October 15.

The day of the beginning of winter.

Around the hour, the oriental canopy suddenly covered with layers of fish belly white.

A ray of light followed closely behind from the eastern sky.

Slowly sprinkled on the side of the Mobei Minghu Mountain, which is full of strong killing intentions.

It was as if he wanted to expel all the killing intent and the cold of the beginning of winter around Minghu Mountain from heaven and earth.

"It's winter."

Li Guangli stood beside the big tent of the Chinese army halfway up the slope of Minghu Mountain.

With a tired face, he looked at the Xiongnu camp not far from the foot of the mountain.

His voice was full of sorrow and embarrassment.

More than half a month has passed since the defeat in the last war.

In the case that there is no baggage, grain and grass inside, and there is an enemy army chasing outside.

Li Guangli really felt the pain of living like a year.

If it weren't for the fact that he used a large number of soldiers as outcasts, he dragged the army of the Xiongnu Zuogu Liwang for two days with his flesh and blood.

made it lucky to escape to Minghu Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

I'm afraid that the army led by him has already been wiped out in the more than half a month of escape!

"Yes, it's the beginning of winter."

Gu Zhanying, who was also full of tiredness, sighed heavily in his heart when he heard this, and then slowly echoed.

The words fell.

Li Guangli and Gu Zhanying glanced at each other.

Then he tacitly looked at the Xiongnu camp not far from the foot of the mountain.

Dead.

Slowly spread between the two.

I don't know how long it took.

Smoke rises slowly from the foot of the mountain.

The moment the smoke rose, Li Guangli swallowed his saliva unconsciously.

"Ugh." Li Guangli retracted his gaze with difficulty, and then slowly turned around and opened the curtain of the Chinese army's big tent.

While walking into the big tent of the Chinese army, he slowly greeted, "Let's go, go back."

"Okay." Gu Zhanying retracted his gaze with difficulty, and then nodded slightly.

......

......

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Guangli and Gu Zhanying sat opposite each other.

Again, there was no word for a long time.

I don't know how long it took.

Li Guangli slowly raised his head and looked at Gu Zhanying in front of him.

Then he asked, "How many days can the grain and grass in the army last?"

Gu Zhanying's face pale slightly when he heard this.

Then he slowly replied, "Five days at most."

It is said that it is grain and grass, but in fact, it is just the beef and mutton that the army snatched from the Xiongnu tribes along the way before entering Minghu Mountain.

And, there is nothing but beef and mutton.

Li Guangli's eyes dimmed slightly.

After a few breaths, he asked weakly, "Where is the salt, is there anything else?"

Gu Zhanying said helplessly: "The salt ran out two days ago, and now it is used ...... Be...... Nitrate."

The words fell.

The tent of the Chinese army once again returned to a dead silence that could be heard of falling pins.

What is nitrate......

In short, it is the white granular object that grows in the corner of the thatched house.

The nitrate needed in the ice-making method taught by Xu Yi in Yandi is this thing.

This thing......

Of course, it can solve the pain of temporary lack of salt.

However, if consumed for a long time.

and they will suffer.

I don't know how long it took.

Li Guangli slowly closed his eyes, and sighed helplessly: "Jotun is going to trap you and me alive in this Minghu Mountain."

Gu Zhanying's eyelids lowered slightly when he heard this, and said, "Last night, more than 200 soldiers couldn't stand the suffering in the mountains, so they sneaked down the mountain in the middle of the night and surrendered to the Xiongnu."

The words fell.

Li Guangli suddenly opened his eyes, with a touch of murderous intent that was rich to the extreme

His eyes flashed.

"What about the Judge Advocate General?"

Li Guangli's face was slightly cold, and his voice was full of endless killing intent.

"More than 20 people escaped from the Judge Advocate Corps last night."

Gu Zhanying slowly closed his eyes and replied helplessly.

Need to know.

The position of military judge is often held by the close confidants of the leading generals.

Nowadays, even the military court corps has been deserted.

The military spirit of Li Guangli's ministry can be imagined.

"Secret order military law team, one person defects, and the whole army is killed."

"If you defect, you will be killed!"

"If you defect, you will be killed!"

"Besides! The families of the defectors of the military justice team will be beheaded all over the house!"

Li Guangli slowly clenched his fists and said word by word with a gloomy face.

"Obey!"

Hearing this, Gu Zhanying hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.

Li Guangli paused slightly.

After a few deep breaths, he slowly spoke again, "Besides, send an order to the whole army! Reinforcements will arrive in five days."

"When the reinforcements arrive, all the soldiers in the camp will have half a stone of food! Eight taels of salt per man!"

"Wait for the class teacher to return to the court! All the soldiers in the camp will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver! Six horses of cloth!"

The words fell.

Gu Zhanying quickly raised his head and looked at Li Guangli.

With excitement in his eyes, he asked, "Reinforcements will arrive in five days."

Li Guangli nodded heavily, and then replied, "Last night, the imperial court's eight-hundred-mile urgent secret letter has arrived."

"Your Majesty named Li Ling, the left Shaoqing of Dali Temple, as the general of the expedition to the north."

"Order him to rush to Yunzhong County and reinforce us with 5,000 foot soldiers, 3,000 cavalry soldiers, and a large amount of baggage and grain and grass."

"He came out of Chang'an on October 1, and now he has led the army out of Yunzhong County."

"It will take at most half a month to reach Minghu Mountain."

Li Guangli paused slightly, and then slowly spoke again: "In addition, the imperial court ordered the vassal kings from all over the country to bring five thousand elites each to quickly reinforce us."

"The closest king to us, King Zhao and the acting king, will definitely arrive at Minghu Mountain within five days."

"At that time, the three armies will definitely be able to relieve the siege of Minghu if they join forces."

Gu Zhanying's expression became more and more excited when he heard this.

"Great! Great!" Gu Zhanying jumped up from the top of the chair, and saluted with his fists on his face full of excitement: "General! The last general dares to fight!"

Li Guangli smiled, and then slowly spoke, "Yes! Wait for reinforcements to arrive! This general has set 3,000 elite soldiers with you!"

"This time, I must let Wei Guogong take a good breath!"

Gu Zhanying's face turned red and he clasped his fists again and saluted, "The last general has thanked the general for his great kindness!"

"You and I don't need such politeness." Li Guangli chuckled and waved his hand.

The words fell.

Li Guangli's face pale slightly.

After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke again: "I am tired of Wei Guogong to spread the news to the whole army first, so as to reassure the army!"

"In addition, order the generals of each ministry to order their good students to take care of their soldiers."

"And don't make a big deal about it."

"In addition, the military team was ordered to guard the camp for several days! Don't get away with it!"

Gu Zhanying's face was straight, and he clasped his fists again and saluted, "Obey!"

The words fell.

Gu Zhanying slowly withdrew from the Chinese army's tent.

When Gu Zhanying's figure completely disappeared outside the Chinese army's tent.

Li Guangli's originally smiling face instantly became gloomy.

"It's a pity."

"Your Majesty is the only one who has not ordered you to send troops this time."

Li Guangli's eyelids were drooping, and his face was gloomy as if he could drip water.

After more than 100 breaths.

Li Guangli slowly got up and paced back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army.

This pacing, convenient

It was a full two quarters of an hour.

As he paced, his complexion was sometimes gloomy, sometimes frowning, sometimes sneering, sometimes fierce.

It's really complicated to the extreme.

Two quarters of an hour later.

"Bang~Bang~"

Li Guangli clapped his hands lightly.

Then he calmly said, "Come out."

The words fell.

As soon as he was dressed as a personal soldier, a white-faced and bearded man slowly walked out of the inside of the Chinese army's tent.

"I don't know what the general is going to do when he calls his slaves?"

The pro-soldier dressed as a white-faced bearded man slowly bowed and saluted.

If Chang Xingrong is here, he will definitely be able to recognize this person at a glance.

This person is one of Xu Yong's most trusted right-hand men.

Liu Guixiang, the former eunuch of the East Palace.

Li Guangli lowered his head slightly and looked at Liu Guixiang, who was bowing and saluting, and asked, "Did you hear what General Fang Caiben and Wei Guogong said?"

"Go back to the general." Liu Guixiang bowed again, and then replied truthfully: "What General Fang Cai and Wei Guogong said, the slaves and maids listened to all the words in their ears."

Li Guangli nodded slightly, and then slowly spoke: "King Zhao and the corporal under the command of the acting king will arrive at Minghu Mountain in less than five days."

"Now even General Ben doesn't know who King Zhao and Acting King will send as generals this time."

"Because of this, it is difficult for General Ben to be sure if anyone has seen you this time."

"To make sure nothing goes wrong."

"After dark, General Ben will send personal guards to escort you out of the land of Mobei."

Liu Guixiang bowed again and saluted, "The slave has thanked the general for his kindness."

Li Guangli paused slightly, and after a few deep breaths, he slowly spoke, "In addition, bring a message back to Beijing for General Ben."

The words fell.

Li Guangli waved his hand slightly, signaling Liu Guixiang to come over with his ear.

When Liu Guixiang walked to Li Guangli's side.

Li Guangli leaned over slightly, and whispered in Liu Guixiang's ear: "This general wants to borrow Li Ling's hand to drag Xu Yi into the quagmire......

「.......」

「.......」

"These words must be brought to your master word for word."

"Do you understand?"

Liu Guixiang's face was straight, and he bowed again and said, "Please rest assured that the general will definitely bring the news to the master word for word."

Li Guangli nodded slightly, then gently patted Liu Guixiang's shoulder and said slowly, "Go and prepare, someone will go to look for you after dark."

"Yes." Liu Guixiang bowed again, and then slowly retreated.

When Liu Guixiang's figure completely disappeared behind the Chinese army's tent.

A cold and indescribable smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Li Guangli's mouth.

"Didn't Xu Zhen want to buy Li Ling for you?"

"This time General Ben is very kind! Give you this chance!"

"It's up to you to catch it!"

Li Guangli slowly looked up at the direction where Shanggu County was, and muttered in a low voice with a sly smile on the corner of his mouth.

The words fell.

Li Guangli retracted his gaze and walked to the top of the Chinese army's tent and slowly took his seat.

Fang Yi took a seat.

With an extremely light movement, he took out an object from his bosom.

It was about the size of a baby's fist, and the whole thing was wrapped in oilcloth.

Li Guangli pursed his lips, and then carefully disassembled the tarpaulin.

As the tarpaulin slowly unfolds.

The things wrapped in it instantly appeared in front of Li Guangli's eyes.

It was a grain of salt as pure and flawless as a spar.

If you have to give it a different name.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it alabaster salt.

Li Guangli carefully pinched a pinch of snowflake salt.

Slowly place it in your mouth.

Wait for snowflake salt

After a thorough bloom in the taste buds.

A hint of satisfaction instantly appeared on Li Guangli's gloomy face.

As the commander of the first army, he is still like this.

The current situation of the rest of the soldiers can naturally be imagined.

......

......

Night.

Yunzhong County is fifty miles away.

A large makeshift marching camp rose in a wide area outside the county.

A large Li character stands straight in the center of the temporary camp.

A cold wind blew.

Li Zi Daxu instantly rose into the wind, and constantly made a clanging sound in the air.

The end is full of momentum.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Ling, the general of the expedition to the north in a Confucian shirt, sat upright.

Holding a piece of paper, he slowly flipped through it.

A moment later.

Li Zhong, the personal guard, sullenly lifted the curtain from outside the big tent of the Chinese army and entered.

Li Ling unhurriedly put down the Chinese book.

Then he slowly looked up at the sullen Li Zhong, and said calmly, "Lin Heyun still doesn't want to reinforce first?"

Li Zhong instantly restrained his emotions when he heard this.

After clasping his fists and saluting, he replied, "General Hui, Lin Heyun has already set up camp three miles away."

The Lin Heyun in his mouth is not an outsider.

It was the first general under Xu Cheng, the king of Zhao, who was sitting in the land of Wuyuan and Shuofang.

This time, it was this person who led 5,000 Zhao land light cavalry to reinforce Mobei.

If it is common sense.

At this time, Lin Heyun should be at least more than 300 miles ahead of Li Lingbu.

Correct.

I don't know why.

After Lin Heyun left Yunzhong County, he had been stopped more than 20 miles away from Yunzhong County.

Until Li Ling gathered troops and horses in Yunzhong County and led the army to the battle.

It moved slowly.

And along the way, the five thousand light cavalry under his command always wandered three miles away from Li Ling's department.

Li Ling ordered people to negotiate with him many times.

However, Lin Heyun always used all kinds of excuses to quibble.

For example, he felt that Li Lingbu was not familiar with the terrain of Mobei, so he stayed to lead the way for Li Lingbu.

For example, the corporal under his command was infected with wind and cold, and many abdominal pains were unbearable.

For example, war horses are anorexic in winter and are powerless to run wildly.

There are countless excuses like this.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Ling's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this.

Then it slowly unfolded.

"Let him go, the people are watching the heavens."

"It's not that I didn't report it, it's just that the time has not come."

Li Ling's face returned to normal, and then he slowly spoke.

"Yes." Li Zhong's face paused slightly, and then he continued to speak: "If the rest of the generals sent by the vassal kings are like Lin Heyun, this will ...... How can this battle be fought?"

As Li Zhong, who is the general of Li Ling's family and his personal guard, he naturally understands very well how much Li Ling wants to prove himself to the court and the world through the Battle of Mobei!

He still remembers that night Li Ling's excited face when he heard that Xu Zhen, the king of Jin, personally recommended him to the emperor as the general of the expedition to the north and led the army to conquer Mobei.

That night, Li Ling stood in front of the Li family ancestral hall for a long night.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Ling's face pale slightly when he heard this.

Then he slowly spoke, "Don't care about others, just do what you do."

The words fell.

Li Ling got up slowly, waved his hand slightly, and said, "Okay, don't think too much, just retreat and rest, the army will start on time tomorrow."

Li Zhong sighed powerlessly in his heart, and then bowed his hand and said, "Obey!"

When Li Zhong's figure completely disappeared behind the Chinese army's tent.

Li Ling slowly paced back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Yang is against yin."

"King Zhao, Lin Heyun."

"The vassal king sent 5,000 troops to reinforce Mobei ......"

"Cutting the ...... of the Domain"

Li Ling muttered in a low voice with a slightly solemn face.