For several days, the camp first migrated southwest, then turned north.
The Herders used a lunar calendar, and their method of reckoning years was different from that of the Republics.
Winters could only estimate the dates himself; he remembered that the supply train had set off from Shuangqiao Main Camp on January 12th.
Heading westward, crossing the Border River, traversing the unpopulated area, they should have reached the Styx Main Camp by January 30th.
That evening, snowflakes drifted down from the sky.
Before that, he had simply been a Garrison Officer temporarily conscripted, leading a small group of militiamen doing laborious work of transferring supplies within Paratu territory.
Afterward, his world was like a cart dragged by a wild horse, hurtling towards a precipice at breakneck speed.
After setbacks, the supply train arrived at Bianli Main Camp on February 24th. Twelve days later, Bianli City fell.
