From eunuch to emperor

In the vast ice and snow, dozens of strong horses walked forward with difficulty on the ice and snow.

The thick snow was trampled out of a road, followed by more than 4 barbarians, old and young, and behind them were herds of cattle and sheep.

The biting cold wind whipped up the snow, and it was still snowing in the sky, freezing the barbarian's snot and water to freeze.

"Mom, Feng Xue is so big, let's go back."

A little girl was wrapped in thick sheepskin clothes, her face was purple with cold, and her nose was covered with icicles.

Yanmen Pass is a dividing line. The wind and snow in the north is stronger than that in the south, and the temperature is colder.

The barbarian next to him reprimanded: "That is the place of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Eastern Zhou people will kill us, and our wolf clan should be in the grassland."

A woman said: "She is still young, why are you so serious."

Manzi scolded coldly: "When I was a child, I was facing the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. When I grow up, I will be like Tuzhi, a running dog."

The woman held the little girl in her arms and comforted: "It's okay, we'll go back to the cave for the winter, it's not cold there."

The team moved forward slowly.

...

Yanmen Pass.

It was very late in winter, so Long Chen woke up early. Inside was a down jacket, all duck down, and a cloak outside.

Long spears, short swords, crossbows, muskets and magic stone powder are all on him.

This time they were dealing with ghosts, and all weapons were changed.

Dugu Jiali was still under the blanket, she was too tired last night and hadn't woken up yet.

Walking to the bed, kissed on the cheek, Long Chen went out gently.

When they got outside the courtyard, Gan Xin and Mo Lin were ready.

As people get older, they sleep less and wake up very early.

"grown ups."

"Let's go."

Long Chen took the two of them up the city wall, the Long family army was patrolling, and Wu Chuchu was on duty.

"Husband, where are you going?"

Seeing Long Chen, Wu Chuchu immediately came over.

Long Chen said: "The movement of the ghost clan is unknown, let's go out to detect the news."

Wu Chuchu immediately said, "I'll go with you."

Long Chen shook his head and said: "No need, you guard Yanmen Pass here, the three of us can go."

It's too dangerous outside, if Wu Chuchu encounters the ghost clan, it will be difficult for Wu Chuchu to protect himself.

At Yanmen Pass, there are 20 Longjia troops supporting them, and with the fortifications, the situation will be much better.

Wu Chuchu sighed slightly and said nothing more.

Long Chen and the two jumped down from the city wall, landed in the snow, and walked slowly towards the north.

This time I didn't ride a horse, but went north to scout on foot.

The snow has fallen a lot, one foot can reach knees, Long Chen walked in front, Gan Xin and Mo Lin followed behind.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the first beacon tower, the soldiers inside saw Long Chen and the other three, and immediately went on alert.

Long Chen raised his head and waved to the brothers of Beacon Tower, and said loudly: "I am Long Chen, what's the matter?"

Seeing Long Chen, the soldiers inside waved happily, and replied: "I have seen King Wu, everything is normal."

Long Chen jumped up to the beacon tower, the roof was covered with snow.

"Thank you for your hard work, brothers, is it okay to keep warm?"

Long Chen pinched the soldier's clothes, they were all thickly dressed.

The soldier was very moved and replied: "The room below is full of briquettes, which is enough for us to burn for a whole winter."

The construction of the beacon towers took into account the issue of heating in winter. There are briquettes in the basement of each beacon tower, as well as smoked dried meat and bread.

"Thank you, let's go ahead and have a look."

Long Chen jumped off the beacon tower, and continued heading north with Gan Xin and Mo Lin.

The soldier looked at Long Chen's back and said, "King Wu actually came out to investigate in person, why are we afraid of the cold?"

"That's right, the body of King Wu's daughter has come out, so what else can we talk about?"

The three of Long Chen continued to go north, and saw ten beacon towers one after another, the outermost beacon tower was about a hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass.

When he arrived at the last beacon tower to the north, Long Chen stood on the top, looking to the north, he couldn't see anything except the vast expanse of white snow.

Standing in the beacon tower, Gan Xin took out a pipe from his bosom, lit a pipe, and sprayed white smoke from his nose.

"War is most afraid of not knowing anything."

Gan Xin smoked a cigarette silently, and walked for more than two days for the one-hundred-mile journey.

I slept at the beacon tower in the middle at night, and arrived at the outermost edge the next day.

Mo Lin nodded and said, "There's nothing we can do. When the snow falls, this place doesn't belong to us."

The soldiers in the beacon tower wanted to bring some food to Long Chen, Gan Xin told them not to be polite.

Coming down from the top, Long Chen said: "Take a short rest, and then search north."

The beacon tower is open, except for the warmest bottom floor, the cold wind howls on the top, making people's skin turn blue with cold.

"My lord, we still have spirits here, do you want to bring some to warm up?"

The leading soldier asked respectfully.

Long Chen doesn't drink, Mo Lin likes wine, so he immediately took out the wine gourd in his bosom, and said, "Fill this wine gourd for me."

The soldier immediately went down to fill it up and presented it to Mo Lin.

Long Chen asked: "Will you use everything given to you?"

The soldier immediately replied: "Go back to King Wu, we all know it, we have tried it."

Long Chen nodded and said: "When you find that the ghost clan is invading, immediately light the fire and leave. You are not opponents. You must make sure you return to Yanmen Pass alive."

The soldier was very moved when he heard this, and said: "Thank you, King Wu, for your concern."

Half an hour later, Long Chen got up and left, followed by Gan Xin and Mo Lin into the vast snowfield.

The chosen direction is the northwest, because the Hela Mountain Pass is in the northwest direction, and the Black Forest recorded by the Holy Guard, Long Chen checked the relevant information, it is also in the northwest direction.

Therefore, Long Chen guessed that if the ghost clan invaded, they might also march from the northwest.

The wind and snow were very strong, and the three of them quickly disappeared into the wind and snow.

The night in the snow field came quickly, and it was dark before we walked far.

At night, black clouds weigh on the top of the head, the wind and snow are even greater, and you can't see your fingers.

With the body of three people and half ghost, Long Chen could barely see the surroundings clearly.

"My lord, do you want to find a place to rest?"

Gan Xin was tired from walking and wanted to take a rest.

Long Chen looked around and said: "There is no shelter here, if you sit down, you will be buried."

Mo Lin wanted to recall the location of the grassland. They have been here many times, and they are quite familiar with this place.

But under the snow and ice, there was no place to mark, and Mo Lin couldn't think of it.

"Let's go again, and rest when you find a place."

Long Chen took it to the northwest for two hours, and finally saw a small mountain.

The three walked to the southeast of the hill, facing the cold wind with their backs, and sat down to rest on the spot.

"I kind of admire the barbarians for being able to survive in this kind of place."

Mo Lin couldn't help sighing, the grassland was even sadder than Sheng Xuefeng.

In Shengxue Peak, there are house hot springs on the mountain, and the life is quite comfortable.

The grassland is full of wind and snow, it is simply not a place for people to stay.

Gan Xin smoked a cigarette, looked around, and said, "Old Mo, do you think this hill is very familiar?"

Mo Lin thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, there is a long mountain to the north of here, and there is a cliff cave at the foot of the mountain. It is said that it is the place where the barbarians spend the winter. We can go there and have a look tomorrow."

Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "Yes."

When I came out this time, I didn't have a clear direction. Anyway, I searched around the periphery, and I could go anywhere, just try my luck.

The three sat at the foot of the mountain to take a nap, and the wind and snow slowly covered the three of them, looking like three snowmen.