Xuan Tianming's army also arrived at the camp at nightfall. The news sent by Xuan Tianhua made them both happy and worried. They were happy that Xuan Tianhua was still alive and had successfully escaped from the predicament. They were worried that Xuan Tianhua did not return to the camp, but chose to go to Tongcheng alone to take risks, which made Xuan Tianming and his wife feel uneasy.
The two of them did not stay in the camp for a moment. They directly ordered Qian Li to lead the troops to set up camp, while they rode at full speed and went with the secret guards to meet up with Xuan Tianhua.
When they arrived, they saw a strange phenomenon. The Zong Sui soldiers who had been defending the line were evacuating quickly and orderly. They were not evacuating back to Tongcheng, but gradually dispersing in the other three directions.
Feng Yuheng was puzzled. "Are they going to encircle our camp? But there are too few people. They are simply looking down on us!"
Xuan Tianming was not as optimistic as she was. After watching the evacuation of the Zong Sui soldiers for a while, he said with some concern, "Why does it feel orderly yet a little chaotic? They seem to be in a hurry, as if they will be too late if they don't evacuate now." As he spoke, he carefully pointed in a direction, "Look over there, there is a soldier who lost his shoes, but he didn't dare to turn back to pick them up, and he still hurried forward. This is not a simple evacuation, but... running for life?"
This was the conclusion given by Xuan Tianming, but they still didn't understand why the Zong Sui people wanted to escape?
Feng Yuheng thought for a while and suggested: "Those people seem to be talking to each other. Tian Taidao can't see their lip movements clearly, so why don't I sneak over and listen to what they are saying." She was not asking, but stating her decision. Now was not a good time to consider. She had to make a decision immediately, otherwise the other party would go away.
Xuan Tianming couldn't stop anyone and only had time to say, "Be careful." Then he saw his wife symbolically swaying forward a few times, and then her figure disappeared.
Xuan Tianhua's secret guards were astonished and couldn't help but praise: "Princess Yu has great body movements." However, they didn't know that it wasn't just good body movements that were good, it was clearly that she had a cheating weapon in her hand, and Feng Yuheng's worst skill was Qinggong.
It was easy for Feng Yuheng to sneak up to the enemy. Even if the enemy was still evacuating, she could follow them steadily. But Feng Yuheng never expected that the news she heard would shock her so much that she even forgot to enter the space, and was exposed to the enemy in a daze.
"Hurry! Hurry up! The seventh prince of Dashun has stepped on a mine. If he moves, it is very likely that the entire minefield will explode. Those mines are used to blow up the people of Dashun. We can't let our lives be killed by them. Let's go! The people of Dashun will soon get the news and come to rescue us. If we don't hurry up, it will be too late."
The word "thunder" made Feng Yuheng's nerves explode. She almost thought she had heard it wrong, but the other party mentioned thunder again and again, which made her certain of what she heard. But...how could Zong Sui have thunder?
She was so shocked that she even forgot to enter the space and was directly exposed under the eyes of the enemy.
The soldiers of Zong Sui were also stunned. They didn't know why a woman suddenly appeared in front of them. She appeared in front of them like a ghost. There was no process of coming and going. She appeared out of thin air.
But they were Duanmu Anguo's personal soldiers after all. Over the years, they had memorized Xuan Tianming and his wife, who were regarded as Duanmu Anguo's number one enemies, by looking at their portraits every day. In short, people were shocked and immediately realized the identity of this woman, so they shouted, "It's Princess Ji'an of Dashun!"
Following these words, too many people gathered around Feng Yuheng, weapons drawn, and swords slashed at Feng Yuheng without any hesitation.
Xuan Tianming saw the situation on Feng Yuheng's side clearly. Seeing that his wife was exposed, he could no longer hide, so he immediately joined the battle with his secret guards.
But Feng Yuheng panicked when he saw them coming. He dodged a few times and rushed to Xuan Tianming, shouting, "Go back quickly! The enemy has set a bait to lure our army to the border of Tongcheng. Qian Li might be fooled. Go back quickly to stop him!"
Xuan Tianming was puzzled, "What kind of bait would induce Qian Li to go out on his own without listening to my advice?" He shook his head, "You silly girl, just tell me what you are planning, don't try to find an excuse to get me out of here." As he spoke, he twisted the long whip in his hand and took down the weapons of nearly ten enemy soldiers who were coming straight at the two of them. Some of them were reluctant to throw away their weapons, and they felt their arms tighten, as if someone grabbed their arms and twisted them hard. In just a moment of distraction, one of their arms was completely broken, and they rolled on the ground in pain. "You are looking for death!" Xuan Tianming was ruthless, and while protecting Feng Yuheng, he began to take the initiative to attack.
Although the Ninth Prince of Dashun was not as good at lightness skills as the Seventh Prince, his moves were much better than the Seventh Prince. He wielded a soft whip so well that one could only hear the whip sound but not see its shadow. The enemies wanted to dodge but could not tell the direction of the whip and were thus covered in wounds.
"Since you are afraid that Qian Li will send troops, then you go back and report the news. I will take care of this." He said to Feng Yu Heng while waving the whip, "I have said that women should stand behind men. I can't always leave you in a dangerous place." After that, seeing that Feng Yu Heng was about to speak again, he quickly blocked her words: "Don't always use the excuse that you have space. Even if you have a trick, there are some things that a woman should not take the lead in." In front of the enemy, he actually had the mind to free up one hand to rub Feng Yu Heng's head, "Be good and listen. Either we get rid of these people together, or you go back and notify Qian Li and ask him to hold his troops."
Feng Yuheng was out of ideas. Xuan Tianming had made up his mind not to leave. What should he do? She turned back to look in the direction of the camp. There was no movement over there. They were five miles away and they still had to organize their troops. Even if they wanted to come, they wouldn't be able to arrive in a short time, right? She calculated that the army was not in a hurry, but Xuan Tianhua couldn't wait. Entering a minefield was a matter of life and death. Xuan Tianhua didn't have a certain understanding of mines like she did. What if he moved randomly...
She hardly dared to think too much, glanced at Xuan Tianming, and said silently in her heart: Husband, I'm sorry, I have to lie to you once.
"Okay." Feng Yuheng finally nodded, "Then you hold on here, I'll go back to the camp to take a look." He glanced at the dark mass of enemy troops again, still worried, "Don't fight hard, retreat when you're almost there, I'll wait for you in the camp."
"Let's go! I'll protect you." Xuan Tianming said nothing more, holding his little wife tightly in his arms, fighting while retreating towards the camp, until all the enemies were gathered in front of him, then he let go of his arms and shouted, "Go!"
Feng Yuheng looked at him deeply, and retreated silently until his small body was completely blocked by Xuan Tianming's tall back. Then he hid his figure and entered the space directly.
Seeing her enter the space, Xuan Tianming was finally relieved. The corners of his lips raised evilly, and with a flick of his whip, he took the lives of two more enemy soldiers.
However, Xuan Tianming didn't know that his little wife had no intention of returning to the camp. For Feng Yuheng, the shocking news she just heard was the most important thing at the moment, because she knew too well the harm that the so-called "thunder" could bring to this piece of land and the surrounding humans. But she didn't dare to tell Xuan Tianming the truth, she was afraid that after Xuan Tianming knew that there was a minefield outside Tongcheng, he would never let her get close to it. But if she didn't go, what would happen to the seventh brother? No matter how powerful Xuan Tianming was, it was only limited to this era of ancient martial arts. In the face of the powerful high-tech weapons of later generations, the difference in strength between ancient martial arts was too great, and there was no way to survive.
Therefore, it was useless for Xuan Tianming to go. Not only was it useless, but he might also be affected by the large-scale explosion of landmines. The only solution now was for her to go. Only she could use the power of space to rescue Xuan Tianhua from a minefield.
Feng Yuheng left Xuan Tianming and ran in the opposite direction in space. After appearing and disappearing several times, he finally got away from the fighting area. In the vast night, his small body began to exert the maximum potential of his Qinggong skills, which he had mastered, and ran quickly towards the west gate of Tongcheng.
Xuan Tianhua, who had clearly felt that he had stepped on something, was standing quietly in the minefield. The path under his feet was no longer safe, and he still had not been able to fully understand the rules of walking on this small path. Looking back now, it was already a certain distance away from the Wuli border, and one needed to have excellent eyesight and the help of moonlight to see the situation on the other side of the border clearly.
Xuan Tianhua didn't know what he stepped on, but the moment he stepped on it, he felt something was wrong. He originally thought that this five-mile range should be some kind of powerful mechanism, but at that moment, he suddenly thought of something.
Thinking back to when Dashun fought against Gushu, in the battle in the desert, Dashun used a mysterious weapon for the first time, thunder. He had seen Feng Yuheng teach the soldiers of the Shenji Camp how to use thunder, and he had also seen Xifang and the soldiers of the Tianji Group burying round mines under the desert of Gushu. He still remembered Feng Yuheng smiling and saying to him, "Seventh brother, do you see that empty space with the mines buried? As long as someone enters, as long as someone steps on the mine buried underground, the mine will explode with a "bang", and all the mines around it will also explode. That power, let alone flesh and blood, even the tall and solid city walls will be blown up without any ambiguity."
Although he knew that only Feng Yuheng could produce something like a landmine, Xuan Tianhua didn't care. He actually felt that the thing he was stepping on was that kind of landmine.
He looked down at the vast night, and could vaguely see traces of soil turning on the gray ground, but he could not see what was underneath through the surface. He did not dare to move, but he was not afraid, just thinking that he had gotten the death hexagram twice, and now the death hexagram was about to come true, and the one he was worried about was still the little girl who used to be cool, calm, willful and stubborn.
Minefield? He smiled calmly. If he detonated the minefield by himself, it would be much better than the Dashun team running over it and causing countless casualties. It was worth it to be able to open a gap to Tongcheng for Dashun with his own strength.
He had an idea and didn't want to wait any longer. He was about to move his foot that had stepped on the foreign object gently, but he suddenly heard a heart-wrenching cry from behind him - "Seventh Brother!"
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