.

In the camp, dozens of bonfires are burning, and hot water is either boiling or boiling hot food on the fires.

The wolf cavalry, frozen to death, jumped off their horses with cheers and gathered around the campfire to warm themselves.

The men were busy bringing out the bread boiling in the pot in large vats, and then distributing them to the wolf cavalry one by one in bowls, and even the horse thieves each had a bowl.

It is said that it is a flatbread, but it is actually a common noodle nest in the north, because the weather is cold, the noodle nest is so cold that it can't be eaten at all, so it can only be boiled and eaten with water.

There is nothing delicious in the noodle nest, but for the tired wolf cavalry, it is a rare delicacy. Even Shi Dayong also gobbled it up with the soldiers.

After eating hot food, the whole person suddenly felt very comfortable, and his hands and feet seemed to have blood running again, and he slowly became conscious.

After Shao Wu arranged for the booty to be properly disposed of, Shi Dayong ordered that except for a team of people left to keep vigil, all the others went back to the tent to rest, and if there was something to do, they would talk about it tomorrow.

At this time, it was less than two hours before dawn.

The wind and snow are also getting heavier.