In the snowy wilderness of the north, after two days of unremitting search by Luo Zhang, Cheng Yaojin was finally found.
When Luo Zhang followed the deputy general to the front, he saw snow-white figures standing in the snow, like wooden stakes.
Luo Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Uncle Cheng!!!"
A tall figure shook the snow on his body, turned around, and looked at Luo Zhang. His eyebrows and beard were all snow-white, especially the beard was covered with ice slag. If he was given another Wearing a red hat and a red cotton-padded jacket, he looks like a Santa Claus.
Luo Zhang had no such idea at this time. Seeing Cheng Yaojin's miserable appearance, he blamed himself for not finding Cheng Yaojin earlier.
Walking closer, Luo Zhang opened his arms and gave Cheng Yaojin a bear hug. Everything was silent, including excitement, excitement, and self-blame, all the emotions were contained in this hug.
"It's so good to see you again!" Cheng Yaojin said in a hoarse voice, whirring like a broken bellows.
"Stop talking, your situation is very bad, we have to go back to the camp quickly, otherwise everyone will have to explain here!"
"By the way, are you the only one? Where are Uncle Yuchi, Master Hou and the others?" Luo Zhang asked.
"They were in front, but my body couldn't bear it and I fell down!" Cheng Yaojin explained.
Luo Zhang didn't say any more, but called someone to come over and take care of Cheng Yaojin. At the same time, he ordered the deputy general to make ginger tea immediately!
There was dry firewood on Luo Zhang's sled, which he had wrapped with oilcloth to prevent it from being eroded by the wind and snow. Otherwise, he would not have been able to persist in the ice and snow for so long, unlike Cheng Yaojin and the others.
At the same time, Luo Zhang ordered someone to find Yuchi Jingde and others. They would each drink a bowl of ginger tea and eat a meal of horse meat before moving on.
Judging from their condition, it was obvious that they had not eaten for at least a day. It was snowing so hard that they could not get any dry firewood, let alone make a fire to cook.
What Luo Zhang has to do is to keep them away from the cold and replenish their physical strength.
The horse meat was used to kill the Turks along the way. After the horse died after sitting down, Luo Zhang ordered the horse's legs to be chopped off and kept being pulled on a sled. How could such a good thing be wasted? It came in handy now.
On a windswept hillside, large pots were set up, and the snow piled on them slowly melted and boiled under the rising fire.
The horses' legs that had been scrubbed with snow were thrown into the pot. It wasn't that they didn't want to wash them, but there was no water at all. The scrubbing effect of snow had the same effect. Besides, at this time, it didn't matter whether it was dirty or not.
Bowls of brewed ginger tea were delivered to the hands of a famous Tang Army soldier.
Luo Zhang sat next to Cheng Yaojin and watched him drink a bowl of ginger tea. He breathed a sigh of relief. This bowl of ginger tea could at least help Cheng Yaojin relax, although the effect was not that great. Big, but still better than nothing.
Sure enough, after drinking a bowl of ginger tea, Cheng Yaojin slowly exhaled a breath of hot breath, looked at Luo Zhang and said, "I, Cheng Yaojin, am alive again!"
At this time, the team that went out to search for Yuchi Jingde also came back, followed by snow-white figures, whose appearance was no different from Cheng Yaojin's team.
Luo Zhang didn't care to say anything to Cheng Yaojin, and hurried up to meet him. He ordered his men to take these soldiers to drink ginger tea, and arrange for them to rest first and eat horse meat later.
"Luo Zhang, I told you that you won't leave us behind. Hou Junji's grandson still doesn't believe it. Now let's see what he says! Hahahaha!"
A hearty laugh came from not far away, and an equally tall figure walked slowly towards Luo Zhang. Although his eyebrows and beard were covered with white snow like Cheng Yaojin, his face was as black as coal. Even the white snow can't cover it, who else but Yuchi Jingde can cover it.
"Uncle Yuchi, are you okay?" Luo Zhang hurriedly greeted him.
"Hahaha, it's okay. How could something happen to me?" Yuchi Jingde came up and patted Luo Zhang on the shoulder, with a smile on his face.
"Stop talking about this now, hurry up and drink a bowl of ginger tea. Uncle Cheng is sitting over there. You go and have a rest first. I'll settle down my troops and then come to you!" Luo Zhang pointed at Cheng who was not far away. Yao Jin said.
Yuchi Jingde nodded and said nothing more. He also knew that Luo Zhang was probably very busy now. He walked towards the cauldron of rising flames and followed the soldiers to drink ginger tea.
Following Yuchi Jingde were Hou Junji and Niu Jinda. Their condition was also very bad. Most of the soldiers' hands and feet were frozen and stiff. They had to hold on with one breath to keep from falling. If Luo Zhang had been another hour later, here would have been The number of people must be reduced by at least half. It is time for them to run out of fuel.
After arranging Hou Junji and Niu Jinda's troops, Luo Zhang had time to sit down next to Cheng Yaojin and the others.
The hillside was surrounded by war horses, which protected part of the wind and snow. The wind and snow were much lighter where they were doing, and speaking was not as difficult as before.
Looking at the veteran generals and soldiers sitting around the fire to warm themselves, Luo Zhang shook his head helplessly, greedy for merit and rashly advancing. With the current situation, Luo Zhang didn't know how to say good things to them.
Seeing Luo Zhang coming, several people looked at him one after another. Yuchi Jingde was afraid that the world would not be in chaos and said: "Hou Junji, now you can apologize to Luo Zhang. You told me before that Luo Zhang would not come. Now that Luo Zhang is here, shouldn't you apologize to Luo Zhang?"
The others laughed one after another and looked at Hou Junji. Hou Junji rolled his eyes at Yuchi Jingde and said: "That's because you heard wrong. I just said that it would not be easy for Luo Zhang to find us, but that's not the case." Say Luo Zhang won’t come!”
"You are thicker-skinned than me. You dare to speak but dare not admit it. It's so boring!" Yuchi Jingde joked.
Luo Zhang smiled bitterly and cupped his hands at several veterans and said: "It's good that everyone is safe and sound. Let's not talk about anything else. We will eat horse meat later and we have to rush on. Let's rest more at this time!"
"Luo Zhang, where did you get the dry firewood and this horse meat? Where did you get so much?" Niu Jinda asked from the side.
"After I left the city, I had my soldiers cut down the dry firewood, drag it on a sled, and wrap it in oilcloth so that it would not get soaked by the wind and snow. As for the horse meat, it was from the Turks I encountered these days. They sat down The war horse was dead, and I saw that it couldn't be wasted, so I asked my men to cut off the horse's legs and drag them with a sled. Unexpectedly, they all came in handy!" Luo Zhang gave a general explanation, but did not explain his sleigh battle. Law.
"Gao, you are so farsighted. You have thought of so many things before it started snowing. You are much better than us. You don't know how we got here in the past two days. I don't even dare to think about it now!" Yuchi Jingde He shook his head with a wry smile.
"Yes, the snowstorm was too big and sudden. We were lost in the snowstorm before we could react. Most of the people who were sent out to look for you didn't come back, and they were probably buried in the snowstorm. That's it." Cheng Yaojin sighed.
"For God's sake, you son of a bitch, if it weren't for this snowstorm, I would definitely have caught that Turkic King!" Niu Jinda said angrily, hammering on the snow.
