“General, it’s just winter now, why do you feel like you’re in the cold?”
This time they came to the north, but they were fully prepared, bringing enough food and meat. Everyone even ate large chunks of fat meat, and they also prepared enough warm clothes, even if they were Thirty-nine days can also guarantee warmth and life.
But here, not long after the beginning of winter, even the light snow had not arrived, and the wind was already biting. They had never seen such cold weather.
"I've heard that the further north you go, the colder the weather will be, but I didn't expect it to be so cold!"
"If we go any further north, we'll be frozen to death no matter how much clothes we wear!"
General Qiaoqi led the people and walked for an unknown distance. The whole road was covered with ice, snow and white.
And where they are now, there is a large forest!
"What the hell, there are so many trees growing in such a cold weather?"
These trees are all tall and straight trees!
They have walked out of the grassland and shrub area in the middle, and have reached the edge of the continent affected by ocean moisture!
It's just that they don't understand what these trees mean at this time.
"General, we shouldn't be able to continue going north. It's not even the light snow season yet, and the weather will get even colder in a few days. If we continue going north, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to bear it, and the clothes we bring will also be Not enough!”
At this time, they had already put on thick cotton clothes, but they still felt the biting cold.
"Okay, there happens to be a forest in front of us, so the whole army will build a temporary shelter here and set up camp in the old place!"
General Qiaoqi was also a little uneasy at this time, because this army of ten thousand people was not an inconspicuous thing, but could be easily discovered from a long distance away. He was now afraid that the barbarians would discover the whereabouts of this army. Then he led an army to surround and suppress them to death.
It was impossible to go south. If they went south or west after plundering the five-nation coalition's food, they would definitely be discovered by the main force of their army, so they made this decision and could only go all the way north.
As for Xiangdong, although that land has been nominally assigned to the Ming Dynasty, most of the people living there are the remaining nomads. They will inevitably hate the Ming army and go east. Isn’t it just as suitable to keep going west?
It’s like throwing yourself into a trap!
Therefore, the north is their only destination.
Otherwise, once they meet their main force, they will be in trouble, not to mention that this is still their home court!
Therefore, if he wants to ensure the lives of his soldiers as much as possible, he must move towards the unknown north!
"The weather here is too cold. I originally thought that winter in Privet and Mongolia would be cold enough, but I didn't expect that their places are nothing compared to here!"
"Isn't that true? Please go back and my subordinates guess that such a cold place is already no man's land. Only some birds and animals that are not afraid of the cold and some special plants can grow here."
"As for their Five-Nation Alliance, they probably wouldn't even think of us going here!"
As soon as the deputy general opened his mouth, a burst of white hot air came out of his mouth. Moreover, the iron armor on his body had been removed. He tried to avoid contact with the exposed metal and maintain body temperature as much as possible.
At this time, he was still rubbing his hands together, and his body was shaking with sweat. Even their remaining war horses were like this. It was difficult for animals that lived in temperate zones all year round to adapt to the severe cold of this far north.
"It just so happens that the food we plundered from them was all big fish and meat. These things are enough for us to survive for a month!"
That was the supply for an army of 300,000 people. Although they could only take away a small part of it, it was enough to feed and clothe their 10,000 or 20,000 people for a month. The remaining food was all taken away. They spread it all the way to the surrounding people, or feed it to wolves, tigers and leopards to attract their attention and avoid collisions with them, causing casualties.
"Okay, it's more than three days' journey to deal with the food road from the five coalition armies!"
General Qiaoqi thought for a moment. After all, His Majesty personally entrusted them with such an important task, so they couldn't be passive and slow down their work!
"In three days, we have three days to rest and build shelter. After three days, we will attack in teams of three thousand people in turns!"
"Each team will go out for ten days. They will be provided with enough food and warm clothing. We will send out a team every six days until we complete a round and then make adjustments!"
Breaking a large number of people into pieces and fighting guerrilla warfare on this white snowfield, although it cannot annihilate a large number of enemies, it can disrupt the enemy with minimal losses, making it difficult for them to focus all their attention on the frontal battlefield.
"Okay, we can also let them collect some food. There are still three months until spring. Even if we live frugally, these two can only last for a month and a half at most. Let's focus on taking care of their supply troops!"
This is a cold and freezing area. In the extremely cold environment, the average person eats much more than usual. If the food supply is insufficient, the soldiers are likely to suffer from hypothermia. .
"The whole army listened to the order. Everyone piled the materials together, dug a hole in the forest for me, and built a house with the surrounding wood. Let's set up camp here!"
In severe cold areas, although underground houses may not be the most insulating construction method, they are indeed the simplest to build among houses of the same type of warmth.
And the construction speed is extremely fast. You only need to dig a hole, drive the wooden piles into the ground, and then raise the beams across the house.
If it is too conspicuous, you can also put weeds and branches on it, and then cover it with snow to hide it perfectly from the enemy.
Unless they can find clues by observing closely, they will not find that there are still a large number of people living here.
Of course, it's possible that even if they walked up to these crypts, they wouldn't be able to find anyone down there.
If there are only a few hundred or dozens of them, there is a better option, which is to use the snow on the ground to build an igloo.
But there are tens of thousands of them. It’s a bit unrealistic for tens of thousands of people to build igloos at the same time.
At the same time, the igloo has extremely poor concealment and weak defense, so overall, this type of underground house is the best choice. (End of chapter)
