Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 48
The next day, the sky was overcast and cloudy, and the snow was overwhelming and falling one after another.

In a blink of an eye, the temperature plummeted, and the dripping water turned into ice.

In the freezing weather, the tendons on the bow strings became very brittle. After Yang Shihou broke a bow, he put the remnant bow on the back of his horse, rode to the side of Jingxiang's carriage, and said, "Sir, it's cold and the wind is blowing." Blizzard, people can't walk, horses can't walk, or we can camp here."

Jing Xiang stepped out of the carriage, the flying ice and snow were as sharp as a knife and an axe, slashing across his body unscrupulously, his face was as painful as chapped.

Facing the northwest wind again, the eyes could not be opened at all, the hands and feet of the soldiers and entourage had long been numb, and the horses trembled and refused to move.

"Let's set up camp! Send someone to look around."

Yang Shihou laughed and said: "Sir, don't worry, I'm going to inquire now. The soldiers are short of clothes and things. If there are thieves who don't have long eyes and rush up, then I will do what I want, haha!"

Jing Xiang said: "Don't be careless!"

Jing Xiang naturally didn't care about the small group of bandits and thieves. Master Yang wiped out many of them along the way, and even chased them to the bandits' lairs, confiscating a lot of property, food, grass, and women.

What Jing Xiang is afraid of is rout soldiers, this is not easy to provoke, now the world is in chaos, rout soldiers are everywhere, many of them have formed bandits, there are more than a thousand people in large numbers.

Although Yang Shihou is brave, after all, there are only a few people, and the total number of them is no more than a hundred.Jing Xiang didn't want to touch this brow.

There are no good conditions for camping in the wild. Of course, a decent tent is not a luxury. Under the leeward slope, a frame is built with tree stumps and a layer of thick linen is covered.

Experienced soldiers shovel the snow onto the sackcloth, pile up a thick layer of snow, and spread hay inside the nest. A snow nest will be completed. If two or three squeeze together, it will not be too cold to sleep. .

It's just that the shelter for the horses is more troublesome. The shelf has to be tall and has to be hung with strong felt steps. The linen cloth is not good, and it may be torn when the wind blows.

The wind was so strong that we couldn't light a bonfire, so everyone could only mix with the snow and eat some dry food.

Jing Xiang didn't sleep in a snow nest, his carriage was wrapped in a circle of felt, and the carriage was also covered with blankets, which blocked the wind and snow outside very well.

There is a small table in the middle of the car, and a copper stove is placed on the table, which is extremely exquisitely made. The charcoal in the copper stove is burning vigorously, and the pot of wine will soon become a little hot.

The boy next to Jingxiang was brought from home, his name is Geng Ping, but he is a down-to-earth and hard-working man.

After warming the wine, he stewed some mutton in a copper stove, and after a while, the aroma of meat wafted out.

Jing Xiang said: "Go and invite General Yang, you can do this in this cold weather."

Geng Ping smiled and said, "Master, it's not just for eating and drinking. General Yang sent two women to lie on their stomachs outside in the snow nest."

Jing Xiang didn't say anything, he was afraid that the two women were suppressed by some bandit village.

After a while, Yang Shihou opened the roller blind and entered the carriage with a serious expression on his face.

"Sir, the spies in the west direction are an hour late, and I don't know what happened. The general has already sent someone to investigate."

Jing Xiang frowned and said, "I'm afraid Xueda lost his way, by the way, did the spies sent to Chang'an come back?"

"Not yet. Counting the days, I'm afraid it will be soon. If it weren't for the damn weather, it should be here!"

Jing Xiang filled Yang Shi's wine with a spoon and said, "Drink some to warm your body."

Yang Shihou gulped it down, and said: "It's so cold, I'm afraid the road tomorrow will be difficult because the snow is too deep."

Jing Xiang didn't focus on the weather, toasted a glass of wine, and said: "General, let's talk about the Imperial Court's Shence Army."

Yang Shihou frowned slightly, as if he was thinking.

"It has been six or seven years. At that time, General Mo served as a small colonel in Huang Chao's army. When the army entered Tongguan, General Mo did not see the officers and soldiers, saying that he had already run away before meeting the enemy.

Later, the General Shangrang, and the Emperor Tan was heading towards Fengzhou, and ordered us to pursue him. If he could capture the Emperor, it would be a great achievement. "

Jing Xiang asked, "Did you meet any officers and soldiers later?"

The Son of Heaven definitely didn't catch him, what Jing Xiang was concerned about was whether Yang Shihou had fought against the Imperial Army.

"Yes, the last general only led more than a hundred troops, and when he encountered two or three thousand forbidden troops, all the generals were looting at that time, and the rear team was not enough. The last general was greedy for merit, so he rushed forward..."

"How is the result?"

"Haha!" Yang Shihou laughed loudly, and said: "At first, the general thought it must be a tough hand-to-hand fight, but after rushing up, he realized that there are three thousand pigs, let me slaughter..."

Jing Xiang said nothing, thinking, the imperial court may have controlled a strong army now, the new monarch is young and vigorous, and has capable people to assist him, so there may be twists and turns in this trip.

His heart was tasteless, and the food was not satisfactory, Yang Shihou naturally felt that his husband was in a low mood, so he stayed for a while, ate a few pieces of meat, drank a few glasses of wine, and then got up to leave.

Jing Xiang invited: "General, if you don't mind, you can stay in the frame with me."

Yang Shihou waved his hands and said, "No, no, Mr. Rest early, and you have to go on your way tomorrow."

Just as Yang Shihou was about to get off the carriage, he faintly felt the ground shaking, Yang Shihou's complexion changed drastically, and he cursed: "Yang San, you bastard, why did you draw your tail?"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The soldiers lying in the snow nest ran out nervously one by one, the cold wind was blowing in their nostrils, and their noses were running from the cold, but they quickly picked up their weapons, and the horse soldiers rushed into the nest to ride their horses.

Fortunately, all of them just took off their armor and slept with their clothes on. They cleaned up quickly. When they saw the enemy soldiers, Yang Shihou led more than [-] soldiers and they were all fully equipped.

There were more than 500 people who came, all of them were cavalry, half of them were wearing armor, and many of them had bows and crossbows in their hands. Looking at the costumes, they should be officers and soldiers.

At this time, Jing Xiang also stepped out of the carriage, clasped his fists and said to the young general in charge, "We are under the tent of Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Zhu Quanzhong, and we are going to Chang'an to meet the emperor. I don't know the name of the general, and where are you officers and soldiers."

The young general smiled and said: "Zhu Quanzhong, haha, he is not the Xuanwu Jiedushi now."

Jing Xiang frowned, what's the meaning?

The pawn on the left of the young general pointed to the carriages in Jingxiang's team, and said, "General, these carriages have deep ruts, I'm afraid they carried a lot of property and made a fortune."

"really!"

Seeing the situation, Yang Shihou was afraid that he could not be kind, so he thought about how to bring Jing Xiang out safely.

But Jingxiang naturally refused, the guards at Tongguan must be the subordinates of Han Jian, the governor of Huazhou, and he hurriedly said: "General, my master has nothing against the governor of Han, why should he be aggressive."

The young general smiled and said, "You still don't know? Zhu Quanzhong assassinated Du Rangneng, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the matter was defeated. The imperial court is ordering all the feudal clans in the world to punish this thief. Xuanwu Jiedu has already dismissed him."

"What!" Jing Xiang felt dizzy.

"Sir, you go first, and I will stop you at the end!"

Jing Xiang thought to himself, how far he can run in the icy and snowy world, and the disparity in military strength, I am afraid that these dozens of people will all die here.

There is still a chance to live, but there is nothing left after death, hurriedly stopped Yang Shihou, and said to the young general:

"General, I'm waiting to see Governor Han. Please introduce me..."

(End of this chapter)