The large team walked forward slowly, and it was only eleven days later that they just left the boundaries of Yong'an City.
With the scorching sun in the sky, Qi Baoer stretched out his hand and grasped his claws in the void, as if grabbing the air, and then looked at the sky with a solemn expression.
"Dad, it's going to rain. Let's hurry up and find a flat place to take shelter."
They are now walking on a long uphill road. Once it rains and the ground gets wet, such a heavy grain truck will definitely slip on the muddy ground. Not only will the grain be in danger, but people will be in danger as well.
Qi Kang Anxin's daughter had already believed that she wanted nothing more. Without asking any questions, she immediately called Zhou Gui, the deputy general in charge of logistics, and gave the order.
First, send scouts to explore the road ahead again. This time, we don’t want to see if there are any enemies, but we want to find a flat place that can at least accommodate all the grain trucks.
Second, let the grain transport team speed up and wrap the grain truck with oilcloth.
Third, notify the prisoner team in the rear to follow up in time. They should focus on protecting disaster relief food. The Qi family troops in the prisoner team should be temporarily withdrawn. If anything happens to the prisoners if they cannot follow, he will not care.
When Zhou Gui was ordered to leave, he instinctively raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was sunny, would it rain?
However, the military orders were like a mountain, and it was one thing to think about them in his mind. In terms of actions, he still executed them one by one quickly.
"Anle, how did you know it would rain today?"
Prince Li knew that Qi Bao'er was capable, but it didn't look like it was going to rain that day. He was really curious about how Qi Bao'er judged that it would rain.
Qi Baoer raised his hand and waved it in the air again, "The sun is very bright, but the humidity in the air is already very heavy. If you look in the distance, the dark clouds are already pressing towards us."
Prince Li looked in the direction pointed by Qi Bao'er. Niang Le, there really was a big black cloud on the horizon slowly moving in their direction, but it didn't look obvious at all from a distance.
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Prince Li stared at the dark clouds for less than two minutes. It turned out that the clouds, which were less than half a meter thick, had covered most of the sky.
Suddenly I broke out in a cold sweat, "Hurry, hurry, the black cloud is coming."
Qi Bao'er was very steady, and Qi Kangan, who was a little anxious next to him, saw that his daughter was so calm, so he also calmed down.
Pushing uphill was even more strenuous, and all the fire-headed soldiers were working hard. When the Qi Family Army arrived, they had to pay attention to the grain truck and the surrounding mountains and forests. Because the dark clouds were far away, no one noticed its existence.
However, the soldiers who received this professional training were different. They had doubts in their hearts and were unambiguous in their actions. After receiving the order, they quickly wrapped the grain cart in oilcloth, and all the Qi Jiajun also joined in to help push the cart.
The traveling speed is greatly accelerated.
The team of prisoners who were some distance behind also received the order. The yamen swung their whips and roared to drive people away. Those who were walking behind were whipped down at any time.
After eleven days of walking, few of the prisoners looked human anymore. They were dirty, thin, sad, and numb.
Many slow runners only change their facial expressions when they are hit by a whip.
Qi Bao'er never paid much attention to the back. To be honest, as long as there is softness in people's hearts, they will feel unbearable looking at the miserable condition of the prisoners.
It's just that these people are not the ones she should sympathize with, so she simply doesn't look at them.
I didn’t watch it, but I heard a lot about them. The Qi family soldiers who protected them also came back to eat, and they often talked about topics related to the prisoners.
For example, one person died in the exile team yesterday, and he was also the first person to die among this group of exiles.
I heard that he was an old man who was nearly sixty years old. After being imprisoned, deportees would be punished with twenty lashes. The old man's injuries were never treated after being sentenced. He was already in poor condition before departure. He lasted for more than ten days.
Still couldn't hold on.
Another example is that someone used his concubines and daughters in exchange for food and the removal of his shackles.
There are also mothers who voluntarily commit themselves to government jobs in order to earn money for their children.
Alas~
The large team advanced hard, and after a while the sky began to darken.
A Qi Jiajun looked up and pushed the cart harder in panic, "Hurry, hurry up, heavy rain is coming."
When he roared, no matter whether he was so tired that he ignored his surroundings or he still looked up, he instinctively used the last strength of his body.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and people are racing against the black clouds in the sky. In the end, people lose. Gradually, the dark clouds seem to be pressing on the top of everyone's head, making everyone's nerves tense and forgetting the fatigue on their bodies.
He just kept his head down and pushed the grain truck forward.
Fortunately, the sky was still kind to me, and after half an hour, everyone pushed the car to the nearest relatively flat open area that the scouts had discovered.
It's just that this place can't accommodate a grain truck and two teams of people. There are only a few thousand grain trucks parked there, but they are barely crowded there. People have to stand in the grass or on the slope.
They were all exhausted and paralyzed from exhaustion. Almost all of them lay down on the ground as soon as the grain truck was put away.
"Boom~~"
A thunderous thunder sounded, the sound was so loud that it seemed to be ringing in the ears. Some timid soldiers just fell down and were startled to bounce up.
There were even more screams coming from the exiled team at the rear.
Qi Kanganhan, who was also helping push the cart from behind, didn't even have time to wipe it off before he went to find Qi Bao'er. Don't scare his daughter because he's so powerful.
Qi Bao'er was currently riding down the slope at the rear of the grain transport team, facing the prisoners who were less than fifty meters away from the grain truck.
"Boom~~" There was another thunder.
Then a heavy rain fell suddenly.
The sound of rain, thunder, and screams suddenly made it a mess.
Qi Kang'an was soaked by his pocket, and ran over wiping the rain on his face, "Bao, Bao... uh."
Why did he forget that his daughter had a built-in rainproof function?
He turned around and rushed back.
He'd better arrange for people to keep the disaster relief food first.
Fang Qi brought him a raincoat and gave it to him. Qi Kang'an didn't care that the clothes were already wet. He put it on while shouting:
"Assemble everyone, switch to two liner ships and make sure to protect the food. There will be thunder and rain. If we let go at this time, a group of bad guys will come and we will all be ruined.
Our grain truck has a high chassis, so people who have changed shifts are asked to go under the truck to change into dry clothes and rest.
Don't we still have some dry food? Let's take it out for everyone to use. The rain seems to be going on for a while. In this weather, the clothes are all soaked. If you are tired and have an empty stomach, you will definitely get sick.
Distribute the cold-repelling pills from Doctor Fang as soon as possible."
"yes."
Everyone here has been busy. Regardless of whether it is the Qi family army or the Huotou soldiers, they all know the seriousness of the matter. There must be no mistakes in the relief food. Even if it rains so heavily, there can be no relief.
On the contrary, an environment in which vision and hearing are affected is even more dangerous.
Once loosened, you may not even know the enemy is approaching.
Therefore, no matter how tired or hungry they were, the soldiers clenched their weapons tightly without any complaints, and formed a team to guard the grain carts with their backs turned to surround them.
Compared with the order here, the prisoners' place was chaotic.
As soon as the thunder sounded, many people were already running into the woods on the roadside.
Those who were not chased were lucky, but the men who were chased were miserable. If one of them was dragged, they would run away in a big way, and then they would run away in panic, and the result would be a mass of prisoners.
Fell together.
Before they even got up, the whip from the Yamen came down again.