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Chapter 333

The cold wind howling between the drowsy sky and the earth never stops.

The Xiping soldiers had Lu Zhi in the rear to support them, and they thought of everything they should think of, and sent everything they could.

Bad wine, mutton, grain, dry firewood, beans and millet, and the most important sheep fur and leather shoes.

A soldier wears sheep fur inside and iron armor outside, and his legs are wrapped with wolf fur and cashmere with thin ropes. At least one bowl of mutton soup is warmed from stomach to body every day, and he does not feel the chill of this winter at all.

Xiping has nothing else, and the art of leather and leather is extremely developed.

Under the deliberate guidance of Yang Zheng, combined with the tanning technology of the Hu people in the Western Regions, leather has become the second pillar industry in Xiping.

The first nature is the inexhaustible salt.

Of course, the only ones who have this kind of treatment are the Guards and the Xiaoqi Battalion.

Fu soldiers are worse, only sheep fur.

Therefore, the Guards Camp, Xiaoqi Camp, and Yueqi Camp are known as the Pro-Army in Xiping, attracting countless aspiring people to flock to them.

Yang Zheng didn't block their way up.

Talented and brave athletes in the army, or those who have reached the third rank of meritorious service, can apply to Zhechong Mansion to join the pro-army.

Xuan Yiling and Captain Zhechong jointly reviewed it, and Jiu Yeying made a secret assessment, so that the quota could be reported.

Among the pro-army, when they reach age and become disabled, they will be given the title of Xuanyi, assigned a place, and entered the Tuntian Division system or the Xuanyi Division system. Rural officials such as chiefs and li chiefs.

With Lu Zhi in charge of logistics, Yang Zheng felt a lot easier.

In fact, logistics is also a kind of combat effectiveness.

Especially in this era, in many wars, food roads are the lifeline.

In this level of war, the pressure on the front is great, and the pressure on the rear is not small.

On the fifth day, a white-haired wind suddenly blew up between heaven and earth.

Overwhelming, the temperature dropped sharply.

Hundreds of animals in the camp died of freezing.

However, Hehuang Jianma is naturally cold-resistant, so the impact is not great.

On the other side, it was a bit miserable.

The Yongliang army could still carry it, but the Qianghu and Huns who came to support them couldn't bear it anymore. Most of the horses and soldiers died of frostbite.

Yang Zheng patrolled the Yellow River with his personal guards, and a thin layer of ice had already formed on the river.

The chill pierced his face like steel needles.

"Is there no sign of Deng Ai yet?"

Zhang Te cited 2 government soldiers and [-] slaves from Jincheng, joined Zhou Zhi, Li Te and other Qiang Di infantry with [-] cavalry, and had broken three Wubao in Deng Ai three days ago, captured Fanghan, and led his troops straight to Di Dao.

Jiang Wei also led [-] Shu troops out of Minshan to attack Lintao, Houhe and other places.

It was about to encircle Didao, but Deng Ai still had no news.

Yang Zheng was deeply impressed, Deng Ai was so calm, he definitely wanted to get a big ticket.

But now the weather is turning cold, heavy snow is coming, the defense is not good for the offense, and there is no sign of Deng Ai.

"No." Pang Qing reported truthfully.

Meng Guan went to order Ju to unite an army of [-] slaves, and handed over the collected information to Pang Qing.

"The arrow is on the string, so we have to fire it." Yang Zheng said, looking at the calm river.

Deng Ai has been clouded all his life, and he has been wasted here all his life?Don't take Wuwei?
The white-haired wind blew for two days and one night, and at dusk on the sixth day, heavy snow arrived as promised.

In fact, it is not dusk anymore, the sky and the earth are in a trance.

Night covered the earth early.

All the scouts were sent out, upstream and downstream, on the opposite bank, in the Shanghe area in the north, in Yuzhong in the south, etc., constantly patrolling, guarding against all possible situations.

It's just that the mighty is too vast. The Qilian Mountains and the Yellow River meet here, and various small mountains and small tributaries form a large number of valleys and valleys.

In the late Tang Dynasty in history, Liugufan was formed here.

Deng Ai wanted to hide it, so he casually burrowed into that ravine, but he couldn't detect it at all, and it could also provide shelter from the wind and snow.

However, being able to hide so well shows that Deng Ai's troops will not be too many.

If there are tens of thousands of people, it is impossible for the scouts to not find any clues.

The night is getting deeper and darker.

It also became more and more silent, and the cold wind that howled all day suddenly became much lower.

Yang Zheng put on the armor, lifted the long spear, stepped on the black feathers, and looked into the distance.

The black sky, the pale and dull earth.

There is chaos between the heaven and the earth, as if the ancient heaven and the earth first opened.

Behind him, one thousand three heavy cavalry and six thousand Xiao cavalry mounted their horses.

Silent as a mountain in the dark, firm as a mountain.

Crystal snowflakes covered their pockets and shoulder armor in the blink of an eye.

Clouds of white gas spewed out from the war horse's mouth.

If Master Sima covered the world like this dark cloud, then today's battle will tear apart this dark dawn!

"The general can just send a young cavalry to cross the river, there is no need to take any risks." Du Yu and Wei Guan were still persuading.

Yang Zheng knew the truth, but this battle was too important.

The most important thing is to fight quickly and defeat Guo Huai quickly. Even if Deng Ai bursts out from somewhere, he can defeat him with a big victory.

And there are almost no people around who can take on this important task.

Du Yu is a Confucian general, and it is not his strong point to charge into battle.

Wei Guan is not considered a general at all, and he will definitely retreat when he encounters difficulties and dangers.

Meng Yu is brave enough, but his qualifications are poor, so it may not be possible for the Heavy Cavalry of the Guards Battalion and the Xiaoqi Battalion to cooperate seamlessly.

People like Liu Heng, Luo Hu, and Lin Sen are not kind, so all kinds of moths can fly together.

Of course, Yang Zheng has his own selfishness. It's not that he doesn't trust others, but that in this world, it's better to hold the sharpest knife handle in his own hands.

Xiping also needs a brave and invincible commander.

"How can you find tiger cubs if you don't enter the tiger's lair? In the past, Ye Wudai, who was a fan of a hundred thousand Qiang Hu, was broken by me?" Yang Zheng's voice gradually became passionate, and the blood in his chest gradually surged.

The soldiers around looked adoring.

"Take care, general." Du Yu also knew that there was no other choice in this battle, only Yang Zheng would charge himself to boost morale and win more with less.

After all, there are more than 6 horses on the east bank.

There is also the famous general Guo Huai.

Yang Zheng raised his spear, and was about to say "rise up", but unexpectedly, there was a thunderous voice from the opposite bank.

It was the sound of horseshoes hitting the ice.

Then, Qianghu's unique whistling sound sounded in the night.

Hoo, hoo, hoo...

The west bank defenders spontaneously fired rockets into the river.

In the wind and snow, Xi Wei's fire light flickered down, and before it was extinguished by the wind and snow, it illuminated the densely packed figures like ants.

Yang Zheng was dumbfounded. There is someone who knows astronomy on his side, but isn't there on the other side?

To be a general, one should know astronomy, geography...

Guo Huai has guarded Yongliang for more than 30 years, and he is by no means a mediocre general. How could he not know the climate of the Northwest?
It's just that Yang Zheng didn't expect Guo Huai to be so decisive.

If you want to mess with others, others are also messing with you.

"kill--"

The sound of shouting and killing seemed to explode, cutting through the night.

But it came from the south.

"Report-"

The scouts rushed forward with a long and urgent trill, "In Hengduangou in the south, Deng Ai's 8000 troops rushed out!"

Sure enough, what should come will come after all.

(End of this chapter)