In the snow, four patrol teams explored in four directions separately and gradually went away.
Before noon, Xia He and his men had already crossed the glacier lightly.
"The barbarian horses are fast, but their endurance is a little poor."
"Er Pang, tell the brothers to take a break and eat something to replenish their energy. I'll go take a look ahead."
"good."
Xia He rode his horse alone on the edge of the glacier and soon disappeared from their sight.
“Gugu——”
A gray carrier eagle had just flown across the sky when it was grabbed by a pair of sharp claws.
Xia He on the ground looked up and saw this scene and whistled.
After receiving the order, Baimei swooped down quickly and landed accurately on Xia He's shoulder.
"Bai Mei, be gentle."
It was obvious that the carrier eagle was trained artificially. It was a whole circle smaller than Baimei and was trembling.
"This woman has disappeared for so long, finally there is news."
Xia He first opened the bamboo tube on the eagle's leg, took out the note inside, poured a dark red antidote from a small bottle in his arms and put it in the tube, then released the eagle.
Spreading out the note, Xiaodie's beautiful handwriting was written on it:
[The three tribes of Canglang, Tieti, and Xuefu were instigated by the Sixth Prince to divide 60,000 troops to attack Liangzhou in order to seize power. They have already set out here and will attack the city soon.]
Xia He was a little surprised: "Breaking up?"
The reason why the barbarian tribes are difficult to unite is because the cultural differences between the tribes are too great.
Moreover, the barbarians are unruly and unwilling to be under the rule of others for long.
"The barbarians arrived half a month earlier, and only less than half of the troops arrived first. There must be something wrong with the food and supplies."
The barbarians' goal was naturally to break through the Great Wall in one fell swoop to prevent the war from becoming stalemate after the reinforcements from the Qin side arrived.
As long as we break through the Great Wall and continue slaughtering and plundering, subsequent supplies will not be a problem.
"Oh, that's a good idea."
Xia He couldn't help but sneer.
Among the 30,000-strong army, only 5,000 soldiers were assigned to carry light food and fodder.
If this fails, within seven days, the 30,000 strong barbarian army will be dragged to death in the ice and snow.
[The Iron Hoof and Blood Axe tribes are preparing to take a detour from the canyon on the northeast side to cover up the sound of horse hooves. The temporary granary is located in the northwest corner and is guarded by the Wolf leader Tuoba Lie himself. Starting tomorrow, the barbarians will ask the Barbarian God for protection and rectify their morale...]
A lot of information was written in a very eloquent manner.
"In less than three days, the barbarian army will attack the city!"
Xia He narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.
After a moment, he had made a clear decision in his heart.
"If we can successfully set the barbarians' granary on fire, the enemy's morale will be greatly damaged due to the burning of food and grass, and the subsequent siege plan will also fall apart!"
Although the letter only mentioned a general location, it was not easy to accurately find the exact location of the granary in this vast wasteland.
After all, in the relatively closed information environment of ancient times, before every war, both sides would send a large number of scouts to travel back and forth between battlefields, continuously transmitting back various intelligence from the front.
Only in this way can generals make wise decisions based on this intelligence and determine the next direction of action for the army.
Even if you adopt a tactic like surprise attack, a certain degree of luck is required.
only……
[Skill: Tracking (Mastery)]
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"Aren't barbarians prey?"
But to be on the safe side, Xia He still ordered Bai Mei,
"Bai Mei, go and find out for me in the northwest direction."
Returning to the place where he was resting, Xia He waved his hand.
"Set off!"
On the first day, Xia He led the team forward and actually advanced dozens of miles in one breath.
Baimei came back halfway through, and the worry on Xia He's face completely disappeared.
"Brother He, are we going to move forward tomorrow? If we go further, will we run into barbarians?"
"It's okay, but tomorrow we have to go around the forest ahead. There might be a barbarian army coming to cut down trees."
"ah?"
The people under his command were a little surprised.
That night, Xia He led his men to leave ahead of time, but after walking only a few miles away, he heard faint fire and noise coming from behind him.
"There really are barbarians!"
Now Erpang, Mingsan, Niu Ben and others are completely convinced of Xia He.
We advanced another twenty miles during the night and it was almost dawn.
Although the snow can effectively cover up the footprints left by people, the feces excreted by horses is difficult to hide in any way.
“There’s horse manure!”
The traces of human activities come into view more and more frequently.
In addition to horse manure, there was also cattle, sheep and human feces on both sides of the road.
These excrement emit a foul smell that permeates the air.
"Get off your horses!"
Xia He signaled Erpang and Mingsan to follow him and climbed up a slope not far away.
The three of them crouched down, trying not to make any noise so as not to attract unnecessary attention.
After climbing up the slope and looking into the distance, I saw a large gathering place in front of me.
White felt tents are arranged in an orderly manner.
Between the felt tents, many fully armed soldiers holding armor were warming themselves around a fire.
It looks like the security is very tight.
"He's really a barbarian!"
"Look at the number...Is there probably several thousand of them?!"
Xia He glanced around and soon his expression froze, noticing that the tents located in the center of the gathering place were obviously larger than the others.
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