When the enclave resisted the siege of the Plateau Qiang, Wang Ping's team finally made progress in searching for and rescuing Jia Zhu.

In the valley where Jia Zhu's team and the flying army died en masse, Wang Ping and the others found a crack at the bottom of the valley.

The crack is behind the boulder, only one person is allowed to pass, there are trees outside, and it looks like a part of the cliff at a glance, before the search team looked at the bottom of the valley outside the valley, but they couldn't detect it, Wang Ping's team went deep into the bottom of the valley, and it was also a coincidence that they found the crack. After entering the crack, I found that the front was narrow, but the back was getting wider and wider, and the crack penetrated deep into the belly of the mountain, and finally drilled out of another hidden crack two miles away.

Wang Ping's team did not find Jia Zhu in the belly of the mountain, but found a wisp of clothing on the crack rock wall, Wang Ping recognized the same color and texture as Jia Zhu, and immediately knew that he had found the right place.

Recalling the information they had before, Jia Zhu's team was chased and killed, and the flying army was forced into the valley and could not escape, so Jia Zhu could only be left alone in the valley to find a place to hide, and the flying army was responsible for breaking the rear, and finally all died in the valley. Later, the Qiang people should not have found Jia Zhu, so they simply lit a fire in the valley, and if there were Han people hidden in the valley, they would either be forced out of the hiding place by the fire and be killed, or they would be burned alive in the valley. It's just that there is no endless road, and the Qiang people didn't expect that there was a mountain crack to get out of the valley, and Jia Zhuding must have escaped from here.

finally found clues, Wang Ping's team naturally did not give up and continued to track.

The flying army is all from Yimin, a good hunter in the mountains, and has its own set of mountain tracking skills.

Jia Zhu's footprints can be found outside the exit, following the clues left by Jia Zhu, Wang Ping's team chased for a long time, and found that Jia Zhu's footprints disappeared halfway, and a large number of horse hooves and barefoot footprints appeared nearby.

Wang Ping felt a thrill in his heart.

Jia Zhu apparently met other people and ended up leaving with them, but it was unclear whether she was willing or coerced or kidnapped.

Wang Ping leaned towards the latter.

This is the territory of the Qiang people, no more than the land of Middle Earth, a young woman walking alone on the plateau, the situation is usually not too good, let alone a Han woman. Previously, the flying army died on the plateau, fought with the plateau Qiang one after another, and formed a mortal enemy, and later chased the deer to lead and ended the three wolf Qiang camps, which caused the plateau Qiang tribes to be angry, and Jia Zhu fell into the hands of the Qiang people, thinking about it, it is difficult to have good treatment.

There are also people in the flying army who think on the bright side, and Jia Zhu may meet good people, such as caravans.

The Han people were active on the plateau, and the safest identity was naturally the caravan, because the Qiang people were very much in need of certain goods brought by the caravan. Due to language, customs, channels, education (mathematics) and other reasons, it is really difficult for the Qiang people to run a caravan well, and there are few second-hand dealers like Baimaqiang, so almost all the activities on the plateau are Han caravans. When the caravan encountered a shipwrecked compatriot on the plateau, they would basically lend a helping hand, and the disappearance of Jia Zhu's footprints may be understood as a result of riding a car or horse.

But Wang Ping ruled out this possibility.

Reason: A large number of barefoot prints on site.

Zhululing has become the commercial center of Ba County, merchants are everywhere, although Wang Ping is a military general, he has seen a lot in the territory, and he has some knowledge of the general situation of the caravan.

When the caravan walks outside, you have to pay attention to your image, at least decency is required, even if you are a low-level mercenary, you can't walk around barefoot. Whether it's clogs or straw sandals, there will always be something wrapped around your feet, otherwise it is easy to be seen as a caravan that is not strong enough and you will lose some potential business.

Will the caravans walking on the plateau not have so many rules?

The answer is no, because buying and selling on the plateau is only part of the business, and the source of the goods sold and the Qiang goods exchanged for are of course all big Hans. In fact, at least half of the business of the plateau caravan is in the country, and with the domestic caravan atmosphere and habits, it is absolutely unacceptable to play barefoot, so wearing shoes is inevitable.

People who are used to wearing shoes will also get used to running around barefoot?

Obviously not, according to common sense.

On the other hand, the roads on the plateau are really more difficult to walk than in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and there are many official roads in the prefectures and counties of the Han Dynasty, and there are special people to take care of them, and the problem of barefoot is not big. The plateau does not have these conveniences, but there are more mountains and rocks, not to mention the caravan people who are used to wearing shoes, even if they are remote mountain people who are used to playing barefoot, the thick cocoons on the soles of their feet may not allow them to go freely in the plateau.

Due to the migration habits of the Qiang tribes, when the caravan travels on the plateau, in order to reduce the number of unjust roads, they will hire guides who are familiar with the terrain in the local area, but the presence of guides naturally does not need too much, usually one or two people are enough. A large number of footprints were left at the scene, and more than a dozen of them could be distinguished, so the possibility of those barefoot prints being left by people in the caravan is very small.

In addition to a large number of footprints, there are more horseshoe prints at the site.

For Feijun, this is obviously bad news, Wang Ping's team is all on foot, there is no means of transportation, and it is not easy to catch up. Wang Ping's head was as big as a fight, but the good news was that the imprints on the ground were very new, and several senior hunters in the team agreed that the imprints would take up to one day, so that Wang Ping saw a glimmer of hope to find Jia Zhu, and immediately led the team to follow the trail.

The difficulty of this tracking far exceeded Wang Ping's expectations.

There are no technical hurdles to tracking, but it turns out that two legs really can't outrun four legs......

Wang Ping's team are all wounded soldiers, and the injuries are not yet healed, and it is very difficult to rush out of the enclave to the valley, and then track the horse team non-stop, and the test of physical strength and perseverance can be imagined. To make matters worse, they did not carry any medicine or food for the wounds. It's not that they don't want to bring it, but Wang Ping and the others ran out secretly, the flying army collectively enjoys the treatment of wounded soldiers, and the territory naturally won't let the wounded soldiers cook and eat, and the wounded medicine is also on Bai Yu's side, in order to avoid being noticed by the shrewd and wise Xu Shu, Wang Ping and they don't dare to make too many material preparations. On the night of the escape, the flying army, who could not participate in the operation, gave up food, just to let his companions eat more, so that they could have more physical strength to cope with the next trip.

It's not that Wang Ping hasn't thought about how to solve the problem of eating, with the background of the hunter of the flying army, it should not be difficult to hunt some prey in the wild. But after Jia Zhu was taken away by the horse team, Wang Ping's team was afraid to pursue, how could they have free time to go around the mountains looking for prey?

So the squad began to chase the horses hungry.

Picking more than a dozen wild fruits halfway, everyone ate them separately, and the portion was naturally far from enough, and after the wild fruits were eaten, they felt even hungrier, and everyone's belly rumbled. But no one said anything, the flying army has its own pride, even if the troops have been disabled, the living people still regard the completion of the task as something that must be done, and it is not easy to find clues, Jia Zhu may be in danger again, everyone knows that no matter how difficult it is, they have to catch up and see what is going on.

No matter how hungry my stomach is, no matter how painful my wound is, I still have to run.

No one expected that this road would be chased for three days.

God rewards hard work, and the three days of hard work were not in vain.

On the night of the third day, Wang Ping's team finally caught up with the horse team, and the other party camped under a mountain cliff.

It's not a caravan, it's a horse bandit.