Yesterday it was still sunny, but today it was pouring rain, there was no road in the first place, and it was even more difficult to walk this time, Qin Zhiqiu cursed the damn weather against him, and climbed up with difficulty. The team of more than 100 people www.biquge.info the pen and the fun pavilion quietly broke away from the large army, and when Wu Ling continued to track Murong Hong with the main force, he directly inserted himself into the center of this area.

Wu Ling would make the pursuit a little more powerful and force Murong Hong to be a little tighter, thinking that he would buy him more time. Qin Zhiqiu was also muttering in his heart, if there was really something in this area, then his more than 100 people would not be enough to look at him.

Heavy rains washed over the steep slopes of the mountains, washing down the earth that had covered the rocks, and the herbaceous plants that had been epiphytic on them were piled up with the soil, while the rocks were exposed to the air. It will take many years to cover these smooth rocks with green vegetation again.

The soldiers cut thinner rattan sticks and wrapped them around their boots to prevent slipping as much as possible, on such a steep mountain road, if they slip under their feet, there is a great possibility that they will become rolling gourds, and if they are lucky, they will fall with a blue nose and swollen face, and if they fall in the wrong place, if they are unlucky, they will die with a whimper.

Qin Zhiqiu walked at the front of the group, and after crawling a certain distance, he would throw down the anchor rope he carried with him, so that the soldiers behind him could climb all the way up with the anchor rope.

After the heavy rain, there is a seemingly endless drizzle, this kind of rain is what Qin Zhiqiu hates the most, he can make you wet silently, when you feel cold, the wind chill may have entered the body. Fortunately, they were followed by a guy who had been struggling to survive in the mountains and forests for a few years, and dealing with them was just a common thing for him, and on the way to the march, they were also collecting small moves that seemed to be useless at the time but could be used when you needed them the most. Like now, Qin Zhiqiu and his soldiers have all turned into soup chickens, but they all took out red and crystal clear pearl-like red fruits from their pockets and stuffed them into their mouths, chewed a few bites, and in an instant, their whole bodies were hot, sweating, and their faces were red.

In one day, they had only walked half the usual distance, and at night, they could no longer light a fire to dry their clothes as before, because the light of the fire and the smoke would reveal their position, and now they had to disappear from Murong Hong's field of vision.

After camping, the soldiers hurriedly took off their soaked clothes, and they could only hang them on the tree poles to dry, while the soldiers on guard could only continue to wear soaked clothes and stand guard until the change of guard in the middle of the night.

After a difficult night, the next day turned into a sunny day, early in the morning you can feel the heat of the sun, but the road is more muddy and difficult to walk, everyone seems to have become a fairy, the body is foggy, looking at the fairy wind bones, but in it, it is not so comfortable.

At this time, just that kind of red beads will not work, but fortunately, Wu Ling is experienced, and when he set off, he had already considered all kinds of possibilities, and the soldiers' bags still contained some pills, these medicines supervised by the Daming Imperial Medical Department, the only effect is to prevent wind and cold from entering the body.

These soldiers were carefully selected, physically strong, much stronger than the average person, and with these precautions, no one was knocked down by these difficult circumstances.

After walking on the line drawn by Wuling for three days, and still found nothing, Qin Zhiqiu was a little skeptical that this trip was necessary.

Keep an eye on the map, tomorrow they'll be at the very center of the area, and if nothing else is found, he'll be on his way back.

Qin Zhiqiu also hoped that nothing would be discovered, so it would be a good thing for them to exterminate Murong Hong, at least, there would be no other troubles.

Qin Zhiqiu looked forward to it like this, but things were obviously not as he thought, and in the evening, his sentinel made an unexpected discovery.

It was a trap, and at this moment, there was a beast in the trap, of course, a dead beast, a colorful tiger lying in the pit, and the blood that flowed out of it almost stained the bottom of the pit red.

Qin Zhiqiu's face became serious, this was not a naturally generated pit, but artificially made. Several soldiers went down to the pit, and along with the dead tiger were brought up, along with three spearheads stuck upside down in the pit, and it was these spearheads that killed the tiger.

"It's like a spear that the barbarians use a lot." A soldier looked at the spearhead in his hand: "This is a standard weapon made by the former Yue, and the barbarians were armed with a large number of weapons from the former Yue, General Qin, you see, these spears were polished not long ago." These sanding marks are still clearly visible. ”

Qin Zhiqiu nodded, "Restore the original state of this trap, the spear is inserted, the dead tiger is also thrown down, all the traces that appear around us are covered, find a few places where you can ambush and hide, and the rest of the people will leave here immediately." ”

"General, if you have something to gain, do you want to catch a few tongues?" A lieutenant asked.

"No, follow them." Qin Zhiqiu shook his head: "I don't know what the situation is, it won't be good if you just catch someone and find a snake to start." Keep track of them, find their good points and then make the next step. Wang Si, you are the most powerful tracking person we have here, and you are responsible for it. ”

"Understood, General." The lieutenant named Wang Si nodded.

Qin Zhiqiu left this area far away with his people, but what surprised him was that in this area, his soldiers found more traces of people one after another, and this place was not at all like the deserted place he imagined, but it seemed that there were many people moving around here.

Where are they hiding? Qin Zhiqiu lay in a tree hole used for concealment, looking at the half-round crescent moon that emerged from the cracks in the woods outside.

Wu Ling's guess was right, the reason why Murong Hong took them around in circles outside was indeed to hide some secrets.

Murong Hong didn't go straight to this area, of course, it can also explain some other problems, that is, although there are secrets hidden here, the people here are not enough to destroy their army, otherwise Murong Hong can lure them here directly and kill a piece of armor without leaving a single piece of armor.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhiqiu's heart was a lot more stable. He was waiting for Wang Si to come back and see what the barbarians were hiding in this mountain.

When the sky was slightly bright, the anxious Qin Zhiqiu finally waited for Wang Si to come back.

Wang Si's face was excited.

"General Qin, last night, three barbarian soldiers arrived at the trap and carried the dead tiger away, and I have been following them."

"Found their lair?" Qin Zhiqiu jumped up suddenly.

Wang Si shook his head: "I found it, but the defense there is very tight, and there is no way to sneak in." There, there should be an army of barbarians, who seem to be guarding something. ”

"Where?" Qin Zhiqiu took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

Wang Si squatted on the ground, picked up a branch and scratched it on the ground: "We are here, from this side up, keep going forward, about ten miles later, there will be a very long narrow valley, how long, I don't know, because at the entrance of this narrow valley, there are barbarian guards." There were about 100 people, living in some wooden houses, and there was a simple wall at the entrance to the narrow valley, with only a small door. You can see that there are crossbows and other weapons on top of this simple city wall. ”

Qin Zhiqiu stood up and stared at the reckless Cong Mountain, "The things in this narrow valley are probably the things that Murong Hong has been trying to hide. Wang Si, you sleep well first, recover your strength, and when you are rested, take me to take a look, let's not go to the canyon, let's climb to the top of the mountain. They can block the underground, and they can even block those mountains, so let's stand tall and see far. ”

"Alright, General!"

In the evening, Qin Zhiqiu and Wang Si finally climbed the high mountain on the side of the canyon, and when the two of them brushed aside the long thatch in front of them and cast their eyes on the canyon, they were both stunned.

In the depths of the canyon, wooden houses are stacked on top of each other, and heavily armed soldiers patrol in the middle of the canyon, while more people, unclothed, go in and out of the holes, pushing carts and dumping carts of things on the edge of the stream in the middle of the canyon, and on the edge of the stream, more people bend over, not knowing what they are busy with.

To the surprise of the two, those who were busy were not easy to move, because they were wearing shackles on their feet.

"Good fellows, there are always thousands, right?" Qin Zhiqiu gasped.

"There aren't so many barbarian soldiers, what is the identity of those people, slaves?" Wang Si was also so shocked that his mouth opened wide.

Qin Zhiqiu looked at everything in the canyon, thought for a while, and said, "Retreat, this is not a problem we can solve, go back and find General Wu to discuss." ”

"Aren't there a few people left?"

"Leave a fart, we found a specific place, and if a few people are discovered, wouldn't it be for them to die in vain." Qin Zhiqiu shook his head and said, "I don't think we can take down this place, I'm afraid we will have to notify the outside of the mountain." ”

A few days later, Qin Zhiqiu joined Wuling again.

Listening to Qin Zhiqiu's return, looking at Qin Zhiqiu's hand-drawn map and the defense of the canyon he described, Wu Ling was also deeply surprised, "No wonder Murong Hong has been going around in circles with us, it turns out that it's because of here." Hey, it's good now, I've touched his point. ”

"General Wu, you don't want to fight this place, I don't think we can take down this little manpower." Qin Zhiqiu was a little worried that Wu Ling would come hard.

"Of course not, according to the defense you mentioned, we can't do it with this little force. In the next few days, we continued to follow each other for two days, and then slowly distanced themselves, so that they thought that we had been thrown away, so let this Murong Hong go here with confidence and boldness, let's inform the outside of the mountain that we must let the large army come in to clean them up. "Wu Ling Road.