Early the next morning, scouts were sent back, but it was not the scouts led by Ling Feng, but scouts patrolling in other directions. They reported to the plateau, and inspected the southwest, southeast, and northwest directions for more than 100 miles, and found no trace of the Xiongnu army, but about seventy or eighty miles south of Daying, there was a large area of mountains.

Now the plateau is looking for the mountainous area, so that the old and young women and children of the Bailing tribe can be accommodated, so this news came at the right time, so the plateau immediately asked the scouts to draw a map of the patrol route, and then asked them for some detailed information, so as to determine a march route to the southeast, and sent some scouts to take the first step and find a place to camp on this route.

After the scouts set off, Gao Yuan immediately ordered to gather the generals and the leaders of the Bailing clan to discuss, and even Shui Xinyue was invited.

When they heard that there was a mountainous area in the southeast, everyone was very happy, because there was a mountainous area, which could garrison the army, accommodate the old and weak, women and children, and at the same time be able to compete with the Xiongnu army. And Gao Yuan also gave an order for the whole army to prepare to move in the direction of the mountains.

However, Yun Jing said: "Wu Anjun, now that Ling Feng has not returned, we still don't know the location of the Hun army, is it too early to move in the direction of the mountains now?" And now everyone does not know the news of the Hun army. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Ling Feng and his party are estimated to be able to come back early tomorrow morning, and tomorrow night at the latest, and the Hun army must have come towards us." Now there are a large number of old and weak women and children in my procession, and they are slow to move, and they can only walk more than 30 miles a day, and it will take at least three days to reach the mountains from here, and even if they find a station, they will have to build camps and fortifications, which will also take two or three days, so it will be detrimental to us to delay for one day at a time, and we must set off today. ”

At this time, Shui Xinyue said: "There is another question that you have thought of, if you move to the southeast now, the Xiongnu army may not be able to find the whereabouts of your army at all, and even if it finds you, it is very likely that it will not attack the camp you have set up, but block the road, and then wait for your food to run out." In addition, the Hun army may also find out your whereabouts, with light cavalry rush pursuit, with the speed of the Hun army's light cavalry, one day and one night can travel 300 miles, I am afraid that you have not yet reached the mountainous area, will be caught up by the Hun army, and even if you reach the mountainous area, it may not have time to establish a camp, and will be attacked by the Hun army. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Miss Shui's worries are not unreasonable, I think we can divide into two groups, the team of men and horses first rushed to the mountains, set up a camp, and left a small number of elite men and horses, for the army to break off, and attract the attention of the Hun army, for the team to gain delay time, if there is a suitable fighter, you can also launch an attack on the Hun army, after the camp fortifications are built, and then lead the Hun army to the camp." ”

After listening to it, everyone also thought that this resolution of the plateau was feasible, and there was only one solution. Because Shui Xinyue's reminder is not unreasonable, with a large number of old and weak women and children, it is indeed a heavy burden, if you don't leave a broken back cover of the people, it is difficult to protect the safety of the team.

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "Zhongsun Qi." ”

Zhongsun Qi hurriedly said: "The last will be." ”

Gao Yuan said: "After the brigade is drawn out for a while, you will lead the team and lead the army to move to the southeast, and after finding the camp site, immediately build the camp and set up a fortress, establish fortifications, and prepare to meet the Hun army." ”

He turned to Yun Yao and said, "You guys also pack up immediately, and set off with the team later." He added: "Ah Ran Shi beggar." ”

Ah Ran Shi beggar Mo also said: "The end will be." ”

Gao Yuan said: "You and the men and horses of the Fan Yongjun stay, and cover the transfer of the brigade with me." ”

Ah Ran Shi begged: "The lord should transfer with the team, and the matter of covering after the break is handed over to the last general." ”

Zhongsun Qi also said: "Yes, it is better to ask the lord to lead the team to transfer, and the last general is willing to stay and work with General A Ran Shi Qi to break the rear of the army." ”

Gao Yuan waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say anything else, I have my own mind, you can do it according to the plan." After a pause, Gao Yuan said: "This time the task of covering after breaking off is very important, not only to buy time for the transfer of the army, but also not to lose too much, because at present our number is not as good as the Hun army, the number of the real army is too small, only our Daijun brought less than 3,000 men and horses, especially the Fan Yong army, in the future and the Hun army decisive battle, it is still an important role, so the advance and retreat attack and defense need to be very measured, only I to lead the team, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

When everyone heard Gao Yuan say this, they also knew that he would not change his mind, so they had no choice but to obey.

At present, the plateau arranged, in addition to the Fan Yongjun and the scout army, there were also 300 soldiers of the Bailing clan and 500 wolves, and 20 daughters and daughters of the Bailing clan, and Yun Yao also left Xiaobai to the plateau, with it here, it was also good to mobilize the wolves, and Shui Xinyue and Chunyu Zhongxiu stayed to fight with the plateau, while the other men and horses, including the Beiwei army and the heavy armored cavalry, were transferred with the team because they were not suitable for this kind of raid operation.

So the army set up camp one after another, loaded the wagons and packed, and set out in the southeast direction, and by noon, the whole army had left, leaving only less than 2,000 men and horses on the plateau, and 500 wolves. No, each person is equipped with two horses, so there are more than 3,000 horses.

At dusk the next day, Ling Feng really led a part of the scout army to rush back, and saw that the team had already evacuated, and he was also a little surprised, but after seeing the plateau, he understood what was going on, so he said: "It turns out that the lord has made such an arrangement, and I am worried that it will be too late, so I hurried back, so I can rest assured." ”

Gao Yuan said: "You found the army of the Huns? ”

Ling Feng nodded, and said: "Yes, just more than two hundred miles away from the northeast of us, by a lake, tents are connected, there are about 20,000 men and horses, and at this time, we have sent the front men and horses, about 10,000 horses, are coming to us, when we come back, we are less than a hundred miles away from here, and at this time it is already closer, and we can arrive tomorrow at the latest." ”

It turned out that after Ling Feng and the others left from the camp, they followed the traces left by the Xiongnu army, looked in the northeast direction, walked for a day, and walked for a day, almost walked out of a distance of more than 150 miles, and more and more traces were left by the people and horses, and they also found about hundreds of traces left by the walking of hundreds of people and horses, indicating that they had approached the Xiongnu army.

At this time, Ling Feng did not dare to be careless, and divided the whole army into four squads, three of which were composed of two ten-person teams, which were divided into three directions to go first, patrolling in front, leaving four ten-person teams and the Bai Ling clan to follow.

Sure enough, after walking out of less than 20 miles, I found the whereabouts of the Hun army, which was a small team of about 500 people, but fortunately, the scouts of the Dai army were experienced veterans who knew how to hide themselves, so they were not discovered by the Hun army.

Then he walked out of a distance of nearly fifty miles, evaded two Xiongnu armies, and finally found the camp of the Xiongnu army on the edge of a lake, according to the size of the camp, Ling Feng estimated that there were at least 20,000 people, and there were no cattle, sheep, livestock, old, weak, women and children, so it was obvious that this was not a herding tribe, but a Xiongnu army.

However, Ling Feng was not sure that this Xiongnu army was going to attack him, after all, it was two hundred and forty or fifty miles away from the army of the Bailing tribe, which was too far away, so after nightfall, Ling Feng led a team of ten people, sneaked close to the camp of the Xiongnu, and captured several Xiongnu soldiers for interrogation, only then did it be determined that this Xiongnu army was indeed coming for himself, and I heard them say that in the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, 100,000 horses had been gathered, and there were indeed Bailing people, which confirmed the plateau, Yun Yao's conjecture was not wrong.

After learning of these conditions, Ling Feng immediately sent a team of ten people and asked them to rush back to the camp overnight to deliver a message to the plateau, while the rest of the people were still monitoring the movements of the Xiongnu army. Soon after the scout team of ten people left, the sky was already bright, and the scouts found that about 10,000 cavalry troops had been dispatched from the camp of the Hun army and set off in a southwestern direction.

Ling Feng also immediately realized that the Xiongnu army might have also received a report from the spies and learned the location of the Bailing army, so he sent this 10,000 troops as the first step. Therefore, he did not dare to stop any longer, and immediately ordered all the personnel to evacuate from the vicinity of the Xiongnu camp and rush back to the camp. And let the Bailing people rush back quickly, while he led the other scout soldiers to chase the movements of the Xiongnu army along the way, and determine their marching route and direction.

After following the Hun army out of a distance of nearly 100 miles, Ling Feng could basically determine that this Hun army was coming in the direction of the Bailing clan's big camp, so Ling Feng left a part of the scout soldiers, continued to closely monitor the whereabouts of the Hun army, and sent people to report at any time.

The Hun army was all cavalry, although it was not in a hurry, but the action was much faster than the general marching speed, from the time Ling Feng left, it was about one hundred and twenty or thirty miles away from the camp of the Bailing clan, with the marching speed of the Hun army, at most one day, it could cover this distance, so Ling Feng's heart was also very anxious, and he didn't know if he was still in time to rush back to the camp to deliver the letter.

When he returned to the camp, he learned that the group had been gone for two days, leaving only the army with broken cover, so he breathed a sigh of relief.