67. Crossing the Battle Line (Part I)
In order to determine the truth of what Wang Hu said, Tian Taohua separated those minions and interrogated them.
After inquiry, it was consistent with what Wang Hu said. Tian Taohua and the others decided to let Wang Hu lead the way and find this Yelu Deli.
Wang Hu took Tian Taohua and the two of them to Balong Bay.
There was indeed a man in this village named Jerodri. However, this man's reputation is not very good.
Tian Taohua and the others didn't care about the quality of this person, they just cared about the whereabouts of the treasure map in this person's hand.
After they had eaten breakfast, they left the captain, and rode out of the woods, and came along the mountain road.
They galloped down the hill on their horses, watching the terrain descend from east to west, and everywhere they looked there were mountains.
Wang Hu led the way in front, looked around on the horse, and pulled his throat, "Whoa-whoa-whoa!" He screamed twice.
Li Danian, who was walking behind, didn't understand, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, is your throat itchy?" ”
"Hehe, you're only half right, and the other half is to tell those wolves and leopards that someone is coming, don't trouble us."
Tian Taohua asked, "They can also listen to you?" ”
"These animals don't want to meet us humans, they also know that we humans are not to be messed with, and they will avoid it when they hear our calls."
"Interesting!" Li Danian whistled proudly on his horse, startled away a few pheasants, quacked, and flew to the mountain beam on the other side of the ditch.
Wang Hu immediately told them, "In this area, there are the most mountains, and there are very few beaches and rivers, and the whole terrain is mountains, rivers and ditches, and the mountains are undulating, which is roughly divided into five types: low gentle hilly area, low mountain and hilly area, Wuling gully area, soil and rock mountainous area and alluvial plain. ”
"Okay, let's talk less nonsense, let's hurry up!" Tian Taohua's legs were clamped, he sat down and ran up, Wang Hu also followed, considering that Tian Taohua didn't know the road, he pulled the reins of the horse again, sat down and overtook Tian Taohua's horse, and ran in front, Li Danian also followed, and the three horses ran like arrows.
In order to hurry, they only rested on the side of the road for a while, ate dry food for lunch, and then continued on their way.
As they were walking, a group of fleeing crowds met them and blocked their way, and they grabbed the reins and looked at the fleeing crowd in front of them. They helped the old and the young, pushed flat carts, drove oxen and donkey carts, and all of them were sad and depressed.
A young man in the fleeing crowd shouted to them: "Don't run forward, the Jin army and the Khitan army are about to go to war." ”
"Thanks, thanks, it's okay. We're going to get things done, and these little things aren't a problem! Wang Hu dismounted and thanked the young man. He turned to Tian Taohua and the others and said, "We can't ride horses, we can only walk." ”
"Why?" Li Danian was a little reluctant.
When they dismounted, Wang Hu looked at the backs of the fleeing people, looked around, and said, "We are walking on horseback, and the target is too big, and it is vulnerable to the damage of the armies of both sides. We switched to walking, which was much more flexible and easy to hide. ”
"How far have you traveled?" Tian Taohua looked into the distance, looked at it for a while, and then fell on the backs of those fleeing.
Wang Hu pulled a handful of grass from the side of the road, stuffed it into the horse's mouth, and watched the horse chew the grass before he looked up and said to Tian Taohua: "Nearly half, the rest of the distance is relatively flat and easy to walk." ”