In the early morning of the second day, the Tangbao cavalry sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to Mount Huan to check the melting of the snow on the top of the mountain.

Half an hour later they returned to the barracks, and told His Highness the Crown Prince that about a fifth of the snow on Mount Azala had melted after another night, and that if the troops had set off to reach Mount Ridge at about the end of the hour, there should have been basically no trace of snow there.

Therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the troops to set off after breakfast.

The troops were about half a quarter of an hour apart when they traveled, and at this time the snow on the top of Mount Kang had melted into only a small patch.

As you can imagine, the snow melts on the summit of Mt. Mt. Mt. Yama in a similar way.

Since the beginning of the morning, the weather has been fine and windless, which is suitable for travel.

Kangshan is not far from Huashan, and the straight-line distance is about fifteen miles.

However, the mountain road is slightly winding, fifteen miles in a straight line, but the real road to be walked is twenty miles.

When I arrived more than a mile before the mountain, it was already noon. The troops first had lunch at a mile west of the mountain, and then began to set off for the mountain.

When I arrived at Mt. Tsugayama, I saw that all the snow on the slopes had melted.

The rocks and trees on the mountain are grayish-yellow, so the whole mountain has a grayish-yellow color.

Looking at the hillside, just as Lu Shikang once described to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the loose gravel on the hillside was covered with nets so that they would not fall down the mountain.

Qingzhi rode with the doctors in the military medical camp, and Yu Qishu was next to her.

She didn't want to stay away from him in order to avoid him, first of all, it would make other people feel confused, anyway, in the eyes of others, she and he were brothers.

Moreover, she is not a petty person. And if you deliberately avoid him, you can't help but seem to be too petty.

The men of the medical battalion followed the middle of the procession, because they were all people who did not have the ability to protect themselves, and when they walked in the middle of the procession, they were protected by the team.

As the team reached the foot of the mountain, she glanced up at the slopes of the mountain and realized that it was a so-called landslide-prone area.

First of all, the terrain of the mountain is steep and gentle, and the upper part is in the shape of a ring, which is a favorable terrain for landslides.

Secondly, she could see that the foot of the mountain had been excavated to build a mountain road, which was also a factor in the formation of landslides.

When you look up the slope, most of the gray-white rocks on the mountain are loose, and some have completely become lumpy, which is another favorable factor for the formation of landslides.

The hemp rope that holds these loose rocks on the hillside, judging by its color, should be coated with a thick layer of tung oil, which can prevent corrosion and breakage.

When she looked up the hillside, she saw that many soldiers had already gone up the hill in front of her.

There are many trees planted on the top of the mountain, and judging by their appearance, they are relatively upright, which contrasts sharply with the trees on the hillside, so it can be judged that the rocks on the top of the mountain are relatively intact.

After the climb began at the front of the procession, the troops moved forward at a turtle speed. It was only when she and the other doctors in the medical battalion also walked up the hill with the troops that they experienced first-hand the difficulty of walking.

Although the snowy mountain road is snow-free, it is slippery and slippery if you are not careful. What's more, having to lead a horse to walk is more troublesome than walking alone.

The occasional thorn bushes on the hillside add another layer of resistance.

As she was walking forward, she suddenly heard a shout:

"Rush!"

And the soldiers in front of him were agitated, which made the already messy formation even more messy.

She guessed that someone had attacked the troops.

But right now, the front is black, and he can only see the soldiers on his side, and he doesn't know what is happening in front of him.

I heard a man's voice in front of me: "The others stand back, and the soldiers rush forward!" ”

She couldn't make out whose voice was speaking.

The man was behind in his voice, and she was pulled aside by Yu Qishu, where many doctors from the medical battalion were standing on the side, making way for the soldiers in the rear to rush ahead.

I saw that many soldiers rushed forward despite the slippery mountain roads.

In the following time, since Qingzhi is located on the mountainside, only the sound of tearing and shouting can be heard.

Since she didn't know anything about the secrets of the army, she didn't know how many people came from the other party and who came.

But she didn't expect to be attacked on the top of the mountain.

After about a quarter of an hour, the sound of tearing and shouting gradually subsided.

Soldiers stood on the top of the hill and beckoned to the west side of the mountainside: "Keep walking, everyone!" ”

She walked up with the other medics, and there were many inconveniences on the way, and she felt Yu Qishu's hand occasionally reach over to help her, but it always retracted in time.

Perhaps, he was hiding something.

But if he did reach out, she didn't think she would be able to catch his hand.

Later, he took her horses and led the two horses by himself, leaving her to walk alone.

As the doctors reached the top of the mountain, she looked down and saw some people lying on the mountainside not far to the east.

Due to the distance, I can only see the large number of people, and I don't know how many people there are.

Almost all of them were dressed in shabby clothes of various colors, more like unarmed civilians.

She didn't know if these people were real civilians, and if they were, why would they come up the mountain to attack His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's troops.

There were also some soldiers of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lying on the ground, presumably soldiers who died in this war.

It's just that there are far fewer people than these civilians.

When passing by these lying people, the imperial doctor Chang said, "Everyone, wait, let's check these people again." ”

As a doctor, he didn't want anyone alive to be thrown on the mountain to starve to death and freeze to death.

Qingzhi originally had this intention, but when he heard the order of the permanent imperial doctor, he and the other doctors checked the lives of the soldiers who fell to the ground one by one.

Naturally, at the beginning, everyone was checking on the fallen forbidden soldiers, and after the inspection, no one was found alive, and before continuing to walk, the imperial doctor looked at the civilians who fell to the ground and said, "What about these people?" ”

If they were ordinary people, even if they were injured by the soldiers of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it would be a pity.

One of the soldiers who had been guarding them said, "These people are not ordinary people, they are Zhou Jing's soldiers pretending. ”

"They were pretended to be Zhou Jing's soldiers?" Imperial Doctor Chang asked.