Chapter 142: Snowy Nights in Liangzhou (Part 1)

The blizzard at night is the most violent time. Perhaps the God of Snow and Snow remembered the forgetting of last year, so he poured the wind and snow twice as much as this year. The end of November is the coldest time. The wind and snow rage wildly. It destroys and ravages everything on the ground, and builds up snow piles in the low-lying places, adding the last grass stems from the mountain. Gravel and dust rolls with the wind and snow. Even the Qilian Mountains are trembling and curling up in this blizzard that is rare in a century.

But about ten miles from Wuwei County, a long group of black dots squirmed hard in the blizzard, appearing so small in the vast world, but they are the only life who dares to challenge this most violent snowstorm.

The three thousand Xiliang troops had been marching in the blizzard for two days. They cherished their war horses and did not ride on them. The war horses were wrapped in thick blankets, sniffing and squirting white air, and following their masters with difficulty.

During the two-day march, nearly a hundred brothers' lives disappeared in the wind and snow, but they still used their most tenacious and tenacious perseverance to complete a march that others thought was absolutely impossible.

Zhang Huan walked at the front of the team, his body was exhausted, and his feet moved forward with difficulty and heavy, completely mechanical and numb. This may be the most unforgettable march in his life, but he had no choice. Before setting off, he only had three days of military rations left.

"Governor! Should I send a scout first?" A side general shouted with all his strength in the wind and snow, but the howling wind immediately drowned his voice.

Zhang Huan waved his hand and signaled not to send scouts for the time being. Everyone continued to move forward. At the first update, the team stopped less than five miles from the Nandaying of the Hexi Army. They found a cliff with leewards, swallowed some dry food close to the rock wall and snow, and took a break, rubbing their almost frozen hands and feet desperately. The two scouts fed a few big mouthfuls of wine, and gritted their teeth and rushed into the wind and snow.

"Governor, take a few sips of Nuannuan!"

He Lou Wuji walked up to Zhang Huan with a small copper pot and panted and said, "You must bring the strongest wine when you walk on a snowy night in our hometown."

Zhang Huan looked at the young general who was only nineteen years old and silently took the copper pot "Gugu!" and took two sips. The wine was very strong and spicy, but a warm feeling immediately ignited from Zhang Huan's chest and abdomen, and then the warmth rolled to his limbs again.

"It feels much better." Zhang Huan returned the copper pot to him and smiled and said, "I remember your grandfather had such an experience back then!"

"Yes!" He Lou Wuji also leaned against the rock wall. He took a sip of wine and said with emotion: "When I was a child, my grandfather often told us that when he followed Gao Xianzhi to attack Xiao Bolu, he crossed Tanju Ridge. It was the most unforgettable march in his life. The vast sea was covered with ice and the clouds were bleak and gloomy. It was their belief that defeated the Thousand Miles of Glaciers and finally won the victory. Unfortunately, my grandfather lost one leg during the Battle of Talas, and he never went to the battlefield again, which became the most painful memory in his second half of his life."

Zhang Huan patted his shoulder, "One day in the future I will send you to Talas to fight another battle. If you win, I will give you the title of King Broken Leaf."

He Lou Wuji turned his head and looked at Zhang Huan. There was a bright light in his eyes. He said firmly: "Okay! If one day, I will go all the way to the West and take Damascus for you."

Zhang Huan smiled approvingly, "The journey of thousands of miles begins with a single step. You can take Wuwei County for me tonight!"

He Lou Wuji stared at the direction of the city in the distance, and nodded solemnly.

Time passed slowly, and the soldiers were anxiously waiting for the scouts to return. Although resting could restore their physical strength, the already numb body began to clearly feel the pain of the cold and did not dare to make a fire. Everyone stomped their feet desperately and hit each other to drive away the deep sleepiness. At the other end of the rock wall, Zhang Huan and more than a dozen generals held their last mobilization before the war.

"Everyone, we have no way out. The dry food on everyone is our last food. If we fail, we will wipe out the entire army, and there may be no more people going back to Tianbao County. Therefore, we can only fight with the enemy's blood, measure the first step of our Xiliang army with the enemy's blood, and write the glorious beginning of our Xiliang army's history with the enemy's blood!"

Zhang Huan looked at the group of young generals in front of him, looking at their young and resolute faces, and their eyes were filled with hope and fighting spirit. These generals were promoted by him from the commander and the team. Although he was young, he had experienced many battles and had been through hardships with him to this day. He can be said to be in harmony with his difficulties and affectionately with his brothers. Zhang Huan suddenly felt a feeling of emotion in his heart. Only in the worst and most difficult environment can he truly experience their loyalty.

He took a deep breath and said, "Three hundred years ago, Yuwen Tai, who was also in the Helong area, was only twenty-eight years old, just like us today. In the most violent snowstorms, he led his army to go through the journey, annihilated his first enemy, Hou Mo Chenyue, and laid the most solid foundation for him to finally establish the Northern Zhou Empire. I, Zhang Huan, are only twenty-three years old this year. I am willing to follow Yuwen Tai, go to Liangzhou on a snowy night, take down Wuwei County, and take out our first step in conquering the world."

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan stood up proudly, his head slightly raised, and his eyes were shining with a sparkling light, "I can tell you the truth, I am the only bloodline of Prince Yu. One day in the future I will re-establish a new Tang Empire, sweep all aristocratic families, and rebuild the glory of Tiankang. You will all be the founding ministers of the empire. You will become my sharpest sword, fight for me, destroy the Uighurs, and strait the Tubo. I promise you that you will all be kings in the future, but not in the Tang Dynasty, to establish your territory in the West, Persia, Dashi, Tianzhu, Byzantine and even Daqin. These are possible. I hope that by that day, you can tell your descendants that your first step is to follow Tiankang of the Tang Empire in a cold night with a blizzard and raging snowstorm,"

He suddenly pulled out the battle knife, stared at the generals and shouted loudly: "How is it! Are you willing to fight with me?"

The generals' blood boiled, and they were excited, and they pulled out their swords and shouted in a low voice: "I'd like to fight for the governor!"

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At the second update, the army of 3,000 people re-entered the wind and snow, and quickly advanced towards the Nandaying of the Hexi Army. The news that the scouts found that there were sentries in the north and west of the Nandaying, but the sentry tower in the east was blown down by a blizzard and had not been built yet. The sight outside was very blurred. It was not until twenty steps away from the camp gate that the people at the door could see the situation. Zhang Huan divided his troops and went to Duanying himself, while He Lou Wuji led 500 people to pretend to be a messenger to capture the southern gate of Wuwei County.

As we get closer, we are still eight hundred steps away from the military camp.

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Five hundred steps, but there was still a dim snow mist in front of me, and nothing could be seen. When it reached three hundred steps, Zhang Huan waved his hand gently and ordered the soldiers to pause. He personally led fifty soldiers with great martial arts to approach the East Camp Gate quietly. When he was fifty steps away from the camp gate, he finally saw the dark camp plate. The two lanterns were faintly shining with dim red light, and the west wind blew the intermittent conversation.

"Damn it, I'm so lucky. Why is it my turn to be on duty tonight!"

"Oh! I'm really not lucky. I originally had only five people on duty, but it was us. Find a place to hide! I'll stand here and I'll freeze people to death."

After thirty steps, Zhang Huan finally saw the Yingpan gate clearly. The door was closed tightly. Three black shadows curled up behind the door, all seemed to be wrapped in bedding, wearing a hat, and buried their heads deep into the bedding. Zhang Huan suddenly discovered a problem. Their bodies were wrapped too thickly, and it might not be effective if they were shot.

"Governor, I'll do it!" A bearded officer flashed behind him, Lin Jiuhan, the captain who had an argument with He Lou Wuji during gambling. He came from a martial arts family, 27 years old this year, with a very strong martial arts skills. He killed people at 16 o'clock and became a ranger. He was arrested by the government five years ago and sent to Fengxiang to join the army. When Zhang Huan led his army to attack the capital of the Uighurs, he was just a sergeant. Because he killed the most enemies, he was promoted to the captain by Zhang Huan. After Li Shuangyu was promoted to the tooth general, he took over as Zhang Huan's personal guard commander.

Zhang Huan nodded, "Be more ruthless, don't be sympathetic!"

"Don't worry, Governor!" Lin Jiuhan waved his hand and led the five brothers to rush towards the camp. They did not go to the main gate, but ran to the fence next to them, climbed up quickly, and jumped into the camp with a light lateral leap. After a while, the five of them touched the main gate. The three guards were asleep, and without any effort, they killed them one by one in their sleep and quickly dragged the body away.

Just as Lin Jiuhan was about to open the door, a sudden sound of footsteps came from behind him. A soldier ran to the fence to urinate. This was one of the five guards. He was looking at the five of them in surprise. Lin Jiuhan reacted very quickly. His face immediately sank and scolded: "Why are you five guarding the gate, and no one of them is gone? Are you looking for death?"

The soldier was so scared that he was a serious crime to go to bed. He pointed to the back of a camp in fear and signaled another person to be there. Lin Jiuhan gave a wink to a subordinate next to him, and immediately two people were catching up from behind. He slowly walked forward with a fierce look. The soldier was so scared that he knelt down and begged for mercy, "The villain never dared again..."

Before he could speak, a knife had already pressed against his neck, and a cold voice sounded in his ears, "I'm here to ask you, is Lu Sigong in the camp?"
Chapter completed!