Chapter 878: Wind Thunder Village
Su Xuan was not a person who took the world as his own responsibility, but now that he was in a high position, he had to do something for the people.
I have been mixed for so long, and I have done a lot of things for the well-being of the people of the world, but I have never gone deep into the grassroots and understood how the people of this world live.
He decided to go to Huazhou for disaster relief, and he really wanted to help the local people.
Second, the current atmosphere of the capital makes him not like it at all.
For the most prosperous city of the Great Yan Dynasty, he suddenly had no sense of belonging.
If there are young people who have power, let them get it.
If anyone dares to touch the people around him again, he will turn his face and not recognize people.
Before I got out of the Jingshi City Gate, the heavy snow was no longer as deep as people's knees.
This depth of snow also has a certain effect on the horse's walking.
Although he walked on the official road, he couldn't speed up.
Su Xuan walked in the front, Zhou Quan followed Su Xuan's side, and He Ming was also in the queue.
Zhou Quan's first time leaving Beijing to do business, it can be regarded as the last time he became a minister.
Although it was a snowy and cold night, he and his 500 officers and soldiers had a sense of majesty and high spirit.
But when they walked until dawn, they couldn't bear it.
It's just too cold.
"My lord, how long will it take for us to get to Huazhou at this speed?" Zhou Quan asked.
Su Xuan estimated that if it was eight hundred miles to Huazhou in an expedited manner, he would be able to arrive within a day. If you hurry up and march at the speed of your march, it will only be a matter of two or three days.
But now this speed is too slow, and I don't know what the situation is ahead.
"About half a month." Su Xuan replied.
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It's only been a day, and Zhou Quan feels a little unbearable, half a month, how can this be persistent?
He could now suddenly understand how hard those who marched and fought.
"Hurry up, everyone, before it gets dark, we need to find a place where we can force the wind and snow to spend the night, and we can't go any more tonight. But I can't rest during the day today, so I hold on." Su Xuanlang said.
"Yes!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
Before nightfall, the people found a cliff with a protruding top, and hid under it to make a fire and rest.
Despite the fire, it was still cold.
Everyone huddled together, still shivering.
"We're not going to freeze to death outside, are we?"
"Don't scare me, I'm still young, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet, and I don't want to die yet."
"I'm the only one in my family......
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"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, lead the horse to the bottom of the cliff, hide under the horse's belly for the night, and you won't freeze to death." Su Xuan said in a deep voice.
Zhou Quan hurriedly asked his subordinates to do the same.
He, Su Xuan, and He Ming are all martial arts people, and they can barely withstand the cold without relying on horses.
These officers and soldiers also practice in ordinary times, and they can barely be regarded as martial arts people, and their physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary people.
With the help of horse belly heating, there will not be too many problems.
Although the officers and soldiers are not as good as the soldiers, they are still soldiers.
The night passed without incident, and the next day the snow was lighter. The sky had just dawned, and after everyone had simply eaten dry food, they continued on their way.
A team of 500 men, on horseback, walked deep and shallow in the snow.
As far as the eye can see, the whole world is white, and there are almost no other colors in sight.
everyone
Hurry during the day and rest at night.
When the snow is heavy, walk slower, and when the snow is light, go faster.
Hurry up, and after thirteen days, I finally entered the boundary of Huazhou.
However, it will take about a day or two to reach Fucheng.
Huazhou is not big, but mountainous
Coupled with heavy snowfall, the road is naturally much more difficult to walk than usual.
Otherwise, if you rush from the border of Huazhou to Huazhou City, it will only be a matter of a few hours.
But these few hours, due to the wind and snow, it will take one to two days.
Where the snow is deep, it doesn't reach the waist, and even the horses have a very hard time walking.
How can I get up fast?
Deep in the mountains, somewhere.
One person was running fast on the snow.
There are quite a few people ahead, digging in the snow.
The man ran all the way into a cave.
"Boss! There was a team of people outside, it seemed to be officers and soldiers! They are all first-class war horses and sword soldiers! Do you want to take someone to rob you?"
This person's name is Liu Qian, the third master of Fenglei Village, and he is known as Flying on the Grass.
He has very superb light skills, he was originally a snitch, and later he joined Cheng Ying to pull out the team of Fenglei Village.
Cheng Ying is the big boss of Fenglei Village, who was persecuted by the government a few years ago, and was desperate and fell into the grass.
Although the Great Yan Dynasty did not lack war horses, the control of war horses was very strict.
The war horses equipped with local officers and soldiers are not high-grade war horses, but low-class war horses. The local garrison was equipped with medium war horses.
Only an orthodox cavalry army can be equipped with high-quality war horses.
There was no shortage of horses in the army, and there were horse supervisors in each state-level system of the Great Yan Dynasty.
But the horses were all distributed by the imperial court.
In Ma Zheng this
One piece, the Great Yan Dynasty is very strict, even stricter than the official salt.
So for bandits like Fenglei Village, what they lack most is war horses.
"A superior warhorse? Could it be that the cavalry is coming somewhere? Qingzhou cavalry?" Cheng Ying asked.
"It's not cavalry, it looks like an officer and soldier! The wind and snow are so heavy, I don't know where these officers and soldiers came from. But all the horses are good horses, no less than five hundred." Liu Qian said.
"Where's the number?"
"About five hundred!"
"Quickly order two thousand people, disguise themselves as a caravan, and go see the situation first. If it weren't for the cavalry, we'd have robbed the horses!" Cheng Ying said.
"I'll go!"
Cheng Ying walked out of the cave and glanced forward.
Suddenly sighed.
This heavy snow crushed his cottage.
Fortunately, there is a cave in the back mountain, and after sensing that something is wrong, Cheng Ying ordered someone to transfer some of the materials out.
Still, a lot of things were buried in the snow.
No, thousands of people are digging in the snow.
Soon after, Liu Qian ran back.
"Big boss, the people are ready, waiting outside the cottage."
"Let's go."
Cheng Ying and Liu Qian came to the door of the cottage to take a look.
"I asked you to dress up as a caravan, how much do you want others to know that we are bandits? If they are cavalrymen, aren't we going to die?" Cheng Ying didn't have a good airway.
"How can you grab a horse without a weapon?" Liu Qian touched his head.
"How stupid! Some of the brothers disguised themselves as caravanserans, while others were on standby around at all times, wouldn't it be fine?"
"It's still big brother smart! Hurry up, hurry up, get ready!"
After reorganizing, Cheng Ying and Liu Qian finally took it
The man set off.
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