Section 16 Encounters

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Just when Sodema was worried about his husband and son, hundreds of miles away Jebu didn't feel the slightest concern of his wife at this time, at this time he was trying to keep his eyes open and stared at the long dragon that was advancing in front of him, yes it was the Tang River army, they were striding westward, Jebu silently counted the baggage wagons passing from afar, the towering carriages were piled up with food and other supplies, it had already passed six carts, and the back was still following in a steady stream, and he couldn't see the tail at a glance, it seemed that the master was right, the Tanghe people were really ready to do a big job this time, and brought so much food and suppliesIt looks like you're going to stay on the grassland for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The speed of those guys' walking is not slow, the Jebu team hiding on the flank of the shallow hill is silent in this gently undulating low ditch, on both sides are a person-high beam, and the half-human deep withered yellow grass is a good place to hide, and the scout team led by Jebu is hiding here, together with his own son, a total of ten people, just the full number of a scout team. With the help of the terrain, Jebe and his companions quietly observed the passing team, this is probably the Gao Yue army in the army of the Tanghe people in the northwest, sure enough, the walking speed is extremely fast, Siran can't catch up with the carriage, but it is much faster than the ordinary people's marching speed, and I heard that the endurance is much better than ordinary people.

A figure quietly ran up from behind, "Dad, it seems that there is a scout from the Tang River people on the left, coming out of our side." โ€

"Oh, you found us?" Jebu asked, knowing that it was his eldest son, Chishu, and tilted his head.

"Not yet, but they're coming in this direction, they're searching very carefully, and at the speed at which they're searching, it won't be long before they find us. Chishu had just turned sixteen, and his childish face was full of excitement, he was the first time he had participated in such a formal mission, and he was nervous with a hint of anticipation, looking forward to the first war in his life.

"Well, don't worry, you go and keep watching, and let me know when we're two miles away. Jebu looked at his son with encouraging eyes, and patted him on the shoulder to cheer him up, "The Tanghe people are nothing remarkable, even if they find out that we can't catch up with us, our mission this time is not to fight them face to face, their riding skills are still a little behind." โ€

More than 30 fast horses were divided into two search groups to form a fan and move forward one after the other, and the cold air hit people in the early spring night, but for the scouts who had long been accustomed to carrying out this kind of night reconnaissance mission, this was nothing, and they had survived the ice and snow winter nights much more than this much.

Zavari skillfully tapped his horse's belly on his toes and took a few steps forward, and a signal came from the left side to find out what was going on, and as the leader of the scout team, he had to go and see what was going on.

The two scouts had already lit their torches and were carefully examining the marks on the ground, Zavari dismounted, leaning down by the light of the fire to carefully examine the hoof prints on the ground, the messy hoof prints trampled the dead grass on the ground into a mess, and it seemed that there was nothing unusual, but the experienced Zavari immediately saw something unusual from the horseshoe nails in the horseshoe prints.

"Captain, it's the cavalry of the Mott people, yes, this kind of horseshoe is only used by the Mott people, the front is thin and the back is heavy, easy to gallop long distances, and the horseshoe prints of the merchants are completely different, you see this dark pattern is the famous iron shop of the Mott people - the Rock's iron shop is exclusive, it is said that the Mott cavalry is almost always there to hold the iron. One of the scouts pointed to the hoof prints and reported to Zavari with a big grin of excitement, licking his thick lips as if he was already fantasizing about whether he would be rewarded for his discovery.

"Yes, captain, there should only be about ten horsemen, a standard Mott scout team, look at the freshness of these hoof prints should be stepped on not long ago, no more than half a day at most, there are some shallow ditches and low hills with complex terrain about three miles ahead, will the Mott scouts be there to spy on the situation of our large army?" Another scout was not to be outdone and asked the captain for credit.

Zavari also agrees with the opinion of his two subordinates, there can be no caravans passing through this place, and ordinary Mott herdsmen will not come out to graze at this time, it is the spring famine season, and the general herdsmen stay in the settlement to make do with stored hay, not to mention that I heard that the Mott people have let all the herdsmen move west to avoid the war, it is even more impossible, this is only one possibility, that is, the scout team of the Mott people, hehe, it seems that they have met their peers. Zavari couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, a scout team of ten people is just enough for his scout team to eat, just see if there is this opportunity.

"Well, the two of you may have a big surname, and immediately notify the other group, and say that we have discovered the enemy's situation, and the enemy is about ten people, so let them outflank them from the right side immediately, and pay attention to concealment. Zavari nodded and got back on his horse, his right hand stroked the cold waist knife hanging from the belt around his waist, but his left hand pressed on the quiver that was slanted into the saddle, a hard bow was waiting for the master's call, and a pair of eagle-like eyes looked forward through the night in the slightly sunken eye sockets, "Order them to follow, extinguish the torches, each detachment in a group, the first three and the last four, each team to keep a distance of fifty meters to search forward." โ€

Chishu looked nervously at the dark and gloomy distance, and the firelight that had just lit up made his heart hang suddenly, could it be that the search team of the Tanghe people found something? But the firelight was quickly extinguished, and Chishu judged that the other party should be still three miles away, and should come over soon. With the help of the geographical advantage, Chishu can see the traces of a mile away, and if the sound of the enemy's horse's hooves is two miles away, it can be heard in the ears, but if the other party sends a trace of his own side, will there be any other way to deal with his own side? Thinking of this, Chishu did not dare to delay any longer, and ran down the hill and down the bottom of the ditch towards the place where his father and them were hiding.

Chishu's subconscious vigilance saved Jebu's scout team, and when Chishu went downhill, the three detachments of scout search cavalry led by Zavari also appeared one mile away from Xiaopo where Chishu had just stayed, silently, quietly rushing towards this chaotic slope.

In such a wilderness, in the dead of night, the sound of horses' hooves will be captured by keen hunters two miles away, and changing to rubber hoof pads can greatly reduce the possibility of being discovered, so that the possibility of a successful sneak attack is much greater. This is a gadget that the War Readiness Agency has only begun to equip, first of all, it was equipped to various scout troops, Zavari's unit was the first batch of equipment, at first Zavari did not believe in this thing, after a few tests, Zavari had to admit that this toy is not only much more convenient than the original leather cushion cotton pad and other things that reduce the sound of horses' hooves, but also several times stronger in the wear-resistant surname and concealed surname, especially the granular mat surface walks silently, as long as it is not a fast sprint, it is difficult to find it almost behind youใ€‚ I heard that this thing is made of something called rubber, but no one knows where it came from.

After hearing his son's report, the sensitive Jebu immediately sensed that something was wrong, and the scout came out to investigate and almost did not use the torch, because this was undoubtedly to inform the enemy lurking around him of his location, at most the Jade Maiden National Fire Fold and other things were quietly inspected, and once the torch was used, it could only mean that the enemy had made a major discovery and must use a lighting tool such as a torch that could be taken care of on a large scale, which also meant that the enemy must have discovered his traces.

The danger was imminent, Jebu did not dare to slack off and immediately beckoned everyone to immediately get on their horses and prepare for battle, maybe the next moment the enemy would appear in front of him, fortunately, the number of enemies was not many, and this kind of dark night was more conducive to the fleeing side. Quietly going north along the small ditch, Zhebu, who had experienced several battles, suddenly found that his mood was so nervous, he had never been in this situation before, maybe it was the addition of his son that made him feel the pressure even more.

The black slopes of the mountain are like huge beasts crawling on both sides, this is a rare complex terrain area on the Tengger grassland, along this small ditch and two miles forward, you can enter the vast and boundless grassland, as long as you enter the grassland, then you no longer have to worry about the threat of the enemy, there, even hundreds of thousands of enemies are difficult to intercept themselves in the dark night, Jebu forced the tension in his heart and whispered to urge the companions behind to follow closely, while looking around vigilantly, the more he wants to reach the end, the more likely it is to have problems, Jebu knows this pointใ€‚

Bypassing the hillside, Zavari estimated that the other group of men and horses had arrived at the designated place, so he no longer cared about anything, pulled out the long knife at his waist with one hand, and whipped it on the horse stock with the other.

Although he was on the move, Jebu, who had always maintained a high degree of vigilance, immediately sensed that something was wrong, although the sound coming from behind him was not obvious, and it did not look like the sound of horses' hooves, but the sound of the weathered stone blocks and earth rolling down and crashing was obvious, and his heart suddenly tightened, the enemy came so quickly, and he actually forced here without the slightest notice

It's a pity that this is not the time to think about this problem, and there is no time to think about it, and Jebu roared angrily while raising his whip and urging his horse: "Hurry up! The enemy is catching up, don't stop, rush out of the ditch in front and go north!"

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