1.北风如刀，满地冰霜。2.江南近海滨的一条大路上，一队清兵手执刀枪，押着七辆囚车，冲风冒寒，向北而行。
Along a coastal road somewhere south of the Yangtze River , a detachment of soldiers , each of them armed with a halberd , was escorting a line of seven prison carts , trudging northwards in the teeth of a bitter wind .
冒寒