In the next few days, Yun Zheng stopped practicing martial arts and even did not return home every night.
Chen Luoyan and the others only knew that Yun Zheng was training the Eighteen Ghost Riders, but they had no idea what Yun Zheng was training about.
They wanted to go and see what Yun Zheng was doing several times, but were stopped every time.
A heavy snowfall made the temperature in northern Shuo even lower.
Yun Zheng also received a report from Yu Shizhong that the Baishui River was completely frozen.
Of course, it's just frozen now, so horse racing is definitely not possible.
Yun Zheng brought Du Guiyuan with him and personally sent the Eighteen Ghost Riders to the Baishui River.
The eighteen men were all dressed in snow-white fur coats and carried only weapons and a small amount of dry food, plus an iron bowl for boiling water and some strong liquor.
However, they still had sleds attached to their horses.
Although it's not exquisite, it's usable.
...
...
Eighteen people dismounted together, waiting to receive Yun Zheng's final instructions.
"I will send you here."
Yun Zheng looked at the eighteen people with a serious expression, "Don't forget what I taught you these days! Remember, as long as you find out Beihuan's movements, return immediately, and don't be greedy for merit and linger in the battle! There were eighteen of you when you left, and I hope there will be eighteen of you when you come back!"
"yes!"
Everyone obeyed the order.
"Okay, let's go!"
Yun Zheng said no more and waved to everyone.
The eighteen men quickly unloaded the sleds from the horses and climbed down the steep cliffs along the river bank.
When they got down to the Baishui River covered with a thick layer of snow, everyone immediately changed to sleds and began to slide to the other side of the Baishui River.
Above the sky, heavy snow is still falling.
Soon, the figures of the eighteen people disappeared in the heavy snow.
"well……"
Yun Zheng looked in the direction where the eighteen people disappeared.
Although these people have good martial arts skills, they have received too little training time.
He and Du Guiyuan had spent so much effort to train these people, and he would feel painful even if one of them died.
Hopefully, they can all return safely!
"Your Highness, we should go back."
Du Guiyuan whispered behind Yun Zheng.
"Um."
Yun Zheng nodded slightly and asked solemnly, "Do you think they can complete the mission and return safely?"
"Of course I can!"
Du Guiyuan nodded heavily, "Your Highness has spent so much effort to teach them, they will definitely not let you down!"
Du Guiyuan's words were both to comfort Yun Zheng and to comfort himself.
To be honest, he actually had no idea.
Although these eighteen people have undergone various rigorous trainings, including training on how to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in enemy territory, they are only eighteen people after all!
With these people's martial arts and their endless sneak attacks, they can definitely easily deal with a small group of Beihuan cavalry if they encounter one.
But if you encounter a large group of cavalry and are surrounded, there will be no hope of escape.
It's a gamble!
If they win the bet, they can see through Bei Huan's plan and make arrangements before Bei Huan.
If they lose the bet, all the efforts he and Yun Zheng have spent on these people will be wasted.
"I hope so!"
Yun Zheng nodded gently and turned around slowly, "Let's go! I should go back to sleep..."
These past few days, he hadn't slept for more than five hours in total.
After training those people every day and teaching them how to survive in enemy territory, he would think for a long time, trying his best to think about the difficulties these people might encounter, and come up with solutions, and then tell them the next day.
"Your Highness really should take a good rest."
Du Guiyuan nodded slightly.
Yun Zheng got on his horse and instructed Du Guiyuan, "Go and inform Yu Shizhong later and ask him to send people to patrol here every day and be ready to receive them at any time."
"good!"
Du Guiyuan nodded in agreement.
Everyone took the horses left behind by the eighteen men and headed back in the wind and snow.
On the way, Yun Zheng told Du Guiyuan that he could select the personnel for the Blood Clothes Army.
However, don’t pick too many in the early stages, just pick a hundred people for training first.
Du Guiyuan has already trained the Eighteen Ghost Riders and knows how to train the Blood-Cloth Army.
When passing by Beidaying, Yun Zheng stopped by to take a look.
Thanks to the heavy snow in the past few days, and the fact that they have 100,000 old and weak soldiers as laborers, a three-meter-high wind and snow wall has been erected outside Beidaying.
Although the windbreak wall cannot completely block the cold wind, it can at least minimize the invasion of cold wind.
In some places, sheds were even built to block the heavy snow falling from the sky.
When Yun Zheng returned home, Miaoyin and Shen Luoyan were not there.
Ye Zi was shocked when she saw Yun Zheng coming back in a snowy storm.
"What happened to you? How did you become like this?"
Ye Zi looked at Yun Zheng with worry.
She really didn't know what Yun Zheng was busy with these days.
Yun Zheng looked very bad, his eyes were bloodshot and there were dark circles around his eyes.
If she didn't know that Yun Zheng was busy with work these days, she would have thought that Yun Zheng was being drained by Miaoyin.
"Let's talk about it later!"
Yun Zheng yawned tiredly, "Don't call me for dinner, I'm going to take a nap first."
Ye Zi originally wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Yun Zheng's expression, she didn't dare to ask any more.
When Yun Zheng returned to his room to rest, Ye Zi quickly called Gao He aside and asked, "Your Highness, what happened?"
“Everyone is busy.”
Gao He replied: "Your Highness has barely slept for several hours in the past few days. You are busy with this and that every day. I feel so sorry for you..."
"What on earth is he busy with?"
Ye Zi asked with confusion.
"Busy training people."
Gao He replied.
"I know he's training people!"
Ye Zi glared at Gao He in anger, "I mean, what is he training for? How did he get himself into this state? You are all people who follow him, why don't you try to persuade him?"
"Madam Zi, please don't ask. His Highness won't let us say it."
Gao He looked at Ye Zi bitterly, "We also want to persuade Your Highness to come down, but we can't!"
How could Gao He dare to tell Ye Zi about Yun Zheng’s training of those people!
In Yun Zheng's words, it was too bloody, too disgusting, and too cruel!
Seeing that Gao He refused to speak, Ye Zi stopped asking.
At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, seeing that Yun Zheng had not woken up yet, Ye Zi became worried and tiptoed to Yun Zheng's door, fearing to disturb Yun Zheng.
“Squeak…”
Although she was very careful, the door still made a noise when she pushed it.
Hearing the sound, Yun Zheng suddenly woke up.
Only after he saw that it was Ye Zi did Yun Zheng lie down again.
Ye Zi walked over, looked at Yun Zheng distressedly, and said apologetically: "I was afraid that something happened to you, so I came to check on you. I didn't expect that I was so careful and woke you up..."
"fine."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled.
"Now that you're awake, why don't you get up and eat something?"
Ye Zi advised again.
"No, I want to sleep some more."
Yun Zheng shook his head and grinned, "You woke me up, so you have to be responsible for putting me back to sleep."
Ye Zi blushed and said shyly, "You are not a three-year-old child. Do you still need someone to coax you?"
"It definitely needs some coaxing!"
Yun Zheng shamelessly stretched out his hand, "Just hold my hand..."
"you……"
Ye Zi bit her thin lips lightly and glared at Yun Zheng in shame and anger.
But seeing that the bloodshot in Yun Zheng's eyes had not yet dissipated, he couldn't help but feel distressed.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Zi still reached out her hand, "This is just the first time, it won't happen again!"
"Once is new, twice is familiar!"
Yun Zheng chuckled, grabbed Ye Zi's hand and pulled her back into the bed, then closed his eyes again with a satisfied smile on his face...
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