Chapter 1387 Blizzard (3)
Black Wolf and Zhou Wen took over Zhao Hu's left and right without hesitation, followed by Sun Jie who was close to Black Wolf, Dio who was close to Zhou Wen, and as for Locke, Luo Fei slept at the perimeter.
I don’t know how long it took, Zhao Hu woke up automatically, opened his eyes, and found that it was pitch black all around. Except for the whistling sound of the whistling wind outside, everything was quiet. Listening to the sound, Zhao Hu knew that the blizzard was coming.
He quietly got up and came to the surrounding area. Torches were always burning, so the guard post immediately saluted Zhao Hu. These guard posts were all in shifts. Zhao Hu did not let him rest, but asked, "Is it not dawn yet? What's going on outside?"
"Sir, it's already dawn. The snow fell so hard last night. I looked at it and it was almost as high as my waist!" The guard looked excited. He was an imperial soldier. Maybe he was excited because he had never seen such heavy snow.
"Well, go with me and open the passage and see outside." Zhao Hu said.
Zhao Hu and several guard posts were preparing to open the entrance of the passage, but a gap was opened. The biting cold wind immediately rushed in with snowflakes.
Zhao Hu, who was beaten with snow on his face, couldn't help but shivered, stopped the guard post and continued to open the door, endured the cold and looked out through the gap, and what caught his eye was a snow-white area, the snow-white connecting the sky.
Seeing the snowflakes blown everywhere by the strong wind and the snow above the waist, Zhao Hu took a breath. If there were no such carriages and supplies, he would probably have turned into snow strips.
"Close the door." Zhao Hu said tremblingly. In just a moment, his face was blown away by the cold wind, and his hands were numb.
He closed the door and saw the guard posts jumping for warmth. Ming and the others were also cold by the cold wind blowing through the crack of the door.
Zhao Hu looked at the dim environment and smiled and said, "Come on, remove a few pieces of the hay blanket on each circle, and make it clear and air-flowing. Otherwise, we wouldn't have so many torches to illuminate it."
Although those guard posts knew that they would definitely be very cold after moving away, they also knew that the light was insufficient and it was inconvenient to do anything, so they obeyed their orders.
After moving a few hay blankets, it became much brighter, but it became much colder immediately. Several guards hid aside and watched the fun with a smile. Sure enough, after a while, the sound of sneezing sounded one after another, and most of the people were awakened by the cold.
Zhao Hu immediately shouted: "All people pay attention!"
The servants were still vague, while the imperial soldiers immediately reacted and jumped up and stood at attention with a blink of an eye.
"I'll give you half a time to hygiene, and then half a time later, everyone will gather in the outer circle!" Zhao Hu shouted with a cold face.
The imperial soldiers immediately became busy, and the servants were stunned for a moment and became busy.
Not other things, there were so many people fighting to go to the toilet, and almost started fighting. Some servants even braved the storm and snow to solve the problem.
Half an hour later, more than a thousand people were crowded in the outer circle. Zhao Hu glanced at everyone and ordered: "Go back to the rest place according to the organization and conduct early training under the leadership of the officer!"
Everyone was stunned. How could I train early in such a narrow place?
However, seeing that Zhao Hu was already doing push-ups on the spot, the captain and the centurion immediately took their subordinates back to the sleeping place to start training. The groom and the veterinarian who were not aware of their skills had to follow the movements of the logistics soldiers and move around one after another.
After the early training, all the combat soldiers stepped on the horses and made the sprint and slash and slash and pull the air strings on the horses, while the logistics soldiers began to prepare breakfast. As for the water source?
Isn’t it possible to melt the snow?
The groom and the veterinarian also began to check if there were any problems with the horses. Anyway, it was busy. Don't, when I was busy, I didn't care about the cold wind blowing in from the gap.
While having breakfast, Zhao Hu found Lao Dao and several centuries and asked, "Do you know how long this blizzard will take?"
Lao Dao and others were busy: "I know, it will not stop at least the next month, and it will be snowing in the next month."
"One month!" Zhao Hu's face changed, but he continued to ask: "Is there a continuous storm and blizzard during this period?"
"Of course not. If this is the case, the people on our prairie would have died long ago." Lao Dao smiled and said, "The storm and blizzard are continuous for five or seven days at the beginning of Blizzard Day, and the rest of the time is just snow."
A light flashed in Zhao Hu's eyes: "That is, there will be strong winds only in the first few days? Will it be snowing all the time?"
Lao Daotou: "It's usually the case, but sometimes it will suddenly get windy when the weather is not good."
"Are there many days when there will be a storm and snow in the first few days?" Zhao Hu asked again.
"Not much, only once or twice, but there are so many winds and snow. We grassland people don't go out much during these two months of snow." Lao Dao said affirmatively.
"Very good." Zhao Hutou.
After hearing these words, Dio thought Zhao Hu was worried about insufficient food and grass and said: "Sir, we have enough food and grass. As long as we are heartbroken, we don't have to worry about anything. Moreover, it's snowing days now, so there's no need to worry about the herdsmen who will attack. We can have a good rest."
"I'm not worried about these things. When the snow melts, what will happen to us?" Zhao Hu asked.
"What's the situation? You can't be gaining weight, right? Well, we haven't been active for two months and our health is broken?" Deo looked puzzled.
"No, then we will fall into an endless life of escape. As long as more people participate in the pursuit of us, so few of us will be surrounded by the pastoral flag sooner or later."
Zhao Hu had a serious and authentic expression.
Deo was stunned. He was not a fool. He soon knew what Zhao Hu said: "Sir, do you want to set off in the snow when there is no storm or snow?"
"Yes, only in such weather can we have hope of leaving the grassland. In such heavy snow, we don't have to be afraid of being surrounded by people, we can move forward slowly."
Zhao Hu looked firm.
When Dio saw Zhao Hu's expression, he knew that he had made a decision. However, although it was hard to move forward in the heavy snow, people like himself, who had carriages and supplies, seemed to be without any danger. The enemy would not chase him, and he could advance while shoveling snow. It would be better to return to China one day earlier.
There was still no strong wind the next day, and seeing that the sky would not change, Zhao Hu gave the order, the camp was demolished and the carriage was repaired. Fifteen soldiers of the organization, except for the logistics soldiers, were wearing anti-freezing clothes and waving tools to start removing the snow in turn. The convoy also began to slowly drive past the snow higher than the car under the pull of the war horse with legs.
Chapter completed!