A cold snap forced Yun Zheng to stay in his room for two days.
In just two short days, the outside world has changed a lot.
Everywhere you look, it's a world covered in snow.
There were people clearing the snow in their house, so it was not visible yet.
But when we walked out of the palace gate, the snow was almost ankle-deep.
"This damn weather, it changes too quickly, doesn't it?"
Yun Zheng lowered the curtain of the carriage and looked at Shen Luoyan beside him with astonishment.
He also didn't want to ride in a slow carriage.
But he had just gotten better, and no one allowed him to ride in the wind and snow, for fear that this weakling would fall ill again.
"Why else is it called Shuobei?"
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Chen Luoyan rolled her eyes at him and complained, "I told you to rest for two more days but you refused to listen. If you fall ill again, you will be the one to suffer."
"I'll have to get used to this weather sooner or later."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, then asked, "Have you sent anyone to check the area beside the Baishui River?"
“I have.”
Chen Luoyan replied: "The Baishui River has not frozen yet. I have asked many people, and they all said that if the ice on the Baishui River is to freeze to the point where horses can pass through, it will take at least a month..."
Although Shuobei is now covered with ice and snow, the water in the Baishui River is flowing and it is not so easy to be completely frozen.
Yun Zheng was worried that once the ice thickness of the Baishui River reached a level where horses could run, Beihuan would bypass the two frontmost citadels in Shuobei and attack Shuobei from other places.
"About a month?"
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, and then ordered: "From today on, send people to the Baishui River every day to check the situation of the Baishui River!"
"Isn't that necessary?"
Chen Luoyan frowned and said, "The ice layer of Baishui River is not thick enough. If Beihuan rushes out rashly, all the troops and horses will fall into the river. Wouldn't this give us a chance?"
"Who knows if Bei Huan will take the risk? It's better to be on guard."
Yun Zheng said seriously: "The people of Beihuan are not fools. They can't be unaware that we will attack them next spring! Beihuan will not passively defend, but will attack first while our strength in Shuobei is not strong enough..."
The best defense is offense!
Yun Zheng believed that the people of Beihuan would also understand this.
Even if the Northern Huan cavalry is not good at attacking cities, the Northern Huan will most likely take the initiative to start the battle.
As long as the Northern Army is crippled, Da Gan will probably be unable to attack next spring.
"Well, that's true!"
Shen Luoyan nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then should we send someone to notify Wei Wenzhong and let him make preparations in advance to prevent Beihuan from launching a sudden attack?"
"Need not."
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "Wei Wenzhong is also a general who guards one side. If he can't understand this, how can he be a general? Wei Wenzhong must have taken precautions. We don't need to worry about this! We only need to worry about whether the Beihuan cavalry will come directly to our side!"
He certainly knew how much Bambu hated him.
He also suspected that the third brother would secretly send someone to tell the people of Beihuan about his military training in Shuofang.
He also knew in his heart that as long as Bambu knew that he was on Shuofang's side, he would definitely try to take his life!
What they have to do now is to be on guard against Bei Huan's move.
The best thing would be that if Bei Huan really did this, he could take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits.
The two talked all the way and finally arrived at the South Camp.
As soon as he arrived at the camp gate, Yun Zheng saw many people clearing snow.
The men piled the cleared snow into a snow wall outside the camp.
There is not much snow at the moment, and the height of the wall is less than one foot.
When it snows heavily again later, this snow wall will get higher and higher.
"Whose idea was this?"
Yun Zheng turned his head and looked at Shen Luoyan.
"Of course it was my idea!"
Shen Luoyan smiled proudly, "How about my idea?"
"Yeah! It's really good!"
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "But you have to have people compact the snow! In addition, the camp can also use the accumulated snow to build snow walls to divide the entire camp into sections to further resist the invasion of the cold wind."
This is a really good idea.
Not only did we remove the snow from the camp, we could also make some preparations for the coming severe winter.
It is not the coldest time in Shuobei now.
When the cold winds howl, some windbreak walls would be much better!
We can't all hide in tents and warm ourselves by the fire and not practice just because the wind is howling, right?
Shen Luoyan thought about it and nodded immediately, "I'll give the order right away."
Having said that, Shen Luoyan ran down from the carriage in a hurry.
Yun Zheng smiled, thinking to himself that Chen Luoyan could be quite smart sometimes.
When they arrived at the tent, Yun Zheng called Zuo Ren and the others to ask about the training situation.
The situation was better than he expected.
Although these people are eliminated soldiers, in other words, they are also veterans!
Many of them were lucky enough to survive the Shuobei War that year.
Compared with the new recruits, these veterans are more slippery, but also have more experience in fighting the enemy.
Although they have been disarmed for more than five years, they can be deployed back to the battlefield after some proper training.
The key is that Yun Zheng provides good food for everyone.
These people are not dishonest.
Otherwise, if you are driven out of the camp, you will not have such a good life.
Under these circumstances, the training progressed very well.
If the enemy comes, if these people are pulled onto the battlefield now, they will at least have a chance to fight the enemy.
Of course, the longer the practice time, the better.
While Yun Zheng was chatting with a few people, Zhou Mi outside the tent suddenly came to report: "Your Highness, General Wei is coming!"
Wei Wenzhong?
Yun Zheng frowned slightly.
What is this bastard Wei Wenzhong doing here?
Could it be that he came here to improve the food for Tian Bing?
It's a bit unusual for Wei Wenzhong to come at this time!
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, then immediately signaled Zuo Ren and others to leave. At the same time, he lay down on the simple wooden bed in the tent, and then asked Zhou Mi to go and greet Wei Wenzhong on his behalf.
Who cares!
Pretend to be sick first!
Let’s see what Wei Wenzhong is trying to do.
At this time, Shen Luoyan lifted the curtain and walked in.
Looking at Yun Zheng lying on the bed, he immediately frowned, "Are you planning to pretend to be sick?"
"Um."
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "I feel that Wei Wenzhong may have bad intentions. Let's see the situation first! Don't just stand there, come and take care of me!"
Take care of him?
Shen Luoyan glared at Yun Zheng in reproach.
Why did she feel that this bastard was trying to take advantage of her?
"You are full of bad ideas!"
Chen Luoyan walked over and sat down next to the simple wooden bed.
Yun Zheng chuckled and immediately stretched out his hand, "My beloved, please warm my hands!"
"Pooh!"
Shen Luoyan spat lightly and poured another bowl of hot water for Yun Zheng.
It was not until she heard footsteps outside that Shen Luoyan slapped Yun Zheng's mischievous hands away, helped him up from the sickbed and fed him hot water...
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