Chapter 103: Sandstorm
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Qin Chonghai saw that Boyan was in high spirits, and remembered all the feats of this person in the rivers and lakes back then, and his heart was a lot calmer, and he only told Boyan to be more careful. Boyan saw that decades had passed, and he had become Qin Chonghai's boss, but in this old brother's heart, he still regarded himself as a brother, and a trace of comfort swept through his heart.
After Qin Chonghai said goodbye, Boyan ordered his soldiers to prepare horses, grain, and water, he wore civilian clothes, a saber, and after lunch, he left the city and headed west. The horse stepped on the sand, leaving a series of long footprints, between the vast heaven and earth, this person and horse seemed so lonely, but brought out a bit of magnificence.
Wang Yangming and others walked all the way along the south side of the Yanqi border, and saw that they were about to leave the Yanqi country and reach Qiuzi, but after a night of marching, people were sleepy and tired, so they had to stop and rest. Wang Yangming ordered to camp on the spot, and everyone rested quietly. Gu Xifeng got off the horse, looked at the sky around him, and saw a dark cloud in the northwest, looking at the thick ink and color, Gu Xifeng frowned and said to Wang Yangming: "Look at this weather, I'm just afraid that the wind is coming." ā
Wang Yangming wondered: "When is it not windy in the desert, why are you so nervous?"
Gu Xifeng said: "We have traveled all the way, and we have not encountered a strong wind, you don't know, there is a kind of wind in the desert called the black wind, the wind is extremely strong, and it rolls up a sandstorm, which is the most terrifying." Few people survive this kind of weather. ā
Wang Yangming was speechless: "So powerful, we won't be so unlucky to meet a sandstorm, right?"
Gu Xifeng said: "I hope not, but I think it's better to take defensive measures." He arranged for the men to put the iron shield firmly into the sand and form a small circle, in which the men and horses rested, and to put a canvas on top of the iron shield and tie it firmly to prevent accidents.
When everyone had not slept for a while, the sentry suddenly gave an alarm. Wang Yangming woke up from his sleep, jumped up, and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" The rest of the people were also awakened by his shout, thinking that the enemy was coming.
saw that the sentry rushed to Wang Yangming's side, and said in panic: "Commander, there is a strong wind!"
Wang Yangming raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that countless sand and dust were swirled and rolled up into the sky two miles to the northwest, and from a distance, he soared into the sky like a yellow dragon. Gu Xifeng was shocked when he saw this, and said, "It's not good, it's a sandstorm!"
Wang Yangming has seen in the encyclopedia that in the desert or above the sea, there are often strong winds due to uneven heating, and this wind is often in a spiral shape, called a dragon on the sea to absorb water, and it is called a tornado in the desert, and the central wind can instantly reach more than 12 levels, which is extremely terrifying. He saw that the wind brought up sand and dust all the way into the sky, and the momentum was very amazing, but he heard Gu Xifeng shouting: "It's the black wind!"
Seeing that the wind was coming in the direction of their camp, Zhang Qian was also alarmed at this time, came to check the situation, and saw that Wang Yangming ordered everyone to pack up and run away, he was also ready to pack up quickly, but was pulled by Gu Xifeng: "Don't go out now, we can't run away from the wind, and we will definitely die after we go out, it's better to stay here hard, this wind should pass in half an hour." It's good to be in the past. ā
Wang Yangming believed in Gu Xifeng's judgment, and immediately canceled the order to pull out the camp, and ordered everyone to be on guard without the slightest carelessness. There are many people in the Eagle Yang Army who have lived in the desert for a long time, and they have some experience in this, but everyone exclaimed that it was the first time they had seen such a strong wind.
Sure enough, the wind came here in a short time, and in the sound of the whirring wind, all the sand under everyone's feet was rolled up. Wang Yangming felt a strong force coming, sucking him into the air, he was busy inserting his feet firmly into the sand with internal force, but he couldn't stand on his own, his heart was so windy, so powerful!
The entire army of the Eagle Yang Army has been mobilized, each firmly protecting the iron shield and not being swept away by the sand. The crowd tied themselves to others with ropes to prevent anyone from being blown away by the wind.
In the fierce wind, the shouts of the crowd were drowned out, and only the thick grains of sand could be heard hitting the iron shield with a crackling sound. Wang Yangming felt that someone around him was blown up, so he hurriedly mobilized his internal force, took root on the ground, firmly fixed himself on the ground, and the end of the rope was pulled by him, and finally stopped going up.
Everyone was struggling to support, and suddenly heard Gu Xifeng shouting with all his might: "Everyone hurry up and remove the sand under your feet, the sand is rising, and we will be buried in the sand later!"
It turned out that because of the protection of the iron shield, countless sands precipitated when they touched the iron shield, and slowly raised the ground outside the iron shield, and in the blink of an eye, the sand had already overflowed the iron shield and rushed into the circle, burying half of everyone's bodies in the sand. The crowd hurriedly climbed up, pulled themselves out of the sand, and then raised the iron shield to fix it again. At this moment, hearing the neighing of the horses, Gu Xifeng was shocked and said, "The horses have exploded!"
It turned out that when the horses saw the sand reaching the soles of their feet, they were all frightened and ran out desperately. The Eagle Yang Army was able to keep people safe, and it was already thankful, where could they take care of the horses. Gu Xifeng was in a hurry, and was about to run out to drive the horse back, but Wang Yangming grabbed him and said loudly: "People are important now, just go if the horse goes, I can't control it!"
Gu Xifeng wanted to break free of Wang Yangming, but he was held back by him, and he couldn't break free, he said in a hurry: "Our grain and water are all on the carriage pulled by horses, if these things are gone, we will be dead!"
Wang Yangming didn't let go, and shouted: "Wait until the sandstorm is over and then find a way!"
Gu Xifeng was helpless, so he had to give up the struggle. The two of them said these few words, and their mouths were already filled with sand. It took them a long time to spit out the sand.
After about half an hour, the sandstorm gradually became smaller, and the tornado must have gone in other directions. After another half an hour, it finally calmed down. Everyone was so exhausted that they sat on the ground and couldn't get up again.
Su Mu was also among the crowd, her head and face were covered with sand, she cleared the sand from her ears, and said to Wang Yangming breathlessly: "This sandstorm is really terrible. People are really ants in front of the power of heaven and earth. ā
Wang Yangming nodded and said, "Yes, I was able to survive this time, thanks to Brother Gu's discovery in advance, so that we could take defensive measures, otherwise all of us would be buried in the sandstorm." ā
He ordered everyone not to rest for the time being, and to quickly count whether there were any losses. After finding out, it was found that everyone was there and was not swept away, but a few were injured by the sand, Wang Yangming hurriedly asked Ye Qingmei to treat everyone's injuries. This is nothing, the worst thing is that only a few horses are still there, and the other more than 100 horses, grain, and water are all gone. Gu Xifeng said worriedly: "These horses walked out when the sandstorm was at its worst, and they must have been buried by the sand at this time, and we probably won't be able to find those supplies back." Nothing else, but without water, we can't hold on for a day. ā