Chapter 6 Jinse (Sanshang) Snow has been falling without end. According to Hou Junji, this is because the entire Daqing River (Note 1) is frozen in winter. Therefore, whenever spring comes, the water cannot flow from If you walk on the ground, you have to change your route and pass through the sky, and then turn into snowflakes and fall all the way
Regarding the "big river" flowing with the wind above his head, Samurai Yu still hopes that it will go on land. At least the Yellow River on the ground will not make people feel so wet and uncomfortable. The snow in March no longer feels as cold as winter. , but it is more harmful than winter snow. Snowflakes as big as a palm stick to the body and turn into a handful of water in the blink of an eye. If it is collected by the rich in the city to make tea, it is a good material. Unfortunately, everyone is on this trip. Go to fight, not drink tea and recite poetry
The army has been walking in the snow for two days, and there is still at least half of the road ahead. According to the legends that the samurai Yu heard, even the party members who are famous for their resistance to freezing dare not act like this in the snow. If they were marching intermittently with the same county soldiers as before, Samurai Yu could guarantee that half of his brothers would have fallen by now. However, the Second Young Master's unit currently consists of two thousand new soldiers. Although their combat effectiveness is a little weak, their endurance is really strong. very
"Does it still have to be far away? In this damn weather, you can't even see the shadow of the sun!" Beside the warrior Yu, Changsun Wuji muttered and complained that from the beginning, he did not agree with the suggestion of a long-distance attack. But the second son, Shimin, was deceived by Hou Junji's "slander". As the most trusted aide, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to obey the order unconditionally.
"At this speed, I'm afraid we'll have to walk all day long. Fortunately, Junji was cautious and suggested that the second young master bring double the number of horses before departure!" Liu Hongji, who was on the right side of the warrior Xun, wiped the snow on his face and replied as he went further. The snow is melting faster as we travel south, and the ground under our feet has begun to soften. If we are not careful, our horses and riders will be smashed into mud sows. Fortunately, the soldiers grew up on the fortress and have been used to it like Hu'er since they were young. The mount will not lose the courage to climb back on the saddle immediately after falling.
"The teacher is tired from far away, even if he wins by chance, the gains are not worthy of praise!" Changsun Wuji snorted from his nostrils, denying Liu Hongji's appreciation of Hou Junji. He especially disliked this wild boy who suddenly appeared. I don’t like Samurai Yu, so for a while, the eyes I looked at Samurai Yu actually became much gentler, and I was no longer as picky as before.
"The more the weather is like this, the less likely our opponents will think that we will come suddenly!" Warrior Yu raised his head and replied with a smile. He did not mean to go against Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji was a civil servant and did not understand. At this moment, he and Liu Hongji were very impressed by Hou Junji, who was walking beside Li Shimin in front of him. Although that boy only relied on a few words of advice, he had climbed from an ordinary guard to the position of leader of the personal brigade. The promotion was enviable, but the other party had real abilities, so he couldn't help but be forceful, and Liu and Liu didn't appreciate it.
Regarding the reasons for abandoning the small tribes at the foot of the Helan Mountains and choosing the most powerful Hosana Khan who was farthest away from Mingsha City, Hou Junji explained the following on that day: First, the tribes at the foot of the Helan Mountains were more or less Most of them have Turkic ancestry. It is not easy for the new army to deceive them. Since the tribes are close to Mingsha City, they were attacked. It is easy for outsiders to suspect that the incident was done by the new army. Once the enemies use it as a basis, they will give it to Duke Tang. The third reason given by Hou Junji was the one that impressed the warrior Xun the most. The year before last, Hosana Khan had just made enemies with the Tuyuhun people. The Li family's army went around in a circle and suddenly killed him from the west. Others would think it was him. The Tuyuhun people would not have suspected the Li family's army hundreds of miles away. In addition, the robbery and driving away the Han people was the leader of Hosana Khan. If he suffered retribution, other tribes would also suffer consequences. convergence
This son is a talented general. Privately, the warrior Yu Heren said this about Hou Junji. But what he admires more now is that Li Shimin, the second son who is only seventeen years old, just said, "I hope to see you in my lifetime."
Can you lead the troops back to avenge this revenge in an upright manner!" In the same way that the sluggish Hou Junji was completely transformed, the second son of Tang Gongfu inspired the three thousand soldiers with one sentence: "I will take you to revenge, starting from now!"
Before the departure of Ruiqi, the brothers almost started fighting among themselves in order to compete for the places to go out and stay behind. This was a miracle for the usually lifeless Li Jiajun.
"But that boy is good at painting!" Seeing that neither Liu Hongji nor the warrior Xun wanted to respond to him, Changsun Wuji had to temporarily give up criticizing Hou Junji and instead recognized some of the indispensable advantages of Hou Junji.
Jun Ji's calligraphy is good, and he is also good at painting. On the Li Jiajun's battle flag, there is a mark painted by him in imitation of the Turkic style. However, the blue and black flag painted on it is not outside the Great Wall.
Instead of the various wolf heads commonly used by the tribe, it is a snow-white wolf with two wings on its back.
"Flying Wolf Army!" Li Shimin blurted out the name at the moment when the military flag was painted. Later, under the unanimous opposition of everyone, this team wearing black armor and flying a black battle flag was renamed the Flying Tiger Army. Although their flag was a
A wolf soaring in the night sky
They sprinted through the snowy night like wolves looking for food. The heavy snow that fell from the sky melted quickly, covering the traces left behind by the team. In a place called Jinsha Bay, Hou Junji led the team through which it was still in a frozen state.
On the river surface, "Everyone spread out, slow down and walk slowly, don't disturb the river god under the water!" He ordered in a low voice. The generals of this army were more familiar with the terrain on the fortress than the one named Hou, so no one could mention it.
express objections
Under the leadership of Li Shimin, everyone followed the orders. Although sometimes they thought they had lost their way, because all the scenery almost always repeated. For example, the Great Wall that was originally opposite Mingsha City suddenly appeared between the glacier and the desert.
The city wall covered with snowflakes and the river bank are close at hand
There are no defenders on the city wall, and the national treasury has become increasingly tight in the past two years. The big bosses in the DPRK and China have eliminated all the defenders on the Northwest Great Wall. The reason for this is that the Turks are good brothers of the Sui Dynasty, and they cannot rashly turn against them. Of course
, the occasional cross-border robbery is unavoidable! Barbarians, there is a natural reason not to fully abide by the covenant between the two countries, but they only hurt the common people on the border, sacrificing a few ordinary people in exchange for national tranquility, bosses
I think this sacrifice is worth it.
In the eyes of superiors, the only power of ordinary people is to make sacrifices. This was true thousands of years ago, and it will probably be the same thousands of years later. But the Flying Tiger Army broke this convention. They tried to retaliate by crossing the damaged part of the city wall in the wind and snow.
, enter the desert and then rush along the desert, with firm steps
When people walked out of the desert again, the snow suddenly became lighter and the wind suddenly became stronger. The snowflakes that fell on the armor no longer melted, but stuck to the armor and the fur of the war horse like glue. After half an hour, everyone's body was covered with snow.
The black clothes turned into white armor, and the brown hair of the mount under his crotch stood up one by one, like silver threads. "What if this kid has evil intentions!" Warrior Xun was suddenly trembling with fright at his own thoughts. If Hou Junji is
The person sent by the enemy does not need to lead everyone into an ambush. As long as he persists in driving in the snow for a few days, everyone will freeze to death.
But Li Shimin believed in Hou Junji just as he believed in his own eyes. Whenever someone questioned Hou Junji's suggestions, this man had never suffered such hardship and was so tired that he needed help from others to sit upright on the horse.
The second son of the Li family who is physically weak always stands firmly on Hou Junji's side.
"Jun Ji led everyone to go like this. There is a reason to go like this. Brothers and the Hu people have sworn hatred. As long as they can persist, we generals cannot let them down!" Facing his suspicious confidants, Li Shimin
The purple lips trembled up and down, but the whole neck was raised proudly
After appeasing the confidants he brought from Honghua County, he rode his horse again and trotted along the flanks of his team. After running for more than a hundred steps, he stopped and shouted loudly: "Brothers, are you afraid of being tired?"
"Not afraid!" The soldiers who were only told in advance that they were about to be led to trouble the herdsmen tribe, but did not know where their final destination was, answered in unison. Their training time was not half as long as that of the food protection army, but at this moment their expressions showed.
Their momentum is no worse than that of their predecessors, but this is a different kind of momentum. The food protection army carries the vitality and vigor of a group of young people, while the Flying Tiger Army now carries a compelling murderous aura.
"The imperial court did not allow us to start a war without permission, so I led everyone to secretly take revenge! If this trip fails, no one will admit this action. Now, do you regret it?" Li Shimin took a breath and continued to ask everyone.
"Revenge!" There were sparse responses from the crowd. More brothers pulled out the frost-covered knives from their waists and expressed their wishes in silent words.
"But one day, I will bring you back and take back everything you have lost in a dignified way!" Infected by the emotions of his brothers, Li Shimin suddenly pulled out a knife from his waist and pointed it straight at the blue-black sky.
Everyone suddenly closed their mouths because they heard the promise they wanted to hear most. General Li in front of him had just grown a beard on his lips, but no one wanted to question his promise. Suddenly, Hou Junji raised his saber high and shouted loudly.
He responded with the word "kill", and then, the sound of "kill" echoed across the wilderness.
"Kill, kill, kill!" More than two thousand brothers raised their swords and shouted loudly. At this moment, each of their faces was no longer lifeless, but was burning with the hope of life.
"Kill! Fight back in a dignified manner!" Warrior Yu followed the crowd in shouting. In an instant, he decided to completely bet his future on Li Shimin. Although the other party was not the first heir of the Li family, following such a lord, he would definitely survive in this life.
extremely exciting
As if I heard everyone shouting, the gray sky suddenly cracked open, and the sun shone down from the cracks in the clouds, illuminating everyone's eyes.
The sunlight allowed the warrior Xun to figure out some of his location. The Yellow River was in the southeast, the desert was in the northwest, and there was a broken section of the Great Wall not far away. This was the edge of the Tenglan Vast Sea (Note 2)! He could see it completely.
It is located in Wuwei County on the map. If you walk along the west bank of the Yellow River not far away, you can reach the opposite side of Wulanji in just half a day.
The Yellow River has not yet thawed. If we cross the ice, no one will know who they are or where they come from.
Amidst the cheers, the warrior Xun saw Li Shimin pointing the tip of his knife at the glacier in the distance. The flying gray wolf followed the point of the tip of the knife and spread its wings proudly.
This team is called the Flying Tiger Army. In the chaotic era of the late Sui Dynasty, it was once a nightmare for all tribes in the Fortress. After many years, someone gave them a more elegant name based on the armor on their bodies, the Black Armor Jingqi.
Note 1: Daqing River is the name of the upper section of the Yellow River. In ancient times, the water of the Yellow River had not completely turned yellow in this section, so the locals called it Daqing River.
