The grassland near Yelongshui stretches into the border of Xiliang, and the dividing line as a disputed area is a nameless mountain, to say that the nameless is that the Liang Dynasty did not name it, and the Xiliang people have long called it Liubo. The Liubo Mountain in the mouth of Xiliang is not steep, the whole mountain is planted with pine trees, there is only such a kind of tree, some pine trees even need several people to hug, under the cover of snow, the pine needles are still green.

"Let's go!" Song Mi walked to Xuan Shaoning and pulled him, and the two walked side by side towards the mountain. Because there are few people walking, there is almost no place to go directly to Liubo Mountain, but because almost no one has set foot in it, as the mountain rises, the mountain scenery becomes more and more gorgeous, and the white of the snow and the green of the pine contrast with each other.

If it is placed in normal times, it is really worth playing and enjoying the scenery, but now that the reality is in front of him, Xuan Shaoning is in no mood to appreciate it, and his heart is heavy, blindly lowering his head and looking for suspicious footprints in the snow.

"Remember what I taught you about Scouting?" Song Mi's sudden question made Xuan Shaoning retract all his energy from exploring the snow.

"Remember....... Ah" Xuan Shaoning was a little inexplicable, looking at Song Mi looking ahead with a natural face, he faintly felt that Master Wu hadn't been looking for clues all along, right?

"Now is the time to put the reconnaissance skills you have learned to use."

"Yes, Captain! The last general has already distinguished the difference between the footprints of the two armies, and now it is time to see if there are any footprints that are covered by snow. ”

"If you were on duty that day, according to the usual arrangement, would you come to this mountain?"

"The main thing is to collect grass, and there are only pine trees on this mountain, so I don't think I usually go up the mountain."

"Since our army can be ruled out from going up the mountain, then it is possible that only Xiliang's ambush soldiers will be ambushed on the mountain, right?"

"That's what Captain Wu said!"

"You turn around and look down the hill."

Although it was in the clouds, Xuan Shaoning still did it, he looked back at the bottom of the mountain, and suddenly found that he had climbed almost halfway up the mountain. The level of difficulty along the way can really only be experienced by experiencing it yourself, the mountain is covered with thick pine needles and snow, and each step leaves a noticeable calf-deep pit in the ground.

"There is no one to guide you on this mountain road, so you took the initiative to choose, where did you come from?"

"I ......."

"Because you judged at the beginning that this is the best way to walk."

Xuan Shaoning suddenly nodded a little ashamedly.

"Standing in this position, this section of the road is indeed the easiest to go up and down, so if the Xiliang soldiers are ambushed on the mountain, and they want to be caught off guard, should they also choose the easiest mountain road?"

At this time, Xuan Shaoning finally understood what Song Mi meant, but he grabbed a little tail, which felt like he had already felt the direction of the wind but still couldn't find the outlet.

"If you look at the footprints we came up again, every pit is so deep that even if it snows overnight, the snow will not be enough to cover the pits."

"Oh! The last general understood that if the Xiliang soldiers were really ambushed on the mountain, they would inevitably leave obvious footprints, but we walked all the way, and the surrounding snow was as intact as ever, which means ......."

Song Mi smiled rarely, this was the first time Xuan Shaoning had seen him smile since he joined his command in July, it turned out that even if the ice-like face smiled slightly, it could make people feel like a spring light.

"That'....... Then why didn't Captain Wu stop me in the first place? ”

"Where is the empty vernacular, there is a deep memorability in actual combat."

"Thank you, Captain!"

"Alright, let's go down the mountain."

The two of them were about to turn around and walk down the mountain, but they obviously felt a gust of wind blowing behind them. The two quickly turned around, Song Mi held down the handle of the knife with his hand, and Xuan Shaoning had already drawn the knife out of its sheath. But the scenery in front of them was still the same as what they had just seen, no different.

The sharp-eyed Song Mi pointed to a pine tree one person away in the direction of Xuan Shaoning, who noticed that a small piece of snow had fallen on a branch of the pine tree, revealing the pine needles in it.

Sure enough, there are people! As soon as Xuan Shaoning swallowed a mouthful of saliva, a figure flashed beside him. In an instant, it was a primitive reaction at all, Xuan Shaoning immediately chased after him, and shouted at the same time, "There is a situation!" Song Mi looked embarrassed and quickly chased after Xuan Shaoning.

"Captain! Shaoning! Cao Tie, who was at the foot of the mountain, was the first to discover the abnormality, this time he shouted in a low voice, Xing Gang ran to his side, and threw down a sentence, "What are you shouting, don't hurry up and keep up!" ”

The mountains have accumulated a lot of dead branches and fallen leaves, and it is even more difficult to walk after the snow, let alone run, but fortunately, the seven years of the academy and the seven months of training in the army make these difficulties not much of an obstacle for Xuan Shaoning. The real opponent is the figure who is extremely agile, even if he struggles to catch up, all Xuan Shaoning can see is the afterimage left behind after that flash.

Who is it that can be so good? Xuan Shaoning was wondering, but Song Mi, who had been following closely behind him, felt that something was wrong. In the fast running, Song Mi looked down at the footprints on the snow, but was surprised to find that there were only two rows of footprints in the snow, which undoubtedly belonged to Xuan Shaoning and himself, that is to say, there were no suspicious characters at all!

"Shaoning! There are no footprints on the ground! Song Mi realized that they might have been tricked, at this moment he put all his energy on Xuan Shaoning who was running at the forefront, if there was a trap ahead, then there was no doubt that Xuan Shaoning was the most dangerous!

"Shaoning! Be careful! ”

Xuan Shaoning heard Song Mi's shout, and lowered his head to look at the footprints without thinking, almost at the same moment, the back of his neck obviously felt a gust of wind whistling by, and the speed did not give people any chance to hesitate at all.

"Ahh

This is Song Mi's voice! Xuan Shaoning only felt that someone pushed him from behind after the gust of wind passed, and immediately looked up after falling to the ground, but what he saw in front of him made one of his hearts almost stop beating, and Song Mi was injured!

Xuan Shaoning rushed to Song Mi's side as fast as he could, and hurriedly supported Song Mi's slowly falling body. "Captain Wu? Captain! What happened to you? Xuan Shaoning shouted, and saw the blood oozing from Song Mi's chest at a glance.

This? Xuan Shaoning couldn't believe his eyes, and looked at the wound carefully, which made him even more frightened, this wound was obviously an arrow wound, the arrow was narrow and sharp, leaving only a hole the size of a soybean in the chest, although the wound was small, but the location was extremely accurate, just at the heart of his right chest, blood gushed out of it, no matter how Xuan Shaoning covered it with his hand, it still had little effect.

Song Mi was hit by an arrow?! How so? When? What about arrows? Xuan Shaoning instinctively looked up and looked around, and saw that there was an arrow still shaking on the trunk of a tree just three steps away from them, and the sword was dark green all over. It turned out to be wearing a body!

"Captain! Brother Song! The excessive nervousness had already made Xuan Shaoning's face flushed, and beads of sweat were constantly dripping from his forehead, and his instinct told him that Song Mi was extremely injured! The most important thing for him at the moment is to bring Song Mi back to the grassland as soon as possible, even if there are enemies around, they can't control it.

"Wu Chang, you hold on, I'll carry you down the mountain now!" Xuan Shaoning turned over and hung Song Mi's two arms on his shoulders, squatted slightly with his legs, and when Song Mi's whole body strength pressed on him, he stood up steadily, pulled his legs and ran towards the bottom of the mountain, shouting for help while running. At this time, Ou Luyang and Xia Junmao, who were still in the grassland, also heard it.

Such a strenuous exercise had already made Xuan Shaoning sweat, but he felt that the warmth behind him seemed to come not only from himself, but also from Song Mi, and he didn't dare to think too much and was unwilling to think in an unfavorable direction. He always felt Song Mi's breathing on his shoulder, as long as Song Mi's exhaled hot breath could still spray on the back of his neck, Xuan Shaoning would feel more at ease.

This section of the mountain road, it takes some time to come up, but the time to run down the mountain will save a lot, and before it arrives, Xing Gang's figure can be seen clearly. Xing Gang and Cao Tie arrived in time, and the two of them protected Song Mi one by one, and the three of them finally successfully escaped from the mountains and forests and returned to the grassland.

"What's going on?" Ou Luyang, who was already sitting on horseback, asked rather unhappily. Xia Junmao ran to Song Mi's side for the first time, he saw that Song Mi's face was already a lot whiter, and then he saw that Xuan Shaoning's back was blood-red.

"Defend well!" Xia Junmao gave the order, while taking off his coat and wrapping Song Mi, and at the same time tore the corners of his clothes and wrapped them around Song Mi's chest, and tied them hard.

"Don't say anything, I'll send you back to the city right now!"

"There's an ambush!" Ou Luyang jumped off his horse, drew his saber and made a battle order: "All on alert! ”

The golden guards immediately formed a circle around the wounded and their superiors, and the atmosphere was immediately tense to the extreme.

"Commander! Song Mi is seriously injured and must be sent back to the city for treatment immediately! ”

"There must be Xiliang Mansion soldiers around, if we act rashly, we will definitely give them a chance to attack!"

"If there is an enemy, it must have appeared to attack at this moment!" Xuan Shaoning was in a hurry, he really didn't understand why Ou Luyang was so cautious, in his opinion, what could be more important than healing Song Mi?

"Shaoning" Song Mi held Xuan Shaoning's hand, his voice had become slight, and Xuan Shaoning could only bury his head in listening.

"Don't forget that arrow......

Xuan Shaoning raised his head and looked at Song Mi with some confusion, but saw Song Mi nodding at him affirmatively. At this moment, he couldn't care about anything, so he rushed out of the encirclement and ran towards the mountain.

"Stop!" Ou Luyang saw Xuan Shaoning running into the mountain, and immediately ordered: "Come on, catch this fine work for me!" ”

The sudden scene also made several people under Song Mi's command dumbfounded, what is the situation, why did the plot turn over all of a sudden?

Xia Junmao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Command the envoy ......"

"Don't say much, that person is the most suspicious!"

"Commanding Envoy...... This matter has nothing to do with Shaoning! ”

Song Miqiang turned his body towards Ou Luyang, and when he turned around, Xing Gang, who had been squatting behind him, saw a back reflected in the snow with blood.

"Song Wuchang is concerned about chaos, and it will be clear when he is escorted back for interrogation." Ou Lu said to Song Mi in a measured way: "The most important thing at this moment is to save your own life." ”

There was a golden guard chasing after him, Xuan Shaoning had no time to take care of it, there was only one thought in his mind, that is, to complete Song Mi's order, even if he was unwilling in his heart, he just wanted to return to the city as soon as possible, but only by retrieving the feather arrow as soon as possible could he set off to return to the city, as soon as he thought of this, the soreness in his legs subsided a lot.

Returning to the place where Song Mi was attacked, the dark green feather arrow was still firmly inserted in the tree, Xuan Shaoning had no time to take a closer look, and forcefully took off the feather arrow and turned around to leave, but subconsciously glanced at it, and it was this glance that made him find the clue. Less than half a mile in front of the place where Song Mi fell to the ground, a cluster of footprints appeared! The incident happened suddenly, and Xuan Shaoning could not remember whether these footprints existed at the beginning, but it was certain that these footprints must be related to the attack.

"Take him!" The golden guards had already arrived, and they couldn't help but tie up the Xuan Shaoning rope.

"Why are you doing that?"

"If you have anything to say, just talk to the commander! Take! ”

"Wait, ahead...... There are suspicious footprints ahead! ”

The man in the lead also noticed the cluster of suspicious footprints, so he quickly ran over to see what was going on. Sure enough, these footprints were smooth and without any lines. The leader thought about it for a while, then turned around and escorted Xuan Shaoning down the mountain.

Although Xuan Shaoning had doubts, he was powerless to think about his situation, and the only thing he cared about was Song Mi's safety. On the way back to the foot of the mountain, bits and pieces of the past began to come to mind. Since he entered Song Mi's command, he found that Song Mi was not a person who was accustomed to verbal preaching, and any experience he passed on to everyone through actual combat. In Xuan Shaoning's impression, Song Mi has never been smiling and has few words, but every sentence is always just right, which benefits Xuan Shaoning a lot.

Finally, getting closer and closer to Song Mi, Xuan Shaoning saw Song Mi's flickering pupils, which contained complex meanings, he saw expectations, concerns, and reluctance, but he didn't see any worries about his safety. Like a smile, this is also the first time Xuan Shaoning carefully read Song Mi's eyes, he only felt that his eyes were getting clearer and clearer, and the pupils in them were constantly expanding, so big that the pupils could reflect his figure.

"Captain!" Xuan Shaoning broke free from the escorted two and ran to Song Mi's side, Song Mi smiled again, this was the second and last time Xuan Shaoning saw it. Song Mi left peacefully, his eyes looked in the direction of the mountain, his hand pressed on his waist, the loss of blood, the drop in body temperature, and finally made his face appear a kind of pale, but the two burning eyes did not weaken a trace of light because of the passing of life.

"Captain!" Xing Gang, who was closest to Song Mi, also found out about Song Mi's departure, and he shouted out with a crying voice, and now everyone realized that it was too late.

"Returning to the commander, the suspect has been caught!"

Ou Luyang finally walked into Song Mi's body, squatted down and put two fingers between his noses for a little temptation, but he didn't feel the flow of breath, before he got up and ordered: "Song Wuchang was attacked and killed, Xuan Shaoning is the most suspicious, this place is dangerous, don't stay for a long time, go back to the city immediately!" ”