The cold wind is steep, the snowflakes are dancing lightly, and the first snow in Mobei has fallen. A thin layer of ice floes has formed on the surface of the lake in the fishing sea.

With the sound of horses' hooves, more than a dozen horsemen galloped all the way to the lake, spurred by the skilled knights.

The first was an old man wearing a fox fur and a gray beard, and he was followed by a tall man, who was the first important minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Taiwei Manzi, and the same knowledge of Zhan Shifu, because of Timur. The ten Mongol cavalrymen who followed behind them were their guards, and when they saw the two adults turn over and dismount, they stopped their horses and stopped following closely.

It turned out that although the barbarian and the detained Timur were in a high position in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, because of their living customs since childhood, they still liked to take their guards out every day to walk on horses.

Timur turned his head to look back at the continuous Northern Yuan military camp a few miles away, recalling that in the past few days, he had repeatedly asked to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty because of the attack on Daning in Liaodong, but he always shirked the emperor's physical discomfort, and couldn't help but be extremely aggrieved, reached out and took off the sheepskin wine bag on the side of the saddle, and after pouring a big mouthful, he looked at the barbarian who wrapped his hands in his sleeves and looked at the vast lake with a leisurely expression, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Your Majesty a few days ago, you were also interested in discussing with us the plan to send troops to attack Liaodong, It's a good thing, but it won't be long before it's completely forgotten. It's rare that Lord Taiwei is really calm when he arrives. After saying that, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh again.

The barbarian squinted at Timur who was not far from his side, and sighed secretly in his heart, thinking to himself: As a general, the first thing is to calm down, although Timur inherited his brother's position and commanded the most elite cavalry under my Northern Yuan Order, but to say that the talent of leading the troops is still too far from his brother. Seeing that this subordinate who was loyal to the Northern Yuan Dynasty court, the disgruntle on his face was full of words, so he immediately put aside what he thought in his heart, and said with a smile: "Look at this weather, this winter is even colder than in previous years, Zhu Yuanzhang is by no means a reckless and incompetent person, and he will definitely not choose this day, when the location is favorable, and when people are unfavorable, he will send troops to attack us in the desert." Speaking of this, after a slight pause, he turned his head to look at Tayin Timur and smiled and continued: "As early as a few months ago, I have asked Concubine Shu to come forward and implore Your Majesty to issue an order, together with a letter from Concubine Shu, to send an envoy to Goryeo. He gave a large area of Liaodong to the current king of Goryeo. The concubine he said was naturally the most favored concubine of the Northern Yuan Emperor Togus Timur, and it was the sister-in-law of the current king of Goryeo, and the queen of Xinyu, the young king of Goryeo, was a princess of the Northern Yuan.

It turned out that Goryeo bordered Liaodong, but because of the fear of the sharp cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty, it had always been a vassal of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty. For several generations, the Yuan Dynasty maintained the relationship between the suzerainty and the vassal state of Goryeo. Since the time of Kublai Khan in the Yuan Dynasty, several princesses of the Yuan Dynasty have married the king of Goryeo and become queens.

Although Timur was not as thoughtful as a barbarian, after all, it was not a wine bag and rice bag, and when he heard this, he frowned slightly and asked: "Lord Taiwei intends to let Goryeo cause chaos to Zhu Yuanzhang, although this plan is wonderful, but Goryeo is weak in its country, so I am afraid that I will not dare to provoke Zhu Yuanzhang's old man easily." ”

Hearing this, the barbarian waved his hand lightly, and continued in a deep voice: "Goryeo has long coveted the land of Liaodong, and the three tribes of Wuliangha have lived in Liaodong for generations, although they have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but the people's hearts are unstable, with Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament, most of them will not send a large army to the territory of the three tribes of Wuliangha within a few years, and this plan may not have a chance of success." Speaking of this, his face suddenly showed a little ruthlessness, and he said coldly: "I received news a few days ago that the two envoys sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to Goryeo, Lin Mi and Cai Bin, had already been assassinated by the Goryeo officials who had been bribed by me with a lot of money on the way back to China. With Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament, he will definitely not give up on this matter. ”

Hearing this, Timur bowed solemnly and said: "It turns out that Lord Taiwei has already known the bottom of his heart, so the general will also reorganize his army to fight, and prepare to fight to the death with that kid from Lanyu at the beginning of spring." ”

The goose-feather-like snow fell one after another overnight, and it did not stop, and the outside of Daning City was already covered in silver, and a layer of snow was accumulated on the ground.

A black horse galloped like lightning in the wind, and where the horse's hooves trampled it, the snow flew. On horseback sat a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and wearing armor, it was Zhu Quan, the king of Ning. The young scholar who was cheering on the other horse beside him was Ma Sanbao.

Zhu Quan saw that the beloved horse "Dark Cloud Covered Snow" under his crotch was constantly spitting white gas from his mouth and nose, and he was already a little tired, so he stopped his horse and frowned, pointed to the barracks, and led the black to suppress a black armored cavalry, and Feng Tieling and the others who walked out on foot asked softly: "I don't know where the old man Feng is going to lead the brothers to brave the wind and snow at this time?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, listen to what Old Man Feng said, they are going out to train their troops." Ma Sanbao heard Zhu Quan's question, and reached out to take off the sheepskin wine bag on the side of the saddle, handed it to Zhu Quan, and answered in his mouth.

After Zhu Quan stretched out his hand and took the wine bag and poured it hard, he only felt a flame-like scorching current, burning down his throat into his heart, and couldn't help but feel refreshed, turned his head and scolded Ma Sanbao with a smile: "You kid will take less wine for this king to drink in the future, or when we finish the battle and return to Yingtian, I am afraid that we will become a drunkard." Speaking of this, what I remembered in my mind was the brutal "senior sister" Xu Ying, who hid the master's wine gourd from time to time, which made the master angry.

Ma Sanbao looked at Zhu Quan's face, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Quan heard the sound of chuckling in his ears, turned his head and glared at Ma Sanbao and said angrily: "What are you kid laughing at?" ”

Ma Sanbao has been following Zhu Quan for a long time, and he knows that this Royal Highness has a gentle temperament, so he can't help but pluck up his courage and whisper: "The villain once heard Miss Xu say that Your Highness, you are a fool, and the situation of Your Highness that I saw just now is indeed a little bit. ”

"Bold, how can you remember these words so clearly?" Zhu Quan couldn't help blushing and his neck thickened when he heard Ma Sanbao say so bluntly, and he didn't know if it was because he had just drunk strong wine and the alcohol was surging.

Ma Sanbao stuck out his tongue, and Zhengse replied: "The villain is blunt, what did you just say, Your Highness, the villain has forgotten everything." ”

Zhu Quan laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Ma Sanbao's shoulder heavily, and praised: "The son can be taught." Reaching out to touch it, he only felt Ma Sanbao's body trembling slightly, and couldn't help scolding with a smile: "It's cold, and I don't wear warmth." Saying this, he secretly thought in his heart: Sanbao, this kid grew up in a hot place like Yunnan since he was a child, and it was really difficult for him to come to such a cold place in the north. It turned out that the middle of winter was coming, and the weather was getting colder and colder, he followed his master Qin Zhuofeng to rest and work for a long time, and his internal strength gradually deepened.

Ma Sanbao's face showed two stubborn colors, and he replied softly: "I was dressed warmly this morning, but the old man laughed at me If I can't stand this bit of wind and snow, how can I follow His Highness and General Lan to Mobei to crusade against the Northern Yuan?" It turns out that Ma Sanbao's temperament is also external and internal, and after being ridiculed by Feng Tieling today, he took off his cotton clothes, and would rather work hard than be ridiculed.

Zhu Quan's heart moved when he heard this, and he thought in his mind: What the old man Feng said is also somewhat reasonable, thinking that the desert north is still hundreds of miles away from our north, it is bound to be even colder and unbearable. Thinking of this, he bowed his head slightly, raised his wine bag and took a big sip, and rode towards the group of black-armored cavalry led by Feng Tieling in the distance.

Ma Sanbao saw that after Zhu Quan drank a lot of wine, he looked unsatisfied, and suddenly secretly screamed in his heart, and secretly thought: If when he returned to Yingtian, His Royal Highness had already liked the contents of this cup, and it would be strange if Miss Xu didn't skin me alive. Thinking of this, he took off his wine bag on the side of the saddle, poured a mouthful to drive away the cold, and rode his horse to follow Zhu Quan.

When Zhu Quan and the others rode their horses to Feng Tieling's side, they saw that he was quickly taking off his armor and clothes, revealing a body of knotted muscles and several scars and arrows on his body, stretching out his hands to pick up a large cloud of snow on the ground, and rubbing it vigorously on his body. The soldiers who followed him in the open field followed suit, laughing and scolding, reaching out to rip off the armor and clothes of their companions, and washing the snow bath.

After all, Zhu Quan and Ma Sanbao are also young people, and seeing them behaving like this, they also turned over and dismounted, stripped off their clothes, and had a snowball fight.

After Zhu Quan played around for a while, he slowly walked to Feng Tieling's side, stretched out his hand to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, and asked in a low voice: "Old man, I'm afraid that Lan Yu won't attack until the end of winter and the beginning of spring." It turned out that he and Lan Yu had never been on the wrong path, every time they met, they were staring at each other, and they simply didn't bother to go to Lan Yu's camp to meet each other, seeing that the 150,000 troops had been stationed in Daning for several months, and Lan Yu still had no sign of sending troops to Mobei, so he said so.

Feng Tieling scrubbed his body with snow on the one hand, bowed his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This is hundreds of miles away from Mobei, if we rush to send troops, in case of a sudden snowstorm along the way, it will be extremely dangerous, you must know that the climate in Mobei is very cold, and it is far better than where we are now." Speaking of this, after a slight pause, he continued: "At the beginning of spring, the war horses of the Tartars have been trapped for a winter, and they must be weak, and the cattle, sheep, horses, and livestock of the Northern Yuan Dynasty soldiers are very susceptible to diseases, so this is the best time for us to start." ”

Zhu Quan stretched out his hand to take the clothes and armor handed over by Ma Sanbao, slowly put it on, recalling that when he got acquainted with Su Lan, the sinister sister of the Oirat tribe, he had also heard of the sudden snowstorm in the middle of winter, and it was also a big killer of these steppe nomadic tribes, and he thought in his heart: Under the warming climate in spring, the reproduction rate of various bacteria and viruses has greatly accelerated, which has been taught by the teacher in the biology class before, and these nomadic tribes are extremely short of medicine. Therefore, a spreading disease is very likely to hit them hard. Lan Yu, old man, they naturally don't know about viruses and bacteria, but that doesn't mean they won't take advantage of this kind of "heavenly time".

After Feng Tieling went to the double knife to practice his sword technique on the snow, he came to Zhu Quan's side calmly and said in a deep voice: "In the old man's opinion, although Lan Yu is a good ruler of the army, most of the Ming soldiers this time are not his former subordinates, so it will take him at least a few months to establish his prestige, exert his strongest combat power, and complete his work in one battle." Although he didn't have a good impression of Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law Lan Yu because of his deep hatred with Chang Yuchun back then, after all, he had been in battle for a long time and had his own vision. These days, I have seen that Lan Yu's methods of training the army are not only harsh, but even a little ruthless, and he has two more confidence in this expedition to the Mobei Northern Yuan Imperial Court.

Time flies, and it is already March of the following year. When Jiangnan is already recovering, it is still cold in spring outside Daning, and there are a little snowflakes floating in the dark night sky.

In the tent, a young man with a scar on his face and a sturdy figure was pacing back and forth, listening to a man in tattered clothes, dressed like a flower child, and dressed as a herdsman, to report on the military situation.

The number of people standing solemnly on one side of the big tent are Zhu Di, King of Yan, Zhu Quan, King of Ning, Wang Bi, Guo Ying, Geng Zhong, Sun Ke, Feng Tieling, and Cao Wenbin, a fellow of the Jinyi Wei wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife at the waist, and the "called Huazi" in the tent at this moment is Cao Wenbin's subordinate of Jinyiwei who was sent to Mobei to investigate the movements of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, a hundred households named Li Shijian.

Lan Yu pointed to the hanging map and asked with a grim expression, "Where did you find the Yuan army?" ”

Li Shijian hurriedly walked to the side of the map, and after carefully examining it, he stretched out his hand and pointed to a place north of Daning, and said categorically: "It's roughly here." ”

"How many centaurs?" Lan Yu asked without changing his expression.

Li Shijian bowed slightly and replied: "There are many scouts in the Yuan army, the villain is incompetent, and they can't get close at all during the day. ”

Lan Yu heard Li Shijian's answer, and after careful investigation, he saw that the place where Li Shijian pointed was no longer the fishing sea or the Kuoluan Sea, but the northeast area more than two hundred miles away from Daning, and couldn't help frowning and fell into silence. It turned out that this time the Northern Yuan was so laborious, and the place where it could and could invade Qingzhou in Liaodong was not too far from Daning, and the intention was difficult to determine.

Cao Wenbin stared at Li Shijian and asked sharply, "Aren't you absolutely mistaken?" Are there really 100,000 people? ”

Li Shijian gritted his teeth and replied categorically: "At least 100,000, or even more." Speaking of this, after glancing at Lan Yu, who was still staring at the map, he continued in a deep voice: "The two brothers under the villain have quietly followed the Tartar army, and if they have any abnormal movements, they will be reported by Pegasus." ”

Lan Yu waved his hand without turning, and Li Shijian immediately bowed and withdrew from the tent.

After Lan Yu's eyes coldly glanced at the generals in the tent, he ordered Wang Bi: "Send more scouts, set off overnight, be sure to carefully check the military strength and movements of the Yuan army, and if there is any military situation, report it quickly." ”

After Wang Bi bowed down to receive the order, he also turned around and went out of the account and went to get busy.

This book was first published.

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