On May 28, the nineteenth year of Hongwei, after leaving Beijing for half a year, Xu Rui took Tianqiwei all the way around, and Princess Qixia traveled in the mountains and rivers, and finally approached the distant Tianqi Pass.

And before they really entered the Tianqi Pass, they still had to pass through the 800-mile Hanhai Gobi, crossing the only canyon trail between the southern mountain range and the northern desert.

In order to enter the canyon as soon as possible, Xu Rui chose the most detour and the best route, that is, to enter the mountains along the outermost part of the 800-mile Hanhai Gobi.

Although it is walking along the outermost part of the Hanhai Gobi, the Hanhai Gobi still makes everyone realize its powerful power, the vicious sun and hot weather make the army cry bitterly, and people who suffer from heat stroke are sent to the field hospital for treatment every day.

Fortunately, most of the sergeants and soldiers of the Apocalypse Guard Army were strong men from the northwest, and they had long been accustomed to such bad weather, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the army was very likely to drop by several notches quickly.

On this day, Xu Rui leaned on the side of the broken military vehicle, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, took a big sip of water, and then handed the water bag to Xiaohu beside him.

Xiao Hu took the water bag, poured a big sip without thinking about it, and said, "The information has been clear." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "Let's talk about it." ”

Xiao Hu pointed to the boundless Gobi in the north and said: "The Hanhai Gobi is known as 800 miles, and the actual area is not much different from this number.

The negative altitude here, the extremely hot weather, the high mountains in the south blocking the warm and humid air flow from the north, and the alternating high and low pressure in the Hanhai Gobi Mountains, form meteorological conditions similar to quasi-stationary winds.

It is the combination of these factors that has finally created this large area of 800 miles of Gobi that seems to be embedded between the grassland and the forest. ”

Xu Rui glanced at Xiao Hu when he heard this, and said, "It's very professional, I didn't expect you to have a lot of research on climate." ”

Xiao Hu was slightly stunned, did not answer, but continued: "In addition to what Fang just said, the Eight Hundred Miles of Hanhai is located on the earthquake zone, and various natural disasters often occur, the most famous is the intermittent sandstorm.

As the saying goes, there are no absolutes in the world, and quasi-static winds do not exist all year round, usually about three months of the year are the sandstorm season in the Gobi.

Sandstorms are hard to come by anywhere else, when the high and low pressures become more disturbed, causing violent and strong winds, which can exceed twelve by the standards of your chosen ones, rolling up yellow sand and engulfing everything like a tsunami.

However, the most intractable thing about sandstorms is not the amazing destructive power, but the fact that the three-month sandstorm season can only be estimated based on the situation of the previous year, and the Gobi is inaccessible, and as long as one or two sandstorms are not recorded, the forecast for the next year may be inaccurate. ”

Xu Rui listened to Xiao Hu's words while making comparisons on the map, and his brows gradually furrowed.

"The Hanhai sandstorm is famous, and Ben Shuai planned the time to cross here before the sandstorm arrived, but in this case, our route doesn't seem to be safe?"

Xiao Hu smiled: "How can there be an absolutely safe road in the world?" There are people who are killed by hail while walking, and everything is just life. ”

Xu Rui nodded: "The environment here is so harsh, compared to the eight hundred miles of Hanhai Gobi, there should be no one in it, right?" ”

Xiao Hu shook his head: "This place is very close to the outside of the Saiwai, and it can bypass the steep Tianqi Pass, it has always been a gathering place for horse bandits and robbers, and there are also illegal traders who try to go straight to the grassland from here, but there are only one hundred who can come back alive." ”

"Oh......"

Xu Rui sighed: "No wonder the Great Wei has only guarded the Tianqi Pass for hundreds of years, not the eight hundred miles of Hanhai Gobi, such a bad place, if you send a large army to enter, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult to avoid the danger of annihilation of the whole army." ”

Xiao Hu nodded: "Exactly, hundreds of years ago, when the Grassland Empire arose, there were two times when I wanted to cross the eight hundred miles of Hanhai Gobi and go straight to the Central Plains.

However, both times the army was completely annihilated, and only a few of the hundreds of thousands of troops were lucky enough to make it out, and neither Han nor Hu dared to send a large army across the desert again.

However, I heard that there is an oasis in the center of the Hanhai Gobi Desert, where all the bad weather can be avoided, but legends are legends, and there is no way to verify them. ”

Xu Rui nodded, pointed to a "stone forest" marker on the map and asked, "What is this place?" ”

Xiao Hu glanced at it and said: "This is a narrow and long weathered stone forest, about sixty miles long and no more than ten miles wide, not far from our position, you can see it by bypassing the mountain in front." ”

Xu Rui said: "If the sandstorm hits, this weathered stone forest should be able to temporarily avoid the sandstorm, right?" ”

Xiao Hu smiled bitterly: "I thought so at first, I also went to explore the road yesterday, the stone forest can resist the sandstorm, but the risk is not small." ”

Xu Rui was stunned: "Why is this?" ”

"Because it's a fault, the consequences of an earthquake are unimaginable, and sandstorms are usually accompanied by strong geological activity. ”

Xu Rui frowned when he heard this, and a trace of worry flashed on his face.

Xiao Hu was puzzled: "Are you worried about the sandstorm?" ”

Xu Rui nodded: "I have heard of the sandstorm in the Hanhai Gobi before, and once it encounters it, it will be an unwarranted disaster. ”

Xiao Hu said: "Actually, you don't have to worry so much, firstly, we are only on the edge of the Hanhai Gobi now, and the power of the sandstorm is much smaller than that in the center, and secondly, didn't you receive a report from the border army, and there was no sign of a sandstorm in three months." ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's just that I received the report from the border army that worries me, how can anyone guarantee that such a thing as a sandstorm will never come?" Besides, the border army here is subordinate to Tianqi Pass, and that Long Marshal may not necessarily want our army to pass through this place safely. ”

Xiao Hu was taken aback: "You mean that Long Tu may use false information to deceive us?" ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's hard to say whether it's using false information to deceive us, but you can't have a little bit of child's play in marching and fighting, it's always good to be careful, we have to pass here as soon as possible!" ”

"Tsk!"

Xiao Hu smacked his lips and said, "Long Tu has so much courage to dare to murder the imperial army?" ”

Xu Rui sneered: "He first concealed the news of the defeat, and then he was afraid that the saint would punish him, so he used the 300,000 grassland iron horsemen outside the gate as a bargaining chip, and held the saint hostage and didn't dare to blame him. ”

Xiao Hu shook his head: "That's right, once he feels threatened, he can immediately open the Tianqi Pass and let the grassland iron horse enter the pass, the always tough Emperor Hongwei was really pinched by him seven inches this time." ”

Xu Rui sneered: "As soon as we get out of the customs and complete the peace with Wu Liji, his talisman will be reduced by half immediately, so naturally I don't want our trip to be smooth."

What's more, he has caused such a big trouble, he must be a thief, and I wonder if the Holy Lord will give me a secret decree at this moment, so that I can solve him easily. ”

Xiao Hu's face gradually became solemn: "In this way, I'm afraid that this person will really do something in this matter!" ”

Xu Rui nodded: "With this person's insidious and vicious, it is certain to do his hands and feet, but I don't know if it will be in this matter, in short, we have to be careful, it is best if you can borrow the power of the Guigu Gate to find out the situation of the sandstorm." ”

Xiao Hu showed a deep expression, and nodded after a while: "Okay, although it is difficult to contact, I will maliciously try to contact the doorman here again, hoping to have an accurate statement." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "Not only this matter, but also all the information about this Tianqi Pass, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, a little more information will have a better chance of winning, you don't want to see any mistakes in the army, right?" ”

Xiaohu nodded: "Okay, I'll do it." ”

As he was talking, Cao Siyuan hurriedly walked over with a long knife, and saw Xiao Hu stunned at first, and then said to Xu Rui: "Dashuai, I'm afraid that person is dying." ”

As he spoke, his eyes kept glancing at Xiao Hu.

Xu Rui glanced at Xiao Hu and said, "Are you still torturing him?" ”

Xiao Hu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized who they were talking about, and said lightly: "He is the only clue, I want to knock out something useful from his mouth." ”

Xu Rui sighed, shook his head and said: "He's just an outcast, from the very beginning, he was taken out to divert his eyes and attract attention, how many secrets can this kind of person have?" ”

Xiao Hu smiled mysteriously: "This is not necessarily, that kid is cunning, I just knocked out some very useful secrets from his mouth recently, do you want to know?" ”

"Oh?"

Xu Rui was immediately interested when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he said, "Forget it, go see him first, don't really be killed by you." ”

Xiao Hu shrugged his shoulders and followed Xu Rui towards the Chinese army indifferently.