Desert Journey 20
When many soldiers saw the storm coming from afar, they were already frightened, and they ran in the opposite direction.
Some of the soldiers couldn't stand the demagoguery and began to run wildly.
Murong Longcheng roared eagerly, "Come back, can you run through the storm?" Do what I say, maybe there is still a chance to live, and if you escape from here, you can only wait for death." ”
Some stayed, others ran away.
Murong Longcheng sighed and said, "Hurry up, the storm will arrive within a stick of incense, if you can be prepared, the chances of survival will be very high."
The remaining Tang army, which was less than 2,000, began to work desperately, and one tent after another was erected in an instant, and the horses were all tied to one place, not far from the tents.
Seeing that the preparations were complete, Murong Longcheng said in a loud voice, "Everyone stand hand in hand, stand in the middle of the horses and the tent, remember not to stand in a row, but to form a circle, the more people you can gather, the better." When the storm comes, close your eyes, clasp the hands of your comrades, and everyone will work together to survive this disaster. ”
At this moment, he is the supreme commander of the Tang Army, saying everything and everything, including Xie Tong, is waiting for his orders.
Xie Tong pulled Hong Shan left and right, and Cai Wei with his right hand, and walked into the crowd together.
Cai Wei nervously grabbed Xie Tong and said, "Brother Tong, I'm afraid!"
Xie Tong smiled and said, "Shan'er, don't be afraid, with me here, I won't let the storm take you away."
Cai Wei pursed her lips and didn't make a sound.
On the other side of Hong Shan was Huo Zixin, followed by Murong Longcheng, and Murong Longcheng also held Caiwei's hand tightly, and several people surrounded the city in a circle, waiting for the storm to come.
The storm came very quickly, from the time everyone saw the storm to the time when the storm approached, it was only half an hour before and after, and the speed of movement was astonishing.
The wind had not yet arrived, but the sound of the violent storm instantly overwhelmed several people, and they could barely hear any speech.
With the strong sound of the wind, the storm finally arrived, two hurricanes through the sky directly rushed over, hit the camp, the camp tent instantly lost its meaning, especially the most front camp, just in contact with the wind and waves, the whole camp tent was directly swept into the sky of forty or fifty zhang, after flying in the air for more than ten circles, fell to the ground, followed by the second, the third, for the hurricane, it was easy to lift these tents, less than a moment of effort, the tents were all lifted, or flew into the air to hover, or directly were blown far away。
The hurricane crossed the camp tent and came straight towards the Tang army.
Xie Tong lifted the true qi of his whole body, clasped Hong Shan and Cai Wei with both hands, and shouted, "Catch me."
However, the voice was directly drowned out by the sound of the storm, and the second daughter couldn't hear what Xie Tong was saying at all, but the feeling transmitted from her hand made the second girl immediately understand what Xie Tong meant. They all held Xie Tong tightly.
Everyone closed their eyes and waited for the baptism of the storm.
The hurricane roared and passed directly through the large array of people of the Tang Army.
Dozens of Tang troops could not withstand the powerful force of the hurricane, and these hand-in-hand soldiers were all thrown into the air, and the results can be imagined.
More soldiers were blown away by the hurricane and crashed into the horses downwind.
Xie Tong had to sigh that Murong Longcheng was very experienced, and if it weren't for these horses, I was afraid that they would all have to break their bones.
When the hurricane blew in front of Xie Tong, he only felt that his body suddenly leaned forward, and he almost lost his center of gravity, he was busy using the kung fu of a thousand catties, and he did not hesitate to consume a huge amount of internal force, trying not to move at all, but the power of the storm was too strong, Xie Tong and the others were okay, they could still support it with internal strength, how could they be much stronger than those who didn't know martial arts.
The hurricane contained a large amount of sand and gravel, all of which hit Xie Tong and the others, and the pain was extremely high when they landed, and the strong wind blew on Xie Tong's face, not to mention the two girls.
Xie Tong's ******** was all on the body of the distressed second daughter, and suddenly he only felt that his left hand was heavy, Hong Shan didn't know why, his body suddenly floated in the air, like a leaf flying in a hurricane, floating up and down, if it wasn't for Xie Tong pulling her, I am afraid she would have been buried in the hurricane.
Xie Tong only felt a strong force coming from his left arm, and his body unconsciously leaned forward, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly used the internal force of his whole body, clinging to Hong Shan's arm, for fear that the hurricane would be swept into the air. However, as the strength of the hurricane increased, Xie Tongzhi felt that his arm was sore, and he had lost his balance.
How could Xie Tong let go, Huo Zixin saw that Hong Shan was in danger, and he was busy with the true qi of his body, so he grabbed Hong Shan's calf in the air, and relieved Xie Tong's pressure.
Hong Shan was in mid-air, the hurricane kept tearing her apart, and her life was completely out of her control.
Murong Longcheng saw that Hong Shan was in danger, and in a hurry, he let go of Huo Zixin's arm, took out a rope from his pocket like lightning, shook his left hand, and the rope flew straight out, wrapping around Hong Shan's right arm, Hong Shan grabbed the rope tightly, and didn't dare to let go.
Murong Longcheng pulled Huo Zixin again, and all this was done in the lightning, although Hong Shan was floating in the air, he was out of danger.
This time back and forth, Hong Shan picked up her life from the ghost gate, but she had already broken her guts.
The hurricane continues, and many brothers have lost their lives in the hurricane.
Two hurricanes blew over, the wind gradually eased, not as terrifying as Fang Cai, Xie Tong violently pulled Hong Shan down from the air, and she finally landed again.
Hong Shan threw herself directly into Xie Tong's arms.
As soon as the hurricane passed, yellow sand fell from the sky, like a torrential rain.
Chapter 24: The Mirage
The yellow sand falls, seemingly not as ferocious as a hurricane, but still very scary.
The hurricane relied on strong winds to blow yellow sand into the air and slowly descend, forming tall sand dunes.
In less than a stick of incense, Xie Tong felt that the yellow sand was getting bigger and bigger, and it had buried his knees. Needless to say, this is certainly the case with others.
If this continues, before the storm ends, their forces will be buried in the wind and sand, and eventually become part of the dunes.
Being buried alive is an extremely painful thing, even more painful than being torn apart by a hurricane, but the wind is still very strong, and as long as you move half a step, you may be swept into the air by the wind, which no one wants to see.
Xie Tong had no choice but to pray that the storm would pass soon.
However, the storm showed no signs of abating, but a sense of intensification. The yellow sand that fell from the sky was overwhelming, hitting everyone's faces with a burst of pain.
At this time, Huo Zixin's voice sounded in Xie Tong's ears, "Xie boy, find a way! Lao Tzu is going to be buried in the sand." This is the skill of transmitting the sound into the secret, otherwise no matter how he shouts, Xie Tong will not be able to hear it.
Where is there any way Xie Tong, he learned Huo Zixin's way, and said to Murong Longcheng with the technique of transmitting sound into the secret, "Brother Murong, think of a way, if it goes on like this, the sand will bury us all."
Murong Longcheng was also anxious, this path was chosen by him, and now he has brought everyone to a dead end, he has an unshirkable responsibility, although he heard about the storm, but it is also the first time to experience it, and he doesn't know how to solve it.
The yellow sand had reached his thighs, and half of Xie Tong's body was already buried in the desert, and it was very difficult to move.
Murong Longcheng's heart moved, and he thought of a solution, but it was very risky, he sent a secret message to Xie Tong and said, "How about a bet, let's leave the place first, hand in hand and move in the direction of the storm, but the speed is not too fast, maybe we can escape the catastrophe."
Xie Tong hurriedly informed the others of Murong Longcheng's thoughts. After that, he used his true qi to blast the yellow sand in front of him, and was the first to jump out of the sand, Hong Shan was always next to him, and he was also taken out of the sand.
Out of the sand, Xie Tongzhi felt that the wind suddenly became fierce, almost blowing the two of them to the ground, and the original body buried in the yellow sand also reduced a lot of pressure for him. He hurriedly used his kung fu to stop his body so that he would not be knocked down by the wind.
Murong Longcheng and Huo Zixin also broke through the sand, only Shang Caiwei, due to her lack of skill, was trapped in the yellow sand, and the yellow sand had already submerged her waist.
Huo Zixin withstood the strong wind, moved in front of Shang Caiwei with difficulty, used her true qi, and broke through the sand around her with force, forcing Shang Caiwei to come out of the sea of sand.
Several people held hands, connected in one place, and walked slowly forward with the strong wind.
The wind and sand were blowing, and Xie Tong couldn't sense the other soldiers.
The storm lasted two hours, sweeping across the desert and speeding toward the southwest.
Xie Tong and the others walked four or five miles in the strong wind before they were not buried by the wind and sand.
The storm comes and goes fast.
The earth was quiet again, the sky was quiet again, still cloudless, except for the fiery red sun hanging high in the sky, but there was no more heat before the storm.
Several people sat on the ground exhausted, and this walk was far more tiring than a big battle.
Xie Tong looked at the place where he had set up camp, and instead of being a flat river, it had become a sand dune more than four feet high.
Huo Zixin smacked his lips and said, "Fortunately, Lao Tzu took a risk, otherwise he would have been buried in the desert for a long time."
Xie Tong was not in the mood to deal with him, so he was busy enduring his exhaustion and went to look for the scattered soldiers, and Murong Longcheng had already rushed out.
After some shouting, there was not a single survivor, and there was no doubt that all the missing soldiers were swallowed up by the storm, and everyone's mood dropped directly to freezing.
Dying in such a storm is far more aggrieved than dying in battle, which is a great blow to Xie Tong.
Murong Longcheng blamed himself even more, this route was chosen by him, he had to bear all the responsibility, and these soldiers of the Tang Army were equivalent to dying in his hands.
He sat on the ground in a daze, silent.
Fortunately, Huo Zixin actually found more than a dozen scavenging horses, and the items on the horses were still there, and I really didn't know how these horses escaped the storm.
Xie Tong walked in front of Murong Longcheng, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said, "Brother Murong doesn't have to blame himself, natural and man-made disasters are inevitable, even if you take the old path, it is difficult to say whether you have encountered other dangers." ”
Murong Longcheng raised his head, his resolute face was already full of sorrow, and this matter hit him hard.
Huo Zixin also comforted, "People can't be resurrected after death, Murong Longcheng, even if you kill yourself, it's useless, the urgent thing at the moment is to take us out of this ghost place, you are a great achievement." ”
Murong Longcheng cried and said, "Do you still believe me?"
Huo Zixin said, "Of course I believe you, you are the only person here who knows the situation in the desert, who do you believe if you don't believe it?"
Xie Tong and the others nodded hurriedly, expressing their agreement with Huo Zixin's opinion.
Murong Longcheng said, "I have won your trust, I will decide again, we will set off immediately, these horses have limited food, grass and water, and they must get out of the desert before they run out of food."
Huo Zixin didn't have a good breath and said, "What's the hurry, the storm has passed, with such a big sun, aren't you hot?"
Murong Longcheng regained his previous self-confidence and said, "I believe that it won't be long before there will be a heavy rain, and then my brother won't be too hot!"
Everyone had a horse to ride this time, and it didn't take much physical strength to ride a horse slowly.
Sure enough, less than half an hour, the heavy rain came as scheduled, as if it had been promised in advance.
The pouring rain instantly drenched all the people, although they were wet, they still felt extremely happy, Huo Zixin even jumped off the horse and ran on the desert.
The heavy rain lasted for a short time, and it came to an abrupt end after only two pillars of incense.
The temperature around me has dropped a lot, and there is obviously no sense of suffocation.
Xie Tong also jumped off the horse, feeling the damp breath in the air, breathing in his body, that feeling was very comfortable.
Cai Wei suddenly exclaimed, "What do you see over there?"
Xie Tong and the others looked in the direction pointed by Cai Wei, and saw that on the southeast side of the sky, a group of people and horses were galloping in the opposite direction, just looking at the clothes they were wearing, they knew that it was King Wu's army.
Hong Shan was puzzled and said, "Why did the prince return, did he escape from the battle?"
Huo Zixin also interjected, "This timid guy bragged to us about how brave he was on weekdays, and at the critical moment, he was willing to be a deserter, which really me off."
Xie Tong looked into the distance, and the retreat of the army was very panicked, as if someone was chasing them, which was really incomprehensible.
Huo Zixin saw that everyone was in a daze, and said, "What are you doing in a daze, don't chase after you quickly, Lao Tzu will definitely ask Li Zheng to explain clearly." He is not called the prince, obviously he is really angry.
Xie Tong turned over and got on his horse, turned around and was about to chase after him.
"Wait", Murong Longcheng called out to them, "These are all fantasies?"
"Fantasy?" Huo Zixin shouted, "Murong Longcheng, where are you going to excuse him, what did Lao Tzu work so hard to run to the desert for, not to help him marry a daughter-in-law, but he is good, in the face of such difficulties, he ran back without saying a word, how can Lao Tzu not be chilled! Now that the facts are in front of you, what are the fantasies not to fantasize." ”
Murong Longcheng said, "I just heard about it, you look at the scene on the horizon, according to common sense, it should be very far away, at least seventy or eighty miles, such a long distance, the naked eye can't see it clearly, and we can still see it so clearly, which is enough to show that it's a fantasy."
Huo Zixin said, "That's really weird, a person is dizzy and dizzy, are you all dizzy?"
Hong Shan bit her lip and said, "Zi Xin Mo should be excited, I have also heard about this matter, according to legend, in the desert, every time it rains, it will reflect some things on the ground in the sky, but they are all in the opposite direction, the ancients called it a mirage."
Xie Tong smiled, "Wouldn't it be rare to see such a spectacle."
Huo Zixin's eyes widened in disbelief and he didn't make a sound.
Cai Wei said, "According to this, King Wu, they should set off in the northwest direction."
Murong Longcheng was relieved to see that everyone finally believed his explanation, and said with a smile, "It should be so!"
While chatting, everyone looked at the image of the sky, King Wu's army was speeding up, the soldiers were running in the yellow sand, and they even saw Wanru, who was sitting in the carriage, poking her head out, looking forward.
At the same time, the nightingale also appears in the video, dressed in armor, looking heroic, directing the troops forward.
Murong Longcheng pointed at the nightingale and said, "Who is this person?"
Hong Shan said angrily: "A female fox who specializes in seducing people!"
Murong Longcheng heard the anger in his words, and did not dare to continue to ask, but instead looked at the wonders of the sky.
The image fades and then disappears.
Huo Zixin said in surprise, "It's really eye-opening that there is such a strange thing in time!
Everyone looked at the vanishing sky in a daze, and it was also a great pleasure to be able to witness the miracle of the world in their lifetime.
Xie Tong fell into deep thought, what were they dodging from when they accelerated their march!
What's even more ridiculous is that the command actually fell into the hands of the nightingale, thinking of his mysterious origin and terrifying martial arts, Xie Tong's heart was faintly worried.
Huo Zixin walked up to Xie Tong, patted him on the shoulder, and scolded, "What are you doing in a daze, don't go quickly!"
Xie Tong raised his head and saw that the other three were all on the road, and hurriedly rode their horses to chase after them.
The people continued to walk for four or five days, and finally came to the end of the desert, where the yellow sand became less and less, and finally became a hard stone ground.
Murong Longcheng said with a smile: "Finally out of the desert!"
Xie Tong looked in front of him and saw an endless grassland in the distance. (To be continued.) )