Chapter 1175: Camping in the Cave

The group walked and stopped along the way, and finally arrived at the camping place before dark. This is in a cave in a valley. Two days ago, the soldiers responsible for exploring the way found this place. After discovering this cave, they used it as a place for everyone to camp. Then they sent people to send the results of the exploration back to Duanshi. Just then, they heard the news from the shadow that General Shi A would come to explore the route in person, so they let everyone rest here and wait for Shi A to arrive before starting to explore the way.

It must be said that the place they are waiting for is very good. It is on the cliff on one side of the valley. If it is cavalry, it will definitely be blind, but it is easy for infantry and rangers like Shi A. When Shi A and his group entered the cave, the last ray of sunlight in the west took back its afterglow. The soldiers left in the cave had already prepared some food and water, and a large bonfire was built at the entrance of the cave. Now everyone is in the mountains and there are no people everywhere, so they are not afraid of being discovered.

"General Shi!" Seeing Shi A coming in, more than ten soldiers who stayed behind stood up and saluted him.

Shi A also returned the salute to everyone one by one, and looked at everyone one by one. What shocked Shi A was that none of these soldiers were not injured. They all had injuries, but the severity varied. From their wounds, it can be seen that they were basically bitten or scratched by wild beasts. Thinking of the experience of his group today, he couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart. The king is indeed a genius. He knows that ordinary soldiers of the Tang army are not afraid of any force when marching and fighting, but for this kind of mountains and forests, it is still the most suitable for us rangers.

"You have all worked hard. The king knows that you have worked hard, so he specially sent me to take charge of this matter. This time, I am here with the elite soldiers of the Shadow Guard. They may not be able to compete with the generals in marching and fighting, but they are no problem in dealing with these birds and beasts. So from tomorrow, these beasts will be left to us, and you just need to find the way with peace of mind." Shi A said to the generals in the cave;

"Thank you for your consideration, general!" Everyone was moved and saluted Shi A;

"Okay, everyone is tired all day, let's have a good rest after dinner, and we will set off early tomorrow morning to try to complete the task assigned to us by the king as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

There were originally more than 20 soldiers in the cave, and now with the addition of Shi A's group of more than a dozen people, the number of people in the exploration team suddenly increased to more than 40 people. Fortunately, this cave is large enough, so there is not much problem for these people to squeeze in the cave. After the group had dinner, Shi A stood up and said, "I will keep watch in the first half of the night. Zhang Ming, the second half will be yours. The rest of you can rest assured!"

The general led by the Hedong Army was about to refuse, but was stopped by Shi A: "Okay, no need to say more, let's do it this way. There will be plenty of time in the future. You have been busy for several days. It's just right to use this time to have a good rest for a night. Starting tomorrow, everyone will be busy. Maybe there will be no such good place to camp in the future."

"Yes!"

The leading general did not say anything more, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go back and rest. He and Shi A came to the cave entrance together and said, "Let the brothers rest first. I will accompany the general to keep watch in the first half of the night. It's just right to explain to the general in detail the situation we encountered here during this period of time."

Shi A heard it and did not object. The two left the cave together and came to the cave entrance. They walked around the burning bonfire at the cave entrance and came to a huge protruding stone outside the cave.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened. Shi A looked up and saw that the sky was covered by a dark curtain. There was silence all around, except for the occasional calls of night owls from afar. In the cave, most of the soldiers had fallen asleep, leaving only the occasional crackling of the campfire and occasional whispers.

The person in charge of exploring the way this time was a personal guard under Tian Yu,

named Tian Zhe. Although he was only a Quchang, he was also an old man who had followed Tian Yu for many years.

"Tian Quchang, tell me about your situation these days!" Shi A sat down on a stone, with a black iron sword within his reach.

"Yes!"

"Come, sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, General!"

From Tian Zhe's mouth, Shi A really knew the danger in the jungle. When Tian Zhe received the order from Tian Yu, he led ten guards to Yang Feng's army, selected twenty Baibo veterans who were familiar with the situation in the mountains, and rushed to the foot of the mountains west of Duanshi.

If the road from Yicheng to Duanshi is just difficult to walk, then after leaving Duanshi, if you go east, there is basically no way to go. More than 30 of them searched for more than ten days at the foot of the mountain east of Duanshi, and finally found several valley entrances that seemed to be ancient roads, and then spent more than ten days to find one of the closest roads. However, these ten days of elimination caused several of them to lose their lives in the mountains.

Afterwards, Tian Zhe led the remaining twenty or so people all the way eastward along the valley, carefully exploring the road. It took more than ten days to advance the road to this point. However, after more than a month, their personnel have lost nearly ten people, and the rest are all injured. Fortunately, Shi A has led more than a dozen rangers who are good at walking in the jungle to join in, otherwise Tian Zhe really didn't know if he could continue to investigate.

The two were talking about things in the jungle, when suddenly a few tiny voices came from the cave.

"Brother Zhang, why do you think the king suddenly asked us to find some ancient road?" Shi A listened carefully and knew that this was another ranger who came with him, and he was asking Zhang Ming.

"This is not easy. We came all the way from Hedong, and you don't even think about where is the east of Hedong?" Zhang Ming laughed softly;

"East? Are you planning to let us find a way to Shangdang?" The man said in surprise;

"Hey, you kid, you're not too stupid, or else?"

Hearing the voices inside getting louder and louder, Shi A couldn't help but snorted softly, and the two people talking inside immediately stopped talking. Shi A and Tian Zhe looked at each other and stopped talking.

Both of them knew that although they did not tell their subordinates clearly, there must be someone among them who had guessed the purpose of this trip like Zhang Ming. There is always no shortage of smart people in this world. However, even if you know it, you can't express it so clearly.

Shi A originally planned to explain it to everyone in a few days. It seems that he has to explain it clearly to everyone in advance, but he is not afraid that someone will leak the secret. Firstly, the people selected this time are basically people who have settled down in Tang Guoan. Secondly, from now on, these people will not appear alone in front of other people until the army is dispatched to attack Shangdang. This was something that Guo Jia and others emphasized to Shi A repeatedly before he set off.