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Marching is hard work.Get up before dawn, get on your horse, face the cold wind like a knife, and spend a cold day in silence.The horse couldn't run happily, and his body was extremely stiff because of the long-term posture of maintaining a straight back on the horse.For the sake of concealment, cooking was not allowed, and the whole army could only eat cold food.The most uncomfortable thing is not these, but the heaviness and depression that enveloped the whole army.The sky seemed to be infected by this atmosphere too, gloomy, with a bleak desolation, the sky was full of black clouds, and it was even hard to tell whether it was noon or evening, Yinhu unconsciously thought of the courtyard surrounded by high walls in the clan mansion , where he died in the last life, where will he be buried in this life?

Yinhu took a few deep breaths to stop the negative thoughts sprouting in his heart, and he couldn't help feeling a little worried.Looking back at the soldiers who were bowing their heads forward behind them, their faces were numb and their eyes were dull. From time to time, someone rubbed their frozen fingers, and the footsteps were indescribably dull.This should not be the army of the Qing Dynasty. The army of the Qing Dynasty in Yinhu's impression is high-spirited. Everyone has a fire in their hearts, with a determined look and sharp eyes. They fight for honor, for their oath, and for the country. War, just like, in Yinzhen's letter, the soldiers in the military parade mentioned, just like myself who came to the western front with enthusiasm.

Yinhu thought that if he prepared all the supplies for the army, explored the route, and let the troops on the western front go out in advance, everything would be in time, like a seamless calculation, surrounded by ten, the Qing army crossed the desert, and in Moxi Hunting Galdan on the grassland is such a passion and courage.However, this is just his wishful thinking.This team has no fighting spirit, no blood, some are just at a loss.

Yinhu felt a kind of powerlessness that he had never felt before.He didn't know what method to use to stimulate the fighting spirit of these soldiers.It is the most taboo to march in secret.In such a depressive situation, a few more days will drive people crazy.When there are more deserters, let alone concealment, the enemy will find out sooner or later.

Tiangong seems to think that Yinhu's troubles are not enough. As soon as the camp is set up, it is flying and snowing.The heavy snow was flying and raging in the cold wind, covering the campfire and crushing the tent.The heavy snow is like a naughty child, tearing Yinhu's reason in his heart. The clarity of mind he has maintained all these years is almost ruined in this heavy snow.

It snowed for three whole days.In the past three days, they lost contact with the West Road coach Fei Yanggu, and they did not wait for Wang Huaxing, Dong Dacheng, and Pan Yulong's troops who were scheduled to come. All lost hope.

However, Sun Sike did not.

Yinhu thinks that in a war, generals can play very little role, they are nothing more than daily affairs. In wartime, people rush to kill, and being able to create a temporary reputation is probably mostly due to luck.Fei Yanggu didn't think very highly of Sun Sike, which made Yinhu regard this well-known general as his deputy in handling military affairs. In Yinhu's mind, he still had the command of this team, and the right was his. Let it go to Sun Sike.

Sun Sike arrived at Yinhu's tent, saw the ceremony, looked at the unconcealed worry on Yinhu's expression, and said, "Eighth elder brother, don't worry too much. It's snowing and the army can't leave. Why don't you rest for a few more days until the snow clears?" Pull out again."

Yinhu took a closer look at Sun Sike, and felt that this man looked like a general in no way except that he was wearing armor.He had a calm smile on his face, and his eyes were full of warmth and peace. He was thin and tall, and he was not as powerful as Wang Huaxing's Kong Wu.What's more, the morale of the army has been so slackened that Sun Sike is not in a hurry.Yinhu's heart was a little dark, but he still maintained his respect on the face: "General Sun, you have lost contact with all the armies in the past few days, so you are not in a hurry?"

"Eighth brother in a hurry?" Sun Sike stroked his beard and asked with a smile.

"Of course I'm in a hurry. According to the plan, we will meet Fei Shuai at Weng Jinhe in April. It's still a thousand miles away. The snow has been snowing for three days, and I don't know how long it will take. Even if the snow clears, the marching speed will definitely be affected. , Even if the cold protection measures prepared before the war are proper, they cannot withstand the torment of this snow."

"No matter how anxious the eighth elder brother is, the snow can't be controlled by others. Even if the emperor is here, it is difficult for the snow to stop immediately. From the point of view, this snow is a good snow. Without this snow, some things are true. It can't be done." Sun Sike had a good time, and seemed not to care about Yinhu's fire.

Yinhu looked at Sun Sike's expression, suddenly thought of something, but couldn't grasp the fleeting thought, and hurriedly asked: "What does General Sun mean?"

Sun Sike smiled, took out a piece of paper from his bosom, handed it to Yinhu, pointed to a few locations on the map, and said somewhat mysteriously: "We can't wait for Lao Wang and Lao Dong's team, but we're about to start meat Already!"

At that moment, Yinhu seemed to feel a kind of light shining from Sun Sike's smile.He is the real core of this team, and he is worthy of being the Tiger of the River East!

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The Central Route Army was in the Red Flag camp, Yinzhen took off his armor, rubbed his sore shoulders, and took out a crumpled letter from his bosom.Yinzhen opened the letter carefully, and looked at the handsome handwriting on it.There was a faint sense of murder in the strokes, and Yinzhen looked at those words in a daze, quietly in a daze.

Yinzhen had to admit that he missed Yinhu a little.Thinking of the Chinese New Year in previous years, Yinhu wore new clothes and said "Congratulations, fourth brother" with a smile, begging for rewards half-jokingly.Yinzhen gave a golden lock, but Yinhu gave it to Yinzhen after changing hands.Thinking that when they were studying together, Yinhu took the prince's textbook, twisted a piece of thin paper, and wrote down the experience in small letters. When Yinzhen went to read it, Yinhu threw it aside casually, and said with a faint smile that he would not show shame in front of the fourth brother. Yes, in fact, the writing is really beautiful.At the wedding banquet of thinking about the big wedding, Yinhu held up a cup and smiled at him and congratulated him.Thinking of Yinhu with a serious expression, he said word by word, "I believe in the fourth brother, so I will tell you the truth and entrust you with important matters"...

Years ago, the prince said that Khan Ama asked his brothers to bring letters to Yinhu. Yinzhen was very happy, and he wrote a thousand words.When I received the reply, there was only this thin piece of paper, with a few words, it was hard to comfort my heart, but it made me feel more lovesick.He didn't know about other people's letters, but looking at Xiao Jiu's thick letter, he felt a little sour unconsciously. Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi used to compare each other, and Yinhu was the best at balancing. so thick.

Yinhu is not such a heartless person. For this, Yinzhen can only explain that Yinhu is angry.After Yinzhen knew that Yinhu had tampered with the money for compiling the book, he went to investigate the evidence very seriously, but found nothing in the end.There is no so-called open and dark accounts in the Household Department in the Lifan Academy, but only one book, which is analyzed in detail and memorized in detail. As perfect as Yinhu's smile.Even if Yinzhen stabbed Khan Ama, he would definitely be the one to suffer, so this matter can only be left alone.Although Yinzhen secretly hated Yinhu for losing again, he still admired him in the bottom of his heart. He is a thoughtful person, and the nasty things he dared to say must be unsubstantiated.Yinzhen investigated the matter secretly, and he could hide it from others, but he certainly couldn't hide it from Yinhu.This child must have held a grudge.

Yinzhen carefully put away the letter, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.Others don't know, but he knows that Yinhu is actually holding a grudge. "Forget it, just remember the grudge." Yinzhen thought so, but he was still a little unhappy.Thinking about all the information that was beneficial to the war mentioned in his letter, Yinzhen cursed unconsciously: "This little heartless person."

Just about to rest, outsiders reported that Kangxi had summoned him.Yinzhen quickly put on his armor again and rushed to Kangxi's imperial tent.Outside the tent, all the princes had arrived, but they didn't know what the purpose of this temporary summoning was.

The five of them went in together and saw Kangxi sitting on the main seat gloomyly, silent all the time.An was invited, but Kangxi was still a little dazed, Yinfeng was bold, and asked in a low voice: "Khan Ama? I'm calling you late at night, is there something urgent?"

Only then did Kangxi come back to his senses, and said hoarsely, "Everyone, get up and sit down."

Several people got up and sat down in order, before Kangxi said slowly: "There are two things, one, the crown prince is ill, very sick, and can no longer be in charge. The supporting troops encountered heavy snow in Yinshan Mountain, and there has been no news for many days."

Everyone fell into silence, and the tent was extremely quiet for a while, only the crackling of the charcoal fire was heard.Only more than 400 miles away from Beijing, when encountering such a thing, the elder brothers can't help but feel sorry for it.Kangxi saw that everyone was silent, so he asked Yinyi: "Brother, in your opinion, what should we do at this time?"

Yinfei was taken aback for a moment, then stood up and replied: "Ama Khan's personal conquest this time, with an army of [-] against Galdan, intends to capture him in the first battle, and he must not return to the teacher. I think that I will choose a elder brother to return to the army. Beijing, to assist the prince in governing, the prince is ill, and the cabinet will go to the army to deal with the matter, and wait for the prince to recover, and then exercise the power of supervising the country. Where is the eighth brother... the minister is willing to go to the rescue!"

Kangxi looked at Yinfei, he had no intention of returning to Beijing because the prince was ill, but Kangxi was still a little unhappy when Yinfei said this.Ignoring Yinzhi's request, he turned to Yinzhi and said, "Third brother, tell me."

"I'm a little worried about the prince's condition. The prince has always been in good health, and he was fine before he left. Why did he suddenly become ill?" Yinzhi saw Kangxi's intentions, and hurriedly talked about the prince's condition.

Yinzhen was thinking of Yinhu in his heart.He encountered heavy snow?If it wasn't a major event, I wouldn't report it to Khan Ama even if I thought about it. That is to say, life is in danger?No, no, Yinhu is not someone who will be knocked down by a snowstorm.Didn't he ask for a lot of Ulacao from Lao Jiu a few years ago?It was early to prevent the heavy snow.Thinking that the heavy snow just blocked the way, so the news was cut off, Yinhu must be fine, it must be like this!

Just as he was thinking about it, Kangxi asked him about it, and Yinzhen stood up and replied, "It's a big deal for the crown prince to be ill. I think what the elder brother said is reasonable, so I should send an elder brother back to Beijing to be the director. The eighth younger brother just broke up a few There is no serious problem with the daily news, he can solve it, I don't think there is any need to rush to help in the middle."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him.Yinhu has a good relationship with several people, even if Yinxu doesn't get along with the prince, he also dotes on Yinhu very much.Everyone felt that Kangxi had told the news to get someone to save him, but Yinzhen said that there was no need to save him, and the older brothers frowned.Kangxi's expression relaxed a bit, and he asked, "Sir, tell me, who is suitable to go back and help the prince?"

"Eldest brother is good at fighting. If he stays in the army, he will be able to serve the country better. Among the remaining princes, the third brother is the eldest, and he has been on good terms with the crown prince. It is perfect for him to return to Beijing to preside over government affairs." Yinzhen replied with his head bowed.

"Third elder brother?" Kangxi turned to Yinzhi.

"I am willing to go back to Beijing to assist the prince, but I am afraid that I am not experienced enough to be competent." Yinzhi looked modest and worried, as if he was really worried about the prince.

"Don't worry about this. After you return to the capital, you will be in charge of everything, and you can ask the prince for urgent matters. You can write a note and send it to the army." Third elder brother's return to Beijing, this is It's settled.Kangxi paused for a moment, and then said: "Every day, Chi Zou will attach the pulse record of the Imperial Hospital. If the prince's condition changes, he will report at any time."

"I obey the order," Yinzhi replied.

"I'm also a little worried about Yinhu's place." Kangxi recalled the ominous premonition in his heart on the day when Yinhu asked for a battle. He looked at Yinzhen and said, "Si elder brother, I know that you and eighth elder brother are involved in repairing books. , I’m not dealing with it. You are an older brother, so you should give in to your younger brother. If something happens to him, how can you ignore it. "

Yinzhen hurriedly knelt down: "I dare not. I have no quarrel with the eighth younger brother. I ask Khan Ama to be careful. The eighth younger brother is in danger, and I am very worried, but I believe that with the eighth younger brother's ability, he will be able to escape. "

Kangxi looked at Yinzhen with some melancholy, did not hide his worry, sighed, and said: "The old eighth is capable, but he is still a child after all. He has never been on the battlefield, and he led the green camp alone. I was too young at that time. Don't worry about him."

Everyone was speechless for a while, Yinzhen guessed Shangyi, and suddenly understood in his heart, he immediately said: "I would like to go to Yinshan, try to contact the eighth brother, and rescue him from trouble."

Kangxi looked at Yinzhen who was kneeling, and said with some melancholy: "Be careful yourself. Don't tell him about the prince. He has been with the prince since he was a child, and his affection is extraordinary. He has worked hard for more than a year. , I can't bear to make him worry anymore."

After Yinzhen heard this, he couldn't help being a little jealous.He worked so hard to raise food for more than three months. He didn't know how many people he offended and how much bad reputation he got, but at the end of the day, he didn't get a word of "hard work" or "unbearable" from the old man.The eighth brother is really exquisite, and he fought hard to get to the western front. Even if it is a little harder and a little more dangerous to be an elder brother, it is not in vain to get the old man's words.He thought so in his heart, but it didn't show on his face, he should still bow his head.

Kangxi looked at the sons in front of him, and he couldn't help thinking of those who were not around.He waved his hand to let everyone leave, and then picked up the report that the crown prince was seriously ill, and his brows were deeply locked.He closed his eyes and prayed silently: "Buddha blesses Yinreng to survive this calamity safely."