The faint moonlight sprinkled on the grasslands of South Windura, making the grasslands appear peaceful and quiet.

Of course, this is only scratching the surface.

In the midst of this silence, a few wolf howls were heard from time to time, as if calling to their companions from afar.

Beneath the surface of the quiet, in fact, there are murderous intentions hidden everywhere.

Tigers, leopards, wolves, and snakes will all come out to catch their prey at this time.

These, not the most terrifying.

In the grasslands of summer and autumn, especially at night, mosquito bites are the most terrible.

Without defense, these almost ubiquitous mosquitoes will soon sting all over the body, even with clothes on. They suck your blood and inject toxins into your body.

In the moonlight, a team of people and horses moved in shadows. It looks like there are more than one hundred and twenty horses.

The horses all carry chews and mouths, this is to prevent them from neighing casually. The whole body of the person is also tightly wrapped.

If you look closely, you will find that in addition to one person and one horse, there are fifty or sixty more horses in the team.

This team is the Ni Second Company of the Mansion Corps led by Jia Min to rescue the prince and the princess of Chang'an.

The extra fifty or sixty horses were prepared for those who had taken refuge in the mountains.

According to Lichun, there were fifty-seven people with the prince and the princess. When they withdrew into the mountains, they abandoned all their horses.

On the plains, horses are useful. When you get to the mountains, it is difficult for horses to climb the mountains, but they become a burden.

However, when they escaped, the horses were useful. On the steppe, if you only rely on two legs, if you encounter cavalry, you will be very passive.

The procession marched silently, but from front to back, emitting a strange smell.

The smell is unpleasant, but it is useful. This is a mixture of realgar and white-striped clover. Realgar is mainly used to repel snakes, and white-striped clover is mainly used to repel mosquitoes.

This road is not the main road on the grassland, but a route that nomadic herders occasionally take when they migrate to the pastures.

Although it is now the Mid-Autumn season, the grass is still green, and the weeds that grow indiscriminately almost cover the road.

This road is a road that was selected after reconnaissance and exploration in advance. Previously, Jia Qin had led people to sneak into the grassland for six days, and finally chose this road.

Now, Jia Qin will lead the way in front.

The grassland looks flat and wide, and it seems that you can ride on a horse and gallop to your heart's content, but in fact it is not like that.

Clumped weeds, thorns everywhere, swamps that appear from time to time, marmot holes that stretch everywhere, rat holes when the rat infestation is severe, can all become traps.

Sometimes horses can easily break their legs when they step into these holes.

The speed of the horse team was not fast. In addition to the inconvenience of traveling at night, it is also because of the heavy burden.

In addition to the four Franc cannons of the prefectural corps itself, nine chain guns, spray cans, personal equipment, food, water and other supplies. There are also food, clothing, weapons and other equipment prepared for Chang'an's subordinates.

They had not much equipment in the first place, they were exhausted in the battle, and when they entered the mountains, they had almost nothing but the weapons they carried with them, and there were not even a few arrows left.

Gurgle, cluck, Jia Qin, who was in front of the vanguard, let out two owl calls, and the team immediately stopped advancing.

That's when something unusual happens.

Sure enough, in the distance, just ahead, a burst of fire appeared.

The firelight moved, getting closer and closer. It was a team of torches. It is especially noticeable at night.

This is the night patrol of the Sidhwa people in the South Wendura grasslands. Tonight, this is the third wave of patrols Jia Min and the others have encountered.

According to Jia Qin's previous reconnaissance, this should be the last wave.

It has been four months since the Hidewa people were stationed in the South Windula grassland, and they still insist on patrolling every night, which shows that their vigilance is still very high and their security is still very tight.

The patrol was on the main road, about 300 meters from here. The speed of walking is not fast, the horse just strolls.

Reaching a place parallel to Jia Min's team, the patrol stopped.

"Sir Min, did they spot us?"

Qin Zhong said in a low voice.

"Don't worry, you shouldn't find out."

A horse seemed to break away from the group and headed this way. The rider held the torch, and as his body swayed, the torch swayed.

After walking more than ten meters, he stopped, and the rider dismounted, as if he had put a torch on the ground. After five or six minutes, the man picked up the torch again, mounted his horse and returned to the group. Then the team moved on.

This person should have gone to the side of the road to relieve himself just now.

"Let's go, speed up a bit, and camp at the Lower North River."

At 3:10 a.m., the procession reached the Lower North River. Twelve minutes later than originally scheduled.

However, Jia Min is already very satisfied with this result. This proves that Jia Qin's previous reconnaissance and itinerary estimation have been relatively solid.

"Immediately enter the sea buckthorn forest and camp."

With Jia Min's order, Qin Zhong led the team into the sea buckthorn bush.

The Xiabei River is nearly 230 miles away from the Erdao River, and since the crossing of the Erdao River at 6 o'clock last night, the team has been marching for nine hours at night.

It doesn't seem to be walking fast, but because the target can't be exposed, the road conditions are not good, sometimes you can't ride a horse, and it's night, this speed, Jia Min is already very satisfied.

Now it's about to dawn, and I can't go any further. They will camp here and wait until it gets dark before leaving.

Xiaobeihe is a small alluvial fan plain at the bend of the Liudao River, where there are sea buckthorn trees everywhere, stretching for more than 20 miles, from the outside, the inside gives people a dense and impermeable feeling.

Inside, there are still a lot of gaps.

For more than a hundred people and almost two hundred horses, enough to hide.

"Report to Chief Min, each class has been camped according to the designated location, and is currently eating and feeding the horses. The sentinels are already in place. ”

"Okay, Camp Commander Qin, after eating, hurry up and go to bed."

"Yes, Chief Min, you should come over for dinner too."

Qin Zhong led Jia Min to an empty sandy place. Jia Qin, Ni Er, and Gao Dazhuang were putting food on a piece of cloth.

There are pancakes, beef in sauce, smoked venison, pickles and water. All the people, the food is the same, and there is nothing special about Jia Min and these officers.

"Ni Er, you're not bad."

The company that came this time is Ni Er's company, and now Ni Er is already the company commander.

"That's it, when our people come out, can they still embarrass the government corps."

Although Ni Er is not from Jiafu, he has always regarded himself as a native of Jiafu. For his feelings, Jia Min both understands and feels a little sad.

In Ni Er's eyes, he always felt that Jiafu was a tall existence. However, in the eyes of Jia Fu? Will their eyes fall on you?

"This time, we brought a chain of guns and spray cans, this is the first time that our government corps has been used in actual combat, I can't wait to meet the Tatars, so I can fight with them happily."

As soon as he mentioned these powerful guys, Ni Er was excited. The company that was given to him in the first actual combat equipment made him feel a little proud.

These days at home, Ni Er is all chest and belly in the aisle, and when he sees other company commanders, he has a somewhat arrogant posture.

"I'd rather not need these things, come quietly, and pick people back quietly. That's the ideal result. ”

"Chief Min, we know what you mean. The key to fighting a war is to achieve one's own strategic goals, and the highest state is to surrender without a fight. ”

"Camp Commander Qin is right, if we go deep into the Wendura grassland for five hundred miles, enter the Wendula Mountain, and then unknowingly save the people back, the Tatars still think they are in the mountains, and they are still there every day, and they go into the mountains from time to time to search, let's go back to Bukui to eat wine and celebrate sleeping, you say, this feeling, isn't it very good?"

"Sir Min, the Tatars didn't think we would dare to come, did they?"

"Only they know."

"Lichun doesn't know if I've found them now?"

Ni Er was a little unconfident at this time.

"The intelligence chief of the guard army is with her, and there should be no problem on the road. Once in the mountains, it was up to the princess to remember what had been taught to them. ”

"The Tatars are always searching in the mountains, and they must have changed camps often, as long as they leave the mark of our government corps, they should be able to find them."

"It's not easy for them to survive until now, but fortunately they have received wilderness survival training, otherwise, if they go into the mountains, they will be doomed long ago."

"The Tatars are also not to be underestimated, after all, they are natives and familiar with the mountains and forests. It's not surprising that they were found. ”

"Sir Min, you say, if we save the prince and princess, will the emperor reward us? It's best to summon us in the Golden Luan Palace, then it will be glorious. If there is that day, it will be glorious. ”

Ni Er looked fascinated.

"I don't care if I reward it or not, I just hope that when the time comes, the emperor can reinstate Chief Min, and we will be content."

"Yes, Jia Qin is right, as long as Chief Min is reinstated, we will be happier than anything else."

Qin Zhong said while nibbling on beef.

"Don't worry, our Chief Min will definitely be able to become a bigger official in the future. Even we will follow Chief Min to soar to the top. Our army is invincible, who can compare with us? If Chief Min is not an official, it is simply unreasonable. ”

"Tall and strong, it turns out that you also want to be an official."

Ni Er joked that he was tall and strong.

"It's good to be an official, but I'd rather be the captain of the army for Chief Min. As long as we follow Chief Min, where we go, who doesn't give us face? ”

"I didn't expect that we would come to save the prince and princess one day, if we rescued them, I don't know if they will remember us in the future?"

Ni Er still hasn't forgotten about going to the Jinluan Palace.

"I don't know if the prince can remember. Princess Chang'an will definitely remember us. After training together for so long, I think she is still a very good person. We saved them again, and there is no reason to be ungrateful, do you say, Sir Min? ”

"You'll remember."

Jia Min had no choice but to answer Qin Zhong like this.

Whether he can remember it or not, Jia Min is not sure in his heart.

The thinking of royal people is different from that of ordinary people. The logic of ordinary people's behavior is not suitable for them.

"They'll remember."

Jia Min strengthened his tone.

He couldn't bear to disappoint these lovely subordinates.