After defeating the Qiang people's royal city, Li Ling's troops only did one night to repair and head south. Originally, they had to turn east and head east, and they could return to the Han Dynasty in about ten days and appear north of Shu County. However, because Huo Guang had clear instructions, they were not allowed to return along this road, and they could only move towards the snowy area, which was three or four times longer and had a more dangerous terrain.

After Li Ling led the remaining 2,000 people to the south for two days, the original grassland had disappeared, snow began to appear on the earth, and there was no road here, so everyone could only walk south with the bullet.

Gradually, the snow covered the ground became thicker and thicker, and the heavy snow in the sky began to float for a while. Looking around, there was only one white snow, and there was no other color.

"General, there is such a big snow mountain in front of us. Our horses can't leave." There are countless snow mountains that are traversing the sky and the earth, standing in front of the Han army, as if the whole world is isolated by this snow mountain. What makes the Han army even more trouble is that the peaks extend infinitely to both sides, and even if they have to take a detour.

"There is no choice, let's abandon the horse..." Li Ling said helplessly at the snow-capped mountains on the ground.

Originally, the terrain here was no longer ridden two days ago. All the war horses were led by soldiers to cross mountains and ridges, because war horses were the most loyal and reliable partners for cavalry and were part of their lives. They would not give up the war horses unless they had to.

The soldiers reluctantly took off their saddles, took off their reins and hugged the war horses that accompanied them countless battles, gently patted the horses' heads, and then drove them towards the grassland.

"Pick up the weapon and set off..." Li Ling didn't say much, and carried the bedding on his back, used a sword as a cane, inserted it into the snow and began to climb towards the snow-capped mountains.

The more you go up the mountain, the more you are, the more you are cliffs, and the snow covers in some places, it looks particularly slippery. The wind and snow are howling, and the cliffs are thousands of feet below you. The human power in this kind of terrible territory seems extremely small, and soldiers will fall from time to time. However, in this kind of place, everyone is in danger, and it is difficult to protect themselves and even less able to help their companions. The soldiers can only really watch their companions fall and their bodies are gone...

At this time, even Li Ling didn't know how bad the situation would be ahead, and who could get out of here seemed to be no longer hope. Everyone was just mechanically rummaging through the snow-capped mountains and heading towards the south.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers beside him, Li Ling felt a little numb. However, out of his responsibility as a general, he still shouted and encouraged: "Brothers, hold on, maybe if you cross this mountain, you will be not far from Dian Kingdom in front."

"General, look..." Just as Li Ling gave a word to encourage him, a soldier's horror and helpless voice came from the front.

Li Ling held his breath and ran forward a few steps quickly. The air here was extremely thin, making it difficult for them to move. Every step took a lot of energy. When Li Ling walked to the front, he looked deep despair in his eyes.

At this moment, the troops led by Li Ling had already appeared near the top of the Daxue Mountain, and at this location you could see the other side of the Daxue Mountain. But on the other side was a straight cliff. Looking down from where Li Ling was, you could not see the bottom at all...

"Push this stone..." Li Ling said, pointing to a half-man stone not far away, and then several soldiers with good physical strength worked together to push the stone off the cliff.

The stones rolled down along the cliff, leaving a deep groove on the snow, but the stones kept rolling downwards and finally disappeared from view, making it impossible to speculate how high the steep cliff is?

"What should we do with the general? Are we dead here?" A soldier looked at Li Ling in despair and asked. Such a steep cliff could not be walked downward.

"Let me think about it..." Li Ling waved his hand and sat decadently on the snow. The remaining people they had been left until now were less than two thousand, and there was not much dry food left. In addition, the harsh environment on the snowy mountain could not allow them to survive for too long.

After a long time, Li Ling stood up, and said with a resolute expression on his face: "There is no way out. Even if there is hell below, he must go down."

Li Ling said as he took off the bedding on his back and then wrapped his body with the bedding. From a distance, he looked like a big rice dumpling.

"Everyone learns from me like this. Let's take a gamble whether to die or live. Brothers, let's take a step first..." Li Ling said that, and rolled down the cliff along the groove that had just rolled down the huge rock.

Seeing that all the generals of his lords did this, the soldiers naturally had to follow. And this might be a glimmer of hope. If this were not the case, there would be only a dead end on this snow-capped mountain.

Nine-death and ten-death without life, everyone chooses the former.

Li Ling felt that he was thrown up and his body was constantly under the impact. The only thing that was thankful was that he was covered with thick winter clothes and bedding, and the snow also had a certain buffering effect, at least it did not make his body fall away immediately. However, the dizzy feeling quickly made Li Ling faint. He only felt that he was falling down continuously. In the end, he didn't know how long it took, and he knew nothing.

On one side of the snow-capped mountain is still covered with snow. Under a steep and towering cliff, on a slightly open area, high and raised snow piles are like graves piled up on the snow.

"Hmm..." Suddenly, a faint moan came from the snow pile, and then the snow pile was scattered sparsely, as if something was squirming inside.

"Huh...cough...cough...cough...cough..." The snow pile exploded, and Li Ling swayed his dizzy head and fell into the snow. His eyes were confused, and he soon looked around with a little sober.

When he saw the snow piles like graves, Li Ling quickly got up with difficulty. He tried to stand up, but as soon as his body exerted force, he couldn't help but fall down again. He felt the stiffness of his lower limbs, and quickly supported the snow with both hands, and climbed towards the snow pile closest to him with difficulty.

Climbing to the snow pile, Li Ling didn't care about his frozen hands and started digging the snow. Soon a soldier wrapped in a quilt showed his face.

"Pa...pa..." Li Ling slapped the soldier's face hard. His originally pale face was actually slapped by Li Ling several times. "Wake up quickly... wake up quickly..." Li Ling roared loudly.

"Ahem...Ahem...I...I'm not dead yet..." The soldier woke up in a daze, not yet aware of the pain in his cheeks. Seeing Li Ling in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of joy of escaping from death in his eyes.

"If you are not dead, get up and save people quickly. If you don't wake them up, you will be stubborn..." Li Ling didn't care about his happiness and quickly shouted at the soldiers who had just woken up, and then continued to climb to another snow pile regardless of the pain in his body.

"Hahahaha... not dead... we are not dead yet... haha..." Soon there were bursts of laughter from the snow. As the soldiers woken up, all the snow piles were quickly dug out. However, this time not everyone was so lucky. In this way of going down the mountain to death, only a mere 500 people survived, while the rest were buried in the snow piles...

"General, look... Look... Look there is no snow there... What is that green? It's not a grass, right?" A soldier with mild injuries and good physical fitness quickly went around to explore the terrain after waking up. He ran to Li Ling in surprise and pointed at Nanfang and said.

Li Ling looked in the direction of his finger and saw a vague green in the snow. Originally, Li Ling and the others had not seen any plants for several days, as if the world was covered with snow. Now a ray of green not only represents a plant, but for Li Ling and the others, this is a ray of vitality, because this shows that the climate under the cliff is no longer so cold, and it is very likely that this has reached the place where the snowland and the Dian Kingdom grassland are intersected.

"Hurry, everyone help each other, let's continue moving forward. The Dian Kingdom grassland is ahead, so we don't have to die..." Li Ling could not determine whether this place was close to the Dian Kingdom grassland, but at this time, even if there was only a little hope, he would infinitely amplify his hope. Only under the combined effect of survival instinct and hope, can only return to the great man alive.

It seemed that the heaven did not completely cut off the life of Li Ling's tribe. Just as the sky was getting darker, Li Ling and the others finally saw a green grassland. There were only scattered snow piles on this grassland, and some antelope that bowed their heads for food made Li Ling and the others feel that in this world there were other creatures besides them.

This was the most difficult night in Li Ling's life, and it was also the most precious night he felt that life was the most precious. The pain caused by his body made him truly realize that he was still alive. This night was difficult and long. It was finally dawn. When Li Ling was about to continue walking with his remaining brothers, a rapid sound of horse hooves galloped towards them.

"Form a formation... alert... prepare for battle..." Li Ling stood up and shouted with difficulty, then looked in the direction of the horse's hooves.

A team of cavalry rushed towards Li Ling's troops like a tide on the horizon. Judging from the sound, Li Ling knew that this was at least a cavalry team of thousands of people. When Li Ling's troops finally rolled down the cliff, they had already discarded all their weapons. Now only five hundred people left were all tilted and supported each other, but they struggled to form a defensive formation. Even if they had no weapons in their hands, they were ready for the battle, and they could not even see any fear in their eyes.

The thousand-man cavalry soon appeared a hundred feet in front of Li Ling's army, and then the cavalry team quickly spread out from both wings, and surrounded Li Ling's army in a few breaths.

This is an alien cavalry dressed in black, a black cloak, and a black turban wrapped around their heads. They were under the banner and looked like a regular army of a certain regime, but Li Ling could not recognize the totem on the flag.
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