Section IV

When she rushed out of the camp, Wu Ming reacted. Just as he was about to take action, at this time, three soldiers from the Guards Battalion ran over and hurriedly said, "My lord, what's wrong?" ”

They were a squad on duty tonight, and Wu Ming was talking to Esther. Ordinary fighters naturally don't want to get too close, and even deliberately stay away so as not to be suspicious of eavesdropping. Wu Ming and Esther fell out just now without saying a word, and several people didn't know what was going on, and thought something had happened.

Esther was playing a little temper with herself, Wu Ming naturally didn't want to say much. Wen Yan waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, the princess is clamoring to go for a break, so I'll go and call her back." ”

"Yes."

Several soldiers bowed and saluted at the same time, but secretly said in their hearts: "Our family is really a woman, we can't control this kind of thing, it's better to take care of it." ”

Wu Ming didn't have the heart to talk to them, and hurriedly ordered: "I'll go after the princess first, and if Brother Jian asks, tell him not to be anxious." ”

The soldiers held back their laughter and saluted again. One of the leaders may be the old man of the guard battalion, and said with a pun: "The commander is going to chase after him, the princess can't catch up if she runs away." ”

Wu Ming ignored him and rushed out of the camp. A whistle into the night sky. As soon as the whistle fell, I heard a long hiss of "sighing rhythm" in the distance, followed by the sound of hooves, and Nanwang was like an arrow from the string, and had rushed towards him.

Nanwang is a seventh-order horse king, and it is impossible to stay in the camp from time to time, or stay with other war horses. Every time Wu Ming goes out, he doesn't restrict his freedom, and now that he has returned to the Qingting Grassland, this guy is like a dragon returning to the sea, and his temperament is much happier. In the past few days, I have been hanging out every night and not returning home at night. Wu Ming didn't bother to care about it.

He rolled over and looked south, and slammed the horse's body. chased after Esther in the distance.

In the second half of the night at the end of the month, there is no moon. The cold wind blew the withered grass in bursts, and moaned in the vast night sky from time to time. Overhead, a dark, hazy sky hung overhead. The starlight was dim, and the clumps of dead grass were a little blurred, and their withered edges melted into the sky, as if they were dissolving in the sky.

In the distance, there were occasionally one or two wolf howls, which made Wu Ming's heart a little uneasy. At this time, Esther quickly whipped up, and only a small blurry black dot remained in the night sky, almost merging with the night. He hurriedly urged Nanwang and said loudly: "Princess, don't run around, wait for me." ”

As she rushed out of the camp, Esther felt some remorse. I ran out so loudly, what if the wood came and didn't care? It's not that she's worried about her safety, but once Wu Ming is like this, she may not be able to step down. When the day dawns, and then I go back in a gray way, won't I be laughed out of my big teeth? Thinking about it, this speed couldn't help but slow down.

Wu Ming shouted from behind, and Esther's heart couldn't help but be sweet. said secretly in his heart: "This idiot cares about me after all." Hmph, I'm not as good as you like, so you are angry with me. Thinking so, he slammed the horse's body, and the horse was in pain, and suddenly ran more happily.

Wu Ming is now focusing all his energy on Esther, and he can naturally see these small actions of the other party clearly. As soon as I saw that the other party had sped up, I knew that if I talked more, I was afraid that it would backfire. So he didn't say anything more, but urged him to look south, and chased all the way towards Esther's back.

Although Esther rode a horse, how could she outrun Nanwang? Besides, although she ran very happily, she still kept some eyes, for fear that if she was not careful, Wu Ming would chase after her, so wouldn't all the hard work she did be in vain? So in private, I also controlled the speed of the horse a little. By the time Wu Ming caught up with her, the two had already run away, and even the distant camp was lost in the darkness, and they could no longer see clearly.

Wu Ming slowed down his horse and walked side by side with Esther. He looked behind him anxiously and said, "Princess, it's almost dawn, let's go back." ”

It was not easy to trick Wu Mingjiao out, so he could go back so cheaply. Esther's heart was happy, and she still let the horse stroll away, and looked up at the sky: "Lord Wu, the starry sky tonight is so beautiful." ”

Tonight's starry sky is not beautiful at all, not only is it foggy, but there is no moon yet. Wu Ming was a little ridiculous, and said duplicityly: "Yes, yes, yes." The night sky is beautiful tonight, can the princess go back with me? ”

As soon as you look at him, you know that he is perfunctory. Esther was a little annoyed in her heart, and pouted: "No, you have to play a song for me tonight, it should be better, I don't want that sad one." Otherwise, they won't go back. ”

Wu Ming's head was as big as a fight, and he shouted: "But princess, I can only play such a few songs, and I can't be cheerful." ”

Esther was a little surprised, and said with a "pout": "You play so well, you can only play so many songs?" Nothing else will? Hmph, liar! Now in the three northwestern provinces, almost everyone knows those lyrics, haven't you learned one or two songs? ”

Although the three northwestern provinces are separated from Persia, Esther is good at dancing and always likes to find some strange musical instruments to accompaniment, and she always likes to go around to find out the news. That's why I know that the short flute has become popular in the northwest in recent years. Wu Ming has been busy with the military in the past few years, so he naturally doesn't care about such trivial matters, so he naturally doesn't know anything. Hearing Esther say this, he was taken aback. The lyricists in the three northwestern provinces will blow the flute? He clearly remembered that He Yi once told himself that there was only a flute and no flute in this world. He couldn't help but be puzzled, and was about to ask for an answer. In the distance, there was a sudden sound of wolf howls.

The wolf howl came too suddenly. Although there were at first, they were all intermittent, and they were as dense as they are now. Wu Ming was a little surprised, turned his head to look into the distance and said, "What's the matter?" ”

At this time, it was the middle of winter, and even if there were wolves on the grassland, they would be sparse, and it would never be possible to be so dense in groups. Esther was interested, stretched out her right hand on the horse, pulled Wu Ming, and said with some excitement: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look together." ”

Esther is naturally fearless, even if there are wolves, with her own skills and that of this nerd, she is naturally not afraid. As soon as the morning dawns, the team is going to Fengchidu, although it will stay for a while, but this nerd still has to arrange some tricks to lure the enemy, there must not be much time to take care of himself, now since the wolves are coming, then go over and have some fun, and it is good to stay with this nerd for a while.

Wu Ming sat upright on the south look, but he didn't move. Esther didn't see anything, but there was a vague uneasiness in his heart. Hurriedly set up a pergola, and took advantage of the limited night to look into the distance. In this endless grassland, even if there is no moonlight, you can see far away. The sound initially came from the northwest direction, and immediately in all directions, the wolf howls rang out one after another. In the distance, countless green and faint points of light faintly appeared, and they seemed to be slowly and quickly surrounding the place where the two of them were standing.

"What is this?"

Even if Esther is a master of art, she feels hairy at this time. Seeing that there are more and more points of light in Siye, I also know that this matter may be difficult to be good.

"It's a wolf."

Esther snorted in her heart. Of course it's a wolf, do you still need to answer? It's just that the wolf came too suddenly, and there were too many, and it seemed to suddenly emerge from the grassland.

Her heart was full of doubts, and Wu Ming was also a little inexplicable. Looking around, this wolf pack is afraid of thousands of people, and a wolf pack of this size, even in the Qingting Grassland, the scale is very large. The wolf is alert, has a natural instinct for danger, and he and Esther are both masters of more than seven ranks, which is in normal times, and this wolf pack would have fled a long time ago. Then you may take the initiative to surround you, is it possible that these guys are tired of being crooked? But even so, with his and Esther's skills, he still had the confidence to retreat calmly in the wolves, and he calmly said: "Dismount quickly, and find some dead branches and leaves to prepare for a fire." ”

Under the influence of abundant aura, all the animals in this world may mutate into alien beasts. There may even be a wolf king above the seventh order in the wolf pack. But no matter how it changes, wolves are afraid of fire, which is no different from that on Earth. Although it is winter, the land is much wetter because of its proximity to the Azure River, and there are many low bushes in addition to the dead grass. Wu Ming saw that there were a lot of wolves, but he didn't dare to be too careless, and was ready to try his best to find more dead branches and leaves to make a fire before the other party surrounded him, just in case.

Hearing Wu Ming say this, Esther didn't raise the bar with him this time. The two of them got off their horses, and before they could find many dead branches, they heard the wolf howl getting closer and closer, and when they looked up, they saw the stars around them, all green and faint eyes. Anyone has seen such a sight. I'm afraid it's going to be a nightmare. Esther was a woman after all, and she was shocked and exclaimed, "Ah, so many. After speaking, he dropped the branch and moved closer to Wu Ming.

Although Wu Ming was bending down to pick up the branches, the situation was clear. Although the wolves began to surround them very quickly, they were still within acceptable range. It was only when he and Esther dismounted to pick up the dead branches that they suddenly sped up and surrounded them. These beasts are such psychic, and it is obvious that someone is deliberately controlling them. He couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said secretly: "Could it be that Jiang Huan's old boy's means?" ”

After conquering Chengzhou and Nanban, the five central and western provinces are now left with Qingting, Panchuan and Yundu. The Iwagawa River is remote and surrounded by high mountains. The two governors are mediocre, and they have always looked forward to the Qingting Horse, and after conquering the Qingting, Iwagawa has become a rootless Ping, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. Although Yundu nominally belongs to the five central and western provinces, the territory is too small, and the entire province is almost all desert, only an oasis around the Tiansheng Temple in the center, and most of the people gathered here are believers in the temple, like an independent kingdom. The five central and western provinces are holding their hands and losing their hearts. As long as the other party still admits to obeying the jurisdiction of China and the West, and pays a certain tax, the Liao family will not bother to care about him anymore. In the past, when Liao Qing was here, it was like this, not to mention that now the entire five provinces of Central and Western China are too busy to take care of themselves.

Therefore, the capture of Tingya is almost the capture of the entire Zhongxi. And now Jiang Huan is the only one who can do right with Wu Ming.

Now that China and the West are almost exhausted, Jiang Huan is definitely not willing to sit still, Wu Ming naturally knows this. It's just that Jiang Huan would choose this time and this place to use this means to choose to raid himself, which Wu Ming never expected.