Yu Chao is now a scout captain in the soldiers of Shayang County. In the past, he used to be a senior scout of the border army of Zhaoguan in Dayue, after the defeat of Zhaoguan, he retreated all the way with the general Luo Yishui, after fighting again and again, more and more companions fell on the battlefield on the way to retreat, on the battlefield, whether it is attacking or retreating, the most dangerous is always their scouts.

Although they have been defeated, they have never lost confidence, and when the general Luo Yishui finally gathered tens of thousands of troops and prepared to counterattack, a big change suddenly came.

Luo's fell, the general rode out alone, tens of thousands of troops fell apart overnight, and the last more than 20,000 regular troops, under the leadership of the deputy general Pan Hong, were all transferred to the Qin-Yue border, away from this battlefield.

At that time, Yu Chao had been promoted to the captain of the scout battalion, when this big change came, he was not in the camp, but was in front of the specific military arrangement of the Qi army, when the scouts in the rear reached his ears, he almost couldn't believe that this was all true, the pillar of Dayue, the general Luo Yishui, was forced to leave like this?

Da Yue negotiated peace with the Qi people, to put it more bluntly, he surrendered, which made Yu Chao, who had been fighting to the death with the Qi people on the front line, disheartened. He disbanded his scouts, left the army alone, and quietly returned to his hometown of Shayang County.

But what he never expected was that in Shayang County, he was recognized, as a living officer, he did not return on time, which can be dealt with as a deserter, but Liu Xingwen, the commander of Shayang County, gave him another chance, that is, to lead the scout battalion under his command.

Yu Chao, who had no choice but to put on his military uniform again, only this time, he was wearing the clothes of a county soldier. originally thought that being a captain of a scout battalion in Shayang would not have anything really to do, the scout battalion of the county soldiers was not a highly valued branch of the regular army, there, the scout battalion was just an ornament, even if Liu Xingwen still attached importance to scouts among the generals of the county soldiers, but the scouts known as the scout battalion were only a few dozen people. Of course, this is also in Yu Chao's arms, he is now, basically no longer interested in war, just getting a salary in the county soldiers and waiting for death.

But soon, the idea of eating and waiting for death was shattered with an order.

Go to the bandits.

The leader of the bandits has a man named Zou Ming, which surprised Yu Chao, because Zou Ming he recognized, as the avant-garde scout of the former Vietnamese army, when he was spying on the military situation, he had some friendship with Zou Ming, the former leader of the rebel army, and obtained some information from him, of course, he also gave Zou Ming information.

It's not that the two sides have much friendship, but it's just that everyone was a member of the fight against Qi at that time. Unexpectedly, this guy has become a bandit now, which makes Yu Chao surprised and a little heartbroken.

That used to be a nice guy! But now, since they have been reduced to bandits, the soldiers and bandits are naturally natural enemies, exterminate the bandits, and keep one side safe, in Yu Chao's opinion, this is not wrong, no matter what this person bandit has done before, at least this time, they have robbed the food given to the Qi people regardless of the severity, so that the people of Feng County have to endure the pain of food shortage, but also have to endure the poison of the Qi people again, which makes Yu Chao very uncomfortable.

for he is also one of the people.

In the final analysis, Yu Chao is not the kind of person who worries about the country and the people, deep down, he feels that he is just a small people, the court has already made this decision, what else can they do for people like them? What else can they do but obey?

He had fought with the Qi people and knew how powerful the Qi people were.

In Zou Ming's opinion, it is correct to exterminate Zou Ming as soon as possible, let the Qi people retreat quickly, and let the lives of the people of Feng County return to normal.

The other party only has more than 100 people, but Shayang County has gone out 5,000 people, which is in Chao's view, it is a kind of waste of money and food, this time the bandits, the difficult place is not to fight, but to determine the location of the other party. There are only more than 100 bandits, and if they want to determine the location of the other party in this kind of weather and this kind of terrain, and then surround and destroy it, the difficulty in the middle, as a senior scout, Yu Chao understands it too well.

When people use it, they hate it little, and when it is really time for the scouts to show their skills, Yu Chao suddenly found that there are no available people under his subordinates, and these guys who are called scouts have no scout skills at all, of course, he has nothing to complain about, because for such a long time, as the captain of the scout battalion, he has not cared about the skills of his subordinates in this regard.

Now, with no one available, he stubbornly divided the only people into three groups, the other two groups explored in two directions, and he took one group with him to explore in the direction where the other party was most likely to escape, for those two groups, he basically had no hope, purely dead horses as live horse doctors, more than a hundred bandits, it is impossible to divide into multiple roads. In such a cold and snowy environment, once dispersed, the chances of survival are even lower.

The bandits on the top of the mountain were indeed as expected before the war, and when they learned that the army was coming, they immediately abandoned their old nest on the mountain and fled into the mountains. Now the only good news is that the bandits actually fled with the grain they had looted, and the army found no trace of the grain on the top of Yanshan, and it seems that the bandits also knew that in such a season, without this food, they would not survive this winter. It is precisely because of this that Yu Chao has a little confidence, 100,000 catties of grain, more than 100 bandits, to carry 100,000 catties of grain, they can't go fast at all. If grain is found on the top of Yanshan, Yu Chao will directly suggest to give up the pursuit, because it is impossible for the bandits who advance lightly to catch up.

In this respect, Zou Ming's gang is very stupid.

In the past two days, the other two groups have kept coming to him, and they have all found traces of bandits, only the way he has explored has found nothing, which makes Yu Chao confirm that the enemy must be in front of him. No matter how stupid Zou Ming is, he also knows how to hide his appearance, and a fool of the rivers and lakes, these tricks will not be lacking. He couldn't think of any other reason for his own fools to be able to find their tracks, other than the trick that the other party deliberately revealed to lure them into the bait.

Exhaled a long breath, watching the qi coming out of his mouth form a white mist in the air and drift away with the wind, Yu Chao sighed, this time the pursuit was indeed a thankless job.

sat down on the spot, grabbed a mouthful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and took out a piece of jerky and threw it into his mouth, two days, he still didn't find anything, in Zou Ming's team, there must be a guy who is good at escaping and hiding.

Looking up at the towering peaks in the distance, the so-called Wangshan ran a dead horse, looking close at hand, but if you really want to walk, it's really not the same thing, I am alone, I have been chasing for two days in a row, but I haven't found any trace of the other party, Yu Chao really admires the other party.

Retracting his gaze, he unconsciously glanced at the ground, his eyes suddenly froze, a little black flashed in front of his eyes, and he suddenly lay on the ground, and his hands picked up the floating snow on the ground, which was a piece of horse manure.

With a twinkle of surprise in his eyes, he grabbed you by the tail. He shouted inwardly. His hands flew away to pick up the snow, and more tracks appeared in front of him, and under the floating snow, there were messy horseshoe prints and footprints. When the other party left, they completely buried their traces, and under the guidance of the expert, this layer of camouflage was in the eyes of the great expert, and there was not a trace of it.

Excitedly stood up and ran forward, since he found his whereabouts, then the next thing is logical, more clues are found out by him one by one, everything is difficult at the beginning, there are big experts in this area in the other party's team, but since the first clue has been found, you can find more rules according to the other party's habits, so as to find more clues.

Yu Chao was empty, and the main force of the other party was in his direction. Because he found a large number of hoof prints, it was possible to deduce how much cargo the horse was carrying based on the depth of the hoof prints left under the snow. Since the camel horse with the grain was found, it was natural to find the main force of the other party.

Liu Xingwen, who was in the rear, was a little inexplicable when he saw the news sent back by the scouts, because the intelligence sent back actually showed that traces of the enemy had been found in three directions. There are only more than 100 people on the other side, is it possible that they are divided into three ways to escape? However, the information sent back from the three directions was accompanied by a large amount of evidence, which conclusively showed that the enemy was at the front.

"There are only more than 100 people in total, so if he is a suspicious soldier, let's go out in a few ways." Lu Feng suggested, "No matter which way, as long as we catch up with them, we will have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, and we are afraid that we will not be able to clean them up?" ”

Liu Xingwen nodded, Lu Feng said it well, no matter how the other party made up his mind, he far surpassed the opponent in terms of actual strength, after thinking for a while, he still decided to focus on Yu Chao's direction, after all, Yu Chao was the captain of the scout battalion who came down from the large army, this is a real ability, which can make him believe in the drama without doubt, and it also makes Liu Xingwen more confident.

A team of 1,000 people was divided into each of the other two directions, and the remaining 3,000 people were personally led by Liu Xingwen, and they accelerated to start marching along Yu Chao's route. (To be continued.) )