"Phew—"

Jia Yuanzhen patted the appeasement horse, let go of the reins, held the bayonet gun in one hand, stomped his feet, and slowly walked into the ice lake.

Every five steps forward, he stabbed down with his spear to test the thickness of the ice. The snow-white ice lake seems to be calm, but in fact it is full of dangers, this ice lake is what Jia Yuanzhen once tested, but he is still very cautious, there is a hole hidden somewhere, and he will accidentally devour his life. The tip of the spear stabbed the ice, thudging, and white 'colored' ice chips splashed everywhere. Exploring the ice lake is very physically demanding, some scouts casually prick some white spots, regardless of whether the ice is thick enough to pass through the war horse chariot, and some scouts would rather the cat blow the cold wind on the lake for two hours, and then go back to make up a pretense to 'hand' the errand. However, Jia Yuanzhen is a down-to-earth person, as the envoy of the tenth battalion, he always goes out alone to inspect and explore the truth.

"Fortunately, these 'bastards' are small, so they didn't ambush me." Jia Yuanzhen grinned.

Walking on the ice is very strenuous, walking a short distance, has made people panting, when the physical strength is about to be exhausted, he turned back, whistled, climbed on the horse's back, he felt that his 'legs' as if he was used to lead, fortunately in the army these days, his equestrian skills have been quite good, and the old horse knows the way, no need to effort, the war horse will have to gallop back as he likes. This went very smoothly, and when I returned to the camp, I was already a snowman and a snowhorse. At the 'gate' of the camp, Jia Yuanzhen sensitively noticed that there was a little difference, took care of the war horse, stepped into the big tent, and saw Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan's looks, Jia Yuanzhen affirmed his judgment more and more.

"The army is heading north?" Jia Yuanzhen put down his helmet and asked in a deep voice.

"Exactly." Luo Huan said a little 'excitedly', "Brother Jia, look, what are the chances of winning this time?" ”

Jia Yuanzhen shook his head, reached out and took a bowl of warm wine handed over by Zuo Nianyuan, closed his eyes slightly and drank it, the heat was emitted, and his frozen body warmed up, looking at Zuo and Luo with an excited face, he sighed secretly in his heart. The Quang Nam battalion went north by boat, although the equipment was 'fine', but they were all southerners, except for a lot of blood, even the generals with the troops, such as Zuo Luo, had never seen snow. The winter clothes prepared by Guangnan are insufficient, and they are guest troops, and they are short of everything in the north, especially the clothes and shoes and socks to keep out the cold, and the ones brought from Guangnan are almost useless in Hebei, or Lu Mingyu looked at Zhao Shuai's face, and gave them a part of the supplies from Jingdong. Rao is like this, when the troops were dispatched from Guangzhou, the six battalions with distinct armor were 'elite', but now the clothes and armor are 'messy', but from the appearance of the army, it is almost the same as ordinary state and county regimental training. However, the top and bottom of the Guangnan Army, especially Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan, were also holding their breath, and they were usually looking forward to playing the prestige of the Guangnan battalion on the battlefield as soon as possible.

Therefore, after they got the news that the army was about to set out, they immediately came to Jia Yuanzhen together, hoping to hear his opinion.

Jia Yuanzhen was born in the army, Zhao Xingde's old department, and the north has been a horse for a long time, which is the best 'friendship' for Zuo Luo and the others.

"If Lord Wang assigns the Northern Expedition military affairs, the Guangnan battalion will definitely strive to accompany the army with the two lords, Lu and Luo."

Jia Yuanzhen looked at Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan, and after a long time, he said in a low voice.

Zuo Nianyuan was stunned for a moment, glanced at Luo Huan, and saw the obvious disappointment in the other party's eyes.

Luo Huan was full of enthusiasm, and Jia Yuanzhen's words were tantamount to a basin of cold water.

In contrast, Zuo Nianyuan calmed down, he experienced a bloody battle under the city of Guangzhou, witnessed many classmates and robes stained the battlefield with blood, and he was the commander of the Guangnan battalion, and he also thought more about things outside the battlefield than Luo Huan. The Guangnan battalion came thousands of miles to the north, sat on the boat for a few months, and the soldiers were dizzy, and after arriving in Hebei, almost without rest, the sixth battalion of Guangnan was transferred to the front line, similar to the treatment of soldiers and horses in Henan Town. Moreover, the supply of food and salary is also much more troublesome than that of other battalion heads. At that time, it was still Yue Fei and Cao Liangshi who presided over the Northern Expedition camp. Although these encounters in the Guangnan camp may not be due to the instructions of Yue Cao and the others, it is more likely to be caused by the bad habits in the army and the tilting of the imperial court. Now that Yue Cao has abdicated and replaced Wang Gui, the open and secret battles in the Northern Expedition camp have become more 'fierce'. As a guest army, no matter what, it is necessary to think a little more about saving life on the battlefield, otherwise, the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of troops competing for life and death is a black 'hole' that devours life, and it is only a matter of a moment to swallow these thousand Guangnan brothers.

"Thank you, Brother Jia, for the point." Zuo Nianyuan sincerely thanked.

Luo Huan also arched his hand after him. Under such circumstances, the other party's invitation to the Quang Nam battalion, which was like a lone army, to accompany its own army was itself a kind of care. Although Luo Huan felt that Jia Yuanzhen had a "twilight spirit", he had been practicing in the public 'door' for a long time, and he still understood this favor. "Each other, each other," Jia Yuanzhen also returned the salute, and said, "Both of them are from the south, they have just come to Hebei, although they seem to have adapted to the weather here, but marching in the wilderness is completely different from staying in the camp, so Jia Mou said more." The army is about to depart, and I will not say the words of discouragement. When the army is out of the camp, they can no longer drink freely, so come, let us drink this cup to the full. ”

"Okay,!" Only the wine glasses are clinked together.

Hebei is bitterly cold, so not only does the army not only prohibit alcohol, but also does not drink non-spirits. Lingnan Prefecture is prevalent in light rice wine or light sweet cane wine, Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan when they first arrived in Hebei, they were drunk a few times, and they still can't fully adapt to spirits. Luo Huan was choked and coughed, but wiped the wine stains on his mouth, and laughed: "It is said that Xia has the blood of famous heroes of spirits, but it is a pity that I have not tasted it." ”

"I know a few officers from Kansai, they should have," Jia Yuanzhen nodded, "I'll bring a few pots next time." ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Zuo Nianyuan smiled slightly, and Luo Huan also smiled: "I am willing to drink with Brother Jia in Youzhou City." ”

The Guangnan Li Society behind him and Luo Huan, Jia Yuanzhen's words involve the ambiguous relationship between Henan Town, Jingdong Han Army and the Guanxi Imperial Court in secret, although they are not pedantic people, but it is also inappropriate to be involved. Although under the shadow of the 'shadow' of the Tokyo Left-behind Division, the soldiers and horses of Henan Town and the Guangnan Battalion formed a de facto ally, Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan were still very cautious, and did not get involved in the whirlpool of court battles without paying attention. Even Mr. Zhao, who is famous all over the world, was almost torn to pieces by this whirlpool.

The army was about to set out, and it was inconvenient to delay the time, and after a few drinks, Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan said goodbye and returned to the camp.

"The people from the south, I don't know how to fight? This is going to the wild, and I am afraid that I will lose my nose if I don't freeze. ”

Commander Jian Tianliang came out at some point, stood beside Jia Yuanzhen, and watched Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan leave on horseback.

Jian Tianliang is a sergeant in Kansai, he gets along well with Jia Yuanzhen, who was born, but he is incompatible with Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan, so whenever these two come to visit Jia Yuanzhen, or even thank them, Jian Tianliang can hide and hide, and every time he can dodge, as if he can smell the sour smell on the two of them from a distance of a mile or two. Jian Tianliang's inexplicable sense of rejection of Zuo Luo and the others, Jia Yuanzhen could only smile bitterly, and diverted the topic: "Lao Xu, the snow is like a day, the weather should be warmer, right?" ”

"Warm, egg?" Jian Tianliang stretched out his hand and took a handful of snow 'flowers', twisted it, shook his head and said, "This snow foam is getting smaller and smaller, the weather is not getting warmer, it should be getting colder and colder." Seeing Jia Yuanzhen's unbelieving look, he pulled his hair apart, pointed to his broken left ear, and swore a curse, "When I was fighting in Mobei, the snow in the sky was as thin as sand, and this half-pulled ear was frozen at that time." Jia Yuanzhen followed his pointing, and saw that the remaining half of the left ear was shocking. In the bitter cold land of Mobei, although the sergeants in Anbei have 'hair' fur and down jackets, frostbite on their bodies still abound, and it is not uncommon for them to be disabled due to the severe cold, but for the sergeants, these are qualifications. After Jian Tianliang retired from the merchant in the Xia Kingdom, although he usually covered up the damage, he was not afraid to show them to his comrades in the army, in his eyes, Jia Hujun had this qualification, and he could understand his pride.

"The water is cold and the wind is like a knife, but the blood is always hot." Jia Yuanzhen said in a low voice, watching his figure disappear into the snowstorm.

"General Lu is the left army, that is, the vanguard, and our Guangnan battalion marches with General Lu, and it must be the vanguard."

Luo Huan turned his head sideways to Zuo Nian Yuandao, with excitement on his face. Lu Mingyu is a general under Zhao Xingde, he has also seen twice, and he has no intention of rejection, but is faintly excited to be the vanguard of the Northern Expedition. Originally, when Yue Fei was in charge of the Northern Expedition camp, Zhang Xian's front army and Lu Mingyu's and Luo Xianshi's left army took turns to serve as the vanguard or vanguard of the army. Wang Gui has a great possibility of using the left army to move forward, and the only thing to worry about is whether Lu Mingyu accepts Wang Gui's dispatch.

Cao Yue and Mr. Zhao had a hatred of taking the commander, so the second general Lu Luo rebelled out of the Tokyo Left-behind Division, even so, the two still ignored the past suspicions, put righteousness first, and led the army to participate in the Northern Expedition. Now that Yue Shuai is gone, Zhang Xian and others may still have a knot, but for Lu Luo, it is a matter of both sides, how he was in the past, and what should he do in the future. Zuo Nianyuan walked slowly according to the reins and said in a deep voice, "Moreover, there are tens of thousands of people in the left army, generals Lu and Luo, these are all fierce generals and soldiers who followed Mr. Zhao's corpse in the sea of blood, whether they are the striker or the rear, they should have a way to protect themselves." Let's go with the Left Army, it should be safe. ”

His mind was still influenced by Jia Yuanzhen, and Luo Huan also nodded, after all, he was Qianguangnan's brother, and his 'sexual' life was pressed on the two of them, and the hearts of the two were also heavy. Unconsciously, a bright 'colorful' banner appeared on the white expanse, and the camp of the sixth battalion in Guangnan was already in sight, Luo Huan took a deep breath, put the 'gloomy' thoughts out of his mind for the time being, and shouted in a deep voice: "Whatever, seeing that the sign is imminent, I will go to get some wine and 'meat', kill pigs and sheep in the past two days, the big guys are full, fight hard to kill the enemy and break the formation, restore my pass, and go straight to Youzhou!" ”