The further north you go, the colder it gets.

When the troops were sent from Jinling, they could still see the greenery, but until now, they are all white, and the wilderness is full of hoarfrost. If it weren't for the occasional smoke of the village, you might have thought that this was a place of silence in the underworld.

The cold wind blew through the hard iron armor of the soldiers, and they still braved the snow to move forward, even though their hair and eyebrows were already covered with frost and snow.

"Can the soldiers still withstand it, if not, repair in place for a while before marching." Zhu Huan couldn't help but be a little moved.

Wu Qi resolutely said: "Don't worry, no matter how bad the weather is, we will not delay the military plane because of this." ”

"It's better for you to freeze to death." Zhu Huan snorted coldly and walked away.

Wu Qi stayed where he was, and couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Huan is cruel and ruthless to outsiders, but he is extremely protective of his own army.

For example, when he was in Zhenjiang, Zhu Neng humiliated Cao Xiu, and then Zhu Neng was pulled over by Zhu Di and scolded for half a night. Although Zhu Huan didn't speak on his face, with Zhu Neng's status and prestige in the Yanwang Mansion, if Zhu Huan hadn't gone to Zhu Di privately because of this matter, would Zhu Di be able to give Zhu Neng such a big face?

For example, when fighting Pei County, the ten-to-one force was replaced by other generals and directly led the troops all the way over, but why did Zhu Huan spend so much effort to play a one-handed siege and reinforcements? Isn't it to minimize your own losses?

Zhu Huan fought this way, and never used Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu's troops, but only sent Zhang Fu's troops on the bait of fishing in Pei County.

Everyone knew that it was because this bait was likely to be bitten to death by the Peixian fleet, and Zhu Huan was reluctant to let his army be used as bait.

Wu Qi now looked at Zhu Huan's pretended angry posture, not only did he not feel uncomfortable, but he felt that his prince seemed to be a little ...... Lovely?

"Smack-"

Wu Qi slapped his mouth and shook his head: "What do you want!" ”

……

Although Wu Qi said that he could go to Jinan, Zhu Huan still couldn't bear to let the soldiers brave the wind and snow all the way, and finally decided to camp in place for an hour before leaving.

It was getting late, and the lights were still burning in the camp of the Qi army, and Zhu Huan was holding a green lantern in his hand, looking at the map of the sheepskin material.

This map is far more elaborate than Zhang Fu's one when he was in Peixian, and the Hell basically encompasses the East Asian version, and clearly marks the division of each military fortress and prefecture, which is densely marked with distinct cinnabar markings.

This map was drawn by Zhu Huan little by little for countless days and nights, and he never left him when he marched and fought.

Cao Xiu, who was standing beside Zhu Huan, saw Zhu Huan concentrate and quietly lowered the sound of breathing.

In the camp, the only sound is the "pop" of the candle flame being blown by the breeze.

"Lord Wang, it's cold, add some clothes." Cao Xiu finally broke the silence and draped a silver-white fox fur on Zhu Huan's shoulders.

Zhu Huan coughed lightly twice, wrapped the fox fur tightly, and said with some sorrow: "This way north, although this king has tried his best to reduce the sacrifices of the soldiers, it is still ......."

In the first battle of Peixian, although Zhu Huan had exhausted the art of war, because of the unfavorable terrain, the losses were still more than 2,000, and if the losses of Zhang Fubu were counted, this number would be more than 4,000.

Because of the bad weather, even if it was the elite Wei Wushu and other troops, there were still more than 1,000 soldiers who fell on the road.

"Lord Wang, it's not your fault, where are the immortals in the war?" Cao Xiu said.

Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry was Zhu Huan's personal guard, and it was the unit with the least losses, and the damage so far has not exceeded 300. The real losses were still Wei Wushu on the left and right flanks and the striker Bai Ma Yicong.

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"Cao Xiu, you said, how many soldiers do we have to fold all the way north to Liaodong?" Zhu Huan asked.

Cao Xiu paused for a moment and said, "Five thousand." ”

"Less." Zhu Huan patted Cao Xiu's head and said, "To be honest with this king, in your heart, how much loss should there be?" ”

Cao Xiu smiled, thought about it, and said, "No less than 20,000." ”

Hearing this cold number, Zhu Huan was silent for a while and said, "This king has the same budget as yours. ”

All the soldiers and horses in the Qi Wangfu are now added together, almost around 60,000, and when they are taken down to Liaodong, it would be good to have 40,000 left.

"Crossing Jinan and fighting Liaodong, these two big hurdles." Zhu Huan sighed: "This can't be bypassed, I'm afraid there will be a lot of soldiers buried here." ”

Cao Xiu said: "Lord Wang, although we can't get around, we can think about how to reduce the loss." ”

"How easy is it to say?" Zhu Huan said: "Jinan guarded by iron strings, Liaodong is one of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. This king is reluctant to fight Liaodong, but in fact, there is no more suitable place for us than Liaodong. ”

Liaodong, located in the border of the Ming Dynasty, whether Zhu Huan wants to fight the Jurchens in the future, or use North Korea as a springboard to attack the Wa Kingdom, Liaodong is the best choice. At this time, it was a troubled time, and it was the best time for Zhu Huan to take Liaodong.

Of course, there are better options.

If he can shake hands with Zhu Di and make peace, he won't have to work hard all the way north.

However, this is impossible, from the moment Zhu Di stepped into Jinling City, there was already a sad estrangement between Zhu Huan and Zhu Di.

Zhu Di is the one who wants to be called the emperor, and the world does not allow such a king as Zhu Huan to be comparable to the emperor.

Jinling City was assassinated twice, waking up Zhu Huan.

Either cut the land and support the army, or wait to be stripped of military power and become a prince of peace.

After the world was settled, compared to Zhu Di, who stole the country, the people of the world hated Zhu Huan more.

Because they couldn't help Zhu Di, they could only aim their spears at Zhu Huan.

This is a fact that Zhu Di cannot change.

"If we want to reduce our losses, we can only speed up the march and take Jinan City by surprise!" Zhu Huan gritted his teeth and said: "After today's rectification, the army will have no room to rest, we must increase the speed of the march as soon as possible!" ”

Just as Zhu Huan and Cao Xiu were discussing, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Report!" Lord Yu, the former army encountered a large-scale enemy army! ”

"What?" Zhu Huan hurriedly walked out of the tent and frowned, "You make it clear." ”

"Lord Wang, the White Horse Yi led by General Yan Gang patrolled three miles to the north and encountered a large-scale enemy army, numbering no less than 10,000!" The scout said: "The defenders should be the armies of Jining and Yanzhou. ”

"Yan Gang? Didn't this king give an order not to let the front army exceed two miles of the barracks, how could Yan Gang be so reckless! Zhu Huan was a little angry.

"Lord Wang, are you going to send Wei Wushu to support?" Cao Xiu asked.

"When Wei Wushu's support arrives, how many men will Bai Ma Yi have to fold?" Zhu Huan did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Let the tiger and leopard ride and take the king's weapon!" ”

Cao Xiu was stunned: "Lord, do you want to go to support in person?" ”

"Are you a powerless scholar when you are the king?"

Zhu Huan threw away the fox fur on his shoulder, revealing a hideous iron armor, and the cold light flickered: "Follow this king to reinforce Yan Gang!" ”

This will be the first sortie of the tiger and leopard rider after Jinling!