The Era of Generals

Chapter 725 Whereabouts

"Probably not!"

Chen Ming seemed to check it carefully again, and then gave Chen Ze a positive answer.

"How to say?"

Chen Ze asked directly.

Originally, he could also directly see what Chen Ming saw through the video function, and then he could distinguish the authenticity by himself.

But first of all, his military exploits are not much, and the military exploits consumed by opening a video cannot be compared with just a voice call.

Secondly, he still believed in Chen Ming's judgment.

When he completed his first mission, Chen Ming's scouting work played a key role.

So Chen Ze thought that he didn't need to take a look at it himself.

"My lord, these traces don't look like they were left by the army."

Chen Ming replied: "The traces left by a regular army on the march will not be as scattered and disorderly as I saw."

"It looks more like the traces of the horse bandits' rampage!"

Chen Ming had seen horse bandits before. He had seen many similar traces in the Forest of Poisonous Mist, so now he speaks with confidence.

"Horse bandits."

Chen Ze nodded. In other words, it means the same thing as being a rogue. "

"In your opinion, how many are there?"

he asked again.

Chen Ming pondered for a moment, then solemnly said: "There should be about 30,000 people."

"More than 30,000 people?"

Chen Ze thought about it carefully, and the amount seemed to be about the same.

To be able to plunder three cities at an extremely fast speed, the number of these rogues must reach a certain scale.

Even if the three cities were like empty cities at that time, at least there were still a large number of civilians in the cities. If there was no deterrence of force, it would not be certain who would hit whom.

So there are 30,000 troops, which is a more suitable number.

Chen Ze thought for a while, and ordered: "Well, first, you can follow these traces and look around. It would be great if you can find someone. If you can't, you should also see where the traces end."

After all, he couldn't leave now, and Chen Ming had no missions for the time being, so it was not impossible to follow the past.

The main reason why Chen Ze cared so much about these rogues was that the direction Chen Ming was in charge of was facing Chen Ze's destination.

That is the direction in which the hostages were held.

The traces that Chen Ming found were going in that direction, which made Chen Ze have to pay attention.

Moreover, at this time, Chen Ze was already more than half sure that the traces Chen Ming found should be left by those rogues.

As for the reason, it is simple.

With the current situation, there are fewer and fewer safe areas within Fengqi Province, so many bandit forces are forced to stay far away.

Just like Huangliang, and like those rogues who suddenly appeared near the border.

Their area of ​​activity must not overlap with the marching route of the Bailie Empire, otherwise they will either be annihilated or captured, and become cannon fodder for the Bailie Empire to attack the city.

Who wants to be cannon fodder?

So running is a must.

And this run is not aimless, it must be to bypass the army of the Bailie Empire.

In this way, their activity space will be compressed again and again.

The bandits were bandits after all, and they couldn't change their nature during the escape process, so they did the thing of looting the three border cities.

It can also be seen from this that the leader who led this bandit is probably also a person who has experience as a general, and his judgment on the situation is still very accurate.

So they didn't take advantage of the trend to go to Nantes province after robbing the three cities.

Because he knows very well that the situation in Fengqi Province is not good, and a large part of the reason lies in Nantes Province.

Nantes Province, which is in dire straits at the moment, is a hundred times more dangerous than Fengqi Province.

Running to the province of Nantes is tantamount to courting death.

But staying in the three border cities is also not acceptable.

After all, they took advantage of Huang Liang's attack on Dongping City to seize the three cities, which was regarded as the fruit of Huang Liang's victory.

Staying in the three border cities, isn't that equivalent to waiting for Fenghuangliang to come to revenge?

When a fierce battle is fought, the outnumbered bandits may not necessarily be Huang Liang's opponents.

In the case of bandit forces, the criterion for judging strength is very simple, that is to see who has more people and who has fewer people.

There are many people in Huangliang, so he is a cow. Since he has already taken the food, how long will it be if he doesn't run away now?

Then the escape route is actually obvious.

He couldn't go to the main city of Fengqi Province, nor could he escape into Nantes Province, so Chen Ming's location became his first choice.

There, it was the place where the Bailie Empire held the old man Hua as a hostage.

The location chosen by the Bailie Empire was not a very important strategic location in Fengqi Province, and the battle has progressed until now, a large number of troops have been pressing towards the main city, so that the troops guarding the hostages are getting stronger and stronger. come less and less.

Since this is the case, the Bailie Empire will not make a big splash in that place, but keep a low profile, and only need to hold the hostages to complete the task.

So this peace was misunderstood by the leader of the bandits, thinking that it was beyond the reach of the Bailie Empire, and he could just pass there now, and maybe he could snatch two more cities along the way.

And this also explains that the people sent by Huangliang

Through the analysis of the current situation, Chen Ze almost grasped the psychological activities of the bandit leader to the extreme.

What still needs to be determined right now is what Chen Ming will find after following the traces.

These rogues have been gone for at least half a month, which is indeed a long time, but considering that there are still four to five cities in the straight line from Dongping City to the place where the hostages are held, Chen Ze thinks that perhaps Can be in time.

Originally, I wanted to integrate all the forces of the four border cities, but I didn't expect that the development of the matter exceeded Chen Ze's expectations, but...

If the judgment is true, those guys just went in that direction...

Perhaps, there is still a place that can be used.

Chen Ze thought silently, while Meng Yang and others also came to the martial arts training field, and then took up the duties of instructors according to Chen Ze's order.

On the one hand, Chen Ze asked Meng Yang and others to try their best to make the bandit army have a certain combat capability, and on the other hand, they also tried to restore some combat capabilities for the prisoners as much as possible.

In order to train Huang Liang's troops as much as possible, Chen Ze even directly possessed Meng Yang and Guo as generals, and asked them to use their strongest strength to carry out intensive training for these loose bandits.

It is conceivable how ghostly crying and wolf howling should be on the playground.

In comparison, the original 5,000 troops in Dongping City were much happier.

Their low combat power is due to the recent malnutrition, which is Huang Liang's fault.

Right now it is just a matter of giving them enough nutrition.

While Chen Ze was paying attention to the training of the soldiers, only one day later, Chen Ming's message came back.