The dark sky seemed to press down on the grassland, and the wind swept like a knife, and the war horses neighed one after another.

"General, three more people are left behind today." Mao Anzhi's teeth were chattering.

It's not snowing yet, it's just windy.

As a southerner, he was able to come here without collapsing, in addition to the will of the soldiers, another reason was that the logistics support of the Liang State was quite complete.

Each soldier has a sheep's fur, and duck down pheasant feathers are added to the armor.

Each person can also get a wolf's skin mattress, ten catties of bad wine, and antifreeze lard.

"Don't worry, there are scouts and people in the rear to treat them." Xie Xuan was also choked by the cold, he grew up in Jiangdong, and he had never experienced such a severe cold.

Mao Husheng stepped forward immediately, "Tuoba Shiyi is in the Beihai Sea to wait for work, even if our army catches up, I am afraid that it will also fall into a heavy encirclement, and the farther north it goes, the colder it becomes, and the combat strength of the soldiers is less than half of the usual." ”

Xie Xuan's mouth opened a cloud of white gas, "Don't I know that it's cold?" But our army has come to this point, can we not give up halfway? Although the soldiers are tired, but the morale is available, Tuoba Shi Yijian thinks that he lives in the north and relaxes at ease, and our army is suddenly killed, and his military spirit will be in turmoil. ”

With the merit of destroying the country, the Xie family can not only gain a firm foothold in Daliang, but also become a family of military merits, and its status is unshakable.

In order to revive the Xie family, Xie Xuandao Mountain and Sea of Fire have to go down.

"I'm just afraid...... The enemy's army is not in turmoil, but our army is in turmoil! Mao Husheng said in a low voice.

Looking at the looks of the generals around him, Xie Xuan suddenly slowed down his horse, and the cavalry behind him gradually slowed down, and finally stopped.

The cold wind was still howling, and the flags were ringing.

"Those who are willing to continue to go north stay, and those who don't want to go!" Xie Xuan said loudly.

The guards around him repeated.

The soldiers all looked at him.

Xie Xuan's face was gentle, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and you also have parents, wives and children, so you will never be reluctant." ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, two or three thousand people walked out.

Even Mao Husheng stood aside, "The general forgives the sin, I ......"

"Needless to say." Xie Xuan didn't embarrass these people, his eyes swept over the soldiers, "Is there anything else?" It would have been necessary only for those who dared to die, not for those who hesitated. ”

More than 1,000 men drove out on horseback, and of the 13,000 men and horses, only about 8,000 remained.

But those who stayed behind all looked resolute.

"Since you stay, you should move forward and kill the enemy bravely, and you will live and die together!" Xie Xuan raised his long sword, his bright red cloak shaking in the cold wind.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The soldier's response was simple and enthusiastic.

The Beifu Army was originally founded by him, and these people have lived and died with him for many years, and they have long been brothers and sisters.

The war horse man stood up and shot out, Xie Xuan swung his sword to the north, leading to a high song, "You can't get in and out, you can't go back, and the plain is far away." With a long sword, he carried the Qin bow, and his head was not punished. Cheng is both brave and martial, and he is strong and invincible. The body is dead, the god is the spirit, and the soul of the child is the ghost! ”

The cloak behind him was like a ball of flame, especially conspicuous in the dim world.

Although the soldiers could not understand the words, they could understand the impassionedness in them.

Da, da, da......

Countless horses' hooves trampled on the ground like thunder, rushing north.

Mao Husheng and more than 4,000 soldiers stood in place, suddenly with a look of shame on their faces, silently watching the cavalry figure disappear between the dim heaven and earth......

Xie Xuan didn't look back, and he wasn't interested in caring about what those soldiers were thinking, "Wu Gexi was rhinoceros, and the car was wrong and the soldiers were short-handed." The sun is like a cloud, and the arrows are falling to be the first-"

Every word shook between heaven and earth.

Although his voice soon became hoarse, the flame in his chest grew brighter and brighter.

"The rabble of Xianbei people, the achievements are today!" Huan Shiqian waved the lance back and forth to encourage morale.

The wind was howling, and soon snowflakes were falling from the sky.

In the blink of an eye, they were sprinkled all over the land.

"How far is it from the North Sea?" Xie Xuan asked the Xianbei guide beside him.

The guide stood up from the stirrups and looked ahead, "General Hui, there are still eighty miles!" ”

"God help me, this snow can cover up our tracks, and kill Tuoba Shi Yijian by surprise." Xie Xuan raised his head and laughed, "Order, find a valley to shelter from the wind and snow for a while, rest for three hours, and all the scouts and rangers will set out to find out the traces of Tuoba Shiyijian." ”

"Command!"

Four or five hundred horsemen were divided from the cavalry, and each of them formed a group, and marched on all sides.

A sheltered valley is not hard to find, and within a few miles, you will find a valley.

But not after an hour of rest, he heard the roar of horses' hooves from the west.

"To the west, more than 20,000 war horses!" Huan Shiqian's face changed, and he could roughly judge the number of war horses just by listening to the voice.

It was not a good thing to meet other cavalry in the hinterland of Mobei.

There are more than 20,000 war horses, and the scale of cavalry should be more than 10,000.

There are many tribes here, such as Xianbei people, Rouran people, Gaoche people, Eile people and so on.

Xie Xuan sent the scouts to the north, ignoring the danger from other directions.

"General?" The generals looked at Xie Xuan.

Fighting, the rout will leak the news, without fighting, this army is also going to the North Sea, which will increase the strength of Tuoba Shi Yijian.

And at such a close distance, sooner or later they will discover this valley, and when the time comes, they will be even more passive.

In the flash of his mind, Xie Xuan quickly made a decision, "Put on your armor, attack it quickly, and cover it to the North Sea!" ”

The valley was quickly mobilized, as the former Beifu army, it deserved to be one of the best elites, and in less than a stick of incense, the soldiers were already on their horses.

Xie Xuan did what he said, drove his horse out with his soldiers, set up an attack array, and waited for the enemy army to enter the ambush circle.

Strong winds and heavy snow obscured the heavens and the earth.

Humans and horses constantly spew white gas from their mouths and noses.

The sound of horses' hooves is getting louder and closer.

The southern sergeant clenched his sword and spear, his eyes were like blades, his body tensed like a leopard, and even the war horse under his crotch was disturbedly slashing the horse's hooves.

In the wind and snow, a flag was the first to appear.

The banner seemed to have been frozen into pieces of iron, unmoved in the wind, and covered with ice slag.

But the huge word "Liang" made everyone's eyes shine.

"It's my robe." The soldiers were overjoyed, they didn't expect to see the robe in this extreme north, their hearts suddenly warmed, and the raging wind and snow were not so cold.

"Who are you waiting for?" The opponent spotted them at the same time and immediately put on an attack posture, and the cavalry trembled and spread in a straight line.

"Southern Army Xie Xuanbu!"

"It turned out to be my own people, I waited for the Liaodong Lu General Department, and a certain is the forward Yamen General Li Fu." Out of the wind and snow came a young general, snowflakes on his head, and ice crumbling on his eyebrows.

"Your Highness......" Xie Xuan hurriedly dismounted.

Li Fu drove forward, dismounted, glanced at the people who came to greet him, and suddenly his teeth trembled, "Quick, quick, find a shelter from the wind." ”

(End of chapter)