As the altitude gradually rises, the climate becomes more and more severe. The second day of the march begins, it is extremely cold at night. Sergeants on duty must wear leather hats and leather gloves. Their skins are next to iron armor. They will stick together in a moment. When they tear off, they will be covered with frostbite flesh. Be careful when camping. The hills are covered with hard ice and snow, and the flat ground is covered with gravel, and no grass grows. The mountain canyons look like Turkic ambushers. The army marchs along the river, knocking on the ice to fetch water every day.

On the third day of the march, after a rocky mountain formed by a volcano erupting, the locals actually dug huge caves under the rocks. After camping in the evening, Huang Zongdao and several other officers asked Zhao Xingde to watch them together. There were domes, murals, galleries, halls, etc. Some caves were seven or eight layers deep, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people. These caves, which looked like ant nests, were said to have been built to avoid the Turks, but now they were empty. The residents who built the caves were either dead or migrated.

On the fourth day of the march, sometimes saw dilapidated inns on the road. Yesterday, the halls and houses in the underground were decorated in the style of Lumei. Today, the decorations of these inns were already Turkic, and some mosques were built in the courtyards. Although the Turkic Sultan attached great importance to the wealth brought to the country by business travel, he could not stop the tribes below from continuously looting the inns and business travel. Now merchants in Xiaguo and Dashi have changed to the Black Sea Road, and the inns in this area are becoming increasingly declining.

A shepherd was lying in a pool of blood and stared at the passing Lumei army with hatred eyes. The Antioch army robbed his flock without hesitation, cut two swords on his back, and stripped his fur coat away. For some reason, he did not kill him on the spot. The passing Lumei army was too lazy to make up for this sword. In the middle of the night, the cold weather could kill him. A hawker ran to the pagan with a smile and urinated. Because the road was narrow, the camp of the hawkers who followed the army was getting closer and closer to the army, and sometimes the camps were even close to each other. Whenever Zhao Xingde saw this, he would complain to the marching Sima that if he was in charge of the military law, he would definitely drive all these vendors away.

"The generals are going to be angry." Jin Changtai smiled. The attendants were always careless, and the spices, powders, and food needed by the generals and nobles were always insufficient. The spoils seized along the way should be sold to these vendors in time for easy-to-carry gold, silver and coins.

On the fifth day of the marching off the coast, the wind kept roaring like rolling thunder, and like the chaotic horse hooves of the Turks, which made people annoyed. While nailing the stakes of the camping tent into the ground, Jin Changtai complained: "Are the old emperor stupid? He just wanted to go to the battle during this time when people were frozen to death." Huang Zongdao also shook his head and sighed: "The cold twelfth lunar month, nothing is needed." Sima Junfang laughed and said, "Brother Zhao has the most experience in the Lumei military system, can you know the reason?"

Zhao Xingde smiled while using an iron hammer to mark the stake, "The people of Lumei feel that the cold world will make the Turks and the great cannibals feel depressed. Therefore, it is easy to win when attacking them in winter." In the past two days, every time he passed by those mountain canyons where no grass grew, he felt that Turkic cavalry was hiding inside and peeking with wolf-like eyes.

Zhao Xingde sighed slightly and said in a deep voice: "What if the Roma Turks bluffed and induced it? Even if he didn't want to, he would still be able to resist the persuasion of his subordinates." He walked to the front of the map and pointed to the scope of the Roma Sultanate and said, "The Roma Sultan occupied the land of Haixi, and although his wings gradually became full, he would probably not be able to catch the 100,000 troops of Lumei's army in one fell swoop."

Sima Junfang nodded and added: "There are about 50,000 elite cavalry troops of the Roma Sultanate. If the Turks, the Dashi princes and tribes are summoned to help, they can recruit about 100,000 cavalry, but it will cost a huge price, and it will not be possible in just a short time. There will be great movement in advance."

Zhao Xingde nodded and thanked him, and continued, "The Roma Turks tried their best to lead the Lumei army to go deeper, and they must have wanted to stay as much as possible." He pointed to the more than ten marching columns divided into three parts, and said slowly, "The military strategy says, "The ten will surround them, and attack them twice. If there is a good time, you can reduce them as appropriate. If I am the Roma Sultan and the troops are insufficient, first cut the Lumei army into three sections so that the head and tail cannot be taken care of each other." He used his fingers to make a double stroke in the Lumei camp, and drew a circle on the forefront Antioch army, and continued, "Concentrate the troops first and eat the front army."

"When eating the vanguard column, he tried every means to hold the main force of the Lumei army so that it could not make up its mind to retreat immediately." He paused and explained to Duan Huaixian and other officers, "Because the main force of the Turks concentrated on attacking the vanguard column, if the Emperor Lumei wanted to break through at this time, he should be able to break out. If he wanted to rescue the vanguard column, he would be stubbornly blocked by the Turks." He thought for a moment and added, "The Turks may also resist slowly while retreating, giving Emperor Lumei a more effort to save the impression of the vanguard column. If Emperor Lumei hesitated to choose to rescue the vanguard column, he would be in the way of the Turks," Zhao Xingde moved his finger to the main column where Emperor Lumei was in charge, and drew a circle again.

"After the Turks ate the Forward Column, they besieged the main force of the Lumei army. At this time, even if Emperor Lumei is determined to break through, it will be very difficult." He paused, and once again pointed the rear army column, saying in a deep voice, "The Turks will definitely bluff and deter the rear guard column, making them think that the Turks ambush the trap ahead and dare not approach the main column. If they hesitate again, then solve the main column where Emperor Lumei is and then besiege the rear guard column."

Even the officers, including Duan Huaixian, were fully focused. Although the outcome of this war was not something that the 500 soldiers could not change, the Xia State Imperial Guard had to consider the worst possibility clearly if he wanted to escape unstoppably. Although the enemy strategy proposed by Zhao Xingde was full of speculation, careful consideration was extremely likely.

"The army is never tired of deceiving. In the case of insufficient troops, the Turks ensure that they eat the front army, stick to the central army, and scare the rear army. Whether the rear army commanded by the crown prince is timely closer to the main column commanded by Emperor Lumei is the key to victory or defeat. The Roma Turkic Sultan will definitely try every means to create reasons and trouble for him."

Zhao Xingde sighed and whispered: "Crown Prince John may not be vicious to kill the king and father, but if he has a ray of selfishness, he may hesitate and cause great disasters of losing his troops. If such a dangerous situation occurs, our army's livelihood will be to follow Emperor Lumei to move closer to the back army column or break through alone when the Turks failed to eat the front army and the main column of Lumei has not yet been fully besieged. Otherwise, it will be over."

"Is it impossible to get the front army column out?" Wang Tongdeng looked at Zhao Xingde with an incredible look.
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