Although the walking speed of the brigade is not fast, the valley is the territory of the Bailing tribe, the Bailing people are familiar with the terrain in this area, and the climate in the valley is relatively warm, plus it is just set off, and the body and spirit of the people and horses are the best time, so it only took three days to walk out of the valley and come to the prairie.

Although the climate on the prairie is obviously lower than in the valley, after all, it has already begun in spring, the sun is shining on the body, and there is a feeling of warmth, and the grass and trees are also dyed with a layer of green color, the freezing of the river has also been ambiguous, and from time to time there are various animals that have spent the cold winter and gone out to feed, compared with the time when the plateau and people came, there was another scene.

Most of the people of the Bailing clan have never gone far, even if a few people have left the clan, but they are basically active in the valley, and very few people go out of the valley to the prairie, so the vast majority of people are still very fresh about the scenery on the prairie, and they also dilute the sadness of leaving their hometown, which is full of energy.

Because it is the people of the army, because for them, this is a trip back to their hometown, they are naturally more excited, and the army is a mobile horse, the degree of freedom is also greater, and it is a full cavalry, by the speed of the marching of the team, can not let the horse gallop, can only shuttle back and forth between the teams, so there is also a lot of leisure time, sometimes chasing yellow sheep and hares on the grassland, shooting and hunting.

However, after a winter in the nest, most of the animals at this time have lost weight and lost weight, skinny, in addition to bones, there are really not a few taels of meat left, and it is not as good as the cattle and sheep raised by the Bailing tribe, because the climate in the valley is warm, and each household has prepared sufficient food, the livestock are not hungry all winter, and the meat is still fat and thick. Therefore, after a few days of hunting, the Dai Jun was too lazy to hunt anymore, and it was better to eat the cattle and sheep brought by the team every day.

And Luo Huan and Jiang Mingxia, the two optimists, are even more joyful, every day the two of them take Xiaobai, running back and forth in the front and back of the team, chasing wolves and leopards, and the energetic laughter of the two can be heard on the entire grassland, which also brings a lot of joy to the long-distance journey.

The team is full of joy, of course, it is a good thing, but in the process of marching, the plateau does not dare to have the slightest carelessness, because after the beginning of spring, the nomads of the steppe have also begun to graze their herding, and now the steppe is still the world of the Huns, so it is very likely to meet the Huns on the grassland, after all, this time the plateau is with nearly 80,000 people, dragging families and mouths, old and young, women and children, it is far more difficult than bringing 80,000 troops. Since it is the Hun army is a cavalry army, coming and going like the wind, if accidentally attacked by the Hun army, it will be dangerous, and you must be prepared in advance.

Therefore, on the way to the march, the plateau sent a number of small cavalry troops to inspect and inspect the places twenty or thirty miles away from the left and right of the large group of men and horses, and at the same time arranged a large number of flying birds in the air to form a three-dimensional reconnaissance method in the high altitude and underground, so as to prevent accidents.

At the same time, the camp is stationed to rest every night, and the vehicles are also surrounded by protection, and a large number of night watchmen are left, as well as wolves, dogs and other animals to guard, which can be regarded as a tight guard, and the plateau also stipulates that after five days of walking, you can stay and rest for a day, let the horses recover, the team is reorganized, and repair the damaged vehicles along the way, etc.

In this way, I walked for nearly a month, basically safe, although I met two or three small tribes that migrated and grazing along the way, the number was not large, only a few hundred, and Ah Ran Shi begged to recognize that they were not Huns, and they also greeted them, both sides were more friendly, and there were no conflicts, but the small tribes quickly avoided it, after all, in their opinion, this branch was too strong, it was better to avoid it earlier......

Although the freshness of the prairie has passed, but because they have rested several times along the way, nothing major happened, but some horses, cattle and sheep died in the middle, and there were eight old people of the Bailing tribe who couldn't stand the bumps of the journey and died on the road, but the overall mental state of the team was not bad, and they did not feel fatigue or resentment, but on a certain night, the deceased was cremated, and then continued to move forward with the ashes.

And at this time, looking back, the mountains where the Bailing clan lived had been left far behind the brigade, and they were no longer visible.

On the day of ―――――――― dividing line ―――――――――dividing line―――――――― while the army was marching, I saw a sharp bird cry in the air, and two kestrel flew from the northeast direction, hovering and flying over the army, and let out a cry again and again.

Gao Yuan's face changed slightly, and he said, "Something is happening in the northeast. ”

Ling Feng was by Gao Yuan's side, so he immediately said, "Lord, I'll take someone over to have a look right away." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Be careful, report to me immediately if you have something, and don't act recklessly." ”

Ling Feng agreed, led a team of 100 people, and quickly galloped towards the northeast. Although the men and horses led by Ling Feng are not the Fan Yong Army but the Scout Army, but now they are attacking, not to fight, and the main task is still based on reconnaissance, so although in terms of the ability of horse archery, the Scout Army is slightly inferior to the Fan Yong Army, but it is more suitable for such a task. And once you really encounter the enemy, you can retreat immediately.

After Ling Feng led the men and horses to leave, Gao Yuan immediately ordered Ah Ran Shi Qiqi and Zhong Sun Qi to prepare for battle immediately, and sent someone to notify the team behind them, asking them to temporarily stop advancing and be on guard in place in case of accidents.

After the order was handed down, after a while, I saw Chun Yu Zhongxiu leading a team of female soldiers to catch up from behind, and said, "Wu Anjun, Madam asked me to come over and ask, what happened?" ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "What happened to the body, I don't know, just now there was a bird alarm, something happened to the patrol army in the northeast, I have sent Ling Feng to take someone to investigate, and I will know what is going on in a while." ”

As the two were talking, they only heard the sound of horses' hooves, and Ling Feng had already led the scout army back, and said, "Lord, we found the Xiongnu army fifteen miles to the northeast, but they have already defeated them, killed twenty-three of them, and we have no casualties. ”

Although he has been guarding against the Huns, he encountered the Hun army, and Gao Yuan was still a little surprised, saying: "How many people are there in the Hun army?" ”

Ling Feng said: "There are about sixty people. ”

Gao Yuan said again: "Did you find the herdsmen and cattle of the Xiongnu?" ”

Ling Feng said: "There are no herdsmen and livestock, but I have sent people to continue the pursuit in the direction of the retreat of the Xiongnu army to see if there are any new discoveries." ”

It turned out that there was a ten-horse troop in the area twenty miles to the northeast that was scouting and patrolling, and encountered a group of Xiongnu troops who were resting, numbering about fifty or sixty people. The cavalry of the Dai army wanted to go over to see it clearly, but they were discovered by the Xiongnu army, because they saw that the number of the Dai army was small, so the Xiongnu soldiers immediately mounted their horses and rushed towards the Dai army.

Fortunately, according to the orders of the plateau, the Dai army did not fight hard with the Xiongnu army, but immediately retreated, but they did not flee directly in the direction of the brigade, but dodged and dodged left on the grassland, mainly to prevent the other party from discovering the movement of the brigade of men and horses, and to give reinforcements time to win, as a result, the two sides chased on the grassland for a while, and were discovered by the birds of the Dai army, so they issued a warning to the Dai army.

Ling Feng led a hundred cavalry to the spot, and saw that the number of the Xiongnu army was not large, so he immediately ordered to launch an attack on the Xiongnu army. First, the number of the army was more than that of the Hun army, and secondly, Ling Feng's army was suddenly killed, and the Hun army was caught off guard, and the Hun army was thrown into chaos at once, and the fleeing ten cavalry also turned back and killed, and under the two pinching attacks, the Hun army was immediately defeated, wounded and killed more than 20 people, and the rest of the Hun army immediately fled to the northeast. None of the Dai soldiers were killed or wounded, and only 12 of them were wounded.

Ling Feng didn't pursue, but just divided two scouts and ten cavalry teams, and chased them down in the direction of the Hun army's defeat and retreat, to see where the Hun army had fled and whether there were any Huns' brigades.

After listening to Ling Feng's speech, Gao Yuan also thought about it seriously, this Xiongnu army seems to be also a reconnaissance army, but I don't know if it is a tribe grazing on the grassland by chance, or the Xiongnu army is looking for itself on the grassland.

Generally speaking, large tribes grazing on the grassland, will indeed send some troops, patrol around the pasture, protect their herdsmen and property, but the grazing areas of the Xiongnu have a certain range, because grazing will choose areas with abundant water and grass, and will not venture to find new pastoral areas, and this area should not be the main pasture for the Huns to graze, of course, if the original pastoral area is destroyed, or is robbed by other tribes, it will also go to other places to find new grazing areas, so it can not be generalized.

But to say that the Hun army is looking for itself on the grassland, the plateau also feels that there is some unlikely, although before he set off, he had fought a battle with the Hun army outside the Yanmen Pass, but the Hun army was defeated, it is impossible to know that he has gone deep into the prairie to find the Bailing tribe, so to say that the Hun army is to find himself, then the Huns are too godly.

However, there are too few clues now, so it is difficult for the plateau to make a judgment, so he can only wait for the scout team chasing the defeated Hun army to come back and see what clues they can find, and then make a judgment.

But before getting the detailed situation, Gao Yuan did not dare to be careless, although it was still early at this time, but Gao Yuan still decided, not to continue to advance today, ordered the brigade of men and horses to camp on the spot, and at the same time Gao Yuan also notified the two teams of men and horses behind to catch up, and the three teams of men and horses camped together, not separately, in order to prevent accidents, in this night, the night vigil personnel were added, and at the same time, the patrol troops were also sent outside the camp.