Hearing this, Hua An nodded, pointed to the position slightly east in the south direction, and said, "It should be that direction, the nest of the fangs must be there." ”

"Big brother, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the fangman's lair, do you want to go back and tell Sù Tie Niu and let him lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to come for reinforcements?" Wang San saw that Hua An affirmed the fangman's lair, and said softly.

Hua An waved his hand and said softly: "No need for the time being, this is just my speculation, and when the nest of the fangs is completely discovered, I will gather the remaining soldiers and horses." ”

"General, what do we do now?" Li Yi asked softly.

Hua An pointed to the approximate location of the fangman's lair, looked at the generals behind him, and said, "Scatter the soldiers and horses, search in that direction, and you must find the fangman's lair." ”

"Yes, General." The soldiers received the order, dispersed, and marched slightly eastward due south.

Eight thousand soldiers, along the direction pointed by Hua'an, searched carefully, and marched about ten miles, and the army was blocked by a small river three zhang wide.

The water of the river is very clear, you can clearly see the hard stones on the riverbed, and on the opposite side of the river is a cliff as high as more than 20 zhang.

The cliff is covered with a variety of vines, countless vines dress the cliff in green, and the riverbed near the cliff is also covered with large and small shrubs, some butterflies and bees linger in it, looking like a fairyland on earth.

How could there be a fangman in such a wonderful place? Hua An couldn't help but start to doubt his judgment, and looked around in order to spot some clues.

"Big brother. The environment here is so good, there shouldn't be fangs, and the fangs' nests must be somewhere else. Wang San looked at Hua An and said softly.

Hua An was still a little unwilling, he looked at the generals behind him, and ordered: "Let the soldiers, look carefully along the upstream and downstream of the river, and don't let go of any subtle clues." ”

"Yes, General." The generals commanded. Command your soldiers. Follow the creek to the upstream and downstream, respectively.

Hua An and some major generals sat down in a random place nearby, waiting for the soldiers' search information while enjoying the beautiful scenery near the river.

Hua'an was bored for a while. Pick up small rocks on the ground. Throw it at the river in front of you. The stones fell into the river, causing waves and then sinking to the riverbed.

Wang San took a turn in the neighborhood. Returning to Hua An's side, he said softly: "Big brother, you see, the wild fruits on the nearby trees are all intact, and there are no traces of being eaten by the fangs, which seems to have shown that the fangs have not been here, and it is even more impossible to have a nest of the fangs here." ”

"Oh, the wild fruits here aren't being eaten by the fangs?" When Hua An heard this, he seemed to have a premonition in his heart.

"Report, General, we searched for ten miles upstream, but we found nothing." A junior colonel rushed back and reported to Hua'an.

"General, more than ten miles downstream, the soldiers have searched all over the country, but nothing has been found." Another junior school reported with his fists clenched.

Hua An was slightly surprised when he heard this, he always felt that his judgment would not be wrong, but why did thousands of troops search for so long in the vicinity and find nothing? Where the problem is, Huaan can't figure it out for a while.

Li Yi stood up, looked at Hua An, and said softly: "General, maybe it's the fang's voice that is attacking the west and the nest is elsewhere, but he deliberately moves frequently in this direction to confuse our army and protect his lair." ”

"Big brother, what General Li said is right, there is such a possibility." Wang San hurriedly responded.

"Big brother, it's getting late, let's go back first! Today, the fangs did not kill the people, so let them go first, and then look in other directions tomorrow. "The thunderstorm shouted loudly.

Hua An looked up, frowned and thought for a moment, and said softly: "According to the characteristics of the fangs' walking, their nest should indeed be in this direction, and there is a saying that 'rabbits don't eat the grass around the nest, and the wild fruits nearby have no traces of being touched by the fangs, doesn't it also show this?'" Let's look for it again! If nothing is found after dark, then return to Fucheng. ”

"Yes, General." The generals were ordered to search for the neighborhood again.

Hua An stood in place, looking at the small river and the cliff in front of him, and suddenly said, "Generals, you say, will the lair of the fangs be behind this cliff?" After speaking, he looked back at the generals.

"General, the cliff is so steep, if the fangs' lair is behind it, then how do they get in and out? There has to be a way in and out! But after looking for so long, we didn't find any traces of the road! One of the generals frowned.

"It's not impossible, as long as there is a cave under this cliff, you can access it, and the fangs can naturally enter and exit at will." Another general said casually.

"Caves, there are caves under the cliffs." When they heard this, all the generals were a little surprised, because from the appearance there was no sign of a cave under this cliff.

However, the base of the cliff was hidden by bushes and blocked by a small river, so scouts and soldiers were afraid of getting their clothes wet, so they generally only glanced at it from a distance with their eyes, and did not wade through the creek, and went to the bottom of the cliff to carefully inspect it, and behind the dense bushes, there might be a cave hidden.

When Hua An heard this, his heart couldn't help but be excited, he looked at the generals behind him, and ordered loudly: "Order all soldiers to go into the water, carefully explore along the bottom of the cliff, and within ten miles of the upstream and downstream, all of them must be carefully explored, and if they are found, report immediately." ”

"Yes, General." The generals responded with their fists clenched, turned around and ordered their soldiers to disperse into the water, carefully looking for the caves where they might be stored.

Although the river is three feet wide, the depth is very shallow, the deepest part is less than three feet, and it is generally about two feet, and it can only reach the knee.

But the river here is all melted by the snow in the high mountains, and it is extremely cold, and after the soldiers enter the water, they are all shivering from the cold, and their legs have obvious numbness, but in order to complete the task, they still endure the pain and go into the water to the cliff on the opposite bank.

Thousands of soldiers broke open the shrubs and vines under the cliff and searched carefully, while Hua An and some major generals stood on the shore to command and dispatch.

"General, I found a cave upstream, but it's pitch black, you can't see anything, and you don't know where it leads?" A small school ran over and reported to Hua'an that he had found it.

Hua An was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered: "Light the torch and go in and have a look." ”

"Yes, General." The colonel took the order, took a few soldiers, lit a few torches, and walked in the direction of the cave.

Soon, several more caves were discovered upstream and downstream, and Hua'an still ordered the soldiers to light torches and go in to investigate.

Half an hour later, the sky was already dark, and most of the soldiers who had gone to explore the cave had returned, and reported to Hua'an what they had discovered.

In these caves, most of them are dead holes with no way out, the deep ones are dozens of zhang, and the shallow ones are only a few zhang, but there are still two caves that lead to the opposite side of the cliff.

In order to get the news as soon as possible, they each sent one soldier to report to Hua'an on the other side of the river, while the rest of the soldiers went to the other side of the cliff to continue to investigate in order to find out more.

Hua An's head was very excited to learn that there were two caves leading to the opposite side of the cliff, and he seemed to be sure that on the opposite side of the cliff was the lair of the fangs, and the ten thousand vicious fangmen were hiding there.

The sky was getting darker and darker, the temperature was getting colder, and the legs of thousands of soldiers had been soaked in the cold water for a long time, and after coming ashore, the cold wind blew and became even colder, and even shivered.

Seeing this, Hua An ordered all the soldiers to retreat five miles back and assemble, and build a fire to dry their damp legs, waiting for the next order.

Hua An and a group of generals, as well as nearly a hundred soldiers, were waiting on the other side of the river to investigate the soldiers.

After a long time, under the moonlight, under the black cliff, more than a dozen soldiers finally rushed out and quickly ran towards Hua'an.

"How's it going, what's going on the other side of the cave?" As soon as a dozen soldiers returned to the shore, Hua An couldn't wait to ask.

"General, there is a huge valley opposite, there is a large camp of fangs in the valley, five hundred steps out of the valley, in the middle of the valley, there are thousands of thatched houses, enough for more than 10,000 fangs to live, around the thatched houses, there are dozens of tall arrow towers, and many sentinels stand on them, so we dare not get too close, we can only reconnoiter from a distance." A small colonel hurriedly reported.

When Wang San heard this, he hurriedly asked, "You have been exploring for so long, have you been discovered by the fangs?" ”

The colonel immediately replied: "No, absolutely not, the fangs probably think that the cave here is extremely hidden, and it must be difficult for our army to find it, so they are very careless, except for dozens of sentries standing on the arrow tower, there is almost no defense in the valley." ”

Hearing this, Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "It's really good, the nest of the fangs has finally been found, and they are still negligent in their defenses, at this time, it is the best time for our army to exterminate the fangs, and it must not be missed." ”

"Big brother, we have too few troops now, do you want to notify the thunderstorm and others in Fucheng and let them lead reinforcements to come for reinforcements?" Wang San asked softly.

Hua An nodded, looked at the generals behind him, and said: "Captain Qin, you immediately lead a few soldiers back to Fucheng, let all the troops in the city go out to reinforce here, and let the reinforcements bring enough planks and a thousand ropes, go quickly." ”

"Yes, General." The subordinates received the order and hurriedly led a few followers to run in the direction of Yucheng.

"Big brother, what are you letting the reinforcements do with the planks and ropes, do you use them as ladders?" Wang San looked at Hua An and asked curiously.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Wang San, you try the water in the small river." (To be continued......)