After eating and drinking, Zhao Ziliang thought that the soldiers marched in the rainy night and fought all night, and they were very tired, so he arranged for the soldiers to be divided into several units to take turns to rest, and he remembered that Xi Yunqing must still be waiting for news in Tuoyun Fort, since the raid on the Hera tribe was successful, he should send someone to send a letter to Xi Yunqing to report the raid, so he said to Wei Meng: "I will send a fast horse back to Tuoyun Fort in a hurry, and report the situation of this raid to the castle owner, please rest assured!" ”

"No!" Wei Meng got up and agreed.

Zhao Ziliang got up and said, "Let's go, follow me to the river and the river and hydrology of the Five Pearl River!" ”

The team leader, deputy team leader and others accompanied Zhao Ziliang to the Zhenzhu River and walked upstream along the riverbed.

It took nearly half a day, Zhao Ziliang and others rode horses and walked back and forth by the river, adding up to more than 100 miles. In the afternoon, Zhao Ziliang and others stopped at a river beach, and observed the river surface and water flow in the pergola of the hand tower, he pointed to the river and said to Wei Meng: "Send a few people who are familiar with the water nature to go down to explore the water depth and water flow here!" ”

"No!"

Wei Meng immediately found a few soldiers who were familiar with the nature of the water to go into the water to investigate the situation, the river section here is flat, the river beach is wide, and the water flow is gentle, if the water flow is not deep and not urgent, this should be the best place to cross the river within nearly 100 miles, and from Broken Leaf Town to Tuoyun Fort, you must pass through here, because this is the closest.

While the soldiers were probing the water flow and water depth, Wei Meng stepped forward and asked, "Deputy Fort Master, we have been walking all the way for so long, why did you choose to explore the water depth and water flow alone?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the surrounding river beach and the river surface with a horsewhip and said: "Look around here, there is a road leading here from the residence of the Hera tribe, there are traces of human activities on this river beach, there are wooden stakes on the riverside, which should be used to tie boat cables, plus the river beach here is flat, wide, and the water surface is gentle, if my guess is right, this should be the best place to cross the river within a hundred miles in this vicinity, if the river is not deep, and the water flow under the water surface is not urgent, the three thousand troops from the Turgish will definitely cross the river from here!" ”

Wei Meng arched his hand and said: "Listening to what the deputy castle lord said, it's really true, but why don't you see boats by this river?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "The nomadic barbarians are not good at building ships and making boats, they usually cross the river should use rafts, last night it rained heavily overnight, the river rose, the water flow is very fast, I expect those rafts should be washed away by the current!" When we came, didn't we find that there were rafts flowing down the river from time to time? ”

Wei Meng patted his head: "Come to think of it, there are indeed rafts going down the river from time to time!" ”

"Let's go, let's go see".

Turning around, Zhao Ziliang found that there was a boxwood forest less than two miles away from crossing the river, and the forest faced the Zhenzhu River, the terrain was quite high, he led people to walk around the boxwood forest, and found that this forest was quite large and could hide soldiers and horses.

Back at the river beach, Wei Meng stepped forward and saluted: "Deputy Fort Master, the soldiers have investigated, the water flow under the water surface of this section of the river is a little rapid, the water depth is submerged on horseback, and it will take three days for the Tucai army to come here, after three days, the water flow will definitely slow down, and the water depth will become shallow, just enough to cross the river!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait here for them to cross the river, do you see that boxwood forest?" I took it to see just now, the forest is quite large, the forest is dark, the distance between the trunks is large, the leaves in the forest are luxuriant, yellow but not dry, not afraid of water and fire, just enough to hide the soldiers and horses, when the Turk crosses the river, we will be able to kill them by surprise! However, we still need to know their whereabouts at all times, so you immediately send scouts across the river to reconnoiter a hundred miles across the river, and report back as soon as you find the Turgish army! ”

"No!"

The days of waiting were long and boring, in order not to let the soldiers get bored, Zhao Ziliang organized the soldiers in the camp to divide into several teams for confrontation competitions, such as mounted archery, equestrian, cavalry, and team competitions.

By the next day, the weather was clear, and the soldiers who were observing reported that the level of the river had dropped and the speed of the water had slowed down. At noon, there was a scout on Pegasus to report that the army of Turkish was found fifty miles south of He Hunting City on the south bank of the Atami Sea, but the number of the Turian army was not 3,000 horsemen, but 5,000 horsemen!

How did the Turgish army suddenly increase by 2,000 men? Could it be that something has changed? In any case, this is not a good thing for Tuoyun Castle, he only has two hundred horsemen in his hands, and the other party has five thousand people, the disparity in strength is too great, even if he can attack it unprepared, he is afraid that he will not be able to win in one battle, it seems that he can only annihilate the opponent's living force for the purpose, to disintegrate the attack of this turian army, can only be considered in the long run!

Not long after noon, I saw a soldier Pegasus coming from the south to report: "Deputy Castle Master, I found Princess Shule while patrolling, and she is coming from a horse at this time!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned when he heard this: "How can this girl clean up the chaos?" How did she know I was here? ”

Wei Meng said: "Deputy castle master, I'm afraid that the princess forced the castle lord or other people in the castle, they can't afford to offend the princess, so they have to tell the truth, the princess is worried about your safety, so she hurried here!" ”

As she spoke, she saw Panzhu Junxiu galloping on a white horse and holding a spear, and there were more than a hundred female knights behind her, all of whom were skilled in riding and athletic.

When Panzhu Junxiu stopped, Zhao Ziliang stepped forward and asked, "Princess, why are you here?" And bring so many female soldiers? ”

Panzhu Junxiu smiled: "Since the last incident, my father was worried about my safety, so he sent this elite female cavalry to be my bodyguard to protect me at all times. Yesterday, I came to Tuoyun Fort to look for you, but I didn't know that I couldn't find you, so I had to ask Xi Yunqing, and he told me that you had come with two hundred cavalry to raid the camp of the Hera tribe, and I couldn't rest assured of you, so I came with the guards before dawn today! ”

Zhao Ziliang really didn't know what to say, blaming Panzhu Junxiu for being too willful and reckless, right? I couldn't bear it, I couldn't say it, in addition to being moved, there was only affection left in his heart, he reached out to hold her hand and said softly: "The princess's affection for me, Ziliang can't be repaid!" It's just that why don't you take your own safety so seriously? If something happens to you, what do you tell me to do? ”

Panzhu Junxiu heard Zhao Ziliang say it so explicitly, her face turned crimson with shame, and she turned her head away quite embarrassedly, but she was secretly happy in her heart, and her expression became like a spring flower.

However, Zhao Ziliang's tone changed, and he said: "But, princess, we have to make it clear, there will be a big battle soon this time, and the soldiers are in danger!" If you want to stay, you must do what I want, and if you can't agree, for the sake of the princess's safety, ask the princess to take them from where they came and where they are going! ”

Panzhu Junxiu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he immediately objected: "Then what's the matter, I'm a general, and you're just a small team, let me listen to you?" No way! ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the south: "Since the princess doesn't agree, then ask the princess to go back, we don't want people who disobey military orders here, if you wait to stay, it will definitely ruin my big thing!" ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang's resolute expression and firm tone, Panzhu Junxiu softened his heart, and hurriedly said coquettishly: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, I will do whatever you ask me to do, and never violate your military orders, this will always work!" ”

"That's pretty much it!"