It is the coldest time of the year.

At this time, a heavy snowstorm from the north hit the entire Central Plains, from the north to the Huai River, almost the entire world was shrouded in wind and snow, whether it was mountains, rivers or cities and countryside, all dyed a piece of pure white.

Especially in the Gyeonggi area, after Laba, the snowflakes fell like goose feathers, drowning almost everything in the wilderness, including the Liangtian River and the official roads that communicate in all directions.

But even in such a harsh climate, there is still a huge team of chariots and horses, which is firmly and slowly, moving towards the northern Kaifeng line.

This team, which has thousands of soldiers, 5,000 people's soldiers, hundreds of livestock and vehicles, is the Dayue grain transport team that was ordered to transport grain and grass materials to the front line.

The weather was indeed harsh and the roads were indeed difficult to navigate, but under the harsher military orders, these generals, ordinary people, and men could only brave the wind and snow, grit their teeth, and keep moving forward, just to deliver the food and materials on the carts to the front-line army within the time limit.

Who let the imperial court set the strategy of breaking the city before the year without regard this time, and now, tens of thousands of troops are stationed under the former Song capital, constantly launching offensives?

"It's a big snowstorm, you say, this time I ...... I granted Yan Hu's request, and decided that the strategy of quickly taking the seal was too much?"

In the middle of the whole team, a dignified-looking and well-mannered man rode forward cautiously and asked a capable man beside him.

He is His Majesty Sun Ning, the emperor of Dayue today, and by his side, the one who is cautious and always looks around and thinks that everything is perfect, is his personal guard commander, Yang Xuan.

Faced with the emperor's sudden question, Yang Xuan was slightly stunned, but still said, "Your Majesty...... Master, since you and General Yan have decided on a quick strategy, there must be your considerations, and it is not something that one of my guards can handle. It's just that Your Majesty, you did have one thing that you didn't do properly, and that was to venture to the hinterland of the Central Plains at this time......

Yes, Sun Ning, as the king of a country, did not sit in Jinling in the rear at this time to command, but only brought only two or three hundred people to mix in the grain transportation team, and ran to the Central Plains battlefield against the wind and snow, which is indeed too unreasonable.

In fact, when Sun Ning made this decision, not to mention that almost all the courtiers in the court were against it, even the people around him, such as Xiao Qian and Wei Shen, were extremely discouraged.

After all, his current status is too high and too important, and it can be said that he is not bad in the world. With such a venerable body, how can it be better to go into danger again, or in such a way that is almost unfortified?

But this time, Sun Ning made up his mind that he must go north, even if everyone is against it.

And his reason is also very real, how can there be a reason to only let his courtiers fight on the front line, and as a monarch, he will only shrink to the rear?

Moreover, the battle of Kaifeng this time is even more important, it can be said that it will determine the final ownership of the Central Plains, and he naturally hopes to be present in person, encourage the whole army, and take this city at the fastest speed and the lowest cost.

Of course, the people who know him best, such as Xiao Qian, actually know one reason, that is, Sun Ning is really quiet.

In the past four years, Sun Ning has hardly participated in any wars except for a group of Fuso pirates in Hangzhou before. He could only sit in the rear, listen to the military reports from the front, and then imagine on the map how the battle would go.

It wasn't the kind of scene he wanted to experience.

Although his identity has long been different, Sun Ning is still the one who dares to rush to the front line and is willing to rush to the front line. Just staying in the rear is a kind of torment for Sun Ning.

So in the end, Xiao Qian compromised.

And if it weren't for the fact that he suddenly found out that he was pregnant again before leaving, I'm afraid that she would be the queen this time.

Sun Ning was finally able to make the trip, but he did not lead another elite group to the north as suggested by his courtiers, but disguised himself a little, as an ordinary general in the army, mixed with this team of grain transporting north, all the way to Kaifeng.

As for the reason for doing this, Sun Ning is also very sufficient: "Since I am the Son of Heaven, I should be the Son of Heaven

It's your own responsibility. You and other officials are my people, but aren't those people who carry grain to the front?

"Naturally, I also have the responsibility to share weal and woe with them, and at least to understand the people's sufferings and make more plans for future food transportation arrangements. Moreover, in this way, the security is much higher than that of leading the army north with great fanfare, and no enemy army on any side would have thought that I, as the Son of Heaven, would hide in the grain transport team."

There is indeed some truth in what he said, but what is more important is the aura and coercion of the emperor, so in the end, Sun Ning finally entrusted other affairs to Shen Zhou and other important ministers, and he only took two or three hundred elite guards to transport grain north.

Of course, the courtiers were somewhat worried in their hearts, such as Yang Xuan in front of him, who would not let go of any opportunity and tactfully advised.

In this regard, Sun Ning only smiled: "Although there is a risk, it is worth it. Not to mention anything else, just what I saw along the way, what those soldiers did to the people...... When I arrive at Kaifeng City, I will have to rectify one or two. Otherwise, there will be logistical problems after all."

The soldiers who held the grain always condescended to the people who worked hard to transport the grain, and often beat and scolded them, what they saw along the way really made Sun Ning feel a lot, and felt that it was necessary to make some changes.

Yang Xuan could only say yes, and then raised his head and looked around left and right: "Master, this place is about to enter the realm of Gyeonggi."

"That's right, over the Pheasant Ridge in front, a few dozen miles to the northeast, it's ......" Sun Ning looked at the vast snowfield in front of him, but he could still see something from the vague landmark mountains.

After all, he had been active in the area before, and he knew the geography of the area by heart.

However, before he could finish his words, suddenly there was a trumpet on the not too high mountain in front of him, followed by bright banners and thousands of soldiers who suddenly appeared from the snowy white forest. Look at the book

And when they saw this sudden appearance of the army, the whole army of grain was shaken, and the people and men screamed in amazement, left their burdens, carts and animals, and turned and ran.

Even those soldiers who were responsible for protecting the food were also frightened and retreated at this moment because of timidity, thus giving these enemies the opportunity to calmly form their teams, and then shouted and rushed down from the heights, killing the food team.

When this scene happened, Sun Ning's eyebrows were suddenly raised, and without saying a word, he immediately rode his horse and rushed forward.