After he sent someone to send the saltpeter and ** over, Chu Yujia asked someone to carefully grind the two things into powder according to Meng Feihang's instructions, mix some charcoal and stones, and put them into empty wine jars one by one.

It's just that Huling Pass has been an empty city for a long time because of the pressure of the Qi army, and the people in the city have all been evacuated, and only some of the people who helped defend the city are still in the city, so the materials for making ** are very limited, and they finally made only forty or fifty.

Nothing to say.

After the ** wine jar was made, Chu Yujia wore armor and carried a spear to the school military field accompanied by Zhuang Jiade and Xu Gaoda.

At this moment, the three thousand five hundred cavalry were already ready to go, lined up in a neat queue, and waited for Chu Yujia's order, and then rode their horses to attack.

Of these 3,500 people, the vast majority of them are former veterans of the Northwest, and some are new pawns in the army.

Looking at these faces, whether resolute or young, Chu Yujia's heart was also full of emotion.

After the establishment of the Ye State, it began to fight against many princes and other countries, and also resisted the invasion of those nomads in the northwest desert.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, I don't know how many Ye boys have died on the battlefield, and I don't know how many Yeguo girls have been widowed when they are young, and I don't know how many Ye Guo's sons and daughters have not been accompanied by their fathers in their childhood.

But this has never made the people of Ye retreat, but has created the unruly personality of the people of Ye.

Ye people may be amiable and talkative at ordinary times, but once a Ye people go to the battlefield, once they lift their weapons, once they put on their armor, then they are warriors who are not afraid of death, and they are warriors who can fight for the country.

Chu Yujia urged the horse to stand still as if he hadn't woken up, squinted his eyes, looked at these cavalry troops in front of him, raised his gun and pointed straight to the east and shouted: "Bypass Crouching Tiger Ridge, go straight to the capital of Qi and the Northwest Army, and set off!"

"Kill...... Kill...... Kill!"

Three thousand five hundred, as if it were thirty-five thousand, or even three hundred and fifty thousand.

Many of the new soldiers did not understand why these veterans from the Northwest Army were so excited about such a war with no doubt about death.

But they can't help it, since the superiors have sent themselves, they can only come and be safe.

In the route set by Chu Yujia, they had to travel all the way north for 200 miles, enter the Qi country at the junction of Ye, Qi, and Jin, and then go all the way to the east, bypassing the military town, and burrowing into the deep mountains and old forests.

It is not yet the cold winter in the north, but it is already cold in late autumn, and people begin to swing involuntarily when the harsh mountain breeze blows.

The cold wind in the northwest, the desolation in the northwest, the mountains in the northwest, and the customs and customs in the northwest constitute today's Ye country.

The hardships of their journey are not only the cold climate, but also the road that is not a road at all.

The reason why Huling Pass is called the first pass in the northwest is because of the steepness of Crouching Tiger Ridge, if you want to bypass Huling Pass, you have to bypass the entire Crouching Tiger Ridge.

Liao is uninhabited in the Crouching Tiger Ridge, and there is no road for passage at all, the thick fallen leaves cover the ground completely, step on it, and even have not passed the surface of the foot, and even have silt in some places, the most difficult time to walk, the war horse can no longer walk, and can only let people get down and pull the war horse forward.

Such a speed of travel had already exceeded Chu Yujia's estimate.

He thought that it would take him two days to pass through, but after entering the deep mountains, he walked for three days without seeing the end, and the further north he went, the more difficult the road became.

Deep into the enemy's territory, the war horse is equivalent to life, if the war horse dies, people can't live, in order to protect the war horse, many veterans of the Northwest Army have begun to stop riding the war horse.

Seeing the tragic situation of his own soldiers, Chu Yujia's mood was also terrible and depressed to the extreme.

Chu Yujia found Xu Gaoda and asked, "How long do we have to walk to reach the territory of Qi Kingdom?"

Xu Gaoda asked Ying to be a scout spy this time, so now he is in charge of the exploration route.

Don't look at Xu Gaoda's usual big grin, but he is not ambiguous in doing things, he often looks around, asks his spies again, and replied: "Young General, it's soon." ”

This sentence, since entering the deep mountains, Chu Yujia has heard it at least thirty times.

Chu Yujia couldn't help the anger in his heart, and said angrily: "You said that on the first day you entered the mountain, and now we have been walking in the mountain for three days, and you are still saying that?"

Xu Gaoda smiled bitterly, lost the aura of the previous hanging, and said with embarrassment: "This time it's really coming." ”

Chu Yujia glanced at him, snorted coldly, didn't ask any more, and turned his head to look at his own soldiers again.

Along the way, many soldiers had wounds cut out of their faces by branches and willows, and even many people's clothes were torn.

It was now time to rest, and after setting up their horses, many soldiers were huddled together in groups to nibble on dry food.

Sometimes I don't blame others for saying that Chu Yujia did take it for granted, this time he led the troops out, only brought three days' rations, if they couldn't get out of the mountains and forests, the soldiers would have to exercise, and when that time came, let alone fighting with the enemy, it was a question of whether they could survive or not.

Chu Yujia walked towards a group of soldiers who were resting.

Seeing Chu Yujia coming, the surrounding soldiers stood up one after another and were about to salute.

Chu Yujia waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, have a good rest." ”

Casually squatting beside a soldier, Chu Yujia asked in a calm tone, "How long have you been in the army?"

"It's been five years. ”

"Tired?"

"It's fine. ”

"You're also from the Northwest Army?"

"Yes, Major General. ”

The soldier smiled brightly, very proud of his background in the Northwest Army.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding soldiers also spoke: "Major General, I am also from the Northwest Army. ”

Another soldier also spoke: "What, just like you are, we are not the same. ”

Only a few lonely soldiers did not participate, because they were all new soldiers who had just joined the army, and they looked so out of place in front of these veterans of the Northwest Army.

Chu Yujia also saw this situation, so he walked up to a new pawn and asked, "Where are you from?"

"We ......"

The new pawn didn't expect Chu Yujia to ask himself, he thought that Chu Yujia was originally Chu Qianwen's son, and Chu Qianwen was the founder of the Northwest Army, although he felt a little uncomfortable, he also knew that Chu Yujia and the veteran of the Northwest Army should be close.

"We are ...... from the Central Army"

Another soldier added.

"Whether it is the Northwest Army or the Central Army, now we are all brothers in the trenches. ”

Chu Yujia raised his hand and patted the new pawn's shoulder and said: "Since we joined the army, we are all soldiers, and since we are all soldiers, then we are all family, and there is no difference between the Northwest Army and the Central Army." ”

"The Major General is right. ”

A veteran of the Northwest Army said with a smile: "There is nothing in the Northwest Army and the Central Army, those of us who always like to call ourselves veterans of the Northwest Army just feel that the glory of this life is in the Northwest Army, no way, who called the original army to join the Northwest Army, but since we can come out together this time, then we are all brothers in life and death, anyway, I put this sentence here, if I can go back alive, if any of you have something to do in the future, call me, and I will arrive immediately." ”

"you, Li Laoba, what can you do if you want your help, let you help build a pigsty, eat food for one person and two people, and have no wine, no meat and no joy, then we might as well find a decent worker." ”

"That's it, last year I asked you Li Laoba to go back to the village with me, but your kid had to tease the widow of the king of the east of the village, and the old man who was harmed was beaten with you. ”

"Hahaha, there's no way, Li Laoba has no other obsessions in this life, he just wants to marry an aunt-in-law, if I can come back alive this time, I will also go home to marry my daughter-in-law." ”

A few old pawns laughed and joked with each other, but it also had a different taste.

Chu Yujia was happy to see such a scene, and soon, those new pawns were also driven by these veterans of the Northwest Army to integrate into it.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in front of them, and the soldiers were all startled and picked up their weapons one after another.

Chu Yujia didn't even bother to stand up, he had already heard the sound of horses' hooves, and he had already judged that there was only one horse, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Soon, a war horse galloped over, and the person who came was not Qi Jun, but a spy sent by Xu Gaoda.

After the man dismounted, he walked quickly to Xu Gaoda's approach and whispered a few words in his ear.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Xu Gaoda first looked surprised, then smiled, and then he came to Chu Yujia's approach and arched his hand, saying, "General, good news!"

"We're finally going to get out of the mountains?"

Chu Yujia raised his eyelids and looked at Xu Gaoda meaningfully.

Xu Gaoda was a little weak-hearted, scratched his head with a dry smile and said: "Yes, we can get out of the woods after walking ten miles ahead, and outside the woods, there is a checkpoint set up by Qi people, if it goes well, tonight, that checkpoint can be used for our army to rest at night." ”

"Oh?"

Chu Yujia's spirit perked up, he got up from the ground and looked in the southeast direction, his eyes were full of yellow jungle, and there was no end in sight.

However, this kind of thing Xu Gaoda will not falsely report, it must be true.

Chu Yujia blinked his eyes and said, "It's really an endless road, I don't know if it's our luck or if these Qi people are too unlucky!"

There is a card ahead, how can Chu Yujia still be waiting here?

Chu Yujia immediately walked to his horse, turned over and shouted to the soldiers around him while turning over his horse: "Everyone get on the horse, let's try to knock out this level tonight, and we don't have to sleep in the open at night." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the soldiers heard the word level, their eyes flashed brightly, and they were full of energy, and they all agreed and got on their respective horses.

A group of soldiers were guided by the spies sent out by Xu Gaoda, and rushed straight to the Qi State checkpoint in the southeast.