"Needless to say, if something happens to Hengcheng, then my adventurous expedition will become meaningless." Tang Yin said seriously: "Whether Hengcheng can be defended depends on you, I hope you won't let me
disappointment!"
Tang Yin insisted on going without Cheng Jin and Lu Fang. The two of them had no choice but to stare at Tang Yin's leaving figure.
As usual, the only generals beside Tang Yin were the two Shangguan brothers. Although Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao acted a little impulsively, they were highly skilled in martial arts and could really help Tang Yin a lot in battle.
Brothers Tang Yin, Letian, and Shangguan left the city, met up with four thousand cavalry, and then headed straight for the territory of the city-state of Besa.
The route Lotte mentioned was quite easy to walk at first, running straight through the Pab Prairie in the city-state of Besa. However, after passing the grassland, the direction changed and it went deep into the mountains and dense forests.
It was the depth of winter at this time, and the city-state of Besa was much colder than the country of Feng. In addition, as we were traveling in the deep mountains, the mountain wind was biting and blowing on our bodies, chilling us to the core.
Feng Jun had already made corresponding preparations when he arrived, and everyone wore thick cotton clothes. However, the cold in the mountains was still unbearable for Feng Jun. Even though Tang Yin's head ached from the cold, he estimated that the temperature in the mountains was
It gets over forty degrees below zero.
Even if the climate is cold, the road is not easy to walk. To be precise, there is no road at all. The thick snow covers the entire ground. When you step on it, you can only see half of your knee exposed. When the road is difficult,
, the war horses couldn't move, and people had to come down and forcefully pull the horses. It's amazing that such a marching speed can be so fast.
It only took more than a day to cross the Pab Prairie, and when we entered the deep mountains, we walked for three full days without seeing the end. Moreover, the weather got colder as we went north. At this time, let alone humans, even the war horses suffered.
No more, the horses were so cold that they couldn't stand still, and their legs were trembling.
Going deep into the barbarian territory, war horses are equivalent to life. If the war horses die, people will not survive. In order to protect the war horses, many soldiers took off their cotton-padded jackets and wrapped them around the horses.
Seeing the miserable state of his own soldiers, Tang Yin was in a bad mood and was extremely depressed. He found Lotte and asked, "How long do we have to go to reach Besa City?"
Lotte looked around, asked his spies again, and replied: "Sir, it's almost over!"
Tang Yin had heard this sentence at least fifty times. He said in a solemn voice: "You said that when we entered the mountain on the first day. Now that we have been walking in the mountain for three days, you still say that?"
Letian smiled bitterly and said with embarrassment: "This time it's really almost here."
Tang Yin glanced at him, hummed, and without asking any more questions, turned to look at his own soldiers.
Without the protection of cotton-padded clothes, the soldiers' faces were blue from the cold. It was time to rest. The soldiers were in small groups, huddled together. In this state, let alone fighting the barbarians, could they come out alive?
Mountains and forests are a problem.
Tang Yin walked slowly to a group of soldiers, bent down, picked up a few dry firewood and threw them into the fire.
Seeing Tang Yin coming, the surrounding Fengjun all stood up and saluted with trembling voices: "Sir... Your Excellency!"
His heart trembled, he waved his hands hurriedly, and said in a calm tone: "Sit, sit, don't get up!"
He looked at the soldiers around him and said, "Brothers, if you bear with us, we will be able to get out of the forest soon."
"If I had known... it was so cold in the country... we would have brought extra cotton-padded clothes with us..." A soldier in his early twenties said with a trembling voice, his lips turning white.
"Yeah... If I had known earlier, it would have been better to bring more clothes. Our Feng Country is still warm..." Hearing this, the other soldiers followed up one after another.
Tang Yin pursed his lips, straightened his waist, and walked towards the young soldier.
The young man was startled when he saw this, thinking that he had said something wrong and Tang Yin wanted to blame himself. He immediately pushed away his companions around him, stood up tremblingly, looked at Tang Yin and stammered: "Sir...
……me……"
Tang Yin smiled at him, patted his shoulder, then casually unbuttoned the collar, took off his outer cloak, put it on the soldier, and sighed quietly: "How can you say you have no clothes? I share the same robe with you."
At this scene, he thought of Qin's song in the Book of Songs. When he first heard this sentence, he had no feeling at all, but now, he realized that the song was written so appropriately.
The soldiers seemed to understand his words, but his actions greatly moved everyone present.
Grasping the coat draped over his shoulders, the young soldier burst into tears. After a moment of daze, he suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly pulled it down, not daring to put it on.
Tang Yin held his hand and said, "Wear it, I'm not cold!"
"Sir!" At this time, the soldiers around him all stood up and looked at Tang Yin.
There are countless generals in the world, and they all say that they can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers below, but how many of them can really do this? No matter how loud the slogan is, it is not as practical as a simple action. How can Tang Yin like this
Can you prevent the soldiers below from dying?
An old veteran took the lead in singing loudly: "When the country is in trouble, I will go to war and wrap my body in horse leather to strengthen my glory!"
The song quickly infected other soldiers, and everyone sang along: "When the country is in trouble, I will go to war, and I will wrap my body in horse leather to strengthen my glory! Wind, wind, strong wind——"
The military song of the Feng Kingdom was sung over and over again, and the more it sang, the more passionate it became. The more people sang, the warmer their bodies became, and the feeling of coldness gradually subsided.
Listening to everyone's singing and looking at the young faces of everyone, Tang Yin was moved from the bottom of his heart, and he also loved the Feng Kingdom soldiers under his command from the bottom of his heart.
He was sitting around with the soldiers, and out of the corner of his eye he happened to catch a glimpse of Lotte standing not far away, looking around. He pointed at Lotte and said, "You all can see clearly."
The soldiers did not understand what he meant and looked at each other in confusion. Someone bravely asked: "What do you want us to see clearly, sir?"
"Seeing this man's face clearly, I will remember it firmly in my heart." He nodded to Lotte and said, "This is the path he led us to take. If we are unfortunate enough to freeze to death in the mountains, we will be considered ghosts.
We can’t let him go. If we are lucky enough to get out alive and return to Feng Country, don’t forget to remind me that we will reward this guy heavily!”
After hearing this, the soldiers were stunned at first, and then burst into laughter. Letian himself was dumbfounded by what Tang Yin said, and shook his head repeatedly.
Tang Yin seldom joked, but when he suddenly joked, it had a different flavor and livened up the atmosphere of everyone.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the front. The soldiers were all startled and picked up their weapons one after another.
Tang Yin didn't even bother to stand up. He knew people well and had already heard the sound of horse hooves, and had already judged that there was only one horse, so he didn't bother to pay attention.
Soon, a war horse galloped over. The person who came was not a barbarian, but a spy sent by Lotte.
After the man got off his horse, he rushed up to Lotte and whispered in his ear.
After hearing the reports from his men, Letian looked surprised at first, then smiled happily. He ran up to Tang Yin and said, "Sir, good news!"
"What? Are we finally going out of the mountains?" Tang Yin raised his eyelids and looked at Lotte.
Letian smiled dryly and scratched his hair, and said: "That's not true, but we found a small barbarian village in the northwest, which should be able to provide our army with a rest at night."
"Oh?" Tang Yin perked up, stood up from the ground, and looked to the northwest. All he could see was a vast expanse of white snow, and there was no shadow of the village at all. But Lotte wouldn't lie about this.
Report, he blinked and muttered: "There is really no end to the road. You can even find a village in a place like this. I wonder if you are lucky or the barbarians are too unlucky!"
Lotte responded with a wry smile.
There is a village to live in. Who would want to stay in this cold wilderness? Tang Yin immediately walked to his horse, climbed on his horse and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Mount the horse! We are going to the barbarian village to keep warm!"
"
"yes!"
As soon as the soldiers heard the word "village", their eyes flashed brightly, and they became more energetic. They all agreed, got on their horses, and headed straight for the barbarian village in the northwest under the guidance of the spies under Lotte's command.
There is indeed a village in the northwest. The small village is not big, with only three rows of houses. It is estimated that there are only more than 20 households with hundreds of people. Most of them are hunters. There are beast furs and icicles hanging outside every house.
Meat or something, the house is simple, the location is remote, and of such a scale, it can’t even be considered a village in Feng Country, it can only be regarded as a stockade.
But for Feng Jun, who is now cold and hungry, this place is almost like paradise.
Four thousand cavalrymen, speeding up their horses, galloped over like lightning.
The sound of horse hooves was loud, and as soon as everyone entered the village, it alarmed the people in the village. The doors of many houses were opened, and the villagers came out to watch curiously.
This village is semi-isolated from the world. None of the villagers have seen the wind people or the wind soldiers. Seeing so many cavalry suddenly entering the village, they don’t understand what’s going on. The villagers walked out of their houses one after another and stood in front of them.
Beside the dirt road in the village, stop and watch.
When Tang Yin saw this, he raised the corners of his mouth and urged his horses to walk in the front of the team. At the same time, he turned around and ordered the soldiers to spread out and surround the village first.
At this time, a middle-aged barbarian who looked like a village chief walked out of the villagers, took two steps forward, and asked loudly to Feng Jun: "Who are you? Why did you come to our village? Are you lost in the mountains?
?(Mo)”
Tang Yin smiled slightly, rode his horse up to the middle-aged man, looked him up and down, said nothing, but pulled out the scimitar from his back, and without any warning, slashed him down.
flutter!
This knife struck the middle-aged barbarian firmly on the neck. The latter still had a look of surprise on his face, but his head had already jumped into the air, and the blood spurted out dyed the white snow scarlet.
"Kill! Kill everyone here!" He chopped off the head of the middle-aged barbarian with one knife. Tang Yin pointed the knife in his hand towards the crowd in front, turned his head and shouted loudly.