Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 463 Translation
Looking at the scene in front of him, Fang Zhe's eyes were red, he staggered to the side of the horse, and struggled to put the saddle on the horse.

There was a violent earthquake, and the war horse knelt down in the sand with a long hiss. Fang Zhe yelled and pulled the rein violently, but the war horse couldn't stand up anyway.

Seeing this, the lieutenant not far away led several generals to rush forward in the wind and sand, and they tried their best to support the horse.

Fang Zhe, who was on the horse, leaned over and pulled up the command flag from the lieutenant general's back, shouted loudly, and the horse neighed and rushed up to a small sandy slope opposite.

Fang Zhe stood on the slope and waved the command flag in his hand desperately, signaling the troops to get off their horses to avoid the wind and sand.

When the soldiers saw the semaphore, the confusion was slightly restrained.

The soldiers jumped off their horses one after another, turned the horses down, and lay down on the ground to avoid the strong wind.

The ground shook violently, and the strong wind carried the yellow sand across the dune like a steel knife. Fang Zhe on the sand slope was swept away like a defeated leaf, and fell to the side of the sand dune not far away.

The deputy general scrambled and scrambled to help Fang Zhe up and said, "General, how are you doing?"

Fang Zhe struggled to get up and said: "No, nothing, order the soldiers to protect the water bags!"

The lieutenant answered yes loudly and ran to the brigade.

The earthquake gradually weakened.Officials at all levels of the state government led the soldiers to guide the crowd in an orderly manner.

……

In Liangzhou City.

Zeng Tai, Chang Shi and two scouts stood in front of the state yamen, only to see the dusky sky due to the west, and yellow mist rising from the sky like a tornado.

Zeng Tai said worriedly: "Look, that direction is the Ganliang desert. The earthquake caused a storm. I think the situation of General Fang Zhe and the army of the Liberation Movement is not good."

Chang Shi nodded: "It looks like a whirlwind is blowing in the desert."

Zeng Tai said: "People here have a slang saying: Whirling in the wind, there is no way to find."

The scout on the side asked: "Master Inspector, what does this mean?"

Zeng Tai sighed and said: "It means that as long as there is a whirlwind in the desert, the sand dunes will move at any time, covering all the original paths, and the traveling business travelers will have no way to find."

The scout said in shock: "Ah, yes, it is so powerful. My lord, if this is the case, wouldn't the army be lost?!"

Zeng Tai murmured, and suddenly he raised his head and said to Chang Shi: "Master Li, you immediately go to the city defense camp to dispatch two hundred soldiers, and order these two scouts to lead them into the desert as soon as the earthquake stops. Greet General Fang and the Liberation Army, and then re-mark the customs clearance path."

Chang Shi nodded: "Yes, I will do it right away."

As he spoke, he waved his hands at the two scouts, and the three left quickly.

Zeng Tai looked towards the desert in the west.

The sun in the western sky shone with a pale yellow light, and the black mist and yellow sand gradually faded away.

The earthquake stopped, and Zeng Tai let out a long breath.

……

Everything in the desert returned to calm, and the original towering sand dunes became flat.

The flat sandy land embraces two or three connected sandy slopes without any trace of storm, as if nothing happened.

The sun was poisonous, and the heat wave on the ground was transpiring.

With a "plop", a person stood up from the sand, and it was Fang Zhe.

He shook the sand on his body and head vigorously, looked around, and said loudly: "Brothers, get up, the earthquake is over!"

There was a sound from around, and the army came out from under the yellow sand. Everyone slapped the sand on their bodies and cursed the terrible weather loudly.

The deputy general led the captains of each team to give orders repeatedly, and the troops pulled horses and carts, and bundled up their equipment.

The lieutenant walked quickly to Fang Zhe's side and was about to report when suddenly, his mouth opened wide and his eyes stared straight ahead.

Fang Zhe glanced at him: "Wenqing, what's wrong with you?"

Lieutenant Liao Wenqing pointed forward and stammered: "General, official way, official way, official way is gone!"

Fang Zhe looked forward for a moment, and sure enough, the straight official road leading to Liangzhou had disappeared.

Fang Zhe was taken aback, turned around and looked around, surrounded by endless sand dunes, with no roads and no signs.

Fang Zhe panicked: "Well, what's going on here, what about the official way?"

Liao Wenqing was stunned and said: "Could it be, could it be covered by yellow sand?"

Fang Zhe stabilized his mind and shouted sharply: "Order the teams to check the casualties. In addition, report to me the drinking water reserves of the army. Get the compass and map."

Liao Wenqing answered yes loudly and walked away quickly.

Fang Zhe turned over and sat on the sand. Liao Wenqing hurried over with a compass and a map: "General, I have given you all orders."

Fang Zhe nodded.

Liao Wenqing unfolded the map and put the compass beside it.

Fang Zhe found the direction of Liangzhou on the map, and then attached a compass to it, and the compass needle turned to point to Liangzhou.

Fang Zhe raised his head and looked around, looked to his left, and said, "It should be in this direction."

Liao Wenqing asked worriedly: "General, there are no markers in the desert. Compass and map alone are unreliable. If you deviate, then..."

Fang Zhe sighed: "At this point, there is no other way but to take one step at a time."

Liao Wenqing nodded.

A general walked over quickly: "General, I have inspected the army, 12 people were killed, 48 were seriously injured, and 160 were slightly injured."

After hearing this, Fang Zhe ordered: "Put the body on the cart. If you are seriously injured, you will go with you if you are slightly injured."

The general said: "Yes. General, just counted the status of each team's drinking water reserve..."

Fang Zhe stared at the general: "How is it?"

The general looked at Fang Zhe and replied carefully: "All the bottled water stored on the cart has been lost, and now only the drinking water that the troops carry with them remains."

Fang Zhe asked, "How much more?"

The general coughed dryly and said, "With the whole army together, there are only forty bags left in the whole bag of water..."

"What, there are only forty bags left!"

Fang Zhe almost shouted out.

"Exactly. Exactly. There are only forty bags left, and the rest were either broken by wind and sand, and half of the water leaked out. Or the water bags fell to the ground and were trampled by horseshoes in the chaos."

Fang Zhe took a long breath and waved his hands at the general.

Liao Wenqing said worriedly: "General, the situation is not good."

Fang Zhe pondered for a moment and said: "Immediately send an order. First, all the drinking water will be received by the Chinese army and rationed uniformly. Second, order the army to abandon their heavy armor and only carry weapons, and advance lightly."

Liao Wenqing replied: "Yes!"

……

Wangjiabao.

Wang Mang looked at Xiaotao who was packing up and saluted, and said, "Xiaotao, the earthquake happened just now, you should stay at home first! It's fine for me and the adults to go."

Xiaotao pouted: "No, don't try to leave us behind."

Wang Mang smiled and said softly, "I still need your help!"

As soon as she heard something, Xiaotao's eyes lit up: "What is it?"

Wang Mang said: "Do you still remember the book my adoptive father gave me? I found a gentleman from the West. You must send it to me as soon as he finishes translating it."

When Xiaotao heard about this, her interest immediately dropped: "Isn't it okay to let the servants do this little thing?"

Wang Mang shook his head: "No, according to my inference, there is a huge secret in that book, and after the translation is finished, you must take good care of that Mr. West!"

Xiaotao understood Wang Mang's meaning, she nodded slightly: "Don't worry, no one will let him run away!"

Wang Mang nodded.

　Thank you for your generous reward, and thank you brothers for your support!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)