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That night, for the first time, Ningyuan did not send anyone to harass Li Yufeng's army who had settled in Shangtun Township, allowing the other party to have a rare good sleep.

Early the next morning, after the army ate steaming horse meat stew, Li Yufeng immediately commanded the army to march southeast along the Huiji River.

Although the county seat of Suixian County was right under his nose, with a large amount of food and supplies frozen inside, Li Yufeng knew that once his more than 200,000 people entered, they would never be able to get out again because of the Condor Army. They will definitely be frozen in the city using the same method.

The reason why the more than 200,000 people under his command still have high morale is not only because they are all carefully selected elites, but also mainly because the threat from the Condor Army is always nearby.

This keeps them in a state of high mental tension and leaves them with little time to think.

Once Li Yufeng leads the army into the city and successfully breaks the ice, the soldiers will definitely start to have random thoughts after gaining temporary peace.

Although these soldiers can be regarded as Li Yufeng's direct descendants, they are very loyal to him.

But when the situation is so bad, people's hearts will gradually change.

Under the influence of pessimistic emotions such as disappointment, restlessness, and homesickness, more and more soldiers will definitely be dissatisfied with Li Yufeng, because it was Li Yufeng who brought them into this desperate situation.

So if Li Yufeng wanted to minimize the chance of soldiers thinking wildly, he had to keep them in a state of tension.

Entering the county seat of Suixian County, they will definitely be in danger of death. It is estimated that the Condor Army will soon gather in and bury them in the city.

Although it would be very difficult to continue wandering in the wild, and basically a narrow escape from death, this would at least theoretically maintain a glimmer of hope of escape.

Li Yufeng likes to take the initiative in his own hands. Even if he loses, he must take the initiative instead of passively waiting for the enemy to deal with them.

So after weighing the pros and cons for a night, Li Yufeng finally gave up his plan to enter Suixian County to break the ice, and instead chose to continue dealing with the Condor Army in the wild.

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Ning Yuan was not surprised at all that Li Yufeng would choose to lead the army to march southeast along the Huiji River, because he had already inferred what choice Li Yufeng would make based on various signs.

After losing all his horses, Li Yufeng's current choice is to immediately enter Suixian County to break the ice, and then hold on to the city after breaking the ice.

Either continue to play wilderness survival in the wild and compete with the Condor Army for patience to see if they freeze to death first or if the Condor Army can't bear it and launches an attack on them.

Entering Suixian County to break the ice, although after success they can get the food and heating supplies stored in the city, it is equivalent to walking directly into a cage.

When they were breaking the ice, the Condor Army had enough time to mobilize their troops and surround them in the city. Then the scene where the city's defenders were frozen would happen again.

Therefore, as long as Li Yufeng still had the slightest thought of survival in his heart, he would not bring his army into Suixian County to wait for death.

If Li Yufeng finally chooses not to enter Suixian County, then he will have no choice but to continue fighting guerrilla warfare with the Condor Army in the wild.

In this cold winter, if Li Yufeng wants to lead his army to compete with the Condor Army in a battle of wits and courage in the wild, he must do two things. Otherwise, he and his army will freeze to death without the Condor Army taking action. Cold winter night.

The first thing is to solve the food problem.

People are like iron rice and steel. If they don't eat one meal, they will be hungry.

After slaughtering all the war horses, the food problem was temporarily solved. At least for a short period of time, they no longer had to worry about food.

The second thing is to solve the problem of heating the army.

Continuous marching in the wild in sub-zero weather was a very severe test for the more than 200,000 troops under Li Yufeng.

The lower the temperature, the greater the consumption of soldiers.

In addition to relying on food to obtain a certain amount of calories, soldiers also need to drink some hot water or hot soup from time to time to ward off the cold.

And this is only during the day.

After night, the temperature will drop further.

Although soldiers huddled together can withstand a certain amount of cold, this alone was not enough.

Without tents and other equipment for camping in the wild, if there is no fire to provide warmth for the soldiers, many people may never wake up after falling asleep.

Therefore, with no shortage of food for the time being, Li Yufeng had to find a way to find enough combustibles during the day so that the soldiers could drink hot soup regularly and keep warm at night by making fires.

Under the tactics of the Condor Army, it was impossible for Li Yufeng to obtain enough firewood to keep out the cold at once like yesterday.

Therefore, he must try to collect enough firewood through day marching so that the army can survive another upcoming cold night.

To collect enough firewood, they had to find some places with bushes.

The Condor Army can ignite the villages and towns along the way, but it cannot ignite all the bushes along the way, because when the ground is full of snow, even if the bare trees are ignited, it is difficult for the fire to spread around.

As for the Condor Army going around directly in front of them, cutting down all the bushes before they arrived, and letting them return without success, that was even more impossible.

Because in the cold winter, not only did they consume a lot, but so did the orc warriors of the Condor Army.

Compared with them, although those orc warriors are more resistant to freezing, this is achieved by ingesting a large amount of food.

In such cold weather, just marching in the wild is already very difficult. If those centaur warriors are allowed to run around cutting down the woods, they will probably not have the strength to fight again.

With Ning Yuan's current level of savvy, there is no way he would risk overworking the Centaur warriors by doing such stupid things, so as long as they are not unlucky, they can always find some bushes or groves. of.

The reason why Li Yufeng's army went south was not to go in the other direction.

In addition to the unknown number of Shenying troops stationed in those three directions, they can also enter Anhui territory by walking more than a hundred kilometers to the south.

Although Anhui is now nominally part of the Condor Empire, in fact it has always been in a state of desolation.

After the loss of a large number of people, except for some major cities that are still inhabited, most other places in Anhui have become wilderness.

Anhui is known as a land of plenty and is rich in ecological resources.

As the people in the villages in the wild emptied out their houses and the fields in the wild were no longer occupied by people, they became a paradise for wild animals. Overgrown bushes can be seen everywhere, and there are countless animals of all kinds.

As long as they can successfully enter Anhui along the Huiji River, not only will the problem of food and firewood be solved, they may also be able to take the opportunity to divert to the Dabie Mountains, and then escape over the Dabie Mountains to ascend to heaven.

With the passage into the Nanyang Basin blocked by the Divine Eagle Army, for Li Yufeng, entering the Dabie Mountains was his only chance to escape.

Although the road from Shangtun Township to Dabie Mountain is full of dangers and difficulties, it is still better than not seeing any hope.

Even if Li Yufeng can only bring back 10,000 of the more than 200,000 people alive, he will definitely be willing to fight for it for a while. After all, each of these elite soldiers is very precious.

Like Li Yufeng, Ning Yuan also studied the map carefully all night.

He completely immersed himself in Li Yufeng's character, and then found this theoretically the only way to escape.

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There is a place called Niuji Town in the northwest of Bozhou.

Niuji Town is located at the junction of Henan and Anhui. The land there is very fertile and it was originally a large agricultural town.

However, with the advent of the war, the people of Niuji Town all fled to other places to avoid the war, and Niuji Town gradually became a paradise for wild animals.

The abandoned Niuji Town is overgrown with grass, and messy bushes can be seen everywhere.

With the arrival of winter, Niuji Town is now full of dry grass and various trees with fallen leaves. From time to time, you can see some pheasants, hares, wild boars and other animals in the woods and fields.

When Li Yufeng's army arrived at Niuji Town after two days of hard work, the soldiers who had become somewhat numb finally smiled.

Looking at the overgrown wilderness in front of them, at the abandoned houses with trees growing on their roofs, and at the various small animals that had not yet realized that death had come, they ran over in excitement.

This time, without Li Yufeng's orders, the soldiers had already taken the initiative to search every place in Niuji Town.

Whether it is grass, trees or various animals, as long as it can be ignited and eaten, they will never let it go.

As the main army entered Niuji Town one after another, the sky above Niuji Town was soon filled with misty smoke, and the aroma of various meats could be smelled from a distance.

"Commander Qi, after careful investigation, Niuji Town is currently very safe.

There are not only a lot of hay and trees here, but also a lot of wild peppers, cotton, tobacco leaves, wheat, rice and other crops. It seems that these things have been grown here before.

In addition to these crops, we also found several abandoned fish ponds nearby. After cutting through the ice, we found a lot of live fish inside. I have organized some soldiers to go fishing in the fish ponds and nearby rivers. .

By the way, Niuji Town is simply a paradise for wild animals, with pheasants, hares and wild boars everywhere.

Although these wild animals are a bit insignificant to our 200,000-strong army, they are enough for the soldiers to improve their food.

Commander, this Niuji Town is really nice. Should we rest here for a day? "

After Li Yufeng entered Niuji Town, Li Kun, a pioneer officer, immediately rushed over to report.

After reporting the basic situation of Niuji Town, Li Kun looked at Li Yufeng with hope, hoping that he could order the army to repair here for one more day.

Traveling for two consecutive days made everyone, including Li Kun, very tired.

During the day, they not only had to be constantly on guard against sneak attacks by the Centaur army of the Condor Army that had been following them nearby, but they also had to go around looking for firewood to burn.

In the process of collecting firewood, if they see a piece of hay, let alone a branch, they will immediately run over and collect it.

When have they done this kind of thing before?

When they were in Hubei, they were Li Tang's most elite army. They had the best food, clothing, housing and transportation. There would be dedicated personnel preparing everything for them every day.

However, now they not only have to endure hunger, but also have to go everywhere to collect firewood.

In order to collect enough firewood for the night, they stared straight ahead all day, for fear of missing a dead branch or dead grass on the ground.

Even if their eyes are sore, they dare not relax for a moment, because a dead branch may determine the life or death of several people.

It can be said that their experience in the past two days has been a nightmare.

Although the Niuji Town where they are currently located has been abandoned for a long time, for them who have experienced the torture of the past two days, Niuji Town is simply a paradise-like place.

Niuji Town not only has abandoned houses that can shelter from the wind and rain, but also has enough firewood to survive the cold winter nights, as well as various game and river fresh food to temporarily satisfy their cravings.

You must know that these things were something they didn't dare to think about before today, so this place is paradise for them.

Glancing at Li Kun, who looked haggard and unshaven, Li Yufeng sighed softly: "I have given you an order to rest the army in Niuji Town for a day and set off the day after tomorrow.

Tell the officers of each army to do a good job in defense while trying to provide a comfortable rest environment for the soldiers.

Also, no one is allowed to enjoy the pheasants, hares, wild boars and all kinds of fresh fish alone.

Collect all the harvest and distribute it equally to each army, and let the chefs use it to stew soup so that everyone can have a taste.

Except for the troops on duty today, everyone can have a good night's rest.

Tomorrow morning, you will lead everyone to cut down all the trees in Niuji Town and collect all usable things. We will pack them all up and take them away the next morning.

By the way, the soldiers can eat any other food they want, but the dried chili must be left alone.

Now it is estimated that our intentions have been completely exposed. Ningyuan will definitely not let us have a good life like today, so we have to take the opportunity to store more cold-proof materials. "

"Understood, I'll go down and make arrangements right away."

After nodding at Li Yufeng, Li Kun ran away with excitement on his face.