How dare the cannon fodder be arrogant

According to Xiao Lingfeng's order, the three hundred soldiers were divided into teams and set off separately.Xiao Lingfeng personally took Xiao Qi and the others to Yanshan Mountain.

The route of Yanshan Peak is dangerous, and it is extremely difficult to walk, but because the mountain is rich in rare and exotic animals, it is not uncommon for herb pickers and hunters to come and go.

Over time, these medicine farmers and hunters settled at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and formed a small village.

And this village is also the one farthest from Shuoyang City and the one with the most complicated geographical conditions.

A group of ten people trekked for half a day against the wind and snow, and finally arrived at the foot of Yanshan Mountain.

The snow in the mountains is much more than that in Shuoyang city.Xiao Lingfeng squinted his eyes and looked up at the mountain. The pale blue pines and cypresses were already covered with thick snow, and the branches of the trees were already crumbling under the pressure.

As soon as the biting cold northwest wind blows, the goose-feather-like snowflakes swirl towards me, and when they smear on the face, people's eyes are almost instantly lost, and they can't even see the situation in front of them clearly.

Everyone found a place slightly leeward to rest temporarily, Xiao Qi took out the map.

Glancing at the map, Xiao Qi carefully identified the direction, and then reported to Xiao Lingfeng: "My lord, this Yanshan Mountain has a peculiar terrain, and the village is built in a mountain nest. We have to go halfway up the mountain first, and then go down through this awkward place."

He simply estimated the distance into the mountain, looked at the gloomy sky because of the snow, and said: "It's getting dark, if we walk faster, we can reach there before dark." Col."

The road in front of us has been completely covered by snow, and it is almost impossible to see the true face of the mountain road. If you don't hurry up at this time, it will be even more dangerous at night.

Xiao Lingfeng glanced back at the soldiers behind him, seeing that everyone was in good spirits, so he gave an order: "Okay, let's set off as soon as possible, arrive at the col before dark, and find a place where we can camp and rest."

He tilted his head and told his subordinates behind him, with a serious tone: "Pay attention to your feet, follow closely and don't fall behind."

Everyone should be.

Xiao Lingfeng immediately turned around and took the lead, leading the soldiers, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and rushed towards the col along the mountain wall.

In the snowy weather, no one will wander around outside, and most animals are hibernating. Not to mention human footprints on the mountain road, there are not even half animal paw prints.

As a result, the snow under the feet was clean and fluffy. Looking around, it was difficult to judge with the naked eye whether it was a solid ground, a straw cage, or simply a snow nest.

Fortunately, Xiao Lingfeng had expected it a long time ago, and asked everyone to cut down long tree branches early in the morning to serve as walking sticks for exploring the road so as not to step on the air and fall when walking.

Holding sticks and sticks tightly in their hands, everyone followed behind Xiao Lingfeng and Xiao Lingfeng silently and solemnly, burying their heads on their way.

The mountain road is extremely quiet, except for the whistling northwest wind, the only sound that can be heard is the creaking of footsteps on the snow.

Xiao Qi followed behind his lord, holding a branch that was almost as long as the others in his hand, while honestly poking into the snow in front of him, he opened his mouth to break the silence.

"My lord..." he asked in a low voice, "This village is in a mountain nest leeward of the wind, and it looks quite warm. The villagers shouldn't be too cold, right?"

Xiao Lingfeng raised his head when he heard the words, and glanced at the direction of the village, and suddenly paused.

A few fragmented words appeared in his mind, and they were instantly connected with the picture in front of him——

"Seven days after the heavy snowfall, an avalanche occurred in Yanshan Mountain, and the snow waves crashed down. None of the villagers in Yanshan Village were spared."

Xiao Lingfeng raised his heart suddenly, he gritted his teeth, and his pace suddenly accelerated.

"The place where the mountain nest is not exposed to the wind is indeed not as cold as the outside of the mountain. But if the snow does not stop, when the snow piles up too much, it will be unbearable, and an avalanche will occur if you are not careful."

He spoke quickly, and answered Xiao Qi in a deep voice without turning his head.

Just as Xiao Qi took a breath and chased after him, he heard the word "Xue Beng". With his superb lightness skills, he almost sprained his feet on the spot because of his fright.

He took a breath and raised his eyes to look far away, looking in the direction of the distant mountain depression, his pupils shrank suddenly.

If the avalanche really happened, the whole mountain of Yanshan would be covered with snow, and it would just be able to bury the mountain nest tightly.

The place in the col that seemed to be sheltered from the wind and warm, looked at him now, but it would only make people shudder.

"Oh my god..." He came back to his senses, hurriedly chased after Xiao Lingfeng, and asked in a voice, "My lord, what should we do now?"

Xiao Lingfeng's eyebrows were tinged with worry: "The real blizzard will take two days. If they don't have enough food and firewood, and there is no place to take refuge, then we have to let them evacuate temporarily."

It was really abnormal that the snow came too early, Xiao Lingfeng sighed in his heart, and said in a low voice: "I hope there is still time to go."

It has to be done in time.

Xiao Qi immediately turned around when he heard the words, looked at the soldiers who were almost left behind by the two of them, and urged: "Brothers, hurry up, we have to hurry up."

After speaking, he raised his steps again and took the lead in speeding up.

As I said before, the fluffy snow on the mountain road covers the road surface tightly, making it difficult to see the road conditions clearly.

At this time Xiao Qi increased his speed, the soldiers behind couldn't help being a little anxious, and their steps became flustered.

Hearing an exclamation, Xiao Lingfeng looked back, and saw a big soldier stepped on the ground and fell directly.

It happened so suddenly that the people around the soldier didn't have time to hold him back, they could only watch him waving his arms indiscriminately a few times before disappearing in front of his eyes.

A heavy muffled sound came from below, and everyone came back to their senses.

The person closest to him stepped forward and got down on the ground, and shouted: "Hey, Wang Qi, are you okay, are you still alive?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qi also strode back.He lightly kicked the man's leg, and reminded with a calm face: "Don't shout, be careful of the avalanche!"

Although Xiao Qi doesn't look very old, but because he has been with Xiao Lingfeng all year round, he has also learned a bit of bluffing momentum, and he can really hold back when he has a cold face.

After being scolded by him in a deep voice, the soldiers immediately fell silent, not daring to say a word more loudly.

At this moment, Wang Qi's voice came back from under the cliff, with a hollow echo: "Reporting to the lord, this subordinate is fine! This subordinate fell into a snow nest and did not suffer any injuries!"

Wang Qi's voice was full of excitement, and he shouted: "My lord! There is a cave below here, it seems..."

Xiao Qi's eyes darkened.

I just told the people above not to yell, and the unlucky guy below started yelling at the top of his throat, what is this called!

Just as he was thinking about it, Wang Qi's voice at the foot of the cliff paused for a moment, and then he spoke again, this time without shouting, but with a bit of hesitation in his tone: "My lord, there seems to be... traces of someone moving here, look It's kind of weird."

Xiao Lingfeng thought for a while, and ordered: "Go down and have a look."

Even if there is nothing strange down there, you still have to rescue people up.

After a while, following the gap where Wang Qi fell, someone found a steep mountain path buried in snow.So Xiao Lingfeng raised his hand, and everyone changed their way and went down the cliff one after another.

Following the traces that Wang Qi rolled out when he fell and the footprints left during the investigation, everyone found Wang Qi in front of a hidden cave.

Wang Qi stepped forward and told Xiao Lingfeng: "My lord, this is the place."

Xiao Lingfeng took a closer look, only to find that the entrance of the cave was covered by a natural boulder. The boulder was originally covered with vines, and it looked no different from the mountain wall covered in vines from a distance.

If it weren't for the strange angle when Wang Qi fell down, and if it wasn't for the heavy snow that had knocked the vines and grass cages away, it might be really hard for them to find the hole.

Wang Qi had just explored a few steps in, and at this time, under the signal of Xiao Lingfeng, he blew on the fire and led the way.

Sure enough, there were traces of human activities on the stone wall in the cave.Xiao Lingfeng looked at the traces on the mountain wall, but he didn't quite understand what they were, but he vaguely felt that those things written with stones were like some kind of code.

Everyone consciously held their breath and concentrated, and walked lightly along the tunnel in the cave to the depths.

A quarter of an hour later, the tunnel suddenly began to tighten, and a narrow passage that only allowed one person to pass appeared in front of everyone.

Wang Qi looked back at Xiao Lingfeng.

Xiao Lingfeng thought for a while, stepped forward to push Wang Qi away, and bowed through the narrow opening first.

Among these people, he has the best skills, and when he is not sure what the situation is, it is safest for him to take the lead.

Passing through the hole, the eyes suddenly opened up.Unexpectedly, after passing through the narrow passage, it turned out to be another world.

As soon as Xiao Lingfeng raised his head, he looked up and down the stone cave, which was almost half the size of a palace, and found nothing unusual, so he turned around and said in a low voice, "Come in."

Everyone listened to the order, one after another bent down and walked in through the narrow passage.

Compared with the ice and snow outside, the cave can be regarded as warm and harmonious.If you listen carefully, you can even hear the sound of lingling water.

Everyone followed the prestige, and then they suddenly realized that a foot-wide warm stream passed through the cave, gurgling and flowing into the spring pool not far in front, steaming out a dense water vapor.

There is actually a natural hot spring hidden in this cave!

It was too cold outside the cave. Seeing the steaming hot spring pool in front of them at this time, everyone was a little ready to move for a while, but the vigilance gained from the battlefield experience still prevailed.

Without Xiao Lingfeng's instructions, the crowd had spontaneously formed a pair of three or two after entering through the cave entrance, holding the long knife at their waists, forming a posture of guarding each other, with a guarded look on their faces.

Xiao Qi looked at the spacious and open cave in front of him, recalling the time it took to walk all the way, his face suddenly became ugly.

According to their footsteps, at this time they were about to cross Yanshan Mountain and reached the hinterland of Yanshan Mountain.

However, just now everyone was tense, they only paid attention to the surrounding situation and moved forward, but they didn't notice any abnormalities.

The sound of the water in the cave was still ringing, Xiao Qi recalled the trend of the mountains and rivers near Yanshan Mountain, and his heart became more determined, following the water flow, on the other side of Yanshan Mountain, there must be another exit from this cave!

Where is the other side of Yanshan Mountain?

It is the Xisha Twelve League, the archenemy of their Jingbei Army.

Xiao Qi clenched the knife tightly, walked slowly to Xiao Lingfeng's side, and shouted with a sullen face: "My lord."

Xiao Lingfeng's face was also ugly.

No wonder, no wonder, when it was snowing heavily in the northwest, Yanshan Mountain was already covered by heavy snow, yet the soldiers and horses of the Twelve Leagues of Xisha were able to cross the border defense line of the Jingbei Army without anyone noticing, and suddenly appeared at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, facing Shuoyang City. There was a surprise attack.

No wonder!

He raised his eyes to look at the traces on the wall, and wondered if this cave was opened by the barbarians from Xisha himself?

But when did the barbarians of Xisha have such a means of cutting mountains and rocks?

Just as he was contemplating, suddenly, there was a "swoosh", and a feathered arrow with a barbed tip pierced the wind, pointing directly at where Xiao Lingfeng was.

Although Xiao Lingfeng's shell has changed, but the muscle memory he should have is still there. He turned over to avoid the incoming arrows like a conditioned reflex, and then the long knife was unsheathed from his waist, and the cold light of the knife flashed. Arrows that came one after another were chopped down by the knife.

However, when he regained his senses, he found that all his subordinates had collapsed.

There are drugs!

He was startled.

In a trance, Xiao Lingfeng only felt a vague fragrance drifting over the tip of his nose, about to pull him into a deep sleep. He tried his best to distinguish, but a name suddenly flashed in his mind:

fairy drunk...

This incense is originally used to calm the mind and calm the mind, but if one drinks wine before inhaling this incense, even if it is only a sip, mixed with this fragrance, it will make people feel drunk, in a trance, and their muscles and bones are weak.

When they came, they drank a lot to keep out the cold, but they didn't expect to get caught here.

He bit the tip of his tongue and forced himself to wake up, but he was no match for the surging effects of the medicine.

Someone approached and patted his face with his hand: "It turned out to be Xiao Lingfeng from the Jingbei Army. It's really hard to find anywhere. It didn't take much effort to get here!"

"Tie it up!" someone shouted from afar.

The eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his consciousness gradually sank. Xiao Lingfeng lost his last breath of strength, and finally couldn't hold on anymore, and fell to the ground.