Chapter 1386: Blizzard (2)
"Pegasus Hara? Why the name? What are the dangers? What are the characteristics? Hearing that it was related to the grassland, Zhao Hu immediately asked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lao Dao thought for a while and said: "I heard that this grassland is very vast, and only flying horses can cross it, and I don't know if this is the case." As for the characteristics? Like an ordinary grassland, it's flat.
"Danger, there is no danger in normal times, but in the days when the cold day comes, the snow in this Pegasus Plains will be one or two times deeper than in other places, and the situation is very strange, even the general falling snow will also become a blizzard in the Pegasus Plains, and this situation has not changed for hundreds of years."
"The snow is a little or two deeper than anywhere else!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, the blizzard in this prairie is different from other places, the average snow depth is as high as an adult's knee, and the snow depth of the prairie is more than a meter high is also very common.
Now the snow in this Pegasus Plain is actually one or two times that of other places? Wouldn't that bury all the horses? Everyone looked around nervously, hoping that this grassland was not Pegasus, knowing that the day when the prairie would be covered with snow was approaching.
Zhou Wen, who had never interjected, suddenly asked, "Old Dao, what's going on on this cold day?" ”
Geralt hurriedly interjected: "I know this, it is the day when the prairie suddenly cools down, and a snowstorm is about to break out on a large area. ”
I don't know what's going on, although he knows Zhou Wen's identity, but the longer he stays, the more he feels that it is very pleasing to look at Zhou Wen, and he can't help but want to talk to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen glared at Geralt and continued to ask Lao Dao, "When did this cold day appear?" ”
The old knife scratched his head and asked his companion for help a little embarrassed: "Hey, which of you remembers the days?" ”
Several centurions were already counting with their fingers crossed, and after a while, one centurion said with some hesitation: "It seems that it will be a cold day in five days." ”
"Five days!"
Everyone was amazed, and there were five days left before the blizzard fell!
And just then, the scouts sent out returned.
"Report! No horses were found within a 100-mile radius! ”
These words made everyone stunned at first, and then a chill came up, no wonder the Muzi Banner chasers and horse thieves suddenly withdrew!
Dare to love, this is the most terrifying dangerous area of the prairie - Pegasus Plain!
And there are five days left to go until the Severe Cold Day!
Oh, my God! Twice as much snow!
In the prairie, Zhao Hu and the others knew that they were in Pegasus Plain, and they immediately hurried out without taking a break. Zhao Hu and the others didn't dare to turn back, there were tens of thousands of iron horsemen waiting to die.
It's a pity that they have been hunted down for so many days, and there is no reference around, so they bumped around like headless flies for a few days, and found that the grassland was everywhere, and they didn't know if they had left Pegasus Plain. I had to stop and concentrate on preparing for the winter.
Zhao Hu cut the grass and bushes with his sword, and almost eradicated the green in a radius of several kilometers.
By the time the cold day was only one day away, the clear sky had completely disappeared, the sky had become gray, and the cold wind was blowing from all directions, and almost instantly, the temperature dropped a lot.
Unused woolen sweaters were immediately turned out and wrapped around their bodies, and the number of woolen sweaters was as high as 2,000, and there were more than one for each person.
The servants touched these clothes, with a smile on their faces, although they also wore woolen clothes, but what they were wearing, where could they compare with the goods that these crystal flags used to trade.
Zhao Hu has not found any shelter from the wind and snow in this grassland these days, there are endless grasslands everywhere, and there is no way, so he has to rely on his own carriage to form a shelter from the wind.
"Circle the carriage for me!" Zhao Hu gave an order, and more than 150 huge carriages immediately surrounded a circle, but the circle enclosed by more than 150 carriages was too big, and the horses and sheep also had to spend the winter, so they narrowed the outer circle and enclosed a few inner circles.
The surrounding area is horses, the second circle is for miscellaneous goods and cooking, and the third and fourth circles are for people.
The inward carriage of all the carriages was dismantled, the planks that had been removed were broken and erected over the carriage between the two laps, and then some of the grain and grass from the carriage were removed, some of which were taken to block the gaps under the wheels, and some of which were tied together with ropes and spears, and then placed on the racks to block the sky.
Zhou Wen saw that Dio commanding Locke, Luo Fei and other strong men were digging a pit in the free-range area of horses and sheep in the outer circle, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you digging?" Fire pits? ”
"Firepit? Hey, these war horses on the steppe are not so delicate, I let them dig dung pits. Dio laughed.
"Oh, here to pile up horse and sheep excrement?" Zhou Wen said with a slight frown.
"On the one hand, for the excrement of these livestock, and on the other hand, for the excrement of our people. Hey, on such a cold day, as long as you remove the grain and grass under the wagon around here, those things will immediately turn into stones, and they won't stink. Dio couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhou Wen's disgusted look.
After a while, with the efforts of a few strong men, a toilet separated by ten planks appeared.
In addition to these essential things, the outer circle is used to keep horses and sheep in the enclosure, and the second circle is used to pile up sundries and cook, but it is very casual, just to block the gap in the carriage and block the wind.
The two circles inside are different places for people to live, and according to the establishment of the squadron and the hundred-man team and the logistics troops, it is divided into fourteen areas.
Each area is not large, but it is enough to combine those carriages that do not have a carriage board, and the sleeping place is paved with wooden planks, and then covered with hay and fur, and the carriage is directly covered with hay or fur.
There are a lot of furs in the horse thieves' market, not to mention that they are enough, even for those horses as quilt covers. At the same time, a large fire pit was dug in the center of each area, and there were places to sleep and heat, and there was a lot of space for people to move in each area.
Seeing all this, Zhao Hu was very satisfied, but it was a little troublesome when assigning the area, and everyone wanted to sleep in the innermost circle, because it was the warmest. Zhao Hu didn't think much about it, and directly ordered: "The imperial soldiers and logistics soldiers both sleep in the innermost part, and I sleep with the servant soldiers outside." ”
Although Zhou Wen's relatives and guards were very dissatisfied, the others had no opinion. Everyone took it for granted, but a few squad leaders were a little embarrassed, and the servant soldiers were full of excitement, what kind of glory was it that their master actually lived with him!
After doing this, the sentry outside suddenly shouted: "It's snowing!" It's snowing! ”
Hearing this shout, everyone rushed to the four exits specially vacated with great interest, and as soon as they arrived at the exit, they immediately felt a cold air rushing in, and when they looked at it, the sky was completely overcast, and the snowflakes with goose feathers were falling all over the sky.
The old knife hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and walked up to Zhao Hu and said, "Master...... My lord, let the sentinels in, it won't be long before the storm will be! ”
"So fast!"
Although Zhao Hu wondered how there was a violent storm before the cold day, Lao Dao was a local, and there was no need to lie to himself, so he hurriedly pulled back the sentries who had been scattered to guard.
"The passage has to be blocked, otherwise this circle will be unencircled." Zhao Hu looked at the snowflakes that flew in from the four passages, and couldn't help but say so.
"But if it's blocked, how can we observe the situation?" Geralt asked. This is not a joke, if you are surrounded by enemies, your own people's lives will be over.
"Drill a few holes in the outlying carriage, and when you use it, use these insights to see what's going on outside, and block it when you're not using it." Zhao Hu said casually.
Geralt couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, how could he not think of such a simple way? I dare to ask how to observe the situation, I seem to have become stupid after staying with this chief for a long time!
Hearing Zhao Hu's order, Lao Dao and several centurions immediately led the servants to carry planks and grain and grass to block the passage.
When night fell, everyone had eaten and chatted around the fire.
Zhao Hu took advantage of this rare opportunity to rest and ordered all troops to count the personnel and materials, they have been on the run these days, and they have no time to calculate the losses.
Soon, the situation reports of the various units came up.
Zhao Hu was silent, he was shocked by the rows of jars when Dio led him to see the carriage carrying the urns, although he didn't have time to calculate, he also knew that he had lost a lot, so he wasn't too surprised to hear the numbers.
Now there are three hundred and thirty-four Imperial soldiers left, and six hundred and sixteen servant soldiers remained, half of the Imperial soldiers are gone, and one-third of the servant soldiers are gone.
Dio hurriedly dispelled the gloomy aura: "My lord, the twenty-five logistics soldiers are in good condition, and there are five more veterinarians and one hundred grooms.
"Although we have lost some of our grain and grass, we have enough grain and grass to eat and drink, and we don't have to worry about food and grass at all.
"And we have more than seven thousand horses, and twenty thousand miles. As for weapons, arrows, and medicines, you will be able to use them as much as you can. By the way, we still have a black wolf! ”
The lying black wolf opened his eyes and breathed through his nose, then closed his eyes again.
Hearing this, and seeing the black wolf's actions, everyone laughed, and Zhao Hu smiled: "Old Dao, the strength of your servant soldiers should be evenly balanced, and the ten commanders who are lacking will be selected." ”
"Well, we don't know how to even." The old knife said embarrassedly.
Sun Jie immediately volunteered: "I'll help you, quickly gather people and hold a ten-master selection competition by the way!" ”
The soldiers, who had nothing to do, immediately made a fuss when they heard the noise.
Late at night, the soldiers finally quieted down after a long night's trouble, and after not sleeping peacefully for a long time, they fell asleep wrapped in warm woolen coats and furs.