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.