Chapter Eighty-Six: Blizzard Blocks the Way
There are many people selected to go to the imperial capital in the Dingshan Army this time, and in addition to him, there are also Ling Zhen, Tian Huayu, Luo Rongjun and Gai Yuntian in the Blood Gate Pass, all of whom are his acquaintances.
However, after these guys arrived at Yulinwei, they could only be an ordinary soldier, unlike him, who could still get a military position as a team leader.
Because he had to wait for the rest of the people, Cheng Kun didn't need to leave in a hurry, and after asking, he learned that he still had about ten days.
In the past ten days, he did not plan to stay in the barracks, and he had to go home before going to the imperial capital.
Half a year has passed, the New Year is approaching, and I don't know what the situation is at home, Dad's leg will be very painful when it encounters cold weather, and I don't know if he remembered to drink the tiger bone wine he prepared before leaving home.
If he had time, he would also like to take a walk around several other counties in Jinyang County. In the battle outside the Blood Gate, a total of eleven people were sacrificed under his hands.
After the war, he once said in front of everyone that he would take out part of the military salary as a pension for these eleven people. A dignified man, a mouthful of foam and a nail, naturally speaking.
Three of the eleven were orphans, and their relatives had long since died, so after the military pay was paid, he took out a part of it and gave it to the families of the remaining eight.
He wanted to see for himself whether his money had gone to the families of his men. There are many idle rangers in the countryside, and the originators of these underworld have never done anything good, and he is a little worried that his money will be robbed by these guys.
Money is still a trivial matter, and I am afraid that the families of those soldiers will be hurt even more because of this.
Cheng Kun's application was quickly approved by Ren Rong, but Peng Rou also said that she was ready to go to Xinfeng County with him once after hearing it.
Peng Rou's purpose was very simple, she learned from Cheng Kun's mouth that her uncle was hidden in a small hospital in Xinfeng County, so she planned to visit. This is also the meaning of her master Xinyue Daoren.
Tian Gehou went back to retreat after seeing Feng Xiaochen's remains, it would take a few days for the people of Xuan Yiguan to rush to the Blood Gate Pass, if she could find Zhao Wenyuan, she would not need to worry about it all day long like now.
Neither of them was a person dragging mud and water, and after packing up their things, they left the Blood Gate Pass with a horse and rushed in the direction of Xinfeng County.
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The north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the snow flew in August.
The Tang Dynasty poet Cen Shen used a vivid description to show the characteristics of the northland winter in the poem "Bai Xue Ge Sends the Military Judge Back to Beijing", and Cheng Kun now also personally understands the beauty of this poem.
He and Peng Rou had just been running on horseback for less than half an hour, when the sky began to fall with goose feather-like snow, and the north wind became more and more cold like a knife.
Cheng Kun's eyes were white, his vision was almost covered by snowflakes, and his eyelashes were also frozen, and the snow melted by the heat on his body quickly made the robe he was wearing.
This is the first blizzard of the winter, and over the next month, such snowstorms will become more frequent and the temperature will drop lower and lower until it drops between minus 30 and 40 degrees Celsius.
Such weather brought a lot of trouble to the two of them.
The cultivation of the two of them has reached the level of invincibility from cold and heat, and they are not afraid of the cold. But the problem is that the snow is so big that everything on the ground is hidden, and as far as the eye can see, it is plain white, so it becomes very difficult to identify the direction.
At this time, there are no road signs on the side of the road, and there are very few people outside the blood gate, and the nearest ones are near Xinfeng County. If they accidentally go a little off the beaten track, they don't know where they're going to end up.
There are two ways to do this, the first is to stop and wait for the snow to stop before you can find the right direction. The second is to continue to hurry, betting that he is not looking in the wrong direction.
But to be honest, Cheng Kun has been a scout, but he is not sure that he can not make a mistake. After all, he doesn't have a compass in his hand now, and there is no satellite of the motherland in the sky to provide Pass positioning, and now it's daytime, and he can't see the stars.
And Peng Rou is also very aware of this, she did not be reckless, and wisely chose to find a place to escape the snow.
They found a raised hill and led the horses to the leeward side.
The heavy snow was still fluttering for a while and there was no sign of stopping, the heavens and the earth seemed to be connected by this vast snow, this magnificent scene made Cheng Kun breathtaking, and he had a feeling that his soul was purified.
The whining of the wind sounded endlessly, and the horses stood silently, snorting from time to time at the irritation of the snowflakes falling on their noses.
Peng Rou's sighing voice suddenly came: "It's a good snow." ”
Cheng Kun understood what she meant: "It's indeed good snow, and the Huns are probably having a hard time this winter." ”
Peng Rou smiled, her eyes were shining, it was snowing so heavily in the territory of Chu State, and it would only rain bigger and earlier. With their fragile nomadic economic structure, they simply have little strength to deal with such a natural disaster.
Those big tribes are okay and can sign up for warmth, and the remaining small tribes scattered throughout the grassland have only one choice: praying to the big black sky.
After a winter, the Huns will have to lose tens of thousands of people, and countless cattle and sheep will be killed, which is definitely a good thing for the Chu people.
The only thing to watch out for is that the Huns waved their troops to the border, which is also their usual trick, but there are blood gates and other border passes, and it is difficult for the Huns to succeed.
Cheng Kun is a pity, even if there is a war, he can't catch up.
Peng Rou was quiet for a moment and then said to Cheng Kun: "After arriving in the imperial capital, remember to keep a low profile, don't always cause trouble, of course, if someone provokes our Dingshan army, don't back down, just pull it back, Your Majesty will be on our side." ”
Cheng Kun couldn't cry or laugh when he heard her say this, why did he cause trouble, he was obviously very honest. And what's going on with such an elder's tone, although he is only a sixteen-year-old boy on the outside, his mental age is much older than Peng Rou, and it feels very awkward to hear her speak in such a tone.
Cheng Kun was silent, and Peng Rou only listened to him: "If I can see Uncle Zhao this time, I will beg him to return to the sect with the master, and you should also go with the master at that time, remember, if you have time after arriving in the imperial capital, you will go to Xuanyiguan once." You have cultivated the Xuanqi Technique, and you have such a deep relationship with my master, maybe Uncle Shi will accept you into the door, and then we will be the same door. ”
"Eh, is this possible?" Cheng Kun was very surprised at first glance, he had never thought of joining Xuanyiguan, not because he was unwilling, but because he knew that Xuanyiguan must be very strict in accepting disciples in such a martial arts holy land.
With an art investor like him, he has to find a way to change the exercises, which is quite troublesome. In contrast, the masters of Xuanyiguan are more willing to find those children with good qualifications to cultivate from an early age.