In the middle of November, the wind brought a biting chill from the mountains, and on the frozen and hard official roads, flags were unfurled, and between the sparse and withered yellow, there were six-wheeled vehicles carrying soldiers and cavalry running all over the mountains.

The two main forces from east to west were the Xuanjia Army, which contained about 45,000 slave soldiers of 5,000 people, and only 9,000 cavalry running in the fields and mountains and forests on both sides, but they ran out of the momentum of thousands of troops and horses.

Far away, hundreds of scouts from all sides of the two armies and battalions were sent out by Li Jing to collect information on the terrain and to read all the information about Xirong in the car.

This is since the door closed for a long time, back to lead the army to fight, or an unfamiliar world, can only be on the way to constantly look through the information, and then determine the route after entering the grassland, as well as the names of lakes, hills and other places in the grassland.

The farther west, the terrain gradually became higher, and the army began to march more slowly, but many of the cities and counties that passed along the way also sent only soldiers, or hundreds, or more than a thousand people to follow, to help take care of the grain and grass, or the local counties and counties sent some grain to offset the grain on the march, to ensure that the grain after the army entered the grassland was enough to support three months.

This was an order passed down by Li Dian, who was stationed in Longyang County, to ensure the safety of the rear of the army and the supply of food.

On the stretching official road, the ancestral locomotive drove fast in the excited and gloomy laughter of a group of emperors, and the six war horses pulling the cart were catching up with the middle of the main force, so they could slow down, waiting for Dian Wei and others to catch up in the rear.

On the chariot, Su Chen, dressed in pitch-black mountain armor and wearing a white coat, was holding the Xia Wang Sword in both hands, and the whole person showed a majestic and solemn look.

Startled dust covered the sky.

Occasionally, news came over and handed it to Wu Zixun, who forwarded it to him, just to look at it, and no longer issued orders, he had already delegated power to Li Jing, and the other party had the right to review and revise these things.

"King, the old man in the car, is he really that powerful? I feel that the king handed over military power to him a little hastily. ”

Wu Zixun was riding on a horse, his words were a little worried, as he accompanied Su Chen around, and raised troops together until now, Su Chen originally wanted to give him a court official, but he refused, he was not a person who could calm down, but he still felt that Su Chen's side was the best.

On the chariot, Su Chen looked back at Daoist Li and Jia Xu, who were playing chess in the carriage, and then retracted his gaze and looked at the army stretching on one side.

After a while, he slowly spoke: "There are some things you don't understand, you don't need to know, you just need to understand, these people around you are the most trustworthy, they ...... They are all figures who once dominated the world, and this time there is an opportunity to completely eradicate Xirong. ”

"Take me, for example." Dian Wei, who caught up from behind, slowed down and strode to the side of the carriage, "My old man is the most trustworthy, hehe!" ”

Su Chen glanced at him: "Embarrassing!" ”

"Okay, no more gossip."

Su Chen turned his head, paused the Xia Wang Sword in his hand, and urged the soldiers who were driving the car: "Speed up to the front, and when you arrive at Yantang Pass, the big drama should begin." ”

……

From east to west, the endless grasslands are covered with snow, and the biting cold wind and snowflakes can fascinate people's vision.

On a white snowy field, the next second, there were horses' hooves stepping over here, one, two...... Gradually, it turned into a convoy of dozens or hundreds of horses through the wind and snow, making savage snorts.

Far away as they went, there was a flickering bonfire, and the rising heat melted the falling snowflakes.

As the horses entered, the enthusiastic women of Xijon emerged from the tents around them, who greeted the returning men and received their food and booty, while the women led them into the warm tents and soothed them with their hot bodies.

One of the warriors, with a whip, tall and a young, rugged countenance, was a few hundred paces away from him, a large white tent with a dome of streamers flying in the wind and snow.

The young Xijon man lifted the curtain and walked into the warm tent with a snowstorm, facing the first equally burly figure, who was his father, the Khan of the Corpse Tribe, the Corpse Chaser.

He clenched his fists on his shoulders and half-knelt down.

"Father Khan, I'm back from the eastern steppe!"

"Corpse Spring, my proud son!" The corpse chaser on the first one stood up like a giant bear towering in the big tent, "The oblique tribes in the east are all dead? ”

"The Imperial Court has been completely destroyed, and the heads of the people of the tribe have been cut off and piled up into many hills."

The young man named Corpse Springs is the one who most resembles his father among the many brothers and sisters, and he looks like a brother in terms of figure and appearance.

Ten days ago, he volunteered to take orders from his father Khan, and selected a hundred tribal warriors to go to the steppe to the east, braved the wind and snow to inspect the ruined camp of the Diagonal tribe, and saw mountains of human heads and swollen and rotting corpses discarded in the lake.

"Even though there is grass over there, the water source is no longer drinkable, and the child has searched for more than 200 miles, but there is no water source without corpses."

"What a vicious Yan countryman."

The giant bear-like corpse chased away the evil spirit, squinted his eyes, he sat down cross-legged again, and let his son take a seat, "What do you think of Yan Guoren's behavior like this?" ”

"Father Khan refers to the fact that they abandoned the corpses of the water source?"

Seeing that his father was silent, the corpse Zhuquan rudely poured a sip of the liquor sold from the Qi country, "They can't survive in the grassland, but they don't want the Xirong people to get it, so they will throw the corpse into the water source to prevent other Xirong tribes from migrating to graze." ”

"I thought the same thing, but ...... This move of the Yan people angered all the Xirong people, and they defiled the grassland. ”

The corpse chased the evil with the empty bowl and handed it aside, and there were maids around him who came to pour him wine, he squinted his eyes, "The Khan of the Western Grassland, after you leave, he sent a messenger over and invited us to join us to send troops to conquer the Yan Kingdom after the winter snow melts away next year." ”

"Father Khan, the Yan Kingdom is no longer the Yan Kingdom it used to be."

Corpse Zhuquan shook his head, shook the copper ring on his ear, and said in a low voice: "Let's not provoke the Yan Kingdom, I heard that the Xia King has conquered the Central Plains Wei Kingdom, and his soldiers and generals are very powerful!" ”

"If you don't fight, you can't do it, the Xijon people can annex each other, but they can't be slaughtered by outsiders, and the grassland is not allowed to set foot except for Xirong!"

The corpse chasers looked at the son on the side with some disappointment, his temperament was already unruly, and after losing the conversation with his son, waving his hand at this time faintly brought a king-like momentum.

"I have promised the Khan of the western steppes to attack Yan in the east with him...... When the time comes, I will swallow his tribe, and then ride into the land of Yan Kingdom, including those warm cities, I don't know, what is their palace like, how is it better than my tent?! ”

He closed his eyes slightly, and said more distantly.

"Father Khan, let's talk about how you spent your birthday!" Corpse Springs said.

……

The sky was thousands of miles away, and it was already late November, and the weather was even colder.

Yantang Pass, in the middle of the mansion, on the first side, the spliced canvas was stretched and flattened with a bang.

Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Zhang Yi, Lei Tong, Li Xuanba, Jia Xu, Qi Youhu and other civil and military officers sat on the seats on both sides of the mansion hall, Huo Quzhi clasped his hands, leaned against the nearby window lattice, and glanced at the map.

Su Chen didn't see any look on his face, he just glanced at them, and sat on the right side of the first place in silence.

And Li Jing stood in front of the map, pointing to the names of the grasslands marked on it one by one, and the military discussion was basically coming to an end.

"According to the habits of the Xijon people, the horses are resting in winter, and the tribe does not move, this is the best time to attack, and the king is far-sighted and has prepared winter clothes for our army in advance. What's more, they have never been attacked by the Yan Kingdom deep into the grassland, and it is such a windy and snowy winter, hehe, the long-distance attack here will definitely succeed. ”

Li Jing stood in front of the map, looking at the territory with the word Xirong written on it, as if he saw the Turks back then, and his cheeks were bulging.

"But the officers and men of our army have not gone deep into the grassland, so when they prepare more herbs, if they are not accustomed to the water and soil, they vomit and diarrhea, and immediately use a cart to carry them back to Yantang Pass."

As he spoke, he turned around, with an old face and the temperament of a former military god.

"The generals will obey!"

The figures present stood up in unison.

"The Xuanjia Army is divided into two divisions, the Tang Army takes the carriage first, and Youyan follows behind, without twisting and turning straight into the central grassland, all the tribes encountered on the way are pushed flat, and those who walk on two feet do not leave one, prohibiting all news from coming out.

Yulin rode to the east, rushed for 1,200 miles, and went straight to the rear of the corpse tribe in the central grassland, and the Yantang Pass garrison was led by Qi Youhu to keep the logistics smooth. ”

After Li Jing finished speaking, he looked at Su Chen, who was silent with his eyes closed on the right side, "The king has something to say!" ”

On the big chair, Su Chen slowly opened his eyes, stared at the map for a while, shook his head, his eyes flashed bloodthirsty, "This battle is mainly to pacify the north, there is nothing to talk about, there is only one request!" ”

Su Chen stood up, the corners of his mouth grinned, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth,

“…… Within a month, step on the central grassland! ”

"Whoa!"

In the whole hall, all the generals shouted in unison.

Soon, in Yantang Pass, the horn of assembly sounded.

In the various barracks that were in a row, the soldiers and horses had already moved, the different flags had gathered, and then they quickly flowed towards the outside of the camp, and the sound of horses' hooves galloped through the streets, through the western city wall, and rushed towards the white grasslands, and three thousand chariots followed, loaded with soldiers and drove out of the city.

The passing caravans and pedestrians tensed their nerves to avoid colliding with the marching army.

On this day, while the cavalry trampled on the snow of the grassland and rushed to the east, the Tang army that took the lead crossed the eastern grassland and rushed straight to the central grassland.

On November 29, when they came up from the country of Qi and turned east to the merchant traveler of Yantang Pass, their scalps tingled as they watched the dense vehicles rushing past the grassland in front of them.

"Ride into the steppe to fight...... This...... This is who came up with the idea. Many businessmen looked at the scene in front of them, so shocked that they couldn't speak, and when they reacted, someone shouted in surprise: "Yan Guo is going to fight Xirong!" ”

On the ninth day of December, the Tang army led by Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong was the vanguard, and the Youyan army led by Li Jing and Zhang Yi swept behind, and many tribes that gathered in the grassland were bulldozed before they could react.

On December 11, when the tribe was slaughtered.

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