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Chapter 701 Thousands of miles of wind and snow hit Xixia......

Xiazhou Chuanshui is a river that meanders north and flows into the Yellow River, with a length of about 170 miles.

It merges into the Yellow River about [-] miles south of Lingzhou, where the Xiangqing Army is stationed, and then goes north along the Yellow River for a hundred miles to Huaizhou.

Fifty miles west of Huaizhou is Xingqing Mansion.

Today, under Gao Zhang's command, there are [-] soldiers and horses in the Forbidden Army and nearly [-] soldiers in the Western Army.

At this moment, all of them are gathered by the frozen Lingzhou River.

At this moment, strange modified vehicles have been pushed onto the ice.

It was a car with two long crossbars attached to the ice surface, and only two people could easily push the car on the ice.

When it comes to landing, you only need to remove the two slightly tilted crossbars at both ends, and the vehicle can continue to travel on the ground using its wheels.

This kind of exquisite and highly creative vehicles, I asked the generals of the imperial army, and as expected, they were all handcrafted by that young and handsome man.

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Gao Zhang looked at his attire. He had already taken off his purple official uniform and replaced it with a military overcoat and a snow cap.

There is still a package on her back, a pair of knee-length felt boots are still worn on her feet, and a pair of thick cotton gloves without fingers are on her hands.

The first half can be slapped open, making it easy to use the ten fingers to do some fine movements.

And the pair of felt boots were wearing leggings, at the moment Gao Zhang's attire was no different from that of a group of Imperial Army and Western Army uniforms.

"Marshal, do you really want to walk with us?"

"Stop talking nonsense, get ready to go, and aim for Xingqing Mansion!"

Gao Zhang gave a low snort, and then put on a cotton mask, so that every breath of air would not be so cold and cold.

Since ancient times, there have been many battles of marching through glaciers, but all of them were across glaciers.

It has never been said that the practice of using the frozen river as a shortcut to march.

Gao Zhang really created a precedent by doing so.

And Gao Zhang dared to do this, which was the confidence that had been repeatedly tested by the capable detectives of the Imperial City Division and the personnel of Duan's Trading Company.

Song Jun himself didn't even think of it, let alone the Xixia people?

And Gao Zhang, the youngest handsome official in the Song Dynasty, started to walk forward after stepping on the glacier.

Countless soldiers of the Song Dynasty also followed Gao Zhang's footsteps, taking off their felt boots wrapped in thick cloth and walking on the smooth mirror-like Lingzhou River as if they were walking on flat ground.

Zhong Shidao and Liu Zhongwu each led more than [-] riders, one on the east bank and the other on the west bank.

Looking at the tens of thousands of infantry, they were like a long winding snake. After stepping onto the ice, they also started to move their mounts and gallop forward.

Gradually, the wind and snow gradually wiped out the traces of this army under the white snow.

Marching has always been very difficult, especially in such a snowstorm, it is even more difficult.

However, the young co-signer, Hanlin Bachelor, Shaanxi Road Jinglue appeasement deputy envoy, is at the forefront, so what complaints can everyone have?

Gao Zhang stopped from time to time to cheer for the soldiers walking along the ice.

When the soldiers saw Gao Zhang, the commander-in-chief, he also used their feet to measure the distance from Song Dynasty to Xingqing Mansion.

There was no more complaints in their hearts, and everyone gritted their teeth and moved forward.

And walking along the smooth ice front, the two wings are covered by cavalry, which minimizes the possibility of falling behind and getting lost.On a high slope more than ten miles away from the main army's march to the place where they stayed overnight, more than a dozen scouts wearing white cloaks were on the high slope, looking around with binoculars.

"How about it, did you find it?"

"Over there, sir, look over there..."

A scout put down the binoculars in his hand, pointed in one direction and yelled loudly.

At this time, everyone saw the very eye-catching big tree that had just been stripped of its bark.

"Quick, cut it down!" The leader of the detective cavalry showed joy, and urged the brothers to rush to the bottom of the big tree, and took a hatchet to chop.

In less time than a stick of incense, the tree with a thick bowl mouth finally fell crookedly.

It wasn't until this time that several riders came galloping from afar, all dressed as party members.

But all of them spoke a fluent Guan Zhong accent, after matching the code.

Under the guidance of the other party, the group came to a deep ditch more than ten feet away from the adjacent river bank.

"According to Shangfeng's order, the fuel is buried here, a total of [-] catties of coal, and [-] sheep that have been slaughtered and processed..."

After Liu Zhongwu led the iron cavalry to arrive, he was relieved when he saw the [-] catties of coal and [-] sheep.

"Come on, hurry up and send a message. We have already arrived at the No. [-] camp. Liu will wait here for vigilance and wait for the main force of the army to arrive."

"You spread out and explore the surrounding area for twenty miles."

"Here!"

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When the sky began to darken, Gao Zhang, who was physically and mentally exhausted, suffering from hunger and cold, finally arrived at the No. [-] supply camp.

Here, with the help of Dongxue, using the channels of Duan's Trading Company and the ability of Huangcheng Division, they chose a pretty good camping place.

And there is enough fuel stored here, as well as fat sheep.

On the sleigh carts accompanying the army, there were not only tents, but also portable iron stoves.

Ignite the oil firewood and throw it into the furnace, wait until the flames are high, and then add coal. Soon, the iron stove will warm up the bodies of the surrounding soldiers.

On it was a large pot filled with snow water, and the chopped mutton was thrown into the pot and started gurgling.

Each soldier held a copper bowl in his hand, staring directly at the pot of mutton soup.

From time to time, I put my hand into a cloth pocket in front of me, and took out a ball of flour-like powder. I either stuffed it into my mouth and sipped it, or threw it into the copper bowl in my hand.

This powdery substance was the military ration prepared by Gao Zhang for this march.

To put it simply, it is wheat, peas, soybeans, and some tea leaves, mixed with sugar, salt, and army rations fried and ground with meat floss.

Although this thing is not up to the standard military rations of later generations, it is far better than the military rations of raw rice and cooking cakes of this era.

After all, in terms of portability, this kind of powder is easier to carry, and a long grain belt can hold almost ten kilograms of fried noodles. It can be tied directly to the body without affecting movement at all.

The inspiration naturally comes from the early military rations of the people's army who were hard and simple.

It has to be said that Gao Zhang has done everything he can think of and can do to the extreme for this time when the wind and snow hit Xixia for thousands of miles.

If this fails to bring down the Xingqing Mansion and kill that pretty Li Ganshun, Gao Zhang feels that it really is not my destiny to be in the Song Dynasty.

　I'm really sorry, I had a bad headache today, I'll take a rest first, I hope tomorrow will be better, wake up and continue to work hard
　　
　
(End of this chapter)