The best way is to divide the troops into two routes, all the way into the southern herdsman area and all the way to the north herdsman area, just for everyone's complete coefficient, and finally give up the division of troops and go straight up, and everyone goes back together.

Xiaohu wanted to see Bayar, Batu, Bu and these three good friends as soon as possible, so he tried his best to persuade everyone to bypass the southern pastoral area and go directly to the northern herdsmen. Leader Zhao saw that the Wang family and the Chen family had the intention of parting ways if he didn't agree, so he had to agree.

At noon that day the snow stopped, and although it had rained for two days and one night, it was much lighter except for the first day, which was very large. The thickness of the snow is no thicker than the calf, and if you want to walk on the grassland, you are not afraid of getting lost.

Before setting off, Li Darttou prepared a cloth cover for each person to protect their eyes, because the strong white light of the snow can easily cause snow blindness to people who walk in it for a long time. There are also those retail merchants who are willing to follow, and those who don't have weapons also buy weapons to carry with them, so that they can resist for a while in case of emergencies.

When they went to the border to be checked, a soldier came up and asked, "Which of you is the head of the Tianxia Xing Dart Bureau?" ”

Li Darttou, who was busy checking the identities and goods of each person with the verification soldiers, hurriedly raised his head and asked, "I am!" What's the matter with you? ”

The soldier replied, "Come with me, my lord will look for you!" ”

Li Dart patted Xiaohu lightly, handed over his affairs to Xiaohu, and asked him to help continue, while he followed the soldiers to the camp at the sentry post, and saw an old man of fifty or sixty years old sitting on the Taishi chair in front of the desk waiting with a gloomy expression.

The soldier saluted the old man at the door and reported, "General! People have been brought! ”

The old man said in a flat tone: "Please come in!" ”

Li Dart looked at the soldier, nodded and said nothing. He stepped through the door. Standing in the center of the room, he clasped his fist and saluted the old man sitting above, the old man raised his hand and said, "Li Darttou is not polite, sit down!" ”

Li Dart followed the direction of the old man's gesture. I found a stool to sit down, and then asked, "Is there something wrong with the general?" ”

This is the old general Qin who was temporarily guarding the city, and he was silent for a while before he said: "I heard that you are very familiar with the grasslands outside the Guan, and you have a good relationship with those herdsmen, and you also know many nobles from other races, and you can listen and speak their language?" ”

Li Darttou replied modestly: "The old general has won the award." I just walk in the grassland all year round, and I am slightly more familiar with it than those who don't often go there. I can understand what they say, but I can't speak it, and I can barely express myself! ”

Old General Qin waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be modest. The old man is looking for you to have something to trust! ”

Li Darttou didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the imperial court or the military or the government, he just wanted to live his simple life as a bodyguard. Therefore, as soon as he heard that there was something to support, he felt uncomfortable, immediately sat up straight, and said solemnly: "Old general! In the next ordinary people, I'm afraid I can't bear your old trust! ”

Old General Qin also knew that this was difficult for the strongman, but he really had no one to rely on except for an inconspicuous caravan like them.

He gestured to the soldiers guarding the door. The soldier immediately closed the door and stood guard outside the door.

Only then did the old general Qin say in a low voice: "Little brother, the old man also knows that he is embarrassed by you, but it is just what the old man wants." In fact, it was very simple, but there was no suitable person to help, so I asked for the head of the little brother. ”

As soon as Li Darttou wanted to open his mouth to say something, the old general raised his hand to stop it, and continued without giving Li Darthead a chance to interject and refuse: "My eldest grandson also joined the army here, when they went out of the city to attack the aliens. My eldest grandson followed. But they were defeated, and some of them fled back. returned to the city alive. Although this small city was also attacked by foreign races, the old man came to the rescue in time. Only the houses were damaged, and the soldiers and civilians who fled were not killed or wounded. But among these lucky people, there is no grandchild of mine. As the old general spoke, his throat choked, and Li Darttou didn't dare to interrupt, so he had to open his mouth and wait in surprise.

The old general continued: "I heard from the soldiers who went out of the city with them that when the attack failed and was pursued by the foreign cavalry, they ran away.

I just don't know where my grandson is now. Was it captured? Or are you stuck in the steppe and lost? Or are you injured and can't come back? We don't know. Now is the time when the relationship between the two sides is the most tense, and the old man can't just send people to blatantly search.

You are businessmen and long-term acquaintances with them, and they will not guard you too much. So please help, help inquire about the whereabouts of the old man and grandson, if he is captured, he doesn't need you to save him, as long as he knows his exact news! ”

Li Darttou thought that this was not difficult, so he nodded and said: "Old general, this is indeed not a difficult matter, you tell your grandson's nickname, go back and let a few people in the same company also pay attention, and when we see that there is a Han over there, we will ask him by his nickname!" Just ask the nickname and don't mention the identity, do you always look good? ”

The old general's melancholy and painful expression had a hint of excitement, "Okay! The little brother is worthy of being a celebrity who often walks the rivers and lakes. The old man's grandson's nickname is very special, called Tiger Girl, as long as you mention this name, he knows that the old man must be sending someone to find him! ”

Li Darttou saw that the old general seemed to ask him for help with such a thing, so he stood up immediately, clasped his hands into fists and said: "Don't worry, the old general, we will try our best to investigate, no matter what the news is, there is a clue, and he will not be missed." Don't worry, you're going to leave! ”

The old general hurriedly stood up, with tears in his eyes, and returned the salute with his hands in fists: "Thank you little brother for your righteousness, the old man is counting on you!" ”

Li Darttou didn't dare to accept such a package ticket, and hurriedly replied: "Old general, you can't just count on this team of people, if you always have other channels, it's best to use them!" ”

Of course, Old General Qin knew that he wouldn't just point at them, but he could just say that he was counting more heavily, as if his heart was calmer, and the strange psychology was just doing tricks!

Li Darttou returned to the place where he checked the border guards, they had already finished the inspection, and those retail merchants all passed the customs together pretending to be coachmen and entourage.

Out of the customs. Li Dangtou told Xiaohu and Chen Dagongzi about the things entrusted by the old general Qin, and asked them to pay attention to it, and pay attention to inquire about the slightest suspicious place.

And when they were hungry, they ate a little dry food to satisfy their hunger. It wasn't until it was getting dark that he set up camp next to a lake no more than two or three acres in size, ready to rest for the night.

Li Darttou instructed everyone how to park the vehicles: "You put the vehicles in a circle and put the horses in the middle. ”

Such a placement can encircle the horse, and the second can prevent wolf attacks, and there are many sheep and wolves on the grassland!

Let's build a fire and make rice. Two rabbits caught in the snow during the day, one roasted and the other stewed in hot sauce.

The smell of barbecue attracted a few hungry wolves looking for food in the snow, and seven or eight wolves did not come to grab food. It's a delivery of food.

didn't ask Li Dart to get up at all, Xiaohu, Dahong, Xiangzi, Laizi, the four brothers solved it in two or three clicks each, and they still didn't feel like it, because they hadn't had the opportunity to kill so happily for a long time.

Those who didn't take Xiaohu and them in their eyes originally, the people in the Zhao family's caravan all widened their eyes and looked at one by one. The four brothers, who were as sharp as cutting vegetables, were secretly surprised in their hearts.

Leader Zhao is especially strong, originally he had a great sense of superiority. thought that the strength of his caravan was far better than that of the Wang family and the Chen family, and both the Wang family and the Chen family relied on their own strength to dare to go out of the pass and enter the grassland. Only now did I know that the strength that the four people had just shown had surpassed the combat effectiveness of their entire caravan. None of them could kill a hungry wolf in a single move, and they would not be harmed in the slightest.

The four brothers, unable to see the eager and admiring gazes of others, patronized and dragged the wolf to the water's edge. Busy peeling and peeling the flesh. Seeing that they were just busy peeling their skins, Li Darttou stood up by himself and took a few of his subordinates. Cover the wolf blood in the snow with snow, so that the smell of blood is too strong and attracts more wild wolves looking for food. It would be annoying to attract wolves.

Leader Zhao approached Li Dangtou and asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, could those few be your junior disciples?" ”

Li Dart shook his head with a smile and said, "My master may not be able to match their kung fu!" How could it be my junior brother! ”

"And who is their master, do you know?" Leader Zhao asked after him again.

Li Dart smiled: "I don't know! According to their own words, it was because when their families were poor and they were looking for a life in the mountains, they practiced the ability to kill wolves, which belonged to the kind of self-taught! ”

Leader Zhao nodded violently in a sudden realization, "Oh! That's right, no wonder I can't think of which teacher they came from when I look at their routine! These boys are really good at things, if they had learned martial arts from their teachers since they were children, they would not be one of the best masters now! ”

Li Darttou said disapprerovingly: "That's not necessarily, maybe they live well, it doesn't matter if they are martial arts or not, how can they work hard to learn?" ”

"What you say is true!" Leader Zhao looked at the busy and lively brothers who were smashing ice and skinning by the lake, and said: "Seeing that they care so much about and are excited about a few wolf skins, it seems that their family background is indeed not good!" ”

Li Darttou didn't answer him, just smiled and didn't say anything. Seeing that Xiaohu had already skinned a wolf, he said to his subordinates: "You go, bring the skinned wolf meat of Xiaohu, let's make roast wolf meat to eat, just this snow is cold panic, eat some wolf meat to go to the cold." ”

After the four brothers skinned the wolf, they also distributed the wolf meat. There were twelve of them, and they gathered around a fire and gave a wolf meat. The hired coachman sat around a fire and gave one. Although the Zhao family's caravan was crowded, Xiaohu only gave one wolf meat. They have already taken one of their own fire, so they don't have to give it again. The rest is put in the snow, piled up with snow and buried, and it will be frozen tomorrow morning, and tomorrow's meat problem will be solved.

After eating and drinking, everyone else could sleep peacefully in the carriage, but the people of Li Darthead's dart team and the Zhao family's caravan had to take turns guarding them. Although the northern grasslands are cold, because they have just eaten wolf meat, they have accumulated a fire in their bodies, and those who are asleep and those who are nursing them have not suffered the slightest frostbite because of the severe cold of this freezing earth.

The next day, when I packed my things and was about to set off, I was watching Li Darttou in the distance, but I said to Leader Zhao and Xiaohu: "You wait! Someone must have quietly come over last night, I'll go and see the imprints there, don't move yet. Wait until I get back! (To be continued)