That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 797 The Golden Tent Has Arrived at Xiaoqiuling

Although autumn has not yet fully entered, the grassland has sporadic snowflakes just like last year.

Lin Han walked out of the big tent and looked up, the sky was overcast, with snowflakes as big as goose feathers fluttering down.

The snow on the grassland is heavy and fast. When it falls to the fullest, it is almost a vast expanse of white snow. Not to mention enjoying the scenery, you can't even find the road.However, it may be because it has not yet entered winter, this time the snowflakes are a little shy and wobbly, far less ferocious than in the past.Of course, compared to the snow in Sene, this can also be regarded as a heavy snowfall.

Lin Han stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake, felt the coolness on his palm, looked up at the heavy snow falling from the sky, and smiled to the High Priest of the Royal Court next to him: "It's snowing, it's clean to die. "

The high priest of Wang Ting is also the high priest of grassland shamanism. He looks very old, with his back arched and wrinkles on his face. First snow."

Lin Han narrowed his eyes and said softly, "The first snow."

The high priest also reached out to catch a snowflake, and said softly: "A hundred years of life, after a hundred years, there will be no trace. Just like this snow, the snow can crush people to death. After the snow stops, no one can see where the dead are. ?”

In the dark wind and snow, there is an army of 10,000+ grasslands.

Lin Han looked at the 10,000+ cavalry army, lost his mind for a moment, and thought of a past event many years ago for no reason.

At that time, Xiao Yu had already conquered Shuzhou, swept through Houjian, and was about to enter the pass eastward, so his brother-in-law would naturally accompany him.The night before his departure, he went to Zhongdu City to meet his sister Lin Yinping. At that time, not long after her sister gave birth to her nephew Xiao Xuan, her body was too weak to stand for a long time, so he squatted in front of her.

My sister told him, "The battlefield is dangerous, and everything should be careful. When you are free, stay in the big tent and don't get into the battle yourself. Your brother-in-law and Mr. Lan are in charge of the marching and fighting. You should take good care of yourself during the rest of the battle." Get some sleep, get enough energy, and don't get tired."

He buried his head on his sister's knee, did not speak, but hummed in a low voice.

My sister said again, "Okay, that's all I have to say, just go when you have to. Go in peace and come back in peace."

He helped his sister's knees to get up slowly, and finally said: "Sister, it's okay, the Southern and Northern Wars have been fought, this time is not bad."

My sister didn't speak, but took off the string of bodhi seeds that had been worn for many years on her wrist, and put it on his wrist.

Lin Han looked down, and after so many years, the string of Bodhisattvas was still worn on his wrist, but his sister was gone, not even the nephew.

He murmured to himself: "Sister, I have no relatives in my life. My parents left early. Only you have protected me since I was a child. If it weren't for you, I would have died in the hands of the red lady. Without you, there is no My Lin Han's prestige today, so I can deny it to anyone in my life, except you, my sister."

The voice of Lin Han, who is already an old man, is getting lower and lower, "If you are still alive, you will be very angry if you think about it. You are angry with me as a younger brother, but I can't help it. The grassland is plagued by disasters every year, so many mouths have to eat Well, I can't just sit and watch them starve to death. Sister, if we can meet again in the future, we will be beaten or punished, and I will listen to you."

The snowflakes in Lin Han's hands gradually melted, the wind became more and more urgent, and the white snow was boundless.

He suddenly raised his head and raised his voice, "Lin Shu!"

There was the sound of horseshoes, and the army separated to both sides like a tide, and more and more people rode out.

Lin Shu, the fourth son of the Grassland Khan Lin Han.

Lin Shu, who was wearing armor and saber, got off his horse, knelt on one knee and said, "The end is here!"

Lin Han waved his hand and said, "Let's pull out the camp."

Lin Shu said loudly: "No!"

At the beginning of autumn in the 23rd year of Taiping, in the wind and snow, the golden tent, which symbolized the royal court of the grassland, crossed the Duolun River, left Wusiyuan, and entered Xiaoqiuling.

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The wind started at the end of Qingping, and many things, before the princes in the temple could perceive it, the wind was already raging below.

Just when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all focusing on the important event of the new king's ascension to the throne, the entire northwest line was already facing an enemy, and the sky over the entire northwest seemed to be covered with clouds, just like the clouds before a heavy rain fell. The wind is blowing, the clouds are gathering, and the rain is coming, but I don't know when it will come.

Under the gloomy sky, at the head of the city of Dayi House, which is located at the forefront of the northwest line, one person leans on the wall and looks out.

The man in the official military uniform of Daqi was about the same age. Although his face was full of vicissitudes due to living in the border for a long time, he had a refined and elegant demeanor, like a mellow old scholar. He was Zhao Xu, the guard of Dayi Mansion.

It has been 23 years since he was transferred from a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River to the frontier of the northwest in the early years of Taiping. He started as a captain and has been the commander of the defense today.

He was ordered to garrison the Dayi Mansion for many years. Over the years, the Prairie Cavalry has repeatedly violated the frontier and went south. He has fought against the Prairie Cavalry not once or twice, but this time he smelled many different meanings.

Because this time the Prairie Cavalry went south much later than in previous years.

It was also because the grassland was too quiet this time, so quiet that people felt suffocated, so quiet that all the scouts he sent to the grassland had no news.

Where are these scouts?Could it be that it was taken away by wild wolves on the grassland?Or was he killed by a horse thief on the grassland?
Even the three-year-old in Dayi Mansion would not believe such a reason.

The northwest defense line is known as "there is a wall on the side, the wall is related, there are forts in the pass, and there are soldiers in the fort". Fortresses constitute the entire defense line of the northwest frontier. Danxia Village and Xiaofang Village used to be part of this defense line. It was only later that the Northwest Defense Line moved forward as a whole and gradually withdrew from the fortress system.

At that time, Zhuge Gong, the former governor of the Northwest Army, in order to prevent the bandits from repeatedly entering the army, once instructed the Northwest Army to "do all the work in the night, in order to succeed, and send troops to kill the bandits when they come close."As the saying goes, today's defense along the border includes the construction of camps and piers, the defense of patrolling and ambush, the left governor to generalize his power, and the right governor to divide his duties.Those who are dispatched have soldiers, those who divide the defense have defenses, and the way of strict defense can be described as thorough and well-prepared.

The so-called "patrol and press", also known as "dunye" or "direct dial, horizontal dial". "Dun" refers to the Dunjun, also known as "horizontal dial", which is mainly responsible for the task of standing guard on the pier and its surrounding areas. "Ye" is also known as "Shao Ye" and "Direct Dialing", which specifically refers to "those who can go deep into the barracks and sentry, that is, scouts who can go deep into the enemy's territory for reconnaissance activities. Therefore, it is also called "no collection at night".

The so-called Yebushou was well-known, and it could be said to be the most elite scout in the Daqi frontier army. This time, Zhao Xu almost threw away all the Yebushou on hand, but no one came back.

There was only one result, and that was that the grassland had already prepared and dispatched more scouts to kill all these Yebushou through deliberate calculations or unintentional calculations.

Zhao Xu looked out of the city resolutely, and murmured to himself: "This spring, Lord Governor added more than [-] troops, plus the [-] people already in the city, there are a total of more than [-] defenders. The prairie cavalry have never been good at attacking cities, even if they are attacked by several times the enemy, they can hold out for more than half a month."

only……

Zhao Xu squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. There was smoke rising from the line at the end of the sky.

From such a long distance, you can still see the smoke and dust, which shows how big the smoke and dust are.

Since an enemy of several times can still be defended, what about an enemy of ten times?

(End of this chapter)