On the threshing farm in Beigou Village near Bin Township, the villagers of Beigou Village helped the elderly and young, tremblingly watching the soldiers in front of them in and out of their homes, carrying out all their only food and piled them outside.

"Report! There are only so many!"

“The same goes for this one!”

“…”

"Report! No traces of food and herbs were found..."

When the soldiers walked out of the last house with a light bag, the commander who led the team approached Wei Zheng and said in a low voice.

"Wei Xima seems to be a little wrong. No matter how you look at it, there is no sign of a large amount of food and grass being stored in this village."

"Yes! I saw it!"

Wei Zheng nodded, pursed his lips, and his brows frowned.

"Did I say that I guessed wrong? In fact, the King of Qin's food and grass were not placed here?"

Dada dada...

A string of horse hooves sounded, and Wei Zheng and the commander looked up at the same time, and happened to see a scout rushing over from outside the village, still shouting loudly.

"Qi Bian Wei Xima, someone found a large number of horse hoof prints more than ten miles away from this village!"

"Hey!"

After hearing the scout's words, Wei Zheng clenched his fist with one hand and waved it hard, with a victory smile on his face.

"What is the matter with this official saying? The Qin King's Xuan Armored Cavalry must be hidden here. General Zhao sent an order to gather his brothers, so let's hurry over."

"yes!"

After the commander agreed, he then raised his head and said tentatively.

"Then this village..."

"Since this matter has nothing to do with them, then that's it!"

Wei Zheng waved his hand very generously.

"You informed the village elders and said that after we checked, they did have nothing to do with the bandits. Let them take all their own food back and live a good life!"

"yes!"

A quarter of an hour later, all the villagers in Beigou Village who thought they were bound to be affected today were holding their own food with lingering fear, looking at Wei Zheng and the others away with excitement.

"The Tang army is really a benevolent and righteous army, and it is absolutely undefeated!"

“…”

Half an hour later, Wei Zheng took the team to the position of the hoof prints mentioned by the scout.

This is in a forest, and not far away is the flowing Malan River.

"I see……"

Wei Zheng looked at the woods located on the edge of Malan River and suddenly realized.

"The King of Qin did not transport food and grass through vehicles before, but relied on the Malan River to transport food and grass. Damn it! This official was careless for a moment and actually ignored the matter of water transportation."

"Wei Xima..."

The captain came over on a horse and said in a low voice.

"What should we do now? Will we chase after the hoof prints?"

"Yes! Chase..."

Wei Zheng nodded with confidence.

"If someone estimates are good, there should be a slightly flat valley not far from this woods that can be used to camp. Those Xuanjia Army must be hidden there..."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng pondered for a moment.

"Although I believe that these Xuanjia Army will not be in a hurry to jump over the wall, we must also be prepared for the worst. General Zhao, please leave some brothers to watch the ship first. If the other party intends to be unfavorable to us, we can have a way out."

"yes!"

A few minutes later, Wei Zheng and others, who were arranged to follow the remaining soldiers, followed the hoof prints of the war horses and walked along. After passing through the woods, a valley appeared in front of them as Wei Zheng said.

"General Zhao, please be careful with your brothers!"

After seeing the valley, Wei Zheng, who became more determined to make his inference, pointed his finger ahead and said with a serious look on his face.

"In order to prevent people from striking out of the valley, we were caught off guard. I think we should form a formation and slow down first, and let the scouts go to the valley to investigate first... By the way, General Zhao, tell the scouts, don't get too close to the entrance of the valley, first look away."

"Abide by the order!"

After hearing Wei Zheng's order, Zhao Duwei raised his hand in conscience and bowed to Wei Zheng.

"Wei Xima is really a man who knows about soldiers!"

Wei Zheng stroked his beard with his hands, looking contented.

"General Zhao, you are too much. I am just a scholar, so I can be called a military officer."

“…”

"The power of gathering people can match it!"

After these soldiers were all arranged in the military formation, Zhao Duwei raised the long spear in his hand and activated the secret technique of military strategists, connecting himself with these soldiers.

After everything was ready, the soldiers unsheathed their swords, bowed and shielded in their hands, and rushed towards the valley in front of them as if they were facing a great enemy.

Several scouts riding horses bent down, leaned their bodies on the horse's back, carefully drew an arc, and ran towards the front of the valley.

“…”

Ten minutes later, Wei Zheng looked at the empty valley with a confused look on his face.

"How is it possible? The Xuanjia Army should be here. Where have they been?"

"Report!"

The scouts also rode over on horseback and said loudly.

"Qi Xima Wei, there were no mountain roads or caves on the inside of the valley. And those horse hoof prints mysteriously disappeared when they reached halfway up the valley."

“What’s going on?”

After hearing the scout's words, Zhao Duwei's face suddenly became confused.

"How could the horse hoof print disappear halfway through? Would you read it wrong? For example, these cavalry turned around again?"

"Report to the Chief Commander!"

When the scout answered, there was a look of panic on his face.

"The cavalry did not turn around because the hoof prints were only used to go and did not come back, just as the horses flew up after they walked to that place..."

"impossible!"

Before Zhao Duwei could speak, Wei Zheng on the side had already said firmly.

"Even if there are flying horses in this world, it is impossible for a thousand Xuan Armored people to have one. The hoof print must be a mysterious formation of Xuan Armored Army. They led the horses over and then retreated back, just to confuse us... Yes! That must be true!"

Wei Zheng murmured to himself a few more words, and his tone became more and more firm.

"Then why do these Xuanjia Army set up a suspicious array here? It must be that their real hidden nest is nearby. Yes, it must be like this! General Zhao..."

Wei Zheng raised his head and looked at Zhao Duwei.

"Let the scouts investigate on both sides of the valley. I dare to conclude that the Xuan Armored Cavalry must be hiding nearby."

...

Just when Wei Zheng had searched the valley where the Xuanjia Army had "formed the suspicion array", the great monk Zhiyue of the Fahua Sect also followed his two nephews all the way, following the traces of Monk Zhiqiu's escape and came to a wooden pavilion.

"Live!"

After randomly looking at the scene in front of him, Master Zhiyue stopped immediately, then raised his hand, and stopped the two middle-aged monks beside him who were still planning to rush forward.

"Uncle Master?"

The two middle-aged monks stopped and looked at Monk Zhiyue with a confused look on their faces.

"Did you find anything?"

Monk Zhiyue did not call them, but flashed his eyes twice, then glanced around with a serious look, and then his eyes fell on the inconspicuous black and brown marks on the side of a huge rock on the ground.

"This is……"

Then, his eyes fell on the ground on the side of the huge rock, a lotus but only half of the marks were blinked slowly, and then moved his eyes again and landed on the bark of a big tree beside him.

"Namo Miaoguang Bodhisattva!"

The great monk Zhiyue put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name, with a look of compassion on his face.

"It seems that Junior Brother Zhiyu is already in danger, and this is the place where he will be reborn..."

"What……"

After hearing the words of Monk Zhiyue, the two middle-aged monks he brought changed their faces instantly.
To be continued...