Chapter 44 Tracking

Half an hour later, all the 400 people who had been scattered before returned to the team, and this rapid action still surprised Xu Jinghong. You should know that although they were only scattered to search in the forest of nearly 30 miles for security and transmission of information, after all, it is a forest with basically no road, and the soldiers can come so quickly, which has shown their ability. It seems that this scout is really extraordinary, and it can be regarded as a special force in the Song army.

In fact, this really made Xu Jinghong guess that the scouts at this time are not just a team to explore the enemy's situation, and they also shoulder more important tasks. For example, assassinating the enemy's head, cutting off the enemy's food, and even killing the enemy after failure, each of which is extremely dangerous, and the work of tying his head to his belt. Therefore, the soldiers in the camp are all smart, bold and careful, which can indeed be regarded as special forces at this time.

Looking at these scouts who usually don't show off the mountain, but now make people feel a certain pressure, Xu Jinghong suddenly made up his mind: "When do I have power, I must establish such an elite tiger and wolf division!" Xu Jinghong would not have thought that he would have such an elite soon. Of course, this is a later story.

In this half hour, the hundreds of famous scouts left here were not idle, and there were also many discoveries. Because of Xu Jinghong's unexpected discovery, the soldiers immediately had a direction to find clues. Even if the barbarians had buried their traces in the ground and covered them, they still couldn't avoid the golden eyes of the scouts. After a while, everyone dug out a lot of things around the ashes pit.

Several of them are the same ashes, and there are also some unburned wood. Obviously, these are used by the barbarians to keep warm and scare away wild animals when camping at night. Although it is close to early spring, the temperature is still very low. If there is no fire to keep warm at night, some people may freeze to death from the cold.

In addition, there is a large pit with some leftover bones buried, and you can only know at a glance that this is food for barbarians at the same time. Xu Jinghong carefully distinguished this and analyzed the bones and remaining meat from what he learned in his previous life, thinking that it should not be more than three days.

At the same time, another biggest discovery also gave Xu Jinghong proof of this. The biggest discovery was the discovery of another buried body not far from these pits. The body lacked its right hand, and it can be guessed that it was caused by excessive blood loss after being seriously injured. Analyzing some characteristics on the body, Xu Jinghong, who has made good achievements in anatomy and criminal investigation, can draw a definite conclusion: "They left here three days ago!"

"Hm?" Many scouts showed surprise again. They also sorted out and judged everything in front of them, but they could only get the result within five days, but Xu Jinghong was more accurate than their results.

"How did you get this?" Even Wang Junqing asked strangely.

"Experience, I can judge by the change of the body. He died for about three days, and it is impossible for the barbarian to carry a body here and then bury it. Xu Jinghong only said a small part of the reason, because if they had to explain too much, they would not understand some scientific statements.

Seeing that Xu Jinghong was so sure and the conclusion was similar to everyone else, Wang Junqing decided to believe him: "Okay, according to your opinion, they have been three days away. Map!" With his order, the scout next to him took out a simple map, spread it on the ground and surrounded it. In order to better find the enemy, the scout battalions are equipped with some rough maps, which is unique in the Song army.

After looking at the map for a long time, Wang Junqing found the current location of himself and others, and then used it as the center and drew an area: "In this way, they should still be in this area, which is much easier to find than looking for them before."

"They are barbarians. We can't underestimate their ability in the forest. Is this distance enough?" Someone immediately put forward different views.

Just as Wang Junqing was stunned, Xu Jinghong said, "Absolutely enough, not even necessary. Don't forget that many of the barbarians are injured. I'm afraid that a wounded barbarian will lose his ability in the forest, right? This is indeed reasonable, and other scouts have to agree.

"Then how should we find it? Or is it still sprinkled like before?" Several leaders of the scouts asked.

"No, we can't disperse any more. These barbarians are not easy to deal with." Wang Junqing shook his head and said, "If they can successfully attack our grain team in the Song Dynasty several times, we can see that their fighting power is not low. And they will hide their whereabouts, which shows their familiarity with the forest and their caution with the enemy. If we meet them when the troops are not enough, I'm afraid that they will fight back.

"But in this case, how can we find it?"

"Don't worry about this." Wang Junqing looked at Xu Jinghong and then gave a name: "Mao Shun."

"There!" A thin young man emerged from the crowd, and Xu Jinghong couldn't help looking at him curiously. This is a very ordinary soldier, even a little thin compared with other scouts, but his eyes are shining and his face is also shrewd and strong. It can be seen that he is a very good soldier.

Wang Junqing immediately ordered: "Now is the time for you to show us. Didn't you always boast that you grew up in the forest, or even the most cunning fox could not avoid you? Now that the general location of the fox has been found, go and find out their traces and whereabouts!"

"Yes!" Without too many words, Mao Shun has taken the lead in looking forward. After carefully searching and exploring around, he pointed to the northwest and said, "If I guess correctly, they should have gone there."

There was no doubt, so Wang Junqing ordered everyone to go there. Xu Jinghong also secretly felt that it was not difficult to find a suitable tracker from these good hands, but Wang Junqing's courage to trust a subordinate so much without even asking the reason. At this point, Wang Junqing's courage will be far greater than himself. At the same time, he was also a little curious about this young man named Mao Shun. He didn't know why he got so much trust from Wang Junqing and how he could see the traces of the enemy.

Obviously, Xu Jinghong's doubts were seen. Wang Junqing explained to him as he was moving forward: "Although Xiaomao is not very conspicuous, he is a master in tracking, especially in the woods. As long as there is a little clue, he can track the target all the way. Because before entering our army, he was a hunter in the mountains and forests, and he has been happy to chase and kill beasts since he was five years old. And no matter how cunning the barbarians are, they can't compare with those beasts who completely take mountains and forests as their home.

Xu Jinghong suddenly said, "So that's it. No wonder General Wang trusts him so much. This person is really good."

"But all this is still too much for you. If you hadn't found the traces of the barbarians, Xiao Mao would have no clue no matter how capable he is. So you are also a born good scout, and you will definitely surpass me in time.

In the middle of talking and laughing, everyone continued to move forward. Along the way, Mao Shun really found a lot of traces of the barbarians. Although they also made some cover-up, in the eyes of this shrewd hunter, these became loopholes to be covered. And when it was dark, the scouts found a place for the barbarian to rest. From here, everyone dug out the same ashes and leftover food, but as for the most powerful evidence - the body, there is no.

But this is enough to make everyone excited, because it shows that Mao Shun is in the wrong direction. As long as you continue, you will soon find the barbarians.

At night, after eating, Wang Junqing did not let everyone rest like this, but ordered everyone to continue to move forward in the dark. He gave a clear reason: "After all, mountains and forests are the most familiar place for barbarians. If we want to fight with them and win, we must not meet them at night. Now, the distance between us and them is just within two days, so we must catch up faster, so as to ensure that we have time in our own hands!"

No other scouts objected to this view and order, not only because they are soldiers and must obey the military order of Lord Dutong, but also because they have absolute trust in Wang Junqing. They believe that Wang Junqing will guide everyone to appear in front of the barbarians in the most favorable situation.

All this fell into Xu Jinghong's eyes and made him gain a lot. This is the absolute trust between the army, which is also the guarantee that a team can exert its maximum energy.

Because of such a decision, everyone really found the whereabouts of the barbarians at the right time. This is noon on the third day. After a one-day chase, the scouts took a short rest, and Mao Shun took several brothers to continue to touch to see if they could find the whereabouts of the barbarians.

And soon after, someone rushed back: "Dong, we found the whereabouts of the barbarians, just five miles north of us. Team Mao is staring there..." The incoming scout was very excited. No wonder they have been walking around the forest for more than ten days to find barbarians, and now they have finally got a result, which is half a success.

"Okay, everyone, take another half an hour's rest and then set off! Remember to kill the enemy with a bow first. If the enemy can stop it, it's not too late to kill it!" Wang Junqing made an immediate deployment!