Although Muse has never really been to Daxue Mountain. But she has experienced a lot of experience in the Northwest Tulip family territory for several years. And she is a tomboy by nature, she is a little less weak than ordinary girls, but a little more jumpy and flamboyant. During the few years in the Northwest, she was thrown by Du Wei to the hands of the female knight Ruolin to practice.
During the period, she had dealt with many mercenary organizations, and she even secretly followed the mercenaries to play on the grassland.
Therefore, Muse still has some understanding of the grassland. As for the Daxue Mountain that everyone on the grassland knows, although I have never been there, I can still grasp the approximate direction.
"Are you taking us there?" The elf frowned.
"I'll take you there!" Muse said proudly.
"You know it? Really?"
Muse stopped talking and looked at each other quietly.
Du Wei lightly kicked away a stone under his feet, then drew out the long sword hanging from his waist, and dug up a mound on the ground, and soon found what he was looking for!
In the pit, buried a pile of animal fur and gnawed bones, as well as some ashes left after burning the fire!
Seeing these things, Du Wei frowned, but regardless of the dirt, he squatted down and grabbed a bone. He leaned up to his nose and sniffed.
After he stood up, he glanced at his companions: "They won't leave here for more than six days."
This is a valley, the same valley where the wolf rode for three days after crossing the Kilimaro Mountains!
At this moment, the surrounding area is very quiet, in the valley, deep in the dense forest, not even the sound of birds chirping. The sun was setting in the west, and the evening wind blew into the valley, blowing Du Wei's hair up.
his side. Standing with the only companion, that tall and stalwart man. A crusader's long sword hangs on his back, long legs and broad shoulders, and a head of thick golden curly hair. Although he wears an eye patch on his face, it does not detract from his fortitude and upright temperament in the slightest.
Hussein glanced at Du Wei, his tone was very flat: "Are you sure?"
"Of course." Du Wei stood up. He casually patted the filth in his hands, and said with a faint smile: "Don't forget, I was also in the frozen forest back then, and I went hunting with the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group."
After a pause, he looked at the things under his feet with a smile, and said slowly: "These things are the remains of those werewolf food, but they haven't rotted and smelled yet. Judging from the weather and climate temperature here, it shouldn't take longer than Six days."
Hussein nodded, and he stepped aside. He jumped onto a rock and looked at the surrounding environment: "They must have stayed here for a while. Thousands of teams must have been exhausted and exhausted after climbing down the mountain. If they don't rest, they can't continue." fight."
Du Wei nodded: "Then we should have time."
After a pause, he continued: "Now our problem is to find two horses on the surrounding grassland as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will run and catch up on two legs, which is too bad."
After Longbottom came back after surviving a catastrophe. Immediately passed the news to Du Wei there. This battle. Judging from the results of the battle, if it wasn't for the fat man in the end, it would be unlucky. If he encountered that team of wolf riders on the road, it can be said to be almost perfect.
As for the final score and escape, in fact, the loss is not too large in general. Compared with the results of their battle behind the enemy lines this time, the damage is within an acceptable range.
However, the news of Muse's disappearance still made Fatty feel very ashamed.
After the news was sent to Du Wei, Du Wei immediately left the Eastern Fortress without stopping, and rushed to the central area to meet the fat man alone. Afterwards, he summoned Hussein, and the two of them set out on the road together to track it down!
What must be explained is: Du Wei is not purely to save Muse.
In terms of his status, as the head coach of the Eastern Front, he couldn't leave hundreds of thousands of troops and the enemies staring at the other side of the river recklessly and leave alone for the sake of a girl who disappeared on the battlefield.
If it was just such a simple thing as the disappearance of Muse, then even if Du Wei had a good relationship with the Liszt family, even if Muse was a woman that his younger brother Gabriel liked, he would never leave the East and come here in person! This is not to say that Du Wei is cold-blooded or cruel, but... As the coach, he cannot easily leave the main force!
However, he still came.
This is because, according to Longbottom's report, what happened this time was not simple!
Du Wei grasped one point very keenly: thousands of wolf riders suddenly appeared in large numbers in the west... What is the purpose? !
As early as from Rohart, Du Wei got a lot of information about the criminals: the wolf tribe is the only race among the orcs that has a cavalry system. Wang Luoxue's loyalty is extremely high! In a sense, they could be regarded as Luoxue's only direct-line army among the orcs besides the elves' own warriors.
More importantly, according to the news from Rohart, the population of the wolf tribe has not been too large. During the large-scale return of the criminals, according to Rohart's understanding, the wolf tribe poured out, and almost all the young and strong warriors in the wolf tribe were spared. The wolf cavalry formed had a total of only about The scale of ten thousand rides!
The number of more than ten thousand, on the eastern front, Du Wei encountered two or three thousand. He had been suspicious for a long time, such a strong team, and Luo Xue's direct descendant, if Luo Xue didn't bring all of them with him, where would he send them
Now I got the news from Fatty: Thousands of wolf riders have all quietly gone to the west far away from Luoxue! !
This news. It deserves Du Wei's deep attention! For this reason, he did not hesitate to leave the eastern front, personally went to the central area to join Longbottom, and then took a group of Griffin Knights, together with Hussein, to the enemy's rear. Clues were found in situ.
Turns out, behind that wooded lot. To Du Wei's surprise, according to the traces left outside the woods. It is true that a large number of enemy troops stayed here for a short time, but judging from the traces—the number seems to be far more than the two or three thousand that Longbottom said, but more than five thousand!
What made Du Wei even more puzzled was that these five thousand wolf riders gathered in this desolate and remote place, and did not go south to attack the human line of defense! But judging from the traces on the road, it is all the way to the west!
Follow the trace all the way down. Soon Du Wei and Hussein chased to the Kilimaro Mountains, and finally concluded: the other party has gone into the mountains!
This discovery made Du Wei even more confused. Apart from being confused, he had a premonition in his heart: this matter is not simple!
Du Wei, who originally planned to come and see for himself, and then went back to the eastern defense line as soon as possible, temporarily changed his mind and decided to pursue it himself!
This encountered a problem: the vast mountain, it is absolutely impossible for human troops to climb over the mountain! Think carefully. I am afraid that only those wolves who are keen to come and go like the wind have the ability to maintain mobility in the mountains and forests.
Therefore, it is impossible for Du Wei to lead the army into the mountains to chase after him, so he can only...
After careful consideration, Du Wei made a decision: not to bring any troops, not even Griffin Knights! He ordered the Griffin Knights to return to the eastern defense line to continue the defense. At least there are Griffin Knights in the east. If the elves come to attack, they can still fight.
Du Wei decided that only himself and Hussein would go into the mountains to chase.
This is also a helpless move: the opponent is a large army of 5,000 people. myself here. With fewer people, it is useless. Bring too much... But over the mountains, it is not something the human army can do. Both myself and Hussein have the strength of the holy rank—two holy rank powerhouses, if they catch up and start fighting with each other, it will be enough. Even if the opponent's strength is strong, there are some criminal masters hidden in the team - Du Wei already knows that there are saint-level powerhouses among the criminals besides Luoxue - even if they can't beat them at that time, Du Wei and Hussein Two people, if they want to escape, they can escape.
In this way, after Du Wei and Hussein entered the mountain, like hunters following their prey, they carefully searched for the clues left by the other party's advance along the way.
Although in the barren mountains, orcs have talents, they are far stronger than humans in this environment, and the racial advantages of werewolves allow them to move quickly even if they leave the plains and deep in the mountains.
But fortunately, the number of opponents is really too much. No matter how careful the team of five thousand wolf riders is, they can't leave no traces.
In this way, Du Wei and Hussein managed to chase all the way down. After many days of climbing mountains and ridges, they finally crossed Mount Kilimaro!
The time was just seven or eight days slower than the large army of the wolf clan.
But after crossing the mountains, Du Wei confirmed that this place has come to the boundary of the grassland, the mystery in his heart not only did not subside, but became more and more intense.
Grassland... Why did the wolf rider spend so much effort sneaking into the grassland? If it is sneaking into the interior of the empire, there is still a reason. But the grassland... What is there in the grassland that is worth Luoxue's expense and the risk of annihilation by five thousand elite wolves riding in the mountains
This is not an alarmist statement - even for the wolves, it is not an easy task to cross the huge Mount Kilimaro. Huge mountains, steep mountain roads, icy fields above the snow line, and marching on snow peaks are all extremely dangerous things!
There are countless dangers in the mountains: lack of food, getting lost, landslides, and even... If an avalanche accidentally encounters on the snow mountain, it will be enough to ruin the entire army of thousands of elite wolf cavalry!
After leaving the valley, Du Wei and Hussein walked around the grassland for a day, but they didn't find even a camp of grassland herdsmen.
This made Du Wei feel more and more gloomy.
He has been in the northwest for a long time, and he has already done enough homework on the study of grassland people. He made some calculations and gathered at this moment. It is the season of high horses and fertile land in autumn. According to his calculations on the map, the place he was in was the northeast of the grassland. The aquatic plants in this area were considered good. It stands to reason that there should be many large and small nomadic tribes and herdsman villages scattered here.
But after walking for a day, I didn't even see a single person!
Where have all the herdsmen here gone
Could it be that they were all wiped out by wolf riders? !
finally. On the second night, Du Wei and Hussein finally found a passing horse team!
This is a steppe cavalry. About nearly a thousand riders in size. Du Wei identified it from a distance, and recognized that the flag of this prairie cavalry belonged to a prairie tribe he knew, and this tribe seemed to have some trade relations with his Tulip family, so he and Hussein Leaned up.
The opponent was very hostile at first. However, after Du Wei showed a badge of the Tulip family that he carried with him, the other party's attitude became much more kind.
After talking, Du Wei got important news from this prairie cavalry!
It turned out that wolf riders had been raging on the grassland for many days. Several small tribes around were wiped out, and others migrated away from this area to avoid disaster.
And some tribes, in order to retaliate against this cruel enemy who suddenly fell from the sky, united, organized cavalry, and began to conduct a carpet search in this area.
This thousand-man cavalry. It is one of the horse teams that undertakes the task of searching for the enemy.
Du Wei didn't reveal his identity, but lied that he was a caravan of the Tulip family, and was attacked by those nasty werewolf monsters on the way, and only escaped with his companions.
Facing the big benefactor of the Tulip family, the cavalry of this tribe showed enough respect. They even gave a few horses to Du Wei and Hussein as gifts. At the same time, they kindly advised Du Wei that it is best to leave here quickly and find a large tribe quickly to ensure safety.
According to many days of searching, the prairie people have already grasped the whereabouts and information of some wolf riders. According to the news. The prairie people concluded that this "enemy army" was not human. At the same time, the number is about thousands. Before, they always attacked small tribes, as if to take away supplies. And now. These guys have disappeared, probably because they have enough supplies, they started to hide their whereabouts.
Du Wei took out a map of the grassland, and extracted from the mouth of the cavalry leader the exact locations of the tribes that were attacked a few days ago, then took out a piece of charcoal, and marked them one by one on the map...
"Look." Du Wei threw away the stick of charcoal in his hand, and glanced at Hussein: "Judging from the attack locations and the order of the attack, my judgment is that these guys seem to be heading northwest all the way. Going in the same direction, the first few attacked locations were a bit scattered, but the last four attacked locations all went northwest in steps... "
Hussein's expression was indifferent: "Northwest... what's there?"
Du Wei's complexion sank, and he touched his chin: "This is the strangest thing about me... There is only one place in the northwest!"
He glanced at Hussein: "Da Xueshan!"
The name Daxueshan made Hussein raise his eyebrows. Although Hussein has never directly fought against people from Daxueshan. But... From Du Wei's mouth, he also knew a lot about Daxueshan.
Even Hussein knew it, when he was suppressing the rebellion of the Northwest Army. I and Rodriguez, two paladins, joined forces to fight Lu Gao, the leader of the Northwest Army, but only drew one. Afterwards, Hussein also found out that Lu Gao's real identity was the disciple of Daxue Mountain, Chishui Duan!
"The Great Snow Mountain is the place where people on the grassland regard it as a sacred place? There are wizards on the grassland on the mountain, as well as the witch king?" Hussein shook his head: "Where are the wolves going? Why are the five thousand wolf riders trying to destroy the Great Snow Mountain? ?”
"This, I really don't understand." Du Wei rolled his eyes, but said with a wry smile: "To be honest, that elf king Luoxue did suffer a loss on the Daxue Mountain once, and was defeated by the Daxue Mountain Witch King. But... Luoxue This guy's style shouldn't be the one where if he loses a duel, he would secretly send troops to destroy his family. Besides... Luoxue knows Bai Hechou's strength, does it think that five thousand wolf riders..."
Having said that, Du Wei suddenly closed his mouth, and his complexion suddenly changed!
He jumped up suddenly: "Not good!"
"What?"
"Bai Hechou is not on the snow mountain now!!" Du Wei's face was full of bitterness: "Under the gate of Daxue Mountain, whether it is Lao Bai, Chishuiduan, or Lan Haiyue, even if there is only one on the mountain, then you can definitely protect yourself. Yu. But the problem is that these three old monsters are not on the snow mountain now! The current witch king on the snow mountain seems to have become that little girl Ailu! Although the little girl Ailu has good talent, her ability is not bad—but if It was five thousand elite wolf riders who came to the door, it seems that she is not something that a chick can resist!"