The war was over. Naturally, none of Lu Dongzan's clan soldiers and die-hard members were left behind. However, Cheng Chumo and Luo Tong's delay in coming made Qin Huaidao realize that they had lost the pursuit, and temporarily handed over the two armies to the command of Cheng Chubi.
Arrangements were made to treat the wounded, and after setting up camp, they led the guard regiment and pursued them all the way.
When it was dark, he met Luo Tong who was tracking down along the way. After learning about the situation, Qin Huaidao looked at the continuous and undulating mountains around him and thought deeply. If Lu Dongzan went all the way, Cheng Chumo should be able to catch up, but it is possible
Cheng Chumo was ambushed and died in battle, so he could not come back. It is also possible that Lu Dongzan did not go forward at all and Cheng Chumo lost track of him. Since it was getting too late, he had to find a temporary camping place.
Either way it's not good news.
"Luowu!"
"Here!" Luo Wu hurried forward.
"Give the order, go down, form a group of three, and spread out to search around. Don't let the big fire expose your heart. Pay more attention to the valleys and mountain cols. As soon as it gets dark, the temperature will drop sharply. Lu Dongzan's soldiers and horses can bear it, and his family will definitely bear it."
If you don't stay still, you will inevitably start a fire. If you find the target, you will be alerted. Come and report as soon as possible. If you can't find the target, return here to the team after dawn."
"Obey the order!" Luo Wu quickly summoned the guard group and issued the order.
There are five battalions in the guard regiment, one battalion is left to protect the safety of Qin Huaidao, and the remaining four battalions are each responsible for one direction. As for how to divide the battalions below, Luo Wu doesn't care, that is the business of the battalion commander.
Soon, the people from the four battalions dispersed and disappeared into the surrounding mountains. They were all specially trained and selected experts who knew how to track and search.
"Leave the wounded soldiers behind, and the rest will continue to advance with me." Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Tong.
Luo Tong nodded knowingly, left the wounded soldiers behind, explained a few words, and led the others to follow Qin Huaidao and continue forward.
Along the way, Qin Huaidao walked, scanning the ground with his eyes like a radar, looking for traces. Luo Wu dispersed with the remaining battalion of soldiers and searched carefully as well.
After a stick of incense.
Qin Huaidao suddenly stopped and looked to one side doubtfully. He slowly looked forward and landed in a ravine. It was a small ravine formed by the intersection of two peaks. It was very inconspicuous. The same small ravine was everywhere along the way.
yes.
"What did you find?" Luo Tong asked curiously.
"Look at the ground, there are dense horse hoof prints in the back. Although there are a lot of horse hoofs in the front, if you look carefully you can see that there are fewer than in the back. Is this the place where you and Cheng Chumo separated?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.
Luo Tong looked around carefully, nodded and said: "Yes, it is here. You are... amazing! Is this how you see it? Tell me."
"If you lead people to continue forward, the horse hoof prints on the ground should be the same from front to back, but if you lead people to retreat, there will be fewer horse hoof prints in front of you. Although it is not obvious, you can still see the abnormality if you look closely. The only ravine that can be left here is
The one in front is very inconspicuous and not easily noticed."
"I'll go take a look." Luo Tong ran over excitedly and saw that there were no horse hoof prints on the ground, but the footprints left by someone passing by were not obvious.
At this time, Qin Huaidao also came over, squatted down and looked at the footprints carefully, grabbed some soil and distinguished them carefully, then looked at other places, stood up immediately, clapped his hands and said: "Someone left here, and the time was no more than two hours, which is a perfect match.
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"It doesn't look like it, and there aren't many footprints." Luo Tong reminded.
Luo Wu also received special training and was very experienced in tracking. He couldn't help but said: "Uncle, someone suspected that someone used something to erase the footprints. If it wasn't for the fact that there was something wrong with the horse's hoof prints, even if there were not many left on the ground,
A few footprints won't raise any suspicion, uncle is still smart."
"Even if you wipe it off, it will leave traces, right? For example, if you wipe it with a branch, there will be branch scratches on the ground." Luo Tong said unconvinced.
"What if we use a wool waistcoat?" Qin Huaidao asked, pointing to a handful of small wool on the ground.
Luo Tong looked down and saw that the small wool on the ground was not shed naturally by sheep, but was processed. The wool was swept away and the footprints were smoothed, but there were almost no obvious traces left on the ground. He was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "Guard
Regiment, abandon the horses, leave a team to guard, the others will follow me!"
"Uncle, you are not kind, this is our job." Luo Wu quit.
But Luo Tong wouldn't listen and rushed over with his men.
Qin Huaidao smiled, did not stop him, and followed him. Luo Wu was so angry that he wanted to curse, but when he thought that he was an elder, he could not defeat him at the critical point, so he had to suppress his dissatisfaction and quickly caught up with him with a battalion of guards.
The bright moon was in the sky, and the sky and the earth were hazy.
The team hurried along under the moonlight and passed through the small ravine. The number of footprints on the ground increased significantly. Apparently they were no longer covering up the footprints. The footprints moved forward along the ridge, and everyone followed the footprints.
About an hour later, a valley appeared ahead, with a bonfire burning in the lee.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the bonfire, and their breathing quickened - they finally caught up.
"Stop moving forward."
Luo Tong decisively gave the order. He pressed down his big hand to indicate that he should squat down to avoid being exposed. He hunched his body and came to Qin Huaidao. He said excitedly: "I found it. It's in the valley ahead."
Qin Huaidao looked at the valley ahead, then looked around, and out of caution pointed to two nearby commanding heights and said: "Luo Wu, arrange for someone to touch them to see if there are any hidden whistles."
"Understood." Luo Wu quickly made arrangements.
The two groups of men and horses left quickly, each one like a wild wolf looking for food at night, using the cover of the surrounding terrain to quickly move forward, either sneaking, jumping, or making detours, their movements were extremely skillful and they made no sound.
The others stayed put and waited patiently. Luo Tong looked at the people he touched and said with envy: "They... how did they get trained? They are so strong, like assassins, but not like them. You can send some people to train me too."
Is there such an army?" He said and looked at Qin Huaidao, full of longing.
"Okay, let's wait until later!" Qin Huaidao agreed nonchalantly. Although others could not trust him, Luo Tong was still worthy of trust. Improving Luo Tong's strength would only be good for himself.
"Really, do you mean what you say?" Luo Tong was overjoyed.
"When did I lie to you?" Qin Huaidao asked.
"That's great, you don't need too many, just a few hundred people are enough. They are specially used for pre-war intelligence gathering, tracking and assassination. It's absolutely wonderful." Luo Tong smiled excitedly.
Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Tong with some surprise. This guy saw clearly. If he was not so impulsive and aggressive, he could make other arrangements. His eyes couldn't help but fall on Luo Wu. They were from the same family, and Luo Wu was obviously calm.
He is much smarter and likes to use his brain, so he is more suitable to be in charge of special forces than Luo Yingdu.
After chatting for a while, the searchers returned and found no hidden whistle.
Luo Tong became excited and rushed to say: "Since there is no hidden sentry, there is no need to worry about being exposed in advance. I will lead the people up first and make sure not one of them escapes."
"Just because there are no hidden whistles at the commanding heights doesn't mean there are no hidden whistles along the way. It's better to be careful. Luo Wu, take someone to touch it. If you find a hidden whistle, you can deal with it directly. Don't expose your heart." Qin Huaidao warned.
Luo Wu nodded, quickly left with a battalion of guards, and quickly disappeared into the hazy moonlight.
After Luo Wu had gone far, Qin Huaidao signaled Luo Tong and his men to follow him, heading straight towards the fire in the valley, feeling faintly excited in his heart - Lu Dongzan, I hope it's you!