King Lingyu

With the sound of the tent door being torn apart, Sima Lingyu barely had any time to think, picked up the eldest princess and jumped onto the beam above the tent.

When marching outside, the tents for short-term camps are all temporarily supported by wide wooden slats, which cannot bear the heavy weight.

Sima Lingyu grabbed a beam with one hand and hugged the eldest princess with the other.

The eldest princess was still asleep just now, and the sudden situation made her cry out in fright.She had no idea what was going on, and found herself suspended in the air.

At this time, the attacking monster had already broken into the door, and Sima Lingyu instinctively felt that it might be a black bear.

Sure enough, this big guy broke through the tent door with a few strokes of its sharp claws and broke in.It rampaged, knocked over the tables and chairs, trampled the bed, and in the chaos, Sima Lingyu and the others were not found.

But when Sima Lingyu saw that the eldest princess was still yelling in fright, he could easily attract the black bear's attention.She hugged the eldest princess' arm tightly, and said hastily, "Shh, don't make a sound! Su Ying! Don't yell!"

But the eldest princess was too scared. Seeing the big black bear barging in, the hairs all over her body stood on end, and she instinctively wanted to scream to dispel her fear.At this moment, she could not hear what Sima Lingyu said to her.

As a result, Sima Lingyu was so anxious that he wanted to cover the eldest princess's mouth with his hands, but he grabbed the beam with one hand and hugged her with the other, so he didn't have any extra hands.

Sima Lingyu saw that the black bear turned around, and it was already directly below them, and she could even feel its heavy breathing sound of "frightened and frightened".

He couldn't control that much, it would be miserable if he was found out, so Sima Lingyu had no choice but to use his own mouth to kiss the eldest princess's mouth, or to be more precise, to block it.

The eldest princess' scream was immediately swallowed up by Sima Lingyu's kiss.She opened her terrified eyes, looked at Sima Lingyu's face that was close at hand, blinked, and suddenly realized that the forehead son-in-law was actually kissing her? !

Sima Lingyu also looked into the eyes of the eldest princess, and tried her best to signal her to keep silent. She seemed to understand the eldest princess, and slowly let go of the eldest princess's mouth.

Fortunately, the eldest princess didn't cry anymore, she just clung to Sima Lingyu tightly, her face was stained red because of the fear before or the shyness now.

Just as the black bear turned to the tent door and was about to go out, there was a "click" sound, and the beam that Sima Lingyu was holding snapped, and Sima Lingyu and the eldest princess also fell down. .

However, the black bear turned around when it heard the sound, tilted its head and looked at the two, feeling a little strange, where did they come from?

At the moment when the black bear hesitated, Sima Lingyu grabbed the sword beside the bed, stirred the charcoal fire in the stove at an extremely fast speed, and beat out piece by piece.

Before the black bear could react, it saw a small piece of fire flying towards it like a dense arrow.It waved its arms, but a piece of fire still hit it, igniting its fur.

The black bear instinctively dodged back and walked out of the tent.

Sima Lingyu heard the uproar outside the tent, it seemed that everyone was awakened, there was already a large area of ​​fire outside the tent.

Sima Lingyu heard A Yue's voice, "My lord, are you okay!" The voice arrived before the person arrived.

Immediately, Ah Yue ran in, seeing that Sima Lingyu and the others were safe and sound, he was relieved.I had been guarding outside the tent with another soldier, but I was anxious, thinking that everyone was asleep, and they were all on my own, and nothing would happen, so I went to the jungle for convenience.Unexpectedly, when he came back, he saw another brother lying in a pool of blood outside the tent from a distance, and a huge black bear was retreating from the tent with its teeth and claws stretched out, its body already on fire.

This frightened Ah Yue, what will happen to the young master, otherwise, even if he dies, he will not be able to make up for his fault!

Sima Lingyu saw that Ah Yue was very anxious, so he comforted him, "I'm fine, don't worry!"

At this time, Li Ming also came over, saw Sima Lingyu and the eldest princess and knelt down, "My lord, this subordinate should be damned, I failed to protect you and the eldest princess, please punish me!

Sima Lingyu saw Li Ming's self-reproaching expression, and said, "General Li, get up and talk, I'm fine, even if the eldest princess is a little frightened, I believe it's okay." Sima Lingyu glanced at the elder brother who was still in shock. Princess, "Su Ying, are you okay? Do you want to let the accompanying military doctor show you?"

The eldest princess shook her head, "No, it's fine!"

"My lord, the black bear has escaped into the forest. We all lighted the torches. I believe there will be no more beasts coming." Li Ming glanced at the dilapidated tent, "Please go to the tent with the eldest princess." Let’s rest at home, it’s fine for the subordinates to sleep with the soldiers. I will send more people on duty overnight.”

"Okay!" Sima Lingyu helped the eldest princess to Li Ming's tent. Although this tent was not as spacious as theirs, it was still comfortable, and because of the small space, it gave people a sense of security.

When only Sima Lingyu and the eldest princess were left, she asked, "Su Ying, don't you really need a military doctor? Prescribe some tranquilizing medicine!"

The eldest princess still shook her head and said no.

Sima Lingyu and the eldest princess lay on the bed again. After the thrilling experience just now, the eldest princess was not sleepy anymore.

Sima Lingyu was very sleepy, she closed her eyes and fell asleep almost immediately.

The eldest princess looked at the forehead next to the pillow, and recalled the moment they kissed just now, her heart throbbed a little. This was the first time she and the forehead were like this, even though it was forced to just now.

The eldest princess knew that the forehead's marriage to her was not voluntary, it was the emperor's mother's order, and she dared not disobey.But the eldest princess just likes her, whether the forehead likes her or not, she must find a way to slowly walk into her heart!

Judging from these days, I still underestimated her in the past. I only know that she is outstanding in reciting poems and writing correctly. When she first entered Beijing, it was not because of this that she won the favor of the "Chunmanlou" oiran, and also attracted many people who claimed to be talented. Are you ashamed of yourself? It turns out that she still has such a strong martial arts hidden deep in her heart. No one knows about it. If the Queen's mother knows that her son-in-law is versatile in both civil and martial arts, she will be so worried that she can't sleep at night.With her romantic appearance, the forehead is so successful that it is difficult to connect her with political ambitions. What a clever concealment this is!The eldest princess felt more and more that choosing Sima Lingyu to be her forehead was an incomparably correct thing!

Thinking about it, the eldest princess put her head in Sima Lingyu's arms and gradually fell asleep.

On the second day, Sima Lingyu woke up naturally after sleeping until she moved a little, and the eldest princess also woke up.

The sun was already shining outside the tent, and it seemed that it was almost noon. It turned out that because of the chaos last night, Li Ming deliberately did not disturb Sima Lingyu and the others, planning to leave after lunch.

Sima Lingyu got out of the tent, stretched his muscles and bones, and seeing Jingwen walking over, he said, "Brother Jingwen, didn't I surprise you last night?"

"No." Jingwen Gege said and stretched out her hand to Sima Lingyu.

When Sima Lingyu saw it, what she had in her hand was—bear bile!

"Could it be," Sima Lingyu was a little surprised, "you killed that black bear?"

"How could it be?" Jing Wen giggled, "I'm not that capable! It was those soldiers who shot one arrow at a time, and the bear fell to the ground for a while and then died. I saw it was dead, so I went to get the bear bile .”

"I see." Sima Lingyu thought that Jing Wen Gege's martial arts were good enough to fight against that big black bear. "You keep this bear bile well, it's very useful! Black bear bile has a very strong antibacterial ability."

After hearing what Sima Lingyu said, Jingwen Gege obediently put away the bear bile.

At this time, Li Ming also came over, "My lord, are you and the eldest princess resting well?"

"Fortunately, let's go on the road early after lunch!" Sima Lingyu thought for a while, and then asked, "Is the black bear that died yesterday still there?"

"It should be here," Li Ming was puzzled, and the prince asked why, "Why, the prince means..."

"You find someone to peel off the black bear's fur and clean it. When you walk out of this mountain tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you can find a tailor shop in a village, fill some insides, and make a thick cloak."

When Li Ming heard it, the lord really had a good idea, this cloak made of bear fur is much better than ordinary cloaks for sheltering from wind and rain, so he immediately said, "This subordinate will do it now!"

So, after Sima Lingyu's troops went down the mountain, someone went to a nearby town and quickly made a big and very thick bear fur cape.Sima Lingyu asked someone to put it away first, because the weather is not cold yet, so I won't need it for the time being.

Today's weather is particularly good, Sima Lingyu and the others have settled down in the evening, Li Ming came over to discuss the follow-up journey with Sima Lingyu, "My lord, let's go for a few more days, and we will soon arrive at the Nantige Desert. The desert area is very vast, and it is extremely dry. In the past, when soldiers and horses crossed the Nantige Desert, they often lost at least half of them, and most of them died due to the extreme heat and lack of water. Known as the 'death march'!"

"It's so severe." Sima Lingyu frowned. It turns out that the death journey refers to the Nantige Desert. "Based on General Li's experience, how should we deal with it?"

"To tell you the truth, my subordinates have never been in the desert for many years of fighting. I just heard from the old soldiers that this is a severe test of physical fitness!"

"Extremely hot, lack of water," Sima Lingyu thought about what Li Ming said just now, "then take precautions against heat and prepare enough water."

"My lord, the small village we're stopping at is already the closest to the desert. If we go any further, there will be no homes."

"That is to say, we can only transport water from this village?" Sima Lingyu thought that this was not a good idea.

"Yes, my lord, and it will take another three days at the earliest before entering the desert!"

"How many more days will it take to get out of the desert?"

"About ten days!"

"A total of thirteen days." Sima Lingyu worried, "How can we prepare enough water to drink for thirteen days?"

Li Ming was also frowning, it's good that there are few people, but the 1000 people may be too late.

"General Li," Sima Lingyu said, although he was afraid of difficulties, he had no choice, "You ask someone to prepare water overnight, the more the better, and then find someone to go to the village tailor to make some big hats for sun protection!"

Now, the only way to move forward is to bite the bullet, even if it is a "death journey"!