After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

In the middle of the night at Haizheng, a few snowflakes fell on the already slightly sunny day, and it seemed that there was a tendency to spend the whole night.

Qi Zizhen stood at the door of the tent, looking up at the dark night sky, and after a while, he wrapped himself in the fox fur and turned back.

After receiving the small incense pills from Song Yaoxu in the afternoon, he dug out a small incense burner that was also left by Song Yaoxu to light the incense pills. At this moment, the scent of orchids that he was familiar with lingered in the tent.

But for some reason, there was always a lingering irritability in his heart.

Qi Zizhen clenched a fist with one hand to his lips and coughed a few times, then poured himself a glass of warm water with a soft breath.

When the snow came, the damp air infiltrated into the air made him feel even more uncomfortable.

He unhurriedly drank half a glass of water to moisten his throat, and when he was about to pour another glass, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Immediately afterwards, a soldier rushed in, plopped half kneeling on the ground, and said in a panic: "Master Military Advisor, something is wrong, the enemy attacked at night!"

"what?!"

Qi Zizhen's pupils shrank slightly, and immediately put down the water glass, turned around, strode up to the soldier and asked, "Approximately how many people are there in the enemy army?"

"About 3000 people." The soldier replied quickly, and then continued, "Vice General Tang has led his troops to meet the enemy, and before leaving, the younger ones should come to send a message to ask the military adviser to station in the camp. Be sure to take care of yourself and be safe. "

Qi Zizhen listened to the soldier's simple message, took a breath to keep himself calm, and then said that he knew, and let the soldier go down for the time being.

Looking at the figure of the soldier running out in a hurry, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

After more than half a month of marching, the vigilance and morale of their army has long been weakened, and today is the first snow, no one would have thought that the enemy would catch them by surprise at this time.

Even if the enemy army has only 3000 people, the situation may not be so optimistic.

Qi Zizhen quickly went through the current situation in his mind, kept calm as much as possible, walked to the bed to change the armor, and took the sword that Cui Liang gave him earlier.

It was still snowing now, and his physical condition could not allow him to fight in person again. What he should do most now was to analyze the real situation tonight as clearly as possible in the tent.

The enemy's surprise attack tonight must have seized the opportunity for them to relax their vigilance on a snowy night, but they only sent 3000 people to confront their [-] troops, obviously not intending to wipe them out all at once.

Then their biggest possibility is to consume their vitality, or to test their strength like the one in the valley.

Qi Zizhen spread out the map on the table, circled their current location and Song Yaoxu's location, and roughly analyzed the enemy's origin.

Their current position belongs to the only passable avenue in the rugged mountain road, which is the only way for the army to travel.However, they had never encountered an enemy army at all when they walked all the way before, and according to the report of the spies who went forward to explore the road, at least until this morning, there was no trace of the enemy army in the dozens of miles ahead.

And after more than 100 miles ahead, there is a Tongdi that is much flatter and wider than this section of the road. That is to say, the enemy army is likely to march from the Tongdi at the same time as the first snow falls.

But how could Wuhetu be sure that they would stop marching at the first snowfall?

Compared with the first snow in the morning, it is actually not that big. If you really want to march, there is nothing wrong with it.The reason why Qi Zizhen and Tang Leyuan chose to postpone the march was mainly because they worried that the low morale would become even lower due to the difficult march.

However, Wuhetu is cautious by nature, if he is not completely sure, he would not have made such a decision hastily.

When the first snow fell at Yinshi, they began to discuss the matter of suspending the march, and it was not officially confirmed until Maoshi was sure that the first snow would not stop for a while.Even if Wuhetu sends spies, it will take a certain amount of time to go back and forth. At least it is certainly impossible to send an army of 3000 people from Tongdi in one day.

The only possibility is that there are spies in their army, and they managed to report the letter remotely at the same time they started to discuss

Qi Zizhen stared at the map, holding a charcoal pencil in one hand.

At that time, apart from him and Tang Leyuan, only the soldiers on duty at the gate of Tang Leyuan's camp were there.

His heart sank, and he stood quietly in the tent.

After a while, he suddenly noticed a white light flashing by his side, and then a black figure suddenly rushed out from the shadows, piercing straight with the upper middle sword!

Qi Zizhen's eyes darkened, he drew his sword out of its sheath without hesitation, and stabbed at the black-clothed assassin even more swiftly!

……

"puff--!"

A long arrow sank straight into a soldier's body. Under the moonlight, Song Yaoxu was still shooting arrows, and his black eyes only reflected the snow-white and bright red, which was bitingly cold.

"Your Highness, all the enemy troops have been wiped out."

Qin Gong drove his horse back to Song Yaoxu's side from not far away, and reported the current situation softly.

Song Yaoxu glanced at the scattered corpses in front of him, nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Go back to the camp."

Qin Gong responded and followed Song Yaoxu back to the tent with some other soldiers.

In order to ensure that their true strength will not be revealed before meeting with Qi Zizhen and the others, Song Yaoxu and the others have been paying attention to their hidden whereabouts while they are on their way. Every time they set up camp, they will pay attention to whether there are enemy spies around.

They had basically never encountered them before today, but tonight, a small team of pathfinders with about 50 people suddenly came.

For some reason, Song Yaoxu was always a little uneasy.

In fact, while marching all the way, they vaguely noticed the traces of some enemy troops, but it was difficult to be completely sure, and they could only have a rough estimate.

Before that, the enemy army had been relatively peaceful, but today they suddenly sent a small force of 50 people to investigate, either they discovered something, or they took some action.

But because of the snow, the birds that were rare in this desolate area basically disappeared. The only remaining little gray bird remained near Qi Zizhen's side, and there was no way to contact him at all.

"Is Your Highness worried about the military division and their situation?"

When Xu Shi saw Song Yaoxu frowning, Qin Gong on the side suddenly asked softly.

Now they have returned to the camp, Song Yaoxu did not hide from him, nodded and said: "I am worried that Wuhetu and the others will take advantage of the snowy night to make a surprise attack. Zizhen said before that their morale is not as good as before. If Wuhetu A real surprise attack, I'm afraid..."

He didn't continue to speak, but the implication was already obvious.

Most of the soldiers in their army left Beijing to fight for the first time, and they had never encountered such a snowy situation, and it was easy to relax their vigilance because of the weather.

Although Qi Zizhen's letter today said that his physical condition was very good, but Song Yaoxu knew that he could only trust what was said here, and the other party just didn't want him to worry.

He sighed, and the worry and uneasiness in his heart continued to rise.

Now that the snow is not stopping at night, and the current section of the road is already difficult, the situation on the road will probably be even worse from tomorrow onwards. It may take more than five days for them to meet Qi Zizhen.

He was really worried that there would be problems with Qi Zizhen during these days.

Song Yaoxu thought for a long time, finally made a decision, and said to Qin Gong: "How about it, Qin Gong, you have performed outstandingly in the army these days, I will promote you as the deputy general, and you will lead the army to join them according to the original plan. I will lead a thousand-man army to hurry over there."

"It's too dangerous." Qin Gong immediately frowned, not quite agreeing with his idea, "Nowadays the weather is bad and the mountain roads are difficult to walk, and we don't know the real situation of the enemy army. one."

Song Yaoxu shook his head: "These problems can be avoided as much as possible if you are careful. As a member of the Umeng Kingdom, Wuhetu has long been accustomed to fighting with the Snow Army. I have a hunch that he will definitely not miss this opportunity. I I have to rush there as soon as possible to make sure they are all right, so that I can feel at ease."

Qin Gong opened his mouth after hearing this, but in the end he couldn't say anything to continue to dissuade him.

In fact, he was also very worried about Tang Leyuan's condition.

He was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "Your Highness must be careful."

Song Yaoxu smiled slightly, and said softly but firmly: "I will be careful, and you should also pay attention to safety. See you in a few days."

Qin Gong let out a breath, and acted very solemnly: "See you in a few days." After officially confirming the itinerary, Song Yaoxu didn't delay any longer, and recruited thousands of soldiers to set off overnight in the snow.

On the other hand, Qi Zizhen's situation was indeed not as good as they worried.

Qi Zizhen beheaded the assassin who sneaked into his camp with a single sword, and then another thousand enemy troops attacked from behind the camp.

It was inevitable that the camp would fall, so he stood in the snow in person, suppressing his physical discomfort and commanding and killing the enemy as calmly as possible.During the period, soldiers also received reports of the battle situation on Tang Leyuan's side, which was basically not very optimistic.

Because the enemy attacked suddenly, the soldiers were caught off guard. A total of 4000 enemy troops inside and outside the camp lost more than 3000 of their troops, almost reaching a one-to-one casualty.

They fought until dawn, and even Tang Leyuan was stabbed a few times.

And after this surprise attack, the enemy did not give them much time, and the second round of attack started in the afternoon of the second day.

Qi Zizhen and the others were forced to retreat, and after exiting the canyon area, they were forced to go all the way to the north, and they were getting farther and farther away from Song Yaoxu and the others.

During this period, Qi Zizhen also tried to contact Song Yaoxu and the others, but the increasingly cold weather made the last little gray bird disappear.

They completely cut off contact with Song Yaoxu.

For more than ten days, their strength has dropped from 9000 to less than [-], and their morale is even more sluggish.

If this continues, they will definitely be wiped out.

Qi Zizhen listened to the soldiers report their equally grim food situation, calmly responded, and waved the soldiers back.

It wasn't until the figure of the soldier disappeared at the door of the tent that he finally couldn't suppress his violent cough.

Due to Tang Leyuan's injuries, Qi Zizhen took the command in person during this time. After more than ten consecutive days of high-intensity vigilance and combat coupled with the biting cold wind on the battlefield, he almost forced himself to stay awake.

But he could also clearly feel that his condition was getting worse and worse. Just this morning, he almost fell directly on the snow due to dizziness, and he could even feel his body burning hot.

But he must persevere, he cannot fall yet.

After Qi Zizhen coughed a few times, he continued to grit his teeth and suppress as much as he could, his thin shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

He gritted his teeth tightly, clutching the back of the chair with one hand, the veins on the back of his hand were bulging.

At this moment, Qi Zizhen heard footsteps coming from the tent door.

He took a breath, suppressed all the discomfort, put his hands behind his back and still supported the back of the chair, slowly stood up straight, and watched the person who opened the curtain and walked in—it was Wei Lingshen.

"Cousin."

Qi Zizhen shouted softly, keeping his voice as steady as possible.

But his obviously bad state is really hard to hide from Wei Lingshen.

Wei Lingshen looked a little helpless, walked over and handed out a bowl of soup in his hand, and said, "This is the soup I asked for from the military doctor in my own name. It is mainly used for fever and cough. You should drink it slowly."

Qi Zizhen was stunned for a moment, and then there was a helpless smile on his brows and eyes: "I was discovered by my cousin."

"I know you don't want to make the morale of the army more unstable, but you can still turn to others." Wei Lingshen helped him to sit on the chair, "For example, me, or Tang Leyuan who is also worried about you."

"Le Yuan also knows?" Qi Zizhen used his strength to go over and sit down, and took the hot soup from Wei Lingshen.

Wei Lingshen listened to his words, nodded and said, "He knew it from the very beginning, but he understood that you didn't tell him so that he could recover from his injuries, so please let me take good care of you."

Qi Zizhen didn't know what to say for a while, so he picked up the soup and drank it in small sips.

The strong smell of Chinese medicine spread in his mouth, warming his whole body.

Seeing him obediently drinking the medicine, Wei Lingshen heaved a sigh of relief, and handed him a letter: "This is the reply letter from the National Teacher."

After confirming that there was really no way to contact Song Yaoxu, Qi Zizhen, who had nowhere to go, turned his mind on Ning Qingwei.Although distant water cannot save near fire, and Ning Qingwei is often unreliable, but maybe the seemingly powerful national teacher can really do something.

Qi Zizhen quickly took the letter, returned the medicine bowl to Wei Lingshen, and opened the letter after watching Wei Lingshen leave.

This time Ning Qingwei's reply was not too long, only a short sentence - "Don't forget, you are the Young Pagoda Master who can make a hundred birds sing together."

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I overestimated myself, orz Your Highness is still on his way, see you again in the next chapter!