"Commander, we found this. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info "A few garrison sentries handed over a piece of thick bark to Gongsun Cover.

Gongsun Fu took it and looked at it, and there was a Chinese character "three" written on it in blood, and an arrow was also crossed.

Arrows are usually used to indicate directions, and Gongsun Fu immediately asked the sentry rider, "Where did you pick this up?" In what direction was the arrow pointing in the bark at that time? ”

A sentry pointed to the grove ahead: "Picked up at the edge of the woods, when the arrow pointed to the river ahead." ”

Gongsun Fu nodded, there were traces of a large number of human and animal activities in the forest over there, and it was broken when it reached the riverbank, it seems that this arrow is indeed pointing the way. Then there is a question, who put this? What is the meaning of the word "three"?

Most likely, it should have been done by the captured Han people, mostly with the blood of slaughtered livestock...... But what is the meaning of this "three"?

Unable to grasp the essentials for a while, the hunting party continued on its way.

After crossing the river, they walked nearly a hundred miles, and the sentry found it again. It's still bark, it's blood, it's still arrows. The difference is that this time the arrow points due east, and the blood character has also changed, and now it is a "two" character.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.

Qiu Zhong scratched his head and said: "Could it be that this person doesn't know how to read......" Qiu Zhong's words really make some sense, after all, few ordinary people know how to read and write these days, and most of them don't know if it's a "one" word...... It's good to be able to write a few numbers, but it's puzzling.

Ban Xing stroked his beard, thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "No, this person is not only literate, but also has a strong ability to count distances. ”

Gongsun Fu looked at Ban Xing in surprise: "Counting distance? ”

"That's right! Have you noticed, how many miles have we traveled since we found this bark? ”

"About a hundred miles." Affected by Zhang Fang, Han Chong, who paid special attention to the terrain and distance, blurted out, and his eyes lit up, "Three is three hundred miles!" Two hundred miles! ”

W-How is this possible? Gongsun Fu's eyes widened in surprise, could this person guess that there was a hunting party behind him? If this person can guess, does that mean that Morton and the others can also guess?

Ban Xing's guess is right, tomorrow will be able to understand.

Sure enough, the next day, the hunting team ran for another hundred miles, and found another piece of bark, pointing to the northeast, and the blood word on it was still "two" - it didn't look right, but everyone's expressions were not wrong, and their eyes were brighter.

"It looks like a mileage." A smile appeared on Gongsun Fu's face, "I move the enemy and move." Okay, two hundred miles, full speed, tomorrow can be expected. ”

……

Morton and his tribe were indeed encamped two hundred miles to the northeast by a puddle. Morton rode his horse and personally climbed the high northern slope with the sentry to see the surrounding terrain.

"The grass is lush, the mountains are high and the forests are deep, the grasslands are gentle, and there are lakes and swamps, which is really a good place." Morton praised it while watching, obviously very excited. However, although the grassland is large, most of them have owners. This place is so good, if you want to say that there is no owner, even he doesn't believe in it, now it depends on the strength of the owner of this place.

Morton has decided not to leave, and if the tribe is strong, he will take refuge in it; If the strength is equal, divide it; If the strength is weak, hehe, then I can't help it......

Half an hour later, the sentinel returned: "My lord, I have found some shepherds, and according to them, this place belongs to a tribe called Udan Branch. ”

"Udan is fragmented?!" Morton tugged at his beard, rolled his eyes for a long time, and remembered. When he led the warriors of the tribe to besiege Donggeng Fengsui, he had dealt with several Wudan fragments, and it seemed that he was still a captain...... However, war and peace on the grassland are common, and fighting back then was not only not a bad thing, but an opportunity to make friendships. And as far as he knew, this Udan tribe didn't seem to be a big tribe, and there weren't many of them. Of course, no one can say for sure what is happening on the grassland, it's been five years, maybe people have allowed it, and they have to explore the truth and reality.

"Where do the Udan Fragments live?"

"The shepherd said it was more than two hundred miles from the north, but it was not ......."

"But what?"

"It is said that thirty miles away, there is a fortress of the Udan detachments, and sometimes the Udan detachments come to patrol, and sometimes they come to the captain......"

"Let's go, let's see."

When Morton led the cavalry away, a man wrapped in a thick ragged robe withdrew his gaze, lowered the brim of his hat, stepped on a large bundle of weeds with his feet, and pulled the bundle with both hands, and shook his hands on his shoulders.

The man walked back to the camp, and when he passed a slaughterhouse, a strong man with a bleating fat sheep looked around and quickly approached him, and whispered: "When the sheep is about to be slaughtered, do you want to write the word 'one' today?" ”

The man shook his head, raised his hand and put the brim of his hat, revealing a pair of black and white vigilant eyes: "No need, Morton won't leave." ”

"Huh? You mean......"

"It's such a livable place, and I'll stay if I change it."

When these two people were talking, their facial features loomed, and if Gongsun saw him, he would definitely be surprised-these two people, one was Deng Zhan's entourage Shi Niu, and the other was Mo Qin, the leader of the Wandering People's Group!

Shi Niu was originally captured with Deng Zhan, and it was not surprising that he appeared here, but didn't Mo Qin run away? How......

That's right, Mo Qin was one of the very few people who were lucky enough to escape into the reeds that day, dive into the water, and escape. However, the guilt of dereliction of duty made him not return to Wulei City, nor did he wait for the Zhang Fang envoy to leave nearby, but resolutely disguised himself as a herdsman and followed the migration path of the Ta Khan people, tracking all the way.

I have to say that Mo Qin was very lucky, not only did he catch up with the Khan people ten days later, but he also managed to sneak in.

At that time, a young man in the Han people team was injured on the night of the Hun raid, and after more than ten days, he finally could not hold on, and died that night, and his family carried the body out of the camp for burial.

At this time, Mo Qin, who was hiding in the shadows, saw that a flash of inspiration appeared from the shadows. The family was really frightened, but when they saw that the person who came was actually their chief officer, their faces were full of disbelief...... The rest of the matter was logical, Mo Qin pretended to be a young man who had been resurrected from the dead, returned to the camp with the family, and lurked. Since Mo Qin is the chief officer of the Exile Militia Group, there are many people who know him, and he is in a dangerous situation, and his hearts are separated from his belly, so he has to guard against it. So Mo Qin pretended to be sick some time ago, anyway, he was a "wounded", and it was normal to be sick. After a month, he slowly "recovered" and was able to move around, and his face was covered in mud mixed with horse manure, which was unrecognizable to the general public.

Mo Qin originally wanted to contact Ban Xing and Deng Zhan, but the two were very tightly guarded by the Huns and could not be approached, but they inadvertently connected with the stone ox that was arranged to be slaughtered by the Huns.

Mo Qin learned about Deng Zhan's recent situation from Shi Niu, and at the same time, he also saw Ban Xing being escorted south by Qu Tu and his party. Mo Qin knew that he had been chasing a hunting team behind him, and when he saw Ban Xing leave the team and turn back, he knew that things had taken a turn for the better.

He estimated when Ban Xing and Qu Tu would collide with the hunting team, and after the hunting team intercepted Qu Tu, they would chase at full speed, so he asked Shi Niu to use sheep blood as a sign on the bark to guide him. The reason why the writing is not clear is not because of the mystery, but because the person who writes Shi Niu, he recognizes his own name, and the number from one to ten......

Hearing that there was no need to write anymore, Shi Niu suddenly became excited, his arm screamed, and the sheep bleated and wailed, and he couldn't suppress his excitement and whispered: "You mean that it is possible to ...... tomorrow."

Mo Qin looked up to the west, his eyes narrowed, and a needle-like light flashed: "Maybe tomorrow, maybe, tonight ......" (to be continued.) )