Section XXII

It was almost dawn, and the moon hung in the western sky like an oval egg, with a little hazy yellow, which made people sleepy. A black eagle hovered in the distance, flying too high, and from the top of the mountain, only a small black dot could be seen, which seemed to be about to melt into the moon. Sendagan yawned, stood on a big rock about two people high and looked into the distance, but complained to Zarun in his mouth: "I'm tired of dying of people, I haven't closed my eyes for a few days, and Wu Ming has no trace until now, so I can still catch up, and I don't know what my uncle thinks." ”

Zaren glanced at him and said, "Don't complain, who has closed your eyes these days?" In my opinion, the marshal's attack this time to pursue Wu Ming is secondary, and the most important purpose is to occupy this strategic place south of the Tianqing River. ”

The Wangxiang Valley is flanked by high mountains, which is a desperate situation for ordinary soldiers, but the Wind Legion is long in mountain battles, and it is like a fish in water here. The location where they are now is the hill on the right side of Wangxiang Valley.

"South of the Azure River?"

Sendagan craned his neck to look into the distance, and from here, the entire grassland was unobstructed in the moonlight. A vast expanse, except for the cold, is white. A cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver. In the cold moonlight, the whole grassland seemed to tremble in the wind. He pouted: "What is there to occupy in this place where birds don't, it's so cold that it's going to die, and there are no Han beauties." In my opinion, if we want to go north, we should choose to go north directly from Guangyang, go straight to Huanglong, and occupy Nanning, that is the world of flowers, it is said that the women there, with fair and tender complexions, can pinch out the water if you grab any one, tsk......"

Hearing him talk about women again, Zaren was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but say: "South of the Azure River is a strategic place, do you know what a strategic place is?" ”

Sendagen jumped down from the big bluestone, shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "I don't care if I want land or not, who is rare?" Alas, my uncle-in-law is really, on this cold day, I have to march in a hurry to chase Wu Ming. Calculate the time, it is time for the little junior sister to return to Gene, and I can be as close as she is. ”

While the two were talking, a mountain dog army came out of a cage of withered yellow bushes and said loudly: "Two generals, we have carefully explored the mountaintops on both sides of Wangxiang Valley, and we have found no trace of the enemy. ”

Zarun nodded and said, "Got it, investigate carefully, be prepared, and be prepared for accidents at any time." ”

The warrior shouted, "Yes." Then, like a ghost, he disappeared into the mountains and forests.

"There is no one on the top of the mountain, and if there is someone, we have already found out." Seeing Zaren so solemn, Sendagen was a little unimpressed, he sat down with his back against the big bluestone, yawned and said, "No, I have to squint for a while......"

Zarun jumped on the big bluestone, a gust of mountain wind blew in the cold air, and the mountain was full of wind, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck. As far as the eye can see, the mountain is full of trees with most of the leaves lost, and occasionally one or two pines and cypresses are sandwiched between them, and the solitude adds to the loneliness. A little farther away, there is an endless grassland, and there is nothing in the vastness. He couldn't help but smile, maybe he was really too careful. In such a situation, there may still be enemies? Just as he was about to jump off the rock, he paused, staring at the night sky in a daze.

In the eastern sky, there was already a glimmer of dawn, the moon had not yet set, the morning light and the moonlight were reflected, and the black eagle hovered in the air, but it almost melted into the twilight. He suddenly cried out, "Sendagan! ”

Sendagan leaned his back against the boulder, and snored in just a short while, and was greatly dissatisfied after being awakened, and closed his eyes and said: "Second senior brother, I said, squint for a while, just squint for a while, don't scream......"

Zaren jumped down from above, leaned into his ear and shouted, "There is an enemy! ”

"There! There! Sendagan crawled and rolled up, rolled over from the ground, wiped his eyes, and said, "There is an enemy there?" Seeing that the neighborhood was still quiet, he couldn't help but cry and mutter: "Second senior brother, you entertain me again." ”

Zaren pointed to the air: "Oh, don't you think it's strange about that eagle?" One hovered overhead, as if watching us. ”

Sendagan stared at the black eagle for a long time, then turned his head and stared at Zaren with a pair of blood-red eyes, and then said, "My second senior brother, you are too fussful, aren't you?" ”

Seeing him lazy, Zaren was angry: "What a fuss am I about? We can raise snake eagles to detect the enemy, can't people? ”

"You don't know that, do you?"

Sendagen was very proud: "Let me tell you, in the Qingting grassland area, these black eagles are all grassland eagles, they are very different from snake eagles, and the predation time is generally in the morning and evening, and they usually do not come out." Hehe, this is still a little junior sister who went to China and the West and came back to tell me. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Zaren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but he was still a little uneasy: "Is it the time of the hour?" Isn't it early? ”

These two senior brothers' martial arts tend to be feminine all the way, and even their personalities are very suspicious. This made Sendagen very speechless, and explained indiscriminately: "Didn't you say that the early bird has worms to eat, the early eagle has meat to eat, and the early idle man meets Xi Shi......"

What kind of mess is this, Zaren was upset by his singing, waved his hand and said: "Let's go, go down, inform the marshal, say a qiē safety, let the team go at full speed." ”

As he spoke, he slapped his face twice into the distance. Hearing the signal, in a dense forest in the distance, a soldier of the Mountain Dog Army pursed his lips as a whistle and let out two whistles like night owls.

When the whistle sounded, Xilie was controlling his horse in Wangxiang Valley slowly, and when he heard the message of stability coming from both sides of the canyon, he couldn't help pulling his horse to let the mount go faster, and at the same time said in a deep voice to a pro-soldier beside him: "Let the follow-up brothers go faster, and strive to get through Wangxiang Valley before dawn." ”

The order was given, but the soldier hesitated. Xilie couldn't help but shout: "Uteli, are you deaf? Didn't hear the order? ”

The man named Uteli saluted his own soldiers on his horse and replied, "Marshal, the brothers have not rested well for the past few days, and they really can't march in a hurry. ”

"I naturally know this, you just tell your brothers, we can sleep well when we get out of Wangxiang Valley."

Utri replied, "Order." He pulled his horse and ran all the way to the rear: "Your Excellency the Marshal has an order, let everyone work harder, do your best to look at the valley, and you can have a good rest immediately." ”

As soon as he said this, the valley, which was originally full of morale, was instantly full of vitality. With this encouragement, countless soldiers became as excited as if they had been stimulated, their steps were a little brisker, and the speed of the procession instantly accelerated. The morning light has opened its hazy sleepy eyes, and from here, the distant valley mouth of Wangxiang is like a bronze mirror with a tinge of gray. Xilie looked at it, but sighed imperceptibly. Still didn't catch up, Wu Ming had probably returned to Tingya, if His Majesty could send some more people to him, he wouldn't have to be so careful, and at the same time let thousands of mountain dog troops intercept him on the path, maybe the ending would be another matter. But there are so many ifs in the world, and this can only be the case.

Approaching the valley pass, the rugged mountain path has become a little wider, and now it is about enough for three riders to be side-by-side. The procession quickened abruptly, and many soldiers crossed the hill and shouted cheering towards the mouth of the valley. Heille had the intention to stop it, but after thinking about it, this time was hard enough, so let them debauchery. The Nanban horse is short, but his horse is a different breed. The color of this horse's hair is pure black as satin, and only the horse ears are dark green, also known as green ears. Don't look at its short stature, but its explosiveness and staying power are a must, and it is also a good horse at the top of the "Famous Horse Spectrum".

Xilie kicked the horse's belly, and the green ears were in pain, and he rushed forward with a force. He looked back, and the soldiers behind him were pulled out more than ten meters away, and couldn't help but smile slightly, these little guys still want to compete with me. But it's good that I didn't catch up with Wu Ming, so as not to see the national teacher when I get it. Anyway, this pursuit is obviously to capture Wu Ming, but that is just an excuse, just to make His Majesty agree to send troops, the real purpose is to occupy the south of the Tianqing River, as long as this place is occupied, the empire will be in a favorable position to attack and retreat. As for the future, I'll leave it to Eurute to worry about.

It's time for him to retire, thinking of A-Qing's tearful eyes when he was leaving, Xilie sighed again, he has fought for most of his life, and it is time to accompany her.

Thinking about my heart all the way, I unconsciously went out of Wangxiang Valley. As soon as he came out of the valley, a biting cold wind blew in his face, which lifted Xilie's spirits. After seeing it for a while, he couldn't help frowning and shouting, "The people who came out stay vigilant, pass on the order, and let the people behind speed up." ”

Although the order was passed down, the effect was limited. After a long march, the men and horses were sleepy, and it was early in the morning, when it was the most drowsy, and the soldiers received the order, but they were sleepy, and they dismounted, and stood there with their spears, but their bodies shook badly. Seeing that he can't even stand on his feet like that, how can he be vigilant? Although the valley mouth is wide, the mountain path in the valley limits the number of people. It's okay that Xilie didn't give an order, but when he gave the order, the soldiers in the valley were in a hurry, and everyone rushed out, and the speed of coming out was slower.

At this time, Zaron and Sendagan followed the slightly slower places on both sides of the valley, and when they saw that the team was in chaos, Zaren said: "Marshal, let the brothers travel in line, so that the speed will be much faster." ”

Xilie was dumbfounded, it seemed that he was really old, and he couldn't even think of this. Just as he was about to deliver the order, he heard a muffled thunderous sound rolling across the sky.

This thunder is too sudden, the sky is blue, it's almost winter, it's not Renei here, how can it be thunder, Xilie was stunned, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Ming's troops, Xi Lie knows everything about it, plus the new defeat, and there are not enough war horses, it may be ambushed by cavalry here, in Xi Lie's opinion, the most likely situation is nothing more than Wangxiang Valley, as for the outside of Wangxiang Valley, he didn't expect any accidents at all, so he didn't care much. As soon as he finished speaking, Zalen's face changed dramatically: "Oops, it seems to be the sound of horses' hooves, we have been ambushed." ”

Ambushed? Xilie's eyes darkened, and he almost fell to the ground. The Persian army has retreated, and immediately the empire and the Southern Han Dynasty will compete for power on this territory, and the area south of the Tianqing River is becoming more and more important, and it can be said that it is a battleground for soldiers. If you can think of this kind of truth, Wu Ming can naturally think of it. can do a lot of calculations, but I didn't expect this guy to be so bold, he would choose to fight back, and the anti-guest is the main thing.

But Deng Ge and Zhu Lei Chen Bingtingya, he really dared to transfer troops to attack him? No, even if he transfers troops from Tingya, it won't be too late in time, so how many troops does he have? Could it be a bluff?