Kugit steppe.

When rushing from the fortress of Gamiyad, the scene was chaotic. Many refugees saw someone breaking through the border, and the ground trembled due to the change, thinking that there was something terrible behind them, and they also followed suit to break through the pass. The Salander soldiers originally only regarded their father and his party as suspicious people, but at this time, seeing that the scene was out of control, they no longer bothered the group too much. Just send a cavalry to rush to the next level from the trail, tell them to watch out for the out-of-control crowd, and capture a few Rhodoks if possible.

What saved my father and his party was the earthquake off the coast of Salander.

The earthquake had been feared for a long time, he knew it was going to happen, but he didn't know what it would be. The earthquake struck the seabed hundreds of miles off the coast of Shariz and affected almost the entire continent. Although his father has always kept his mouth shut about the continent, Yu insists that the so-called Karad continent is just a small peninsula.

The impact of the earthquake was enormous, and a series of new wharves were put to the test in the Nord port.

The results were not very satisfactory, and of the three new ports built by the Nords, only one suffered minor damage, and basic functions were barely affected. When people later investigated the port, it was discovered that there were many people involved in the design of the port, but one of them attracted much attention because this man was a Swadia and was just an ordinary craftsman at the time. It was because of this man's excellent suggestions and revisions that this port of the Nordians withstood the test of earthquakes. From that time on, the unknown craftsman began to rise to fame, and people say, the man was a cripple.

Later, my father learned that the earthquake had triggered a powerful tsunami. The tsunami caused severe damage to the coastal towns of the Salanders, but it was the Rhodok fleet that suffered even greater losses.

With the exception of some of the Duchy ships anchored off the coast of Garmic, many of the Rhodoc ships were killed at sea. In fact, it is impossible to say who suffered more losses, because the new fleet of the Salanders also suffered a catastrophe. After the tsunami receded, many Salander ships were swept ashore and after that, the Salander's new weapons rarely appeared in the confrontation with the Rhodoks. This led the Rhodoks to speculate that the new weapon was afraid of water.

Soon, the Rhodok fleet approached Sharitz's anchorage, causing great panic in Sharitz, who had encountered the new turmoil. But then events let the Salanders know that the Rhodoks had already suffered heavy losses: the Rhodoks were not so much blocking the harbor as it was monitoring it. So much so that later, the merchant ships of the Salanders dared to sail in a swaggering formation after encountering the Rhodok battleship.

This did not change until a year later, when the great production capacity of the Rhodocs came into play, and in the countless dockyards along its coast, timber was turned into new warships; And its unrivaled military attache system quickly turned veterans into junior officers; Of course, after discovering the benefits of the new warship, the Rhodoks completely abandoned the galleys and switched to sailboats.

This series of changes established the maritime authority of the Rhodoks for more than a decade. And years later, when Swadia was forced to relinquish control of the seas because of an internal revolution, Rhodok became the hegemon of the South China Sea. The rate of progress was staggering, and in just forty years, the Rhodoks had made the leap from a weak confederation of southern provinces to a hegemon in the southern region.

There are many more effects of the earthquake, and when the earthquake came, the thing that affected my father the most was that he was able to escape.

After leaving the confines of the fortress of Gamiyad, the desert landscape faded away.

Dry Gobi deserts began to appear around the official road, followed by depressed hills.

These hills certainly didn't attract much attention in the past, but for a person who has trekked from the desert, the grass on them is one of the loveliest things.

As my father drove the carriage westward, he began to notice an exciting change in the scenery around him. Occasionally, a poplar tree or two was set up alone on the side of the road, which also made my father excitedly wake up the people in the car to come out and watch.

When his father drove up a hill, he knew he had reached his destination.

He stood there silently, and You walked up and looked at the scenery that made his father in a daze, and at the same time, a rare smile appeared on You's face: they were a few small yurts.

It's time for the prairie!

Looking back at the sky behind him, there was a layer of reddish mist-like things where heaven and earth intersected, it was the sand raised by the wind, and it was Salander. Thinking about his experience in Salander during this time, his father actually didn't feel too much sadness. But it was something about the past in Salander's days that shocked my father.

It felt like time had stopped.

Countless people have met and all sorts of stories have happened. These stories may seem unrelated, but they are all connected. Maybe the person who once had a relationship with you was your father's friend of life and death; Perhaps your angry enemy is your friend's savior; Perhaps your adoring teacher led the soldiers in executing your grandfather years ago. Who knew that there were still inextricably linked things in this world?

You told her father that everything around her was showing signs of an earthquake in the south.

On this point, Cesar and You agreed on this point.

You explained that the birds in the sky flew headlessly, and it must have been disturbed inside the earth that affected the living beings.

In particular, he said that all things in heaven and earth are one, and if there is a disturbance in one place, there will be a corresponding disturbance in other places.

Listening to You's words about these mysterious things, my father couldn't help but say, "Heh, your statement is somewhat similar to that of the Kujits, and it seems that your people are indeed related to the Kujits. ”

You did not speak, although he was very disdainful of others confusing his people with the Kujits, but even Yu admitted that the closest people to him on this "peninsula" were probably the Kujits.

When the earthquake came, one of the three horses ran away, which was a heavy loss, and the Kugit had to change horses to maintain their speed in order to escape from the grasslands. And not taking the risk of rushing in the daytime, my father and Cesar decided to go quietly south at night, to give birth twice at dawn and evening, and to bake charcoal to reserve the fire. During the day, find a place to rest.

This decision was supported by You, who explained that in his hometown, the practice was common.

Cesar sarcastically replied: "It seems that all the shrewd things have already been done in your hometown." ”

"You can say that", You nodded solemnly, even if You had already seen Cesar's teasing, his interest seemed to be undiminished: "Take this earthquake as an example, a great craftsman of our clan made a device a thousand years ago, which can measure earthquakes thousands of miles away, not a millimeter."

Cesar laughed so much that he continued to interrogate, but Yu had stopped talking, as if he didn't want to dwell on it any more. Maybe for You, this is simply as it should be, and there is no need to justify.

Suddenly, You frowned, then jumped out of the carriage and put his ear to the ground.

This agility is unpredictable even for a father.

You listened for a while, "Someone is coming."

Cesar looked left and right and pursed his lips, "Who's around here?" ”

You looked left and right, then pointed to a ridge, "Hide behind that mountain beam, or we'll be discovered." There were at least a hundred cavalry coming."

This statement frightened my father one, so many cavalry.

"Impossible, so many people are on this atom, and they will be discovered within ten miles, and I don't see a trace of dust", Cesar said without hesitation, but when he said the latter, Cesar's voice was quieter. He saw a slight trace of smoke and dust rising faintly from the gap between the hills in the distance, and if he didn't look at it, he couldn't see it at all.

"Hide," my father decided.

After pulling the carriage behind the ridge, the four men unloaded the horses, settled them in the grass on one side, pushed the carriage into a pile of bushes, and scattered some broken leaves to camouflage.

Aoi hasn't spoken much since she left Salander, and at this time her father wanted to pull her over and hide together, but Aoi broke free lightly and lurked to the side.

Soon, the team that You had noticed first rumbled closer. Thankfully, the team didn't seem to find anyone hiding, and the roar faded and faded away, disappearing after more than two hours.

Now in Kujit, contact with anyone can be devastating, and you can't be careless.

After the sound was completely inaudible, it took another hour for the group to slowly come out of the hiding place.

It's getting dark.

Father and Cesar assembled the carriage and prepared it to be fitted onto it.

At this moment, a whistle came into the sky, and it seemed that the whole earth began to tremble, and not far away, a large number of Kugit horsemen suddenly appeared.

These people swept in like a black flood.