choke element

Chapter 377
The wind at night was getting stronger and stronger, blowing the wicker baskets constantly sideways, and the whole balloon was rushing westward like flying through the clouds.But the coal and oil in the stove were nearly exhausted, and the brass mouth only spewed out a few sparks now and then.

The three of them watched as the bulging balloon began to loosen, not like a balloon, but more and more like a piece of waste paper rolled up by the strong wind.

But the night was getting darker and darker, the strong wind brought layers of thick clouds in the sky, covering the stars and the moon, and the hot air balloon seemed to be wrapped in darkness. After a while, the three of them suddenly felt the wicker basket fall rapidly.

The sense of falling that their internal organs were about to fall out, and the fear of being about to be smashed into meatloaf seized them, making them shout subconsciously.

Not long after, the wicker basket fell heavily into a woodland, and the basket instantly collided with countless branches, turning into pieces, and the three of them landed back and forth with their hands tied.

Li Ting curled up his body as hard as he could, and with his back, arms and legs, he blocked countless impacts.Even so, when he landed on the ground, he also felt a sharp shock in his chest and abdomen, and he spat out blood.

He lay prone on the ground, his vision turned red, and he vaguely saw not far away, Zheng Rui tried his best to open his arms, protecting A Duo who was shouting with his head in his arms, and rolled down a cliff.

He mumbled subconsciously, and tilted his head again, only then did he realize where the red light in his eyes came from.

It turned out that the huge balloon fell to the ground, tumbling around the stove, knocking down several trees in succession.The embers in the stove ignited the varnish on the balloon, and before long the balloon was a ball of fire, and the flames began to spread through the forest.

Enduring the severe pain, Li Ting slowly got up. Just as he stood up straight, he felt dizzy and his feet felt weak.

He fell to the ground with a thud, gasped for a while, and tried to stand up again.At this moment, I felt severe pain in the ankle of my left foot. I don't know if it was a broken bone or a broken tendon.He groped left and right on the ground, and then he found a thick branch to take advantage of, and hopped a few steps forward on one leg.

At this time, the fire in the forest began to spread, and with the whistling wind, the sound of firewood crackling and bursting was as continuous as beans.Li Ting staggered to avoid the heat wave, and retreated to the edge of the cliff ten feet away from the trees, looking at the shadows below.

He resisted the sharp pain in his chest, raised his voice and said, "Zheng Rui! Ah Duo! Are you still alive?"

After a while, the sound of rushing water came from below, and Hoduo's mumbled words came up, with an echo, and he was very angry: "It's over, it's over."

And Zheng Rui panted, and said weakly: "Shut up, climb up, hurry up!"

Li Ting laughed twice and collapsed on the edge of the cliff.He murmured: "This has caused a lot of trouble, and I'm afraid Guo Liulang will punish him."

Under normal circumstances, a hot air balloon has a hemp rope tied to the rocks on the ground, and its floating posture in the air seems clumsy. In fact, once it loses control, it can ride the wind and go faster than a galloping horse.

What Li Ting didn't know was that the location where the balloon fell was already in Yizhou, west of Xianping Mansion.

This area is located between the continuous sandy ridges in the northwest and the forested meadows in the southeast.Traveling from Liaohai Tonghai to the east, crossing Yiwulu Mountain, passing Tribulus Mountain, Qianma Ridge and other places, resting for a while, and then going northeast along the "Eagle Road" in the Liao Dynasty, you will arrive at Xianping Prefecture.

And if Li Ting did a little research, he would find that along the small river at the bottom of the cliff, winding down the mountain, within four or five miles, was the ruins of Lingfeng County in Bohai State.

At this time, there was a Mongolian army resting on the old site of Lingfeng County, and sometimes there were cavalry patrolling the night, holding torches, and circled the outside.

Thousands of people in the camp were lying naked with their horses.It was very quiet at first, but the roar of the falling hot air balloon and the raging fire alarmed all the Mongolians.

That sound was the same as rolling thunder, dull and terrifying, like a bombardment in a person's heart, making the heart throb and tremble involuntarily.

The war horse neighed again and again, thousands of people got up almost at the same time, and looked towards the mountains.

At night when the clouds were thick, the hills were also dark, and the direction of the mountains could not be seen clearly.And the mountain fire suddenly lit up, the fire was like blood, reflecting the churning clouds in the sky, it was particularly eye-catching.

While everyone was holding their breath and concentrating on it, amidst the roaring sound, there was a faint cry of human misery.That's right, it was really thunder, and it was thunder that had already fallen to the ground, killed people, and ignited a mountain fire!
In the various camps, there was an instant clamor one after another.

The living environment of the Mongolians created their unique customs.The fear of thunder is one of them.

If the Mongols encountered thunder in the wild, they would immediately cover their ears and bend down to the ground to avoid the thunder and lightning.And if the army encounters thunder and lightning when it is moving, it will stop marching immediately.If thunder and lightning are heard in the tent, they will drive the stranger out of the tent and hide in the tent until the thunder subsides.

In Mongol legends, thunder is the punishment or warning given by the Longevity Heaven.Therefore, livestock and tents that have been struck by lightning must be discarded.Even if someone is struck by lightning, family members or people of the same clan will move away from the area to avoid the unknown. These people will not even be able to enter the Ordo of the Great Khan for the next three years, so as not to pass the bad luck to the nobles.

The reason why there is such a custom is that lightning on the grassland can kill cattle, sheep and livestock out of thin air, causing fires, which is a terrible natural disaster that cannot be avoided once it occurs on the grassland.

So, what does the sudden thunder in front of him represent?
The leader of this Mongolian cavalry was Muhuali's eldest son, Bolu.At a very young age, it was the first time that he followed his father and took on heavy responsibilities.He led two thousand cavalry and set off from Jinzhou, intending to go to Xianping Prefecture to meet the four thousand households originally belonging to Chen Nayan.

As a result, he walked halfway and bumped into Brother Ke Te and others who were retreating in a hurry. After asking, he found out that Puxian Wannu was an idiot, and Brother Yeluliu was as useless as ever, because Dinghailing from Shandong suddenly intervened In the Liaodong war, both of these two have been defeated.

In this way, although Mu Huali won the Beijing Road and cut off the Liaohai Passage, the Jurchens warlords in the Northeast who were originally divided, after eliminating the unstable factors, there is a tendency to unite relying on the Ding Navy.

This is not good news.

Bolu was also bold, he immediately urged his troops to rush forward, intending to take advantage of the fact that the fighting in Xianping Mansion had just stopped, and the soldiers were exhausted, to fight back.But the closer he was to Xianping Mansion, the more defeated soldiers he bumped into along the way, and the more he knew about that battle.

He had to admit that Ding Hai's combat power was as strong as the previous rumors.Ke Tege and the others were in the frontal confrontation, and they were repulsed abruptly!
After this battle, the Mongolian army had no allies around Xianping Mansion to drive them away. If Bolu wanted to continue fighting, he could only rely on his two thousand cavalry.But against such a strong army, what effect can two thousand riders really have?
Although Bolu continued to urge his troops to move forward, he became more and more hesitant.

What if, what if the battle goes unfavorable... That day, the fourth prince dragged the thunder and was defeated, which caused the profuse khan to be furious and suffered a lot.If I, Bolu, fail to advance aggressively, won't I become the next torpedo?And even if I have a heel, how can I compare with Tuolei?
Thinking of these, Bolu didn't sleep well that night.

He has been sitting in the yurt, with the huge scimitar across his knees, holding the scabbard tightly, forcing himself to be calm and composed.But in the middle of the night, thunder suddenly came again...

O omniscient Changsheng, is this warning me?

It would be great if Elder Huo'erchi was here, he knows Changshengtian's mind best, and nothing can be hidden from his divination.

Bolu stared at the mountain fire for a long time.He noticed that in the hundreds and thousands of households on the left and right, many people were muttering, and his face darkened immediately: "Although thunderstorms are rare, they are not uncommon. Why make such a fuss? Order..."

Everyone's eyes were all focused on Bolu's face.Bolu paused for a while, and said in a steady voice: "This place can't stay anymore, let's withdraw our troops!"

(End of this chapter)