When the horizon just turned white, there was a thick layer of white morning mist between the mountains and forests, and the sight was only within three meters.

Under Sita's order, a team of Tubo scouts touched into the mountains next to the camp. They wanted to climb over the mountain to track Su Yang and others.

After the team reached more than halfway up the mountain, the bushes, weeds and thorns in the forest became much more lush, and the scouts had to swing their swords to open the way.

Ten household chief Demba looked up and couldn't see anything clearly. He thought for a while and turned around and ordered his subordinates behind him: "Send the message and everyone searched in a scattered manner, but the two must be within the other party's sight!"

"Yes, the heads of ten households!"

The order was quickly conveyed to everyone, and all the scouts began to scatter and lined up, so the area of ​​searching in this way became much larger.

Not long after, Demba, the head of the ten households, received a report and found a man-made mountain road.

Demba immediately arrived at the location of the artificially opened road to the mountain. He squatted on the ground and picked up a few cut thorn strips and looked at it. The fracture was smooth and neat, and there was also black juice. Although it was not very fresh, it did not take more than one night, which was basically consistent with the retreat time of Su Yang and others.

"It's here that they escaped and chased me!"

Starting from the hillside, although there was an artificial road opened by Su Yang and others when they passed by, the road was not smooth and difficult to walk. Even though Demba and his scouts were veterans who reconnaissed the terrain and inquire about the enemy's situation, they rarely climbed the forests of this terrain.

After waived the power of the ox and tigers, Demba finally climbed to the top of the mountain with his scouts. Standing on the top of the mountain, he could not see the smallest mountains, nor could he see the situation at the foot of the mountain clearly. The tall and dense trees blocked the view.

"Ten households, let's take a break. This mountain is not easy to climb, and everyone is very tired!" A scout spoke out and suggested.

Demba said firmly, "No, we have been resting all night. Perhaps those Tang people have used this night to escape far away. We must speed up and chase them along the traces they left behind! Doji, you go back along the same route to report to the general, and say that we have found the traces left by the Tang people when they escaped, and have followed this trace, and will send someone to report every half an hour later!"

"Yes, the heads of ten households!"

Under Demba's leadership, the scouts continued to track forward.

An inconspicuous vine crossed the path of scouts, only fifteen centimeters from the ground. In the mountains and forests, such vines were everywhere. Dembama's legs crossed it, the second and third scouts also crossed it, and the fourth scout did not pay attention. His calves touched it, and his whole body staggered and almost tripped by it.

"Be careful!" The companion behind him hurried forward and grabbed him.

At this time, the ringtone of the dingling seemed to be heard in the mountains and forests. Demba's nerves tense instantly. He stopped quickly and placed the sword across his chest, his whole body was on a state of combat alert. The others also responded immediately and focused on guarding the surroundings.

"The ringtone came from the hillside below!" a scout said.

Demba's face was solemn: "The enemy should be not far from us. Please be careful and follow me and continue moving forward!"

In the temporary camp at the foot of Shanyin Mountain, Wang Xiaojie, Su Yang, Huo Hanshan and others were having breakfast. Each of them had a bowl of batter, one quarter of them had a roasted pheasant and a bird egg.

"Dingling..." The ringtone came from the forest.

Su Yang's face changed when he was gnawing on pheasant meat. He suddenly stood up and turned his head to look at the top of the mountain, with a shimmer coming out of his eyes.

"How come the sound of bells coming from the mountain? Could it be that the Tubo scouts caught up with me?" Wang Xiaojie also stood up and asked in confusion.

Su Yang said: "Bizhi has set up an early warning device on the mountain. Whenever someone touches the cordon on the top of the mountain, he will pull the horse bell set on the hillside, and the horse bell will make a sound to make an early warning!"

The horse bell was taken off the horse's neck when Su Yang and Huo Hanshan intercepted the Tubo messenger a few days ago. Every time Su Yang was in charge of the alert, he would use it to set up early warning devices at a critical position.

Horse bells are decorations on horse's neck. At first, when cavalry marching and fighting, there were no bells on horse's necks. Later, when the postmen at the post station sent a letter, they hung bells to remind pedestrians to avoid it in time. It could also make a pleasant sound to break the loneliness along the way.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty, people who became bandits hung bells around their horses' necks before robbing, so that the horses ran and made a lot of ringtones. People called these robbers "ring horses".

Wang Xiaojie heard this and said, "It must be the Tubo scouts who have chased him. The horses cannot go up the mountain. They are on the top of the mountain now. We still have time. Zhenyuan, you can take them with you first, just leave a mark along the way, and come to solve them!"

"A general can lead a 100,000 army to fight and gallop on the battlefield. There is no need for the general to take action personally when dealing with these little fish. Besides, your battle injuries have not yet recovered, so you should take them away first, and wait until the humble position is solved before chasing them and joining the general!"

Wang Xiaojie knew that Su Yang was polite him, and he really didn't know how to deal with these elite Tubo scouts in the mountains and forests. Judging from the scouts who had previously solved the Tubo tracking, Su Yang was still very good at this. He considered it and agreed: "Okay, we're waiting for you ten miles away, you must come back intact!"

"General, I haven't married yet, how can I bear to die?" Su Yang said with a smile, after checking the equipment, quickly turned around and disappeared into the morning mist.

Seeing Su Yang's figure disappearing, Wang Xiaojie immediately waved to everyone: "Prepare to set off!"

It is difficult to go up the mountain, and it is even more difficult to go down the mountain.

The Tubo scouts were all nervous. They had to be careful of Su Yang and others hiding in the dark to attack, and they also had to pay attention to their feet. If they were not careful, they might roll down, and they would either die or be disabled.

Since he heard the bells coming from somewhere, Demba, the head of the ten-household house, had been uneasy. After a few minutes, he stopped and whispered to everyone behind him: "Disper!"

Doing this can prevent the enemy hidden in the dark from attacking the bow and arrow. When encountering enemy attacks, you can quickly find cover to avoid it. If the personnel are too dense, it is not conducive to avoiding.

Although nothing was discovered, all the Tubo scouts felt that the mountains and forests were filled with murderous aura, which brought them great invisible pressure, including Demba, who were extremely careful at all times and did not dare to walk too fast.

Their eyes only looked ahead and left and right, but they didn't pay attention to their feet. A scout raised his foot and stepped on the ground covered with fallen leaves. Unexpectedly, he stepped on the empty space and fell forward.

"Ah——" The scout couldn't help but scream in horror. The ground suddenly collapsed, and the fallen leaves fell and revealed a big pit. Then, with a "puff" sound, the scream stopped abruptly.

"What happened?" Demba, the head of the ten households, ran towards this side with a sword in his hand, and the other nine scouts quickly surrounded this side.

Everyone stood by the big pit and looked inside the pit. The scout who had just screamed was spreading his limbs at the bottom of the pit, and the blood-stained wooden stakes pierced his back.

This tragic situation made all scouts feel chilled.

After a cup of tea, Denba, the head of the ten households, said in a deep voice: "Continue to track!"

All the scouts scattered silently and continued to track and search the foot of the mountain. This time the scouts dared not ignore their feet.

After walking about a hundred steps, a waist-high vine blocked a scout in front of a scout. It felt too high to step over, but it felt too low to get over. The scout waved his sword and cut it off, and the vine was cut off in an instant.

At this moment, a "whistling" sound suddenly came. Everyone didn't know what had happened. Dozens of sharp spears made of long branches shot from the front.
Chapter completed!