On the evening of the twenty-first verse, all the warriors gathered around and ate the mutton soup pot. The soldiers sat outside the tent, talking and laughing. From the prince's oath to the southern expedition in April, it is now October, a full half a year, and I am afraid that this meal is the most enjoyable for all the soldiers of the southern expedition. When he went to the Snow Mountain, ordinary soldiers couldn't fight at all, so Wu Ming only picked a full hundred soldiers in the guard battalion to follow him. The remaining dozens of soldiers of the Guards Battalion were mainly Tian Hong, supplemented by Ge Yi, who stayed to assist Li Yuan and be responsible for the security of the camp.

During the banquet, Tao Yu and Pabri appeared one after another and successively made pre-war mobilization speeches. The banquet was pushed to a climax. Pabri probably felt that he was not very popular with the soldiers, so he just said a few words lightly on the stage: "All the soldiers are hard, trouble the soldiers" and other words of panacea.

However, Tao Yu's speech was applauded by all the fighters in unison, and Wu Ming also followed the crowd to coax, and his hands were almost numb. After calming down, he put a piece of mutton in his mouth, but his heart was full of laughter.

In his speech, Tao Yu said, "Daya Snow Mountain is the territory of our dynasty, and now Persia disregards honesty and shame and violates the territory of our Celestial Empire, which should be severely attacked." This sounds very pleasant, but in fact, Daya Snow Mountain can only be said to be the border line between Persia and Nanban, and the question of ownership has not yet been decided. Even if it belongs to the Nanban, the issue of the independence of the Nanban has not been solved yet, let alone this snow-capped mountain. On this Daya Snow Mountain, it is bare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that "birds don't", usually no one cares about this ownership issue, but now it has become the focus.

Looking at the soldiers, they only felt relieved, and they applauded and applauded loudly. But he felt very sad in his heart, how many of them understood the political transactions in this?

Before leaving, He Yi came out from behind Tao Yu, threw himself into Wu Ming's arms in public, and said softly: "Brother Wu, you want to come back completely, I'll wait for you." ”

This was said sincerely, all the soldiers applauded again, Wu Ming's heart was also a little moved, he stroked the other party's long shiny hair, and whispered in He Yi's ear: "Yes, we will definitely come back safely." ”

Saluting Tao Yu again, Wu Ming led a hundred soldiers of the Guards Battalion, led by Youluli in front of them, and disappeared into the night.

※※※ Everyone spent the night running at a high speed, and when the morning sun showed half of its face on the top of the mountain, the whole team had gone deep into the vast snow-capped mountains. In the middle of the night, everyone was looking for a touch of snow white in a yellow-brown surface. In the second half of the night, everyone was looking for the brown spots in the snow. At this time, the whole world was all white, as if the whole world was made of ice and jade, and it was difficult to see other variegated colors.

The sun broke free from the shackles of the snow-capped mountains, climbed the mountain, the snow-capped mountains were illuminated by this oblique light and shadow, and the sunny side of the mountain peaks was golden, as if dyed with a layer of gold dust. Yululi was probably tired of climbing, so she leaned against an ice cliff to rest.

From yesterday's departure to the present, Youluli has never ignored Wu Ming, which makes him inexplicable now. At this time, I saw that she stopped, and hurriedly ordered everyone to rest in place.

As soon as he stopped for a short while, someone shouted in the distance: "My lord, several corpses of martial artists have been found in front. As he spoke, he exhaled white air and ran towards everyone.

Wu Ming tightened the fur fur covering his body, pulled the brim of his hat, and waited until the man got close before asking, "Can you identify yourself?" ”

The closer they got to their destination, the more mixed they became, and they had already met several groups of warriors, both Han Chinese and Southern Barbarians. However, with the scale of their nearly 100 people, they are not famous factions or elites of the imperial court, and they are not something that these scattered warriors can provoke, and they will be safe all the way.

The scout said, "There are five of them, and there are messy marks of a fight in the snow." Two of them were holding each other temporarily, looking at their costumes, two of them were white-skinned and blue-eyed, obviously Persians, while the other two were slightly dark-skinned, they should be Southern Barbarian warriors, and one of them turned out to be a Taoist priest, apparently Han. ”

Wu Ming's heart sank, no matter what, this was the first battle they had discovered. Can't take it lightly, Wu Ming said: "Everyone go with me to have a look." ”

The group followed the scout, and it didn't take long for them to reach the scene of the incident, which was a relatively flat snow field, and there were several large craters about two meters wide nearby, apparently struck by someone with a strong palm. Around the big pit, there are still many messy sword marks. Two people were holding each other and lying beside the ice pit, while two others were lying not far away, one was stopped and broken, and the other had half of his head gone. The only thing that was still intact was the Taoist priest lying not far from the two of them. But his face was also dark, and he had obviously been out of breath for a long time.

Everyone stood on the edge of the pit and was silent for a long time, and then Wu Mingcai waved his hand and said, "The dead are great, take it." ”

Although they have long been accustomed to seeing life and death, everyone is still a little uncomfortable when they find these corpses in this cold and snowy place. The world is vast, and in this harsh climate, no one can guarantee whether they will die in the next moment. More than a dozen soldiers immediately responded and buried them with their hands and feet, but fortunately, a few people had blasted out of a few big pits here, which saved trouble.

At this moment, a soldier of the Guards Battalion suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, it refers to the Dust Sword!" ”

"What?" Wu Ming and Yang Xiong, who had been silent behind him, exclaimed at the same time.

The so-called finger dust sword is composed of a dust whisk and a four-foot single sword. It is a famous strange weapon, and in the world, it is also used by the Taoist priest of Cangsong Pavilion. Could it be that this Taoist priest is still from Cangsong Pavilion? Kuramatsutei is also involved in this fight? Thinking of this, Wu Ming shouted: "Present it!" ”

The warrior answered, handing over the dust whisk and the long sword to Wu Ming. He took a look, and the horsetail on the dust had been broken in unison, flat as a knife cut, obviously broken from a sharp weapon. The long sword is unharmed, and the hilt is made of peach wood, and the two small characters of "Dao Annihilation" are engraved on it. He was upset, handed over the two weapons to the soldier, and said: "Taoists also have a saying that 'the sword does not leave the body, and the weapon dies and the person dies', so put these two things together and bury them with the master." ”

Wu Ming turned his head, looked at Yang Xiong, and said, "Brother Yang, I think you also know the origin of this weapon, it seems that this time, the future is even more worrying." It's hard to have you in danger with me. ”

Yang Xiong said: "Lord Wu, this mission is not invited by you, but my duty as the guard of the Don Fortress, you don't have to." From now on, individuals should strengthen vigilance and send more scouts to explore the way. Because on this snowy mountain, there are too many unknown dangers. ”

Wu Ming nodded, turned around and shouted to the group of guards battalion soldiers: "The number of scouts has increased to two, expand the search area, and once an abnormality is found, whether it is dead or alive, report it immediately." ”

The twenty warriors stood up in unison, saluted Wu Ming, and said, "Obey!" Then they scattered and disappeared into the vastness of heaven and earth.

The climate in the snow is unpredictable, and the closer you get to the top, the more glacial fissures there are, and it's easy for people to sink into them. And where snow and snowy slopes meet, the snow tends to be deeper. In the mountains, it is even more possible to encounter some unknown beasts. Fortunately, these soldiers are all masters of the Guards Battalion, and their bodies are much taller than ordinary people, and their light body kung fu is even better. It doesn't affect them much in the snowy mountains. These twenty or so people scattered in this snow-capped mountain, turned into small dots, and disappeared without a trace in a while.

Human life is too short compared to heaven and earth. It's just a moment, and it is said that heaven and earth are eternal, but in "The Twelve Essentials of the Yang Family Gun", the ancestors have annotations that this Daya Snow Mountain was not in Nanban before, but in the Qingting area. Later, due to the disputes of the previous dynasty, the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, and the lake was flooded. Overnight, the vicissitudes of the sea moved the snow-capped mountain here. As for the past, there is no information at all. It seems that even if it is as magnificent as heaven and earth, it is difficult to say that it is eternal. And no matter how great a person is, he is always too small in the changes of heaven and earth. Let your hands and eyes reach the sky, in the end it is not a handful of loess between heaven and earth.

Yang Xiong watched a few soldiers bury a few people with snow, and thought lightly.

"Brother Yang!"

Wu Ming's shout interrupted his thoughts, Yang Xiong's body shook, and said, "Lord Wu has something, but please command." ”

"Brother Yang and I, the body is better than others, if the deceased is found, we will be responsible for burying it in one direction, okay?"

Yang Xiong said: "Lord Wu has a life, don't dare to disobey." It's just, isn't this Lang Fei Ti lì? Are they all going to be buried? ”

Wu Ming looked at the vast snow-capped mountains in the distance, and said leisurely: "It's all buried, no matter what identity they are in front of, they are a respected warrior after all." For both of us, it's just a matter of effort. With that, he glanced at Yululi, who was sulking in the distance.

When the martial artist reached the seventh stage, he was already able to "gather qi and form" and dig a deep pit in the snow, which was really a piece of cake for them. But the burial was always indecent, so he didn't bother Yululi.

The team continued to move through the snow, and sure enough, not long after, the scout returned to report and found the bodies of two more people. Later, there were more and more, not only Southern Barbarians, Eastern Han people, and even Persians. Wu Ming and Yang Xiong traveled all the way, and they didn't know how many people were buried. Rao is the two of them are abundant, and their foreheads are also slightly sweaty.

After returning to the team again, Youluli was already a little impatient, she whipped on the ice field, pointed at Wu Mingjiao and scolded: "You are grinding again, delaying the master's big business, beware of her old man pulling out your tongue." ”

Yang Xiong loosened the big gun on his back, and also persuaded softly: "My lord, Miss Youluli is right, there are so many people, we can't finish it." Otherwise, let's just bury the Han people, the Er, and the Southern Barbarians. ”

He originally wanted to say that he would only bury Han Chinese, but when he thought that saying so might cause Yululi to be unhappy, he temporarily changed his tune. As soon as she finished speaking, she walked away like a fly, and had already run away. It seems that this is also in vain.

By this time, the sun had already risen. The sun is shining, but it never brings the slightest warmth, but the whole snow-capped mountain is reflected more crystal clear, and the whole snow-capped mountain is like jade. The clear sky overhead, but it is a blue sky, under the reflection of the snow-capped mountains, like a piece of blue glass. Wu Ming glanced at Youluli, who was gradually moving away, stood still like a flagpole, and said lightly: "One life is too short. Compared to heaven and earth, it is too small. Fighting back and forth, after all, it's just a handful of loess, Brother Yang, all living beings are equal, not to mention the dead? ”

Yang Xiong's heart was shocked, staring at Wu Ming, and tightly touching the "Twelve Essentials of the Yang Family Gun" on his chest, but he was almost speechless.