Jinyi Night Walk

Outside Jiayuguan, a team of 3000 people is trekking in the vast snowfield.

This is Xia Xun's team.

The ministries outside Jiayuguan only instinctively attached themselves to the nearest and most powerful empire, the Ming Dynasty. This kind of political stance was inherently vacillating. After embarking on the journey, the news has spread in the Western Regions. The positions of the various tribes in the Western Regions are very ambiguous. At this time, it is a certain risk for a court official of Xia Xun's level to go out to proclaim the fortress, so Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining, firmly opposes it. of.

However, Xia Xun also insisted on his own opinion. In his opinion, because of the vacillating positions of the ministries outside the customs, we need to communicate more with them and do more work at this time.If Timur’s army hadn’t arrived yet, and the Ming army had closed the door and shut them out, they would have a feeling: “We have been abandoned by Daming! Daming is afraid of Timur!”

If that's the case, when Timur's army arrives, these tribal forces who don't have much loyalty to Daming will definitely turn to Timur.Xia Xun didn't expect them to be able to resist Tie Mu'er resolutely, but once Tie Mu'er occupied these areas and attacked Jiayuguan, whether these land snakes would be perfunctory or actively cooperate with Tie Mu'er would largely determine Tie Mu'er. Whether Mu'er can use Mongolstan, Bieshabali, and Hami as his third-level springboard is of great military significance.

Song Sheng is the commander-in-chief of the Western Regions who has the hearts and minds of the people and the people. He needs to sit here to play his best role.Furthermore, his physical condition makes it impossible for him to leave the customs. He is the commander-in-chief, and Xia Xun is equivalent to a "political commissar". If Xia Xun does not do this matter of uniting all the forces that can be united for my use, he will not do it. Who should I call?

The debate between the two ended in Xia Xun's victory.Song Sheng had no choice but to allocate Xia Xun from his own military guards to protect his safety.Song Sheng's pro-army, 500 people, is a brave warrior selected from the Jingliang iron cavalry. The establishment has half more troops than the ordinary Qianhusuo. The commander is a Qianhu, named Feng Liyan.

Feng Liyan was originally from Hexi, familiar with the customs of the Western Regions, and this army is also the best equipped and most powerful army in the Xiliang Army. In order to deal with possible dangers and ensure Xia Xun's safety, Song Sheng No effort has been spared.Xia Xun himself brought 500 people, led by Sai Hazhi.Combined, there are only 3000 people from the two groups.

This number of people is the best choice for marching in the snowy field in winter, on the basis of ensuring a strong guard force as much as possible, but also having considerable mobility and flexibility.If you go further west, you will enter a sparsely populated area. The distance between each city is quite far, and there are uninhabited Yibi and sandbars in the middle. If there is danger, such a team can protect the commander. It is easy to leave at a fast speed, and it is easy to get rid of the pursuers. If the team is larger, it will be bloated and difficult to dispatch. Although there are many people, it is easier to become fish on the chopping board of others.first text}

Xia Xun brought Liu Yujue, Chen Dong, Ye An, Xilin, Rangna and Sai'er.Sirin and Rangna had to be brought along, which was why Xia Xun brought them to the Western Regions.They are from the ancient country of Qiuci, and the ancient country of Qiuci centered on the Kuqa oasis. At its peak, its jurisdiction included Luntai, Kuqa, Shaya, Baicheng, Aksu, Xinhe, etc., and its places were originally in Hami, Don't lose Bali and Mongolia.

Sirin and Jeanna are very familiar with the chiefs of the tribes and the big gentry in this area, and they know more about these forces and big families than the officials and secret agents. Through these two "staff officers" Personnel", he can quickly understand the details of the wealthy families and local chiefs in the Western Regions he wants to contact, which is very powerful for him to carry out the work of fighting for them.

As for Tang Sai'er, according to Xia Xun's intention, she originally wanted to keep this little girl in Gansu Town, but the little girl didn't want to. The little girl who never knew the taste of a father's love knows her taste, and now she is closer to her godfather than anyone else. Besides, once Xia Xun and Xilin asked Na to leave, she would have no one she knew in Gansu Town, so she didn't want to stay here.

Xia Xun thought about it, now that Timur's army is still far away, the wealthy families and local chiefs who are visiting here will never dare to do him any harm, otherwise the Ming army will be ready before Timur's army arrives. They have gone out of customs and wiped out them. There should be no problem with safety. Anyway, they have already brought two women, Sirin and Jeanne, so there is nothing wrong with asking Sai'er to go with them.

So, Tang Sai'er happily joined the team.

The winter scenery in the Western Regions is beautiful.

The birch forest covered with rime, the small wooden house piled into mushrooms by the snow, the snow rooster walking squarely on the snow, the fox poking its head in the forest, the people outside the Great Wall wearing big leather jackets and driving sleds on the wild snow field... , everything seems to be quiet, and the movement in the stillness gives people the feeling of being quiet. When you are in it, your heart will calm down, as if all the troubles of the world can be left behind.

When leaving the village and entering Yibi, the silver-clad mountain peaks in the distance are frozen into ice and then covered with white snow. The glaciers are the same color as the snow field, but the shape of the river can be vaguely seen, and the fluffy reeds covered with snowflakes are like bunches. The torch-like Populus euphratica soaring into the sky, and the shallow ripples carved by the wind on the sand dunes in the distance, really make people feel like they don’t know where it is today!

It's just that this kind of scenery is very amazing when you first look at it, but you have to watch the same scenery for two or three consecutive days. It was an unspeakable torment.

Sirin and Jeanne, who had just returned to their hometown, and Saier, who had never seen such a beautiful winter snow scene and had been sitting on the shaft of the car, had already returned to sleep in the warm car tent, and the others could not Not so lucky, they were still trudging in the snow, not only their bodies and faces were covered tightly, but even their eyes were covered with a layer of tulle, otherwise they would easily become snow blind if they continued like this.

Ye An was sitting on the horse, with his hands in his sleeves, covering himself tightly. His knife was hanging on the side of the saddle, rattling, and there was a layer of hoarfrost on the scabbard.He is from the south of the Yangtze River, and he is not very familiar with the situation here. He didn't pay attention yesterday, and poked his hand out of the sleeve, and went directly to get his own knife. As a result, he only touched it lightly, and his hand stuck to the mouth of the knife. He even put the knife in his arms to warm up before taking it away. If he pulled it hard, he would inevitably be torn off a piece of skin. Now he really knows what it's like to be in the severe cold outside the pass.

Xia Xun sat on the horse with his back straight. He didn't even cover his face, and looked around very calmly.In fact, this has nothing to do with the level of martial arts. Both Ye An and Chen Dong's martial arts are good, and their bodies are very strong. Xun mainly stayed in Liaodong for a long time and was used to this kind of weather.Although the western region is cold, when the wind calms down in most areas, it is warmer than that in Liaodong.

"My godfather is amazing, Sister Xilin, have you seen that in such a cold day, he still sits on the horse without any fear!"

Xilin rolled her eyes and sang against her: "What is this? Look at those who are dressed in three layers inside and three layers outside. They are all soldiers brought from Jiangnan. Isn't everyone under Feng Command like this? "

Xilin was full of resentment, more than once she was ready to dedicate her life, but the Duke of the State seemed to turn a blind eye to the two lively beauties beside him, and he was really better than them for a little girl whose hair had not faded. Dear, how much they want to hug Xia Xun's neck and sit on his lap to act like a spoiled child is themselves.Now that she and Rangna have completely given up their hearts, hearing Sai'er praise her good godfather even for such a trivial matter, she can't feel angry, so naturally she wants to sing the opposite.

Sai'er wrinkled her little nose and said unconvinced: "My godfather is also from Jiangnan, but he is not afraid of the cold!"

Sirin and Jeanna raised their heads together, rolled their eyes, and snorted coldly.

Sai'er raised her chin, snorted again, and turned her head to ignore them: "These two idiot sisters are too blind, don't tell them!"

The pine is dark green, the birch is golden, and the thin snow gently covers the forest, which is quiet and beautiful.

Xia Xun reined in the horse, looked around, and ordered: "It's getting late, so we're setting up camp. The troops are divided into two groups, and they are stationed on the two slopes of the valley entrance. On the other side of the hillside and the valley entrance, station sentries and sentries!"

Along the way, he basically followed Feng Liyan's opinion on the deployment of the camp, but he carefully considered the various arrangements for Feng Liyan and Sai Hazhi's camping along the way. This general who had never read military books since childhood , I also roughly understood some key points of camping and choosing a place, and began to try to manage some specific matters of marching and camping.His choice at the moment is quite satisfactory, and there is no flaw in it. Feng Liyan and Sai Hazhi agreed, and immediately ordered that the three armies will enter the Taniguchi and set up camp at a place leeward of the sun.

The outpost went first, and went straight to the valley to survey the terrain and check whether there was an ambush. More than a hundred riders entered the valley, some of them followed their horses, and some abandoned their horses to search the mountains.The horses that were going forward had disappeared into the valley, and it seemed that they were going to go all the way to the end of the valley.The soldiers who searched both sides of the valley were very careful. Some high places were difficult to climb with bare hands, so they threw flying claws and used the trees on the high places to climb up. Judging by the posture, they did not stop until they checked to the top of the valley.

Suddenly, the horn of "Woo~~~Woo~~~~" sounded, echoing in the valley, shrill and desolate.From the heights on both sides of the valley, countless figures suddenly jumped out of the snow. Following their movements, huge snow-covered boulders rolled down the hillside rumblingly, wrapped in a cloud of flying snow, and smashed heavily. In the middle of the valley, the momentum is terrifying!

Feng Liyan's face changed, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Form an formation, meet the enemy!"

Sai Hazhi yelled loudly: "Set up a circle formation, Lord Protector!"

An elite Beijing battalion, a Xiliang iron cavalry, and two Ming troops immediately moved into action in an orderly manner.

"We're Going to War!" Jinyi Night Walk sketch

Tang Sai'er poked his head out of the car window and watched excitedly, his little face was flushed: "Sister Xilin, sister Jeanna, there is going to be a war!"

Rang Na was afraid that she would be hurt by random arrows when she poked her head out, so she hurriedly pulled her back, threatening her and said: "Well, you stay in peace, and be careful that the King of the Mountain will see you and take you to be the wife of the village!"

"can you?"

Tang Sai'er was a little worried, but she turned her head to look at the enchanting figures and beautiful faces of Sirin and Jeanne, and then at her breasts that were flatter than the mirror, she immediately calmed down, and said to them with a grimace: "Should Just be careful, hehe!"