Chapter 148: A Major Discovery
Interrogating a barbarian captive is not a simple matter, and even if An Xu finally gets the barbarian to speak, he can't tell whether what the other party said is true or not.
If the opponent deliberately sets some traps, such as saying that the distress signal is a contact signal, his own team is likely to be surrounded by a large number of barbarian squads.
Just when An Xu hesitated to wake up the barbarian soldier now, Doudou and the others had almost finished cleaning the battlefield.
"I don't need anything else, anyway, the supplies we carry are enough for the time being!" Doudou kicked the barbarian weapon on the ground, feeling that the barbarian material was like a pile of tatters in comparison.
Wait a minute!? Speaking of the word supply, An Xu suddenly remembered something.
Because he remembered very well that when the raid was launched, these barbarians were eating, and their food, he had never seen before.
An Xu returned to where he was just now, rummaged carefully, and found a crude rattan basket containing a white fruit the size of a fist, and the food of these barbarian soldiers was made from this kind of fruit chopped and boiled with meat.
This kind of fruit is obviously not a product of Huiye's territory, although An Xu has not traveled to many places, Heyuan City has been to it a few times, and he knows very well what is abundant in this area.
Then, this kind of food was brought by the barbarian soldiers from other places, and the most likely thing is that it was produced in the Kingdom of Chizawa.
An Xu estimated that with the amount of food eaten by ordinary barbarian soldiers, this rattan basket of food could be eaten by a barbarian squad for three to five days at most, which was definitely very scarce for an army that needed to lurk for a long time.
Generally speaking, when supplies are low, they will definitely save food, or find some substitutes to use, such as some local edible beast meat, etc., which can extend the team's endurance.
However, these barbarian soldiers had no intention of saving at all, and did not seem to worry that the food would run out, so only two situations made sense:
One scenario is that they only need to stay here for a few days and evacuate as soon as the supplies run out, but this is obviously impossible, and according to the situation of the war, they will at least have to lurk for a considerable period of time.
On the other hand, they have a steady source of food!
"Supply depots, they have supply depots!" An Xu muttered, he was also taken aback by this idea, these barbarians had unknowingly built a supply depot here!
"What are you talking about?" Doudou said he didn't understand at all.
An Xu said in a deep voice: "If I'm not mistaken, there must be a supply depot here to provide logistical supplies to these lurking barbarian squads!" β
"How is it possible, this is still the control area of Kazuha, the reason why there is no way to take these barbarian squads is because they have high mobility, and Kazuha's legions can't be wiped out one by one, but if it is a fixed stronghold, I'm afraid it will be served a long time ago!" Beanie Road.
"No, no, it must be like this, I have been thinking about this problem before I came, now that the weather is freezing and even the locals of Huiye are short of food, how can these barbarian teams guarantee a food source?"
The more An Xu thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, and only this possibility could be explained, that supply station must be hidden in a very hidden place, so it was not discovered.
"So, as long as we find this supply station and eliminate it, these barbarian squads will fall into a situation of insufficient supplies, and even cause them to retreat directly?" Doudou also became serious, An Xu's judgment has always rarely made mistakes, and this thing is true.
An Xu affirmed: "Although there is no guarantee that they will retreat, it will inevitably make it difficult for them to move, I thought about it for a while, relying on our teams alone, it is still too reluctant to clear these areas within a week." It would be a great success to destroy their supply depot! β
Lin Qingqing had been listening to the conversation and was worried, "But how can we find their supply depot?" I heard that these barbarians have very hard mouths, and even if we torture them, they will not necessarily tell us. β
An Xu looked at the unconscious barbarian soldier on the ground, the expression on his face was a little uncertain.
Half an hour laterβ
"I said this method doesn't work, that guy didn't freeze to death on the ground, did he?" Doudou whispered, and the group was hiding behind a distant hillside, watching the movement in the distance.
An Xu soothed: "Wait a little longer, there is only this way at present, when he wakes up and finds that he is the only one left alive, he will inevitably be very panicked, in such an emotion, it is easy to run away to the safest place in his heart, let's just follow quietly." β
"What if it's discovered?"
An Xu smiled bitterly: "If we are found out, we will be busy in vain!" β
"Shhhhh Ivan motioned for everyone to be quiet and stared ahead quietly, at such a distance, only Ivan could clearly see the movement there, and An Xu and the others could only see a few small black dots.
The unconscious barbarian soldier pushed away a corpse pressed on his body, got up with difficulty, and looked around, and found that he was the only one alive, and then he really became a little dispossessed, and sat in a daze.
It took several minutes for him to cover his wound and stagger away in one direction.
"Let's go along!" Doudou whispered.
Ivan stopped him and said patiently: "Wait first, he is very vigilant now, as soon as we follow, it will be easy for him to notice!" β
"You won't lose it, will you? It's getting dark, and if he gets into the mountains, it will be hard to find him! Doudou had some worry on his face.
"Don't worry, I've sprinkled tracking potions on him, and unless he completely changes his clothes and washes his body again, he won't be able to get rid of us." Knoll patted his chest and reassured.
"He's gone into the col, let's go!" Ivan slapped Doudou and then bent down to chase after him, followed by the others.
Tracking is a tiring job, especially over long distances.
The barbarian soldier walked around the mountains, passing by the same place several times, which made An Xu wonder if the other party had noticed something. After all, it is indeed rare for a seriously injured person to be so vigilant.
After another hour or so, just when Doudou's mood couldn't help but start to get impatient, the situation finally changed, at the entrance of a mountain road, two barbarian soldiers came out, stopped the tracking target and began to ask, and it didn't take long for one of them to take him to the mountain, and the other hid in the surrounding terrain.
There is a dark whistle!
An Xu and the others glanced at each other, where there was a secret sentry, there must be something important, and it was very likely that the supply depot was hidden somewhere in this mountain.
It would be very troublesome to keep up with it when it came here, An Xu didn't know how many dark posts there were, and rashly approaching would only expose the existence of his team.
"Let's take a rest, it's going to get dark soon, I'll touch it alone and take a look!" Ivan suggested.
In this snow-covered environment, it is difficult to spot the white cloak at night, and Ivan has full confidence in his skills.
An Xu nodded, this was the best way, so they hid in a pile of rubble at the bottom of the mountain, waiting for the time to pass slowly.
"It's so cold!" Xu Wei hugged her shoulders and complained, she didn't use camping tools, and her physique was a little unbearable in this ice and snow, especially after tracking for most of the day, Xu Wei consumed a lot of energy.
Lin Qingqing directly lifted the cloak and hugged her in his arms: "So it's not cold, right?" β
"Hehe, thank you Qingqing!" Xu Wei happily hugged Lin Qingqing's waist, because An Xu arranged for Lin Qingqing to protect Xu Wei every time, and now the relationship between the two has become very good.
Doudou looked at him enviously, then turned her gaze to Fanny, and the little girl immediately responded to him with a cold gaze, as if to say, 'If you dare to come, you will die'.
In the middle of the night, Ivan finally touched it back: "The captain guessed correctly, there is indeed a supply station on it, and there are a lot of supplies, but there are heavy soldiers, and there are several powerful guys at the mouth of the cave alone, and they were almost discovered by them, with our firepower, I am afraid that we will not be able to capture there." β
An Xu nodded, not entangled, it was already very good to be able to find out the location of the supply station, and said in a low voice: "Then let's go back to the fortress first and pass the news up, someone will deal with it then." β