In the middle of winter in December, it is the coldest time of the year, the wind and snow in the northwest is blowing the most intense, the white expanse under the wilderness is full of wind and snow, and the wind and snow in the four counties of Hexi are even thicker, almost knee-high, not to mention people, even horses are extremely laborious to walk up. Generally, no one would choose to rush outside at this time.

Of course, this is limited to ordinary people, and ordinary people will naturally choose this, and basically no one will think and monitor the time to hurry.

The first batch of soldiers who had been trained for a long time in Sili had already taken their suits to the northwest on the day the snow blew up, and one by one they carried long skis and galloped on the thick snow. At first, they all thought they were going to have to travel on a pair of legs, but when they got their skis, many of them didn't expect them to use this thing to get on the road. As a result, the whole army stepped on skis like children with new toys, and more than 10,000 troops began to glide northwest.

The whimsical marching mode is naturally unexpected, the skis are more physically saved, and the obstacles become fewer, so that the marching speed is greatly accelerated, it only took half a month, the vanguard, rushed from Luoyang to Yumen Pass. The leader is not Wu Xu, who already has a certain reputation, in order to keep it secret, the leader of this vanguard team is the new Yu Linlang, the second son of the Gao family, Gao An.

I still remember that when the defenders of Yumen Pass looked at the reinforcements coming from the west in disbelief, their expressions were like looking at a group of visitors from outside the world.

"Yu Linlang, the captain of the school, Chaisang Gao'an, I have seen General Gongsun" handed over the seal and document to confirm, while General Gongsun was checking it, Gao An directly reported his home, after all, this person is regarded as his senior brother according to his generation, and they are all family, so there is no need to be so unfamiliar.

Sure enough, after General Gongsun heard it, his browsing speed increased significantly, and then he put away the paperwork and arched his hand and said, "Hello junior brother, senior brother is also very sorry for spoiling junior brother"

Gao An shook his head, "Since the fourth brother is a Han army and a member of the Gao family, he has long been mentally prepared, and my father firmly believes that the fourth brother is still holding on at the moment, let's not talk about gossip, senior brother, how is the barracks prepared?"

General Gongsun nodded, "It's ready, Yumen Pass lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of places, I will immediately order someone to take you to the barracks where you are placed, junior brother, come with me, I have seen the task, I will tell you about the current situation first." ”

Inside the military aircraft department, a huge cloth map shows the news of the last spy report, which was the last inquiry before the heavy snowfall. Densely planted with blue flags representing the Xiongnu, and the small red flags representing the Han army, only a small part of the south remained, as a buffer zone to contact Jincheng, another border of the Han Dynasty, it can be said that the Silk Road in the Western Regions, which the Han had painstakingly operated for many years, was basically almost lost in a huge plan of the Huns.

Immediately afterwards, General Gongsun began to explain this map: "This is the last reconnaissance, the actual situation may be worse than this, the Western Regions have almost completely fallen, if it were not for the rapid assistance of the Changshui Battalion, Taishou came forward to pacify and shock those small countries like grass on the wall, I am afraid that this winter, Jincheng will go straight to the front of the army." At present, although the southern offensive of the Xiongnu has been stopped, the most important part of the Silk Road is the north road, and the south road to the north is mostly rugged and mountainous, and the march is very inconvenient, so the main direction of attack is as the teacher said, that is, on the north road. ”

Gao An looked at the map, and then said, "But what is very troublesome is that the distance between Yumen and the first station Pei Shan is four or five hundred miles away, and it is almost all uninhabited places, that is to say, if we want to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu, the first step is to cross this distance to fight a siege battle, defeat Pei Shan, and hold it, so that we can hoard materials and start a decisive battle, and in between the process, we also have to send troops to escort and transport supplies."

General Gongsun nodded, "That's right, Pei Shan used to be a staunch ally of the Han Dynasty, our bridgehead to the Western Regions, and also the station of the protector of the Western Regions, but now it has been reduced to the land of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu have planned to destroy our supply points, and it can not be said that they are not well prepared." ”

Gao An took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to General Gongsun, "Senior brother, this is a letter from my father, my father plans to send our group of vanguard troops before the beginning of spring, taking advantage of the wind and snow and the unpreparedness of the Huns, to find an opportunity to directly defeat Pei Shan City and capture a bridgehead for the arrival of the army!"

Gongsun An picked up the letter and marveled at the boldness of this plan, "Then, Ben will do his best to assist you in implementing this plan, and I will immediately order someone to prepare relevant materials, and I will definitely give you the best assistance!"

After a long journey, after a short rest at Yumen Pass, the Han army of the task force began to conduct another training, which was also very special. A high wall was temporarily built on a vacant land in Yumen Pass, the height of this wall is roughly the same as the height of Pei Shan City, the Han army needs to practice how to quickly climb the city tower in different situations, and then, all the Han army is training every day, and the biggest advantage of good physical fitness is that the training time can be extended, and the training time is sufficient, and the more situations that can be dealt with.

After ten days of high-intensity training, seeing that the soldiers had mastered the necessary skills, Gao An and General Gongsun both felt that they had been trained well, and looked at the wind and snow that seemed to have begun to weaken, and the sergeant who was familiar with the weather also told Gao An that the wind and snow would weaken in the past few days, and it was possible that it would clear for a short time, which was the best time to set off.

Gao An immediately ordered the soldiers, each of whom brought four days' worth of dry food, their own skis and climbing tools, and set off again in a mighty way, just as they had done when they arrived.

Before leaving, General Gongsun had a rare feeling and said, "Senior brother, you set off first, and senior brother will follow as soon as possible and bring back junior brother!" Avenge the officers and men of our Northwest Army and all the Han troops who died in the northwest!"

The vanguard army once again set off to the northwest against the wind and snow, and set off again, their mood was no longer as relaxed as when they set off from Luoyang at the beginning, they knew that this time they were really going to fight and kill the enemy, so on the way forward, everyone was frowning and expressionless, or this is what the army should look like, solemn and solemn.

The speed of skiing was faster than the speed of walking, and on the morning of the fourth day, they had reached nearly seventy miles outside Peishan City. Gao An did not attack rashly, but chose to camp simply on the spot to shelter from the wind and snow to rest, and Gao An's idea was very simple, that is, to wait until late at night to attack the city. He was thinking about how to fight this battle at the moment, but he didn't expect that the ghost made the god worse, and someone in Pei Shan City seemed to have made the same plan.