Chang Ping was taken aback, and hurriedly pushed aside the yellow sand with a knife. Under the yellow sand was another skeleton in armor, except that there was a red rope hanging from the neck of this skeleton, and a metal badge was tied under the red rope. Changping just now His knife should be stuck on this badge!
Chang Ping picked off the red string on the badge and held the badge in his hand, "My lord, look, what is this? Doesn't it feel like something from our Da Zhou?"
Di Renjie took the badge in Chang Ping's hand and looked at it. It seemed a bit familiar. Suddenly, Di Renjie seemed to have thought of something. He fumbled around in his arms, took out a cloth bag, opened the cloth bag, and there was exactly the same one inside. Badge!
"My lord, why do you have one too?" Chang Ping asked in surprise!
Di Renjie took the two badges in his hand and compared them carefully. Although the patterns of the two badges are not understood, they are exactly the same in shape and texture!
"Do you remember the bone we found in the bunker in the desert?" Di Renjie asked!
Chang Ping and Chang An nodded, and said in unison: "Remember!"
"This is what I found under the skeleton. Although I don't know what pattern is painted on this badge, it is certain that this is definitely not something of my Great Zhou!" Di Renjie said, holding two badges. !
Chang Ping and Chang An looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion!
Di Renjie pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Chang Ping, Chang An, you drag the extremely skeleton over and remove the armor!"
Upon hearing this, Chang Ping and Chang An dragged a few nearby bones to Di Renjie, and removed the armor and uniforms from the bones one by one. The white bones were lying on the yellow sand, and Di Renjie gradually wrinkled. eyebrow!
"It seems that they are the missing Youjin Wuwei we are looking for!" Di Renjie said with emotion!
"My lord, isn't it possible? You Jin Wuwei's army was missing for more than a month. Even if they were all killed on the day they disappeared, they wouldn't be turned into bones?" Chang Ping asked puzzled!
Di Renjie looked at the white bones in front of him, and said thoughtfully, “It’s nothing impossible, because all their flesh and blood and internal organs have been eaten. I once read a record of desert marching ants in an ancient book. There is a very scary ant in the desert. They only act like black spinners.
The wind can eat the flesh and blood of the prey instantly, except for clothing and bones, not even a small amount of blood can be seen on the scene! Presumably they were gnawed by this kind of ants into what they are now! "
"Ah? That's too scary, right? I didn't expect a small ant to have such a powerful force, but my lord, the army of the Right King Wuwei has 20,000 or 30,000 people. How many ants do they have? Wouldn't it be self-protection?" Chang An asked puzzledly!
"Yeah! Good question! This is where I am puzzled. It stands to reason that even if the army encounters desert marching ants, some of the casualties are understandable, but the tens of thousands of army have become bones, which is incredible!" Di Renjie was in A few bones walked back and forth, and said with a puzzled face!
"Yes, the army of tens of thousands is not dead!" Chang Ping interrupted!
"Huh? Chang Ping, what did you just say?" Di Renjie asked suddenly!
"Ah, my lord, I said they are not dead!" Chang Ping looked at Di Renjie and replied!
"I understand, the reason why they have become bones without any trace of struggle is that when they encountered desert marching ants, they were already dead!" Di Renjie said suddenly!
"Ah? No? Tens of thousands of people died at the same time, what a large-scale war would have been?" Chang Ping asked puzzledly!
"I don’t think they died in the war. According to the memorial by Feng Zhijing, the governor of Shuozhou at that time, when Liu Maoyuan’s Right Jin Wuwei was about to arrive in the desert of Shuozhou, a violent wind suddenly rose, the ground shook the mountains and the There was a roar of fierce beasts. They rumored that it was nine heads of black sand in the black desert. I think it may not be a monster, but they have encountered the movement of the desert. The desert is full of yellow sand below a hundred feet. If the earth movement caused a wide range of quicksand, it would be possible to swallow these tens of thousands of people!" Di Renjie said thoughtfully!
"Then what was the roar of the beast they heard?" Chang Ping asked!
Di Renjie twisted the beard and said: "I'm afraid it was just the scream of the wind when the earth moved, plus the sound of thunder, because every earth movement occurred, it would be accompanied by thunder! I think the situation at the time should be that the army was on the way, suddenly Encountered earth movement, and the wind and sand covering the sky and the sun prevented people in Shuozhou City from seeing what happened in the desert. After the earth moved, the storm subsided and the desert returned to its original state.
Only Feng Zhijing, the governor in Shuozhou City, felt that the army had disappeared out of thin air. As everyone knows, the tens of thousands of army have been buried under this yellow sand! "
"My lord, that's weird. The army of the right Jinwuwei was about to reach Shuozhou. The earth movement encountered. So our current position should be close to Shuozhou? But I clearly remember that we were from Heisha City has just left for a few hours. In such a short time, we can't reach the vicinity of Shuozhou at all?" Chang Ping asked in surprise!
Di Renjie nodded, "Well, what you said makes sense, and this is where I can't understand it! Huh?" Di Renjie seemed to have discovered something, got close to the bones, squatted down and kept comparing with his hands. After measuring something, he muttered: "How could this be?"
Chang Ping was puzzled and was about to ask a question. Suddenly, the yellow sand under their feet trembled again. It was the ruined city wall and the broken stone pillars. They cracked again, and the stones were falling continuously!
Di Renjie was startled and hurriedly stood up, "No! I'm afraid this is about to collapse again, run!" Di Renjie shouted in panic!
Chang Ping Chang An suddenly bounced from the ground and pulled Di Renjie to run towards the open. The yellow sand under his feet flowed like a river, causing the three of them to stagger!
Di Renjie raised his eyes and looked into the distance. It seemed that there was another gentle slope in the distance. The speed of the quicksand was not so fast. Di Renjie hurriedly pointed to the gentle slope in the distance and shouted: "Quick, let's run there!"
Chang Ping and Chang An didn't see exactly what Di Renjie was referring to, and they didn't even bother to pull Di Renjie so much, and rush in the direction of Di Renjie's fingers!
The three of them traveled like a boat against the current, no matter what they stepped on, smoke and dust began to appear behind them, and they could no longer see clearly. The three of them did not know how long they ran. The yellow sand under their feet seemed to be immobile, and the three of them finally had physical strength. Don't support, fall to the ground!
The three were lying on the yellow sand, panting with big mouths. Di Renjie was no better than Chang. Although he was pulled by two people, he was old after all. At this time, he felt like his chest was pressed against a boulder. Even panting will cause him great pain!
After resting for a while, the sky gradually lit up with moonlight, and Chang Ping reluctantly stood up and looked back in the direction where they ran. There was another piece of yellow sand in front of him, as if nothing had happened!