Chapter 1271 Someone Knocks on the Door
A massive sandstorm swept across the land and headed towards the small Shazhouwei.
Of course, this kind of life is not unfamiliar to the soldiers here.
They spend at least half of the year like this, even in winter. So, when they see the yellow sand coming and covering the sky, everyone quickly takes out their handkerchiefs, covers their mouths and noses, and ties them behind their heads.
All the irrelevant people returned to the camp.
The soldiers guarding the city were all huddled in their large cotton-padded jackets, their arms clasped across their chests, holding their weapons, and squatting at the foot of the wall.
After a while, a layer of yellow sand accumulated on his body.
The strong wind is still raging.
The sturdy city gate was also blown and clanged, shaking constantly. If it were not for the hard wooden boards and iron nails, I am afraid the gate would have been blown down.
Several soldiers listened to the rumbling sound and thought it was just thunder.
When everyone was silent, a soldier raised his head and said to an older soldier next to him, "Uncle, it seems like someone is knocking on the door."
"Knock?"
Everyone was a little surprised.
Looking up at the gate, the wind was blowing, causing the door to vibrate slightly and make a clanging sound.
Where does the knocking sound come from?
The middle-aged soldier rubbed the soldier's head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you probably heard it wrong."
“…”
"Who would dare to walk outside in this weather? They would have been buried in the sand long ago."
"oh."
The soldier looked back again and it seemed that he had indeed heard it wrong, so he didn't say anything more and continued to close his eyes and doze off with the scabbard in his arms.
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On the way back to Shazhouwei, Gu Yiyou, Tong Sinian and others were constantly struggling. The horses under them were blinded by the wind and sand, and they kept shaking their heads and pacing around in the wind and sand.
Several people had no way to ride on the horses anymore, so they had to get off.
Everyone tied the reins around their arms and held onto their horses tightly to avoid getting lost in the wind and sand. At the same time, they continued to move towards Shazhouwei.
Each person also had a handkerchief tied around their mouth and nose.
Avoid getting sand or dust in your mouth.
Gu Yiyou was leading his horse while calling on the people behind him to catch up quickly, but just as he was speaking, the handkerchief was not tied tightly and was blown away.
As soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of sand poured into it.
He immediately frowned and started spitting, and his saliva was black.
Gu Yiyou didn't have any extra hands to take out the handkerchief to cover himself, so he could only put his other arm across his face, but it couldn't block much. He felt countless fine sands hitting his face, which hurt like needles.
Tong Sinian, who was standing by, saw this and shouted, "Come here!"
Gu Yiyou hurriedly led the horse over.
Tong Sinian lifted up his fox fur cloak, covering most of his body and half of his face, and finally rescued him from the sandstorm.
Gu Yiyou breathed a sigh of relief.
He shouted, "This sandstorm is going to kill people."
Tong Sinian only looked ahead, his determined eyes unafraid even in the wind and sand, and simply said, "It's not that easy."
“…”
"Hurry back and report the situation over there to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine."
As he was speaking, he suddenly stumbled and almost fell. Gu Yiyou hurriedly supported him, and the two of them staggered two steps before they stood firm.
"What's wrong?"
"Something tripped me."
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