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Outside Xinye City, there are people everywhere, people come and go, and the river is endless.

Xinye, legend has it that in a very early period, at least more than a thousand years ago, and even before the Zhou Dynasty, in ancient times, this place, including the entire Nanyang County, was a swampy lake. Later, the lake receded, leaving a fertile field, so it was named Shinye.

"Erya" said: "The suburbs are called the suburbs, the suburbs are called the pastoral, and the pastoral is called the wild." ”

The name of the county is Xinye, that is, the field of the new capital.

Yan Xing looked at the people coming and going around him, and was a little curious for a while.

From Hebei to Yanzhou, the road was filled with a tense, suffocating, and war-ready atmosphere. However, when he arrived in Jingzhou and Xinye, this imminent atmosphere of the war disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a leisurely and quiet atmosphere of ordinary life, which made him a little uncomfortable for a while.

Yan Xing was in Liangzhou before, and over the years, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there has been a lot of war. After Liangzhou was pacified, Yan Xing went to the Western Regions to chase and kill Ma Chao, and he didn't enjoy a few days of peace. Then he was ordered by Liu Zhang to be in danger and ran to Hebei again. Over the years, fighting on the battlefield, running vertically and horizontally, licking blood from the knife, Yan Xing can rarely have a moment of peace.

However, at this moment, standing on the outskirts of Xinye, standing on the shore of the river, looking at the groups of people on both sides of the strait, Yan Xing was a little in a trance for a while, and a little distracted.

The turbulent water flows south into the Han River in Xinye and joins the Yangtze River.

In fact, in later generations, Xinye, including Nanyang, was not considered to be the south, but belonged to the Central Plains between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. However, in the Han Dynasty, in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, this was the nine counties of Jingxiang, which was the south. At this time, the entire Nanyang County was subordinate to Jingzhou.

"..., Childe, Childe."

"Huh?"

"The people of the Dragon Group have come from Shangyong, do you want to meet Childe now?"

Yan Xing listened to the report, and asked a little unconcerned, "Long Wu, you are a local, what are you doing by the river?" ”

"Childe, it turns out that this is what you asked. Isn't it the Shangsi Festival today, the people have to go to the river to wash their feet every year on this day, get rid of diseases and eliminate disasters, saying that they will be free of illness this year. Moreover, not only the people, but even the government will set up a festival near the water on the third day of March every year, praying for good weather and peace for the country and the people. ”

"Shangsi Festival? On March 3, the Shangsi Festival, it turned out that the Shangsi Festival had arrived. Yan Xing said no wonder. He is from the northwest, which is arid and rainless, and there are few rivers in the first place, unlike the south, which has a developed water network. The people of Liangzhou don't have much of a festival. That's why he was a little curious just now.

Eliminating the doubts in his heart, Yan Xing's mind turned to serious things. So he asked, "Are all the people settled?" Something also brought? ”

"It's all settled, and the things are hidden, just waiting for the son's order."

Hearing that everything was ready, Yan Xing couldn't help but nodded, then walked towards a tea house not far away, sat down, asked for a pot of boiling water, and took out a bag of Liu Zhang's homemade tea leaves from his body, pinched a small handful and put it into the tea bowl very stingily, and washed it with boiling water, and the fragrance of tea rose.

"Sit down and take a sip of hot tea." Yan Xing greeted.

"Gongzi Xie." Long Wu thanked him.

Dragon Five is a code name, not a real name. The members of the dragon group are all codenamed with the word dragon.

Long Wu took a sip of tea, and a fragrance hit, refreshing people's hearts, making people a little intoxicated for a while, and their minds seemed to be a little clearer.

There was no one in the tea house, and no one paid attention to Yan Xing and the others.

"Good tea!" Long Wu couldn't help but praise.

"This is from the lord's house, I heard that there are few in the market, and when I finish this time, I will go to the lord to find some. As long as you do things well, it is okay to reward you with some, and this thing is the best thing to use to wake up your mind and quench your thirst. ”

"Gongzi Xie is worried. However, this tea is a precious thing, and it is enjoyed by gentlemen, and the subordinates and brothers are all martial artists, and they dare not ask for extravagance, and if they can enjoy two jars of fine wine, they will be satisfied. ”

"You really dare to think that you don't want tea, you want to exchange for fine wine. Well, if things go well, it won't be a big problem to reward you with a few jars of wine. "Although Yan Xing felt that these bastards of the dragon group were a little illiterate, they knew how to drink, but they still should go. Compared with some tea and wine, Yan Xing was more concerned about whether the task could be successfully completed. "Is there any new information about the target?"

"No more news. Since the target came to Shinno, he hasn't been active alone, and he has hardly been seen in public, and basically stays at home. His mansion was next to the county government and was guarded by Liu Yuzhou's personal guards. Also, there is at least one general close protection every day, and Guan Zhang Zhao rotates. So far, no suitable opportunities have been identified. ”

Long Wu's words made Yan Xing's brows furrow.

He is not afraid of the opponent's strength, but he is afraid that the opponent will be a turtle with a shrunken head.

When the two of them were talking in a low voice, some guests came to the tea house. Most of them are people who are tired of going out to the spring. Everyone chatted while drinking, chatting about the world, and the most they talked about was the upcoming battle of Yuan Cao.

"It seems that Cao Thief is at the end of his good days this time, I heard that Yuan Gong is going to do his best to fight the Hebei people, 700,000 troops will cross the Yellow River, and Cao Thief will rest!"

"An army of 700,000, blow it, right? When General Wei went on an expedition to Mobei, General Dou swept through the Western Regions, and when they fought the Huns, they only had an army of more than 100,000 troops, and that was still with the power of the entire Han Dynasty. No matter how powerful Yuan Gong is, can he gather 700,000 people? ”

"700,000? 700,000 horses, let alone fighting, just eating has to make Yuan Gong poor. ”

"Don't believe it, it's true. I heard that these 700,000 people are not only soldiers in Hebei, but also barbarians on the grassland and in eastern Liaodong. Just the soldiers in Hebei, of course, there are not so many. The person who provoked the conversation hurriedly explained.

"It turned out that the barbarian foreign tribe was invited to participate in the war together. Those barbarians, especially those on the grassland, heard that every time there is a war, the whole family goes into battle together, if you say so, it is not difficult to get together hundreds of thousands, or even millions. However, I heard that these barbarians drank Mao Ru's blood, and they were the most brutal, how could Yuan Gong be in the company of these people, wouldn't he surrender his identity? Someone questioned it again.

"What do you know, haven't you heard that those who become big things are not informal, as long as they can eliminate the Cao thief, even with the help of some external forces, why not?"

"I heard that even Uncle Liu Huang is ready to respond to Yuan's righteous act, and he has sent people to Runan yesterday, and Liu Jingzhou in Xiangyang has also begun to fight hard, preparing to send troops to the north to fight against Cao thieves."

However, some people disagreed, and rebuked: "False! Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Barbarian and brutal, can drive away thieves, can also harm the people, Yuan Gong's move has entered the devil's way! Big fallacy! ”

……

Yan Xing couldn't help but laugh a little when he heard what they said.