Chapter 8 Outside Beishan Road, an arrow is coming to the south
Chapter 8 Beyond Beishan Road, one arrow comes south ()
"Even if you are looking for someone to pick you up, the choice of location is also very important. If I were to make a decision, I would rather put the pick-up location on a certain avenue than at Pine Valley."
Ning Que looked at the eye-catching ink dots just marked on the hand-drawn map and said: "They chose to take the North Mountain Road, but they didn't think that although it was a single road, the seven-mile long road was surrounded by dense forests on both sides, making it easy to set up an ambush.
"
After saying this, he was silent for a moment, put the hand-drawn map into his clothes, shook his head and laughed at himself: "It seems that the so-called guide, besides leading them into the Beishan Road, is just trying to confuse the enemy. Then
This idiot princess has never believed in General Ma, so naturally she won't believe in me either."
"An idiot leads a group of idiots." Thinking of the ambush he might encounter on Beishan Road, and thinking about the supporting troops that may or may not be there, his mood became more and more heavy and lost, and he lowered his voice and said harshly: "On the grassland
After staying there for nearly a year, she still hasn't gotten any smarter. I really don't know where her reputation comes from."
With a clanking sound, Ning Que pulled out the three knives that still had rust marks in their sheaths, unscrewed the water bag and wetted the grindstone, and began to sharpen the blades silently. After entering Beishan Road, there might be a series of bloody battles, so it might be too late to sharpen the knives before the battle.
A little, but at least it can calm your mind.
"If you separate from them when you enter Beishan Road, what should you do if you want to ask that old gentleman for advice?" Sangsang asked with some confusion.
"The most important thing is to live." Ning Que lowered his head and sharpened the knife with slow, strong and firm movements. "As long as we can reach Chang'an alive, we will always have the opportunity to learn those things. If the two of us put our lives in the hands of these idiots, there will be no
Anything is possible.”
The climate gets warmer as you go south, and logically speaking, the scenery outside the car window should be more vivid and green. However, as the team enters the vast Minshan Mountains and the terrain gets higher, the green grass around the team gradually disappears and turns into high mountains facing the road.
The leaves of the tree are not yet fully green and fluttering, and still retain the chilling feeling accumulated in last autumn and winter.
As the temperature between heaven and earth dropped slightly, a tense and depressing atmosphere enveloped the entire convoy. Everyone knew that the big shot in Chang'an City who dared to murder Her Royal Highness the Princess wanted to prevent Her Royal Highness from returning to the capital safely.
So Minshan, between the frontier fortress and the prefectures and counties, was his last chance.
In the intense vigilance and search, the convoy walked for several days and finally arrived at the outskirts of the Beishan Pass. Looking at the dense forest that blocked the sky and the sun, most of the people in the team did not show worried expressions like Ning Que, but seemed relaxed.
A lot.
The pretty maid spent less time chatting with Sangsang these days, and spent most of her time in the second carriage. When she got off the carriage that evening, she actually had a faint smile on her face.
When she decided to leave the grassland, she had already sent an envoy into the empire in advance. Although she could not reach Chang'an in a short time for the court to dispatch a large number of troops to respond, the envoy had enough time to contact her subordinates who were loyal to her.
After receiving an urgent response from Gushan County ten days ago, she decided to go straight to Beishan Road without hesitation because she believed that the young captain of Gushan County, Hua Shanyue, should have led his military camp and was about to arrive.
The southern exit of Beishan Road.
It has only been a year since she left the Tang Dynasty. She firmly believes that those subordinates who are loyal to her are still loyal to her. Even if some people are bribed by the woman in the palace, Hua Shanyue will never be bribed by anyone, because... he always looks at her like that.
gentle.
When there were still more than thirty miles away from the agreed pick-up point, the convoy began to camp and rest in the dusk. Walking through the dense forest late at night was a very risky behavior no matter from which angle it was viewed. Some guards even suggested to her that the team might as well just leave.
Wait outside the Beishan crossing until troops from Huashan Mountain come to meet you.
She was still thinking about this proposal, but no matter how she looked at it, she and Xiaoman were very safe now, so the smile appeared on her delicate cheeks again, and the joyful singing and laughter that had been suppressed for several days returned to the camp.
In the dusk, a simple tent was set up alone outside the circular carriage array. The leader of the princess's bodyguard raised questions, but the owner of the tent insisted on this and refused to move into the carriage, which consisted of five carriages and boxes.
Array.
"If you don't stay far away from their car formation, you won't be able to escape in time if something happens."
Ning Que explained with a smile. He tied the big black umbrella with a straw rope, asked Sangsang to carry it on his back, and then tied the knot of the straw rope into a very beautiful little flower.
Sang Sang raised his head, looked at his light green chin that had just sprouted stubble, and asked: "We escaped, what will they do?"
Ning Que was checking whether the bow tendons were damp. After hearing this question, he turned his head and looked at the little dark face of the little maid quietly. After a long silence, he said seriously: "You may have forgotten what happened when you were a child, but I
Not forgotten."
"I dug you out of the dead, and I survived as a child and experienced tragic things that ordinary people can't even imagine."
"Sang Sang, you must always remember this. We have worked very hard...even risking our lives to continue living in this world. Since we have worked so hard to survive, we cannot leave easily.
die."
After saying this, Ning Que didn't explain too much. He put the sharp knife back into its sheath, then tied it a few times with straw rope. After trying it, the distance between the sheaths was just right, and then he put it behind his back.
.
Sangsang didn't ask any more questions and began to pack her luggage silently, testing the straightness of each arrow with her little hands. She knew that when night fell, it would be the time to flee to the vast Min Mountains with Ning Que. She was not afraid.
, because when she was a child, she had walked through such dark mountains and forests countless times on Ning Que's back.
At this moment, Ning Que's hand holding the scabbard froze slightly.
The door curtain of the simple tent was opened by one hand, and the maidservant walked in. The smile on her delicate face suddenly turned cold.
She was originally going to come and chat with Sangsang, but she didn't expect to see the scene of the master and servant packing their luggage, and she easily guessed that they wanted to leave.
"What do you want to do?" She stared coldly at Ning Que's face and said, "At this moment, your behavior is hard not to be suspicious."
Ning Que laughed after a moment of silence, and was about to explain a few words. Suddenly, his ears trembled slightly, and the dimples on his cheeks disappeared, turning into a solemn look that he had never seen before. He quickly put the three knives behind his back, which was extremely rude.
He pushed aside the maid and walked out of the tent.
The camp was outside the Beishan Pass, without the protection of dense forest. It was bathed in the last twilight, warm and comfortable, but at this moment it seemed to be stained with a layer of blood red.
The wind was passing through the forest that had just awakened in spring, whistling and lowing, as if a ghost was crying. Ning Que frowned and looked into the depths of the dense forest, listening carefully to the details in the whistling sounds, and suddenly shouted loudly:
"Enemy attack!"
The murmur in the forest wind finally revealed the truth. An arrow struck from the forest like lightning, whining and whining, and shot towards the luxurious carriage in the queue!