Although Wei Yan was young, he was young and mature. After finishing three bowls in a row, he said: "Everyone, there is no need to be restrained. We are all soldiers."

The five captains were acquaintances, so naturally they were very familiar with each other. The only ones who were not acquaintances were Wei Yan and Ling Xin'an. Wei Yan had the highest official position. As subordinates, the six of them did not dare to toast randomly. After all, such banquets were held in the military camp.

It's not allowed, it's just a small gathering in private, so the people in the tent are not completely let go.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone was getting acquainted with each other. At this time, Wei Yan stopped and sat down.

Ling Xin'an nodded secretly, Wei Yan was so young and so experienced and mature in handling things, she was much smarter than Lu Fengxian.

"Captain Ling, where do you think the underworld people will ambush?" Wei Yan looked at Ling Xin'an with a smile on his face. Because of drinking, his face was rosy, which made his already handsome face look more handsome.

Some softness.

Ling Xin'an said quickly: "Wei Xiaowei, I am not familiar with Shuzhou because of my humble position, so I dare not make rash guesses."

Wei Yan said: "Captain Ling, you are the one who has recorded your first meritorious service."

Ling Xin'an said: "In my humble position, I didn't participate in the frontline fighting, so I don't dare to take the lead."

At this time, Hu Bing said: "Captain Wei, this is the first time for Captain Ling to come to the land of Western Shu. He is indeed not familiar with it. The important matters of the march must be directed by you, sir."

Everyone nodded. In fact, it was indeed the case. Wei Yan had the highest position in the entire grain and grass team, so he was naturally the actual leader of the team.

Wei Yan shook her head: "No, Captain Hu Qian, Wei has studied this battle very carefully. It was Captain Ling who was not familiar with the place of life in Shuzhou that made him notice the things that we usually take for granted and advance in advance."

Tell me your guess, and then tell you to wait. Even if there is no enemy attack, his guess is very credible and feasible, but the enemy is just a little stupider."

After saying this, even Ling Xin'an was a little surprised that the other party would think so, but in fact Ling Xin'an was not like this, but was looking at the occurrence of an event with the highest probability after filtering the information.

Bai Mengdao: "Wei Xiaowei, what you said is very reasonable. But it's not as good as your hypothesis, where will the underworld be at this time?"

Wei Yan nodded: "Yes, let's assume where the underworld is?"

Zhang Li pointed at the map and said: "There is still a hundred and fifty miles from Shuzhou to the border. This area is mostly plains and hills, with luxuriant trees, gentle official roads, and no rugged mountain roads. Both sides are mainly hilly and forested, so according to the humble position

See, the underworld is very likely to be ambushing us on the road we must go, in the areas where the woods are denser and the roads are narrow."

Everyone looked at the map carefully and thought about what Zhang Li said.

Gongsun Zhongyong was deep in thought, while Cao Wei and others were silent.

Wei Yan looked at the map drawn by Zhang Li's finger. In fact, there were many similar areas along the way. They could only be discovered in advance by spies, but they could not prevent them in advance.

"But this will turn into a frontal robbery. Bai doesn't think the underworld would make such a desperate move." Bai Meng said.

"Since it is unlikely to be in these places, we can exclude these places." Gongsun Zhongyong said.

Everyone's eyes lit up. It was indeed true. Since it was unlikely, they could slowly narrow down the scope.

A few people immediately started discussing, but Ling Xin'an didn't interrupt. He had the smallest official position here, so he was listening.

But my eyes kept looking at the place names and hills marked on the map, and then I remembered them in my heart.

"Captain Ling, why are you silent?" Everyone was talking one after another. Suddenly, Wei Yan suddenly spoke.

Everyone was very surprised. Bai Meng and Gongsun Zhongyong looked at each other, while others were a little curious. Wei Yan seemed to really value Ling Xin'an's opinion.

"Mrs. Ling, you can tell me what you think. Everyone sitting here is a soldier. When they go to the battlefield, they are brothers, brothers who trust each other." Wei Yan said.

Ling Xin'an's expression moved slightly, and then she said: "Wei Xiaowei, my lords, what you said makes sense, but there is something about my humble position that I don't know whether to say or not."

"But it doesn't matter." It was Zhang Li who spoke.

"There is a saying in military law: know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles. We are here to figure out when the Hades will attack, but we don't know how many people there are on the other side, who is leading the team, how many groups they are divided into, and which areas they plan to plunder. Is it just targeting us?"

Ling Xin'an said.

As soon as these words came out, the whole tent suddenly became quiet.

"Hahaha, I really did not disappoint you." Wei Yan said with a smile: "Captain Ling, after this incident, can you join Wei's command?"

Hearing this, Ling Xin'an smiled and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, Captain. In my humble position, it would be better to follow Mr. Hu."

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Yes, you are right. We haven't learned this information yet, but that doesn't mean we can't take precautions in advance."

"Lieutenant, this will only waste and consume our spies. Instead of doing this, it is better to send the spies out in batches, and then formulate a way to receive the intelligence as quickly as possible. Once the intelligence is received, we will deploy defenses as quickly as possible."

Bai Meng and Gongsun Zhongyong's eyes lit up, they looked at Ling Xin'an and nodded secretly.

Ling Xin'an's words didn't seem to suggest any plan, but they suggested a direction to solve the problem.

Immediately afterwards, they discussed again and after confirming a rough plan, Ling Xin'an and others left the main tent. It was almost midnight.

The breeze blew by, dispersing some of the chill. Shuzhou was even colder than Jiangzhou. It was only late autumn now, and the chill was already getting stronger.

Ling Xin'an didn't let Hu Bing send him off, and walked back alone. Fortunately, the patrolling soldiers knew the news before, so they didn't embarrass him.

Back in his tent, Sun Wu was fast asleep beside him, breathing evenly and his chest rising and falling regularly, while Lu Fengxian was flipping through a book.

"Sir." Lu Fengxian whispered and was about to stand up. Ling Xin'an stopped him and said, "It's up to you. I'm ready to rest!"

After that, I ignored him and lay down with my clothes on.

There was no talk all night. In the early morning, the horn just sounded and the army set off again. However, after walking less than twenty miles, the sound of horseback riding came from behind: "Urgent report, urgent report!"

A fast horse galloped quickly, and soon, within about half a stick of incense, a summons soldier appeared in front of Ling Xin'an and said: "Captain Ling, the captain of the guard school has invited you."

Ling Xin'an ordered Sun Wu and Lu Feng one after another, and then walked forward. When his figure appeared in the tent, only Bai Meng and Gongsun Zhongyong had not yet arrived.

"Something happened in a village below Shuzhou Prefecture. The whole village was massacred, all the food was looted, only a few people escaped, and even the soldiers were killed," Hu Bing said.

Ling Xin'an's expression changed drastically and she asked: "How far away is this village from us? Where is it?"

"Two hours of horse speed, we are in a village fifty miles southeast of us. There are about fifty households in the village, and less than ten people survive."

"Map." Ling Xin'an said. Wei Yan, Zhang Li and others on the side did not realize that Ling Xin'an had become the leader.

Hu Bing immediately spread out the map.

"Where is the village?" Ling Xin'an asked.

Hu Bing pointed to a place marked Xunjia Village in the southeast of the area he was about to pass.

"When did you find out you were slaughtered?"

"The surviving villagers escaped overnight, ran to the next village to report to the garrison, and then flew the report to the government office."

"And when did it happen?"

"About Yinshi." Wei Yan said.

"Slaughter fifty households for a maximum of two quarters of an hour, and then remove the grain and grass without disturbing the snakes. It is estimated that the village has not been burned. Once it burns, it will attract attention, so it only takes about an hour. I left at about Mao hour. It is now the end of Chen hour.

Each of those underworld people has a horse, and the speed of each horse is thirty miles. Counting two hours now, they have traveled sixty miles." Ling Xin'an drew while talking, and took out the red line on the map to draw.

Xunjia Village was in the center, drew a circle, and then spoke again: "That is to say, it has already begun to light up slightly at Mao hour, so their speed will inevitably slow down, and they may even hide. So I boldly guess that within this diameter range,

Let's look for their tracks again. There must be some hidden caves or mountain cols where soldiers can hide. Let's send spies there now. Tell them to be careful."

After saying that, Wei Yan and others looked at Ling Xin'an in disbelief, including Bai Meng and Gongsun Zhongyong who came from behind. They looked at the picture drawn by Ling Xin'an and began to think deeply.

"Captain Ling, why do you think it must be within this diameter? They can continue running at this time," Bai Meng said.

"Unlikely, because the Hades sneaked into our territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so they must be cautious about their whereabouts. They don't know when they will meet us Zhou people. They are worried about their whereabouts being exposed, so they will definitely not be fast.

, it is impossible for him to appear during the day. If he appears, he will never come back."

Cao Wei nodded and said: "That's true. No normal person would reveal his whereabouts so early. If we attract our Zhou army, they will be completely annihilated. So what Commander Ling said makes sense."

Bai Meng was stunned.

"Master Captain, do we have a falcon?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"have."

"Send out the falcon, maybe today we can avenge our Zhou people who died last night."

Soon, the two falcons disappeared into the air, and below, the spies dispersed in all directions and pounced on the forest.

The team continued. Ling Xin'an returned to her team and told Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian what happened before. Lu Fengxian analyzed: "Sir, maybe it's not that far."

Ling Xin'an said: "What do you want to say?"

"My subordinates think there is another possibility. They are trying to attack the east and attack the west."

Ling Xin'an frowned: "If this is the case, it means that the large army has been ambushing ahead, but our spies have not discovered it. You know, we have sent out countless spies in the past two days. So far, we have not received any information from the spies.

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"It's because the spies didn't report back that problems tended to arise."

Ling Xin'an nodded and said: "Your suspicion is reasonable, but after discussion last night, some honey fragrance must be released every one mile, so that the people behind can follow and report, so so far, the honey fragrance has not stopped.

What you are talking about does not exist, but there is a possibility that they are really hiding on the way we are moving forward without being discovered by our spies, and the Hades are waiting for us solemnly at the moment."

"Sir, please notify Master Hu immediately." Sun Wu said anxiously.

Ling Xin'an shook her head: "Wait, wait for the information to come back. By the way, make preparations in advance."
Chapter completed!