Chapter 9 Wind and sand are raging

"Do you know Chinese characters?"

"I will write a few more. ”

Su Wu thought, this person is not a businessman of the Hu people, nor is he a common person. I couldn't ask anything more, I just asked, "Mr. Hu, how many days can I get out of the desert?"

"It's going to take seven or eight days!"

He deliberately asked, "Is it more difficult to walk than this?"

"The most difficult thing to walk is that there is a big sand ditch in front of you. If you're lucky, you'll be able to pass by in no time. ”

Originally, the daylight hours were longer than the nights in the summer, but the daylight hours in the northern summer were longer than the nights, and the sky was still bright when it was almost the hour. The night is very short until the end of the day

lit up.

The team walked into the heart of the desert and, under the arrangement of the guide, usually set up tents in the open area by the roadside at night.

Early in the morning when he was going to walk Dashagou, just after dawn, Hu Tuli walked out of the tent where he lived with Su Wu to check the weather. The sky was cloudless, the stars were shining, and it was good weather. God help me!

This big sand ditch can be crossed in about an hour by beating horses, but it takes at least three to four hours for these many people to walk. The team set off early in the morning with food and water after dinner.

The team traveled relatively smoothly for more than three hours, until the mouth of the ditch could be seen with the naked eye, when suddenly, a gust of wind came from behind, and then the storm wrapped in yellow sand roared from behind.

Some people were caught off guard and fell down in the wind and sand. Before Hu Tuli threw himself down the ditch wall, he leaned his back against the ditch wall and shouted with all his might: "Everyone stand like me, close to the ditch wall!"

The soldiers shouted as well, pulling the fallen man against the ditch wall......

Hu Tuli: "Everyone should stand close to both sides of the ditch wall, with their backs facing outward, holding their heads against the wall, and don't be swept down by the wind and sand!"

"You must listen to the guide, and you must not act on your own......"

Su Wu shouted and patrolled with a cane, and instructed the soldiers to keep the camels and horses carrying the baggage as close to the ditch wall as possible......

Suddenly, with the raging sound of wind and sand, an envoy named Wei Or, who was escorted by Hu Ren in his fifties, trembled and shouted: "I'm cold, cold!"

The soldiers around him immediately gathered around him to keep him warm. Su Wu said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, squeeze each other tightly to keep out the cold!"

Everyone stood tightly against each other, holding their heads against the wall of the sand ditch, and the storm and sand covered the sky and the sun and swept them past them, whipping them from head to toe.

The camel was accustomed to such an environment, and stood silently against the wall with its eyes closed. From time to time, the horses barked loudly, adding to the anger and encouraging everyone.

It was dark, and the wind and sand finally slowed down. Everyone numbly opened their eyes and looked around, and found that most of their legs were buried in the sand...... Oh my mother, if I had fallen and left no one to take care of me, I would have been swallowed alive by a sandstorm......

Su Wu instructed the young soldiers to throw the numb people out of the sand: "Now everyone slowly move their legs and feet, take care of each other and walk out!"

The team finally trudged out of the sand ditch, and the western sky was full of sunset. The eastern sky, filled with moonlight. Look in front of you. It's still a long way to go

Sand field.

Su Wu asked the guide, "Can Mr. Hu rest here?"

"No, I can't. Walk another hour before you have a place to rest!"

Su Wu looked at the slowly moving procession, listened to the sound of people's feet on the sand, puffing and puffing, and encouraged: "Everyone lift their spirits and work hard, and after walking for more than half an hour, you will be at the resting place!"

The soldiers in the ranks shouted: "Come on, come on, come on, ......."

The shouts were especially loud and inspiring in the empty silence of the desert. Everyone supported each other, and although they walked hard in the desert, their steps still quickened.

Ranger and Chang would lead the horses and run from the back to the front of the group. She was speechless: "Brother Chang, why did you come back so soon when you went to the clouds to send people away?"

"Why, you don't want me back?" he smiled at her.

She was so angry that she punched him: "I don't know what to do! People ask you if they care about the mother-in-law and the child!"

"I'm kidding you!" he bumped his elbow lightly, hitting her in the chest.

Rrangel thrust the reins into his hands in pain, and crouched down beside the road with his arms folded over his chest. The team walked by mechanically.

Chang saw this, tied the reins of the two horses together quickly, slapped the horses' buttocks hard to let them go first, ran over and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"

Wrangel got up and said, "It's all right, it's all right!"

Hu Tuli passed by and took his daughter and left.

I often catch up and apologize: "Brother, I'm sorry!"

"I'm really fine!" Rangel said.

"Don't go yet!" Hu Tuli said to his daughter, "You have a headache!

He pulled his daughter to catch up with the horse in front of him, and Wrangel got on his horse, and he led the other horse along. Two guides were at the head of the line.

Su Wu pulled Chang Hui and walked forward quickly. When I couldn't hear them talking, I would whisper, "My lord, that kid is a boy!"

Su Wu laughed and whispered, "I know!"

"How do you know?" he wondered.

"I touched his head that day!"

"You're really a god!" he continued, "Actually, it was agreed between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. In order to leave offspring for her husband, she concealed that the child was a female doll from an early age. I thought that one day, I would be able to let my mother-in-law take the child back to Dahan. Their home is in Henan. ”

"According to the situation, has the register been made?"

"Not only did I keep the case in detail, but I also told the old mother that you saved them. He also left silver for the old people, and asked the battalion supervisor to take good care of them. ”

"You're doing the right thing!" he admonished, "you just know it, you can't tell anyone else!"

"I know that!"

Five days later, in the afternoon, they finally saw some shrubs and green grass such as sand willow in some places along the way. Su Wu excitedly asked the guide: "Mr. Hu, it seems that the desert is over?"

"Arguably. However, we must beware of the danger of sandstorms!" Hu Tuli said, "There are two families in front, so let's relax in the evening!"

At sunset, the team walked into a sand ditch. There is a poplar forest in the ditch, with golden green leaves, singing and dancing in the wind.

There is even a small river here, and on the slopes of the ditch on both sides of the river are pastures, and a flock of sheep grazes leisurely. There are a few sturdy horses and a few cows in the nearby pasture.

There are two imposing igloos on the side of the road that crosses the sand ditch, and smoke curls from them. A middle-aged man in front of the house was packing up his saddle, bridles, and other livestock utensils. Hu Tuli shouted from afar: "Master's house, a visitor!"

In fact, it was the first official Xiongnu post station to leave the desert and enter the capital city of Hala Horin. It was more lively when the Hu and Han sides were fighting. In recent years, there has been no major friction between the two sides, and it is just to pass on information to receive passing officials and pedestrians.

As soon as they arrived, the host immediately slaughtered the sheep and entertained them, and the men in the team immediately buried the pot and cooked the rice. In the more than half a month since I crossed the desert, I have not eaten a serious meal, let alone eaten enough.

Everyone rested after a beautiful dinner, but in the middle of the night, the guard who slept next to the guards shouted that his stomach hurt.