27. Unexpected discoveries
"The whole army is stopped, silenced, there are signs of movement ahead." Zhao Kuo, the leader, saw the gesture of the scout, and immediately raised his hand, and then someone kept whispering orders, and the thousand Zhao troops immediately stood still like machines, without making a sound.
How could anyone appear in front of them? This is a rare inhabited deep mountain and old forest, and at this time the two armies are fighting, the hunters should have left a long time ago.
Could it be a villager who took refuge in the mountains? What to do with them. As a modern person, Zhao Kuo would not give the order to kill people so as not to leak military information.
But if you let them go, your whereabouts will be revealed, and you may also die, and these loyal and brave soldiers under your command will also die because of the kindness of their women.
Suddenly, countless thoughts passed through Zhao Kuo's mind, and he only felt that it was difficult to breathe and it was difficult to decide.
Distraught, he followed the scout to the spot, and breathed a sigh of relief when the people around him were full of gloom.
On the ground was a row of pits with no end in sight, some of which were buried, some of which were still exposed.
There were several stones in the pit, on which from time to time flies flew and buzzed.
A rancid, sour smell filled the air.
Not far away, you can also see a lot of horse manure that has formed hard lumps.
It seems that there was once a unit that asked the soldiers to dig a pit to settle the internal affairs when the rapid march passed by, and then continued the march.
Cheng Zhao looked around in detail and found a torn military uniform from several branches, black.
It was the Qin army, and there used to be a Qin army of a small size, which passed through here day and night. Everyone looked at each other.
"Hmph, it turns out that the so-called divine soldiers descending from heaven are all based on the efforts of the soldiers, passing through the mountains and mountains. Our army's Changping Pass was not unjustly lost. After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, he looked around at the soldiers and continued:
"Qin Dog can not be afraid of hardships, we are the elite of the Zhao Army, and the people who dare to fight are not as good as Qin Dog."
The temperature in the air seemed to be rising, and the morale, which had already reached the extreme, had broken through the limit.
Some Zhao Jun, who was afraid and worried because of the deep penetration of the lone army and the discovery of Qin Jun's traces in the deep mountains, suddenly felt that the feeling he felt just now was really ridiculously cowardly.
The place where the Qin army had walked before had been trampled out of a sturdy dirt road, which was messily intertwined with some horseshoe marks.
Some look like they're new.
Zhao Kuo immediately sent a large number of scouts to the traces of the Qin army.
At the same time, he asked Zhao Jun, who was resting, to start gluing the leaves to his clothes, just like the auspicious clothes in his previous life.
At noon, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, but the sound was monotonous, unlike the galloping of horses like a large group of cavalry.
Zhao Kuo, who just wanted to command the Zhao army to advance, shouted for rejoicing, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to hide on the spot.
On that dirt road, the sound of horses' hooves ticking came from far and near, and at the end of the field of vision, two Qin soldiers dressed in black pulled the reins at will, talking and laughing to control the horses forward.
The military law of the Qin army is strict, but it cannot control people's natural yearning for joy.
When there was no military judge, the two Qin soldiers were obviously very relaxed, talking and laughing on the road as if they were playing in the mountains and rivers.
Cheng Zhao threw an inquiring look at Zhao Kuo, made a gesture of killing, and whispered, "Do you want to." ”
Of course not, what if you kill these two and attract more Qin troops. Zhao Kuo waved his hand, patiently waited for the two Qin soldiers to go away, and then took two or three people and chased them along the horseshoe prints.
There was a fork in the road not far away, and there were many stray horseshoe prints on a wider road, but they looked faint, and it was supposed that the army had passed a long time ago.
On the other fork in the road, the horseshoe prints are very fresh, and they are all overlapping marks formed by two horses running back and forth.
"In my opinion, these two should be Qin Gou's patrolmen, patrolling repeatedly every day." Cheng Zhao looked at the horseshoe prints and said to Zhao Kuo. He was the most experienced in mountain marching among Zhao Kuo's disciples, so he was selected as the leader of the group this time.
Zhao Kuo nodded, and several of them walked along this road for most of the day, and at the end of the road, when they were about to get out of the mountain, they saw a Qin army camp tent, and about dozens of Qin soldiers were standing guard there.
"These Qin dogs don't look like they're hairy." Song Yi looked at it from a distance for a long time, and said suspiciously: "It seems that they are all guys who have not eaten a full meal, they are skinny, and they can't hold their weapons steadily." ”
"Yes, it's completely different from the Qin Dog I fought before, and it doesn't look murderous at all." Cheng Zhao also said suspiciously.
Zhao Kuo also felt strange, but it was getting late, and he asked Cheng to recall him to appease the soldiers. He took Song Yi and a few brave soldiers, relying on his understanding of the terrain, and made a forced circle, avoiding those Qin troops who were standing guard.
He led the men to climb a cliff on a nearby hill.
According to the map, there should be a place called Fort Head in front.
At this time, the moon and stars are scarce, the mountain road is difficult to walk, Zhao Kuo did not dare to ignite, for fear of exposing his whereabouts, Rao is he familiar with the terrain, and he also fell a few times on the road, if it weren't for Song Yi's infinite strength, and his eyes and hands were fast, he helped him in time, Zhao Kuo might also have to hang the color.
It's worth it.
On the cliff, Zhao Kuo and the others didn't care about drinking water and eating dry food, and were surprised to find that about a mile away from it, the lights were bright.
There was a camp tent that was not too big, and there were dozens of braziers around the tent, and under each brazier, Qin troops stood guard, adding charcoal from time to time.
Outside the tent, in addition to several groups of soldiers patrolling alternately, dozens of cavalry guarded the surrounding open space.
In the distance, towards the defense line of the two armies of Qin and Zhao, there were two even larger camp tents, but the lights were relatively sparse, but even if Zhao Kuo and them were lying on the cliff in the distance, they could feel that the two camp tents were very chaotic and crowded, which was completely different from the quiet and solemn Qin army camp that they usually saw in Han Wang Mountain
Sergeants on horseback kept coming from afar, usually five or six together, and then left one in the small tent, while the rest continued to run in the direction of the front.
It was nightfall, and the sergeants on horseback were still in a constant stream, shuttling through the small tent.
These sergeants have red flags behind them, and they are obviously the sergeants who are responsible for delivering military information and sending letters, and these sergeants enter and leave the small camp tent so frequently, so that small camp tent is very likely, that is, the Qin army.
Handsome tent!
These things can be judged without requiring too high military literacy.
Zhao Kuo felt that the breathing of the people around him was much heavier.
He himself had dry lips and sweaty palms.
There is a natural danger not far from this place, but it is not suitable as a handsome tent.
However, the white rise in Zhao Kuo's heart is omnipotent.
In his opinion, Bai Qi really played a trick to hide from the sky and the sea, and came to Baotou, the place that connects Changping Pass and Changping.