The strongest soldier

"I know." Balu also replied with a serious face. Seeing Luo Zheng looking at him questioningly, he explained: "They are a caravan that hired some armed personnel. The caravan is walking on this grassland. Which one is not protected by armed personnel? This is not surprising. They pass by my tribe twice every year. This year they came early, and I am still confused. Their business was fair in the past. I don’t know why this time, they asked for more than a dozen camels. We have more than a dozen horses, as well as a lot of fresh water and food. These are similar to before, but they are not as fully paid as before.”

"Oh, wait a minute, you mean a lot of food and fresh water? How long will it be enough for them?" Luo Zheng was shocked, interrupted Balu's words, and asked eagerly.

"Well, if you use it sparingly, it can last for a month. What's wrong? It's been like this in the past. It won't be much more this time?" Balu asked curiously.

Luo Zheng motioned to the other party to wait and pondered. A month's worth of food and fresh water meant that they were going far away. This was also the case in the past. It meant that they often walked this route. It also meant that they often went to a certain place. It might be one of their strongholds. Thinking of this, Luo Zheng asked in a deep voice, "Can you find any trace of them?"

"There are no secrets on the grassland. It will be difficult for you to find them, but it is not a problem for us locals." Balu said quickly.

"You mean there are no secrets on the grassland?" Luo Zheng looked at the other party in surprise and asked, seeing Balu nodding, he asked in a deep voice: "Does this mean that the fact that we are chasing them will be exposed, and they will know? Then is there any way you can cover up the truth that we are chasing them?"

"It seems that it's not a good thing for you to chase them. Let me think about it." Balu responded casually and became thoughtful.

"Don't worry, as soon as you find their whereabouts, you will leave immediately. I will give you a large amount of materials as reward, or funds. You can put forward conditions." Luo Zheng said seriously.

"You are insulting my friendship and personality." Balu said with some dissatisfaction. Seeing Luo Zheng smile, he continued: "It is not difficult to cover up the truth of your pursuit. They took a lot of things from my tribe, but only For less than one-third of the fee, as the future chief of the tribe, I can come after you to collect debts. This excuse is enough to cover up everything. As for you, you are the ones I hired to collect debts, but I am not sorry for you to play this role."

"No problem, they are just mercenaries." Luo Zheng agreed indifferently. As long as he can find the other party, not to mention mercenaries, even laborers are willing to do it. Soldiers have the duty to complete the task. In order to complete the task, they can do whatever it takes and work tirelessly. What's the point of doing anything but playing mercenary?

When Balu saw that Luo Zheng had agreed, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He even thought highly of Luo Zheng. He was a man who could go up and down. He quickly said: "It's getting late. Let's go quickly."

"Okay." Seeing that Balu was a resolute man, Luo Zheng agreed with satisfaction and gave the mountain eagle a look. The mountain eagle nodded knowingly and immediately ordered through the headset: "Brothers, assemble quickly and prepare to set off."

Soon, the brothers who were scattered around quickly gathered together. One by one, they were running in the tall grass. Like hungry wolves, they quickly rushed up and quickly gathered into a team. Balu was stunned when he saw it. He didn't expect that there were people nearby. There were actually so many people hiding, and each of them looked very strong and well-equipped. I was secretly glad that the game ended peacefully and did not offend these people, otherwise the entire tribe would be in big trouble.

Thinking of this, Balu secretly rejoiced. His eyes were full of stars when he looked at everyone. This is a big tree. If you are close to this big tree, the development of the tribe is just around the corner. It seems that you have to work hard this time. OK.

Luo Zheng ignored Balu's petty thoughts and laughed it off. A person who wholeheartedly considers the development of the tribe is worthy of respect. He glanced at the brothers gathered together and gave the mountain eagle a look. The mountain eagle nodded knowingly. A marching order was immediately deployed. One team moved forward one kilometer to explore the road, two teams followed, and the other two teams came behind. The team quickly took action and moved forward.

During the march, Luo Zheng, Lan Xue, Gui Shou, Shi Qian, Shan Diao and Balu were in the middle. Luo Zheng and Balu chatted while walking to understand the grassland folk customs so as not to cause unnecessary trouble if they violated taboos. The tribal taboos were too great. If you don't understand, you will easily get into unnecessary trouble.

The team advanced very quickly, and unknowingly it was dusk. Balu looked at the sunset and said in embarrassment: "They have camels and horses. We can't keep up with them on foot. If we are walking like this, can we get some horses to take our place?"

"I don't have any money, can you pay in advance?" Gui Shou said angrily.

"As long as you have strength on the grassland, you don't have to worry about anything, and you may not be able to accomplish anything if you have money. The grassland is about bartering. You have weapons and skills, and you can hunt wild beasts in exchange. Wolves and lions are the most precious here. If If you can hunt, you can also exchange for a lot of supplies." Balu suggested.

"Is there any other way?" Luo Zheng asked in a deep voice. How can wolves and lions on the grassland be so easy to kill? This method is too time-consuming and not advisable.

"Help the tribe do things, gain friendship, and also get gifts." Balu said quickly.

"We don't have that much time." The mountain eagle nearby reminded.

"Then there's no other way." Balu said helplessly, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he added: "There is another way. I heard that there is a wild wolf valley about two days away, and there used to be a group of wild wolves living in it. Wild wolves, and then a group of bandits appeared, drove away the wild wolves, and occupied the Wild Wolf Valley, with about a hundred people, causing harm to the party, not only attacking the caravans, but also attacking lone people and small tribes."

"This is a good idea. Since this group of robbers has been around for a while, it means they have robbed a lot of things, which is an advantage for us. I think it is okay." Guishou smiled after hearing this and looked at Luo Zheng.

Luo Zheng pondered for a moment and then asked: "We'll see when the time comes. The top priority is not to lose track of the target. If the robber is too far away from the target route, forget it. If it's appropriate, you might as well try to steal some horses instead."

"It should be in the same direction, but it's hard to tell. Look, there's a tribe about ten hours ahead. I'll just ask them if they want to travel at night. We're used to traveling at night, no problem. Yes, you should have no problem, right? The night is good tonight and the lighting is sufficient." Balu suggested.

"Okay, catch up as soon as possible." Luo Zheng looked at the sky. There was no shadow of the moon at all. However, Balu said that there would be, so he couldn't be wrong. These people who have lived in this grassland for many years understand the climate here better than he does. He couldn't help but He agreed and said, thinking that the enemy had run far away and might be lost, Luo Zheng became worried, wishing he could catch up and rescue the hostages immediately.