Chapter 146: Bitterly Cold and Snowy City
Ahh
"Oh! It's finally here!"
"It's so majestic, it can be said that apes can't climb, and birds can't cross it!"
"Nerd, are you dropping your bookbag again?"
"Shut up, shut up!"
Ji Duoer and other Yan troops escorted Zhou Fugui, Xu Mancang, Xue Wentai and other 500 prisoners, and after a full three months of arduous trekking, they finally arrived at their destination, the first military fortress in the northern Xinjiang of the Great Yan Kingdom, the first Xiongguan, the first gateway, and Xuelin City.
Snow Forest Castle is not so much a city as a pass, and it is not a pass, Snow Forest City is composed of three passes and many fortresses.
The left pass is called "Guigu Pass", which protects the left wing of Xuelin City; The right pass is called "Qilin Pass", which protects the right wing of Xuelin City; The pass in the middle is the main pass, and the name is "Snow Rin Castle".
The three passes are horns of each other, like the throat above the esophagus, guarding the fortress of the north and south. The surrounding icebergs are arched, the mountains are stacked one after another, and the peaks are like the sea, and they are close to each other.
Both sides of Xuelin City are steep ice peaks, it is like an ice sword, straight into the sky, under the ice peak is the abyss, want to cross from both sides of Xuelin City, unless it is a bird, and even as Li Qing said, apes can not climb, birds can not cross.
In addition, there are military facilities such as beacon towers.
The majestic snowy city, just hearing the name, seems to have a cold chill rushing towards the face.
The terrain of Xuelin City is steep, it can be said that it is a one-man pass, ten thousand people are not open, Xuelin City is murderous, it can be said that the sword Ge sinks into the sand border city with blood, and the ancient castle of Guanshan is sad.
"Woo... Woo... Woo..."
Just when Zhou Fugui and the others sighed that Xiongguan Mandao was as true as iron, on the towering city wall, there was a low horn sound, and the sound of horns was low and far away, echoing in the sky above Xuelin City, adding a lot of cold atmosphere.
The towering walls were covered with icicles, slippery and impossible to climb at all, and only through the gaps between the icicles could you see the gray and black walls of the snowy city.
Then the heavy closing door opened, making a heart-wrenching "crunching" sound, and more than 100 iron horsemen, riding horses slowly walked out of the gate, and slowly walked towards Ji Duoer and Zhou Fugui.
More than 100 cavalry members of Xuelin City were all wearing iron armor, with a heavy sword on their backs, a short knife on their left waist, a bow and crossbow on their right waist, and their hideous cast iron masks covered their faces, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.
Zhou Fugui and the others seemed to feel a murderous aura rushing towards them.
"The last general, Ji Duoer, was ordered to escort more than 500 prisoners here!" Ji Duoer immediately clapped his hands and said loudly, "Five hundred and eighty-three prisoners, fifty-two people died of disease, twenty-three people died accidentally, and one hundred and twenty-one people were wounded and sick."
"Good work!" A cavalry general pointed to the city gate and muttered.
So Zhou Fugui and other prisoners were escorted by the cavalry of Xuelin City and walked towards the pass, and the ground near the city gate was paved with basalt, but in the rain and snow, it was extremely slippery.
On the towering city wall, large pieces of snowflakes fell from the sky, falling in every corner of the snow city, above the tower, a huge flying bear flag in the cold wind, waving in the wind, under the flying bear flag, several snow rin city armor soldiers stood with their heads, silently watching the hundreds of ragged prisoners who were entering the city.
Under a tall watchtower in Xuelin City, there are several spacious streets, and the streets are densely covered with many houses of different sizes, including official houses, barracks, ordinary houses, etc., and even many shops, restaurants, green buildings, etc.
Xuelin City is the key point of the border pass of the Great Yan Kingdom, a bitter cold place in the extreme north, a place of four wars, surrounded by tigers and wolves, but Xuelin City is also a place of trade between Yan and various ethnic groups in the north.
The so-called bustle of the world is all for profit; The so-called for the sake of profit, dare to pin the head on the waistband of the trousers, so the Han merchants, Hu merchants and so on who come and go to the snow rin city, they set up stalls in the snow rin city, there are shops, inns, etc., there are thousands of workshops, and even temples, schools, archways, etc., it can be said that there are many shops, and the market is prosperous.
"Tap, tap, tap."
"Stop!"
A burly general of Xuelin City rode his horse to Zhou Fugui and the other prisoners, raised his hand and shouted to stop, and the prisoners stood on a clearing under the watchtower.
The snow kept falling, and after a while, it didn't reach the instep.
"Stand here until dawn!" The burly general glanced at the prisoners and ordered coldly.
What? When the prisoners heard this, they were immediately shocked, and looked at the general in a daze, wondering why he gave such a cold and unkind order.
In the cold of winter, the weather is unusually cold, and at night, the temperature drops sharply, and Zhou Fugui and other prisoners are tired and hungry, and if they stay in this ice and snow for one night, they will be injured if they don't die.
This general order completely forced Zhou Fugui and more than 500 other prisoners to death.
The convicts then whispered one after another, and the burly general did not speak, but just looked at them coldly.
"Why is that?" Zhou Fugui then asked the burly general.
"Orders are done, prohibitions are stopped, General Zhou is also a leader, why do you have this question?" The burly general replied coldly.
It seems that before Zhou Fugui and the others came, Winterfell had already understood their situation.
Zhou Fugui was a little speechless when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he continued: "The law does not tolerate mercy, but it can also be extrajudicial to be merciful, I have come all the way to come hungry and cold..."
"The fittest survive, and the unfit die!" If you can't stand the cold a little, you don't deserve to fly for me." Before Zhou Fugui finished speaking, an old voice came from the watchtower.
When everyone heard this, they looked up, and saw that above the watchtower, an old general appeared at some point, the old general had white hair and was at least sixty years old.
Although the old general is old, his body is extremely tough, with a black hood on his head, and a pair of black armor covering his chest and back.
The old general has a wide mouth and a wide nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a snow-white beard under his chin, and his appearance is extremely powerful.
"Meet the Governor of Huyan!" When the generals and soldiers of Xuelin City saw it, they bowed together.
The old general is the commander of the border army of Xuelin City, Ning Shuo Sanbo, General Zuo, and Hu Yansheng, the governor of Guigu Pass, Qilin Pass, and Xuelin City.
Hu Yansheng was a Xiongnu, but he had been attached to Yan for many years.
"Those who don't want to endure the cold are not allowed..." Hu Yansheng then said to Zhou Fugui and the others: "Those who can't stand the cold will go out, but from now on, they will always be the border miscellaneous army."
The so-called miscellaneous army, that is, the slaves, is even lower than the slaves, and they will be slaves forever.
As for the regular army at the border pass, not only enjoy the treatment of the regular army, but also have the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service, and of course, there is personal freedom.
After Hu Yansheng said that, he stopped talking, but just looked coldly at Zhou Fugui and more than 500 other prisoners.
After half a ring, dozens of people hesitantly walked out of the crowd and stood in the cold wind.
In such cold weather, staying outside for a night can be fatal, and some people would rather be slaves than lose their lives.
"Is there anyone else?" Hu Yansheng then asked.
The person who did not move did not answer, but just looked at Hu Yansheng.
The people who have not moved, including Zhou Fugui, are not afraid of the cold weather, compared with the cold weather, they are more afraid of the day when they will never come out, and they are more afraid of dying in a foreign country and never having the opportunity to reunite with their families, including Zhou Fugui.
Zhou Fugui not only has his mother, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, and sister-in-law in his family, but also two women are waiting for him hard, so no matter how difficult it is, Zhou Fugui must persevere.
"Let's go out of the city, and we won't be back until tomorrow." Hu Yansheng's eyes fell on Zhou Fugui's body, and he looked at Zhou Fugui and waved his hand coldly and ordered.
Outside the city? Field? The people who didn't get out of the crowd were stunned when they heard the words, and some people were even so frightened that they couldn't possess their bodies. Spending the night outside the city and outside the city, there are still city walls to shelter from the cold wind and the blizzard, but when you get to the wild, you are directly exposed to the blizzard, and there may be many unknown beasts in the wild, and the chance of survival is much smaller.
"The Grand Duke!" Zhou Fugui stood in the crowd, squeezing his eyebrows at Hu Yansheng and asking, "Can you build a shelter from the wind?"
Why did Zhou Fugui squeeze his eyebrows? The reason is that the governor of the capital is a Hun surnamed Huyan, and Zhou Fugui's mother is actually surnamed Huyan, so does Zhou Fugui have something to do with Hu Yansheng?
At least the people of my own people, right? Zhou Fugui secretly said in his heart, if he is a member of his own clan, or even has a relationship with him, then things will be easy to do, as long as he finds out, he may be able to get some care.
But Zhou Fugui's wishful thinking was completely frustrated, Hu Yansheng didn't care about Zhou Fugui's eyebrows at all, except for feeling a little puzzled, and looked at Zhou Fugui indifferently and said, "Accurate! In the wilderness, it's up to you to decide what to do, but Pontus doesn't provide anything to build."
"Can I make a fire?" Uncle, it is simply cold-blooded and ruthless, Zhou Fugui scolded in his heart, and then asked.
"Exactly! Neither did Pontus provide anything to make a fire." Hu Yansheng replied.
Hu Yansheng didn't want to be too lazy to answer, and said that everything was up to him to decide, and Zhou Fugui was still verbose.
"Can you give us some wine, meat, quilts, and other things to eat and keep out the cold?" Zhou Fugui asked again.
"Nope!" Hearing this, Hu Yansheng waved his hand with a dark face and ordered, "The governor of Pontus will not provide any items, so let's go out of the city."
At this time, not only Hu Yansheng was a little annoyed, but even the soldiers of Xuelin City secretly felt funny, the famous Zhou Fugui Zhou Bi was so verbose and uninteresting...
So the convicts who had just entered Xuelin City were driven out of Xuelin City, and whether they could return to Xuelin City or not depended on their skills and creation.
"Adjutant General Ji Duoer, please go upstairs and speak." Hu Yansheng looked at the backs of Zhou Fugui and the others and said to Ji Duoer.
Ji Duoer was overjoyed when he heard this, took three steps and made two steps, and walked up to the watchtower.
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