The wind and frost in the north, the bleak and lonely, the snow is shaky, the veteran general Tao Tao led 300,000 troops along the river (the ancient name of the Yellow River) to the north, half a month to cross most of Jizhou, from the border occupied by the dog Rong ghost side still thousands of miles away.

It's not that he doesn't want to march in a hurry, it's too heavy, plus the sky is not beautiful, and it snows heavily for days, not to mention the cavalry, chariots, and infantry on the ground, and even the griffin army flying in the sky is also affected, and has to reduce the speed.

After three more days, the heavy snow finally stopped, and the long-lost sunlight sprinkled on the silver land, blooming with a different kind of brilliance, even a little dazzling from a distance. In the past half a month, Tao Tao's body has deteriorated, originally with his cultivation, even if he is shirtless in this ice and snow, he will not feel the slightest cold, but now he is wrapped in a thick robe, and even the chariot he is riding in is hung with thick curtains to block the wind.

The weather improved, the marching speed of the army increased slightly, and the state of the army was also better, and after ordering someone to lift the curtain, he said to Huang Lin, who had been following on the left side of the chariot riding the dragon beast, "Where are you?"

Hearing the words of the teacher and commander, Huang Lin sighed in his heart, but said on his lips: "Back to Taishi, nearly a hundred miles ahead is Hanquan, which is also the place where General Mingxu and the Jizhou Army are stationed. "The old lady is really at the end of the year, and he has been fighting in the north for more than ten years, but he doesn't know the way......

Yu Tao didn't know what Huang Lin was thinking in his heart, and when he heard that he could reach the border between the two armies in less than a hundred miles, the long-lasting haze in his heart couldn't help but fade a little. After nodding, he muttered, "Hanquan...... Hanquan ...... Is history going to turn into the trajectory of antiquity?"

His voice was not loud, but it was not small, at least it was heard by Huang Lin and Yu Qingwu on the left and right sides of the chariot. Both of them heard the deep meaning of Yu Tao's words, this Hanquan was the decisive battle place between the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, and Zhuolu, which was not far from the Hanquan, was the decisive battle place between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou.

After a thousand years, he will also follow the example of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and destroy the dogs and ghosts in these two places. Although the veteran is old, his ambition is still the same.

Not long after, the scout came to report, saying that the prince of Jizhou led 10,000 light horsemen to meet the Taishi. Half an hour later, in the vast white space in front of him, a black spot suddenly appeared, as time went by, there were more and more black spots, and finally converged into a black press, until the distance was closer, I found that it was a team of black-armored cavalry, led by Ji Chenggang in military uniform.

At this time, Ji Chenggang did not have the hip-hop of the past, but only dignified and serious. When he was in the imperial capital, he served as the commander of the Blackwood Army under Yu Qingwu for nearly a year, although the time was not long, but he also changed his temperament, until the northern border of Jizhou was violated by the dog Rong ghost side in recent months, he returned to Jizhou, and led the Jizhou army to confront the dog Rong ghost side on behalf of his father.

"Cheng Gang has seen the Grand Master, His Royal Highness!" Ji Chenggang, who was riding on the golden-eyed beast of the water, turned over and saluted Yu Tao and Yu Qingwu when he walked in front of everyone, and as for the general soldier of the pilgrimage pass, he ignored it. Although he has no official or title, he does not have to salute a general soldier by virtue of his identity as the prince of Jizhou.

"Son, please get up. Yu Tao raised his hand, and after Ji Chenggang got up, he asked, "How many Jizhou troops are in Hanquan, and how many generals are left under Ming Xu's command?"

Ji Chenggang, who was back on the water-clearing golden-eyed beast, drove the mount to Yu Qingwu's side, and as soon as the divine beast saw Xiaohong, he immediately stretched out his tongue and licked Xiaohong's body, until Xiaohong glared at it, and then it put away its wet tongue.

"Back to Taishi, the Jizhou army in Hanquan has 10,000 heavy cavalry, 10,000 chariots, 30,000 light cavalry, and 50,000 infantry, totaling 100,000. In addition to the seriously injured under General Ming Xu, there are more than 12,000 people with combat strength. ”

Hearing the situation of Hanquan's soldiers, Yu Tao nodded. These 110,000 plus the 300,000 he brought, there are more than 410,000 traces, even if the ghost dog Rong is good at fighting in this northern territory, when the difference in soldiers is more than 100,000, he can't make any waves.

After inquiring about the deployment of Hanquan again, Yu Tao ordered the march to speed up and try to reach the Hanquan camp before dark.

Ji Chenggang and Yu Qingwu rode side by side, glanced at the stupid bull who was following Yu Qingwu's buttocks, wearing extremely small battle armor, and said in a low voice: "Is he willing to leave the Red Powder Pavilion to come to this desolate northern land?"

When he was in the imperial capital, he was the commander of the Heimu Army, and Da Niu was the commander of the Tianwei Army, and the two armies were stationed in the same place, and the two naturally faced each other day and night. For a year, Da Niu invited him to the Red Powder Pavilion every once in a while. Not to mention, Da Niu is stupid in other things, and as soon as he gets involved in a woman, he immediately becomes shrewd, basically nine times out of ten, Ji Chenggang paid for prostitution.

Although Ji Chenggang is the son of the world, after all, he left Jizhou, so why can't he stand such a game?

Hearing Ji Chenggang's words, Yu Qingwu didn't answer, but the big cow behind him smiled and said: "Shizi, you are wrong, you forgot to teach me before, saying that women are just like dishes, you can't always eat one kind, because even if you eat too many delicious dishes, you will get tired of eating too much! No, I will come to this northern land with my master and son, as long as I win the battle, I will kidnap her hundreds of dog and ghost women to try it, this is completely a business without capital!"

"......" Ji Chenggang was speechless for a while, and only had the urge to vomit blood. Other people fight wars for the sake of the country, their families, and their future, but this guy is good, but he is actually able to play with women without spending money! Just a few are kidnapped, and hundreds of them are captured...... Is this the rhythm of the extinction of dogs and ghosts?

I knew that Da Niu was this kind of person, and he and Jin Buchou would not have taught this elm head so many tricks even if he was killed!

The world of snow is dark very late, and it stands to reason that it should be dark at about five o'clock in winter, but in this vast snowy land, you can still see things when you reach the unitary hour. Half an hour later, the genius was darkened, but there was already a fire in front of him, and there was no need to think that the place where the fire was shining must be the Hanquan camp.

The first time he set foot in the wilderness of Hanquan, Yu Qingwu seemed to have seen a scene in ancient times: Emperor Yan wanted to invade the princes of Lingling, and the princes returned to Xuanyuan. Xuanyuan is to cultivate virtue and revitalize the army, govern the five qi, cultivate the five kinds, soothe the people, measure the Quartet, teach the bear to play the tiger and fight with the Yan Emperor in the field of Hanquan. Three battles, and then get its will.

The origin of the descendants of Yan and Huang is not false, it is precisely because of the victory of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor over Emperor Yan that year, the two parts were combined into one, collectively known as the Yanhuang tribe, and then defeated the Jiuli tribe, laying the position of the co-lord of the world and the supreme emperor of the people, which is why there is a theory of the descendants of Yan and Huang in later generations.

The Dog Rong, Ghost Fang, Qiang, Shu and other tribes are foreign races, and Jiuyi is strictly speaking, in fact, it is also after Yan Huang, so when Hou Yi and Han Xun seized the power of Great Xia, the people of Li did not have too many thoughts, one is that Xia Taikang at that time was really mediocre, and the other is because although Jiuyi is located in the east, the blood in the body is almost the same as that of the Central Plains. If the Dog Rong, Ghost Fang and other ethnic groups invade the Central Plains, then the concept is different, I am afraid that the whole country will fight against foreign enemies, it is precisely because of this, so even if those foreign races are very strong, at most they will invade a territory of hundreds of miles and grab some resources, and they will not go too deep into the Central Plains.

It's not that they don't want to, but they're afraid of provoking the Yanhuang clan to fight together!

Before the mighty army of more than 300,000 troops entered the Hanquan camp, everyone in front saw a lean man kneeling on the ground with his bare body and knees under the firelight hundreds of feet away, dragging a snow-bright broadsword above his head with both hands. Although there is no snow today, it is night after all, and it is the north again, and the temperature is so low that ordinary people have to wear a few thick clothes to not feel cold. The man knelt naked in the snow, motionless, as if he had been frozen into an ice sculpture.

The Taishi's car stopped at the edge of the vast camp, and the two personal soldiers lifted the curtain to help the tired Tao down, and when he got out of the car, the kneeling man immediately said loudly: "The last general Ming Xu has the high hopes of the Taishi, not only the loss of ninety percent of the 100,000 border troops, but also the loss of two hundred miles of territory, the crime is extreme, I am willing to lead the army!" After speaking, he raised the knife in his hand that had already been sharpened.

More than 80,000 of the 100,000 troops were annihilated, plus the loss of 200 miles of territory, this was definitely a great defeat. He Mingxu was left in the north by Yu Tao, in order to prevent the dog from fighting the ghosts, but he didn't expect to suffer such a big defeat, and it is indeed a crime of beheading on military law.

After a long journey of more than half a month, Yu Tao, who was already tired, was roared by Mingxu, and his sluggish spirit couldn't help but be clearer. Looking at the beloved general kneeling in front of him, he couldn't hide a trace of disappointment in his old eyes, not because Ming Xu lost the battle and lived up to his high expectations, but because he didn't expect this young man to think about confessing his guilt and die after defeating, instead of working hard, falling from where he got up.

If he had met such a tenacious person when he was young, he would have really wanted to be punished by military law and cut off the head that did not open his mind! But now he is no longer the same as he was back then, and now it is the time to employ people, he shook his head and walked past Ming Xu and said: "Your life is owed first, and you will judge the merits after the decisive battle, and today you will be punished with fifty military sticks to show punishment, and Huang Lin will enforce the law!"

Fifty military sticks are not too much, not too little, if ordinary people are beaten with fifty military sticks, they will have to lose half their lives if they don't die, and Ming Xu's martial arts are not weak, and he will be slightly injured after being beaten with fifty military sticks, which can not only serve as a warning, but also will not lose his combat power. The reason why Huang Lin was allowed to enforce the law was because Ming Xu was Huang Lin's deputy general, and the relationship between the two was very good, and Huang Lin was much more sophisticated than Ming Xu, and he believed that Huang Lin would explain him in the process of law enforcement.

If Ming Xu can't pass this level, it means that he is not of great use, and in this life and this life, he may only be able to stay in the north as a general (in charge of the Ten Armies), and there is no possibility of promotion.

"Summoning the order to go down to make a fire and cook, and after the meal, all the generals will come to the tent!" Although Yu Tao was old, he was still resolute, and after a pause, he turned his head to look at Yu Qingwu and said, "You come too." ”

Yu Qingwu is nominally Xia Guan Sima, but this time he only went out with the army, and he did not have any military rank, and when he heard Yu Tao's words, he nodded in response.