Chapter 190 The grassland changes, the barbarians' intentions are revealed
After everyone was quiet for the time being, but after two days of search, they could not find anything. Everyone's patience was slowly exhausted. If it weren't for Zhang Kaifeng and Wang Jing's strong comfort.
The night was deep, and Zhang Kaifeng was not sleepy at all. Instead, he sat alone on a mountain bag, his eyebrows were not spreading. He had been searching for many days, but there was no clue. If this continued, it would inevitably make Han Zhan and others unable to hold on.
Suddenly, the wind and clouds in the sky gathered, and the heavy rain fell down. Zhang Kaifeng did not hide, and let the heavy rain come to wash away the mud. A sudden thunder and lightning flashed into Zhang Kaifeng's eyes, and his eyes burst into bright light in the darkness. The road slowly emerged. He jumped out, his eyes getting brighter and brighter, and he used his hands to open the roots of the grass, his pupils suddenly shrank, and then he was surprised.
Under the grass, he soon found a messy horse hoof mark, which was very clear. The grass around him was trampled by horse hoofs. Obviously, this was a place where barbarian spies often appeared. It turned out that it was raining on the grassland. After the grassland in the afternoon, the grass grew very fast. Before they arrived, they covered the horse hoof marks. The barbarian spies did not appear again for some reason, which made the original mark disappear without a trace, so they could not find it no matter how they looked for it.
But when Zhang Kaifeng measured the mark with his hand, the soil of the horse's hoof was very hard. It seemed that the barbarian spies had not appeared for a day or two. Why? The movements were frequent before, but now they suddenly disappeared. It was really puzzling. He kept chasing along the horse's hoof marks until it was lightly dawn. He stopped. He suppressed the doubts in his heart, and Zhang Kaifeng did not act recklessly. Zhang Kaifeng was about to return to the base, but when he returned, he saw Wang Jing and others looking anxious. He happened to see him back and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Zhang, where have you been? Why do you look like this?" Han Zhan asked.
"I have found those horse hoof prints." Zhang Kaifeng said.
"Really?" Wang Jing and others were shocked, and the haze that had been cleared for many days was wiped out: "Where is it?"
"Do you still remember what you gave birth to when you left?" Zhang Kaifeng did not answer immediately, but asked first.
"What did you give birth?" Han Zhan and others were inexplicably not knowing what Zhang Kaifeng meant, but they still said honestly: "Of course we were chased."
"Is that all?" Zhang Kaifeng asked again.
"It's rain." Wang Jing's face suddenly changed, and he said, "When we left here with the general that day, it rained heavily."
"Yes, those barbarians originally wanted to kill us that day, but the rain was too heavy, and it covered their sight and we got rid of them." Zheng Ming said with some luck.
"Also, that's the most cowardly time in my life." Han Zhan said hatefully.
"It seems that Brother Wang already knows why the horse-hoof marks of the barbarian spies disappeared." Zhang Kaifeng looked at the few people who answered differently and continued: "You all know that the grassland has a special climate, and it is often windy and rainy, which creates fertile grass. And when you leave, the rain that gets up makes the grass hidden in the soil break out of the ground and covers the original hoof marks, which is why we can't find any reason."
"And, after we left, the barbarian spies did not appear again. The grass completely covered their paths. Even if we came again, we could not find any clues and there was no trace at all." Wang Jing said with a gloomy expression.
"What a cunning barbarian spies. They want to let us relax while we think they are just cruising here and have no other ideas. We will take action to attack again. At that time, we will be unprepared and will definitely let them succeed." Kobayashi said with a pale face.
The few people shivered inexplicably as they heard this. Such a vicious plan made them succeed and the consequences were unimaginable. The whole village would naturally turn into purgatory.
"Yes, I think this is one of their purposes." Zhang Kaifeng continued.
"What should I do? They must be well prepared for doing this." Feng Xiang became a little uneasy. As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Kaifeng again.
Zhang Kaifeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't panic, they must be ready yet."
"What does Brother Zhang mean? Why is it so sure that the barbarians are not ready yet?" Wang Jing and others said in surprise.
"Don't keep your brother Zhang in a silence. Let's continue talking quickly. Brother is deliberately making us tickle in our hearts." Zheng Ming said anxiously.
Zhang Kaifeng no longer kept it in a silence and said, "Think about it, it will rain on the grassland, and the road will inevitably be muddy. If the barbarians want to transport food and grass, they will inevitably be transported by carriages and horses. Once it rains heavily on the grassland, the road will be difficult to walk. Their trip will slow down and preparations will not be possible in an instant. The heavy rain will let them hide their traces, but it is also their fatal flaw. I dug a little bit of the soil, and the soil is still very wet. Obviously, the heavy rain must have stopped the day before we left. Even if we delayed these few days, they would definitely not be able to attack immediately, and we still have a chance."
Wang Jing and others listened to these words, their eyes became brighter and brighter, and then they were excited. They thought they were on the edge, but they didn't expect another village to be dark and brighter. As Zhang Kaifeng said, heavy rain was a double-edged sword, which had both advantages and disadvantages. This is where the barbarians miscalculated.
Wang Jing immediately understood the meaning of each party and immediately issued an order: "Go out immediately and take home what you see along the way into pictures, and do not make any rash progress."
"We know." Han Zhan and several others spoke in unison.
"As for Brother Zhang, you have worked hard all night and stay here to rest." Wang Jing said.
"Yes, Brother Zhang, you have been tired all night, just leave the next thing to us." Kobayashi said excitedly.
"Brother Zhang, go to rest and wait for us to come back." Zheng Ming also said.
"Okay, be careful on the way." Zhang Kaifeng was indeed tired and did not persist.
It was not until the night was dark that Wang Jing and the others came back. Zhang Kaifeng, who was in the camp, had already prepared the cooked food and water and handed it to them.
"How is the situation?" Zhang Kaifeng asked.
"It's not good. The horse's hooves are very messy. It seems that the barbarian spies have been very frequent during the past few days." Wang Jing's face was gloomy.
Han Zhan also said, "My situation is not very good either. I have found the axle marks. It seems that they want to attack the fortress."
"I have a lot fewer horseshoe marks." Zheng Ming said strangely.
"There are few horseshoe prints in other places," Kobayashi said.
"How can such a large-scale action not be revealed? However, it did not attract people from other barbarian tribes. It seems that they have already made complete preparations for this preparation." Zhang Kaifeng looked at the number of points on the map, frowned, and said, "The route Zheng Ming investigated, combined with the intelligence of Brother Wang and the Korean War. It seems that the barbarian spies' actions have been frequent in the past few days. I want to know what it is."
"Brother Zhang, please tell me." Han Zhan and others were shocked.
"The reason they have been doing frequently these days is to calculate the distance between the three offensive routes and the fortress. Then, choose the shortest offensive route again." Zhang Kaifeng pondered for a while and said, "From Brother Wang, you will not appear now. After all, you have been knocked out several times. They are also worried that you will report to the top management and send troops to come. But their camp is definitely not far from the fortress. We must seize the time, find it out, and then smash them."
"What Brother Zhang said is reasonable." Zheng Ming said with a happy expression.
"Then follow Brother Zhang's ideas to find it." Wang Jing also felt that this inference was feasible and said without hesitation: "Remember, we just need to find the target, and don't disturb them."
After a brief rest, the five people went out again and began to find the location of the barbarian camp.
Sorry, it's been a bit late
Chapter completed!