At dusk on this day, the sky is golden, and the burning clouds are also particularly enchanting, and the sunset looks particularly brilliant against its backdrop, and the mountains and forests in the distance also become more golden in sight.

At this moment, a large group of men and horses were walking on the mountain road, the soldiers were wearing armor, and the terrain in front of them suddenly began to flatten.

At this moment, a horse quickly came from the distant horizon, arrived in front of Qian Yu and Ding Deyu, and immediately reported: "Lord of the country, Ding Dujian, we have entered Maoshan Mountain, not far from Maoshan on the side of the Qinhuai River is Jurong City, and at the end of the mountain col in front of him, a remains of a marching camp were found, which seemed to be the military camp station left by Lin Renzhao's army. ”

"Barracks station?" Governor Ding Deyu raised his head and looked at the sky, and then looked at Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, on the side, and said: "Lord of the country, if it is twilight today, you might as well set up camp in front of you." ”

During these days, he has been marching and fighting, almost never resting on the ground, basically riding horses, so that the thighs on both sides of his crotch are a little bruised, and it is painful and tired, and he wants to rest, at this moment he looked at Ding Deyu, although now he is the king of Wuyue, and he is the envoy of the southeast camp of Shengzhou, but in the army, you have to see Ding Deyu's face, after all, he is the eunuch sent by Zhao Kuangyin, the official of the Great Song Dynasty, at this moment he nodded and said: "Do what Ding Eunuch said." ”

Qian Yu immediately ordered: "Obey the order, and the whole army will move forward quickly." ”

The whole army began to quicken its pace and run towards the predetermined place.

This is where the Runzhou army used to be stationed, although it was overgrown with tender grass, but it was cleaned up very quickly, and soon the two armies began to be stationed here.

The barracks are all around, the soldiers are camping, this place is relatively flat, and there is a small stream nearby, and it is also convenient to get water.

Wu Yongzi also dismounted at this moment, and Ding Deyu on the side looked at Wu Yongzi's face and asked, "The military advisor doesn't know what he saw?" ”

Wuyongzi looked up, and saw that the mountains around the barracks were higher, and there were mountains all around, and they were close to the stream, which was said to be Maoshan Mountain.

He said: "The mountainous terrain here is dangerous, with Jiangning Mansion (Nanjing) in the west, the Yangtze River in the north, Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangyin, Wuxi, Suzhou, Kunshan in the east, and western Zhejiang in the south. ”

As Wu Yongzi said, Ding Deyu also knew that this Mao Mountain, which is twenty miles long from north to south and about ten miles wide from east to west, is full of peaks and obstacles, and the strange stones on the mountain are numerous, and it is also a place to hide soldiers.

At this moment, Wuyongzi also mentioned to the capital supervisor Ding Deyu that the Wuwei Taoist in the Huohuan Palace on Maoshan introduced him as a confidant. This time, after receiving the flying pigeon biography of Wuyongzi, he learned that Wuyongzi and his party had arrived near Maoshan Mountain, and Wuwei Daoist planned to go down the mountain in person to the military camp of the two countries' coalition forces.

Ding Deyu asked, "Military Master, when will the Wuwei Daoist come?" ”

Wuyongzi once said to Ding Deyu that there is a Huohuan Palace on Maoshan Mountain, and the Wuwei Taoist on the mountain is also an old acquaintance with Wuyongzi, this time they came to Maoshan, one of them is to break Jurong through the help of Wuwei Daochang, and now in front of the Song State and Wu Yueguo army is a Jurong Jiancheng.

Wu Yongzi touched his long beard and said: "The Wuwei Taoist of Huohuan Palace also knows that the world is baptized by war, and the people are poor, so he naturally wants to do his part, not only for the peace of Maoshan, but also for the peace of the world." Back to Ding Dujian, there is an old friend visiting tonight, this old friend of Poor Dao has been wandering around this Maoshan Mountain, but he will definitely give Ding Dujian an unexpected surprise, presumably now my two apprentices are already on the way. ”

Since the capture of Runzhou, Wu Yongzi, An Dongye and An Deyu also followed Ding Deyu's army south to Jurong Maoshan here. Wu Yongzi was proficient in Qimen Dunjia and the tactics of military formation, and he also helped the Song army and Wu Yueguo along the way.

Ding Deyu said with a smile: "There are military divisions out of the horse, one top ten." ”

Wu Yongzi was silent, he knew that there should be someone in the city who had already mixed in at this moment, but that person's status in the army was relatively low, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to interfere in some high-level military affairs.

Soon after, it was dusk, it was dark all around, torches had been lit around the military tent, and the soldiers had already lit a bonfire outside the barracks to make fire, and the rest of the soldiers also took advantage of this moment to probe the military situation around.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared at the gate of the barracks, wearing extremely ordinary clothes, it seemed that there were more than seven or eight, two of them were An Deyu and An Dongye, they were followed by an old man, dressed ordinarily, who looked like an elder, and the rest were young people in Tsing Yi, who were also extremely respectful to the old man.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the barracks immediately reported the situation to Qian Yu, Ding Deyu and others.

Soon after, a hearty laugh rang out from inside the tent.

Ding Deyu said with a smile: "Daoist Wuwei, thanks to you for coming this time, you also brought so much information, and also helped our army a lot in attacking Jurong." ”

Wuwei Daoist was dressed like a woodcutter, and at this moment he arched his hand and said: "The eunuch said that he laughed, this is what the old Taoist should do, although this sentence Rongchengchi is strong, but it is not indestructible, the old Taoist has been in Maoshan for so many years, and he still knows some about the situation near Maoshan, and the old Taoist will answer them one by one." And His Royal Highness once said that we must end the war as soon as possible, give an explanation to the people of the world, and wait for my Great Song Dynasty to dominate the world, the land of Kyushu will be able to end the war and poverty, and then restore the glory of my Han and Tang Dynasties, so that the people can raise their heads and be people, and let the glory of the Great Song Dynasty spread in the world. ”

Ding Deyu heard Daoist Wuwei talk about Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, so he asked: "I don't know how Your Highness is now, and I don't know what the situation in Jinling City is?" Ding Deyu only knew that Zhao Dezhao was missing, and he didn't know the twists and turns inside.

The whereabouts of Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, are now confidential, and it is because Wuyongzi did not inform Ding Deyu of their situation, and he will not tell Ding Deyu about them now.

Wuwei Daoist looked at Ding Deyu and said: "Ding Dujian, some siege ordnance veterans will definitely send someone to bring it in a day or two, Duanyang is approaching, Jurong City is also very lively, and everything in the city will be handed over to Lao Dao at that time." ”

Ding Deyu bowed his hand: "There is a long way to go." ”

After Wuwei Daochang finished speaking, he immediately said goodbye, he wanted to hurry back to the Huohuan Palace on Maoshan Mountain, this sentence Rong Chengcheng's dignitaries and ordinary people, also often go back to Huohuan Palace to pray for blessings, Wuwei Daoist also knows some Jurong dignitaries, and it is about to reach the Duanyang Festival, which is not those famous gentry, dignitaries and nobles will also invite him to exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits.

At present, Jurong City is on guard, but Wuwei Daoist is like Tianzun among the local people, and this great god will also enter the city on Duanyang Day

At night, the city in the distance crawled on the horizon like a giant beast.

This is Jurong City, there is Chishan Lake on its southwest side, Chishan Lake is a hill on the third side, the northwest side is flat, and the cliffs on both sides are confronted. The circumference of the lake is one hundred and twenty miles, and there is a naval army, although the city of Jurong was once captured by Lin Renzhao's army, but it didn't take long for Lin Renzhao to go west to the lower reaches of the Qinhuai River and Zhongshan, and the Tang army recaptured Jurong.

The hydrology near Jurong is very rich, there is a rich water system in the upper reaches, because of the Maoshan Mountain Range, the south water flows into Shijiu Lake, and the north water flows into the Qinhuai River.

Moreover, Jurong leans on Maoshan Mountain and borders the river in the north, which is also a place that has always been contested.

Since ancient times, mountains and rivers have not only been a beautiful scenery, but also a natural barrier, becoming a natural barrier for the Qinhuai River to block the westward advance of the army.

At this moment, the head of Jurong City, stationed is the elite army of the Tang State, and the upstream Lishui army fortifies the city and defends itself.

Now that it is approaching May and the rainy season is approaching, the water level has also risen a lot due to the rain in the previous days, because of its rich hydrology, it is just suitable for the navy to crisscross the lake, which is extremely beneficial to the Tang army.

At night, the torches at the head of the city have been burning non-stop, and the flames calmly illuminate the outline of the city, and on the river in the distance, in the moat of the city wall, a naval army of the Tang State is swimming in Jurong, and in the rivers near the upper reaches of Lishui, constantly guarding against the Song and Wu Yue armies in the east.

Today is the third day of the fifth lunar month, and the day after tomorrow is the Duanyang Festival.

At this time of year, dragon boat races are held in the rivers of the Jiangnan area.

Although it is wartime now, the officials and people of Jurong have also begun to prepare for dragon boat racing on the water in accordance with this custom.

On the head of the city where the banner of the Tang army was fluttering, now a low-level sergeant went up to the city and said: "Now I heard the scout's report that the Song and Wu Yue armies appeared near Maoshan Mountain, and this time they will definitely attack my Jurong City." ”

At this moment, a person with a higher position than this sergeant said, "Haha, Song Shida doesn't have to be afraid. Song, if the Wu Yue army wants to attack Jurong now, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort, now the pond around Jurong is rising, our army is lined with warships, mostly driving on rivers and lakes, Song is a northerner, not accustomed to water warfare, naturally not the opponent of our Tang army, Wu Yue if he helps, but this day and time are in the hands of my Tang army, even if they occupy the people, they will not break Jurong at once. Besides, there are big lakes and mountains to obstruct it, but it is a natural barrier. ”

Song Shida raised his head, he brushed the hair on his head, but his eyes were full of smiles, and then he bowed his hand and said: "Yu Hou is smart, this time the Song and Wu Yue armies will definitely be defeated under Yu Hou's men." ”

After speaking, Song Shida glanced away again, his eyes were full of contempt, he was just an ordinary military post, a few days ago he was still in the Xuanwu Lake Tang Army station, these days because he was responsible for stealing letters and other miscellaneous matters, he rushed to Jurong, according to the current situation of Jurong's military defense, Song and Wu Yue's army may not set foot in Jurong City at once, and he is not an ordinary military post, he still has a task, but some things are beyond his power, and now he is also waiting for this opportunity tomorrow.

Then Song Shida looked at the surrounding lake and said, "If Marquis Yu is fine, the last general will retire." ”