He Yutian nodded affirmatively, and after speaking, he took a scimitar from his waist and put it on the table, "This type of scimitar is very common in Beidi, and most of our great warriors use swords and long knives, and rarely use this kind of scimitar. ”

Ruda exclaimed, "Could it be that the group of Beidi people you met who sneaked up escaped from the caravan we robbed?" ”

Ruda voiced everyone's suspicions.

He Yutian said: "When did you rob the Beidi caravan?" ”

Ruda touched his nose and said embarrassedly, "Yesterday...... The commander led us to rob a Beidi caravan and captured a lot of supplies...... But some of them fled from the caravan first......"

The corners of He Yutian's mouth twitched, and he suddenly felt that his suffering was in vain, and he didn't know if His Highness could still give him credit, and whether he would have the opportunity to ask His Highness to marry Shilan.

Seeing He Yutian's bitter face, Luda patted him on the shoulder.

The supplies brought back by He Yutian were unloaded from the sleigh by the soldiers.

He Yutian and Xia Shan lived in the same room.

He Yutian ate a hot meal and was about to rest when Xie Xuanye came in.

Seeing that the commander was coming, He Yutian immediately stood up from the side of the bed, "Commander, why are you here?" ”

Xie Xuanye was expressionless as usual, greeted twice, and then said, "Are there any great martial artists among the people you encountered on the way back?" ”

He Yutian recalled seriously, and then shook his head affirmatively, "Commander Hui, no, the subordinates of the dead have all checked, they all look like Beidi people with high noses and deep eyes, and the weapons used are also scimitars and short daggers that Beidi people are used to." Apart from these people, the subordinates did not encounter anything else. ”

He Yutian will not lie about this matter, which means that what he said is true.

Xie Xuanye bowed, "I know, you can rest." ”

He Yutian answered, and seeing that the commander quickly left his room, he scratched the back of his head a little confused.

Standing outside the room, looking at the snowflakes falling in the yard, Xie Xuanye's eyes narrowed slightly.

It seems that Gu Hongchao is very desperate for his life and did not appear in person.

In the bitter cold of the night, Batu, Gu Hongchao, Gu Hongchao's Chang Entourage and the four guards walked in the snow one foot deep and one foot shallow.

At night, there was no light, and the seven of them relied only on a flickering lantern to illuminate their vision.

The snow was so deep that when I got down, most of my legs were sunk in the snow.

The person who walked at the end couldn't see clearly at all, so he could only hold the corner of the clothes of the person in front of him to prevent him from getting lost.

It was not easy to find the place where Batu ordered his men to ambush during the day.

Instead of his men, he saw corpses that were almost covered in snow......

Batu was shocked and angry!

Gu Hongchao was stunned.

Fortunately, he didn't sneak up with these people, otherwise he would have been the only one to fall here......

Examination of the body.

Although there was nothing else, the corpses of several dogs were found, and Batu and his guards buried the corpses of his subordinates in snow, and dragged the corpses of the three dogs to find a cave.

I don't know what breed of dog it is, the fur is very long, and it grows tall, and they save a little food to keep them alive for a few days.

After eating dog meat, I couldn't find enough firewood because of the snow, and in the second half of the night, the fire in the cave was extinguished.

Gu Hongchao covered all the things that could be covered in the baggage, and he still felt cold and biting.

At this moment, he finally understood that the previous life in the carriage was not difficult.

Now is the time when it really gets tough!

And the initiator who let him fall into such a field was Qin Shuhuang!

……

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed in the small mountain village, and five days ago, the heavy snow has stopped, and now the snow has melted a little, and it is time to set off.

Since the last time a "Beidi caravan" passed by, the vicinity of this small mountain village has become extraordinarily quiet, and no one has passed by.

He Yutian's injuries are almost recovered, there is no major problem, and Xia Shan can also get out of bed and walk around.

Yesterday, after Liu Renci and Qin Shuhuang discussed, they set off for Xia Gongcheng early this morning.

As soon as the morning dawned, everyone had already loaded their packed luggage into the car.

After eating a hot morning meal, everyone set off.

Summer Mountain didn't stay in the small mountain village, and neither did the sledding dogs.

Qin Shuhuang planned to introduce Xia Shan's father and son to the Xu family's border army.

In the future, every winter, Xia Shan and his dogs were able to deliver supplies to the soldiers of the border army, which was better than staying in this small mountain village.

The head dog Xia Hua has tenacious vitality, Rao was seriously injured, and he also survived, and now he is recovering faster than Xia Shan, and he can already take the dogs to pull a sled in the snow.

After the snow stopped, God didn't toss Qin Shuhuang and his party anymore.

As the city got closer and closer, the weather gradually improved.

Although it was still very cold, without the wind and snow, the convoy had a much better time.

Every day at noon, when the sun is at its strongest, Qin Shuhuang will get out of the carriage and ride a horse outside with Xie Xuanye for a while, basking in the sun by the way.

After nearly half a month's journey, they finally arrived near Xia Gong City!

Xia Gongcheng is the largest border city in the north.

At the same time, it is also a military city.

The entire Xia Gong City is divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The inner city is home to the two largest forces in Xia Gongcheng today, the Xu family and the Cao family, as well as some wealthy Dawu families and military families.

The outer city is mainly inhabited by ordinary people in Dawu, and there are some shops opened by ordinary people in Dawu.

As for foreign trade, Xia Gongcheng currently does not have it.

If the merchants of Dawu want to obtain the materials of Beidi, or the merchants of Beidi want to obtain the goods of Dawu, they must find connections to sell them privately, or trade them on the black market near Xia Gongcheng.

Because trade between the two countries is illegal, the black market near Xia Gongcheng changes places every now and then, and if you don't break into the inside of the smugglers of the two countries, you will definitely not know where the black market is.

The place where Qin Shuhuang and his entourage are currently located is called Mentong County.

Although it is a county, its population is not as large as that of a village on the outskirts of the capital.

The counties near the border are desolate, the environment is harsh, and they are poorer.

Most of the families here have relatives who served as soldiers in the border army.

So there are a lot of people who go to Xia Gongcheng on weekdays.

It is only an hour's journey from here to Xia Gong City.

In the evening, the team was divided into three teams and stayed at different homes in the county.

After dinner, after everyone went to sleep, in the middle of the night, Qin Shuhuang's window was knocked on from outside.

The room was pitch black, but Qin Shuhuang, Liu Renci, and Xie Xuanye were all sitting at the table, and there was a warm tea cup in front of several people, as soon as they heard the sound of knocking on the window, Xie Xuanye got up and walked to the window and opened the window.

Suddenly, a tall, nimble figure jumped in from the window.