The 1380th chapter blizzard (2)
"Peak horse original? Why is it called this name? What are the dangers? What are its characteristics?" Zhao Hu asked immediately after hearing that it was related to the grassland.
Lao Dao thought for a while and said, "I heard that this grassland is vast and only flying horses can cross it. I don't know if it is this. As for the characteristics? It's like an ordinary grassland, it's flat.
"It's dangerous. There's no danger in normal times. But on the day when the cold weather is coming, the snow in this Pegasus land will be one or two times deeper than in other places. The situation is very strange. Even if the snow falls in the Pegasus land, it will turn into a blizzard. This situation has not changed for hundreds of years."
"The snow is one or two times deeper than other places!"
Everyone was stunned. The snowstorm on this prairie is different from other places. The average snow depth is as high as adult knees, and snow over one meter deep in the prairie is also very common.
Now the snow in the Pegasus land is actually one or two times that of other places? Wouldn't it be buried all the horses? Everyone looked around nervously, hoping that the grassland was not the Pegasus land. You should know that the day when the grassland was covered with snow was coming soon.
Zhou Wen, who had not interrupted, suddenly asked, "Old Dao, what's going on with this cold sun?"
Geralt interrupted quickly and said, "I know that this is the day when the prairie suddenly cools down and a large-scale snowstorm is about to break out."
I don’t know what happened. Although I know Zhou Wen’s identity, the longer he spent, the more he felt that he liked Zhou Wen, and he couldn’t help but curry favor with Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen glared at Geralt and continued to ask Lao Dao: "When did this cold day appear?"
Lao Dao grabbed his head and asked his companions for help a little embarrassedly: "Hey, who do you remember the days?"
Several centurions had already counted with their fingers. After a while, one centurion said hesitantly: "It seems that it will be a cold day in five days."
"Five days!"
Everyone was shocked, and there were five days left to be the day when the snowstorm came!
And at this moment, the scout sent back.
"Report! No horse herd was found within a radius of hundreds of miles!"
This made everyone stunned at first, and then a chill came up. No wonder the wooden flag pursuers and horse thieves suddenly evacuated!
It turns out that this is the most terrifying dangerous area of the prairie - Pegasus!
And there are five days left to be the cold day!
Oh my God! Double the snow!
In the prairie, Zhao Hu and others knew that they were in the Pegasus land, so they hurried out without even having to rest. Zhao Hu and the others dared not walk back, but there were tens of thousands of cavalry waiting to die.
Unfortunately, they were chased for so many days and there were no references around them, so they ran into each other like headless flies for a few days and found that there were grasslands everywhere. They didn't know whether they had left Pegasus. They had to stop and concentrate on preparing for the winter.
Zhao Hu, the man, cut off the grass and bushes with his sword, and almost wiped out the green of a few kilometers.
When it was only one day before the cold day, the clear sky completely disappeared, the sky became gray, and the cold wind blew from all directions. Almost instantly, the temperature dropped a lot.
The unused wool sweater was immediately turned out and wrapped around her body. The number of wool sweaters was 2,000, and each person had more than one.
The servants touched the clothes and smiled. Although they had worn sweaters, how could they compare to the goods used by these crystal flags to trade.
Zhao Hu has never found any place on this grassland to cover the wind and snow these days. There are endless grasslands everywhere. There is no way, so he has to build a place to hide from the wind based on his own carriage.
"Let me hang the carriage!" Zhao Hu gave the order, and more than 150 huge carriages immediately surrounded the circle, but the circle around these more than 150 carriages was too big, and horses and sheep were all going to have to spend the winter, so he narrowed the outer circle and surrounded several inner circles.
There are horses around, and the second ring puts debris and cooks, and the third and fourth rings are the ones that live in.
The carriage that faced the carriage inward was removed, and the wooden boards were broken and mounted over the carriage between two circles. Then the food and grass on the carriage were moved down a part of it, some were used to block the gap at the bottom of the carriage wheel, and some were tied into pieces with ropes and guns, and then placed on the rack to block the sky.
Zhou Wen saw Deo commanding Locke, Luo Fei and other strong men digging a pit in the stocking ground of horses and sheep outside, and asked curiously: "What are you digging? Are you fire pit?"
"Fire Pond? Hey, these war horses on the grassland are not that delicate. I asked them to dig a cesspool." Deo smiled.
"Oh, come and pile up horse and lamb excrement?" Zhou Wen said with a slightly frown.
"On the one hand, it is for the excrement of these livestock, and on the other hand, it is for the excrement of these people. Hey, in such a cold day, as long as the food and grass under the nearby carriage are removed, the things will immediately turn into stones and will not smell bad." Deo couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhou Wen's disgusted look.
After a while, with the efforts of several strong men, the toilet separated by ten wooden boards appeared.
In addition to these essential things, the outer ring is used to raise horses and sheep, and the second ring is piled up with debris and cooking, which is very casual, just blocking the gaps in the carriage and blocking the wind.
The two circles inside are different. According to the organization of the squadron, the 100-man team and the logistics squadron, fourteen areas are divided.
Each area is not big, but it is enough to combine those carriages without a carriage board. The floor is paved with wooden boards when sleeping, and then the hay and fur are laid directly on the carriage.
I have built a large number of furs in the horse robbery market. Not to mention that I can afford it, I can even use it as a cover for those horses. At the same time, a large fire pit was dug in the center of each area, and there were places to sleep and keep warm. There were still quite a few places in each area for people to move around.
Zhao Hu was very satisfied with all this, but it was a little troublesome when allocating the area. Everyone wanted to sleep in the innermost circle because it was the warmest. Zhao Hu didn't think about it carefully and directly ordered: "The Empire soldiers and logistics soldiers slept in the innermost circle, and I and the servant soldiers slept outside for a while."
Although Zhou Wen and his personal guards were very dissatisfied, no one else had any objections. Everyone took it for granted, but the team leader was a little embarrassed, while the servants were full of excitement. What kind of glory is this for his master living with him!
After finishing all this, the sentry outside suddenly shouted: "It's snowing! It's so snowing!"
Hearing this shout, everyone rushed to the four exits that were specially vacant. As soon as they arrived, they immediately felt a cold air coming. When they looked over, they saw that the sky was completely dark, and snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell down the sky.
The old knife hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth and walked to Zhao Hu and said, "Master... Sir, let the sentry come in quickly. It won't take long to get a storm and snow!"
"So fast!"
Although Zhao Hu was surprised that it was not yet the cold day, why was there a strong storm and snow, Lao Dao was a local, and there was no need to deceive himself, so he hurriedly pulled back the sentry that had scattered out to guard.
"You have to block the passage, otherwise this circle will be like there is no surround." Zhao Hu couldn't help but say this, looking at the snowflakes flying in from the four passages.
"But, if it's blocked, how do we observe the situation?" Geralt asked. This is not a joke. If he is surrounded by the enemy, his life will be over.
"Drill a few holes in the carriage at the perimeter. When using it, use it to see the situation outside through these insights and block it when you don't use it." Zhao Hu said casually.
Geralt was stunned when he heard this. Why did he not think of such a simple method? He dared to ask how to observe the situation. He seemed to become stupid after staying with this commander for a long time!
Hearing Zhao Hu's orders, Lao Dao and several centurions immediately brought their servants to carry wooden boards and food to block the passage.
When night fell, everyone had already had enough food and started chatting around the fire pit.
Zhao Hu took advantage of this rare opportunity to rest and ordered all troops to count the personnel and supplies. He has been fleeing these days and has no time to calculate the losses.
Soon, the situation of each unit was reported.
Zhao Hu was silent. He was shocked by the rows of jars when Deo led him to see the carriage carrying urns. Although he had no time to calculate, he also knew that he had lost a lot, so he was not too surprised to hear the numbers.
Now there are 334 soldiers left in the imperial army, 616 servants left in the imperial army, half of the imperial army are missing, and one-third of the servants are missing.
Deo hurriedly dispelled the depressed aura: "Sir, twenty-five logistics soldiers are intact, and there are five more veterinarians and one hundred grooms."
"Although some of our food and grass have been lost, the remaining food and grass are enough for us to eat and drink, so we don't have to worry about food and grass at all.
"And we have more than 7,000 horses and twenty thousand-mile horses. As for weapons, equipment, arrows and medicines, you can use them with ease. By the way, we still have a black wolf!"
The lying black wolf opened his eyes and squirted through his nose, then closed his eyes again.
Hearing this and seeing the Black Wolf's actions, everyone laughed. Zhao Hu smiled: "Old Dao, let's evenly match your servants' strength and select the lack of ten men."
"Uh, we don't know how to be even." Lao Dao said embarrassedly.
Sun Jie immediately volunteered: "I'll help you, gather people together and hold the ten-couple selection competition!"
The soldiers who had nothing to do immediately started to make a fuss when they heard the sound.
Late after night, the soldiers who had been having sex for a night finally calmed down. They had not been sleeping with peace of mind for a long time, wrapped in warm sweaters and fur and fell asleep.
Chapter completed!