At night, the mountains and forests are exceptionally quiet, and occasionally I can only hear the sound of birds and animals fluttering in the bushes beside the road, but I can't see what it is, maybe it is a frightened hare, maybe it is a tiger lurking in the forest.

Walking to a dense place in the mountains and forests, suddenly the horses did not want to move forward, the soldiers could not pull away, but kept retreating, everyone was in doubt, Shi Guangyuan, who had followed the caravan for many long roads, had a sad face, and walked a few steps to Wu Yingying: "Commander, the horse refuses to go, there must be some fierce beast in front of him, do I want to camp on the spot, light a bonfire and release the guards, and then go forward when the sky is very bright." ”

Wu Yingying thought for a moment and said, "No, at this moment, I am still close to the pursuit of the Song people, so let's rush forward for another hour." As soon as he finished speaking, a huge tiger roar suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests, which shook the nearby leaves, followed by several tiger roars and harmonize, and the sound shook the four fields. The whistling sound alone came, and many war horses trembled when they were frightened, and some even shed feces and urine.

Wu Yingying protected Huang Wen behind him, took off the strong crossbow behind the saddle, and aimed it at the dark forest to prevent the tiger from rushing out and hurting people. The tiger in this forest is no bigger than the big cat in the zoo in later generations, it is definitely the king of the mountains in this era, and there are many rumors that the people have been taken away by the tiger, and even cannibalism. At that time, the fear of tigers was deeply rooted, and even Wu's personal soldiers, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, had a lot of cold sweat and weak legs.

After the tiger's roar, the whole mountain stream was suddenly terrifyingly quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing the dense leaves rattled, and the sound was as dense as the waves crashing against the reef. The light of the torches could not shine far, and it was blown out by the fierce mountain wind, and it seemed that the shadows in the depths of the dense forest were heavy, and many soldiers even faintly saw that there seemed to be burning eyes in the deep grass and dense forests to peep at the people who were in doubt.

After a while, the mountain wind turned smaller, and there was still a sound of breaking in the grass, and everyone seemed to hear their own hearts beating thumping, and suddenly, there was a crackling sound not far away, as if the beast accidentally stepped on the sound of the dead branches in the forest, and the yellow and black tabby was vaguely seen in the forest at the swaying of the bushes, and many soldiers immediately shouted: "Tiger, the tiger is coming!" Seven or eight crossbow arrows were fired in that direction. The soldiers with blades in their hands clinged to each other, ready to deal with the backlash of the beast's arrows.

Unexpectedly, the crossbow bolts shot were like mud oxen entering the sea, and did not provoke any reaction, but made several more noises in other directions. At that time, the strong crossbows in everyone's hands had been fired, and Wu Yingying and other soldiers with arrows immediately threw crossbows for strong bows, and kept releasing arrows in that direction. The tiger is a very agile beast, and when it suddenly encounters it on a dark and windy night in the moon, everyone has no luck in shooting it, hoping that this stormy arrow will drive it away.

For a long time, except for the sound of the wind and the sound of the forest, there was no other movement, Wu Yingying expected that the tiger had been frightened away, and after such a toss, everyone had no intention of hurrying, so he ordered Chase to arrange a camp on the spot, and clear a clearing according to the path stepped by the hunters and beasts in the forest, and light a vigorous bonfire around it, Shi Yuanguang also tied the cloth with a sword and other things in the sparse place of the surrounding woods, once a wild beast passed by, it could make a sound, which served as a warning in advance, and ten other guards were assigned to be the first shift to be on duty, and everyone lay down in their clothes.

Huang Wen was dressed in the clothes of a foot soldier of the Crane Army, lying sideways next to Wu Yingying, she had been sent to the palace since she was over ten years old, and she had never slept with a man, she was shy in her heart, she was facing Wu Yingying with her back and facing the forest outside. Because the place is not big, the two of them avoided many soldiers next to them, and they did not speak, when everything was silent, each other's heartbeats seemed to be heard clearly, Huang Wen began to have some fever on her face, and gradually her mind was calm, only to feel peace and joy, and soon she was sleepy-eyed.

Just when she was half asleep, she suddenly saw the mountain wind blowing through a bush of deep grass in the dense forest, and a large white-fronted insect with hanging eyes was lying in the bush not far away, like sneaking. Huang Wen immediately let out an exclamation, Wu Yingying, who was not asleep, knew that something was wrong, so he casually picked up the strong crossbow placed beside him and jumped up, and after pulling the trigger in the direction where the tiger was lurking, he picked up the strong bow again, and used all his strength to pull the hard bow like a full moon, and shot several arrows in that direction. The guards were also awakened, and the crowd was in an uproar, and some picked up crossbow arrows and fired arrows indiscriminately. I felt that the dense forest not far away was like the mouth of a fierce beast that chose people and devoured them, which was terrifying.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no sound in the forest, Wu Yingying ordered in a deep voice: "I have to hurry tomorrow, and the soldiers who are not on duty lie down and sleep." Seeing that everyone was following the order, Fang helped Huang Wen to lie down again, and whispered in her ear with relief: "The tiger has been driven away, rest early, and only have the strength to hurry tomorrow." ”

Huang Wen whispered "um", and lay down properly, but this time she was facing this Wu Hero, she didn't dare to look at Wu Hero directly, only her eyes were slightly closed, and her body trembled slightly, I don't know whether she was afraid or shy.

After a while, Wu Yingying saw that her eyelashes were still shaking, thinking that she hadn't fallen asleep yet, so she asked softly, "Can't you sleep?"

Huang Wen opened her eyes and saw that Wu Yingying's face was only two inches away from herself, and the breath that erupted from the two mouths and noses was connected, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed, closed her eyes again, and nodded.

Wu Yingying said: "You usually live in the palace, you have never rushed to such a night road, and it is common for you to not be able to sleep, I have a method, count carefully in your heart, about less than five hundred, you will fall asleep." ”

Huang Wen listened to his gentle words, her heart was slightly sweet, she smiled, and she closed her eyes and counted according to his words, Wu Yingying also closed her eyes, while thinking about how to escape from the pursuit of the Song army, how to rectify the army of Changrun Erzhou, how to survive in this troubled world, thousands of thoughts came one after another, and then brought the meaning of heavy exhaustion, unconsciously, he was already asleep.

In the early morning, everyone woke up to the chirping of mountain birds, only to find that their clothes had been soaked with night dew. When Huang Wen woke up, she found that she was lying in Wu Yingying's arms unconsciously, and the two seemed to have hugged each other for a night, and couldn't help but sit up, feeling that his residual warmth was still there, and it was shy and sweet. Wu Yingying, who woke up, still rubbed his sleepy eyes, so when he opened his eyes, he saw the beauty's dizzy cheeks, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Since the sky was bright, they were not worried about the beasts attacking, and everyone packed their bags while picking up the arrows they had cast last night in the surrounding forest. Some soldiers found tiger footprints like peach blossoms in the nearby forest, and let out bursts of exclamation, everyone knew that they had walked away from the ghost gate, if it were not for the war horse to wake up and prepare early, I am afraid that several people would be taken away by the tiger.

As he was cleaning up, he suddenly heard a loud exclamation from the soldiers not far away, and everyone didn't know why, so they all rushed over with weapons in their hands, but saw Sogdian Lieutenant Shi Yuanguang pointing to a yellow and white rock, an arrow half into the stone, leaving half a tail feather outside, and a few broken arrows next to the stone, Chase picked up a few arrows on the ground to look at the mark, and leaned over to read the arrow tail inscription inserted in the stone, all of which were "Shenwei commands Wu" five seal characters. It turned out that Huang Wen mistook this yellow and white rock for a tiger last night, and Wu Yingying cast a bow and arrow in a hurry.

The legend of this arrow in the stone has never been seen in the history books, everyone thinks that it is a mistake to spread falsehood, and now it is really seen, everyone is convinced, Chase himself took a strong crossbow and a hard bow, and shot several arrows at the stone fifty steps away, all of which were broken by the solid stone, and then he asked Wu Yingying to shoot a few arrows at the big stone with a bow and crossbow, and he could not shoot into the stone, and everyone was amazed and admired, and could only attribute the magic arrow that was not in the stone to providence. Later, the folk fool and foolish woman legend, when Wu Hero first rose, he shot the white tiger spirit in the mountains south of the Yangtze River, and the tiger body turned into a stubborn stone, the white tiger is a divine beast in the army, and the main West, this is Wu Hero to rise from the military, when there is a sign of the West.

To Wu Yingying's delight, under this miraculous arrow, the guards including Tooth Cadet Captain Chase and Sogdian Commander Shi Yuanguang secretly had some thoughts that the commander was the person to whom the destiny of heaven returned, and the more he thought about it, the deeper he thought about it, and the hearts of everyone's fame and fortune stirred each other, as if they were overgrown with weeds. Inspired by the mysterious and unknown vision, many soldiers forgot their fatigue, and in order to save horsepower, many soldiers carried the quivers, swords, and other things hanging on their horses. The team of dozens of people took Shi Yuanguang, who trafficked smuggled goods and walked through the mountain road, as a guide, through the mountains, passing through Gourong County and Qinglong Mountain, three horses were killed along the way, and two horses were exhausted.