Ancient paintings connect the present, I hoard goods to support the villain Wang

Given Wang Tiezhu's loyalty, he would never watch his own prince take risks.

Naturally, he would do his best to stop Xiao Jingyan from going to the snow mountain.

"General Wang, let alone me, a prince, and you, a general, even if we were just ordinary people, seeing lives buried under the snow and in danger of death, we shouldn't stand by and watch."

Xiao Jingyan naturally knew what Wang Tiezhu meant, but as he said, he could not stand idly by.

Hearing the prince's words, Wang Tiezhu felt a little ashamed.

It's him who is narrow-minded.

"Your Majesty, please go back and rest. I will lead the troops to rescue them."

He must protect Xiao Jingyan.

Xiao Jingyan also shook his head helplessly.

"No need, it's just a matter of saving someone, I am enough."

"If you really want to help, call some more people, bring tents, charcoal, and quilts, and build a simple shelter for the rescued people."

Wang Tiezhu bowed and accepted the order.

Xiao Jingyan and others rushed towards the direction of the avalanche.

Along the way, the larger avalanches had stopped, but many rocks were still washed down the mountain by the snow.

The Xiao family army was still blessed by God. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, there was no other danger except for the strong gale.

They rode there on horseback.

Xiao Jingyan had anticipated that the snow was too deep for an electric bike to ride through.

After determining the location of the buried people, Xiao's army continued to clear the snow using a series of tools such as shovels and spades.

The pitch-black night added considerable difficulties to the rescue workers.

The torches they lit were always quickly blown out by the wind.

Fortunately, Shi Xi gave him a windproof lighter, otherwise, he couldn't even light the torch with just the tinder.

The soldiers continued to dig the snow, and the people buried under the snow heard the sound and responded.

But they had been buried under the snow for a long time, their bodies had already been frozen stiff, and they had no ability to save themselves.

Some unfortunate elderly people and children even broke their legs while escaping.

What's worse, some people were hit by wooden stakes and stones that rolled down from the top of the mountain along with the snow. In the ice and snow, the blood in the wounds froze.

"Hurry up, everyone, hold on a little longer."

The soldiers of the Xiao family army kept cheering up the people under the snow, fearing that their own will to survive would be lost.

"Is it enough to leave a hundred people here?"

The whole mountain was too big, and civilians were buried in too many places. Xiao Jingyan could not gather all the soldiers in one place.

"Your Highness, that's not enough. Considering the number of people buried, rescue is too difficult. We need at least three hundred people."

"Some of the snow was so packed that we couldn't dig it out. We had to use fires to warm it up or let the snow and ice melt naturally."

An adjutant who took the lead in digging snow looked at the suffering people and felt a little panicked and anxious. He wished he could rescue everyone in one go.

Xiao Jingyan clenched his fists and pointed at a few soldiers:

"You two, go back and call for help. Remember to call more people."

"Go back and get your things. Go to this king and get all the lighters."

Shi Xi didn't give him many lighters, so he was reluctant to use them.

But in the current situation, they need more fire, or fire that is not afraid of wind.

"I will leave three hundred men with you."

"The rest of you will follow me to other places to find more refugees."

Xiao Jingyan spoke, and after giving a few instructions to his adjutant, he led the remaining 700 men of the Xiao family army to the other side of the snow mountain.

There are villages all around the snow-capped mountains.

Today's avalanche was very large, affecting all four directions, east, south, west and north. Only a few villages in the west were not buried in the snow.

When the villagers learned that an avalanche had occurred, they spontaneously organized people to come for rescue and happened to meet Xiao's army head-on.

"Prince Ding'an?"

The three old village chiefs who took the lead had good eyesight. Even in such a dark night, they were able to recognize Xiao Jingyan, whom they had rarely seen!

Perhaps it was because Xiao Jingyan, as a prince who came to the border city to guard the border, was too famous in the city.

"The common people have met the prince."

The three village chiefs led nearly fifty villagers behind them and knelt down to pay their respects to Xiao Jingyan.

The ground was covered with snow, and the moment they were about to kneel down, Xiao Jingyan hurriedly stopped them.

"No need to be polite."

"I learned that there was an avalanche here, so I brought people here to rescue."

Xiao Jingyan briefly explained the purpose of his visit.

When the villagers heard that he was also here to save people, they were a little bit unbelieving for a moment.

The prince is so considerate to the people?

"On behalf of all the villagers, I thank the prince."

One of the village chiefs, who looked very skinny, bowed to him and expressed his gratitude.

After the village chief expressed his gratitude, the other two village chiefs and villagers around him bowed in greeting.

"Okay, everyone, don't waste time. Our top priority is to rescue all those buried in the snow."

"You don't have many people..."

Xiao Jingyan took a closer look at the villagers who were all skinny and poorly dressed. He felt that with just a few of them, let alone rescue, even a gust of wind would blow them away.

"Old Jiang, you take a hundred people and stay here with the villagers to rescue people. The rest of you will continue to head south with me."

He thought about it and gave instructions.

An old soldier quickly stood up from the team and bowed to Xiao Jingyan.

Continuing to walk around the mountain, Xiao Jingyan left two hundred people at the next village.

After arranging manpower in the villages in the east, south and north directions, he led the remaining 400 people up the snow slope.

There are two villages halfway up the mountain.

These two village clusters are larger and have larger populations.

In addition, they are located halfway up the mountain and are the first victims of avalanches.

It is also the most difficult to excavate and rescue.

"Everyone be careful and speed up."

"You guys keep digging first. The rest of you can come with me to find some branches and build a fire."

Just now, Xiao Jingyan had left more torches to the three groups, and there were not many left for themselves.

The rescue area and the number of people involved in the rescue on their side are the largest. He now feels that everyone can't see the road clearly.

But it doesn’t matter, the lighter in his hand can be used to light wood for everyone to keep warm and illuminate.

It’s a pity that he only had one with him and couldn’t distribute it to others.

Fortunately, by this time, Wang Tiezhu had probably already arrived to provide support with tents, charcoal fires, quilts and other heating supplies.

*

At the northernmost foot of Lingyao Mountain.

Wang Tiezhu arrived with supplies and a group of soldiers.

At this time, the rescue team that stayed in the northernmost village to dig snow had already dug out thirty or forty people, but most of these people were dead.

They were already frozen.

Seeing so many people on their side frozen to death, Wang Tiezhu hurriedly divided the thousand soldiers he brought with him into four teams.

One team stayed here, and the remaining three teams took supplies and rushed to the villages in the east and south.

He himself went to the village halfway up the mountain to find Xiao Jingyan.

The soldiers arrived at the areas they were responsible for one by one. Some started fires and burned charcoal; some set up tents; and some helped transport the dug-out villagers into the tents.

The villagers, already frozen stiff and clinging to their last breath, arrived at the tents, where more soldiers rubbed their bodies to warm them up. "Have you ever seen snow, Southern babies reading this? [Sneak peek]"