137. The wolves are coming
In the middle of the night, after everyone was asleep, there was a sudden sound of bells outside the camp. Bijak woke up and sat up quickly, and was about to go out to check when a wolf howl suddenly came from outside, and everyone in the tent was awakened. They all hurriedly put on their coats, picked up swords and torches and ran out.
The bells and wolves howled, the horses neighed in terror, and the fires shone brightly. On the carriage, Xia Xing instantly opened his eyes and looked to the side when he heard the movement, "Bing Ning?" Bingning was lifting the curtain of the car and looking out, and said in a nervous voice: "Can't see it, princess, I have to go out and have a look, this must have met a wolf pack." Xia Xing got up and put on a cotton skirt, "Quick!" Bring the cloak, and I'll go with you. ”
The trip was light and simple, with only ten carriages prepared. There are two cars loaded with horse materials, one for food on the road, one for the ointment pills and sand sliders given by Master Yichen, one for Xia Xing's bag, and one for Xia Han's bag. Xia Xing, Xia Han, and Beihai Wang each drove one, and prepared one for Aunt Bi Tao, Lu Wan, and Wu Bangsha. When camping, the rest of the carriages surrounded the carriages of Xia Xing and Xia Han and all the horses, and set up tents in the front gap for Ditai, Bijak, Taugin and the guards to rest.
After Xia Xing got out of the car, he saw that Xia Han was taking Tao Jin and Xiao Dezi to appease the horses. "Second brother, are you a wolf pack?" Xia Han nodded, Xia Xing frowned and said, "Why did you still meet it, we were cautious enough along the way." Xia Han raised his head and pointed to the black shadows flying around in the sky and said, "It was the vultures and eagles who brought them, and we have already attracted the attention of this group of carnivorous birds by killing people all the way, and they are all here for food." ”
Xia Xing looked at the eagle hovering overhead and sighed, "It's all terrible guys, and now there is another group of people who are looking forward to our death." This season, the hungry beasts are quite troublesome, I wonder if the sandslider can prepare the medicine to drive them away, hey, where are the sandsliders and Uncle Beihai Wang? Tao Jin pointed outside and said, "With Ditai and them, everyone is gathering firewood and grass along the carriage around the fire." ”
"I'll go and see, and let Ao Bangsha and Lu Wan come out to help pull the horse. Bing Ning, go! When Xia Xing condensed the ice out, the sand was handing out torches, "Everyone came to get one, and when the wolves came over, they waved the torches with a sword in one hand and the other, and they all stood in the fire circle, one guarding one car." Xia Xing approached and asked, "How is the situation?" Sandslider shook his head, "It's not good, it's a big wolf pack, if the fire can't scare them away, we can only resign ourselves to fate, princess, you shouldn't come out, go back inside." ”
Xia Xing took a step forward, stood beside the sand and said, "I'm not going back, Princess Ben is watching here." After that, he picked up a torch wrapped in cotton cloth and lit it, turned around and handed it to Bing Ning, "Uncle Beihai should defend on the back, you go and help him, just have me and sandboarding here." Bingning took the torch and nodded, "Princess, be careful yourself, the wolves will come soon." ”
Sand Slipper frowned and said, "It's too inappropriate to do this, who will protect the princess without Bing Ning." Xia Xing pulled his cloak, put on his hat and said: "This princess doesn't need anyone's protection, if the wall of fire can stop the wolves, we will all be safe and sound, if the wall of fire can't stop the wolves, we will all die in the belly of the wolves." "Where's the yarn?" I asked her to come out ......" "No! She wants to protect the second brother, Xia Han is our last hope, and we must not let the wolves cross the carriage. At that time, he and Uncle Beihai must be allowed to leave safely. ”
Sandboarding: "Princess ......" Xia Xing: "Someone must go back to Beiyan!" The bones buried in this wasteland can be anyone, but it is by no means the future emperor of Beiyan. Sand Slipper nodded abruptly, "Okay, listen to the princess, if that time comes, let Bijak and Detai abandon both sides and cover the prince's retreat." ”
Xia Xing raised his head and smiled at the sliding sand, "I have a hunch that we will all return to Beiyan alive." The sandslider hooked the corners of his lips and chuckled: "Of course, the princess is the first to take the lead, and the minister is deeply encouraged, and she will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy." With that, he pulled Xia Xing behind him, lit the torch, looked ahead, stared at the roaring wolves, and prepared to fight. Behold, those dark green eyes, they, come here.
Three miles away from Xia Xing and the others camping, a team of black-clothed men galloped wildly, "Quick! Fast! Come on! Keep up! "We're going to hurry, it's a raid! This time, the king of the North Sea and the prince must be captured alive. "Be careful, according to the speed they have been traveling, they will camp in this clearing almost tonight, and they may find the camp at any time in the next quarter of an hour, be careful not to alarm them."
In the center of the carriage, Tao Jin, Xiao Dezi, Wu Bangsha, Lu Wan and Bi Tao tried their best to pull the restless horses. Xia Han looked at the firelight and figures outside, listened to the howling of wolves and horses, and clenched his fists, "It's hard to tell the real situation, only to measure the worries in your heart." "I looked up at the gloomy sky, raised my hand and took off the flute hanging from my waist, put it to my lips, closed my eyes and played, and the dawn came quickly.
Outside the carriage, the guards held swords in one hand and torches in the other, slashing horizontally and vertically, burning the fire; The wolves have a mouthful of fangs and a pair of sharp claws, pounce forward and retreat, rushing and dodging. Xia Xing raised his hand to be six hidden weapons, all of them hit the target, and they were embedded straight into the necks of the wolves, seeing that the front row fell, and the wolves behind all roared and rushed up, Sand Skateboard hurriedly threw the torch forward, and waved his hand to sprinkle a bag of powder.
Suddenly, there were two 'snorts', sparks flew everywhere, and the flames were high. A huge flame floated in front of the two of them, blocking the attack of the wolves, Xia Xing looked at the scene in front of him in surprise, "What kind of medicinal powder did you just throw?" Sand Slipper shook his head and said: "It's not medicinal materials, it's the phosphorus powder collected by the master, so let's pretend to be ghosts and scare those rich businessmen, but those rich people are too timid to come in handy." ”
Xia Xing said happily: "Master Yichen is really prescient, sandboarding is fast, and how many more are taken out and sent to Ditai and Bijak, the wolves are very afraid of this." Sand Slipper sighed: "There is only the last pack, which is still leaked in the baggage and forgot to clean it out, so princess, you should wave the torch honestly, don't anger them anymore, as long as we keep insisting on not revealing flaws, the wolves will naturally retreat." ”
Xia Xing took the torch handed over by the sand in a dejected manner, and shook the pestle in front of him, "My arm is so sore all the time." With torches in both hands, the sand stalker said while waving and intimidating the wolves: "Princess, if you feel tired, hide behind me and rest, we may always be like this tonight, in case the wolves kill again, the fire and torches cannot be extinguished, and someone must be left here to guard it." ”