In late February, the south of the Yangtze River is already full of flowers, but in late February, the mountains are still covered with snow. The temperature during the day is below zero and even reaching more than ten degrees below zero at night, which is quite cold.

It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly. Looking down from the sky, I saw the mountains of Daqingshan Mountains, like white steamed buns. Some of the sunny hillsides had melted the snow, revealing dark rocks. The trees in the mountains were still bare, and occasionally the marks left by animals could be seen on the snow.

At this time, three people were trekking hard in the mountains. They were wearing thick cotton coats and trousers, using branches as crutches, and climbing hard on a hillside.

These three are all strong men. The leader is about twenty-seven or eight years old. They are probably nearly 1.9 meters tall. They are surrounded by a patterned tiger skin around their waists, and they are carrying bows and arrows. They have very strong eyes. The other two also carry weapons. One of them always reveals two very distinctive front teeth.

These three people were the camps sent by Xue Bingxin to Daqingshan to find Shenji Camp. The tall man was named Liu Dali. The one who showed his two front teeth was Ma Liu, nicknamed Dabanya, and the third man was named Liu San.

Liu Dali was originally a hunter in Yulin Town, but was later captured by the Tartars to Bansheng City as a Han slave. Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong led two thousand Shenji camps to destroy Bansheng City and rescued Liu Dali. After that, Liu Dali fled south with five thousand Han slaves, met Xue Bingxin and others on the bank of Lingshui, and finally joined the clerk and became the fifth leader of the clerk.

Since Liu Dali was a hunter, had rich experience and knew how to walk in the wild in the mountains, and had good martial arts and archery skills, so as soon as the spring of this year, Xue Bingxin sent him to Daqingshan to find the whereabouts of the Shenji Camp. This was a task assigned by his own man, so Bingniu'er would naturally not forget it.

In addition, Liu Dali knew Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong, so he was undoubtedly the most suitable leader. Liu San often pretended to be a merchandiser and entered the Tartar territory to find out the news, be familiar with the road, and be proficient in Tatar language. He found Li Yingjun's whereabouts, so he was also selected. As for Dabanya Maliu, although this kid had bad breath and talk a lot, he was still smart and capable of being a logistics company.

Starting from early February, the trio of Liu Dali, Liu San and Ma Liu left the mountain village and set out for Daqingshan. Under Liu San's leadership, the three of them successfully passed through the territory of the Tartars and arrived at the foot of Daqingshan.

However, Liu Dali and the other two searched in the Daqing Mountain for half a month, but failed to find any trace of the Shenji Camp. At this time, they had already penetrated deep into the Daqing Mountain and still found nothing.

Maliu, the big-banya, was responsible for carrying dry food and pots and pans. He was so tired that he opened his mouth and gasped. His two front teeth were shining with an enamel luster in the sun.

The guy said reluctantly: "Fifth Head, we have been searching in the mountains for more than half a month, but we have not found any clues. I want to see, the big-headed soldiers of the Shenji Camp are probably dead and have become lonely ghosts in the mountains. We will continue to search for them as a waste of time... Alas, I can't climb anymore, so let's take a rest first!"

After Ma Liu finished speaking, he threw the bag on the snow and sat down. Seeing this, Liu San also found a bare rock nearby to sit down, and smiled and said, "Fifth Chief, let's take a break first, I can't come anyway."

"That's right, it's just a group of officers and soldiers. What's wrong with their life and death? Why should we go and find it hard?" Ma Liu curled his lips.

Liu Dali frowned. He was originally a hunter, not as bandit-born as Liu San and Ma Liu, nor did he experience the incident of officers and soldiers encircling Black Taishan, so he did not have much hostility towards the officers and soldiers. On the contrary, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong led their troops to raid Banshengcheng and rescued all the enslaved Han slaves, including him, Liu Dali, so Liu Dali was mostly grateful to the officers and soldiers.

Moreover, Liu Dali was extremely nervous about the courage to enter the hinterland of the Tartars with only two thousand people. The power of the Tartars completely overturned his understanding of officers and soldiers. Especially when he heard that the Tartars were traversing and even killed the tribal leader Mailigen Jinong in Ordos, Liu Dali was even more excited.

Therefore, Liu Dali was very happy to sneak into Daqingshan and find the whereabouts of Shenji Camp by the command of the leader. He also tried his best to find it during this period. I hope that this brave team can create miracles and survive in the snowy mountains!

Liu San sat on the rocks and ate dry food while saying, "Fifth Head, the dry food we brought has almost been eaten up. At most, we will look for two more days. We will definitely come out of the mountain in two days, so we can't delay any more!"

Liu Dali shook his head and said, "It's spring, and there is more wild game in the mountains. We hunt while searching. We should be able to last for a while. Shenji Camp is full of cavalry. When the weather is warmer and the ice and snow in the mountains melt almost, they will definitely come out to move."

Ma Liu said disapprovingly: "Fifth Head, do you still think that the officers and soldiers of Shenji Camp can live? The mountains are full of ice and snow, and there is a shortage of food and clothing. There are also a few white-haired snowfalls before and after the New Year. Even if the Qianlai people in Shenji Camp do not starve to death, they will freeze to death. Even if we find them, we will collect the corpses for them. Only the three of us will collect the corpses for Qianlai, and we will not finish the work until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month."

Liu Dali's face darkened and said angrily: "My life was rescued by Shenji. Now the thousands of brothers in the village were also rescued by Shenji Camp. Even the food, weapons, horses, cattle and sheep we brought back were captured by Shenji Camp. Without these supplies, the copycat would probably not be able to survive last winter.

Although I have never read any books, I also know the principle of repaying kindness. Dabanya, if you don’t want to continue searching, please go back to the copycat now."

Ma Liu was scolded by Liu Dali, his face turned red and he said embarrassedly: "Fifth Chief, I didn't say I wanted to go back!"

Liu San also looked unnatural at this time. After searching for more than half a month, he was actually tired of it. He was like Ma Liu and had already felt a little unkind to retreat. However, when Liu Dali scolded him at this time, he felt that it was really unkind not to continue searching. After all, the counterfeit village was indeed dependent on the supplies brought by Liu Dali and others to survive this cold winter, and it was very comfortable, at least not short of meat.

"Fifth Head, please calm down. Ma Liu is a little odor." Liu San threw the water bag to Liu Sanli and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!