However, even so, searching all the way up from the bottom of the dead woods, searching most of the hillside woodland, found thousands of charred corpses, but none of them found this identifiable object.

"Strange? Could it be ...... Not here? Ma Bin was surprised.

"Could it be...... It's burned down. One soldier smacked his lips.

"Fart! What was said? A single plant and tree has been scorched and there are still ashes, let alone people? General Kobayashi is burly and strong, can he leave nothing behind? Ma Bin scolded angrily.

The soldier apologized again and again, and he also said nonsense for a while, burned to ashes and ashes, and it was impossible to burn them out.

"I think Xiaohu didn't die at all, I have this hunch. And it's getting stronger. Midori said softly.

Everyone looked at her in a daze, and said in their hearts: We can understand your feelings, and I hope you are right. But in this case, I am afraid that it is impossible to survive. You just hope that Lin Hu can survive.

"Keep searching, there's still a lot of land to be searched for." The little county lord said softly.

The crowd nodded silently, and had no choice but to continue the terrifying and suffocating search. The route of the search was from the western hillside to the east, and the search continued to the east. Soon after, Ma Bin suddenly noticed a strange sight.

"Huh? Why is this place so empty? Not a single tree? Ma Bin pointed to the hillside ahead in surprise.

Everyone followed Ma Bin's gaze and found that something was wrong. Although the surrounding woods were burned to ashes by the fire, they were all small trees. The thick trees were scorched, but they still had their scorched trunks standing upright. The whole forest has become very sparse, but it is still possible to tell that it is a forest. Those scorched tree trunks are also all over the hillside, and they are all over the place. However, the direction of Ma Bin's finger can obviously be seen to be somewhat different. There were only a few dozen dead trees standing in the ashes on the slopes of that large hillside, some of which were burned to the point of only their trunks, but there were also a dozen that still had half-charred and half-green trunks. The area was extremely empty compared to the large expanse of dead wood around it. The yellow-green color of the canopy of the tree also stood out and striking in the scorched black around it.

"Oh, Lord Ma, it was a clearing in the woods. The trees we harvest are harvested in the forest. Except for the big trees that can't be moved, we should cut down a large area of trees. And then they were piled up in that clearing. General Kobayashi said that by doing so, outsiders would not be able to see that the woods had been felled, and would not be discovered by the Jurchen scouts. Captain Wang Huai hurriedly explained.

Ma Bin nodded with a sigh, I see. That clearing was cut down by Lin Hu. The big trees that were too thick to carry were difficult to carry, so they did not cut them down, and they cut down and piled up other trees to use as matches on the official road. That's why only a few dozen big trees will remain in that area.

"Some of the big trees aren't scorched. Why is that? Qianqian asked suddenly.

Everyone had long felt that something was wrong, and their eyes suddenly widened when Qianqian asked this, and they all felt incredible.

The green of the canopy in the midst of the ashes seemed too unreal, and that was what they found incredible. There's no reason they'd survive the fire.

"I see, I know." Gao Muqing suddenly shouted, her voice trembling a little.

"The big trees were in the middle of that clearing, and the fire around them couldn't reach them. Fallen leaves and long grass on the ground caught fire, but the fire was not strong enough to burn the trees completely. Do you remember the firebreak on the periphery of our cottage? In order to ensure the safety of the cottage, the husband ordered the trees around the cottage to be cut down into a clearing and covered with soil and stones, so that once the forest caught fire, it could isolate the fire. Do you remember? Isn't that the same thing? Gao Muqing shouted hurriedly.

Everyone came to their senses and nodded their heads again and again. The truth is the same, firebreaks are a way to cut down trees and prevent the spread of fire. And this clearing on the hillside after Lin Hu and his men cut down all the small trees, a clearing in the forest is just a firebreak. So those trees survived because when the fire was raging, the trees in the middle of the clearing were actually not spread by the fire around them. It is impossible for a fire caused by fallen leaves and wild grass on the ground to burn a large tree.

"Doesn't that mean...... If...... If...... Xiaohu and they fled to the middle of this clearing, and it was possible to ...... Is it possible to be alive? Fang Huanqiu's mind was fast, and he immediately thought of this possibility and said it.

"Yes, yes, I ...... That's exactly what I meant. It's possible, why isn't it? Gao Muqing gasped nervously, and the reason why she shouted excitedly was precisely because she thought of this possibility.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they came to their senses as if they had been enlightened.

"It's possible, it's possible."

"Let's go there and find it, let's go quickly."

The women shouted excitedly.

Ma Bin was also very excited, and hurriedly called out to the soldiers who were searching on the left to run to the east slope together. There were a lot of charred corpses along the way, and it was obvious at a glance that they were the corpses of the soldiers of the Luoyan Army, because the corpses were scattered with greedy wolf long knives. Looking at the posture of the corpse lying down, it is all in the direction of the open space in front of it. This reinforces the conclusion that the soldiers were running towards the open field at the last moment.

Soon, everyone arrived at the clearing. The ground was covered with a thin layer of ash, which was the ash of fallen leaves and grass that had burned after the fire had passed. There were several corpses lying on the edge, which were confirmed to be those of the soldiers of the Falling Goose Army. Although their clothes and hair were burned, it was evident that they were not burned as badly as the charred corpses in the woods. Wang Huai even recognized the faces of several people.

"That's Zhang Debiao, Captain Li's men. This brother is Zeng Erniu. This is Ma Laosan. It's a few of them. Ay! These people are burned to death here. It's so sad. Wang Huai said with tears in his eyes after examining the body.

The feeling of being identified is more uncomfortable than the feeling of being charred. It's better to burn it to coke and not know who is who, and it feels even more uncomfortable after recognizing it. Hearing that there was no Lin Hu inside, the women and Ma Bin breathed a sigh of relief. although

However, it is said that the emphasis in the Luo Yan Army is that everyone is brothers and sisters, equal and consistent. But that's just a slogan, after all, there is a difference between intimacy and intimacy, although everyone is sad, but they care more about Lin Hu's life and death.

The people searched all the way to the middle, and found a few big trees in the middle. They were disappointed. The trees in the middle that were still alive had obviously been ravaged by the flames, and the ground was covered with ashes and ashes. Although the big tree is alive, there is no one below, and there is no one at all who expected, and Lin Hu will be found alive here.

The women were so disappointed that Midori began to cry again. Ma Bin was also depressed. When there is hope, it is even more difficult to be disappointed. At the beginning, I held the idea that Lin Hu would die here, but my mood was not so sad except for sadness. When he thought that Lin Hu might be alive, now he was even more uncomfortable. Thinking about it, Lin Hu has been killed, and the corpse should be lying in a place that everyone has not searched, and it has become a piece of charcoal.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier shouted loudly from the bottom of the southeast slope.

"Master Ma, General Gao, you come here to see something, it seems that there is something strange."

Ma Bin and the others were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly rushed away. The difference between the edge of the slope and the edge of the clearing is a small cliff. I couldn't see it at all from above, and when I went down to find that the side of a huge rock was exposed, more than a foot high. This kind of small cliff wall is actually not uncommon, but it is hidden among the trees and grass on weekdays. At this moment, the surrounding trees were cut down, and the grass and trees were burned out, and they were directly exposed. What is even more surprising is that there is a small depression under the cliff. There was a large mud pool in the depression that was almost dry. The bare roots and grass roots next to the quagmire are not charcoal-like, but dry and yellow. It didn't look like it had been burned over the fire, but like it had been roasted and browned.

"Oh, yes, it's a little waterhole. When we were cutting down trees, one of my brothers stepped on the side of the mountain and fell from the air, and we learned that this was a small pool. Wang Huai shouted.

Ma Bin's eyes widened and he looked at the place where the roots of the trees were entangled in the grass stems below the boulder, where the grooves of the cliff wall were dark and blurry, but there was a black mass faintly visible inside.

"There's something in there, quick, what's it? Move out. Ma Bin shouted.

Wang Huai also noticed something unusual, and shouted to several brothers to step on the mud that sank deep into their calves to come to the bottom of the cliff. Tearing open the roots and grass stems of the tangled tree, he reached out and pulled out the black inside. Amid the exclamations of the crowd, a black, muddy figure was exposed to everyone's gaze.

"Yes...... It's Li Dapeng and Captain Li. Still angry, not dead yet. Wang Huai exclaimed in surprise. He could see the black man's face, though it was a blur of burnt flesh.

"See if there's anyone else in there?" Ma Bin said loudly.

Wang Huai crawled in the mud, and then everyone heard his shout of surprise: "General Xiaolin is here." Thank God. It's him. With a gold box on his chest. ”

The women wept with joy, and in the hazy eyes of tears, they watched Wang Huai and the others pull out another person who was covered in mud and was completely black.