Section XXXIX

"Enemy attack!"

The piercing sound of the horn resounded throughout the camp and Wu Ming was now full of worries and could sleep there when the horn sounded he was in the camp cross-legged and vomiting. As soon as he heard a warning, he hurriedly grabbed Chixiao who was resting next to him, jumped up from the ground, and rushed out.

Looking around, I saw the undulating sand sea in the east, a black shadow was like a ghost that suddenly appeared in the night, and in a blink of an eye, it swept closer to dozens of zhang, and gradually saw that it was countless camels running silently, and the riders on it were black-clothed and black horses, their bodies were tightly attached to the back of the camel, the moonlight was like water, and their various weapons were shining with sparkling cold light under the silver moonlight.

"Pass the order, and immediately form a formation to meet the enemy!" Wu Mingzhijian shouted.

Fortunately, tonight there was a degree of prevention, whether it was the guard camp, even the Persian monks were resting in batches. The enemy's attack was naturally expected, so although there was a commotion in the camp, everyone did not appear to be flustered. Ouyang Linshan hissed even more: "Form a square circle, protect the adult, protect the lady, quickly!" ”

The sound of hooves was like a shower, and the dull sound of camel's hooves was getting closer. Through the silvery moonlight, everyone could even see the white vapor exhaled by the enemy.

"Heh......"

One of the knights in the front row raised his hand violently, and in the high-speed gallop, these knights simultaneously stretched their bows and swords, and their movements were uniform.

"Heh......"

There was another whirring, and those knights let go of the bowstring in their hands one after another, and Wu Ming clearly felt a cold murderous aura coming to his face, and with it, it was a black bow and arrow.

"Block!"

It is impossible to retreat, because there is a camp behind him, and Xiaoqing and Xiaohui are still inside. Zhu Yuqing's safety is naturally the top priority, Wu Ming's personal guards are all martial artists from the former guard battalion, and their vigilance is naturally higher than that of others. With his order, all the warriors swung their swords to resist at the same time, building a gorgeous sword wall. For a while, the sound of "ding dong" was endless, mixed with a slight "poof" sound, which was the light sound of a feather arrow picking off the sand.

The attack was frustrated, and the enemy's momentum was also suffocated, presumably they did not expect that under such a dense bow and arrow, these Eastern Han soldiers could still defend without leaking. But they did not stop there, but rushed to the nearest tent.

For a while, the entire camp was full of shouts and swords. Behind him are Xiaoqing and Xiaohui, with his most important people in the world, Wu Ming naturally didn't dare to rush casually, so he could only cross his chest and look at this qiē calmly. From time to time, there were camel hooves beside him, and from time to time there were knife lights coming towards him, but he was not alarmed, and saw the move. Those knights who rushed forward, although the number was numerous, but after the Persian monks blocked, the speed was already discounted, but after the Eastern Han Dynasty warriors in front of the indiscriminate chopping, it was even more scattered, can rush to the front of this camp, at most two or three out of ten, in front of the guards who are waiting for the battle, it is really difficult to cause any effective damage, just a short time, more than a dozen enemy corpses fell outside the camp.

There was a sound of shouting and fighting in front, and another group of guards led by Lin Wu had already greeted them, and they were on duty in shifts today, and Ouyang Linshan just took turns to be on duty. After a short while, another team of guards also gathered and came to the rescue. Wu Ming's personal guards are well-trained and a new force. Together, they marched and retreated, methodically blocking the way of the attackers and not allowing them to penetrate deeper into the camp. Especially Lin Wu, a big knife galloped across the enemy horse, from time to time a rider was chopped under the knife by him, the sand bandits who rushed in were broken more than half in a blink of an eye, the leading rider suddenly whistled, and the remaining large number of knights immediately roared back, as fast as when they came, Lin Wu rode a camel and chased dozens of zhang, but the mount that had been trekking all day could not catch up with those sand bandits who were extremely fast, thinking of protecting Wu Ming, he had to restrain the camel and go back.

"Lord Wu, Lord Wu, are you okay?"

Seeing that the battle situation was settled, Esther ran over in a panic, calling Wu Ming's name from afar. Wu Ming was really not in a good mood, so he said angrily: "It's okay, I can't die." ”

Esther patted her towering breasts, still a little shocked: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Wu Ming glanced at her and said dryly, "Princess, don't you think the enemy's offensive is a little smaller?" ”

Esther was stunned: "Smaller? ”

Wu Ming ignored her, and continued, "I wonder if the princess can see the number of enemies just now?" ”

"I'm afraid there are 5,000 people!"

"Five thousand people, that is, five times their own, attack us with such a force, and strike first, how can they go away so aggressively? In the view of the Governor, I am afraid that the enemy's attack has only just begun. ”

Esther is not stupid, on the contrary, she is a little eccentric, but she cares about chaos, and it involves the life and death of dead wood, and Wu Ming, a victorious general, is by her side, so her reaction is inevitably sluggish. After being reminded by Wu Mingyi, he had already reacted. At this time, there was no blood on her pretty face, and she exclaimed: "What does Lord Wu mean, they will conduct a harassment war?" ”

Wu Ming was a little noncommittal, and said lightly: "Take a look." ”

Wu Ming's guess was not wrong, not long after everyone fell asleep, they heard the familiar alarm again, he didn't care about comforting the frightened two wives and concubines, and rushed out when he mentioned Chixiao.

Due to the experience of the last time, everyone reacted quickly, and waited in front of the camp early, blocking the way of the sand bandits. Looking at the sand bandits galloping over, Wu Ming's heart was even more uneasy, this time the sand bandits only came to ride a hundred! The hundred or so horses were like ghosts in the dark, and in the blink of an eye they approached dozens of feet, but they reined in their camels outside the tent, turned their mounts and smiled and walked away, as swift as they came.

Everyone let out bursts of cheers, but Wu Ming's mood was even heavier, it seemed that it was expected, these sand bandits found their own weaknesses, and used this way to drag themselves down, at present, it seems that there is nothing else to think about except to sit and wait for death.

"What's the point? If you don't get back to me, do whatever you have to do. ”

Esther was not as blindly optimistic as the warriors now, and ordered everyone to go back to rest. But not long after everyone returned to their tents, they heard the alarm from outside, and this time the enemy came to harass less than a hundred knights, and they were leisurely galloping around as if they were in their own pastures. The crowd was startled by their shouts, and as soon as they got on their mounts and prepared to meet the enemy, the sand bandits had already reined in their horses dozens of feet away, singing an unknown tune and slowly controlling their horses away.

The night was spent in the harassment of the bandits, and later they even sent out only a dozen horses, but the whole team could not sleep. After dawn, they finally didn't come again, and the team should set off, and Wu Ming glanced at everyone, but his heart was even heavier, whether it was the Persian monks or his own personal guards, they were obviously not in good spirits, and their movements were slow, and the efforts of these sand bandits overnight began to bear fruit.

The midday break came early, and it was clear that Esther was aware of the bandits' intentions and began to see the tricks and figure out how to make up for everyone's body with a day's rest. But the sand bandits did not let go during the day, and more than one white rider wandered among the sand dunes a hundred feet away from the team, so that everyone could not rest at ease during the day.

When it was dark, everyone began to get used to the harassment of bandits, and it was no longer strange to call the police, and people who had been tired all day were not even willing to get up to take a look. Wu Ming knew that if this continued, this team would be wiped out by the generals, but he had to guard the camel cart and never leave Zhu Yuqing, knowing the danger, but he was helpless.

No, if this continues, everyone will probably suffer, and it is better to fight hard. Wu Ming glanced at Ouyang Linshan, who was standing beside him, and ordered, "Go and find the princess, just say that I have something important to discuss." ”

The night sky is especially pure, and the stars and moon shine brighter than anywhere else. In addition to the whirring of the wind, there was only a bright moonlight left, which made this silent night even clearer. But the faces of the people sitting on the ground were so gloomy that they were about to drip water. Now there is no need for Wu Ming to do any more analysis, even a pig can understand the enemy's intentions, and because of this, everyone is even more at a loss.

Esther's blue eyes swept over everyone, and she said softly, "So, you can't think about it anymore? ”

This is actually nonsense, if there is really a way to think of it, I'm afraid everyone will figure it out a long time ago. This is also a cliché, the purpose is to kick the ball to Wu Ming and make him think of a way. But after this routine and nonsense were asked, there was really a response. Oleba cringed a little and said, "There is a way, I'm afraid that General Wu will blame me." ”

Before Esther could speak, Wu Ming, who was contemplating herself, raised her head, stared at Oleba and said, "Master, it doesn't hurt to say that it is okay to work together to get through the difficulties, how can this governor be the kind of person who does not know things?" ”

Oleba glanced at Esther, cleared his throat and said: "The other party is doing this, it is to deceive us and wait for the lack of mobility, as long as we discard the cumbersome and travel lightly, we can get out of the current predicament." ”

Throw away the cumbersome, travel lightly, that is, regardless of whether Xiaoqing lives or dies? A wave of anger rose in Wu Ming's heart, but his face remained silent. He also glanced at Esther, and then said slowly: "Master Oleba praises this method, but the governor cannot agree. There are some things that the Governor would rather die than protect with his life. If you feel that the Governor is a drag on you, please lead the Persian masters to leave as soon as possible, and the Governor will not stop you. ”

Lead a group of stick monks away? What does this mean? The purpose of everyone this time is to send Wu Ming to Persia safely and ensure that he is safe and sound, just throw his hands away, who will save the deadwood master who is hanging by a thread? As soon as Wu Ming said this, Oleba almost choked and couldn't speak for a long time.

Esther's big blue eyes flashed with brilliance, and she smiled reluctantly: "Then according to Wu Du's intentions, what should we do?" ”

When Oleba said this, it must have been at the behest of Esther. Although the Esther people are rude and sometimes prefer to catch narrow people, Wu Ming feels that although this Persian princess is from a royal family, her nature is not bad, but she actually instructed Oleba to say this, Wu Ming's perception of her can be said to have plummeted, and he said with a stiff face at the moment: "There is a way, but you have to trouble the saint with full authority." ”

He really didn't disappoint me, is there really a way? Esther was overjoyed. Seeing Wu Ming's businesslike appearance, he was not annoyed, but said with a smile: "Wu Du has a good way to get out, although he said that he will come out, the little woman will be the saddle before and after the horse, and she will execute it meticulously." ”

When he met this Variety Witch, Wu Ming was also a little helpless, so he could only bury the unhappiness in his heart in the bottom of his heart, and continued: "Do you think that with our current state, what are the chances of winning against those sand bandits? ”

Esther looked at Wu Ming's cold face, knowing that the other party was angry, but she didn't dare to tease him anymore, and immediately cooperated: "Even if they are Wu Gong's subordinates in disguise, if in normal times, in front of our more than a thousand elites, they are really vulnerable." But if you meet the enemy in your current state, you can still fight. ”

"Can you still fight?" Wu Ming glanced at her, turned his head and said to himself: "Then dare to ask the Holy Maiden, what if the enemy harasses her for a few more days?" ”

I hate it, a saint in one bite, don't you test your attitude towards Zhu Yuqing, and you can use such a stinky face to give me? Esther secretly sharpened her silver teeth, but her face pretended to be nothing, and she shook her head and said, "If that's the case, there is no chance of winning." ”

"But what if we divide our forces?"

"Division!?"

The leap of these words was a bit big, Rao is Esther is conceited and clever, and she was also a little dazed at this time: "But please teach me Wu Du, how to divide the war?" ”

"Scatter all the more than 1,000 people, take ten people as a unit, and scatter everyone away, so that the enemy's strategy will be self-defeating."

Except for Esther, most of the rest of the people were still a little unclear, so Lin Wu even hummed and said, "Ten people as a team? Then the enemy can also divide the army, they are fifty of us and ten of us, we are not the same as before? Won't they be able to deal with us in this way? ”

Wu Ming looked at his naïve appearance, he was angry, and shouted: "Ten of you deal with fifty of them, if you can't beat me, I won't say it, can't you run if you can't beat them?" You must know that most of you are warriors, and you can't deal with a few thieves? ”

Lin Wu touched his head and muttered, "But we want to protect Madame, how can we run?" Suddenly, he froze, stared at Wu Ming and said, "Yes, my lord, you scattered us all, who will protect Madame?" These thieves just dare to bully us like this because they can't take our wives and go fast, and they don't dare to chase them. ”

Before Wu Ming could answer, Esther had already reacted, stared at him and said, "Then according to Wu Du's intentions, you and I will form an elite team to escort Madame all the way to Gehan?" ”

Talking to smart people is refreshing, Rao is unhappy with Esther's belly, and Wu Ming is still amazed. He nodded and said, "The Holy Maiden is right, the enemy is dealing with us like this, just because of the inconvenience of the enemy. The purpose of our division of troops is to cause them to divide their forces. If they really divide their forces to chase me, with the power of me and the Holy Maiden, they can deal with dozens of them, and it is not a matter of being able to capture them. ”

There is another reason why Wu Ming didn't say it, and he was a little ashamed to say it. That is, the higher the rank of the warrior, the stronger the ability of Bigu. As long as there is clear water, you can still live without eating for a few days. With Esther, a seven-stage master, not only can you bring a lot of food less to achieve the purpose of traveling lightly, but you can also take turns with yourself to invigorate your blood for Zhu Yuqing. In this way, the pressure is much less for Wu Ming.