It was the depths of winter, the cold wind was bleak, and the snow began to fall in the sky again, mixed with the biting cold wind that made people unable to open their eyes. Except for the elite of the legion, who were given thick clothing, the rest of the soldiers could only shiver in the wind and snow in the thin winter coats issued by the quartermasters.

Along the march, old and frail soldiers fell headlong into the snow for some reason, and no matter how others called them, they lost their lives forever in the snowy fields of the north, and became a stiff corpse.

In fact, the commanders who led the team knew that these soldiers who lacked food and clothing were all frozen to death. However, they are also considered to be one of the culprits, and who cares about the life and death of these big-headed soldiers when they get their own money?

The nobles, large and small, did not pay any attention to the coming war, and ate fully cooked roast mutton in their carriages, drank fine wine, and even secretly took a few beauties to admire the silver-white earth in the distance and began to chant poems against each other.

In their hearts, coming to the north is not so much an expedition as a visit to the northern scenery that is difficult to see on weekdays. Obviously, the army of the empire is pouring out, pressing here with the momentum of turning over the mountains and seas, and can easily destroy the wild people who are still eating grass roots here, and when they go back, they will still be able to earn a military merit, and maybe they can even be knighted by Her Majesty the Empress!

Most of the noble lords followed the marching army with this idea, otherwise the current power of the empress would not be enough to command the nobles with great power.

The snow falling from the sky was getting heavier and heavier, and even a light rain began to fall in the snow, which was very dangerous for the team, the veteran Duke Wiz rode on his horse and looked at the rain and snow floating in the sky worriedly, turned to his men and said: "Set up camp here, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, so that it may rain hail soon, quickly spread my order to the whole army, let them quickly set up their tents, or we will be affected!"

Seeing Wiz's anxious appearance, his men hurriedly rode their horses and scattered around, conveying his order to set up camp. Visible to the naked eye, the already tired soldiers began to get busy, setting up continuous marching tents on the spot.

Duke Wiz relieved himself, so that the team would not lose much! Suddenly, a knight came in the distance on a horse, and his subordinates saw that the unknown cavalry was nervous, ready to stop the sudden cavalry, Duke Wiz looked at the golden armor worn by the cavalry and understood in his heart that the comer belonged to the unit, he waved his hand to signal his subordinates not to stop him, he saw that the comer was a knight among the royal guards dragoons.

The knight pulled the reins in front of Duke Wiz and stopped a foot away. The knight shouted loudly: "The Empress asked me to come and ask you, why the strikers are no longer marching, they haven't gone far today, and they are only going to camp in the afternoon, is the Duke too cautious? ”

Duke Wiz's face turned red when he heard this, these words were the biggest insult to a veteran who had been fighting for a long time, but he had also been defeated on all fronts because he was too cautious in the previous battle, and the fact that he was indeed defeated was in front of everyone's eyes. It can be seen that the Empress's trust in him has been greatly reduced, which represents a dangerous signal.

Wiz replied with a forced smile: "Please take me to pass the word, our army is now on the border in the north of the empire, which means that our vanguard will encounter the enemy's scout troops at any time, and now we are fighting away from home, we don't know anything about the terrain and environment of this place, and there is rain and snow nearby, the sky is dark and you can't see clearly in the distance, if we are ambushed by the enemy here, our army may suffer heavy losses." ”

The knight nodded and said, "I will inform Her Majesty the Empress of the Duke's words as they are, please rest assured!" With that, he turned around and galloped in the direction of the Empress's army.

Duke Wiz watched the cavalry disappear from view and turned to look north, his face was sad, this storm was not a good sign, he was nervous, as if something bad was about to happen.

Towards evening, the hungry soldiers made a bonfire, took out the rice pots, and began to cook dinner, and the smell of rice wafted from the camp, which increased the appetite of the people, and the soldiers took their rice bowls and began to eat in large gulps.

A huge tent sits in the forward camp, and Duke Wiz is reading the battle report from the scouts by candlelight. The guard tiptoed over a bowl of fava bean soup and a piece of white bread and placed them on Wiz's table, then turned to leave.

"I'm not hungry, this food is so good, it shouldn't just be given to me, you take it down and share it with the soldiers!" A majestic voice came, and the shoulder of the guard officer who wanted to leave shook in fright, and he looked back at Duke Wiz rather helplessly.