Xichang had a stronghold near Yanmen Pass and developed some spies among the barbarians.
But as the heavy snow fell and the barbarians moved south into the pass, the information on the grassland was cut off.
Information about ghost fetuses is even more difficult to find out.
The empress asked if there was any news about the ghost fetus. Long Chen shook his head slightly and said: "The snow here is too heavy, and the people who were released did not dare to go too far, so there is no way to find out the news about the ghost fetus."
The northern land is vast, who knows where the ghost fetus has gone.
Plus, it's snowing heavily, making it difficult to move around, let alone get information.
If those who go out to inquire for information go too far, they will die if they encounter ghosts. Even if they don't encounter ghosts, it is easy to get lost and freeze to death in the snow.
The empress looked worried. She marched to fight, and intelligence came first.
Once the intelligence work is done well, the enemy's movements will be clear and targeted operations can be carried out.
If you don't know the enemy's situation, the battle will fall into a very passive situation.
The empress knew this truth, and Long Chen knew it even better.
But there is no way, the weather is here, there is no way to find out the news.
"I don't know the movements of the ghost fetus. I don't know whether the ghost fetus is coming with his troops, or whether the martial saint, the ghost girl is coming in person, or..."
The empress felt a little worried, and Long Chen also felt a headache.
This battle was very difficult. Firstly, the enemy we faced was too terrifying. The Martial Saint and the Ghost Girl were legendary figures. Secondly, the enemy's situation was unclear and we couldn't figure out what the ghost clan's movements were.
Even Long Chen was not sure whether the ghost tribe would attack this winter.
It can only be said that when heavy snow falls, the ghost tribe may attack. When exactly they will attack, I don’t know at all.
After fighting for so long, Long Chen was blind for the first time.
I can only fight for the halo of the protagonist, I hope my destiny is mine!
"I once thought about building a beacon tower on the grassland, one every fifty miles away, and lighting up the smoke to report the movement of the ghost tribe."
"But if you think about it carefully, this method is difficult to implement."
Long Chen thought about using beacon towers for early warning, but the grassland was too big and too many beacon towers were needed. This idea Not realistic.
In the end, only a few beacon towers were built within a hundred miles near Yanmen Pass, which were made of temporary stones and cement.
The last time Li Chengdao raided Yanmen Pass, he only burned the wooden houses, leaving most of them undamaged.
Because most of the city wall houses in Yanmen Pass are built with stone and cement.
When Long Chen first entered the Great Zhou Dynasty, someone gave Long Chen a difficult problem, which was to strengthen Yanmen Pass.
At that time, Long Chen proposed using nearby volcanic ash to make a copycat version of cement. The effect was very good and has been used to this day.
Zhang Man also used this method to strengthen the customs defense.
"We must find a way to solve the problem of forward investigation. Without intelligence probing, we are blind."
The empress looked at Long Chen, meaning to let Long Chen think of a way.
Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "The best way is for me to go there in person. It's useless for others to go. The Holy One is guarding Yanmen Pass."
To detect ghosts, you must have a high level of cultivation, otherwise you will be dead when you encounter ghosts and there will be no way to come back and report.
The empress thought for a while and said, "Then you should be careful."
Long Chen exited the room, found Gan Xin and Mo Lin's room, opened the door and went in. The two sat cross-legged on the kang to rest.
"grown ups."
The two of them remembered that Long Chen sat down on the kang and said: "I have a hard job, you guys come with me."
Gan Xin pulled out the tobacco stick from his waist, lit a pipe of cigarettes, and said, "My lord, lead the team. What can we say?"
If the leader takes the lead in doing things, his subordinates will have nothing to say.
The most annoying thing is when the leader beeps blindly on the stage, asking his subordinates to charge into battle and die. If there is a problem, he will say that his subordinates acted without authorization. When there are achievements, he will say that he personally deployed it.
Mo Lin asked: "Are you going out to find out the news?"
Long Chen nodded and said: "Yes, the ghost clan is in the ice and snow, and we have no clue about their movements.
You know, this is very dangerous."
Mo Lin nodded. Long Chen specifically went to find the two of them. It must be because the two of them have done this before and are more familiar with this job.
The errand they are more familiar with than others, apart from assassination, is to go to the grassland to inquire for information.
Gan Xin smoked a cigarette and said: "It's freezing and snowy. It's useless for most people to go there. We can only go there by ourselves."
The advantage of having a half-ghost body is that they are not afraid of severe cold. Holy Snow Peak is even colder than here, so they can endure it.
It is also more resistant to hunger. Just bring some dried meat and you can last for a long time.
"Have a good rest today and set off early tomorrow morning."
Gan Xin and Mo Lin had traveled a long distance and needed some rest. Long Chen also had to arrange for craftsmen to make boots.
After talking for a while, Long Chen found the shoemaker who was accompanying the army, led by an old maid from the palace.
"My servant pays homage to King Wu."
The old maid bowed respectfully to meet him, and the other shoemakers followed suit.
Long Chen said: "No need to be polite, please tell me all the process of making boots, I will think about it carefully."
The old palace maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't dare, this slave."
Long Chen politely called aunt, which frightened the old palace maid, and the others knelt down.
Long Chen immediately helped the old palace maid up and said: "No need to be so polite, sit down and talk."
Outsiders don't know how powerful Long Chen is, but people in the palace are very aware of Long Chen's status.
She called her aunt, which frightened the old palace maid so much.
"My slave, thank you King Wu. I will demonstrate this again."
After saying that, the old palace maid immediately brought the tools and materials and demonstrated them to Long Chen, and the others followed to help.
Long Chen wrote down the production process one by one, broke down the process, and asked the old palace maid to give her opinions.
Soon, the flow chart produced came out.
Long Chen followed Anmucheng's experience and asked the old palace maid to be responsible for making boots.
As for recruiting nearby people and purchasing barbarian leather, This matter is handled by the army's logistics and does not need to be interfered with by the old palace maid.
After everything was arranged, Long Chen returned to his room to rest.
Pushing the door open and walking in, Dugu Jiali was sitting on the kang, playing with a crossbow in her hand.
"Why are you here? Chuchu is not with you?"
Long Chen closed the door and hung his coat on the hanger.
The room is made of stone and cement, and the windows are small, both for wind protection and defense.
After the kang in the room was heated, it wasn't too cold inside.
Dugu Jiali was wearing a goose-yellow dress, sitting cross-legged on the kang, and said, "If Chu Chu doesn't come, I can't come?"
Long Chen sat on it and said with a smile: "Of course not, it's just strange. You two have always been inseparable, so why did you come to my room alone today."
Dugu Jiali said softly: "I used to be afraid of you, but now I'm not afraid anymore."
Long Chen was so powerful that Dugu Jiali couldn't defeat him alone. He had to bring Wu Chuchu along with him to barely support him.
It's different now. After Dugu Jiali ate dried meat, her cultivation improved and her body changed, and she could fight alone.
Long Chen hugged Dugu Jiali, buried his head in his arms, took a deep breath of body fragrance, and said intoxicatedly: "My Jiali never gets tired of smelling her."
Dugu Jiali giggled and said, "Is the only good thing about deodorizing me?"
Long Chen pressed down on Dugu Jiali and said with a smile: "Let me see what other benefits there are."
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grassland.
A barbarian team was walking in the ice and snow. The men were on horseback. The horses were struggling to move forward through the snow, followed by cattle and sheep.
This group of people probably numbered more than 40,000, and they all crossed back to the grassland from the south of Yanmen Pass.
Long Chen killed the three leaders Ugu, Tuo Deli and Tie Li. Almost all the core generals were killed. Tuzhi took the opportunity to take over the tribes.
However, there are still many barbarians who are unwilling to stay south of Yanmen Pass and insist on leaving.
They did not dare to go through Yanmen Pass and chose to climb over the mountains and return to the snowy grassland.
