The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

Each of Li Tian's subordinates presented their findings, and Li Tian listened quietly, making judgments one by one.

Until Zhao Yong took out two blood-stained arrowheads.

"Sergeant, I found two arrowheads at Xiaoshang River to the south. There must have been a fight there."

"Furthermore, I also found hoof prints near the Xiaoshang River."

Li Tian frowned slightly, took the arrow from Zhao Yong's hand, examined it carefully, and said directly.

"These are the imperial wolf-tooth arrows, used only by scouts. Our rebel army uses triangular arrows, which are completely different from these."

"Zhao Yong, you've done a great job this time. I'll give you an extra chicken leg when we get home tonight."

Zhao Yong smiled slightly, standing to the side with a smug look on his face. Clearly, he had a greater talent for scouts than the other four.

"Follow me, everyone. The scout we're looking for should be to the south!"

Li Tian stood up and walked towards the Xiaoshang River to the south.

Wu Laoliu and the others all showed excitement on their faces.

found it.

Are we finally going to face off against the imperial scouts?

……

The six armored vehicles moved slowly in the sunlight and soon arrived at the Xiaoshang River.

"That's the rock."

Zhao Yong pointed to the rock he had found. Li Tian walked over, touched the rock, and then walked around the river.

He became even more certain of his judgment.

He found horse manure in the riverbed, and there were undigested beans in the manure.

The farmer's horses ate only weeds.

Only the imperial army would use such a luxury as beans to feed their warhorses.

"You lot, come here!" Li Tian called over Wu Laoliu and the others, pointing at the horse manure, "Could you figure something out?"

"A horse will pass by here," said Wu Laoliu.

"It's a warhorse!" Zhao Yong added immediately.

"Why?" Li Tian smiled. He realized that Zhao Yong was truly excellent material for a scout.

"There are undigested beans in horse manure, and only the imperial court's warhorses are fed beans."

"Neither the rebels nor ordinary people would be so extravagant."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yong's judgment was the same as Li Tian's.

Li Tian's smile widened. "Then can you tell me how many horses passed by here and which direction they went?"

"There are eight horses in total! Heading north!" Zhao Yong answered with unusual certainty.

"Oh, tell me, how did you determine that?"

Li Tian asked with some surprise.

Actually, Zhao Yong is right about everything.

He had seen it coming a long time ago.

He could make that judgment because he had eagle eyes; he could see things clearly within hundreds of meters.

The river flows from south to north, and at the northernmost point there are two forks in the road, one of which has messy hoofprints.

Actually, judging the number of horses is very simple. When a horse is running, it is very fast, and its stride is often about two meters. Its forelegs are heavier than its hind legs.

Therefore, by counting the deeper hoofprints within two meters, one can basically determine how many warhorses have passed by.

But Zhao Yong is different.

He doesn't have Hawkeye, so the fact that he could make such a judgment can only mean one thing.

He had thoroughly searched the entire area, and he had previously learned some tracking techniques.

"How did you determine that?"

Faced with this question, Zhao Yong simply smiled and said, "Please follow me, everyone."

Led by Zhao Yong, the group arrived at the fork in the road, where Zhao Yong said almost exactly the same thing as Li Tian's assessment.

After saying that, he turned to look at Li Tian, ​​"Sergeant Li, was my judgment correct?"

Li Tian simply nodded slightly, a faint smile appearing on his face. "I'll add another chicken leg when we get back tonight."

A sense of warmth spread through Zhao Yong's eyes.

He recognized and respected heroes; he felt he had met someone who truly understood him.

Now that they had been followed by the imperial scouts, all that remained was to trace their trail along the hoofprints.

Li Tian led his team to begin their pursuit.

To everyone's surprise, even after crossing four mountains, they still couldn't catch up with the scout.

Li Tian's team had to stop and rest in a grove of trees, and Wu Laoliu was panting heavily.

"Sergeant, are we going in the wrong direction? We've been chasing them for so long and haven't caught them yet!"

"Damn it! Is this some kind of deliberate smokescreen set up by those corrupt government officials?"

Li Tian didn't speak, but slowly closed his eyes.

His eagle eyes not only gave him unparalleled vision, but also made his hearing incredibly sharp.

A tiger's hearing can reach two miles.

Li Tian's ability is even more remarkable; he can hear sounds from five miles away.

After listening with his eyes closed for a while, Li Tian slowly opened them and said calmly, "Found them. Go one more mile west, and they'll be resting in a mountain stream."

A wave of surprise washed over everyone.

They went out hunting and spent three or four hours looking for prey.

With the prey right under their noses, who wouldn't be happy?

"Rest here for half an incense stick's time, replenish your food and water, it's time to hunt!"

……

Half an hour later,

Li Tian led his team silently to a hillside hidden by a dense forest.

Not far away is a mountain stream.

Four warhorses are drinking water by a mountain stream.

On another large rock, four soldiers wearing leather armor were gnawing on their dry rations while their eyes were scanning the area warily.

The prey has been found!

But how should we hunt?

Li Tian turned around and glanced at the five eager recruits behind him, then lowered his voice and asked.

"So, these are the imperial scouts. Are you confident you can kill them?"

Wu Laoliu chuckled and said, "I don't think the imperial scouts are any good. I, Wu Laoliu, can kill two or three of them by myself."

"Alright, you said it. When you go out and kill someone later, we'll be there to cover for you."

"If you can't keep up, we'll replace you with someone else."

No sooner had Wu Laoliu finished speaking than Li Tian blocked all his escape routes.

"Sergeant..." Wu Laoliu's face immediately turned ashen.

He dared to make such a boast because there were six of them on his side, and each of them was wearing iron armor.

He was called Wu Laoliu, who fought against four scouts all by himself.

He wouldn't have that ability even if you beat him to death.

"Sergeant, are you kidding me?" Wu Laoliu asked with a smirk.

Li Tian's face was so cold it could freeze. "Do I look like I'm joking? There are no jokes in the military."

A chill spread through Li Tian's eyes, and Wu Laoliu dared not laugh anymore, his expression turning serious.

"I, Wu Laoliu, will risk my life to complete the sergeant's orders!"

Li Tian nodded and said to Zhao Erbao and the others, "Surround them first. I'll use my bow and arrows to disperse their warhorses, then you can show yourselves."

"Don't waste words when you meet them, just kill them."

"The battle will be resolved within the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn."

Zhao Erbao and the others nodded and quietly dispersed into the woods.

Why not just shoot them with a bow and arrow?

Firstly, of the six people, only Li Tian had a crossbow, so he had no choice but to shoot them all in an instant.

Secondly, he intended to train his new recruits.

It was common for scouts to fight each other.

If they don't kill one or two scouts with their own abilities, they are not qualified to walk on the land near Wolf Head Fortress.

Li Tian's men gradually dispersed.

.......

On the large rock, the four scouts finished their dry rations and stood up. Li Tian then realized that these people were all physically strong, each of them over 1.75 meters tall, with eyes as bright as hawks. Although they looked thin, their movements were full of explosive power.

Even during their rest, they would lean back to back, cautiously searching their surroundings as they slowly approached the warhorses by the mountain stream.

Ten steps, five steps, six steps, and they were still three or four steps away from their warhorses when, with a whoosh, an arrow suddenly flew out of the dense forest and struck a warhorse in the eye.

The warhorse was startled and ran away. The other warhorses, though well-trained, were also frightened and retreated repeatedly.

Immediately afterwards, a tall figure fully clad in armor suddenly appeared on the main road beside the scouts, blocking their path.