Because today was stationed in advance, and three teams of people were stationed together, everyone in the White Spirit Clan also estimated that something must have happened, so they were also a little uneasy.

And Yun Yao, Feng Hao, Yun Jing and others, who already knew the situation, also rushed to meet with the plateau, and the plateau told them about the scouts who found the Xiongnu army, but at this time, the scouts sent to track the Xiongnu army had not returned, so the plateau did not ask Chu to detail the situation, but just asked them to go back, tell all the Bailing people about the matter, and then appease everyone and stabilize everyone's feelings.

After listening to Gao Yuan's words, Feng Hao said: "Wu Anjun, if you tell others about the encounter with the Huns, will it cause a collective panic, I think it is better to hide it from them, only a few of us know, and it is enough to strengthen the guard at night." ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "This kind of thing, it is definitely impossible to hide it, there is no day to stop and camp to rest, and there are three teams of people stationed together, everyone can see that something must have happened, the more they hide it, the more others will be suspicious, but they are scared of themselves, so it is better to tell the truth, so as not to guess randomly, just tell them, let them rest assured, we will be able to protect them." ”

After listening to Gao Yuan's words, although Feng Hao was still skeptical, he didn't dare to disobey Gao Yuan's orders, after all, Feng Hao was a person who had traveled a long distance, and he knew the difficulty of a long-distance march, at that time he and Yun Jing were only with a few hundred people, and they were all the elites of the Bai Ling clan, but after a few days, they were already in chaos, and they could only stop and rectify, and now there are more than 80,000 people, and a large number of old and weak women and children, I'm afraid that no one can do it well, so now I can only listen to the plateau.

After more than 20 days of marching, the Bailing people are also very proficient in the work of camping and setting up a village, soldiers, wolves, and dogs are on guard on the periphery, and the cavalry of the ambush army is looking around the perimeter, and choosing a suitable location to set up a warning point. The old people and young children got down from the vehicles and helped to put the horses, cattle and sheep in the pen, and the young men and women took down the supplies on the other vehicles, surrounded the vehicles into a contour parapet wall, and connected them one by one, and the others were busy building tents, digging stoves and pots, and some fetching water and collecting firewood, each doing their own thing, in an orderly manner, so that in just over an hour, the camp was already on its first scale, much faster than when it had just set out.

Gao Yuan is also very satisfied with this, now the Bai Ling people have basically adapted to the long-distance march, which is of course a good thing, and Feng Hao, Yun Jing and others according to the order of the plateau, after announcing what happened to the whole clan, although it also caused some uneasiness, but did not occur too much panic, after all, the Bai Ling people have only heard of the Xiongnu, but they do not have too many intuitive impressions, and they have their own army on the periphery, and they have some bottom in their hearts.

At dusk, dinner began in the camp, and those who ate late also went back to their tents to rest, and some people were putting out the fire to clean up, and at this moment, the two ten-cavalry scouts sent by Ling Feng also returned.

However, they reported to the plateau that they had followed the traces of the Huns' withdrawal for nearly forty miles, but they did not find the Hun army or the Hun camp, and the scouts saw that it was not early, so they did not follow it any further, so they turned back to the camp.

After listening to the scout's report, Gao Yuan asked the scout to go down to rest and eat, but at this time, only he and Yun Yao were left in the big tent, and Scout C returned in vain, and nothing was found, which made Yun Yao quite disappointed, and said: "Husband, no clues have been found now, so what should we do?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "How can you say that no clues have been found?" They didn't find anything, which in itself was an important clue. ”

Yun Yao was a little stunned and said, "What kind of clue is this?" ”

Gao Yuan opened the map, which was drawn along the way when he came, although only recorded the route of their group of people and horses, and the rest of the place was blank, but it was also a reference, Gao Yuan pointed to the map, and said: "Our current location is here, the place where our scouts and the Xiongnu army fought is about fifteen miles in the northeast, and the scouts have been tracking the distance of about forty miles to the northeast, which shows that the Huns are retreating in the northeast direction, and we can generally recognize the direction in which the Huns are located." , and we are relatively safe for the time being, after all, the enemy is at least more than fifty miles away from us, or even sixty miles, even if it is a full cavalry army, it will take a certain amount of time to cover this distance, so as long as the warning is appropriate, we at least have enough time to prepare. ”

Yun Yao also nodded and said, "Husband is right, this is really an important clue. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Also, there are not many people in this Xiongnu army, it should also be an army of reconnaissance, visitation, and patrol, but their activity distance is at least more than forty miles, such a distance, obviously not to protect their camp or grazing area, so this should be an action of a military nature, either to open the way for the march of the brigade of men and horses, or to look for something?" However, it seems to me that it is not very likely to be a pioneer for the march, after all, if you run forty or fifty miles away, even if you are a pioneer, it is still too far, and only the possibility of searching for it is the greatest. ”

Yun Yao said: "So what are the Huns looking for?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "I feel that the Huns should be looking for us, but this really lacks enough clues, one is how the Huns will know that we are on the grassland, although we fought with the Huns in Yanmen Pass, but the Huns cannot know that we will go deep into the grassland, and even if the Huns know that they entered the grassland, they should have sent troops to pursue us at that time, and they will not wait until now; Second, where we are now, it is far away from the Xiongnu's Shan Yuting, and this is not the main activity area of the Xiongnu, why did the Xiongnu come here to find us? ”

Yun Yao pondered for a while, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she said, "Husband, do you think there is such a possibility, it was Fengyi who attracted the Huns." ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, nodded again and again, and said: "You are right, this situation is indeed possible, and it is very likely, because only in this way can it be explained." ”

Yun Yao's words really woke up the plateau, Feng Yi, Yun Qi and others escaped from the station of the Bai Ling clan, although the Bai Ling clan sent a lot of people to look for them, but they were not found, from some traces, Feng Yi, Yun Qi and his party escaped from the valley and fled into the prairie. Although everyone thought at that time that Feng Yi and Yun Qi were not well prepared, and it was unlucky to escape to the prairie in the cold winter season, and they would die for a lifetime, but it was not absolutely impossible to avoid the cold winter, after all, the special ability of the Bai Ling clan could provide them with great help, and it was Feng Yi and Yun Qi who were both the masters of the Bai Ling clan, and their abilities were naturally much stronger than ordinary people. Therefore, Feng Yi and Yun Qi led a part of the Bailing people to escape the cold winter, and it is very likely that they will encounter the Huns. And with the special ability of the Bailing tribe, it is naturally very important to the Xiongnu, and it is not difficult for them to be accepted by the Xiongnu tribe.

The Bailing people who accompanied him all knew that the relationship between Daijun and the Xiongnu was not harmonious, and Feng Yi and Yun Qi might also know these things, and even if they didn't know, they would encourage the Xiongnu to send troops and attack themselves on the way back, so if it was assumed that Feng Yi and Yun Qi and their party led the Xiongnu army, then it would make sense.

So Gao Yuan said: "If this is the case, then it can't be better, in the station of the Bailing clan, let Feng Yi and Yunqi run away, if it is really they who brought the Huns this time, they will not let them go again, just to avenge your parents." ”

Yun Yao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I know the kindness of my husband, although I also want to avenge my parents, but now it is about tens of thousands of people of the Bai Ling clan, so please husband don't think about my parents' hatred, first of all, to ensure the safety of the Bai Ling clan." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have my own measure." ”

To be honest, the plateau did not take the Xiongnu too seriously, although the combat effectiveness of the Xiongnu army was not weak, and there would definitely be no fewer people and horses dispatched this time, but he led the Bailing tribe, but now he brought hundreds of wolves, which is enough for the Xiongnu army to drink a pot, although there may be Bailing people in the Xiongnu army, but with Yun Yao, these people can't play much role, so with their own military ability, cooperate with the Bailing tribe's beast driving operations, supplemented by a small number of elite troops, defeat the Xiongnu army, It's not impossible, it's just that the top priority is to find the Xiongnu's army as much as possible, determine how many men and horses the Xiongnu have dispatched, and in addition, he also has a large number of old, weak, women and children of the Bailing tribe, and he should find a place to settle them first.

So Gao Yuan immediately summoned the generals of the acting army and the eight Zhushi of the Bailing clan to gather together.

After listening to Gao Yuan's judgment, everyone was also a little shocked, although there was no evidence to prove that it was the Hun army attracted by Feng Yi, Yun Qi and others, but no one could deny this possible existence, so Feng Yi immediately asked: "Wu Anjun, what should we do now?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "Now the first thing we have to do is to find the Xiongnu army as much as possible, and determine whether there are Bailing people in the Xiongnu army, so early tomorrow morning, Ling Feng you personally lead a hundred cavalry scouts, and bring tents and other wild overnight things, to the northeast to find the Xiongnu army, you must find a distance of two hundred miles." ”

Ling Feng hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

Gao Yuan said: "And this time, I also want to ask the Bai Ling clan to help cooperate, send two Zhu Shi, and ten Bai Ling clansmen, five men and five women, and then bring a few wolves and two flying birds, and set off with Ling Feng's team." ”