Chapter 382 It turns out that winter is so cold

Author: Bei Wei

Xiao Beiheng escaped from Xuehe Village. Worried about being chased by the Xirong Army, Xiao Beiheng galloped for a while. It wasn't until the sun rose high that the land in front of him was completely white. He couldn't tell the direction, so he slowed down his horse.

Su Mo leaned on his chest and saw that his hands holding the reins were cold from the cold, so she pulled her cloak over to cover him.

However, Xiao Beiheng didn't pay attention to Su Mo's movements. His heart was filled with frustration and fear, and he had no time to feel Su Mo's affection.

He turned back to look at the way he came, and sure enough he saw several groups of cavalry chasing him from a distance. He was a little panicked for a while, but when he realized that it was Lin Kui leading the Northern Army to chase him, he calmly stopped and waited.

After the number of people was gathered, Xiao Beiheng nodded. Only more than two thousand cavalry followed, and the rest were obviously in trouble.

At this time, he was no longer as panicked as when he escaped from Leshan City, and his mind was much clearer. He said to Lin Kui: "If you can catch up with me by following the hoofprints, then the Qiang forest can also do it. Let's not stop here."

Lin Kui looked back at the messy horse hoof prints along the way and said, "Your Majesty is right, but we can't go further west. That will make us farther and farther away from the Anzhou reinforcements."

However, Xiao Beiheng was worried that he had few soldiers and was afraid that Qiang Lin would come after him again. He said, "No, this place is still quite close to Xuehe Village. Let's go a little further."

After everyone walked westward for a while, the sun once again disappeared into the dark clouds, and fine snowflakes fell from the sky, gradually covering the horse's hoof prints.

Lin Kui looked at the position of the sun, caught up with Xiao Beiheng and said, "Your Majesty, it's already past noon, it's snowing again, and the sergeants haven't eaten yet, why don't we find a place to rest."

Xiao Beiheng saw that the hoof prints of the horses were covered by snow, and the tension in his heart disappeared. He pointed to a forest in front of him and said, "Okay, let's go to the forest to rest."

Although the troops followed Xiao Beiheng loyally, they had not eaten since morning and were trudging in the wind and snow, which was miserable. Seeing Xiao Beiheng's words, everyone rushed into the woods and found a spacious place. Some people went to chop wood and light a fire.

Someone used branches to build a simple tent for Xiao Beiheng to keep out the snow, while the others gathered around the fire to keep warm.

The heating problem was temporarily solved, but there was no food. Lin Kui took it upon himself to ask the soldiers to slaughter a few old and weak war horses, put the snow in the iron helmet to burn, and then cut the horse meat into pieces and boiled it.

Xiao Beiheng sat cross-legged at the entrance of the tent, staring blankly at the busy sergeants in front of him.

He has never experienced such a day. In the past, he was always surrounded by people, and there were many cars and horses. If he wanted anything, he would just raise his head, and smart servants would bring it to him.

Now he was sitting in a simple tent made of tree branches. He couldn't even straighten his waist. Whenever he straightened his waist, the tree branches would hit his head. The ground was too cold to sit on, so he could only fold up a few cloaks and put them on the ground.

After living for so many years, he now realizes how cold winter is.

He is obviously the emperor, why did he end up in this situation?

While he was lost in thought, Su Mo came over with a branch with several pieces of steaming horse meat on it. She came to him, knelt down and handed the branch to him, smiling and saying:

"Your Majesty, this is meat cooked by me myself. Please enjoy it."

Xiao Beiheng took the branch, opened his mouth and tore off a piece of meat. It was so chewy and tough that he couldn't even chew it. It also had a strange smell of hair, which made it taste as unpalatable as possible.

He looked at the fire in the distance and realized that it was meat cooked with a sergeant's helmet. He couldn't help but change his expression. When he saw Su Mo looking at him with a smile, he started an unknown fire, spit out the meat, and tore up the branches.

Throw it out.

Su Mo got up and chased after him, picked up the branches, patted the snow off the meat, put it back into the pot, took out a bunch of hot meat, and said warmly: "Beiheng, eat something, otherwise how will you have the strength to chase after the enemy soldiers?"

What about the fight?"

Xiao Beiheng wanted to get angry. The food in Xuehe Village was not good before, but it was food for humans. Now this horse meat is impossible to eat.

The sergeants were all around him. Considering his status, he finally suppressed his anger, shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry."

Su Mo knew that he just couldn't stand the taste of the meat, so he took a bite of it first, frowning and chewing hard.

She was also from a famous family. She had never eaten such poor food since she was a child. She almost felt like vomiting, but she finally swallowed it and smiled at Xiao Beiheng: "Beiheng, you see, I have eaten it, and you can eat it too."

piece."

Xiao Beiheng glanced at her and said: "You are lying, such unpalatable food... you secretly vomited it."

Su Mo smiled and opened her mouth and said, "I ate it in front of you. Look, I really swallowed it."

While Xiao Beiheng was waiting to speak, Su Mo's expression suddenly changed. She protected her chest and clothes with her hands, lowered her head and retched twice, then vomited out all the minced meat she had just swallowed.

"Who told you to show off?" Xiao Beiheng took the branch from Su Mo's hand and patted her back, "Don't eat it yet, drink some hot water to warm yourself up. Horse meat is not fat, and it needs to be cooked for a long time before you can chew it.

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Su Mo blushed and said, "I want you to eat quickly..."

Xiao Beiheng raised his hand to stop her from continuing, listened attentively, then picked up the Baodiao bow and quiver and stood up.

Su Mo thought that some Xirong soldiers were coming, so she stood up nervously and looked around, saying, "Beiheng, do you want to tell everyone to be alert?"

Xiao Beiheng didn't answer, and suddenly drew an arrow, drew the bow and shot it. Su Mo looked along the path of the arrow and saw something falling from the tree in the distance. Lin Kui got up and ran over to check, and in the blink of an eye he was carrying a dead mountain.

The chicken emerged from the bushes and shouted: "Your Majesty's magic arrow."

There was a pheasant's nest in the woods. The crowds and noise caused the pheasant to frighten it out and fly to the branches to coo. Xiao Beiheng heard it and shot it down with an arrow.

Su Mo was overjoyed and asked the sergeant to pluck the pheasant, bleed it and cut it into pieces of meat. She boiled the chicken in melted snow with her own hands. After it was cooked, she served it to Xiao Beiheng.

Xiao Beiheng ate two pieces of chicken. Although there was no salt or seasoning, it still tasted delicious. He called to Su Mo and said, "Momo, come and have a meal with us." Su Mo happily agreed and sat down next to him.

The two of them gathered around the fire and ate a whole pheasant.

Su Mo was not hungry and her body was warm. Seeing that Xiao Beiheng's expression softened, she couldn't help but feel happy and said: "Sister-in-law said that she and her eldest brother also ate pheasants before when they were in poverty..."

As soon as she said something, she saw Xiao Beiheng's face darken. She knew she shouldn't say this, so she quickly stopped talking.

Both of them stared silently at the bonfire in front of them, speechless for a moment.

After a while, it was Su Mo who spoke first, saying: "Your Majesty... Victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs. As long as we meet up with my father later, we can make a comeback."

"Do you want me to win?" Xiao Beiheng asked.

Su Mo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I am your wife, how can I not want you to win? But... Do we have to fight to the death with our eldest brother? Can't we reconcile with him?"

Xiao Beiheng sneered: "It's impossible. He sent Qiang Lin to hunt me down, and it's clear that he came to take my life."

"Brother is not that kind of person..."

"What do you know? He didn't come to hunt me down personally, just because he was afraid of ruining his reputation." Xiao Beiheng said, "I once forced him into a desperate situation, and he wanted me dead more than anyone else."

The sound of horses neighing could be heard in the distance outside the woods. The soldiers who were eating and drinking stood up and looked outside the woods. Xiao Beiheng also stood up alertly.

A sergeant who was responsible for monitoring outside the woods ran into the woods and shouted: "Your Majesty, West..." Before the next words were spoken, an arrow flew from a distance and shot the man to the ground.

The sergeants in the open space were in great confusion. They threw away the horse meat that they had barely eaten in their hands, hurriedly picked up their weapons, and saddled their horses.

Xiao Beiheng caught a glimpse of the Qiang flag flickering in the forest, and said angrily: "Qiang Lin, you lingering thing."

He had captured Qiang Lin before, but now, he had become the prey, and Qiang Lin had become the hunter. He could not even eat a steady meal.

This huge gap made him furious, and with a surge of vigor, he mounted Wu Zui and rushed towards the incoming army, determined to kill Qiang Lin.

Qiang Lin took the lead and rushed into the forest. Xiao Beiheng rode to meet him.

"Xiao Beiheng!"

"Qiang Lin!"

The two recognized each other from a distance, and their enemies were extremely jealous of each other. Xiao Beiheng's precious eagle bow had a longer range than ordinary bows. He first drew the bow and shot an arrow at the Qiang forest. There were many trees in the forest, and the arrow happened to be caught.

A tree blocked it.

At the moment when Xiao Beiheng drew his arrow, Qiang Lin took his horse and took a step to the side, avoiding the obstruction of many tree trunks, and opened a gap to shoot an arrow.

Xiao Beiheng thought Qiang Lin was shooting at him, and quickly turned sideways to avoid the arrow. Unexpectedly, the arrow came towards Wu Zui. Although Wu Zui was a divine horse, he could not avoid flying arrows. The arrow flashed and pierced Wu Zui.

Left leg.
Chapter completed!