Chu army, high camp.
The night is already dark, and the hunting flag is still fluttering in the wind and snow. On the crystal clear ice and snow city wall, Chu soldiers stood guard around the fire. The long sound of fighting came, and there was no other noise in the entire camp.
The soldiers fell asleep in excitement, and before going to bed they were still discussing today's exciting battle - Qian Changhong Shitou, a member of a thousand-man team of the Quyang New Army, personally took the field and defeated seventeen challengers one after another.
Generally speaking, this school martial arts battle did a good job of maintaining the morale of the Chu army——
Let the Chu army still maintain their martial and combative spirit in this long and boring confrontation.
It was already the end of January, and it was the coldest time - going out to collect ice and water became the hardest job. In addition to watching the school martial arts, everyone was willing to leave the warm semi-crypt military tent.
Xiong Wuliang was sitting in his room, the stove was burning warmly, and a handful of salted corn was roasting on the stove, exuding the aroma of grain.
There is no tea here, but the boiling water is just as perfect - a copper kettle clamped to the stove, billowing with white steam.
There were no soldiers waiting in the house, so Xiong Wuliang kept the fire alone, pouring hot water into the porcelain bowl in front of him from time to time and sipping slowly.
There was a slight cough outside the house, and Xiong Wuliang suddenly raised his head, with excitement on his face: "Come in."
Huang Wu appeared in front of Xiong Wuliang and bowed his hands deeply to Xiong Wuliang: "Greetings, my lord."
Xiong Wuliang took another porcelain bowl from behind and poured hot water... At this time, the copper kettle was almost empty, so Xiong Wuliang strolled outside the tent again, took a handful of white snow, and added it to the copper kettle inside.
"Drink some hot water to warm yourself up." Xiong Wuliang said with a smile, looking kind and approachable.
Huang Wu, who still had snowflakes on his body, was flattered. After thanking him again and again, he took the porcelain bowl and drank it all in one gulp...
Xiong Wuliang's eyes widened——
ha? Isn't it hot?
Huang Wu burst into tears and his face turned red.
Anyway, my body must have warmed up.
"Master, our Qingyu Guard has found it!" Huang Wu, with tears in his eyes, respectfully handed over a sheepskin.
Xiong Wuliang took the sheepskin - there were winding dots and lines drawn on it, but there were no markings... I didn't understand it!
Huang Wu trotted diligently, took a map, and drew a long line on the map with charcoal - from Xianyang to Danyu.
"This is the Qin Army's grain transportation route!" Huang Wu looked at Xiong Wuliang, looking forward to the latter's praise.
In order to find out this route, Qingyuwei paid a huge price!
It should be noted that there is a long wind and snow - in less than an hour, the ruts left by the Qin army's baggage convoy will be buried by the wind and snow.
Therefore, if we want to discover this route, we can only send a large number of manpower to conduct reconnaissance in the wind and snow.
Even the highly skilled Qingyu Guards are no different from ordinary people under the harsh natural conditions. As a result, more than a dozen Qingyu Guard spies suffered severe frostbite, and some even had their limbs amputated.
These are the one-in-a-million experts! Every time Huang Wu thought about this, he almost felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe!
Xiong Wuliang patted Huang Wu on the shoulder: "I have seen the sacrifice of the Qingyu Guards - I will provide generous compensation to the injured or sacrificed Qingyu Guards!"
Huang Wu was a little moved, so he accepted it and asked tentatively: "My lord, do you want to... attack the Qin army's food route?"
Qin and Chu, as well as all the countries in the world whose eyes are focused here... everyone is waiting for the decisive battle after the beginning of spring.
No one thought it would be possible to fight in the winter.
But if the Chu army was surprised and attacked suddenly, cutting off the Qin army's food route... that would be interesting!
As long as the Qin army is cut off from supplies, it will not be able to survive even three days on the banks of the Danshui River in the bone-chilling wind!
but……
Huang Wu bravely remonstrated: "My lord, I advise you to stop thinking this way——"
"The Qin army's food road is far away. If they go from our camp to ambush, the dispatched men will have to trek through the wind and snow for at least two days."
"Even my Qingyu Guards, there are very few people who can endure the two-day trek... With all due respect - your army may freeze to death on the road before it reaches the ambush point."
From [Gaoqian] to [Danyu], the distance is only thirty miles.
If placed in a normal season, this would be just one day and night's march of the army. If we march quickly at all costs, we can arrive in just one day.
But in this wind and snow... In just two or three days, even the Qin army's Danyu camp could not reach it. Not to mention bypassing Danyu's camp to ambush the Qin army's baggage convoy.
And Bai Qi is also a thief - the Qin army's baggage transportation time has no rules at all.
Even if the Chu army's surprise attack team overcame numerous difficulties and dangers, successfully evaded the surveillance of the Qin army's Danyu camp, and reached the ambush point... they would still have to lie down at the ambush point and wait for the Qin army's baggage convoy based on luck.
Lying in the snow for several days, even a hardened man can't bear it!
All in all - it was not easy on the road, and it was even more difficult to successfully squat in the Qin army's baggage.
Even the tightly wrapped and extremely strong Qingyu Guards suffered heavy casualties due to hypothermia, let alone the sergeants under Xiong Wuliang's command.
Having said that, if it was easy to get to the Qin Army's baggage team, it wouldn't have taken the Qingyu Guards two months to find out the Qin Army's specific baggage route.
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After hearing Huang Wu's detailed explanation, Xiong Wuliang nodded repeatedly, but his expression remained relaxed.
"I have my own way... The Qingyu Guards discovered the route of the Qin army's baggage. This should be considered a great achievement!" Xiong Wuliang waved his hand.
Seeing that Xiong Wuliang disagreed, Huang Wu couldn't help but hesitated for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth and plucked up the courage, and said bluntly with a straight face: "My lord, you have never walked outside the camp for a long time, so you don't understand the hardships involved!"
"With such a wind and snow - ordinary people would die of hypothermia and freezing as long as they walked outside for three or four hours!"
"If the monarch insists on sending his soldiers to surprise the Qin army's food road... it will only increase casualties! Not only will the loyal and brave soldiers be sacrificed, but the Qin army will also laugh at him!"
Nonsense, if the Qin army's food road was so easy to attack by surprise, all the countries in the world would not unanimously think that fighting would be impossible in winter.
Since everyone thinks it’s common sense that we can’t fight in winter…then there must be a reason for it!
Huang Wu also knew how brave and loyal Quyang's soldiers under Xiong Wuliang were... going up mountains of swords and seas of fire was no problem.
But the freezing cold is more terrifying than mountains of swords and seas of fire - this cold exists objectively, and no matter how determined and persevering the sergeant is, he cannot withstand it.
Xiong Wuliang looked at Huang Wu and couldn't help but smile.
Compared to the sinister guy Yin Yu, he still prefers the upright man Huang Wu!
If Yin Yu, the commander of the Black Feather Guards, were here, he would definitely be afraid of offending himself - he would not say anything more, would only follow the orders respectfully and watch the soldiers under Xiong Wuliang's command die.
But Huang Wu will offend Yan Zhijian!
Xiong Wuliang poured a bowl of hot water for Huang Wu again and said with a chuckle: "Commander Huang, don't worry - how can I make fun of the lives of my sergeants?"
"Let me use some methods to teach you how to move freely in the wind and snow! It also has the effect of keeping out the cold!"
After that, Xiong Wuliang ignored Huang Wu's questioning eyes, called Xiao Hei who was on duty outside the house, and said to the latter: "Xiao Hei, go and ask General Wu Ben to come over!"
"I have something to ask him to do for me."
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