Chapter 69: Tracking

Ding Yingwen is not wrong, the addition of the old Ding Tou has brought great convenience to the whole team, don't underestimate this, in the area where the place of life is not familiar, the daily itinerary is not easy to master, especially after crossing the Luan River and entering the Pingluan Road, the population begins to be sparse, even if there is a map in hand, the villages and towns near and far will also make people scratch their heads, because according to the footsteps, it is very likely that the next stop will stay in the wilderness, which will bring endless troublenet.

"Official, there is a village about ten miles ahead, Lao Er has dealt with them a few times, the owner of the village is a kind person, no one will be offended, it is better to let Lao Er go to the clichés, see how long those people have been?"

Unlike the Central Plains, the land is vast and the population is small, but thieves and bandits are common, so there are few scattered villages, most of them are stone forts built by a certain landlord, and the tenants or owners of these nearby fields are inhabited. For strangers, they should be more vigilant, especially Li Shiyi, who is not like a businessman, and does not wear official uniforms, everyone has weapons, but they are afraid that they will not even be able to enter the gate of the village.

And Lao Ding is different, he often takes caravans to and fro, and he will make a good relationship along the way, who knows what will happen on the road, and it will be a life-saving way. For this reason, occasionally they will bring these villages the means of life or production they need, and purchase the surplus materials they produce, and everyone will be familiar with each other as soon as they come and go, and they will not hesitate to give the general news, of course, for the sake of not seeing the large number of people, and they will never get involved in any disputes.

Li Shiyi agreed to his request, and in the process of waiting for the news, he ordered everyone to dismount and rest for a while, they were not as extravagant as the Mongols, one person and two horses or even more, if the horsepower was not saved, the people had not caught up, but the horses were going to be tired to death.

The scenery of this area is actually good, there is a reckless taste, as the famous granary of later generations, the alluvial plain formed by several big rivers has turned this area into black fertile soil, Li Shiyi picked up a handful of soil casually, the soil power is clear in his heart, this is the best land, but unfortunately no one has to cultivate, it is unimaginable in the south of the Yangtze River, the land is fertile, the water is abundant, and the rice that is used in the south is planted, and it is expected that two or even three crops a year.

After a while, Lao Dingtou came back on a horse, and the horse was carrying half a piece of mutton, just enough to add some broth to their dry food, but the news brought back was a little bad, not that the target ran away, but that the pheasant sister and the others were gone.

"They didn't hit this way? Is it that if you go the other way, you still lose it? Li Shiyi was a little puzzled, there was no response in the microphone, I don't know if it was not turned on or exceeded the transmission distance, both of which were very fatal, because it meant that they would not be able to get their own support.

"This village is at least in charge of the surrounding twenty miles of territory, if you don't take this road, then you will go far away, in the past it was Guangning Fu Road, from here all the way to the Liaohe River is like this, it is not easy to find a chance to start."

The map is in the head of the old Ding Tou, in the past, as a caravan, he was full of consideration for the safety of the whole team, so which place is more dangerous and which is easy to escape is familiar with his chest, but now he has changed his role and become a hunter, but he has encountered a problem.

It is not far from the coastline, the mouth of the Luan River is nearby, and all the way to the Liaohe River basin mentioned by Lao Dingtou is a plain area, which means that it is difficult to ambush with the characteristics of the terrain. There are roads extending in all directions on the vast plains, if the target absconds in disguise, with the two hundred or so people under him, there is basically no possibility of catching up, and judging from the tracking situation these days, the target is obviously very vigilant, although he does not necessarily know that someone is chasing behind, but he never spends the night in the wilderness, either looking for a village or entering the town, so that Li Shiyi and they have no way to start, so they can only follow all the way.

Now that it is far away from the capital, I can't find a chance to start, but I'm afraid that I will have to enter the old forest, where there are tribes of the Tatars, Jurchens, and Goryeo people everywhere, and this amount of manpower is not enough for people to eat, so unless it is a last resort, Liu Yu strictly forbids them to do this, even if it is a little longer.

But since Li Shiyi came out, he didn't think about returning empty-handed, didn't the waiter say, "If you don't have a chance, you will create a chance." While listening to Lao Dingtou's words, he looked at the map, if he crossed the Liao River, he would enter the Changbai Mountains, which might be his last chance.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the pheasant slave and his party had left them far behind, and it turned out that as soon as they left the city, they directly followed the outpost of the target person, from following at the beginning to directly surpassing them later, and even one step faster than them. As a result, when Li Shiyi and the others were still on Pingluan Road, they had already entered Jinzhou City on Guangning Fu Road, except for the two subordinates who were watching, the others were eating and sleeping well in the inn, and the pheasant slave's mind was very simple, she didn't believe that the target's net worth would cross the city without entering, as long as they entered the city, it would be easy to find.

"Sister Pheasant, their people are here." Hearing the soft shouts outside the room, the pheasant slave turned over and got out of bed, she didn't even take off her clothes, in order to act quickly.

"Coming to us?" The inn where the pheasant slave was located was the largest in the city, and she believed that the other party would definitely choose this place once she entered the city, so she opened a few rooms and blocked the exits of each corridor, but the old dog shook his head.

It turned out that the guy had a shop in the city, and behind it was a large courtyard, which was enough for the people to eat and live. The pheasant slave was not discouraged, let the old dog take it and touch it, who knew that there were people shouting and neighing, there were people everywhere, there was no way to mix in, the pheasant slave they went around, and still couldn't find any good way, it was impossible to break through, the other party had too many people.

But he can't control so much, he has been rushing every day for the past few days, just to get here as soon as possible, of course, he is not worried about any danger here, the thousands of households in the city are almost his own people, and the most important thing is that he is here to wait for someone.

"I didn't expect you to arrive before me, how did you come for a few days?" Thinking about washing and going to bed early, his subordinates came to tell him a message, and when he heard it, he couldn't care about being tired, and even his steps were a little brisker, and he couldn't see the bloat on his body at all.

"I have brought greetings from the Great Khan on this trip, it would be good if you could go over there." The other party is a typical Mongolian man, not very tall, his legs are a little looped, which is formed by long-term riding, he smiled and opened his arms, like a friend who has not seen him for many years.

"That's my honor, please believe that I will definitely go."