In the middle of the moon, the night is deep, and there is still an endless stretch of yellow sand ahead, and the sound of the wind is no longer lonely in the daytime, but adds a touch of weird depth.

The sea of sand at night seems to come to life, nocturnal animals begin to move, the cactus that is motionless during the day quietly rises, turning into a cactus beast to forage everywhere, the palm-sized golden mole haunts in groups, turning around and arching out sand pits to find food, and the sand scorpions and black bats, which are rarely seen in the daytime, are also fighting and hunting in the dark.

The desert ecology in the clouds in the middle of the night is more dangerous than the daytime.

At the top of a sand dune, the three of Mulan sat on the ground.

After rushing for most of the night, the group stopped to rest for the time being, replenishing food and water.

Baili Shouyue took out the water bladder, took a sip of cool and thorough water, frowned and asked:

"The armor set off more than half a day before us, and we couldn't even see a single figure, and we took a sand boat, and the footsteps were much faster than ours, so if we go on like this, can we catch up?"

"It's hard to say, we can only do our best day and night. ”

Mulan nibbled on a muffin, her voice muffled.

"Lududu~"

Dunshan blinked, his voice excited.

"If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have walked so slowly. "Baili is helpless to keep the contract.

"Woowoo......"

Dunshan hung his head in frustration.

At this time, Hua Mulan suddenly raised her neck, glanced at Siye vigilantly, and said in a low voice:

"Speaking of which, from the very beginning, I felt like I was being spied on. ”

Baili Shouyu nodded and said.

"Me ...... too"

Before he finished speaking, a sudden change occurred.

There was a strange sound in the distance, and I saw a masked group of men and horses suddenly turn from behind another sand dune, about 100 people, armed with weapons, fierce and strong.

The change was sudden, and the group of people was silent and went straight to the three of them to intercept and kill, and the comer was not good, and a burst of killing air came to their faces.

"There is a situation!"

The three of them were startled and immediately picked up their weapons and got up.

It's unbelievable to keep the promise:

"Who are they and how do they know our ......route?"

Halfway through speaking, he caught a glimpse of Mulan's heavy face, and his tone suddenly stopped, and he suddenly realized.

Yes, their route was not untraceable, and they had been following the direction of the armor's departure...... If this mysterious group of ambush soldiers is just waiting for the rabbit on this road, then it makes sense!

And this place is far from the lookout range of the Great Wall, even if it is an ambush, it will not be discovered.

"This ambush appeared on this route, and it has something to do with that Sirol eighty, hmph, my sister's intuition is really right!"

Mulan muttered to herself, then her eyes froze, she clenched the two short swords in her hands sharply, and also rushed towards the other party.

"Keep the promise, shield mountain, take them!"

"Good!"

"Woo!"

Dunshan touched his fists and followed Mulan into the crowd, instantly killing the enemy and turning people on their backs. The Hundred Miles Covenant draws its gun and retreats, enters stealth ambush mode, and snipes the enemy with point shots.

The two sides clashed in an instant, and it immediately turned into a chaotic battle.

As soon as she fought, Mulan felt a burst of pressure, this group of mysterious enemies are all strong, even if they are placed in the Great Wall, they can be regarded as elites, and the sword and axe in her hand are dense, so that her sword dance can not run smoothly, and her figures are staggered, and she often needs to walk three or four rounds to stab one person.

Instead of being brave, his body was extremely solid, and the last thing he was afraid of was the chaotic battle, this group of mysterious enemies surrounded him and chopped for a long time, and he couldn't even scrape off a piece of stone skin, but he grabbed one by one, threw it high into the sky, and fell into dizziness.

On the other side, Baili Shouyu was not so easy, as a long-range attacker, he was flanked by a group of enemies, and he couldn't output with peace of mind, so he had to dodge everywhere, which was a little embarrassed.

The blade slammed into his face, and Baili Shouyue blocked it with the barrel of his gun again, rolling and splashing sand and dust, dodging the two axes attacking from behind, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

While parrying and dodging, he unconsciously missed the figure of the armor.

Although this person is not good at cooperating and playing as a lone wolf, this style also attracts the enemy's attention the most, carries the most dangers, and often creates an excellent output environment for the covenant.

Before the armor entered the team, Baili had to spend a lot of energy to find a safe position to output when he was fighting with the armor, although he was a teammate for a short time, he had already liked the environment of safe output, and at this time the armor was not in the team, he was not used to it.

In addition, with the kind of force that sweeps the Eight Desolations with armor, he is best at frontal attack and chaotic battles, and fighting this group of mysterious ambushes is the same as chopping melons and vegetables.

"Tsk, if only the armor were here...... The team really can't do without him. ”

Baili Shouyu sighed secretly, put aside distracting thoughts, and concentrated on dealing with the enemy in front of him.

The field was full of swords and shadows, and from time to time there were gunshots that pierced the night sky, and one mysterious enemy after another fell.

The three of them have been in a hundred battles, although they are outnumbered, but they are still at ease, so that the enemy has been reduced one after another, and the encirclement is becoming more and more sparse.

After ten minutes of fighting, the last enemy fell, and the three of them finally had a thrilling solution to the battle, at the cost of only a few minor injuries.

Because of the fierce battle, the old wound on Mulan's arm that had not fully recovered was oozing blood again, she took off her torn top with a big grin, boldly revealed her upper body wrapped around her chest, and bandaged the wound again, looking at others like air, completely like a woman.

Baili Shouyue on the side was embarrassed to look away, looked at the enemy who was injured and moaning on the ground, his expression was blank, and he interrogated: "Who are you? Why are you ambushing us here?"

"We were hired to ambush here......"

The man looked horrified, and told all the information he knew.

After listening to the three of them, they roughly knew the ins and outs, it turned out that this group of people belonged to a Shazhou Brotherhood, and the boss accepted the employment of unknown people to ambush them near here, and once they found that Mulan and others passed by, they appeared to block them.

Hua Mulan asked about her employer, but this group of people was just a little brother who knew a limited amount of things, and she didn't know who the employer was.

After figuring out the situation, Hua Mulan squinted her eyes, her expression was a little anxious, and she said in a deep voice: "That Sirol really has a problem, this interception is evidence, I'm afraid it is to prevent us from joining with the armor, and he is plotting against the armor...... I don't know if there is anyone in front of us, so we have to hurry. ”

Saying that, she didn't care about cleaning up the battlefield, she put on her clothes at will, and beckoned Shouyue and Dunshan to continue on her way, anxious and resolute.

Baili Shouyue and Dunshan glanced at each other and followed together.

......

Otsuki Village.

It is a large settlement village located in the southeastern part of the Yunzhong Desert, on a trade route, and it is quite prosperous to travel from south to north.

Originally, it was a small village with no more than a hundred people, but there were often caravans to settle here, which promoted economic development, so more and more people migrated here, and gradually became a well-known trade route transit village.

As a prosperous village, Otsuki Village has naturally been targeted by many illegal forces, but so far no one has succeeded, because the militia team formed by Otsuki Village is well-trained, and has so far repelled many sand pirates and maintained a long-term peace in the village.

On this day, Otsuki Village Square.

Hundreds of shirtless militiamen practiced here, shouting and shouting, and the sun shining on their sweaty muscles, spilling patches of reflection.

At the edge of the square, a group of children with wooden knives and guns, also led by the leader, imitated the militia in the distance to practice, and practiced with great care.

Most of these children were five or six years old, with snot bubbles and crooked movements, as if they were playing more than training.

Only the leader who stood at the forefront was different, this was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a serious expression at this time, holding a wooden gun and practicing stabbing at a glance, practicing quite seriously, moving quickly and strongly, and not losing to a well-trained adult militiaman.

"Xiaosha has been training with the militia again? ”

"Hey, if you don't say that someone's father is the captain of the militia, it's really a tiger father without a dog. ”

"Tsk, this is a good practice, I heard that he defeated a militia in the army a few days ago. ”

Some villagers passed by and commented on the young man, with praise in and out of his words.

Wang Xiaosha ignored the discussion of the villagers, and concentrated on practicing his marksmanship, then put away the gun and stood up, exhaling slowly to calm the agitated breath.

At this moment, a powerful man with an iron spear on his back walked from the side, did not smile, and said lightly:

"The practice is so-so. ”

Wang Xiaosha heard the familiar voice, looked back, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran to the big man with a look of admiration.

"Father!"

This big man is the captain of the militia in Dayue Village, Wang Nian.

Wang Nian put his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice: "I taught you the marksmanship, you are considered a beginner, but don't be complacent because of the praise of the villagers, and continue to practice." ”

"Yes!

Wang Xiaosha snapped and stood up straight.

Immediately, his eyes purred, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Father, since I've learned my marksmanship, when will I be able to join the militia?"

"It's up to you? It's still early, wait until you're sixteen. Wang Nian waved his hand.

Wang Xiaosha was suddenly a little angry, "Why, I defeated Uncle Li three days ago, which means that I already have the strength of a formal militia, why can't I enlist in the ......army?"

"I said you can't, you can't, there's nothing to talk about. ”

Wang Nian straightened up his face, and his tone was unquestionable.

"You've always treated me like a child, and I've grown up. ”

Wang Xiaosha grunted dissatisfiedly.

Wang Nian is the captain of the militia in the village, leading the militia team to repel countless bandits, Wang Xiaosha has always been proud of his father, but the only thing that makes him unhappy is that his father has always treated him as a child.

Wang Nian looked at Wang Xiaosha's lonely appearance, his expression couldn't help but soften, and he was about to comfort his child.

But at this moment, a long bell suddenly rang at the entrance of the village!

Bell –

All the villagers present changed their faces at the same time.

Wang Nian's expression instantly became serious, he took off the spear on his back, and shouted loudly:

"Oh no, there is another invasion of sand bandits! All the militia will go with me to garrison the entrance of the village! The rest of the women, children, old and children, go to the cellar in the village, and take the secret passage to the hideout for refuge!"

The militia who were training in the square immediately took action and rushed to the tower at the entrance of the village in an orderly manner, and although the surrounding villagers were afraid, they did not panic and gathered in the opposite direction.

"Dad, I'm going to help too!" Wang Xiaosha said loudly.

"Don't mess around, follow the crowd and evacuate!"

Wang Nian's tone was stern.

"I'm already an adult who can fight, I can help!" Wang Xiaosha was not convinced, and raised the wooden gun in his hand.

"Shut up!"

Wang Nian shouted angrily, snatched the wooden spear, and threw it at his feet.

Wang Xiaosha hurriedly picked up the wooden gun and hugged it in his arms, feeling a burst of grievance, this wooden gun was still a birthday gift made by his father when he was ten years old.

Wang Nian didn't look at him, grabbed a villager from the side, and said in a deep voice: "Look at this kid, take him to refuge, and if he wants to run back, break his legs!"

As he spoke, Wang Nian showed no nostalgia, and ran towards the entrance of the village without looking back.

"Xiaosha, your father also has good intentions, let's hurry up and take refuge. ”

The villager whispered a word of comfort, and pulled the reluctant Wang Xiaosha to run to the center of the village.

Because there are often bandits in Dayue Village, the villagers dug an underground passage in the cellar in the center of the village, leading to a hiding place in the distance, whenever there are sand bandits attacking, they let women, children, old and children go to take refuge, waiting for the militia to repel the enemy and then come back, this move is prepared, in case the village is really broken one day.

Soon, Wang Xiaosha followed the villagers into the cellar and headed towards the hideout.

The crowd was basically women, old men and children, and Wang Xiaosha mixed in with it, listening to the chattering in his ears, not saying a word, and becoming more and more unwilling.

'I can fight, but I have to take refuge with women, children, and children, ...... It's a deserter!'

Wang Xiaosha was indignant, and finally followed the crowd out of the dark passage.

The hideout is a canyon-like crypt grotto at the top of a sand dune with a tunnel that leads to the village. The valley mouth at the top of the grotto that connects to the outside world is quite narrow and long, and there is a shallow layer of sand camouflage, which is not easy to find from the outside, and it is quite safe.

The villagers walked in to hide in the grotto in order, Wang Xiaosha suddenly had an idea, carefully lined up to the end of the line, saw that no one noticed him, quietly climbed the grotto wall, climbed up.

The rock wall is not high, only about three meters, Wang Xiaosha is in good shape, he crawled out of the hiding place after three times and five divided by two, returned to the ground, and suddenly felt the sun shining.

Before he had time to be happy, his feet suddenly loosened, he stepped on the air, and the whole person tumbled down from the sand dune, and rolled for more than ten seconds before finding an opportunity to insert a wooden gun into the sand and brake the car.

"Bah, Bah, Bah......"

Wang Xiaosha got up with a wooden gun and spit out the sand in his mouth.

"I don't want to hide here, I have to go back and help!"

Wang Xiaosha looked firm, clenched the wooden gun hard, looked around, and could not see the location of the village within his field of vision.

The hiding place is quite far away from Otsuki Village, even if it takes a long time to walk through the underground tunnel, he can't immediately identify the location of the village on the ground, and this area is not a flat and vast sand sea landform, there are many weathered strange rocks and dangerous peaks and sparse vegetation, the terrain is quite complicated, and the sand dunes obscure the vision.

After struggling to identify it for a while, he vaguely found the direction of the village and quickly ran.

After running for about ten minutes, Wang Xiaosha came to an arch-shaped weathered stone beam, and a flat sand road passed through from below, which was obviously a large road that was often frequented by people.

"If I'm not mistaken, go a little further south and you'll see the village......"

Wang Xiaosha muttered to himself.

However, at this moment, the gliding sound of brushing and brushing suddenly came from afar.

Wang Xiaosha turned his head to look and saw a fleet of sand boats coming from the main road, accompanied by hundreds of masked men on camels to escort them.

"This can't be a bunch of sand bandits, right?"

Wang Xiaosha's heartstrings trembled.

The speed of the sand boat was very fast, he didn't have time to dodge, he looked left and right anxiously, and suddenly found a sparse grass under the stone beam, he quickly squatted in, hid himself, did not dare to come out, and carefully showed a pair of eyes to observe.

The sand boat quickly crossed the stone beam, not stopping, as if it had not found him.

Wang Xiaosha quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded.

"What people!"

Crash!

The sound of breaking the air suddenly rose, and I saw that on one of the sand boats, a masked man suddenly threw out a chain, and the hula accurately entangled Wang Xiaosha in the grass.

Wang Xiaosha's face changed drastically, and before he had time to struggle, a huge force came from the chain, which made him involuntarily rise into the air, and was dragged onto the boat by volley.

Thump!

Wang Xiaosha fell heavily on the galloping sand boat, tears came out of his tears in pain, he didn't care about rubbing the sore spots, he quickly got up, and hurriedly looked around.

I saw that the masked people on the sand boat surrounded them with weapons in their hands, fierce and vicious, revealing a fierce aura.

"You, you bandits, I'm not afraid of you! I'll stab you to death!"

Wang Xiaosha subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his heart was extremely nervous, he raised the wooden gun in his hand tremblingly, tried to put on a fierce face, and shouted loudly, as if he was emboldened for himself.

None of the many masked people stepped forward step by step, and the murderous aura almost condensed into substance.

Wang Xiaosha instinctively retreated, but was soon blocked in the corner of the bow of the boat, with no way to retreat, his body was already dripping with cold sweat, and he could barely hold the handle of the gun.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly separated, and Kai walked out, looking at the young man in front of him, frowning slightly.

"Who are you? Who pulled him up?"

Kunluo said casually: "Some sand bandits will let the child be a scout to find out the route of the caravan, I see this child squatting on our necessary road, and I think it is ......."

Before the words fell, Sirol heard the sound and walked out of the cabin, saw this scene, glanced at Wang Xiaosha carefully, and then smiled:

"It's just a kid, don't make a fuss, we're still down to business, let's throw him down. ”

Many guards turned a deaf ear, and from time to time someone still glanced at Wang Xiaosha with a yin owl's gaze.

Wang Xiaosha felt a chill in his heart, and felt more and more that this group was not a good person.

Kai glanced at the wooden gun in his hand, groaned for a while, and said: "There are often sand bandits in this area, it is not safe, if you stop by and we will give you a ride, which village are you from?"

Wang Xiaosha was silent, looked at the armor carefully, and felt a little familiar.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration dawned on him, and he suddenly remembered that he had secretly flipped through the list of wanted criminals in the clouds collected by his father, as if he had seen the portrait of the person in front of him, and his heart suddenly tightened, and he took a step back, even more vigilant.

“...... Don't be afraid, I'm the Great Wall Guard, not a sand bandit. ”

The armor frowned, opened his mouth to explain, and showed a medal of the Great Wall Guard.

"I—I don't need you to send it. ”

Wang Xiaosha shook his head cautiously, he believed in his own feelings, this group of people is not like good people, especially this leading guy, who looks cold, a typical ruthless person.

He strongly doubted that the Great Wall Medal of Armor was a forgery.

He understands the reason for luring wolves into the house, but he doesn't dare to take this group of people to Dayue Village.

Although the location of Dayue Village was public, Wang Xiaosha was worried that this group of people would feel that it was a rare opportunity to join in and attack the village when they saw that Dayue Village was being attacked by sand bandits, so he did not dare to reveal the information that the village was being attacked.

Sirol interjected at the right time on the side: "If he doesn't want to, forget it, anyway, he must live nearby, he knows the way, let's continue to hurry, leave him alone." ”

Glancing at him, he always felt that Sirol was urging him to go on his way, and he was a little anxious.

Pedal Pedal –

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves galloping faintly sounded in the distance, and they quickly approached.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a group of hundreds of sand bandits riding over a sand dune, appearing far away in everyone's field of vision, stopping their horses on the high slope, and overlooking the Sirol team on the avenue.

Sirol's face changed slightly, worried that it was a bandit who was plundering the caravan, so he hurriedly beckoned the guards to stand by, and the two groups of people confronted each other from afar.

I saw that the sand bandits on the high slope observed for a while, and suddenly turned their horses' heads, avoided the armor and the group, moved longitudinally along the sand ridge, and left in another direction.

"It's ...... over there"

Wang Xiaosha's face changed drastically.

The secret hideout of Dayue Village is over there, could it be that those sand bandits know the location of the hideout, and they are specially rushing to it? Bacheng is the same group as the sand bandits who attacked Dayue Village head-on!

Seeing that the sand bandits were far away, Sirol breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:

"It doesn't seem to be coming for us, we have enough manpower, they don't dare to move......"

But before he could finish speaking, the armor spoke in a deep voice:

"Catch up. ”

Sirol was stunned: "They didn't do anything, why should we meddle." ”

"It's my job to exterminate the bandits. ”

The palms of the armor climbed up to the hilt.

As the guardian of the Great Wall, once you encounter a sand bandit, you can't turn a blind eye.

Moreover, Kai had already noticed Wang Xiaosha's face, thinking that the direction of the sand bandit's movement was this child's village, so naturally he couldn't stay out of it.

"But it's important to hurry, we ......" Sirol didn't give up, but also wanted to persuade.

"You don't want to help, just wait for me here. ”

Not wanting to waste his words, the armor jumped straight out of the sand boat, grabbed one of the guards' horses, and walked away.

The many guards watched as the lone rider chased after the bandits, and then turned to look at Sirol.

"Hey, what do you mean? He's leaving. Kunluo sneered.

A haze flashed in Sirol's eyes, and he hesitated for a while, and saw the figure of the armor disappear from sight over the sand dunes, so he made up his mind, waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Follow up." ”

He didn't want to make a fuss, but he couldn't resist it.

He didn't want to let the armor move on his own, so he could only pinch his nose to help, secretly angry in his heart.