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Chapter 1338 Blizzard (3)

Hei Lang and Zhou Wen unceremoniously occupied Zhao Hu's left and right sides, followed by Sun Jie who was close to Hei Lang, and Dio who was close to Zhou Wen, while Locke and Luo Fei slept in the outermost surroundings.

I don't know how long it took, Zhao Hu woke up automatically, opened his eyes, and found that the surroundings were pitch black, except for the whistling sound of the whistling wind outside, everything was quiet. Hearing that sound, Zhao Hu knew that a blizzard was coming.

Quietly got up and came to the surrounding area, where torches were always burning, so the sentry sentry saluted Zhao Hu immediately. These sentry posts were all in shifts, Zhao Hu did not let him rest, but asked, "Isn't it dawn yet? What's going on outside?" ?”

"Sir, it's already dawn. It snowed heavily last night. I took a look, and the snow was almost as high as my waist!" The guard said excitedly. He was an imperial soldier, probably because he had never seen such a big Get excited about the snow.

"Well, follow me to open the passage and look outside." Zhao Hu nodded and said.

Zhao Hu and several guards joined hands to open the passage, but a gap was opened, and the biting cold wind immediately rushed in with snowflakes.

Zhao Hu, who had been slapped with snow all over his face, couldn't help shivering, stopped the sentry from continuing to open the door, endured the chill and looked out through the gap, and all he saw was a piece of white snow, which connected the whiteness of the sky.

Seeing those snowflakes that were blown around by the strong wind and the snow that was above his waist, Zhao Hu gasped. Without these carriages and supplies, he and his people would probably become snow bars.

"Close the door." Zhao Hu said tremblingly. After just a short while, his face was blown unconscious by the cold wind, and his hands were also numb.

When he closed the door, he saw those sentry posts bouncing around to keep warm, which meant that they were also cooled by the cold wind blowing in through the crack of the door.

Zhao Hu looked at the dim environment, and said with a smile, "Come on, remove a few pieces of the hay blanket above each circle, so that the light and the wind can pass through. Otherwise, we don't have so many torches to illuminate."

Although the sentries knew that it would be very cold after they moved out, they also knew that there was not enough light and it was inconvenient to do anything, so they followed orders.

Moving away a few hay blankets, it turned out to be much brighter, but it was also much colder immediately. A few guards hid aside to watch the fun, and sure enough, after a while, the sound of sneezing came out one after another, and most of the people They all woke up from the cold.

Zhao Hu immediately shouted: "Attention everyone!"

The servant soldiers were still vague, but the imperial soldiers immediately reflexively jumped up and stood at attention with a swipe.

"I'll give you half an hour to tidy up your personal hygiene, and half an hour later, everyone will gather in the outer circle!" Zhao Hu shouted coldly.

The imperial soldiers immediately got busy, and the servant soldiers also got busy after a moment of silence.

Among other things, there were so many people vying to go to the bathroom, almost a fight broke out, and some servants even ran out to solve the problem in a violent storm.

Half an hour later, more than a thousand people were all crowded in the outer circle. Zhao Hu glanced at the crowd and ordered: "Go back to the rest place according to the arrangement, and have early training under the leadership of the officers!"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, how could they train early in such a small place?

But seeing that Zhao Hu was already doing push-ups on the spot, the captain and the centurions immediately took their subordinates back to the sleeping place to start training.The grooms and veterinarians who don't know how to do it have to follow the movements of the logistics soldiers and move around one after another.

After the morning training, all the combat soldiers stepped on their horses, sprinting, slashing, killing, and pulling empty strings on the horse, while the logistics soldiers began to prepare breakfast. As for the water source?

Wouldn't it be enough to melt the snow?
The groom and the veterinarian also began to check whether there was any problem with the horses, and they were busy anyway.Not to mention, after getting busy this day, I didn't care about the cold wind blowing in from the gap.

While eating breakfast, Zhao Hu approached Lao Dao and the centurions and asked, "Do you know how long this snowstorm will last?"

Lao Dao and the others hurriedly nodded: "I know, it won't stop until at least the next month, and Xiaoxue will be in the next month."

"One month!" Zhao Hu's face changed, but he continued to ask, "Is it a continuous storm during this period?"

"Of course not. If that was the case, the people in our prairie would have died out long ago." Lao Dao said with a smile: "Except for the first five or seven days of the blizzard day, the storm is continuous, and the rest of the time is just snow. .”

A light flashed in Zhao Hu's eyes: "That is to say, there will only be strong winds in the first few days? The rest of the time is it snowing?"

Lao Dao nodded: "It's usually like this, but sometimes the weather is bad and the wind suddenly blows."

"How many days will there be violent storms after the first few days?" Zhao Hu asked again.

"Not much, just once or twice, but there are plenty of small snowstorms. We prairie people don't go out much during the two months of snowfall." Lao Dao said with certainty.

"Very good." Zhao Hu nodded.

Hearing these words, Diou thought that Zhao Hu was worried about the lack of food and grass, and hurriedly said: "My lord, we have enough food and grass. As long as you are careful about frostbite, you don't have to worry about anything at all. And now it's snowing for two months, so don't worry about Muqi The soldiers will come to sneak attack, we can have a good rest."

"I'm not worried about this, what kind of situation will we people get into when the snow melts?" Zhao Hu asked.

"What's the situation? It can't be because of gaining weight, right? Well, it means that we haven't done much exercise for two months, and our health is broken?" Dio looked puzzled.

"No, at that time we will fall into endless fugitive life again. As long as more people join in the pursuit of us, we will be surrounded by the shepherd's flag sooner or later with so few of us."

Zhao Hu said with a serious expression.

Dio was taken aback. He was not an idiot, and he quickly understood what Zhao Hu meant: "My lord, do you want to wait until there is no violent storm before setting off in the snow?"

"Yes, only in this kind of weather can we hope to leave the grassland. Besides, in such heavy snow, we don't have to be afraid of being surrounded by people, and we can move forward slowly."

Zhao Hu said firmly.

When Diou saw Zhao Hu's expression, he knew that he had made a decision, but thinking about it, although it was hard to brave the heavy snow, people like himself who had the carriage and supplies seemed to be in no danger other than that. The enemy will not chase and kill, and you can move forward while shoveling snow. It is also good to return home one day earlier.

The next day there was still no strong wind, and the weather would not change, so Zhao Hu gave an order, the camp was dismantled, the carriage was repaired, and [-] soldiers except the logistics soldiers, wearing antifreeze clothing, waved The tools began to clear the snow in turn, and the convoy was also pulled by the horses with leg sleeves, and began to slowly drive through the snow higher than the roof of the car.

I don't know if it was God's eyes or what happened. After Zhao Hu and his party walked at the same speed for ten days, they actually saw a shepherd's flag bag buried in heavy snow so that only the roof was exposed.

"Haha, this guy must have come out to play. He didn't notice that he was trapped here on Blizzard Day. Hehe, I just don't know if he has finished his food? It's been almost 20 days since Blizzard Day. Even if he didn't starve to death, Did you freeze to death?" Sun Jie gloated.

Zhou Wen slapped Sun Jie on the head fiercely: "Stupid! Why are you so happy? This is the shepherd flag bag that we have come across these days. We have to hope that the people inside are not dead, otherwise how would we know what is happening now?" Did you go the wrong way!"

"Ah? The shepherd's flag bag is so important?" Sun Jie immediately jumped up and shouted: "Lock, Luo Fei, go dig with me!" After speaking, he jumped into the carriage.

After some busy work, the Muqi bag was finally dug open.

Sun Jie, who entered first, was very surprised to find that there were three people inside, two strong men and one thin guy, all of whom were blue-coloured and lifeless.

Two of the strong men were wrapped in blankets and hugged each other for warmth, while the thin guy huddled aside by himself.

Looking at the empty stocking bag, the pile of ashes in front of them, and the gnawed white horse bones, and looking at their trembling appearance, they couldn't help but smile: "Hey, we still arrived in time."

Locke and Luo Fei didn't have so many words, they just picked them up and turned around to leave.After downing a bowl of hot, greasy mutton soup, the three of them immediately regained their spirits.

The two strong men who wanted to thank Zhao Hu saw Zhao Hu's appearance, especially the ring on Zhao Hu's finger, and touched his arms as soon as their expressions changed, but they were immediately stopped by Locke and Luo Fei. .

The other young man, who was relatively frail, shrank aside very weakly, not daring to move.

Sun Jie smiled and Mimi took out a knife and a sheepskin roll from the two of them, opened the sheepskin roll, and Sun Jie was immediately happy: "My lord, look, they actually want you in a portrait, wow, it's ten The reward of ten thousand horses."

Hearing this, the thin guy looked at Zhao Hu curiously.

Zhao Hu took a look, and sure enough, the sheepskin portrayed his face lifelike. This artist is quite skilled, and the painting is very similar. I just don't know if the artist has seen himself before. If we only rely on other people's descriptions Just draw it out, that's really amazing.

"Okay, you two are either horse robbers or shepherd flag chasers, I will deal with you later.

"You, what about you, why is this majestic man so timid? What's your name? What do you do?" Sun Jie acted as the interrogator and yelled at the young man.

The young man hesitated for a moment, then said in an ant-like voice, "My name is Liu Bin, and I'm a scholar."

Sun Jie, who came to listen, frowned and said, "Why are you like a girl? Speak up!" But just as he showed his vicious look, Zhou Wen grabbed his ears and pulled him aside.

"My name is Liu Bin, and I'm a scholar." The young man finally spoke in a loud voice for everyone to hear.

(End of this chapter)