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Gu Yuanbai lightly glanced over with a single look, and Xue Jiuyao's face suddenly changed, "Master Bai, good Master Bai, I'm just saying."

The corner of Gu Yuanbai's mouth curved, "I haven't said anything yet, why are you recognizing the wrong thing?"

Xue Yuan coughed softly and lowered his head to wipe his feet, "The guts have gotten smaller."

When he finished, he carried the barrel out.

Xue Yuan speaks when it is really not a draft, who has the guts Xue Yuan's guts can not be small.

Gu Yuanbai lying on the bed, in his mind for a while is a million miles of yellow sand in the sky, for a while is the torch stars, the city wall is high, gullies and ravines, a while and then thought, Xue Yuan if he watched other people to make a success of their own but empty-handed, he will regret it?

After a while, a familiar scent leaned over, the bedding lifted, and Xue Yuan was careful, "Master Bai, can I sleep with you tonight?"

Gu Yuanbai lazily, "Come up."

Xue Yuan got on the bed beautifully, lifting Gu Yuanbai's head up and carefully placing his arm underneath it, allowing the saint to sleep with his arm on his pillow.

Gu Yuanbai rubbed against it, "It's hard and not very comfortable."

"Soft, soon soft," Xue Yuan said with his eyes wide open, "Xue Jiuyao's arm is the softest in the whole world."

Gu Yuanbai was happy and gave him a thumbs up.

Xue Yuan stuffed his hand into the blanket, not knowing how many times he had urged, "The northwest sky is cool and also very dry. Your Holiness should also pay attention when sleeping at night, and keep your hands in the bedding at all times, or else they will turn into swollen pig's claws on the second day."

Gu Yuanbai said, "Is that so?"

"Let's make a pair of pig's claws together," Xue Jiuyao pretended to touch his hand, deliberately taking advantage of it, "Even if it's a pig's claw, this one in my hand is the best looking one."

Gu Yuanbai sighed quietly, "Then cut up the unattractive one and eat it."

Xue Jiuyao withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.

*

The following day, surprisingly, snow began to fall in the northwest.

In the main general's tent, Gu Yuanbai and the generals looked at the heavy snow outside, everyone looking very grave.

The general who sent out the pouch returned to the tent with a heavy accumulation of snow, "Your Holiness, General, the report from the front is that the Western Xia army has been stationed a hundred miles away from our army."

"One hundred miles." Gu Yuanbai muttered, frost coloring his brows.

The strategists and generals had already pointed out the position of the Western Xia army on the sand table, and an hour later, the scouting army returned with more detailed information.

The Western Xia army also claimed to be 100,000 warriors, but excluding logistical men and cooks and other soldiers who could not take part in the war, the generals were sure that it had fewer than 50,000 men in combat.

Western Xia national conditions and Daheng is different, just before the emperor of Western Xia ascended to the throne, Western Xia will be chaotic into a mess. Li Ang Yi's national incense source a break, domestic political opponents who have been addicted to spice without his hands will die of pain.

Their domestic so, logistics military needs must be tense. Perhaps the money used in this march is the money that Li Aung Yi has privately paid out of his own inventory.

The gap between the enemy and us is too large, and the longer the battle line is stretched out, the more it is a loss for Daheng. The generals had the same idea, to strike and take the initiative to attack the front.

Gu Yuanbai nodded in agreement.

But then the snow fell for dozens of days.

This heavy snowfall is followed by blank eyes, and the daily portion of ginger soup has been shifted to two portions. Fortunately, the preparations before the war were sufficient, grain and grass were piled up in several granaries, and the people of Daheng wore warm cotton clothes, their hearts were peaceful, and they could not notice the anxiety in the hearts of the generals.

Gu Yuanbai had nothing to do for the whole day, and every now and then he got up to see if the snow outside had stopped. At night, Xue Yuan was afraid that he would hold back, so he put on a fox fur coat for him, put on leather gloves and a fluffy hat, and led His Holiness out of the tent.

Snowflakes day and night, Gu Yuanbai heavy body, one step at a time. Fox fur fine hair fluttering with the wind and snow, white points of snow like cotton wool, even though it stretches for more than ten days has been delayed a lot of food, but the night to see the snow, the snow will only be more wonderful and innocent.

The tip of Gu Yuanbai's nose reddened, and she lowered her eyes, carefully stabilizing herself on the snow.

Xue Yuan looked at him and his heart melted. But in the next moment, his complexion slowly tightened, his eyebrows raised, and the hair on the side of his face rose with the wind.

The winds are suddenly shifting, and there is confusion and disorganization.

There were dark shadows scurrying around his feet, and when Xue Yuan's torch was released, it was a few rats fleeing in panic.

He stood in place for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, he gripped Gu Yuanbai's hand tightly and turned around for the return trip.

Gu Yuanbai grabbed his sleeve, "What?"

"There's a fear of a blizzard tonight," Xue Yuan looked up at the dark sky in thought, "something's not right."

Gu Yuanbai made an immediate decision, "Call someone immediately!"

The lights of the main tent had been on all night, and even though Xue Yuan had only said that there was a possibility of a blizzard, Gu Yuanbai still couldn't take any chances. Soldiers were called up, the rattling gradually became louder, the sounds of running and shouting rose up at once, and torches darted around.

The nerve-wracking night passed, but the next morning the snow stopped.

This should have been a great thing, and everyone was rejoicing. But Xue Yuan was silent as he looked at the glistening white snow.

General Zhang Hucheng's anxious look for several days in a row finally dropped, he laughed loudly and patted Xue Yuan's shoulder, "Brother Yuan, you thought wrong last night!"

Xue Yuan's nasal voice rambled, "Uh-huh."

Seeing that he was still looking at the scene outside the door, Zhang Hucheng followed, "What's there?"

"It's nothing," Xue Yuan exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, his eyelids lifted as the sun burned in the sky, "With such good weather, the Western Xia army should be moving as well."

Zhang Hucheng slowly put his hands behind his back, his eyes glittering with precision, "The day when both sides will engage in battle is finally coming."

*

Dozens of days of continuous snow, the same Western Xia pushed to the point of retreat. On the second day with clear skies, Western Xia lined up its troops, trumpets and drumsticks sounded, and stepped heavily toward the northwest wall.

Western Xia soldiers are known to be well disciplined, and no soldiers will ever flee without the commander saying retreat. But compared to the soldiers of Daheng, Western Xia's logistics is a major weakness, this snow has forced Western Xia to the point of no retreat, they can only win, not lose.

Clad in armor, Li Aung Yi led 50,000 soldiers to tread through thick snow and yellow sand. The commander-in-chief beside him said, "Your Majesty, the flag of Daheng has been erected ahead."

Li Ang Yi fixed his eyes to see, in the distance there is a side of the flag is fluttering with the wind, above a "constant" word is clear and clear, straight into the bottom of the eye.

There was a flash in his eyes, "Remember, I will feign defeat and lure Daheng's soldiers deeper into the rear."

The commander-in-chief said respectfully, "Yes."

"Daheng's soldiers are claimed to be 100,000, but it's a long way from the capital to reach the northwestern land, and it's snowy, so their military food consumption must be beyond imagination," said Li Aung Yi, "Even if we can't capture the northwestern cities, we must deplete their food, so as to make them fall into a place of dilemma. "

"Daheng was plagued by locusts only last year, and recently went to war with Fusang," the Commander-in-Chief mused, "Even if Daheng retreats, its grain stores will be empty, and the people are afraid that famine will rise and they will fall into riots."

Li Aon Yi smiled, "This is exactly the situation I was hoping for."

*

The Daheng soldiers, however, were vastly different from what the Western Xia Emperor had imagined.

These days they ate and wore warm, full of strength, idle a few days has been about to idle out of the problem. At this moment, when they heard that the war had finally begun, each of them had a green light in their eyes and fiercely wanted to pounce on the enemy to tear them apart.

General Zhang Hucheng finished his formation and looked at his side's murderous generals and soldiers, and the blood in his chest began to boil. If the soldiers were in such a state, why should they be afraid of not being able to win?

"General!" The general at his side was full of bravado, "The Coastal Marine Division made a huge splash the other day, this will finally be our turn! Let's see me take down the head of the Western Xia commander to make a merit!"

Immediately, someone disgruntledly said, "Don't steal my head!"

Zhang Hucheng looked up to the sky and laughed, his spirits high, "Then I'll see which one of you can grab the top spot!"

While the two armies confronted each other, in the rear tent, Xue Yuan's eyelids were jumping all over the place.

He held Gu Yuanbai's hand and wouldn't let go, the palm of the saint's hand was already covered in sweat by him, Gu Yuanbai saw that something was wrong with him and pacified him by patting the back of his hand with his other hand, "Xue Yuan?"

Xue Yuan took a deep breath and pulled the saint up, "Let's go out."

Gu Yuanbai was dragged along by him all the way, and by the end of the day, Xue Yuan had already hugged His Holiness and ran. Gu Yuanbai wrapped her arms around his neck and asked with a frown, "Where to?"

"I don't know," Xue Yuan was godless, "Run first."

Gu Yuanbai was about to tell him to stop when the soldier guarding the well not far away exclaimed in alarm, "Why is this water cloudy?"

Xue Yuan suddenly stopped his feet, striding towards the water well, lowered his head to look into the water, yesterday morning was still clear water has been mixed with mud and sand muddy into a piece. Xue Yuan looked deeply for a moment, abruptly clenched his fist, Gu Yuanbai upward, and held him quickly ran to the stables.

Before they reached the stables, the cows and sheep they met on the way were already struggling with anxiety. The soldiers on guard were sweating profusely, looking at the howling cows and sheep with their hands and feet at a loss.

Seeing such a scene, Gu Yuanbai's eyebrows jumped.

Beads of sweat had broken out on Xue Yuan's forehead as he whistled loudly and shouted, "Red Cloud! Gale!"

Gu Yuanbai's ears were deafened by his voice, and the veins on Xue Yuan's neck were already churning. In the stables in the distance, two rather humane Qianli horses threw back their heads and hissed out, hard enough to break open the wooden door and run towards where Xue Yuan was.

Gu Yuanbai's heart suddenly began to beat wildly, and he couldn't help but push his arms harder and tightly encircle Xue Yuan.

However, before the Thousand Mile Horse could reach his eyes, Xue Yuan suddenly crouched down and placed his palms on top of the ground.

Gu Yuanbai held his breath and was about to follow his example and touch the ground when he suddenly froze, staring at the stone particles on the ground that had begun to tremble, and under the naked eye, yellow sand began to pulsate on the ground.

What is it?

Xue Yuan fiercely got up and hugged Gu Yuanbai and ran, the cold wind was like a knife cutting in Gu Yuanbai's face, and not far behind him, the stables collapsed with a bang, and the slush lifted up and slammed down heavily on the ground.

Gu Yuanbai's pupils tightened as he looked at the soldiers who were frozen in place and shouted with all his strength, "Run into the open! Run!"

The words just fell, the ground shook, the mountains roared, the city wall turned into a boulder rolled down, the white snow became dirty dirty color, in an instant yellow sand in the sky, sand depression, the ground cracks at first cracked a few meters, cattle and sheep howling, with the war horse alarmed plunged into the cracks.

The booming sound resounded throughout the ears.

It's an earthquake.

Here comes the earthquake!