C60 (1/2)

It was night, and the moon was bright as a lamp. Chen Min led his troops in an ambush on Ming-Sha Mountain, seventy miles northwest of Ishu, while Hu-Yan Jie went to Ishu alone to request troops from the General.

Although Mt. Ming Sha was a mountain, it was actually a huge pile of sand. It was around ten miles in radius, three hundred feet high, and the sand was fine and landless. On all sides of the mountain were grasslands, and on the top of the mountain was a clear spring. At the top of the mountain, the sand rubbed against each other, creating a strange sound. Sometimes it would rise and fall, sometimes it would rise and fall, sometimes it would rise and fall like thunder, sometimes it would weaken like the melodious sound of a flute.

Chen Mu and his men were waiting at the mouth of the spring. When it was midnight, he did not see Huan Yanjie leading her troops over, so Zhou Xian asked in a low voice, ”General Chen, what is the background of your family? Can they really lure them out? When the time comes, I think it's better to go back first. As for the military order, I will plead for mercy on your behalf to the supervising army. ”

Chen Mu looked up at the sky. It was almost four o'clock in the morning, and the sky was about to brighten. Could it be that Huyan Jie was trying to help me but was actually trying to cross the mountain to join the Huns? If that is the case, the Huns will march south, and my thousand light cavalry will all die in battle. And he offered me advice, and told Yinping and Miaozi to go off with the army. Could it be that he wanted to tempt me to leave, and then use the family as a threat?

If he wanted to move troops to the Huns, it would take him at least a few days. If he wanted me to stay the night, I wouldn't be able to come up with any tricks, and Wang Zhi is not an average person. At most, he would not be able to invite a general to defend. At that time, I would really kill Iwu Lu and take the head of the general with my sword and my martial arts.

Thinking about this, Chen Mu made a silencing gesture. ”What are you panicking for? Isn't it still dawn? ”

After a while, he heard the sound of horses galloping in the distance. Chen Mu was secretly delighted. He lowered his voice and said, ”They're coming. No one is allowed to make a sound!” He drew his bow and aimed at the road at the bottom of the mountain, waiting for the general to appear and shoot him to death with an arrow. Initially, Huyan Jianjie had intended for Ming-Sha Shan to send a signal to disrupt the morale of the troops. Then, he would suddenly attack from behind and stab the general, not needing Chen Mu to strike. Chen Mubai thought to himself, ”Huyan Jie is in the middle of an enemy army after all. If he makes a move, I might as well make the first move. If I don't make a move, it won't be too late for Huyan Jie to make a move.”

Before long, the people of Izu arrived. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, but there was no ignition handle. Chen Mu could vaguely see Huyan Jie riding with the general at the front of the troop. There were more than 500 people in the group, and other than the leader, who was wearing a suit of armor, the rest of them were wearing all kinds of strange clothing.

Chen Mu frowned as he thought to himself, When Yin Ping and I were killed at the Peacock River, we fought against Chunyu Yan. In the end, we were saved by a few people from the low-class clans. He hoped that the benefactor of the past was not among them.

Seeing that the group was getting closer and closer, Chen Mubai became even more nervous. Although the bowstring was full, his hand seemed to be not his own, and was slightly trembling. He couldn't shoot the arrow down no matter what he did.

Zhou Xian urged, ”Aren't we going to assassinate the guardian general?” What is the general waiting for? ”