The next day, Yan Nu set out on his way north.

Three hundred scouts came out in full force. Of course, they did not move forward in a group.

The entire area north of Gaomi City is occupied territory. Once the more than 300 scouts are dispersed, not many will be left.

According to Miaohan's combing of the files, it was discovered that the original intelligence network had collapsed, and only a few scattered secret outposts remained.

If they want to reconnect the intelligence transmission routes, the three hundred people can only do so reluctantly.

Miaohan worked out a new scout distribution overnight, and finally arranged more than 300 people properly.

As for the most dangerous route and the one most likely to encounter the main force of the Tufa Clan, Yan Nu will lead the team himself.

As they marched, the number of people in the team became smaller and smaller. Finally, when they arrived at the Xiashan Lake area, only twenty people were left.

A cave in the hills east of Xiashan Lake. This is the farthest safe site from Gaomi City.

There is plenty of food, complex terrain, and many homing pigeons.

It can be said to be the most important scout resting point in existence.

Miaohan Lunjinbo, wearing a sword, is sitting here personally.

She knelt down in front of the desk and circled several locations on a map, all to the west and north of Xiashan Lake where she might encounter the main force of the Tufa clan.

Then she handed the map to a scout who looked like an old farmer.

"Han Tiedao, there must be one of these places where you will encounter the main force of the Tufa clan. Once you find it, report it immediately."

"Yes, Secretary Zhu." The scout who looked like an old farmer immediately obeyed the order and put the map away.

Miaohan said to Yannu again: "You will lead the team yourself, but listen to Lao Han in everything. They are the most elite scouts."

Yan Nu grinned: "Don't worry."

"I'm just worried..." Miaohan smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know why I selected these places? Because if the army wants to be stationed, it must be close to water sources and have supplies."

"These places have water sources and dense villages. The Tufa clan comes and goes like the wind, and often robs people of their food on the spot..."

"I know your character very well. If we meet, I'm afraid you will go crazy..."

Yan Nu wondered: "Are you afraid that I won't win?"

Miaohan looked at him seriously: "I'm afraid you won't be able to kill him cleanly..."

"If you encounter a small group of Rangers, you either don't take action, or if you do, you can't let any of them escape."

"And if you find the main force of the Tufa clan, you must come back and discuss it with me in the long term."

Yan Nu nodded, and then asked: "What will happen if I can't kill him cleanly?"

Miao Han said solemnly: "Your strength is to give the Bald Hair family a fatal blow. If you are exposed in advance, others will have countermeasures."

"Whether it's a strange object or a bald Yak, we still have too many unknowns, not to mention that too much movement will provoke the Immortal Sect..."

"Now there is still peace south of Gaomi City. The reason is not that who is holding it, but that the Tufa Clan has not gone south at all."

"Even if you can fight one against ten thousand, how can you stop them if they don't fight you and spread out to kill the people?"

"The occupied areas have been eroded. Our goal is to protect more people. We must not lose the big for the small."

"The goal this time is intelligence. When we are fully prepared, we will completely eliminate the Tufa Clan and Yan Slave. The overall situation is our top priority."

Yan Nu tilted his head, thought for a moment and said, "I remember."

Miaohan looked at the map carefully and estimated the time: "I hope I can see you before dark tomorrow."

"good."

Yan Nu nodded heavily and set off with Huang Banyun and the three most elite scouts.

A group of five people rode horses, first heading north, and then exploring all the way west.

There are three elite scouts, two of them are strong and strong, exuding a powerful bloody aura on the battlefield.

They separated from Yan Nu on horseback and pulled out two miles to the left and right.

There was another person wearing a bamboo hat, dressed like an old farmer, with a slightly stooped body and dark skin folds, following Yan Nu.

His personal force may not be outstanding, but assassination, poisoning, traps, etc. are all his specialties.

More importantly, he has extremely superb disguise skills and a pervasive ability to spy on intelligence.

Yannu walked out of the Xiashan Lake area and came to a wasteland.

It should have been a large area of ​​grassland and farmland, but now there are dark burn marks everywhere, obviously there has been a fire here.

So much so that a plain was burned into a wasteland.

In the wilderness, Yan Nu had only walked less than ten miles when he saw corpses one after another.

The corpses paved the long road and were eaten by packs of wild dogs.

"Most of them starved to death."

"Judging from the route, they wanted to flee south, but couldn't hold on and fell dead on the road."

Han Tiedao was very experienced. After examining several corpses and traces, he immediately gave the answer.

Yan Nu clenched his spear and murmured: "If they walk ten more miles, they will be able to find something to eat."

Huang Banyun sighed: "If we walk fifty miles more, we will reach Gaomi."

Yan Nu walked and watched all the way, feeling very uncomfortable.

He was eating a banquet in Gaomi City the day before yesterday. He never thought that so many people would starve to death just fifty miles outside the country.

These people endured hunger and panic and tried their best to escape here, but they eventually fell.

In just fifty miles, there are two completely different worlds.

"Marquis, we have seen people in front of us." A scout rushed back and said.

"Take me there quickly!" Yan Nu's eyes lit up.

They soon found themselves in a dilapidated village.

The village has been completely burned down, the stench of blood is filling the air, and corpses with mutilated limbs are everywhere.

There is a water source nearby that flows into the village, which is obviously the daily water used by the villagers.

But now in the ditch and pond, there are only corpses piled up, hands and feet resting on each other, blood and some things mixed into the water, turning into colorful colors.

Han Tiedao quickly judged: "He died more than five days ago because he was looted and hacked by the insurgents."

"It should be a small group of cavalry. No trace of the large army was found."

Even though Huang Banyun was a scholar who had been in the martial arts world, he had never seen such a scene before, and his face looked so ugly that he felt like vomiting.

Yan Nu was even more furious. Miao Han only told him that Tufa was robbing property and food, but now was this robbery?

He frowned and looked at the scout who had reported before: "Is this what you said about discovering the people?"

"Junhou, no..." the scout said quickly: "I saw the figures of the common people from a distance, and there were several alive."

Han Tiedao said: "They must have seen the sound of horse hooves and hid when they discovered we were approaching."

Yan Nu immediately shouted: "Look for me quickly!"

Everyone scattered around and searched for a while, but found no trace of any living person.

Yan Nu decisively asked Qingniao to release his consciousness, and finally found a secret cellar in a collapsed house, with dozens of people crowded inside.

He ran over and opened the cover in one fell swoop.

It was pitch dark inside, without a trace of light or sound.

But Yan Nu knew that dozens of people were looking up at him eagerly.

"Come out quickly." Yan Nu squatted down and put his hand deep into the dark room.

The dozens of pairs of eyes inside were staring at the hand reaching out from the glowing exit, not daring to make a sound.

Little did they know, the owner of this hand could see them.

There was a crash, and I grabbed one of them nearby and lifted him up easily.

The others just watched without saying a word, neither resisting nor crying, and allowed the hand to pull them out of the dark room one by one.

Huang Banyun came over and looked at the people fished out. They were all covered in black and covered with burnt charcoal, obviously to help them hide in the darkness.

After they were fished out, some wanted to run away, but when they saw Huang Banyun and three other soldiers with weapons, they immediately lost all courage.

They all huddled under the ruins and shivered.

Everything went on silently until Yan Nu vacated a space and jumped into the cellar.

He looked around, patted a mother and said, "Stop covering her child. You are suffocating the child to death."

The woman let go of her hand, and the seven or eight-year-old child in her arms was stunned for a moment. When she realized that she had been discovered, she cried out.

His movement instantly broke the silence of the scene.

For a time, from all directions of Yan Nu, either low sobbing or heavy breathing could be heard.
To be continued...