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Even the southern Yiguo, which did not snow much in previous years, was covered by heavy snow, and the ground was paved with white.

The people of Daning know that the New Year is approaching, but this year is definitely not so easy, after all, the war is fierce, and the slightest inattention will turn the sky upside down, who still has the heart to celebrate the New Year?

But what people didn't expect was that after the armies of Yi, Hao, Jing, and Yu surrounded Gyeonggi, they stopped attacking and did not continue to advance, but camped on the spot, as if there was a posture of celebrating the New Year in the camp.

Seeing this, some people who don't know the inside story only said that His Royal Highness King Yi was kind-hearted and deliberately stopped the war, so that the people of the capital could celebrate the New Year in peace.

But there are also people who have insight into the opportunity and know that King Yi did this just to trap the capital to death.

Although Daning is rich, most of the grain and grass production areas are in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, even if there is a granary in the capital, it can't withstand so many days of siege, so King Yi does this because he wants to surrender the soldiers without a fight, and wants to use the siege method to let the soldiers in the capital run out of ammunition and food, and then capture it in one fell swoop.

There was a heavy atmosphere in the air, and no one knew when this war would end.

Lu Yingquan is still missing, and Yun Yao, who is far away in the north, is completely isolated from outside news, so she doesn't know if Gu Chen has found Lu Yingquan or not.

However, for Yun Yao herself, she had been walking in this cold valley of ice and snow for three whole days, her eyes were pale and boundless, as if she would never be able to get out.

"Miss Yun, today is the third day, and according to this itinerary, we have already walked half of the Cold Valley. The experienced northern army said with the road map in his hand and looked at the blank in front of him, which was completely indistinguishable.

The name of this northern army is Zhao Bao, and he is the most experienced of the four northern army, and he used to lead his brothers from Chicheng into the cold valley, and went back and forth no less than ten times. But what makes it difficult is that .

"Brother Lao Zhao, I see that the low-lying place in front of me seems to be able to block the wind, let's go there and settle down to rest, how about it?" Yun Yao pointed to a recessed cliff not far ahead, and asked.

Zhao Bao and a few other experienced people nodded, and the group walked over, dividing labor and cooperation, some clearing snow, and some picking up branches and piling them together, wanting to light a fire.

However, the dead branches buried in the snow were wet and could not be burned, which made these old men deflated.

"No, it looks like we can't spend the night here, we have to go forward, to the cave where we stayed before. Another person named Chen Da said, "It's nothing for us rough people to be frozen, but Miss Yun can't stand it......"

"Rest and go. Zhao Bao nodded in agreement.

While the two were talking, they decided that the next itinerary had been set.

In the past three days, these soldiers have understood that the cloud girl in front of them seems to be weak and delicate, but in fact she is more stubborn than anyone else. Hurrying non-stop, Rao is big men were also a little unbearable, but Miss Yun was stunned and didn't say a word, and followed with a white face.

She knew that she didn't understand survival in the wild, and she hadn't walked such a dangerous road, so she didn't blindly command, let alone add to the chaos, and listened to a few of them who had experience decide, saying where to go, and resting when she wanted, only occasionally saying one or two words, but always saying on key points.

For example, now, the bottom of the recessed cliff is precisely because there is a protrusion on the cliff wall above where they are located, and the place where they lean against is recessed, which is an excellent place to shelter from the wind and rain.

If it weren't for the fact that the firewood was not lit, and I was afraid that Yun Yao's girl's family would not be able to stand it, it would not matter if I stayed overnight here.

Yun Yao's temperament made Zhao Bao and Chen Da feel relieved. Although I knew something about Miss Yun in Akagi before, after all, I didn't go over the mountains and mountains together, I thought they were bringing a delicate girl, but I didn't expect it to be a hard-boned person.

After a short break, several people continued to walk.

The snow road goes south, and when you step on it, it crunchs, and in some places it doesn't even reach your knees, and when you lift your feet again, your legs are stained with white snow, which looks particularly embarrassing.

Half a month's journey is only one-fifth, and it is already so difficult.

Yun Yao gritted her teeth, stepped on the snow step by step with a wooden stick, and was protected by Qi Xia and Han Xiu left and right, and her speed was not slow, and she finally arrived at the cave before the moon was in the middle of the sky.

It was really warm in the cave, so Chen Da led the people to find some hay and dead branches nearby, and then took a knife to cut down a few small trees, and cut off the wet skin outside, leaving only the dry core inside, which was easy to burn.

And they were about to spend the night, and on the morning of the fourth day, they went on their way.

According to Zhao Bao, the cold valley is just that the snow is relatively deep and the road is not easy to walk, and when they reach the Guiya Mountain, the real mountain road is rugged.

Sure enough, the further back she went, Yun Yao felt that the road was getting more and more difficult to walk, and sometimes if she didn't pay attention to it, the whole person fell into the snow and couldn't get up. But these people around her are not ordinary people, and with them taking care of them, they still got out of the cold valley smoothly and arrived at the foot of Guiya Mountain.

It's just that the cold valley, which could have been walked in six days, was forced to walk for eight days because of the heavy snow and slippery roads.

Ghost Tooth Mountain, the mountain is like its name, the shape is like a ghost tooth, the mountain is full of dogs, the strange rocks are craggy, there are few trees on this mountain, the mountains are covered with snow, and there is even no road, you have to rely on the experience of the past, sweep away the snow covering the ground, in order to open a road.

"Guiya Mountain is no better than other places, everyone must remember not to speak loudly here, otherwise the slightest mistake will cause an avalanche. Zhao Bao reminded, "Especially these days, the snow is extraordinarily heavy, and there is a lot of snow on the turquoise stones on the mountain. ”

Everyone was desperate for their lives, and after listening to Zhao Bao's words, they naturally stopped talking, Rao occasionally spoke, but also lowered his voice, for fear of causing an avalanche.

For a moment, only the sound of walking was left in the snow, and the bitter cold of the cold wind howling by.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and there is not much dry food left with Yun Yao and the others when they came out, but this Ghost Tooth Mountain seems to be endless.

Originally, General An Huai said that the journey of this road would be half a month, but they brought enough dry food for twenty days, thinking that it should be enough, and no matter how heavy it was, they couldn't carry it anymore. Unexpectedly, they underestimated the heavy snow in the mountains, and the buried road was far from being reached in twenty days.

Therefore, now half a month has passed, and the dry food is almost finished, but there are still about seven or eight days to go out.

"Miss Yun, when I was going over Ghost Tooth Mountain before, I bumped into some hares or something in the mountains, and now it's winter, although it is difficult to find living creatures, it is not nothing. I'll go out and have a look, maybe I'll be able to get some wild things back and make a tooth sacrifice for everyone. Zhang Zhong said, and went with Chen Da to find food.

Everyone knew in their hearts that it would be great for them to find wild things, which meant that they could last a little longer. But if you can't catch the prey, it's reasonable, after all, on this bare mountain, no living creature is stupid enough to wait in place for them to kill.

Let's say that Yun Yao and the others were waiting in place, while Zhang Zhong and Chen Da went out to forage for food, and after walking for a long time, they saw a snow-white animal in the snow. The guy was the size of a normal wolfdog, lying on the snow, his shiny fur that seemed to glow.

"Good fellow! It's a snow wolf! I haven't eaten wolf meat since I'm so old, I'm lucky today, I'll hunt one head back and add food to my brothers!" Zhang Zhong said, as soon as the words fell, the bow and arrow in his hand shot out hurriedly, heading towards the snow wolf.

Chen Da wanted to stop it, but it was too late, because Zhang Zhong's movements were too fast.

I saw that the arrow was aimed straight at the center of the snow wolf's eyebrows, and the snow wolf didn't avoid it, so he saw that the arrow was fiercely submerged, and with a snort, it entered the flesh with a puff, and brought up a string of blood beads and sprinkled it in the snow.

And before the snow wolf fell, he suddenly stretched his neck, whined, and roared to the sky. The cry resounded in the silence of the ice and snow, making people feel an indescribable creeping.

"Zhang Zhong, you really shouldn't be so reckless, the snow wolf is such a fierce animal, if you don't shoot it this time, it will be the two of us who will die. Chen Da listened to this whining sound, and his heart palpitated.

"Why are you so daring? Isn't there nothing to do? What's more, when we go back to Akagi, I can still tell my brothers that I killed a snow wolf!" Zhang Zhong said, and walked towards the snow wolf, put the bow and arrow on his back, grabbed the snow wolf's front hooves with both hands, and picked it up.

And at this time, Chen Dacai saw that the front hooves of the snow wolf seemed to be injured and had been broken, no wonder when Zhang Zhong shot the arrow, he didn't dodge or dodge, it turned out that it was because he couldn't move at all, and he couldn't avoid it.

"Alright, let's go. Chen Da said, and the two walked towards the camp with the snow wolf.

And they did not see that the blood that flowed from the forehead of the snow wolf, dripping on the snow, parallel to their footprints, meandered away.

In the camp, everyone had just started a fire, Yun Yao was sitting by the fire and roasting her hands, when she suddenly heard a whining sound, which resounded throughout the sky above the Ghost Tooth Mountain.

"Brother Zhao, listen to it, is there any sound?" Yun Yao asked with a frown.

"It's like a wolf howling. Zhao Bao also heard this voice, "It seems to be very close to us, it seems that the wolf is nearby, strengthen your vigilance." ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked nervous and looked around. But they looked everywhere, but they found no sign of a wolf.

After about a stick of incense, I saw Chen Da and Zhang Zhong coming back with the snow wolf.

"Brother Zhao, you see, I was lucky to hunt a snow wolf today. Zhang Zhong was still a little proud.

"That wolf howl not long ago, was it from this snow wolf?" Yun Yao looked at it, and suddenly asked with a pale face.

"Yes, it's just the beast's wail before it dies, don't be afraid, Miss Yun. Zhang Zhong said, "I used to pass through this Ghost Tooth Mountain, and there were brothers who hunted wolves. ”