Two days later.

The cold wind is bleak, the snow is heavy, and the sky and the earth are white.

A team is moving slowly against the wind and snow, with snowflakes on their heads and bodies, and their breath is like they are about to freeze, in the team, Qin Huaidao looked at this scene and was a little worried, it suddenly snowed heavily yesterday, and so far the snow on the ground has been half a meter, and the war horses have long legs, and it is difficult to walk, let alone walk.

"Herod!"

Suddenly, the war horse under the crotch of Fang Yiai, who was walking in front, screamed, stumbled to the ground, Fang Yiai was thrown out, scolded angrily, saw the painful expression of the war horse, scolded it anymore, and said: "It's not good, the war horse stepped on the pit, and the legs were broken and couldn't walk." ”

Qin Huaidao urged the horse forward, watching the war horse struggle and trying to get up, but he couldn't do it, he couldn't help but look around, except for the white snow and the woods, there was nothing, as if the whole world was only white, and then look at the gray sky, I'm afraid this snow will have to go down for a day.

This sudden heavy snowfall became a thorny problem.

Suddenly, the war horse ridden by Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin fell to the ground on their knees, foaming at the mouth, and lost their strength, Qin Huaidao realized the seriousness of the problem, the war horse had not eaten for a few days, and could not bear it, and shouted: "Get off the horse, let them go." ”

Everyone dismounted one after another, looking at the snow without feet and stomachs, frowning one by one, Li Dejian asked: "The snow is getting bigger and bigger, the snow is too deep, we can't walk at all, we have to find a place to hide for a while before we can go back, the war horse stays, and you can still be hungry." ”

"That's right, this snow has melted for more than a month, and there is not enough food." Cheng Chumo reminded.

"Damn, there are two days left at most to get to Yingzhou, and I'm actually trapped here." Fang Yiai scolded, looked at Qin Huai and said, "Brother Qin, what should I do next?" ”

Qin Huaidao looked at the snow field in front of him and said: "You can't stay here and wait for the snow to melt, you must rush back, the one who broke the horse's leg can't live, slaughter it, bring four legs as food, and the others will be driven away, and it will be considered a merit for carrying us for a few days, don't kill it." ”

"What shall we do?" Cheng Chumo asked everyone's thoughts.

"I have a way, slaughter the horse." Qin Huaidao said, his tone calm and calm.

This calmness and calmness infected everyone, and without asking too much, they all started to drive the horses away, killed the wounded war horse, and took four legs, Qin Huaidao smelled the smell of blood, and his heart jumped, and said: "Freeze the legs with ice and snow, don't have blood flowing out, leave quickly, the wolves will come over when they smell blood." ”

Everyone hurriedly put the ice and snow on the incision, and hurriedly followed Qin Huaidao.

It was not the official road, but the woods, one by one I was a little surprised, but I didn't ask much, Qin Huaidao's various performances along the way convinced everyone.

After entering the woods, Qin Huaidao led everyone to the hillside, found a depression and said, "Li Dejian, Li Yixie, you two are responsible for making a fire here, barbecue meat to eat, and the others will come with me." ”

Saying that, Qin Huaidao came to a birch tree, which was quite hard, pulled out a long knife and said, "Everyone is looking for this kind of tree, and then cut two more trees that are about the same size." After saying that, he slashed under the tree.

"I'll do this rough work." Cheng Chumo came up.

Qin Huaidao didn't care, handed the knife to Cheng Chumo, took a few steps back, drew a map on the ground with his memory, and thought about how to take a shortcut, riding a horse and walking are two different things, the route can be completely different, and it didn't take long for a new route to be determined.

Three or two kicked off the drawn map, and seeing that Cheng Chumo had already put down a tree, he pulled out another knife and stepped forward, and said while cleaning the branches: "Peel it first, and then cut off the length of about one meter." ”

"Understood." Cheng Chumo agreed.

After a while, the bark was cleaned up and cut into a meter long, Qin Huaidao took a piece of three or two and cut it to make a long plank, the front end was cut into an arc, upturned, and a few grooves were cut in the middle, and then some mulberry trees were chopped, the mulberry bark was slightly baked, dried and watered, and kneaded into a rope tied to the good groove to form a style similar to straw sandals.

After doing a good job, wear one, walk on the snow, the body does not fall into the snow, although tired, but much stronger than nothing, come to the downhill position, use the steel horse lance as a support to force a little, the body rushes down, like skiing, twist the body to change the direction, avoid the big trees in front of you, go down easily, and see everyone stunned.

"Can it still be like this?" Fang Yiai's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Quick, let's make one too, this thing is better than riding a horse in the snow." ”

"yes, it's easy to use." Everyone agreed, witnessed it with their own eyes, and did not have much technical content, so they imitated it one after another.

Not long after, Qin Huaidao came up, and Li Dejian said in a low voice: "Brother Qin, this thing may be used on the battlefield?" ”

Qin Huaidao looked at the other party and said with a smile: "There is vision." ”

"How do you use it?" When Li Dejian heard that it was really okay, he became more and more excited.

"It needs to be improved, and we will talk about it later." Qin Huaidao didn't explain much, and saw that everyone was busy making simple sleds, and said with a smile: "One set for one person, take mine to copy, the size and thickness are best about the same, do a good job of practice, don't look back and walk the road, if you are proficient, you can go to Yingzhou at noon tomorrow." ”

"Obey!" Everyone laughed.

Qin Huaidao came to the campfire: "You two go too, I'll barbecue meat." ”

"Then there will be labor." Li Dejian and Li Yixie went excitedly.

They are all young people, and they have a great curiosity about new things, and when they practice one by one, they find that it is not easy to walk well, and they fall from time to time and make fun of each other, which arouses everyone's vanity, who has a bad face? I've practiced harder.

Half an hour later, the meat is roasted, there is no taste, but it can satisfy the stomach, and it is not particular about extraordinary times.

Eat and drink enough, bury the bonfire with snow, sweep away the traces, a line of overnight hurry, it is better to walk on flat ground, you can slide simply, it is more difficult to go uphill, but it is much easier to go downhill, and after getting acquainted, everyone walks faster.

The wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, but it can't extinguish everyone's passion and the heart to return.

After a night of hurrying, Yingzhou was faintly in sight after dawn, and they were all excited.

When they came to a hillside not far from Yingzhou, they were a little stunned when they looked at the disappeared defenders, what about the enemy?

In an instant, they looked at Qin Huaidao one by one, not realizing that they had some kind of dependence on Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao looked to the north, and did not find any signs of the enemy's withdrawal along the way, either to the south or to the north, the grain was burned, there was a shortage of food in the Goguryeo army, and there was already a main army in the south, and the soldiers and horses of the besieging state would divide the grain storage when they went south, which was tantamount to making matters worse, and the best way was to go north to raise food.

"Let's go, let's talk about something when we go back!" Qin Huaidao shouted.

The group continued to hurry, and soon came to the outside of Yingzhou City.

"Whoa—"

An arrow was nailed in front of everyone, and the tail of the arrow was buzzing and trembling.

Everyone stopped, Qin Huaidao squatted down to untie the tied hemp rope, and shouted: "My own people, let Xue Feng come to see!" ”

The soldiers defending the city heard the familiar Tang language, and named names, and did not attack again.

After waiting for a while, a person from Chengtou Mountain shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

"It's me!" Qin Huaidao shouted.

"It's General Qin!" Xue Feng's surprised voice came: "It's General Qin who is back, go and report quickly, don't shoot arrows, put away your bows." ”

Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief, and led everyone to the city wall, flicked his claws, hooked steadily, and several people climbed up the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city were dumbfounded, can it be like this, if the enemy also attacks the city like this, Yingzhou is afraid that it has already been lost, right? It's good that it's my own people.

"When did the enemy leave outside the city?" Qin Huaidao asked as he retracted his claws.

"Two days ago, when the heavy snow had not yet fallen, it went north, and the situation is unknown." Xue Feng hurriedly said.

"Really going north?" Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up, and when he saw Xue Feng nodding firmly, he hurriedly added: "Let's go, go back to the Governor's Mansion quickly, it's great, the situation is strong for me." ”

Xue Feng was curious, but he also knew that now was not the time to ask, so he hurriedly went down the city wall, and the group came to the Governor's Mansion, Qin Huaidao motioned for everyone to follow, and came directly to the Governor's Office.

Xue Wanshu was convening people to discuss the matter, and when she saw Qin Huaidao coming back, she was overjoyed, and she greeted her with some excitement, and hugged her fists and said, "General Qin is back, it's all right, right?" ”

"It's all right, is it convenient?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"What's inconvenient, it's all my own people, discussing the military situation, the enemy outside the city suddenly went north, it must be going to Goguryeo, but the enemy situation is unknown, I am worried that it is luring us out of the city, I dare not chase and kill, I am discussing sending someone to investigate, you are just right to come back." Xue Wanshu hurriedly explained.

Qin Huaidao saw the map on the case, and hurriedly signaled for help, erected it with a shelf so that it could be seen, pointed to one of the positions and said: "Governor, generals, this is the Siwandan Department, which has been attacked by our army once, and the Siwandan Ministry has returned nine times out of ten, but there is outside intelligence, which needs to be confirmed." ”

Saying that, Qin Huaidao looked at Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Before the soldiers besieged Yingzhou, the enemy army focused on defending the south, and did not dare to release the carrier pigeons, because the enemy army has flying eagles, the flying eagles will hunt and kill carrier pigeons, and after the enemy troops outside the city left, it continued to snow, and the flying pigeons could not go out, so there was no news for the time being." ”

Without news, it is not certain whether the Banten Ministry has withdrawn from the army, and it can only be regarded as speculation.

Qin Huaidao thought for a while and said: "This unexpected blizzard blocked the road, and the army could not march normally, no matter whether the army of the Sibandan tribe returned or not, once the army of Goguryeo penetrated deep into the Khitan territory, it would also be trapped in a certain camp, most likely." He pointed to a tribe.

Xue Wanshu pondered and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because the tribe next to us has been attacked by us, recently, on this tribe, from the time of calculation, after the army of Goguryeo arrived in this tribe, the snowstorm fell, they could only stay in this tribe, they couldn't go anywhere, the 50,000 army needed a lot to eat and drink, they could only kill all the tribesmen, free up food and grass for their own use, but they were also trapped by death." Qin Huaidao said solemnly.

"Makes sense!" Xue Wanshu's eyes lit up, and she agreed: "The grassland continued to be only one foot deep before, after this blizzard came down, it was almost two feet deep so far, and it had to continue, and in the end, I am afraid that it would be three or four feet deep, and the war horses would not be able to walk, not to mention people, they would inevitably be trapped, but the cattle and sheep of this tribe are enough for 50,000 people to live for more than a month, save a little two months, and after two months, the ice and snow will melt, they can still live, General Qin can do it?" ”

"Yes, but the secret of heaven must not be revealed, I need carpenters from all over the city, and larger wood, if it can be provided, these 50,000 people will be eaten by the general." Qin Huaidao said murderously.

"Really?" Xue Wanshu asked in surprise.

"There is no child's play in the army!"

"Okay, even if the Governor's Mansion is demolished, the old man will satisfy you." Xue Wanshu was immediately overjoyed, 50,000 people, if you can eat it, it will definitely be a great achievement, and if you don't have the first merit, it's not bad to drink soup with it.

"Thank you to the governor, without further ado, please do it as soon as possible, of course, you must compensate for the people's things, there should be some cattle and sheep, pay double the market price." Qin Huaidao said solemnly.

Xue Wanshu saw that Qin Huaidao was so good at doing things, and smiled with satisfaction, with double compensation, the people would definitely be willing to take out their own wood, and they were also willing to help, and immediately patted his chest and promised: "The old man thanked General Qin for his generosity for the people of the whole city, and all the people and materials were prepared in place within one day, Feng'er, I'll hand it over to you." ”

"Obey!" Xue Feng hurriedly agreed.

"Dudu, I'm tired all the way, I need to clean one or two, let's talk later."

"Okay, go back and rest first, and the old man will pick up the wind for you later." Xue Wanshu agreed, and didn't ask Qin Huaidao and the others what they were doing.

Qin Huaidao didn't mention it, there were a lot of people in the room, and he was worried that his mouth was leaking the news, so he left in a hurry with people.

Half an hour later.

Qin Huaidao took a hot bath and ate something, so he felt much more comfortable, and asked Luo Zhang to help call An Guogong.

An Guogong didn't know what Qin Huaidao and the others were going to do, as soon as he heard that he was back, he was overjoyed, hurried over, and said when he entered the door: "General, you can be regarded as coming back, and if you don't come back, the old man doesn't know what to do." ”

"This time has made An Guogong bothered, how are you going to prepare for the things you have explained?"

"It's all ready, each person has a coat, a pair of socks, a pair of gloves, not to mention, it's really warm, the old man didn't expect to be able to make a coat out of wool, if he knew this, the old man's tribe would not have frozen to death so many people, the general is talented, the old man is not as good." An Guogong said sincerely.

"Do you want to do a big ticket?" Qin Huaidao smiled and changed the topic.

An Guogong was stunned for a moment, and kindly reminded: "The blizzard is coming, the omen of the white disaster, the war horse is difficult to walk, what can you do?" ”

"Don't worry about marching, General Ben has a way, just ask you if you dare?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"If you can solve the problem of marching, why don't the old man dare?" An Guogong was suddenly unhappy.

"Okay, Anguo Gong should be strong and strong, and General Ben admires it." Qin Huaidao smiled, looked outside the door, there was Luo Zhang guarding the problem, no one could eavesdrop on the Dao, so he said in a low voice: "A few days ago, the brothers went to Liaodong and burned hundreds of thousands of stone grains for them. ”

"What...... What the? An Guogong was taken aback, looking at Qin Huaidao in a daze, his eyes were full of incredulity, seeing Qin Huaidao's calm and calm face, not like a joke, thinking of the enemy army outside the city suddenly going north, he reacted suddenly, and his voice was a little hurried: "No wonder the Goguryeo army went north, they were short of food, so they went to raise food nearby?" ”

"That's right, no one expected that it would snowstorm in the past two days, they must be trapped in a certain tribe and can't get out, let's go over, we don't need to kill the enemy, we just need to burn down the yurt to freeze them to death." Qin Huaidao said in a low voice, he has an overcoat and a sleigh on his side, and it is no problem to march and protect against the cold, but the enemy does not.

This is the crushing of advanced ideas!

The backward Goguryeo and Khitan want not to be beaten, no way!

An Guogong has lived on the grassland since he was a child, and he knows too well the pain of not having a yurt, and asks: "General, this matter is not trivial, can it really solve the problem of marching?" ”

"Of course, otherwise how would we get back? Also stuck on the road. ”

An Guogong reacted, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "That's right, after the snow outside the city is almost three feet, the horses can't move, you must have a way to come back, in this way, the old man has no worries, if you can really solve the problem of marching, not to mention the 50,000 army of Goguryeo, the Khitan can also take it, we have a coat to keep out the cold, there is white wine to warm up, there is dried meat to fill the stomach, there is a crossbow to kill the enemy, what else to fear?" ”

"Okay, please boost morale after An Guogong goes back, wait for the marching equipment to be good, and you can travel after about a week of training, and tell everyone that if you don't pass the training, you won't be allowed to participate in this battle, and don't blame General Ben for not giving you a chance if you miss the opportunity." Qin Huaidao explained.

"Please rest assured, if anyone fails to pass the training, the old man will whip him." An Guogong agreed.

After solving the problem of An Guogong's Turkic army, the rest is the forbidden army, after sending An Guogong away, Qin Huaidao looked for his brothers to find it, everyone has seen the ability of sledding, and naturally they will not object, and they have gone back to boost morale.

The internal problem was solved, Qin Huaidao was determined in his heart, and he had a good rest.

Blizzard has not returned for two months, and there is time, so there is no hurry.

The next morning, Qin Huaidao woke up, resurrected with full blood, ate something and found Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu had already gathered people in place, three hundred carpenters, but barely enough, countless wood, all piled up in a large warehouse, Qin Huaidao simply used the warehouse as a workshop, leading everyone to make a sled.

The tools are complete, and the things made are much easier to use than those roughly cut out with a knife, and the brush with tung oil becomes smoother, and smoothness means less friction and faster speed.

Boots made of wood are then fastened to the sled board, and they can be moved while worn, which is much more convenient than using rope.

Five days later, 6,000 pairs of sleigh boards were good, the extra ones were spare, and the wood was basically exhausted, and there were no more materials to do, Qin Huaidao discussed with Xue Wanshu, used fire to melt the ice in Ximen Cave, and arranged heavy soldiers to guard it just in case, and led everyone out to train.

The sled board seems simple, it is not easy to master it, it takes three days to look decent, and three days later, the formation will be practiced, there are two kinds in total, one is attacking, how to keep the formation and rush up without chaos, how to shoot to ensure that everyone has a field of vision, avoid crowding, how to ensure that the firepower output is continuous, this Qin Huaidao looked for two stages.

To put it simply, it is to divide the person into two parts, one part shoots, the other part waits, and when the person in front of him finishes shooting and changes the arrow magazine, the other part takes over and continues to shoot, but does not stop the arrow, and suppresses the enemy.

Another formation is to retreat, the sled board is not a horse, it is impossible to retreat in a swarm, especially when going uphill, there must be a discipline, Qin Huaidao chose to cover alternately, that is, some people left to block, and the other part retreated a distance to cover the retreat of the people in front, so alternately, repeatedly.

There is a problem here, the retreating person can not block the field of vision of the person who responds, otherwise the crossbow will shoot his own people, can only be divided into two, withdraw from both sides, get out of the way, go around the back to re-form the formation, and meet the person in front, the speed must be fast, once the receiver's arrow box is empty and can not be assembled, complete the fill, the enemy will take the opportunity to rush up.

Whether it is attacking or retreating, it is not complicated and easy to master, but it is a little troublesome to cooperate, the tacit understanding is not enough, and it takes time to train.

For ten days, the troops finally looked a little good.

Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief and let the large army rest for two days to recover their strength.

On the third day, more than 5,000 men and horses slaughtered out of Yingzhou City again, looking north.

The defenders of Yingzhou didn't know, and when they saw that everyone was not riding horses, they were wearing snow-white coats, and they looked like white snow bears one by one, but no one laughed at them, and they saluted solemnly and watched them in the way of soldiers.

Xue Wanshu took the general of Yingzhou to see him off, and said with some anxiety: "General Qin's visit is extremely dangerous, if you can't do anything, I hope to make another plan, Yingzhou is waiting for General Qin's return at any time, and in addition, if necessary, I will bring people to support at any time." ”

"Thank you to the Governor, I have helped too much, and there are still some cattle, sheep and horses in the camp, so I should regard it as a thank you to the Governor's Mansion, and please don't see the Governor."

"It's too much, I'm ashamed, the old man will take care of the general, and when you come back, you will bring it back to Chang'an." Xue Wanshu hurriedly said, there are more than 100,000 cattle and sheep left, and 30,000 war horses, which is a heavy gift.

"If necessary, it is not easy for them to help the people, this time the blizzard came too suddenly, and the people have no income for two or three months, so they may not be able to hold on, but they can't become disaster victims." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Xue Wanshu was also worried about this, thought about it, no longer insisted, and said gratefully: "General Gaoyi, the old man has thanked the people of the whole city, and I wish the general a great victory." ”

"Xie Dudu!" Qin Huaidao clenched his fists, looked at everyone, and turned to leave.

Xue Feng glanced at Xue Wanshu and hurriedly followed.

"Protect the general!" Xue Wanshu reminded.

"Don't worry." Xue Feng agreed without looking back, and hurriedly chased after him.

Everyone watched the 5,000-strong army go farther and farther, disappearing into the wind and snow, one by one full of emotion, a catastrophe of annihilation was not only resolved, but also had the spare strength to send troops to chase and kill the enemy, this battle was simply incredible.

"The future of this man is limitless!"

Xue Wanshu muttered in a low voice, and the heart of friendship became more and more firm.

"Governor, can they really do it?" One of the generals asked in a low voice.

Xue Wanshu glanced at the other party and said: "If it is an old man leading the troops, it will definitely not work, but General Qin is very human, and everything he has done after coming to Yingzhou is incredible, but it is extremely magical, have you heard of the method of building a city?" ”

"No!"

"The old man has been guarding Yingzhou for many years, and he has never thought of this method, General Qin lives in Chang'an, but he understands this method, and he also knows how to use cold water to retreat the enemy, but we didn't expect such a simple way, and the thing that walks in the snow, you also saw it just now, it is not difficult to walk, it is incredible." Xue Wanshu said with emotion.

"Yes, General, I'm afraid the north is going to change this day."

"yes, it's going to change!"

Xue Wanshu looked at the vast snowfield in the distance, and the essence was surging.