After a night of rushing on the road, everyone's nerves collapsed. Those noisy deserts, the incessant snakes, insects, rats and ants, and the silent night that seemed to be dead, all made everyone just want to bury their heads in search. A place to sleep, don't go any further.
When the place that Old Sangtou was guiding appeared in front of people, even if such a sand city appeared, it was very strange, but because the scouts from He Mulan came back and said that everything was normal, everyone flocked to this sand city with joy.
The army of 5,000 tigers took the lead to enter it and searched the entire sandy land. There is really no danger. The place extends in all directions, except for the sand, which is sand. The dunes and rocks form a natural defense. There is nothing, and naturally there will be no ambush.
The tired people immediately set up camp. They could only fall asleep for a while before the sun fully rose. When the sun rose in the sky, the heat in the tents could steam people to death, and it was impossible to sleep well.
The unlucky ones decided by the lottery started patrolling and setting up defenses, and the others got into the tent and slept with their clothes without taking off their clothes. Even the mentally strong He Mulan, Na Luohun and the others couldn't stand the rush in the desert overnight.
The same is true for the soldiers patrolling the Hu Ben Army. Drowsiness is contagious. Many people fall asleep against the wall or something in the middle of the patrol, and some fall asleep suddenly while walking.
When everyone relaxed their vigilance and rested, a few people did not fall asleep.
"Let's go now?" Juqu Bodhi's eyes widened, "How do we go? The secret guard sent to me by my father is waiting outside the door!"
It was his personal maid who was talking to Juqu Bodi, but no one knew that this weak-looking maid was one of his mother's most trusted men, and his martial arts were even stronger than Meng Yulong.
"Why do you think we are camping here?" The palace maid gave an inscrutable smile and stomped her feet.
As she stomped her feet, a rustling sound came out, and the place covered with blankets on the ground was suddenly lifted up, revealing an extremely narrow cave.
"This this this this..."
Juqu Bodhi's eyes were about to fall out.
"How come there are holes?"
"This is the lair of the sand pirates, so there is a way to escape." The palace maid did not control and explained to him more, "Old Sangtou is our man, he has received the queen's great favor and wants to take you out. You enter this tunnel. , climb all the way to the other end, there is someone to pick you up."
"how about you?"
Juqu Bodhi looked at the tunnel uneasy, and always felt that the tunnel seemed to be able to devour people.
"How do you get out?"
"We have our own way to escape, you go first!"
Seeing that he was still dawdling, the palace maid picked up Juqu Boti, who was still asking about things, and shoved it directly into the hole.
The cave is so small that you can only crawl, and there is a strange fishy smell. Once Juqu Bodhi was stuffed into the cave, unless he climbed forward, he could only go backwards, and there was no third way to go.
He originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but he heard the palace maid over there hurriedly said to the entrance of the cave: "The prince climbed over there with the fastest speed, this cave can only last for half a day, this is sand, dug out of the sand. The cave will soon collapse. The old man from Sangtou dug the hole before midnight and held it in place with water, but as soon as the sun came out it would dry the water, and when the cave collapsed, you would be buried alive in It's inside!"
Hearing such a terrifying result, Juqu Bodhi didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly crawled forward desperately. It is strange to say that this place is narrow and soft, but it does not fall sand, and it is not stuffy at all, except that it is too dark and scary, and it will not cause any real damage.
Everyone around Juqu Bodhi knows his character, and sometimes he is a little indecisive. If he doesn't do things to the extreme, he won't act immediately. This was the case with this sand pit. Once he knew that the pit could collapse at any time, his survival instinct would force him to cheer up and head towards the goal very quickly.
He didn't climb for a long time, about a quarter of an hour or so, and there was already light on the other side of the cave. Before he reached the entrance of the tunnel, a long rope had already been dropped on the other side of the tunnel. Juqu Bodhi grabbed the rope and shook it. At the entrance of the tunnel, someone immediately lifted the rope and pulled him up.
There was still a tent outside the tunnel, and there was a large rock outside, forming a strange angle, and no one could see what was going on inside.
Sure enough, these people were prepared long ago. They blocked the soft sand mouth with a big rock. It looked like an ordinary rock on the sand. Who would have thought that there was a tunnel under this rock
At the other end of the tunnel were Lao Sangtou and Tieweiying several familiar faces, but his most reliant cousin, Meng Yulong, was not among them.
"Where's cousin Yulong? Why are there several of you?"
Juqu Bodhi looked around anxiously.
"General Hua asked General Meng to keep the camp safe today, so he and General Narohun were patrolling the surrounding area and couldn't leave, just let us take you out." Several of the confidants in the Iron Guard camp are from the Meng family, "The queen has already We have arranged a place for you to rest, and we will take you out of here first."
"Can you leave?"
Juqu Bodhi was covered in wet sand all over his face, and he patted it vigorously, "Is there no one patrolling outside?"
"My tent is outside, you follow them as soon as possible, and if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave." Lao Sangtou looked at Juqu Bodhi with an expression that could be regarded as loving.
"The sandstorm is coming."
"what?"
"A sandstorm will form here every once in a while. When the sky and the earth are dark, it is normal for some people to be less. You go first, the sandstorm will bury the traces of your departure, and they will not catch up with you."
Old Sangtou patted Juqu Bodhi on the shoulder.
"Come on, we've been busy for a month to pick you up!"
Juqu Bodhi was startled by Lao Sangtou's cautious expression, he nodded quickly, covered his cloak, bent over and followed a few iron guards out of the camp here.
The closer the camp was to the center, the stronger the defense. Princess Xingping, He Mulan and others lived in the center of the rocky and sandy land, surrounded by rock walls, and it was the most shaded area, so the patrols were all elites and the number of people was large.
But when they got to Lu Shuihu, almost all their family members dealt with things casually. Many of them fell asleep. Lu Shuihu was poor, and there was nothing to be afraid of losing. Several of the Iron Guard's henchmen kept walking out of the camp, and no one noticed that they had left.
"Where are you going now?"
Juqu Bodhi looked back in fear.
"Will there really be sandstorms?"
"There will be."
A disciple of the Meng family nodded and carried him on his shoulders.
"So we have to run, the farther the better."
"The camel is still a little further away, Prince, I can only offend!"
Before the words fell, these Iron Guards immediately started running wildly!
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A group of people who were sound asleep were woken up by the hot sun.
As Lao Sangtou said, the daytime during this time was surprisingly hot, and there was no breath. Although He Mulan and the others camped in the shade, they were still restless because they were too stuffy and couldn't sleep peacefully at all.
He Mulan is a good bed person. When she couldn't fall asleep, she simply got up and wiped the sweaty neck and armpits with the dirty water from last night's scrubbing, and then picked up the water bag, a small throat. took a sip.
In the desert, drinking big gulps of water can't quench your thirst. You have to take a small sip until it moistens your tongue and throat, and then swallow it. After a few sips, your thirst will be relieved a lot. .
He Mulan walked out of the tent and found that not far away, Master Cixin and Man Gu also got out of the tent, rubbing their eyes. Master Cixin is not too young. During this period of time, it was all supported by willpower. In addition, there were frequent occurrences of heat stroke and poisoning along the way. He took care of the injured all night, and his energy was inevitably exhausted.
Seeing that he and Man Gu got up together and didn't sleep for a while, He Mulan glanced at it strangely.
"General..."
Chen Jie, who was patrolling outside, was overjoyed when he saw He Mulan getting up, "You got up, then I'll change shifts. Let Mangu follow you. I'll go take a nap."
He couldn't open his eyes.
"Okay, then you go."
He Mulan nodded casually.
At this time, Man Gu and Ci Xin had already arrived in front of He Mulan. Man Gu and Chen Jie patted each other on the back, and then changed positions. Chen Jie walked towards his tent.
Master Cixin said hello to He Mulan.
"Why don't you sleep so much, Master?"
He Mulan kindly asked him.
"I'm getting old, and suddenly I don't sleep at night and sleep during the day. I can't change it for a while. By the way, didn't you hear any strange noises? I struggled for a long time before falling asleep, but I seem to hear something crawling. The sound of movement just woke me up."
He lives in the same tent with Mangu, so he naturally looks at Mangu.
"I also heard a rustling sound. I thought it was a snake, so I got up."
Man Gu looked at the flat sand in confusion.
"But I got up and found nothing."
"What's all about..."
He Mulan's face froze when he was halfway through speaking.
Because she also heard that strange sound.
Almost subconsciously, He Mulan immediately ordered Mangu to blow the horn on his waist.
"Wake up everyone! Go and invite Old Sangtou!"
Her cry was almost hysterical.
"That sounds wrong!"
Man Gu began to sound the horn, the horn sound first woke up the messenger at the core, and then the horn sounded.
He Mulan had no time to take care of this. The closest to her were the tents of Juqu Bodhi and Princess Xingping, and she almost ran towards their tents without looking back.
"My God! Look at those mice!"
"Scorpion! Scorpion!"
"snake!"
Countless people screamed, mouse, look at the mouse!
Snake, look at the snake!
Then everyone saw that there was a gray-brown thing in the distance, tumbling and rushing forward like a tide.
With such a huge group of animals rushing towards the rocky sand, even the army was scared to death here, not to mention the restless horses and camels.
The people who were between the horse and the camel were either awakened by the sound of the horn, or were awakened by the movement of the camel and the horse. They all stood up in panic, and went to He Mulan's position in a conditioned reflex.
Although they don't know what happened, they know that where the Lord is, there are people they want to protect, and there are the most camels, water and food in the team!
As long as they get to Hua Mulan, the Lord will naturally shelter them!
So the whole camp turned into a mess of porridge. Yuan Fang and Zheng Zong didn't even wear clothes and ran to the main camp with bare feet as soon as they woke up, while He Mulan was running to Juqu Boti's camp.
Even Princess Xingping noticed something was wrong and ran out of the tent fully dressed, but Juqu Bodhi did not come out!
The guards and Hu Ben soldiers who guarded him did not come out once they entered the tent!
Just when everyone was in a mess, Lao Sang's screaming like a broken gong suddenly came out. These people who are begging for a living in the desert know how to respond in the shortest way, and the guides shouted with the old Sangtou:
"The storm is coming! Let the camels and horses fall down and form a circle with people hiding in the middle! Those who don't have camels look for the rock wall! Hide under the rock wall!"
While shouting like this, they desperately demanded that the slaves who were leading the camel immediately let the camel lie down. These slaves were not fools either. They immediately drove the camels into a circle, and inside was a large group of horses. These horses were already swaying their heads from side to side like crazy, and there was no way for them to lie down quietly.
Ma Nu, who was taking care of Dahong and Yueying, watched in despair as the two horses broke free from the reins in his hands and ran in the direction of He Mulan. He dropped the reins in his hands.
Then, lying on the ground, he saw a strange sight that he had never seen in his life.
I don't know how many mice, insects and various animals that I don't know, they folded into a big ball, rolled forward and rushed towards him. An incredible cry came out of his throat, but the voice hadn't yet come out. When it came out of his mouth, it was immediately covered by the cry of the strong wind!
Where did this gust of wind come from? Is it from the sand dunes in the distance? Or was it born out of thin air? Why is there no sign at all
Why are those mice running here
The speed at which the group of strange things rolled was staggering, and it was still far away at first, probably because it was pushed by the airflow before the gust of wind, it rushed into the camp all at once.
Everyone was instantly frightened by so many mice, scorpions, and snakes. As soon as they opened their mouths, these snakes, insects, mice and ants were blown away in an instant!
Because the wind was too strong, it didn't look like wind at all, but rather like a kind of overwhelming waves, and the waves composed of sand and wind were overwhelmingly pressing forward.
The mouse in the front was directly swept into the air and let out a harsh scream. Originally, it was wrapped in a large mass and could resist one or two, but after rushing into the air, there was no hope of life anymore, so that the sharp points of these mice. The screams made people's hair stand upright, and the mouse sliding in mid-air didn't look like a mouse at all, but a flying bat.
Because of the weird scenes one after another, except for the most sophisticated and calm slaves, most of them didn't even have a chance to let the camel fall down, so they were blown by the wind and crashed into the mountain wall beside them!
The camels and people were rolled up one after another, and the violent wind carried the sand, so that everyone could not see everything around them, and did not know where their companions were.
They can only find everything they can find to block the oncoming wind and sand, and grab whatever they can to keep themselves from being overturned.
However, the sandstorm was too violent, and people kept making huge screams, and they were blown into the sky like those mice, and then no movement was heard.
What was originally the coolest and safest place has suddenly become a dead place!
When the storm rolled up, she had already rushed to Juqu Bodhi's tent. Juquputi was the eldest son who was more important to Wei than Princess Xingping, and she had promised Queen Meng to take good care of him, so she almost immediately put Juquputi's safety first.
But when she rushed into the camp, she only saw a panicked group of people pressing another, even more panicked palace maid. The petite maid looked like she was about to faint, shaking her head desperately:
"His Royal Highness got up early, he said he was going out to get some air, but he hasn't come back yet!"
"How is it possible, we have been guarding outside, are you kidding me?"
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and the entire tent was overturned. For the first time, He Mulan showed such a terrified expression, watching the people who were still arguing in front of him fly like this!
"Hey hee hee hee!"
"Purlululu!"
The neighs of the two horses were close at hand, and He Mulan suddenly realized, lowered his head and ran desperately towards the other side!
Yueying's instant acceleration ability was brought into full play. First of all, when he arrived in front of He Mulan, He Mulan didn't care whether it was reliable or not. He quickly turned over and ran desperately in the direction of the camel.
The wind and sand made the visibility to the lowest level. He Mulan rode Yueying Ying, followed by Da Hong. He didn't know how many strange things he stepped on before he suddenly rushed into the circle surrounded by camels and horses.
The camels crawled on the ground meekly, shielding the horses and people inside from the strong wind outside. Under the guidance of Lao Sangtou, some people in the circle hugged the legs of the camels and the horses, and some pulled the tails of the camels. Some grabbed the camel's head, just like the group of animals that were all gathered together, forming a whole.
"The princess didn't come back!"
A scream actually overshadowed the howling wind and penetrated into everyone's ears.
"Oh my God! Where's the prince! Why did you lose the prince!"
With the two screams, all kinds of chaotic calls sounded, most of them calling the names of friends and acquaintances.
The violent wind and sand poured into their throats, and many of Wei's envoys and Beiliang's envoys were not military generals, and their physical strength was simply not enough to support their movements, and they all flew out one after another.
"Help! Help!"
A faint cry for help reached He Mulan's ears, who was lying under Dahong.
The voice calling for help was like Zheng Zong.
He Mulan gritted her teeth, grabbed Dahong's neck, and stretched her head out from behind the horses and camels. Near a camel not far away, Zheng Zong was pulling the camel's tail with one hand, while the other camel. One hand dragged a woman who kept screaming.
In the entire team, who can wear such gorgeous clothes, who else can be except the princess!
The wind was coming too fast, maybe Zheng Zong didn't have time to run into the camel circle, maybe he saw the princess who was blown outside, all in all, just not far from this circle, Zheng Zong and Princess Xingping were struggling. Look, you're about to be blown away!
"Fuck!"
He Mulan scolded God severely, and was about to stand up and go out to save people, but heard Chen Jie screaming hysterically behind him.
"Don't go! General, don't go! If you go, you will die together!"
At this time, He Mulan suddenly realized that it was not that no one saw them, but that the wind was so strong that no one dared to go out, and in the end they could only pretend that they could not be seen.
But can she really pretend she can't see them
He Mulan gritted her teeth, pulled out the red snake whip from her waist, stood up with her head lowered, and squeezed forward through the camel's gap as if facing the entire mountain.
Many soldiers who passed along the way tried their best to stop her, and some even shook their heads in tears.
Chen Jie continued to shout loudly from behind:
"Think about those mice! Think about those scorpions! Don't go! Please don't go!!!"
The storm will not come silently. This kind of disaster does not happen immediately. Rats and other animals should have noticed the traces long ago. It is like an undercurrent. They know that they cannot resist this kind of storm, so The group formed a group, and the idea was to escape the past in the same direction.
If they were still running around randomly, they would all be blown away, but because they were all clumped together, after the outside ones were all blown away, the strongest ones, those wrapped in the center, had a high chance of escaping. .
It was precisely because they realized why the group of animals did this, that the guides and the old Sangtou began to desperately gather the horses and camels and make them form a circle.
This is very easy, because the camels of this mission are to carry the dowry, and they are all in one place. The same is true for horses, which are tied to the horse for the convenience of feeding hay and beans.
Before the catastrophe came, even animals knew that it was better to sacrifice a part and save a part than all of them, and they even just huddled together by instinct.
But the wind is coming too fast, all they can do at this time is to protect themselves, no one wants to be the sacrificed mouse outside, nor does the person they care about be the mouse outside!
Even the most noble princess is no different from an ant in the face of this natural disaster.
"Help!"
"No no no!"
Xingping's scream was blocked by a large mass of sand, and he could only make a choked muffled sound.
Zheng Zong couldn't hold on anymore. After all, he was not a hero with extraordinary physical strength. When the wind and sand rolled up, he just wanted to grab something to fix it, and just happened to grab the tail of the white camel next to him. And that camel happened to be Princess Xingping's mount, so it was naturally caught by Princess Xingping.
Outsiders looked like he had heroically grabbed Princess Xingping, but only the two of them knew that it was Princess Xingping who relied on tenacious willpower to grab his wrist, and pinched it hard, almost to the point of His bones were pinched in.
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The severe pain in his arm and the numbness of the blood loss made his head dizzy, and he even thought about letting go and letting this vicious woman accompany him to death...
He thought so and did it.
Zheng Zong really couldn't hold on anymore, so he let go.
"My God!"
"General!"
"Fuck!!!"
He Mulan, who had already tried her best to get close to the white camel and rolled up the camel's hoof with her whip, never thought that Zheng Zong would suddenly let go of her hand. She was crawling against the resistance of the rock stuck on the ground and struggled to move forward. Now I just want to reach out to catch Zheng Zong, but I am smashed by Zheng Zong and Princess Xingping who are oncoming!
Before everyone could react, the three of them collided with each other and became a mass, and there was no sound of a call, and there was no trace.
It was like the flames swept through the paper, the flames rolled like that, and all of a sudden, the things that were still there were like ashes, and they could no longer be seen.
Are they dead or alive
Only God knows.