The north wind blows the ground and the white grass turns, and Hu Tian snows in August.

A layer of hoarfrost fell on the tent, and the cold wind was more piercing than a sharp knife.In the camp, only the sound of boots stepping on the snow, the sound of people talking, and the crackling of firewood were all buried in the wind and snow.

Dugu Qi's team has been here for three months. They were originally here for reinforcements, but now there are only about 5000 of them left. Most of the original 2 team has been consumed. However, the food and grass have not yet arrived. Either win, or die.

When they first came here three months ago, the battle situation was not as bad as it is now, but the former general made a mistake in leading the army and died in battle. Nearly 5000 people were lost in one battle, which greatly reduced their combat power. The general ordered to retreat fifty miles away from Liangcheng.

In the next month of guerrilla warfare, nearly a thousand people were lost.

Dugu Qi heard that the general was going to organize a team to attack Liangcheng, so he volunteered to lead 500 people to break through.

This battle was a big victory, and Liangcheng was finally taken back. Dugu Qi had military exploits, was promoted to a thousand men, and was able to lead 1000 men in battle.

However, as soon as Liangcheng was recaptured, the superiors temporarily appointed a general to lead them to attack Beidi.This person is quite appreciated by all the ministers, he is brave and good at fighting, and he has gone south several times and won many cities for the Lian country, and his achievements almost surpass the master.

All the generals thought he was capable, so they acted according to his instructions. As a result, after three battles, nearly ten thousand people were lost.

According to this situation, we should have retreated and waited for reinforcements, but the loss of troops and the loss of the generals, the general was to blame, and he would be punished after returning, so he did not want to retreat, sticking to the front line, waiting for a turnaround.

Turning point is hard to grasp. It started to snow again in the north a month ago, and the vast yellow grass turned into white snow. They were too far away from Liangcheng, and the delivery of military rations had to be delayed for half a month. In addition, the general was not familiar with the terrain. It is even more confusing.

Dugu Qi took a sip of the porridge with few grains of rice to warm his body, his eyes wandered over the topographic map in front of him, the general would continue to go north, but now the left and right generals were all dead, only the original eight generals remained Five, the number is much worse, coupled with the uneven quality, this battle is difficult to win, he sighed helplessly, rubbing his red ears from the cold.

Further forward is the camp of the Hu people. The cities built by these nomads are very simple and flexible. They have grown up on this grassland since they were young. No matter whether it is windy or snowy or the grass grows, the warblers will fly. I don’t know if there are no them here. The place.

In addition, he watched the sky in the past few days and nights, and the snow will not stop for the next month, which is a great disadvantage to them. The time, place and people are harmonious, and they have no advantage at all.

It's not that he never thought of telling the generals these words, but with the general around, no one would listen to him. He clutched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Someone opened the curtain and came in, it was Zhao Fang, he saw Dugu Qi thinking about the map, and knew that he was worried about it.

"Hey, it's useless for you to think about it now. You're leaving tomorrow. Maybe you can go back after this battle."

Dugu Qi shook his head, "I hope so." He put away the map and lay back on the couch. Now that there is not enough food, they can only maintain their strength as much as possible.

Zhao Fang glanced at him, "The spies have searched all over these days but have not found any information on the barbarians. It must be winter and they will have to spend the winter. We will take advantage of this opportunity to break through and win."

"No information is the scariest thing. Maybe the other party has already dug a hole and waited for you to jump into it."

Zhao Fang disdainfully said, "They are all barbarians, they are not as powerful as you said."

The next morning the general led an army of 20 people to set off. Dugu Qi ordered [-] people to come out the night before, explained some matters to them, and then let them leave the team alone.

The enemy's camp was behind a grassland and a forest. The general judged that these barbarians would set up an ambush in the woods, or set up an ambush before they entered the woods.

They traveled ten kilometers and finally saw the forest.The snow in front of the forest was so thick that it barely covered the calves. The general sent a few people to explore the road, and they didn't trigger the trap until they reached the entrance of the forest.

The general was relieved a lot and let them pass quickly.

Dugu Qi followed behind, although they moved forward together.

After advancing for nearly a hundred meters, Dugu Qi frowned. He always felt that something was wrong with the ground. He wanted to turn back, but the general was still advancing. He wanted to go forward to report. In the next second, the whole ground violently sunk down.

The army horse neighed, and there were panicked shouts from behind. The hundred or so people at the head of them fell down in the big pit. The surface was nailed to the ground with a net woven of tough grass, which could not be seen under the cover of snow. When they were walking on the pothole, someone quietly pulled out the nail through the thread .

Sure enough, there was an ambush here, Dugu Qi reluctantly got up from the pit, looked at the pile of straw at the bottom of the pit, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

A rocket flew out of the woods and landed firmly in the pothole. The flames shot up suddenly, and a soldier in armor was instantly engulfed in flames. He frantically wanted to climb up, but because the soil was wet with water, Never been able to climb it.

There were killing sounds in the woods, rockets and stones fell into the pits one after another, horses neighed, people wailed, fire burned, blood splashed down, and a radius of one mile instantly turned into a red and white purgatory. A large number of barbarians came from the forest Li rushed out and killed the army by surprise.

Dugu Qi and the people beside him fell into a hole, turned around and saw that it was Chen Yin, this place still had a lot of space, and the fire hadn't started yet, but there was still a horse occupying the seat between them.

Dugu Qi immediately pulled out the dagger, grabbed the rein and stabbed at the horse's buttocks. The horse raised its body and screamed, and rushed up with all its strength. Chen Yin immediately grabbed the horse's tail when he saw it, and while Dugu Qi was still controlling the horse, He raised his foot and kicked towards Dugu Qi suddenly.

This kick was finally solid, the strength did not fail, it all fell on Dugu Qi's stomach, Dugu Qi spit blood rushed to his throat, he fell backwards and let go of the reins.

The reins lost strength, and the horse immediately let go of its hooves, leading Chen Yin to the shore. Chen Yin turned his head with a grinning grin, and looked at Dugu Qi, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, feeling the pleasure of revenge.

However, Dugu Qi stood up silently from the pit and looked at him with pity. A long sword pierced through Chen Yin's body with a puff. Blood fell from the tip of the sword into the pit. unbelievable.

Dugu Qi squinted his eyes, stepped on the pit stepped by the horse and flew up, and under the cover of Chen Yin's body, he jumped behind the man, raised his knife and fell, killing an enemy, the man rolled down the pit with Chen Yin, A rocket flew over, crackling and burning the corpse.

He was cruising on the battlefield looking for the position of the general, avoiding the potholes that had already been rolled out, and quickly found the general, splitting the surrounding people, Dugu Qi shouted: "General, we must now Withdraw first!"

"Retreat? Where to retreat!" The general glared furiously, Dugu Qi turned his head to see that there was also a fire behind the forest, and immediately pointed it out to the general.

"Now is the opportunity, their rear is on fire, and they will leave soon!"

The general was still a little hesitant, but it didn't take long for the Hu people to withdraw their troops.

Finally, our side breathed a sigh of relief and began to withdraw troops on a large scale, throwing away their helmets and armor all the way. Only half of the 3000 people who came came back. To pick up the wounded.

This time it was a heavy loss again, Dugu Qi sat on the stone and looked at the sighing soldiers, he really felt that Lian Cha was blind for sending such a person down.

At night, the army finally returned to the camp.The small team sent by Dugu Qi also came back, killed two people, burned the grain and grass in two local warehouses, set a fire behind the enemy army, and saved more than 1000 people on his own side.

Dugu Qi counted the number of people, "Thank you for your hard work, I will report to the general later, and I will reward you for your merits."

After sending the man back, Dugu Qi asked someone to inform the general, and after a while, someone came to let him pass.

In the general's tent, there were five generals and one of the guards. Seeing him coming in, they had different expressions on their faces. Dugu Qi gave a military salute neither humble nor overbearing, and stood in front of the sand table to listen to the general's questioning.

"Which small group of people did you send?"

"Yes."

"How do you know they will have an ambush today?"

"The lower officials don't know, they just take precautions before they happen."

The general was still a little suspicious, "Don't you have contacts with barbarians?"

"Of course not. In the past three months, I believe that all the generals here have seen what I have done. Why did I conspire with Hu Di to murder myself and my comrades? What's more, this place is quite far from Liangcheng. If I harm the army, why bother to rescue them?" , if you want meritorious service, why spend three months?"

There is some truth to this.

Although the general did not dare to trust him completely, but considering that he had indeed made a military exploit this time, it was not easy to get to the bottom of it.

"This operation has reduced a lot of losses for the army. It is considered a great achievement, but the merits and demerits do not offset the merits. You did not report to your superiors to dispatch soldiers without authorization. Credit, I will write a letter to His Majesty, you go down first."

Dugu Qi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he couldn't make up for the merits, and he would be hit by the board again, he received the punishment calmly, and showed a slumped expression when he got out of the tent.

After the [-]th army was beaten, the bones seemed to be cracked. This is because those people didn't dare to use heavy hands because of the face of the national teacher.

Dugu Qi supported his waist, and walked back slowly, without saying anything, he felt aggrieved in his heart.

Two days later, the general finally sent a letter to Lian Cha, with Dugu Qi's name in it, Dugu Qi felt a little hopeful.

He lay on the bed thinking, and he didn't know how Tao Mujia was doing. He had been fighting for more than half a year, and because of successive defeats, he went further and further away, and letters were cut off on the way. After a month the snow stopped.

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