But after crossing the river here, if you want to go to Wuwei, you have to cross the desert and cross the river again. What's more, the river has just frozen. Could it be that this Turkic Yehu was scared out of his courage, so he simply planned to go north to Mobei.
grassland?
At this time, there is a heavy snowstorm in the north. What is the difference between committing suicide?
Secretary Hou did not think that this Turk Yehu was timid. Judging from the fact that a Tutun could head south rashly with two thousand soldiers and horses before, the Turks were still very anxious to find a place that could avoid the cold and solve the problem of food and grass.
At this time, going north is going in the opposite direction to the south.
After the mighty Turkic tribe walked away, Yu Xi struggled to get up, and figures stood up one after another in the snow. They had been lying in wait at this place for two hours, just to explore the whereabouts of the Turkic tribe.
Although traveling in the Gobi Desert is difficult, it is not without roads. For example, from the west side of the leeward side of the hill where they are hiding, there is an open valley that can lead directly to Lingwu.
Secretary Hou rubbed his hands, took out the map, and with difficulty clicked on the markings on the map with his frozen fingers: "This is the last road to the southwest, do they really have no intention of turning back?"
"No, there is more." Yu Xi said with difficulty, "Look here."
"Hiss!" Hou Mi took a breath of cold air, "You mean they will go south along the river? If they take this road, they will travel an extra 40 to 50 miles in vain. If they advance in the snow, they will lose less
He said he would have to walk for two more days!"
"But if we can confuse us and then suddenly appear under Lingwu City, what's wrong with that?" Yu Xi said in a deep voice.
Hou Mi was speechless at the moment. Yes, as long as he could confuse the defenders, he could bear it even for two more days. Moreover, marching along the river did feel like a last-ditch battle.
"Are the Turks going crazy?"
"I would rather believe that they are crazy than that they would take the risk to cross the river and eat ice and snow." Yu Xi said decisively.
Secretary Hou clenched his fists: "Without further delay, report this matter to Lingwu immediately. You lead a group of people back, and I will continue to lead people to chase them!"
Yu Xi shook his head: "Go chase me!"
"You can't make the decision when something goes wrong, but I can." Hou Mi said calmly. As a Han general and the commander-in-chief of one side, his power is much greater than that of Yu Xi, a young general who still takes orders from Yu Yi.
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After hesitating for a moment, Yu Xi nodded, reached out and patted Hou Mi on the shoulder: "Good brother, take care along the way!"
"Take care along the way!" Hou Mi laughed loudly, turned around and mounted his horse.
Perhaps their ancestors never thought that the children of the two families who were once enemies would fight side by side in this northwest wind and snow.
However, fighting the Turks in the north and protecting the land and people of China, which belongs to China, should have been the honor of a general and a family of generals. Even the spirits of the ancestors in heaven would feel gratified.
Hou Mi reined up his horse and looked around. After so many days of fighting, the soldiers of both the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty had actually become a whole. They fought together under these two flags, as if they had never been enemies.
"My sons, follow me!" Hou Mi shouted and spurred his horse forward, with the cavalry of the brigade following him closely.
Yu Xi, who was standing behind, watched Hou Mi and others disappear into the wind and snow in a blink of an eye, and felt indescribable envy for a moment.
The heavy snow danced, gradually covering their figures, leaving only a series of neat footprints on the white snow.
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The snow was falling, and no one expected that the wind coming from the north would get stronger and stronger, and the wind and snow would sweep from the north of the Great Wall to the south of the Yangtze River. Even the big river, which usually only had floating ice, had already formed a thin layer of ice at this time.
ice.
At this time, on the pier, teams of trackers were shouting slogans in the wind and snow, pulling the boats that were originally moored on the river to the shore. As the river begins to freeze, the ice will definitely become thicker at night, so
To be on the safe side, the last few shipments of grain and grass must be transported from the south coast during the day today.
Although the bows of these grain transport ships have been thickened to a certain extent - of course the original purpose was to deal with possible rocks in the southern rivers, especially in the Ling Canal section, etc., I did not expect that it has now played an unexpected additional role.
effect.
However, the boat is heavy after all. When the water is almost stagnant and the north wind is howling, it is almost difficult to drive the boat directly to the north shore with manpower. Therefore, when approaching the north shore, all rely on trackers to lift it little by little.
The boat is pulled to the pier.
Although it is winter, most of these trackers are wearing thin shirts, shouting slogans, and cooking in a steaming cauldron next to them. It is not that these trackers have been abused, but that it is easier to use them in this almost shirtless state.
Strengthen your strength.
The braised pork was prepared in the big pot next to it, and the meat was tumbling in the pot. Because of such a meal of meat, the number of trackers continued to increase even in a heavy snowstorm.
With more people, the movement will naturally move faster. The last two boats are in sight. The officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Army Sima who are standing on the dock and are in charge of the command are secretly applauding. This is probably a rare unity between the two sworn enemies of the Ministry of Finance and the army.
When you are focused.
"Hold on, pull this boat over and let's start dinner!" The young household official also rolled up his sleeves excitedly. If his slender arms didn't seem to be of any use, he would have run away in excitement.
I used to help the trackers pull the boat together.
The trackers made more uniform calls, and at this moment, a piece of ice floating from upstream appeared in sight through the thin mist and snow on the river surface.
The people on the boat also screamed, but the ice floe came along the river, and the thin ice along the way was directly crushed. The ice floe approached at a speed visible to the naked eye, and crashed straight into the last line of the river.
vessel.
"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, and the boat on the river spun around, while the tracker on the shore fell to the ground with a "hula la".
Seeing that the thick rope was about to slip directly into the river, the military commander who had been silent until now jumped up and grabbed it. To be more precise, he should have hugged the rope. However, the boat was still shaking, and the rope was also shaking.
He even continued to slide towards the river with the army commander.
"Get up, everyone get up!" Officials from the Ministry of Revenue who had been eager to try also rushed forward.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Army Sima yelled. This meager strength was of course of no help, "Get out, I don't want to die with you."
This time the Ministry of Revenue official just smiled and said nothing.
Although I didn't want to, but now it seems that it is probably the case.
The other trackers also rushed forward anxiously. The two Shangguan had already rushed forward personally, so how could they fall behind? (To be continued)