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Chapter 688: Desolation
Groups of horses were trotting, and the muscles of the Ming army's horses were full of strength under their smooth fur. The pale sunlight sprinkled on the earth, but the surroundings were desolate.
After a small nearby lake froze, there was no movement at all and it looked dead silent; apart from the army, there seemed to be no living things in this place!
There are obvious cracks on the ice, like a wound cut by a giant axe. It is said that this is because the water here has just frozen and the ice surface is thin; coupled with the large temperature difference between day and night, obvious cracks will appear on the ice surface at noon.
Yin Desheng, who was in the cavalry, looked up and saw a Gyrfalcon circling in the sky. His face was cold, but his body was a little hot.
Since this expedition, he has been living in the army, eating and sleeping in the open, but he feels that life has become familiar again. It is a very strange feeling. After entering
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