"Young marshal!" At the foot of the second mountain range, Korincha saw Higg and said, "This mountain range is too dangerous, and we have crossed the first mountain to the present, we have taken one more day than originally planned, we only brought six days of dry food supplies, because the physical energy and calorie consumption is too great, everyone now only has one day of dry food, even if we can reach the top of the mountain in one day, but it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, the mountain is high and the road is slippery, and it is a snow march, how long can our soldiers stay on the mountain?" Young marshal, it's dangerous to go on like this! ”

"General Korincha!" "I don't want to hear anything unworkable right now!" Higg said. This is our last camp, and no matter how difficult it is, the soldiers here must pass through the Nisawa Mountains in one go! Is there any other way out now? Returning where you are? Do we have enough supplies to survive the winter? If we don't jump out of the encirclement, we are dead! Whether to starve to death or freeze to death or to cross mountains and mountains in pain in search of life, every soldier must make a choice! ”

"Higg, General Kolincha!" Lan Xian'er took out two wooden boards and two wooden sticks, and said with a mysterious smile, "These two wooden boards plus these two wooden sticks are called skis, which can come in handy when going down the mountain!" Daniel and I tried, and it was entirely possible that we would be able to leave the devil's area at the top of the mountain in one day, leave the ice and snow area, enter the sheltered area of the valley, and march for two more days to enter the Luojia River Plain! ”

Higg and Corinth were greatly surprised, grabbed the template and wooden stick in Lan Xian'er's hand and looked at it, but they didn't find anything special, and there were two ordinary boards and two ordinary wooden sticks, these things were all over the mountain.

"Is this really that amazing?" Higg and Corincha asked almost in unison.

"Why don't you try it?"

The two couldn't wait to follow Lan Xian'er to the outside of the camp tent, only to see Lan Xian'er walk up a slightly shaky slope, put her feet on the skis, fix her feet on the skis with a rope, and then stand up, support the wooden stick with both hands with a little force, and the two skis slid back and forth with each other, and soon, Lan Xian'er slid down the small slope and went down the small slope, the speed was still very fast, straight towards Higg and Kolincha.

Higg ran to Lan Xian'er excitedly, hugged her from the side, and the huge inertia rushed the two of them to the sky, and the skis suddenly flew into the air. Higg hugged Lan Xian'er tightly and rolled on the spot, kissed Lan Xian'er on the forehead, and laughed: "Hahaha! Madame, this is the best news I've heard in the past few days! ”

Lan Xian'er was very embarrassed by Xige, who hadn't shaved for a few days, and said, "General Kolincha is still beside him!" ”

Colin Cha said with a smile: "Young marshal, young lady, it's just that the slope of this descent is too steep, will the speed of the descent be too fast, causing too many casualties?" ”

Lan Xian'er pushed Hig away, stood up and said with a smile: "General Korincha, casualties are inevitable, but there is no way to do it!" Who says you have to go down the slope? Where the slope is large, we can slide to both sides and take a zigzag line, so as to avoid the downhill speed being too fast and reduce casualties! ”

Higg also stood up and said: "All the wounded cattle are slaughtered, the old and weak war horses are also killed, used as military rations, the troops rest for three days, I personally supervise the production of skis, Blue Fairy and Daniel, you are responsible for teaching the officers to learn how to use them, and then study them gradedly, and after three days all the sergeants will learn to use this snowboard!" ”

Colin Cha smiled, "Okay, I'll personally lead the Elven Guards to explore the best route down the mountain. ”

Higg immediately arranged for skilled craftsmen in the concentrated army to use local materials to make skis. However, the amount of more than 100,000 skis was too large, so they had to make samples and distribute them to the barracks, so that each barracks could make their own solutions, and the craftsmen were only responsible for preparing for the follow-up troops that had not yet arrived.

More than 2,000 camels, cattle and horses were slaughtered, leaving only 300 strong cattle to transport necessary military materials, medicines, and materials. Along with those who were slaughtered, there were tens of thousands of old and weak war horses. Some of this meat was made into rations for the army to rest and recuperate for these three days, and some of it was cut into small pieces, and each soldier had to carry ten catties of frozen meat when crossing the Xinze Mountains.

The short rest allowed the sergeants who had just crossed the first mountain ridge and still had palpitations to be replenished and mobilized in time, but in the face of the second devil's barrier in front of them, in the face of life and death, everyone could only make a difficult choice to climb over the barrier.

Three days later, in the early morning, when the last of the stragglers had arrived at the camp, the army in the camp began to set out again, braving the bitter cold and winds, towards the higher second mountain. Everyone knows that they have to get through quickly, and the longer they stay here or on the top of the mountain, the slimmer their hopes of survival.

In the face of such a harsh environment, anyone who is sick and injured may only end up with death, and any complaining and complaining will be meaningless in the face of death.

Severe cold and strong winds, lack of oxygen and snow blindness, altitude sickness, etc., once again tested this army. The bitter cold wind could overturn a person almost at will, and many of the sergeants were supporting each other to advance, struggling to move forward amid the shouts and encouragement of the generals.

"Reaching the top of the mountain is victory!" The army was full of such words of mutual encouragement.

In fact, the altitude difference between this mountain range and the camp is only more than 1,000 meters, and the travel distance is only more than 7,000 meters.

For many more soldiers, it took more than four hours to walk through this section of formation with difficulty, reaching a watershed of more than 4,000 meters. The soldiers who reached the summit at this time were the luckiest, as it was close to noon, the climate at the top of the mountain was relatively less cold, and the wind was not so strong, although the dazzling sunlight exacerbated the snow blindness, but for the army that had been adapting and resting in the snow for several days, this discomfort was much less than the severe cold and altitude sickness.

Without waiting for the soldiers who had reached the summit to have any time to breathe, Corincha ordered the soldiers who came up to immediately prepare their skis and snowboard equipment, and let his dozens of elven guards start skiing from a dozen places. A dozen generals also took the lead, shouting orders and sliding down the line of the elven guards, and the exhausted sergeants were greatly encouraged, and followed one by one.

"Reaching the top is victory!" This slogan still lingered in their ears, and most of the sergeants who saw hope did not hesitate to follow the glide down, and the steep eastern slopes of the entire Niinsawa Mountains formed a ski resort with more than a dozen tracks, and suddenly cheers began to resound at the top of the mountain, accompanied by the whistling down the ski sergeants, galloping down the mountain.

Indeed, reaching the top is victory! However, there were still many sergeants who failed to reach the summit and were buried forever on the western slopes of the Nisawa Mountains. Reaching the top is a victory for most people, after all, skiing is a difficult sport, and many sergeants still fail to get up again after falling, or collide with each other, or crash into rocks, which cost them their lives.

In the face of the survival escape, no one has much energy to pay attention to such an event, and there is a steady stream of soldiers climbing to the top and a steady stream of skiing to escape.

On the first day, 60,000 soldiers set out, including 20,000 horses, and more than 3,000 people did not reach the designated camp safely, but the carefully selected horses still adapted. The herd of war horses, led by the horsemen and cavalrymen in batches, passed through the mountains and arrived at the designated place to assemble.

Instead of passing through the Nisawa Mountains with the first army, Higg stayed in the last camp before reaching the summit, knowing that the 60,000 troops that passed on the first day were elite, and that the remaining 100,000 troops would take at least three days to pass through, and that at least nearly 10,000 of them would be buried forever on the road to the eastern camp.

The sergeants who had descended rapidly had crossed more than 2,000 meters above sea level to reach the camp under the snow line, and for these people, the journey of death had basically been completed. There were no barracks, no tents, and even pots for boiling hot water, but they could at least roast their meat over a bonfire and wait for the army to assemble.

"Generals, there are still more than thirty kilometers of mountain roads from the Luojia River Plain, and now is not the time to rest!" In the vanguard camp, Korincha took the warrior order and said to the officers, "Only by getting out of this damn mountain can we really have a way to live!" Out of the pass is the city of Telem, where there are more than 10,000 defenders, and now that the coalition of Arad has not yet arrived, we must first take the city of Telem and rest there. Generals, it's up to you whether to stay here and wait for death or go to the city! ”

The exhausted officers, whose hands and feet were still cold, were silent, and only one officer said: "It will not be too difficult to capture a city of more than 10,000 people, not to mention that the other side is not a regular army, but now most of the soldiers are either frostbitten or affected by snow blindness, and it is difficult to march more than 30 kilometers in the mountains again, and then attack a city." General Kolincha, if you don't take a break, this person won't even have half of the combat power! ”

"Rest? What to take to recuperate? Corincha said angrily, "Continue to slaughter war horses?" There is no food, no real camp, no winter clothes, no quilts, no medicine! I don't care what you do, I must mobilize all the soldiers to get out of here tomorrow morning and go to the city of Telem!" ”

"Pick 30,000 soldiers to capture the city of Talham!" Lan Xian'er said, "Take Talham City, and all those who participate in the battle, whether officers or soldiers, will be promoted by two ranks!" ”

"All the 200 mages I brought with me are in battle!" Daniel said with a smile, "Such a big reward, you can also go to Talham City to rest, good wine and meat, big bed and big quilt, tsk!" Madam, I don't want the rank, just let me sleep there for three days and three nights! ”

"Okay, all my soldiers will leave tomorrow morning!" An officer said excitedly as he stood up.

"I'll go too!"

"Instead of dying of anger here, it's better to have a happy fight!"

……

In the face of such a predicament, no order can be as effective as the temptation to be fed, clothed and secure, and Blue Fairy and Daniel know this, so they don't have to worry about these soldiers who have escaped death making the wrong choice in the face of life and death.