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The words are divided into two parts.

Because Gan Rui, Gan Yong, Huang Wu, and Wang Wu had each brought twenty people to escort Song Bo and others to various places to supervise the construction of Chu paper workshops. Now, the number of guards in the village plus reserve team members is less than two.

Hundreds of people.

Therefore, Gan Ning left fifty men to continue to guard Zhuangzi, and the remaining more than a hundred men followed him directly to Qingshan.

It was a place that the guards were very familiar with.

After all, to practice, you have to go for a walk every day.

But not many people go up the mountain.

Such a large number of people were about to leave the village. The spies outside the village were startled and immediately retreated.

Gan Ning...naturally noticed it too.

He ordered a few commanders and each led his own men to pursue them. So, he still had a hundred and twenty men left.

"General...could..." Song Yuan was more worried that what he saw was Zhang Daniu's body. If he had been more alert that day, he might have found it that day.

"Ben Shan is at ease." Gan Ning looked at the young man and sighed that this word was like a human being, very kind. "According to Ben Shan, Da Niu is familiar with the terrain, and the logging team will bring dry food every day.

When He Shui encounters danger, as long as he can hide for a while, it will be fine."

Unless he was really unlucky. Gan Ning did not say this.

According to their analysis, coupled with the reactions of the spies outside the village just now, he was very sure... Zhang Daniu was not attacked by a big insect.

Not long after, Gan Ning and others arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Gan Ning got off his horse and looked at the nearby traces. Since there were many people coming and going every day, the surrounding traces had no reference value and were very messy.

"I will call you a search team. You two will bring your own guards and search from bottom to top from the east. The two of you, the two of you from the south, and the two of you from the west. Follow me and go forward. The rest of you,

Surround all the exits at the foot of the mountain, and don't let a single bird escape!"

"promise!"

So the teams separated.

Only Gan Ning, with two thousand men and Song Yuan, went up the mountain directly from this place.

"Ben Shan, come and lead the way to the place where you parted ways that day."

"Nuo." Song Yuan also knew that today's things were not simple anymore, starting from those who escaped just now...

Naturally, I am very cautious.

The same is true for Gan Ning.

There are three spies outside the village, and there must be at least two or three more who stay in their hiding place. This kind of thing is not unfamiliar to him.

After walking all the way, Song Yuan stopped after half an hour, saw the bamboo forest in front of him, and said, "That's where we separated that day. Daniel is familiar with the terrain and sometimes walks farther."

Gan Ning nodded, "Which way did Daniel go?"

"This way." Song Yuan pointed in the direction, "I searched a little bit later, but didn't find anything."

Gan Ning nodded and led the people east.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, there was a half-cut bamboo in a medium-sized bamboo forest.

After that, Gan Ning went around searching around.

In the grass on one side of the road, I saw a scattered ax and a fragment of clothing.

"These are the work clothes I gave out a few days ago..." Song Yuan said.

Gan Ning looked again and saw that there was no mountain road on this side and the slope was very steep. When he searched carefully, he saw that some soil was missing, which was the mark of a person's foot.

When I looked down, I also saw dark red traces and some broken branches.

"It should be here, the rope." Gan Ning said, and someone behind him took the rope, tied it to a tree nearby, and threw the rest down.

Gan Ning held the rope with his left hand and ran downwards while facing downwards.

Song Yuan: ...He thought that General Gan was going to go down with a rope, but it turned out that he was just borrowing strength, that's all. Can you not be so violent? How can you fix it if you fall?

"Zhang Daniu!" Gan Ning shouted as he ran.

…

In the mountain stream.

Zhang Daniu's eyes lit up when he heard the voice. Just as he was about to get up, he touched the wound again and grinned his teeth. It really hurt.

So he replied, "I'm here! Here!"

…

Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief that the man was still alive. The rope was exhausted and he began to slide down with the help of nearby trees.

When he saw Zhang Daniu, his face and body were all tattered. What concerned him most was the rag wrapped around Zhang Daniu's shoulders.

"General Gan!"

"What injury?"

"Arrow wound." Zhang Daniu smiled and pointed to the side, "The arrow is there."

Gan Ning nodded and picked it up. On the barbs of the arrow clusters, there was still some whitish flesh hanging on it, stained with blood. He knew that this man endured great pain, "Pull it out by yourself?"

"When I fell, the arrows were constantly being hit, and the wound was already a mess, so I gritted my teeth and pulled it out." Zhang Daniu replied, "Now, I can rest assured, I don't have to die."

"Well, Benshan is waiting for you up there, but..." Gan Ning looked at it and said, "It's not difficult to go down the mountain from here, so why don't you go home?"

"There are people guarding the outside of the village. General Gan, I suspect that there are bandits who want to attack our village! The Chu paper is selling so well!"

Gan Ning: ...that's right.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this anymore. Have you seen Tuesday Cow?"

Zhang Daniu shook his head, "Never."

"Do you know where the thief is hiding?"

"I don't know exactly, but I see that they all come from the east side of the mountain."

"Okay." Gan Ning nodded and looked at the guard who was carefully sliding down behind him, "Send him back to the village and ask the doctor to treat him."

"promise."

"By the way, take this arrow back."

"promise."

After explaining, Gan Ning turned around and climbed up again, still relying on nearby trees and grass branches. When he saw the rope, he pulled the rope with both hands and climbed up.

"General, is he a great guy?"

"Nothing's wrong for the moment, but he's injured. He's been sent back to the village."

Song Yuan finally felt relieved, "Thank you, General!"

Gan Ning had no choice but to ask, "Are you going back first or together?"

"Come with the general."

"Okay." Gan Ning agreed, "Pay attention, the thief's hiding place may be on the east side of the mountain, where Zhang Daniu was attacked, or it may not be far from the thief, so be careful."

"Understood, General."

…

In an inconspicuous cave.

"Did you hear that sound just now?"

"I heard it. The voice was deep, straight and powerful. I'm afraid I discovered something."

"Should you and I change places?"

"Yes, I'm afraid that after a few days, they will also find out. We will retreat to the county first and come back when they select guards."

"I just don't know how many of them there are."

"This place is not safe and we need to evacuate as soon as possible."

"This man..." Several people looked at Tuesday Niu, who had already fainted on the ground. Some people squatted down, breathed, and shook their heads, "I'm afraid he's about to die."

"He's just a tough talker and refuses to say anything!"

"Ignore him, retreat!"

…

Gan Ning traveled and explored all the way until he reached a certain place where he discovered that there were many traces of human activities here.
To be continued...