Zheng Zhi stood on the head of Gaochun City, not far from the head of the city is a small river leading to Shijiu Lake, the water flow is clear and soothing, the water is not deep, and you can see the swimming fish in the water if you look closely, some large and some small. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Entering this Gaochun can also be said to be bloodless, Yan Qing took Cheng Yang and more than a dozen men to mix in, as soon as Zheng Zhi's army arrived, Yan Qing opened the city gate.

Gaochun is actually not a county government, but a town, but it is not under the jurisdiction of Lishui County, which is quite a bit of a "county-level town".

The walls of Gaochun Town are also extremely low, and the walls of some wealthy families seem to be higher than this wall. But Gaochun Town is also a relatively wealthy place, with a population of more than 20,000. The reason why there is such a low wall is that there has never been a sword in this Gaochun for two hundred years, and there is no need to build this city wall.

Not only Gaochun, but also the entire south of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang, the city walls are lower than those in the north. Even Jiangning City, which was once the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was only two zhang high, and the specifications of the city walls of the city with a population of more than 200,000 were a little worse than those of Weizhou. This is the side effect of Seepyeong for too long.

Yan Qing reported before he got his head: "Xianggong, Gao Chun's civil and military yamen is empty, and the chief officer doesn't know where he went, and none of the yacha and soldiers can be found." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhi waved his hand, and only said: "Forget it, don't look for it, if you want to come to Jiangnan, this is mostly the case." When the thieves are calmed down, these people will come out again. ”

Luda exhaled angrily: "If it's in Qin Feng, catch it one by one and cut it down!" Readers, there is no such thing as a good thing. ”

Ruda seems to have summed up such a conclusion on his own. Luda had the impression that there would be living people in Qin Feng who escaped from the battle.

Zheng Zhi naturally had a similar feeling in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Don't say that, don't you look at the family, the scholarly family of generations, and the town of the northwest for so many years, isn't it good?" There is also Li Gang, although he has no power to restrain the chicken, but he governs Cangzhou in an orderly manner. It has nothing to do with whether or not you read, it depends only on the individual. ”

Luda actually understands these truths, but he just complains, at this time Zheng Zhi explained like this, and Luda didn't have anything to say, only said: "Brother is right." ”

"Xiao Yi, where are the thieves from Xuanzhou? Did Fang Qifo come in person? Zheng Zhi asked.

"Xianggong, Fang Qifo doesn't seem to have come, it's the Xuanzhou guards under Fang La's command, and three of them have come, called Jia Yuqing, Li Shao, and Han Ming, there are seven or eight thousand people, and half of the Xuanzhou thieves should come." Yan Qing replied.

"Oh? Where is Fang Qi Buddha? Zheng Zhi asked again. Fang Qifo is the most trusted person under Fang La, Hangzhou was beaten down by Fang Qifo, Huzhou was also conquered by Fang Qifo's Northern Expedition, and most of Xuanzhou was also won by this person. Now further north, it is Jiangning Mansion.

Yan Qing was asked by Zheng Zhiyi, her face was a little embarrassed, she seemed to feel that she had not done her errand well, and her voice was much lower and said, "I haven't found out where the Seven Buddhas are yet." ”

"It's okay, I can't wait for the first time to arrive, and in a few days, the information will naturally be clear." Zheng Zhi obviously also saw the slight change in Yan Qing's mood, and his words were also comforting, and what he said was even more true. If it is in Hebei and Shandong, Yan Qing is really good at making intelligence, and when he arrives in the south of the Yangtze River, he is not familiar with the place, and this is the only way.

"Xianggong, the family Yuqing has passed through Shuiyang Town on the border of Xuanzhou, and now it has arrived at Gucheng Lake, and it is only about thirty or forty miles to Gaochun. After noon, the thief army will probably arrive in Gaochun. Yan Qing listened to Zheng Zhi's instructions, and hurriedly told the information she knew.

"It's coming pretty fast, where is this Yuqing coming from?" Although Zheng Zhi knew that the enemy was not far away, he was not panicked at all, and in a battle with that stone treasure, the combat power of these thief troops under Fang La's command was clear at a glance, and for Zheng Zhi, the threat was too small.

At this time, Zheng Zhi didn't care about the thief army outside Hangzhou, but he also knew that there should still be some people who could fight around Fang La.

"As for where this Yu Qing came from, I don't know if it's lowly. I only know that this person's official position is not small, he is Fang La's personal envoy of Xuanzhou, and he is also a person who has won Fang La's trust. Yan Qing said.

"Hmph... It's really not a small official, with a certain grade. Zheng Zhi made a joke and said, "Luda, beat the drum and prepare for war." ”

Ruda turned around and went to work. Zheng Zhi also got down the city wall, ready to have lunch, and was going to go into battle to kill the enemy in the afternoon.

Marching and fighting is always boring. Fighting in the south is even more boring for Zheng Zhi, and in the northwest, he can still catch cattle, horses and sheep all over the ground. In this Jiangnan, even if you win, you can't see any spoils, and the enemy is poorer than yourself. At this time, the enemy's money was concentrated in Hangzhou.

Fang La has made great efforts in Hangzhou to produce all ordnance and equipment, from swords, guns, swords and halberds to armor, Fang La is really lacking too much, not to mention bows and crossbows, under Fang La's command, there is only one person who can use bows and crossbows in the army, and that is Pang Wanchun, the general of Yuling Customs.

At this time, Fang La obviously did not focus on the bow and crossbow, Fang La's combat experience all the way for several months, this bow and crossbow seemed to be dispensable. Otherwise, Pang Wanchun should not have been stationed at Yuling Pass at this time, but was training crossbowmen.

There was no harm in eating, Zheng Zhi went to the city again.

After waiting for a long time, the thief army that should have appeared in front of him has not arrived for a long time. The reason why Zheng Zhi waited for work in Gaochun instead of sending troops to meet the enemy thirty or forty miles away. Just because of large-scale cavalry battles, relatively wide ground is often required. The roads in the south of the Yangtze River are either near the water or lush on both sides. It is really not suitable for cavalry combat.

If it is in the northwest, thirty or forty miles on the ground, as long as Zheng Zhi is not a defensive task, he will definitely take advantage of the scattered formation of the enemy when he is in a hurry and attack him head-on. This kind of encounter, after the defeat of Hitoaki Akina, was fought many times.

After waiting for a few more moments, Yan Qing frowned and stepped forward and asked, "Xianggong, the thief army should be here, if it doesn't appear at this time, there must be a change in the middle, why don't I go out of the city to explore it again." ”

Zheng Zhi looked at the side of the river in the distance again, except for a few pedestrians who were dragging their families with their mouths, there was no big movement. instructed: "Xiao Yi, you will go to explore again, bring more people and horses, and keep safe even if you encounter it." ”

Yan Qing gave the order, got off the city wall, and after a while, more than 100 horses came out.

Zheng Zhi got down to the city tower and waited for a long time, although the sun was not scorching, but it was also hot from the iron armor on his body. Seeing that the streets were full of columns of iron armor, Zheng Zhi waved his hand and motioned for everyone to get off their horses and enjoy the coolness. After a long time of preparing for a battle in such a formation, there was no enemy coming, and these old soldiers were only afraid that they were a little tired.

"Xianggong, isn't it that the thieves are afraid of war and retreat?" Wu Yong stepped forward and asked, thinking about this question in his heart. Yesterday, Shi Bao was defeated and fled, and he also saw the combat power of the new official army, at this time, if Shi Bao rushed to the border of Xuanzhou, maybe these thieves were really afraid of the war and retreated.

"It's easy not to come, but this Xuanzhou envoy has arrived, so I don't want to withdraw without a fight." Zheng Zhi did not analyze Wu Yong's thinking, but analyzed people's hearts. Fang La was first established, and a bunch of generals and envoys were sealed, this Xuanzhou envoy was originally a feudal official, how could he collapse without a fight, and Fang La could not explain.

Sure enough, when it was almost dinner, Yan Qing took his horse back to the city, and there was only one news, that is, Xuanzhou Jinglu New Year's celebration Yu set up camp by Gucheng Lake, and he was also burying the pot to make rice.

I think it's meant to repair overnight and fight again tomorrow.

Zheng Zhi didn't care, he finished dinner, washed up and went to rest.

On top of the city walls, huge braziers were lit at the gates around the gates, illuminating the vicinity of the gates. Above the city gates, there are small teams patrolling back and forth. In this matter of city defense, these soldiers under Zheng Zhi are naturally familiar with the way, and there will never be a mistake.

The moon is like a disc, and the moonlight also gives people a lot of sight, illuminating the entire Gaochun City hazy.

A black shadow waded through the small river not far from Gaochun, and his footsteps were in the water, and there was not much sound of water. Even when it reached waist-deep water in the middle of the river, the black shadow's footsteps were extremely steady, unhindered by the current.

It is this means of crossing the river, and I know that this person's martial arts are extraordinary. Across the river, a bare head was revealed, and a huge Zen staff shone in the moonlight.

After crossing the river, the man walked behind a small tree and stood still. Only the faint sound of water ticking, and the black clothes were soaked by the river, and the water droplets were dripping from the corners of the clothes to the ground.

After a few moments, the corners of the clothes no longer drip water, and naturally they don't hear the sound of the water. Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed out of the small tree and rushed towards the city wall. It's as fast as a cheetah, but it doesn't hear the sound of footsteps.

has such light skills, but I am afraid that it is not worse than that divine Taibao Dai Zong. No wonder this man waits behind a small tree for the water to drip out. It turned out that the sound of water droplets was a burden to this man.

From the side of the creek to the city wall, a distance of more than a hundred steps, this black shadow arrived in an instant. The figure was already under the city wall, and the people on the city wall were patrolling back and forth, but they didn't even notice it.

As soon as the footsteps of the people patrolling on the city wall passed, a huge Zen staff quickly slammed to the ground, and a figure had already jumped into the air.

When I looked closely, the man was hovering in mid-air, his figure hanging outside the city wall, grasping the battlements in one hand and the huge Zen staff in the other.

At this time, on this section of the city wall, another ironclad team came over. The footsteps were extremely neat, and they clicked in the quiet of the night.

As soon as he was far away, the black shadow turned over and stepped over the city road less than a foot away, and the figure was already hanging in the air on the inside of the city wall.

At this time, another team of iron armor was not far away, slowly walking towards this side. The shadow hung motionless on the wall.

Patrolling the city wall so tightly, this black shadow turned in so easily, this person's means, in this Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet the enemy.

Waiting for the footsteps on the top of the city to be a little farther away, the black shadow had already landed steadily in Gaochun City.

It's really unbelievable, even if Zheng Zhi himself is extremely familiar with the patrols of his subordinates, it is impossible to cross the city wall as easily as this black shadow. This great Song Dynasty is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and there are many masters.

It was already the second half of the night, and there were not many people left in Gaochun City, and at this time, the military administration was under martial law, and there was no one in the city except for the patrolling soldiers who walked by from time to time.

The black shadow jumped up and down, climbed over the wall and entered the house, and it didn't take long for seven or eight black shadow men to appear in the shadows of Gaochun Street, and everyone had a weapon in their hands. Obviously, it was the people who had just entered the city that contacted them one by one.

A short man poked his head out and looked left and right on the street a few times, pointed to the side, and said in a low voice: "Sect Master, the official and military master surnamed Zheng is in the Zhang family's mansion in the north of the city. ”

"Lead the way." The bald man who had just entered the city behind him nodded and said, his voice extremely low and hoarse.

Seven or eight black-clothed men kept moving forward in the shadow of this Gaochun street, and when they encountered the patrolling soldiers, they climbed over the wall and entered the house to hide, but these seven or eight people climbed over the wall and did not make any sound. There is not a single mediocre hand.

The Zhang family's mansion arrived in a moment, and several men were under the wall, all looking bald. The bald man with the staff made a few gestures, then jumped up the wall, sat on the wall, and hung the staff in the air.

Seven or eight men below grabbed the Zen stick one after another and crossed the wall and landed steadily in the courtyard. The courtyard is a typical small garden in the south of the Yangtze River, and the grass and tree rockery is the best cover.

China's houses, both north and south. A few times into the courtyard, the innermost one is always the most luxurious and comfortable, because often the owner of the house lives in the inner courtyard. The middle courtyard is generally inhabited by people with a slight status in the family, and the outer courtyard is naturally inhabited by people and servants.

These men in black are also extremely clever, and when they turn in, they will enter the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard is elegant, with large trees and small ponds.

Seven or eight dark shadows could not be far away, and there were two military men standing vigil at the door of the wing room, and they already knew that they had found the right place. They all crawled on the ground, slowly moving towards the doorway, merging with the night.

The two soldiers who were keeping vigil were holding spears in their hands, and the two were bored, but they didn't talk, just because their own ministers were sleeping in it, and they didn't dare to disturb them in the slightest. As long as you stand for an hour, there will be a change of guard with your comrades.

With the help of the cover of grass, trees and stones, the black clothes on the ground moved very slightly, as if they were wriggling. In this way, it is necessary to kill the blow with one blow, and the two guards cannot be allowed to shout, so as not to alarm others and fall short.

The bald man also found a black cloth and hugged the top of the bright head, and only moved forward three or four steps in half an hour. It can be seen that this man is patient, bold and careful.

Suddenly, he heard a slight knock on the door, and the bald man hurriedly buried his face in the grass, and remained motionless again.

The sound of the door ringing came from the side wing room not far away, and two more military men came out of the wing room, and walked towards the main room with slight steps. The two soldiers standing guard in front of the head seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, gently picked up the spear on the ground with a pestle, got up and went back to the side room to rest.

The two soldiers who had just come out naturally stood at the door of the main room again.

When everything was settled, the bald man slowly moved forward again.