Chapter 180: Don't let them run for their lives
Just as Wu Hongsheng worried, after a burst of earth shaking and volcanic eruptions, soon a raging fire broke out in that forest area.
Because of the magma emitted by the volcano, the temperature is extremely high.
Wherever they fall, they are annihilated.
Hot magma is like death.
Constantly harvesting those plants and animal life.
Gaofeng City is actually only a few dozen kilometers away from the erupting volcano.
After the mountains shook for a while, the existing people in Gaofeng City, each of them ran out of their homes and looked up in the direction of the volcano.
After seeing the volcano erupt, the sky above his head was completely blackened by bursts of black smoke. They were all terrified.
This small business is more astute.
Most of them are family members, and at this time, they run home and ask the women in the family to quickly pack up all those valuable things.
They need to get out of here!
Wang Xinren, the county commander of Gaofeng City, saw that the people were in a panic, and they all began to drive the donkeys and mules at home, ready to flee out of the city. He was worried that after these people ran out, they would never come back, so he hesitated for a while, so he asked his two brothers-in-law, Zhao Mingde and Zhao Minghui, to quickly bring their families and officials to guard all the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
He said that this place is only allowed to enter, not to exit!
As a result, the people who were about to flee for their lives were blocked at the gate of the city at this time.
Seeing that the people were panicked and excited, Wang Xinren gave a death order, "If anyone dares to run out, he will put him in prison!" ”
There used to be an old saying that the people don't fight with the officials.
These little people who can only make ends meet at home, how can they directly confront the county magistrate.
In this case, some of them can only cry in a hurry.
And some people are lucky.
thinks that the county commander didn't run, so they don't need to be in such a hurry.
However, the time to escape is really limited.
Moreover, if the time to escape is missed, it is missed.
In less than an hour, the volcano that suddenly erupted was still erupting with a steady stream of magma.
The hot magma washed down from the top of the mountain.
They climbed over one hill after another, small undulating hills.
In the end, together with the raging fires that were burning, they rushed directly to the north gate of Gaofeng City in the time of a cup of tea.
It just so happened that there were not many people blocking this door at this time.
However, even if it wasn't much, the magma that washed down quickly washed down the wall of the north gate, and then, they rushed directly into Gaofeng City.
Seeing the fiery red magma, the people living in Gaofeng City hurried to other places at this time.
Some people's heads spin a little faster.
After they said they were going to the east gate, the others hurried to the east gate.
At this time, Wang Xinren, the county magistrate, had already gotten the news.
He was embarrassed, with his wife and children, as well as two brothers-in-law, and dozens of family members, and boarded the big ship.
They were ready to go down the river and escape directly by water.
Wang Xinren saw that those people were running for their lives, and there were people crowding and trampling people everywhere. A lot of people who were trampled under their feet were crying and shouting for their mothers. Wang Xinren frowned at this time, and he was very anxious.
"Zhao Minghui, you hurry up now! When are we going to sail? ”
Zhao Minghui listened, and he was also very anxious.
Because the fiery red magma has washed away the north gate, the west gate, and the two gates.
They stood in the boat and watched, and at a glance they saw the smoky inner city behind those who were fleeing for their lives.
Fires broke out everywhere.
There are people running for their lives everywhere.
I heard some of them crying and screaming for their mother. Zhao Minghui was in his heart, why wasn't he in a hurry?
He's dying now.
He rushed to the bow of the boat and found the boatmen. "Are you all right? Hurry up and sail! ”
The more than ten boatmen are also very anxious at this time. "Second master, let's get ready to sail!"
As soon as the captain gave the order, they hoisted the sails.
Set sail.
As soon as their boat started, the countless people who could swim, whether they were men or women, old or young, wanted to climb onto the boat at this time.
They knew in their hearts that as long as they boarded the ship, their safety would be guaranteed.
Too many people wanted to climb on the boat, too many people were pulling the boat, and Wang Xinren, who was upset, let these two brothers-in-law quickly deal with this matter.
At this time, the dozens of boatmen were also desperately rocking the oars.
They sat under the cabin, gritting their back molars and paddling hard.
After a while, the boat was slowly moving.
Just when they gritted their teeth and rowed desperately, Zhao Minghui, who was particularly alert, saw at this time that those people on the dock at the east gate began to jump into the river like dumplings at this time.
After those who could dive had jumped, Zhao Minghui saw at a glance that the fiery red magma had already washed away the city wall at the east gate.
If those people didn't want to be burned to death, they had to jump into the river.
However, those who jumped into the water are not safe now.
Because of the fiery red magma, as soon as it entered the water, the water seemed to boil.
Directly gurgling, there were countless splashes.
Under Zhao Minghui's own eyes, those people who were swimming desperately in the water seemed to be scalded at this time, first screaming a few times, and then they seemed to be cooked.
Floating there, not moving.
And some people who are sitting in small boats are also very panicked at this time.
They can only row forward desperately.
However, those who jumped early kept climbing onto the boats at this time.
Small boats have a limited carrying capacity.
And there are so many people who want to live. So it's crowded everywhere.
In the short time of a cup of tea, either this one fell into the water or that one fell into the water.
If people who fall into the water can't climb onto the boat again within a second or two, they will be scalded to death by the boiling water boiling with the magma.
After Zhao Minghui saw this human tragedy with his own eyes, he himself was shocked.
While he was thinking, he saw some people in a few boats, glaring at him all the time.
With the kind of eyes that look at the enemy, keep a close eye on yourself.