Although the sun was rising, there was still snow in the mountains and jungles that had not yet melted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In a hidden mountain col, Li Taichen and Sun Wuji hid here, probably because of the fact that they were on the mountain, the wind here was quite strong, and the temperature was much lower than that of Taiyuan City, so the two of them were fully armed, wearing thick cotton clothes, gloves on their hands, and even a dogskin hat on their heads, so as not to be frozen by this cold temperature.

Their mission was to monitor the movement of the Mongol army under the mountain, so it was impossible for them to leave their posts without permission, so they could only freeze here.

Probably because he couldn't stand such a cold weather, Sun Wuji's body was trembling all the time, and he exhaled a stream of heat from his mouth, so he had to rub his hands vigorously so that his body could adapt to the ice and snow.

After watching it for a long time, although Li Taichen felt funny, but considering that the other party was his comrade-in-arms after all, he immediately took out a ceramic bottle from his arms, handed it forward and said, "Now that the weather is so cold, you should drink some wine to warm up." ”

In response, Sun Wuji took the ceramic vial, twisted the stopper, and poured a little into his mouth.

The bitter and pungent taste bloomed in his mouth, and immediately made him feel numb in his tongue, but after swallowing this liquid into his stomach, the cold that had been tormenting him seemed to disappear, at least now Sun Wuji felt that he had regained a little consciousness.

"It's damn cold, it's fucking cold. I haven't seen such a cold winter since I was born. Cursing in a low voice, Sun Wuji blew his nose, only to feel that his nose seemed to be gone.

Even so, they had to continue to monitor the enemy's movements in this bad weather.

Shaking his head, Li Taichen scoffed: "Hey, you kid, you really can't stand the cold!" said that he seemed to be not afraid of the cold.

"Who said that? It's just that the snow here is so windy that I almost freeze my ears. Shaking his hat, Sun Wuji shook out the snow that had been blown into his hat, and then put it back on.

Li Taichen shook his head and sighed: "You, haven't you ever seen colder weather." ”

"Have you seen it?" Sun Wuji was a little curious.

His chin nodded, and Li Taichen looked a little meaningful: "Of course! If you leave from here and go all the way north, you will be able to reach the steppe where Mongolia has lived for generations." And continue north along the savannah and you'll see it. You must know that it snows all year round, and even in summer, the ground is frozen so hard that you can't pry it off with a knife. If it's winter, it's peeing into ice and spitting into nails, and if you untie your clothes, it won't take more than a cup of tea to freeze you into a popsicle. ”

"So exaggerated?"

Sun Wuji didn't suspect that Li Taiji was fake, since he knew this person, he knew that this person was a ranger, and no one knew this person's background, only that this person was over thirty years old, and his martial arts were even more exquisite, and in this Red Phoenix Army, he was worse than the Xiao sisters, Zhang Shijie and other geniuses who had practiced Xuanmen since childhood, but compared with the people in the Staff Academy, it was much stronger.

And after studying "Five-Star Battle World Decision", his strength is even more rapid day by day, and he can be regarded as the first middle-level officer in the Red Phoenix Army.

Li Taichen replied proudly: "Of course! You must know that place, even the group of Tatars dare not go. ”

"Then how do you know? Have you ever been?" Sun Wuji was a little curious, wanting to know some things about Li Taijian's past.

"I just listened to what other people said, and I didn't really step into it. A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, Li Taichen didn't seem to want to recall the past, and immediately pointed to the Mongolian tent camp in the distance: "So in your opinion, this winter is very cold, but it is nothing to those Mongolians who have lived on the steppe for many years. And the reason why they chose to go south in winter is precisely for this reason. ”

"I see!"

Sun Wuji suddenly realized that he had never seen the Mongolian army come to exterminate the Red Phoenix Army before and thought that the other party was afraid, but it turned out that there was still such a reason.

Li Taichen smiled slightly, and said, "Of course." The Tatars are also not adapted to our climate and temperature, and if it is summer, they will feel uncomfortable and even get sick and suffer from heat stroke. So we just need to delay, until next summer, those Tatars will suffer from heat stroke because of the heat, and with the onset of disease, more people will suffer from heat stroke and even get sick, and then we will win. ”

"So, the lord has never been in the war yet, and this is also the purpose?"

Sun Wuji realized that he knew why Xiao Feng had been holding his troops still, it turned out to be to delay time.

With a serious look, Li Taichen said solemnly: "That's right. After all, the other party has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and we only have 14,000 soldiers and horses. Otherwise, the battle of Jinbing Sanfeng Mountain would be our end. ”

"That's right, that's why we have to stick to our posts here, just to prevent the other party from hiding some means. With anticipation, Sun Wuji glanced at Li Taichen and suddenly asked, "By the way, can you tell me why you joined the Red Phoenix Army?"

"Why? Just because it dares to fight Tartar!"

With a cold snort, Li Taichen replied.

Blinking, Sun Wuji was a little surprised: "That's it, there is no other reason?"

"That's right. But what's even more strange to me is, why did you join the Red Phoenix Army? After all, you can go south to the Southern Song Dynasty, so why suffer this crime here?" Li Taichen did not mention his past, but stared at Sun Wuji and asked in a low voice.

"It's not because of my cheap master. Do you know that my mentor is the Dust Leader?" Sun Wuji sighed and immediately replied.

Li Taichen exclaimed: "Is the Dusty Daoist who created the "Five-Star Battle World Decision"?"

"That's right, it's him!" was mentioned here, but Sun Wuji was a little annoyed: "When I was a child, I was very fond of legendary novels, so I have been looking for those hermit masters in the mountains, and it is precisely because of this that my master thinks that my tenacity is a material that can be made, so he accepted me as an apprentice, and fought many mystical methods." It's a pity that my qualifications are dull and I can't learn the true biography. Later, after the death of Shizun Immortal, I joined the Red Phoenix Army in accordance with my master's order. ”

"I see. Although your cultivation is weak, it is unusually neutral and mellow, and it turns out that you have the guidance of a master. Haha laughed, Li Taichen with approval: "Unlike me, because there was no one to guide me when I was young, I could only practice by myself, and as a result, my body was messed up, if it wasn't for the help of this "Five-Star War World Decision", I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago." ”

He is different from Xiao Feng, Zhang Shijie and other people from famous families and wealthy families, as a ranger who has been displaced since he was a child, he is already blessed to be able to reluctantly practice martial arts, if there is no guidance from a famous teacher, if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will be severely injured in his body, and there is no possibility of cultivation.

Li Taichen naturally knew his current physical condition, so after hearing the news of the Red Phoenix Army, he came to the Red Phoenix Army alone.

"That being the case, you must not be in too much of a hurry in your practice, but you have to follow the steps prescribed in the Dharma, so that you can lay the foundation for a higher realm. Otherwise, you'll be the same as last time. At the mention of the method of cultivation, Sun Wuji immediately frowned and rebuked in a low voice: "If I hadn't discovered it in time at that time, I'm afraid that you would have died in Huangquan a long time ago." ”

"I see!"

Waving his hand, a bit of luck also appeared on Li Taichen's face.

To this day, he remembers the beginning.

Probably because he first came into contact with the authentic secret books of the Xuanmen such as "Five-Star Battle World Decision", while feeling honored, he also made up his mind to practice hard, not only according to the steps above the secret book, but even in private, he often stayed away from the military camp and tried to practice those forbidden methods alone.

As a result, he didn't pay attention when he was practicing, and he did the wrong internal strength route, if Sun Wuji hadn't discovered it in time, this life would have really ended.

And it was after that incident that the two of them changed from being lukewarm before to becoming friends today.

............

Probably because of the war, the people in the eastern city had already been emptied, leaving only pieces of empty rooms in ruins.

So this place was requisitioned by the Red Phoenix Army as a place where the main force was stationed.

Probably because the weather was too cold, the Jinshui Aqueduct had already formed a thick layer of ice. In order to be able to fetch water for cooking, the soldiers were using pickaxes and shovels to break the ice, take out the water flowing under the bottom, put it into wooden barrels, and then transport it to the stove room to boil for people to drink.

It was noon, and after a morning of intense training, the soldiers were already exhausted, and after eating and drinking, they went into their own rooms and began to rest.

Inside the room, several stoves were filled with coal, which had already been lit to provide enough temperature for the room.

In this winter, if you don't have enough cold protection facilities, it will make all the soldiers suffer.

After arranging a large number of soldiers to rest, Jin Meng finally relaxed, from Qinzhou against the Mongolian iron cavalry, to Yushe City to break the enemy army, he fought bravely on the front line, it was for this reason that Xiao Feng was promoted to the regiment commander, responsible for the command of the first regiment of the first combat brigade, although it is only equivalent to the level of a thousand household chiefs, but now there are only twelve combat regiments, it can also be said to be a high authority.

But just as he was about to rest, a man came out of the door and said to him, "Jinmeng! I have something to do with you." ”

"Is it Wang Shijian, what are you looking for me?" looked up, and Jin Meng immediately frowned.

"Nothing, I just wanted to talk to you. It's mainly about the style of the soldiers under your command. With a smile on his face, Wang Shijian stepped into the room and came to Jinmeng's face.

When Jin Meng heard this, he immediately became annoyed: "What happened to the soldiers under his command?"

"According to the soldiers of the 2nd Regiment, yesterday you had another fight with them in the kitchen. So I want to talk to you and let you restrain the soldiers under your command and make them not get so excited. After all, according to what the lord said, we are all brothers. Since they are brothers, they should love each other, do you say?" sighed, Wang Shijian's handsome face was immediately covered with sadness, and he spoke with grievances.

"Those group of melon babies, why don't you listen to what you say. ”

His whole face immediately wrinkled, and Jin Meng immediately put on his shirt and followed Wang Shijian to the front of the cafeteria.

Sure enough, as Wang Shiyi said, in front of the kitchen, the group just blocked the door and prevented others from entering. Outside the gate, there were more than a dozen soldiers trembling in fear, and their eyelids were bruised, they must have been beaten, and they didn't know what was going on here.

When Jin Meng saw it, he immediately became angry, walked straight forward, and slapped the group one by one: "Damn, why is this guy you guys causing trouble?"

"I didn't. One of them cried out, "It's them." I saw with my own eyes that they killed Cheng Ergou, Li Sanwa, and Shi Goudan. ”

Jin Meng ignored it, and roared loudly again: "So you disobeyed the military order and planned to kill them here? You guys, get back to me immediately, and next time you break again, believe it or not, I'll let you get out of the Red Phoenix Army?"

"It turns out that they are surrendering the army!" Glancing thoughtfully at the beaten soldiers, Wang Shixing asked Yan Wei.

"That's right!" Sweeping over the trembling soldiers, Yan Wei shook his head a little helplessly, and immediately replied: "So they didn't let these soldiers go in to eat, saying that as traitors, they didn't deserve and shouldn't eat here." ”

"That's right!"

Nodding, Wang Shixing immediately turned his head sideways, but stared at Jin Meng, and then fell on everyone, and said loudly: "I know that the soldiers have opinions about them, after all, they were once enemies, and they also have the blood of our brothers on their hands, so I understand your anger, and I also know your belief in wanting revenge." But guys, have you forgotten who forced them to join the army and fight us?"

"I didn't forget!"

Being persecuted by Wang Shi, several people immediately lowered their heads.

"That's good. Wang Shijian took a deep breath and immediately shouted: "It's the brutal and unkind Mongols, the warlords who are greedy for power and wealth, and the weak and incompetent officials. They are the ones who make all of this and make us fight each other. So your anger should be directed at the Mongols, the warlords, and the officials, for they are the ones to blame, and these are just the wretched creatures who are tortured like us, and who we should accept. ”

"But ......"

Several people immediately raised their heads, their eyes full of bitter hatred.

"I know what they did!" Wang continued, "but I know better who forced them to do those things, but we are beginning to awaken, and they are still blinded. That's why instead of directing our anger at the culprits and at the low-level soldiers who are just as tormented as we are, then we will fall into simple revenge, and the other side will only think that we are bandits who want to kill them and will never join us. They died of resentment, and we will never be able to defeat those guys. Do you want that?"

"I don't want to!"

After a moment's hesitation, several people opened their mouths to reply.

Wang Shiyi breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered: "That's good." You remember what you said today, and you must have a good relationship with them, you know?"

"Got it!"

Reluctantly, the group immediately dispersed under the leadership of Jin Meng and returned to their rooms.

Looking at the few people who left from afar, Yan Wei suddenly asked, "Why do you care so much about Jin Meng? Even if you go out alone late at night, you have to pay attention to this person?"

"It's simple, because it's only under this guy that there are so many ostracisms. Don't you think this is suspicious?" With a sneer, Wang Shiyi opened his mouth and said: "The lord has already said that it is necessary to ensure that the relationship between the surrendered army and the soldiers is harmonious, and there must be no rejection. But even after the general order was issued, his subordinates still made such a fuss, and you don't care about that?"

pursed his lips, but Yan Wei felt a little confused: "Maybe it's just anger." Are you going to think too much?"

"Perhaps. But people are separated from each other, and you don't know what those who seem to be loyal will do in the next moment. And you have to know that the Red Phoenix Army should and can only obey the orders of the lord alone, and the others, whether it is Zhao Chen, Zhang Shijie, or the Xiao sisters and Yu Wenwei, are not allowed, do you know?" The corners of his mouth brought out an arc, and Wang Shiyi immediately walked into the distance.

Following behind, Yan Wei just sighed helplessly, so he had to give up.

War can start at any time, and they must ensure stability in the army, and this is the task of the Chinese religion. (To be continued.) )