Chapter 350 Unexpected Fire

When Yun Chen rushed out of the tent again, the men of the tribe had already gathered into a team carrying horse shovels and rushed towards the direction of the fire under the leadership of the security team.

Fires are rare, but they do happen.

According to the method passed down from generation to generation by the Luojiang people, they would dig a wide snow trench around the tribe to block the fire outside the trench and use a snow wall as a defense.

This is the same principle as how Yun Chen and his team dug isolation belts to put out fires.

But the difference is that there is endless grass to burn on the grassland. If you just dig a snow ditch to enclose the entire tribe without putting out the fire, it would be like putting the tribe next to a huge stove and it would only be a matter of time before it catches fire.

There are thousands of tents in the tribe, and countless old people, women and children. They cannot escape and will probably be burned to death in the tents in the end.

The more Yun Chen thought about it, the colder her back felt. She took advantage of the chaos to drag Buyan into the tent and put him together with Huo Gannian and Ye Yan.

"Brother Buyan, what's going on? Why did it catch fire out of nowhere? The people of Luojiang value their pastures and forests the most. They even borrow slaves to look after the pastures. How could this happen?"

Bu Yan's lips were blue and purple from the cold and he was shivering all over. He didn't care that Yun Chen was there and hurriedly took off his frozen clothes. Ye Yan helped him wash and change his clothes.

Buyan did not answer Yunchen's question immediately. After a while, he whispered:

"When I was helping Old Chabu look after the pasture, I ran into seven or eight people, all of them deserters from the Northern Expedition. I secretly gave them some food and told them to hide and wait for the signal from the Lion Army so we could attack the royal court together. But who knew they would go into the woods and light a fire, and then..."

Ye Yan frowned, "Ah, it's probably too cold. They can't make it through the night without a fire. I don't blame them."

Hearing the noise outside the tent getting louder and louder, Huo Gannian thought for a moment and said:

"The fire has already started. Don't dwell on it. The royal court will definitely not let this happen. They will definitely send people to put it out. The bigger the fire, the faster they will come. Now all the men in the tribe are going to put it out. If the fire gets closer, the women and children will also go to help. The only ones left in the tribe are the slaves locked in the stable."

Ye Yan immediately understood Huo Gannian's intention: "I will take advantage of the chaos to rescue all the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army and let them take this opportunity to escape!"

Buyan had already changed his clothes and wiped off the black dust on his face. "Brother Ye and I will go together. After we're done, we can escape together. That will make it more credible. We'll find a place not too far from the tribe to hide. Once we find out where the royal court is, we can set off at any time!"

Not only did Huo Gannian want to save people, he also wanted to take a look inside the sheriff's tent.

The tribes in Luojiang are always migrating, but in order to prevent several tribes from eyeing the same grassland and fighting for it, the migration of tribes must be approved by the royal court, which must include royal decrees and official documents.

He wanted to go to the sheriff and ask for help, maybe he could get a clue about the address of the royal court.

As for Yun Chen, the slaves were full of hatred towards the Luojiang people and would never help them put out the fire, but Yun Chen was different.

She now lives with her grandmother and has gradually become one with the people of Luojiang. She must go with them to put out the fire.

Thinking of how she had been severely injured by the fire, Huo Gannian felt a pang in his heart and gave a worried instruction:

"Chen'er, be very careful and don't be impulsive. I'll go to the sheriff's office and come back soon. No matter what happens, don't take risks alone. At worst, you can steal a horse and escape. Be obedient, do you understand?"

Yun Chen nodded heavily, but what he was thinking in his heart was how he could put out this prairie fire in one go?

Just digging a snow ditch wouldn't work. She couldn't let Grandma and Doji burn to death here.

They had just gotten a new tent, and she wanted to guard it for Grandma and Doggie.

After the four of them had decided on their division of labor, they each went their separate ways.

Yun Chen picked up the horse shovel and prepared to join the team digging the snow ditch.

At this time, Doji ran out of the tent with a pair of tongs on his waist, looking like he wanted to go with Yunchen.

Yun Chen sternly stopped him: "Doji won't go! Grandma has a bad heart, Doji will stay with her! Be good!"

Duoji had been hanging out with Yunchen for a long time these days and could already understand a few words of Nanguo dialect. He stamped his feet anxiously:

"Doggie is a man! Help too! Help too!"

Yun Chen understood what he meant, smiled helplessly, then leaned down, looked at Duoji straight in the eye, and told him very seriously:

"Charging into battle isn't a skill; protecting your family is what makes a real man!"

Doji's eyes suddenly widened, and his pupils shone brightly.

"Brother Yun! I understand!" Duoji nodded heavily, took a step back, and said to Yun Chen: "Brother! I'll wait for you to come back!"

Yun Chen touched Doji's head, turned around and ran towards the team.

As Yun Chen expected, the fire in the distance had already started to burn fiercely, almost reaching the sky.

The line of fire was as endless as the grassland, spreading with no end in sight.

The people of Luojiang were desperately digging snow trenches. However, a cold snap had just hit a few days ago, and the snow was as hard as rock, making it difficult to dig.

A group of strong men dug for a long time before they dug out a shallow ditch.

Yun Chen squinted his eyes and took a look. Judging from the speed at which the fire was spreading, there would be no time to dig a snow ditch.

She told the sheriff her idea. He was swinging the horse shovel so hard that it almost left an afterimage. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said breathlessly:

"Brother Yun, you may be right, but what can we do if we don't dig? All our life's belongings are in the tent, and we can't bear to leave them behind and run. Even if we run, we can't outrun the fire, and we'll still die."

The sheriff immediately continued swinging the shovel without stopping for a moment.

Yun Chen knew that the sheriff was not lying.

Seeing the fire getting closer and closer, she was so anxious that her forehead was covered with sweat. She kicked back and forth on the ground unconsciously, kicking out hard snow droplets that flew into her face with the wind.

She paused, looked around, and her gaze slowly settled on a spot not far away—

On that round snow mountain.

An extremely crazy idea was emerging from her heart, more terrifying than the raging fire.