Everything that happened in the forest on the shore was shrouded in the darkness and fell silent. No one knew what had happened just now.

There was a vague sound of boat paddling through the flowing water in the Huangsha River not far away. Under the moonlight and stars half covered by dark clouds, two black piers were driving forward quickly. When they reached three or four miles downstream, a fork appeared in front of them. The current black piers were rowing towards the tributary on the left without stopping.

The two people on the black-shed boats took turns paddling. After about half an hour, the boat in front suddenly leaned towards the shore. When the boat behind saw it, it quickly followed the boat.

A man wrapped in a red scarf jumped ashore from the boat in front, tied the rope to an old willow tree on the shore. Then he squatted on the ground, sniffing his nose towards the air like a dog.

The people who came ashore from behind saw the freshness and laughed and cursed: "Brother Hu Guang, what are you smelling? Could it be that there is still a bitch peeing here?"

"Go! Go! Go."

The brother Hu Guang in front turned around and cursed at them: "What a bunch of young boys know, the Tartars have horses, it just rained. If there were horses around, the horse's urine smelled strong and could be smelled from a distance."

The people behind them all felt reasonable after hearing this. They all sniffed the air like Hu Guang, but they could not smell anything. The shadows of trees swayed around, and the yellow sand river water behind them sounded slightly, and the surroundings were quiet.

One of the people withdrew their nose in a little discouraged manner and whispered: "My nose is not a dog's nose, I really can't smell any smell."

"You boy is a dog."

The companion next to him pinched the man in anger. The man was about to feel pain when he was pinched. But suddenly he saw Hu Guang lying on the ground and waved his hand back: "Don't make a sound, there is any movement!"

The few people were shocked and all of them lay on the ground, not daring to move, and listened carefully. There was indeed a slight sound coming from the front, which seemed to be a "crying" sound.

The leader of the team was a small flag, named Zhou Quanbao. He poked Hu Guang gently and asked him in a low voice: "Brother Hu, what's the sound?"

"It's like the sound of a horse eating food."

Hu Guang was far away and didn't know what the sound was. But he was sure that there must be a horse ahead because he smelled the smell of horse urine.

"Don't move here, I'll crawl over and take a look."

Hu Guang made a gesture to tell everyone not to move. But he crawled towards a slope in the woods ahead. He didn't dare to run directly, because if there was really someone in front, it would be easy to be noticed by the other party.

Zhou Xiaoqi knew that although Hu Guang was just an ordinary soldier in the Shui Camp, he had great skills, so he did not stop him.

Hu Guang was from Chaozhou. He joined the army at the age of 18. He first served as a soldier from the Zheng family in Fujian. Later, he followed Shangguan to Chaozhou to grab grain. As a result, he was defeated by Hao Shangjiu's troops, who was also the Ming army. He was captured and became Hao Shangjiu's soldiers. After that, Hao Shangjiu was defeated by the Qing army. He and some companions surrendered to Wu Liuqi and became the Chaozhou Green Camp soldiers. Later, he was unlucky to be captured by the Taiping Army in Xinhui, and then became the Taiping Army. The water camp of the Taiping Army was built with Hu Guang and other Chaozhou soldiers and some fishermen in Xiangshan as the backbone.

Speaking of which, Hu Guang is really an ominous person. He is with whom he is unlucky. For this reason, when he was in the water camp, the battalion officials often made fun of him for this matter. Hu Guang was not angry, and only said that he would not be unlucky again in the future. Seeing that although he was a little veteran, he was not bad at the water, he asked him to help teach the new recruits in the camp and awarded the rank of sergeant. This time, the water camp cooperated with the personal military camp to investigate the information of the Qing army, and Hu Guang was one of them.

Because it rained during the day, the forest was rotten very much, and Hu Guang had difficulty climbing forward, and his body was covered with mud and leaves. He climbed forward along the grass and soon disappeared in front of everyone. No one could see where he had climbed.

Zhou Xiaoqi led a few subordinates to lie on the shore, his hearts pounding, and the tension seemed to make his chest burst out.

Zhou Xiaoqi frowned even more: Could it be that there are really Manzhou Tartars in front?

I don’t know how long it took, but the grass in front suddenly moved. Just as everyone’s hearts were about to jump out of their throats, Hu Guang’s head was revealed from the grass.

Hu Guang climbed to Zhou Xiaoqi and lowered his voice, "I'm looking at a mile ahead. There are several horses tied to the side of the road. It's far away and I can't see clearly. I don't know if it's the Manchu Tartars or the second Tartars of the Han army. It should be their horses." He didn't say the Green Camp soldiers, because everyone knew that the Green Camp in Guangdong had no horses.

A soldier whispered: "Since he discovered the Qing army, no matter whether he is a Manchu or a Second Tartar, let's go back and report it now."

Zhou Xiaoqi shook his head: "Our mission is to find out the specific location of the Manchu Tartars. Now we have only found a few horses. I don't know if it is the Manchu Tartars or the second Han Tartars. How can I report it when I go back like this?"

"We have come out dozens of teams, so we are afraid that it is the first time we discover the Qing army. We have to find out the details of the Tartars anyway, otherwise what will we do?"

Several other soldiers also disagreed with going back to report.

Hu Guang suddenly said, "If only these Tartars are there, then we might as well get a living person and ask. We must be lucky and can earn a few real Tartars to repay their merits!"

The Taiping Army did not count the Han army's heads and Green Camp's heads, but the Manzhou Tartars' heads were able to count the merits, and one was worth a few. Therefore, Hu Guang's proposal made everyone feel excited. There were only a few people on the other side, and there were 9 people, no fewer than them. They quietly touched them, and they were prepared to fight but not, and they had a chance of winning 80% or 90%.

"I've done it! I've been in the army for several months and I've long wanted to get the salary of the soldiers."

"If you really succeed, I can also do the flag head!"

Zhou Xiaoqi certainly had no objection to his subordinates. He also wanted to raise the general flag to do it. He immediately took them to the slope where Hu Guang had gone before, preparing to seize the opportunity and take action.

As he climbed forward, Zhou Xiaoqi suddenly turned his head and said to Hu Guang on the side: "I saw Brother Hu not saying anything along the way, and I heard people talk about Brother Hu's past. I only said that Brother Hu was a soldier who was afraid of death, but he didn't want to be very hard!"

Hu Guang smiled slightly, and didn't say anything about himself, but just said: "We Chaozhou people have always been hard, but it depends on who we are to be, and we can't be hard on our own."

As soon as the few people climbed to that small slope, before they could touch the roadside, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from afar. Zhou Xiaoqi's face changed and he waved his hand to let everyone lie down and stop moving.

Everyone did not expect this change, and they all stood tightly on the ground and did not dare to breathe.

In the night, the Qing army tethered horses on the roadside in front of them were already fed, and hundreds of cavalry were running over from the north. And behind further away, there were clearly a large group of people moving here.

In the grass, everyone was afraid to show their anger, and only had pairs of eyes staring at everything in front of them. These Tartars were not probing horses, but the vanguard of the Qing army.

Everyone turned their eyes to Zhou Xiaoqi and silently asked what to do. The only option now is to retreat to the river and board the boat, hurry back and inform the general of the Manchu Tartars brigade here!

"Go away, go back immediately!" Zhou Xiaoqi indeed ordered.

Hu Guang suddenly grabbed him and whispered: "Take someone back and report, I will continue to stare at them here and see where they are going."

Zhou Xiaoqi was shocked: "Brother Hu, this is too dangerous!"

Hu Guang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I walked along the river, the Tartars couldn't find me, but they really found out. I plunged into the river, and they couldn't do anything to me."

Zhou Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment. Hu Guang's water quality was better than any of them. Don't say that the Manchus from the north were from the north. It would be better if Hu Guang was staring here.

"Brother Hu, how careful I will take people back now."

"Let's go quickly, the Tartars will come up if they are late."

After Zhou Xiaoqi led his men away, Hu Guang lurked in the forest under the night light, staring at the front with his eyes. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!