Compared with the Central Plains, the Western Regions is less prosperous, but a little more rugged, especially in the sparsely populated wilderness, sometimes you can't meet a person after running for half a day.

Standing between the vast heaven and earth, you can feel the greatness of nature and its own smallness, and in winter, the fluttering snowflakes seem to put a white cloak on the vast Western Regions, adding a bit of mysterious beauty.

The terrain of the Western Regions is complex, the territory is vast, there are mountains, deserts, lakes, hills, and the area is inversely proportional, that is, the population of the Western Regions is relatively sparse, mainly because the various ethnic groups have been in conflict with each other, and the population has not been able to go up, there are not many people in the wilderness and suburbs on weekdays, and the population is even less in the cold winter.

Those who are still out at this time are either idle or unlucky, but Cheng Sheng, who is on a mission in the wilderness, doesn't feel that this is a chore.

Cheng Sheng is a soldier, ready to be a soldier of the Tiger Head Team, on the way to Khotanese Town, he followed the gang leader Kuro to act, and after arriving at the position assigned in advance, he found a hidden place in the high place and dug a snow hole that was not easy to be discovered, and watched like a rabbit.

It seems to be a drudgery, but Cheng Sheng doesn't feel bitter at all, the cold wind is howling outside, the cave is obviously much more ambiguous, the ground is covered with a white cloak that is usually draped on his body, and he is wearing a thick wolf skin jacket, and he drinks a few sips of high-quality mare's milk wine from time to time, and he is full of ambiguity, not to mention how comfortable.

The treatment of the tiger head team was originally good, and after following Zheng Peng, the treatment became better, and Zheng Peng has a characteristic that he will do what he says and will be rewarded for every inch of merit, as long as he does his own thing well, there is no merit and hard work, and if he really makes meritorious service, the brothers of the whole team have benefited, and Cheng Sheng has been doing his best.

Estimate the hour, it's time to change the guard, Cheng Sheng pushed Sun Yiwu, who was sleeping soundly next to him: "Ah Wu, get up, it's time for you to guard." ”

Two people in a post can take care of each other, or they can take turns on duty, no one knows whether the Tubo people will come, even if they come, they don't know when they will come, they can only watch day and night.

Those who are awake see with their eyes, those who are resting sleep with quivers, and when they hear movement, they are trained to react quickly.

Sun Yiwu yawned, rubbed his eyes and sat up: "Lao Cheng, have you found anything?" ”

"No, the water is quiet and the river is flying, and I just watched the snowflakes for half a day."

"Also, this place is so big, how can it be easily encountered, to meet those Tubo dogs is like looking for a needle in a haystack, even if we have been here for almost half a month, I don't know if the brothers in other places have gained anything." Sun Yiwu said expectantly.

"Hopefully."

"Lao Cheng, you sleep, here..."

Only halfway through the words, Sun Yiwu was silent, because in the empty field, suddenly turned a few bird calls of "cloth ~ valley", "cloth ~ valley" and "cloth valley", the sound was two long and one short, which was abrupt in the lonely wilderness, and it was also very eye-catching.

Cheng Sheng was stunned for a moment, and soon said excitedly: "Someone is coming, hurry." ”

Leaving the team halfway, they each went to the designated area to monitor, and they used a code to contact each other, otherwise it would be inconvenient to find their own people in the vast snow outside.

Sun Yiwu stood up with a spirit, and while looking at the entrance of the cave, he made a "cuckoo" sound of two long and one short.

About a quarter of an hour later, a big man with a white horse, a white fox fur hat, and a white cloak came to Cheng Sheng and Sun Yiwu. ”

The person who came was Bai Zhenhua, the head of the Tiger Head Team, and also the top boss of the two, Cheng Sheng and Sun Yiwu did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted.

"No courtesy" After Bai Zhenhua finished speaking, he looked left and right, and said with satisfaction: "This place is well chosen, and it has a good view from the wind, I originally wanted to sneak in and scare you, but I didn't find it after looking for a while, so I had to use a code to contact." ”

"Hehe..." Cheng Sheng scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and quickly asked anxiously: "Head, are you looking for us, is there a situation?" ”

Before leaving, everyone brought enough dry food, the heavy snow closed the mountain, and there would be no contact if there was nothing to do, at this time Bai Zhenhua came, something must have happened.

"The brain is quite smart" Bai Zhenhua praised, and soon said with a straight face: "I just received the news, the golden vulture of the White Bird Nu found that someone was moving in the direction of you, and I asked me to remind you to pay attention to it and investigate and verify it as soon as possible." ”

I only know that there may be this action in Tibet, the number of people, clothing, dress, and route are all a mystery, and the golden vulture is just a bird, with a limited IQ, so it can only be reported to Bai Que Nu in a special way when it perceives a situation, and Bai Que Nu reports to the relevant person in charge, conveying it layer by layer, and finally implementing it on Cheng Sheng and Sun Yiwu.

It is very doubtful that such a cold day appeared in a deserted place.

"Subordinates take orders!" Cheng Sheng and Sun Yiwu gave a military salute together.

Just after the military salute, Cheng Sheng suddenly squinted, his right ear suddenly moved, and then he suddenly lay on the ground, closed his eyes, as if listening to something, Sun Yiwu and Bai Zhenhua saw it, their faces were happy, and they stood quietly on the side without speaking.

Cheng Sheng is a veteran of the Tiger Head team, and he has a unique skill of listening to the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of horses' hooves can be heard far away.

In the middle of the ring, Cheng Sheng stood up, saluted Bai Zhenhua, and reported loudly: "Head, there is a situation, there is a team of horses coming over here, there are quite a few people, about five miles away from here." ”

"Did you hear me right?" Bai Zhenhua asked excitedly.

Just came to tell them to pay attention to the situation, and there was a situation so soon, Bai Zhenhua couldn't believe it.

For the golden vulture named Xiaobai, Bai Zhenhua, like many people, was skeptical, not believing that a flat-haired beast would be so psychic, but there was an order from above that had to be executed, and he didn't expect it to come true so soon.

This climate is suspicious for someone to appear in such a place.

"If not, I'll cut off both ears to make snacks for my brothers." Cheng Sheng said confidently.

Bai Zhenhua clenched his fists: "Clean it up, let's touch it and take a look." ”

Soon, three people in white hats, white clothes and white shoes quietly moved in the wind and snow, and if they didn't see a little clearly, they seemed to blend into the snowy world.

About half an hour later, Bai Zhenhua, Cheng Sheng and Sun Yiwu lay on the top of a hill and watched a team of people walk by without hurry.

Cheng Sheng suddenly whispered: "Head, I'm going to probe the wind?" ”

"No, let's see." Bai Zhenhua shook his head.

"What else to look at, this time the intelligence is yellow." Sun Yiwu said with some loss.

Seeing this team walk away, Cheng Sheng and Sun Yiwu's faces were full of loss.

"It seems that the news is wrong." Cheng Sheng said with some frustration.

Sun Yiwu nodded and said, "A bird, how much can you count on it?" ”

The horses passing below were horses, oxen, and sheep, and the scale was not small, and the people who could drive the cattle and horses, old and young, and women, were wearing ordinary clothes, and the whips that drove the horses were in their hands.

No one wore armor, and no one held weapons.

It doesn't look like a team of clandestine goods, but more like a small tribe in the winter.

There are many tribes living in the Western Regions, some of which move in the winter for various reasons, such as avalanches where they live, lack of hay, friendship with friendly tribes, etc., and some tribes will set off early in order to occupy good grassland for their cattle and sheep in the spring.

So, it looks a little strange, but it's also a wish.

"Head, let's go back and have a drink with you in the snow cave." Cheng Sheng pushed Bai Zhenhua on the side and said.

Bai Zhenhua did not speak, but walked from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, carefully watched the scattered traces, and sometimes lay on the ground, blowing away the snow with his mouth, looking serious.

Sun Yiwu said with some doubts: "Head, have you made a discovery?" ”

Before Bai Zhenhua could speak, Cheng Yong suddenly exclaimed: "Look, there are still a lot of shoe prints made by the Tubo army." ”

There are many traces on the ground, many shoe prints, Cheng Yong found that many shoe prints are unique to the Tubo army.

Most of the shoes of the Tibetan army are made of wood and leather, because Tubo belongs to the plateau, the mountain roads are high and steep, the shoes should not only be strong, but also non-slip, so the soles have made a lot of anti-slip patterns, which are very conspicuous on the snow.

It is not strange if there are several such shoe prints in a team, because there are often various games in the Western Regions, and it is not strange for some herdsmen to pick up some abandoned things from the battlefield to use, but there are a large number of such shoe prints on the road, it is very suspicious.

"God, head, your eyes are so good, you can see these shoe prints so far away?" Sun Yiwu said with a look of surprise.

"Fart" Bai Zhenhua kicked Sun Yiwu angrily, and said angrily: "Fortunately, Lao Tzu is here, otherwise relying on you two, the God of Wealth will let you go from under your nose." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, we were wrong, turn around and be punished, head, tell me, how did you find out that this group of people was not on the right path?" Cheng Sheng said curiously.

Bai Zhenhua didn't hide it, and said straight to the point: "Your attention is on the clothes, the carriage and those women, to be honest, from so far away, there is still light snow, I can't see what shoes they are wearing, but I noticed their movements." ”

"A person can disguise to disguise, but some habits are difficult to hide, like soldiers and ordinary people have completely different movements and demeanors, ordinary people walk, slow and irregular movements, but people who have been in the army will unnaturally bring some behavioral habits to life, such as they walk, steady and powerful, always vigilant, especially when they meet officers in the army, their demeanor and movements will be unexpectedly expressed, like those old people, women, children, all the way is silent, there is no laughter at all."

After a pause, Bai Zhenhua said confidently: "Maybe in their eyes, the disguise is perfect, but in Lao Tzu's eyes, there are flaws everywhere, so I said..."

Cheng Sheng said excitedly: "So, we caught the fat sheep." ”