Chapter 24 The Action Begins
Yueli and four subordinates carefully inspected the traces at the place where Roger and his friends rested in the morning.
"Miss, it seems that the Baishos had left here a few hours ago," a subordinate reported.
"Then do you see where they are leaving?" Yueli asked.
"This... Miss, the footprints are very messy. Some are heading towards Lijia Town, some are heading towards Jingguan Town, some are heading towards Shuitu Town... Of course, some are heading to Hangu Town, and even some are heading to some small villages. So we feel that we can't judge!" The man replied.
"So? It seems that I really met an opponent!" After hearing this, Yue Li was not worried, but was slightly excited.
"I guess this is Jessica's suspicion array. She sent some people to walk in all directions to hide her true direction. Have you observed any footprints to Hetante City or York City?" Yueli asked with a beautiful eye blinking.
"Miss, I haven't found the footprints in these two directions yet."
"It seems that Jessica may have gone in these two directions." Yue Li pondered for a while and said, "But I can't deduce whether she is going to Hetante City or York City. After all, I don't know much about her personality.
"But Miss, there are no traces in these two directions!" The subordinate didn't quite understand.
"Hmph! Watson, you have been studying tracking and counter-tracking for so many years. Don't you know that there are at least five ways to remove your footprints? Jessica is a princess of a country, so her subordinates shouldn't even have such a talented person." Yue Li sneered.
"Miss is saying!" Watson felt very inspired, "But what should we do now?"
"Now we are slowly expanding our search scope and focusing on searching in two directions, towards Hetante City and York City. Look carefully, I hope Jessica and the others are not so careful when eliminating footprints, and they don't leave any footprints." Yue Li sighed and said.
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The sky gradually darkened. The bright moonlight decorated the night sky in early summer and the earth. The night sky was like an endless transparent sea, quiet, vast, and mysterious. The dense stars were like small splashes of water rippling in the sea, shining with tiny spots of light. Fields, villages, and trees were covered in silver gauze under the moonlight.
"It's been evening, why haven't the metal butterflies flew back yet? Haven't Yueli and the others found the enemy's whereabouts?" Ousei was a little anxious when he saw that it was getting dark.
At this moment, the metal female butterfly he placed on the table suddenly reacted and suddenly emitted a huge white light.
"There is finally news!" Ou Sai was overjoyed when he saw this.
At this moment, a black metal butterfly flew in outside the window. It slowly stopped on the female butterfly on the table, and a rolled note was tied to its back.
Ouse immediately picked up the butterfly and took the note from its back. After a while, the metal butterfly disappeared.
"The subordinates have found more than 200 Baissos guard cavalry carrying some boxes toward Baishang Town, but no Jessica, Roger and others were found. Whether to intercept them, please decide!" Ousse read the content on the note.
"Sir Oscar, should we send troops to the road to Hangu Town to intercept Baissus?" Martin asked quickly. After bandaging and treatment, his injuries were under control. He was determined to wash away the shame of defeat in the morning.
"Stop it!" Osai shouted: "Didn't you read the information and said that you didn't find Jessica and her boyfriend Roger? I guess this was Jessica's trick. She must have secretly taken the bodyguard to Hetante City and even York City. Leave these more than 200 guard cavalry here to attract our attention... Let's wait a little longer! See if there is any news from Yueli's other groups of people."
Ousei thought for a while and asked again: "Did the level 5 warrior I caught in the morning ask what the situation?"
"Sir, that guy refused to say anything. However, a guard in Pianyan Town confessed that his name was Hawking, the garrison leader of Hangu Town, and was said to be Roger's confidant." Martin said.
"Well, then you send someone to favor him, maybe it will be useful in the future." Oustralian's eyes rolled and immediately began to think. If Hawking was used as bait to attract Roger to save him. Then he took the opportunity to catch Roger. Wouldn't that be half successful? If Roger is used to threaten Jessica, maybe there will be a chance to catch even Jessica in one fell swoop.
Just as the European Championship was about to start planning, I suddenly heard shouting outside, and there seemed to be a fire in the distance.
"What's going on? What's going on outside?" Ouse's thoughts were interrupted and his heart was infuriated.
"Sir, I'll go out and take a look now!" Martin hurriedly walked out of the mayor's mansion.
After a while, Martin ran into the hall panting and exclaimed: "Sir, many torches appeared outside, as if the enemy had come to attack Pianyan Town. Judging from the firelight and shouting, the number should be quite large."
"Send a few people out to reconnaise and see if the city guards of Hetante are here. If it is just Jessica's guards and nearby villages and towns, we will have to compete. If it is the city guards, we will have to break through immediately." Ouse was also a little frightened, but he was naturally not an ordinary person to be selected to carry out this mission. He quickly calmed down.
"Okay! I'll send someone to reconnaissance right away!" Martin agreed and immediately left the door again. At this time, the shouts of killing outside became louder and louder.
After about half an hour, Martin walked into the hall again with a look of panic and said, "Sir, the enemy is very well prepared. The people we sent out to reconnaissance cannot get close to the enemy's main force. But from the torches outside, the number of people should be around a thousand.
"If the enemy is about a thousand people, it must be that the city guards have arrived..." Ousei thought while tapping the table with his fingers...
"By the way, Martin, what direction did the enemy come from?" Ouse stopped tapping his fingers and asked sternly.
"Torchs appeared on the north, west and south sides, but there were no torches in the east, and it was pitch black." Martin replied respectfully.
"Hmph! A typical tactic of lying around three sides! I want to tempt me to break through without a torch? I underestimate me too much! I thought I didn't know you were setting up an ambush there?" Ousei said with a sneer.
Chapter completed!