The scout sent by Altan to sneak behind the hills where men of unknown parentage had been sighted, a Kazakh named Türk, trotted his horse in a wide circle to the north, instead of heading straight for his target. The reason for this tactic was to avoid being seen by potentially hostile sentries, scurrying behind the low hills. Although in this maneuver he did not always have the presumed enemies in sight, his instinct and sense of direction guided him at all times.
When he estimated that he had already exceeded the position of his targets, he turned the reins of his horse and began to approach behind the suspects. Soon his senses, particularly his hearing, detected unmistakable signs of human presence; small sounds brought to him by the breeze blowing from the valley, as well as a whiff
