The flood began to recede slowly, and Yang Tianfeng had to deal with everything as soon as possible and leave by boat with his troops. It was hard for him to imagine how difficult it would be to wade through the mud after the flood waters had completely subsided.

Yang Tianfeng rode his horse and walked on the street, his mind turning. The Japanese army marched southward, and the longest, largest and most famous battle in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Battle of Wuhan, had begun.

In the Battle of Wuhan, Japan mobilized the largest number of troops that could be assembled at that time, gave full play to its absolute superiority in land, sea, and air equipment, and fought hard for four and a half months, not only did not annihilate the main force of the Chinese army, but did not weaken the will and combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, but on the contrary, the effective force of the Japanese army suffered a serious blow.

After the Battle of Wuhan, with the extension of the battle front, the Japanese army felt that its forces were becoming more and more insufficient, and it was unable to organize such a large-scale strategic offensive as the Battle of Songhu, Xuzhou, and Wuhan, with the goal of conquering cities and territories, and was forced to turn to strategic conservatism.

As a result, Japan's policy of aggression against China changed: from military inducement as the mainstay and political inducement as a supplement, to political inducement and surrender as the supplement, supplemented by military strikes; Instead of conducting frontal operations with the main force on the frontal battlefield, it has changed to transferring troops to conduct "law and order" operations in the battlefield behind enemy lines.

In other words, when the Battle of Wuhan was in full swing, it was also the time when the devils on the battlefield behind the enemy were the weakest, and when the Battle of Wuhan was over, the Japanese army transferred a large number of troops to consolidate the rear, and the situation at that time was not optimistic.

Half of the month has passed, and Yang Tianfeng feels the urgency of time. How to make use of this short period of more than three months to lay a good foundation as much as possible, seize a treasure land suitable for both offense and defense, and pave the way for future development has always been something he has been thinking about hard.

Going down the vortex river, the people who went to the junction of Henan and Anhui to inquire about the situation have not yet returned, and the training of recruits still needs some time, and the preparation is not yet complete, Yang Tianfeng is anxious, and there is no other way.

Just as Yang Tianfeng was slowly moving forward and his thoughts were flipping, with a sharp scream, a person suddenly jumped out of the alley next to him, and suddenly startled the horse he was riding. The horse screamed, raised its front hooves, and stood high.

The incident was in a hurry, Yang Tianfeng's riding skills were average, and he was defenseless, so he was thrown off. Thanks to his reluctance to save himself in the air, the roll after landing slowed down a little. Even so, it hurt to fall. The horse rose like crazy and rampaged through the streets, threatening to hurt people at the sight of it.

"Stop the horse, I, I'm fine." Yang Tianfeng reluctantly beckoned Xiao Si and the others to hurry up and chase the startled horse.

The horse flipped its hooves and flashed its palms, and it had already run dozens of meters, and the street was in chaos. At this time, a man suddenly stepped forward, caught up with the startled horse from the side, and grabbed the horse's halter unexpectedly. The horse was furious, and one erected, trying to get rid of the man. The man's body was extremely flexible, and he jumped up and pulled down violently...... After several battles, the horse couldn't resist it, and stood helplessly obediently, with a whistling snort in his nose.

Helplessly helped up by his subordinates, Yang Tianfeng inhaled cold air in pain, raised his eyes and looked up and down at the man who subdued the startled horse and led it over. Medium stature, very stout, round face, big forehead, dark eyebrows, and a somewhat gloomy look in his eyes, well, Yang Tianfeng's feeling is like this.

"Sir, are you alright?" The man let go of the horse's halter, and didn't even look at the deep strangulation blood marks on his hands, but smiled at Yang Tianfeng.

"Thank you, well done, not local, right? What is your name? Yang Tianfeng felt that a person dressed in ordinary clothes could be so calm, then this person was not very simple.

"My name is Ma Yuming, my home is in Kaifeng, and I am a small businessman." The man smiled and said, "After selling the goods, I was trapped in the city by the flood." ”

Oh, Yang Tianfeng smiled faintly, had a question in his heart, and was thinking about continuing to interrogate, when another person ran behind him.

"Less, young master, are you okay, have you broken?" Han Ping'er was panting, her face was flushed, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and she even lost one of her shoes, looking at Yang Tianfeng and asking eagerly.

Although his clothes and pants were torn in a few places, and his body was also in pain, Yang Tianfeng still grinned and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay at all." ”

At this time, two guards escorted the perpetrator to him. Yang Tianfeng secretly called unlucky, a madman, what can he do to her?

Gui Ying struggled left and right, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth, and from time to time there was a low strange sound in her throat, as if she wanted to choose someone to eat. Coupled with her unkempt hair, dirty face, and tattered smelly clothes, it makes people feel even more terrifying.

"You're going to treat her again?" Yang Tianfeng frowned and asked Han Ping'er.

Han Ping'er lowered her head, like a child who had done something wrong, and muttered and explained: "It's already much better, I think it's quite pitiful to tie up, so I loosened it a little, but I didn't expect her to ......"

"Didn't I send you two men with you?" Yang Tianfeng asked suspiciously: "What about them, can't they even control a woman?" ”

"I came out on my own, and I didn't let them follow." Han Ping'er's voice was like a mosquito.

Yang Tianfeng gently patted Han Ping'er's shoulder, and said half-reprimanded, half-comforted: "Be careful in the future, fortunately, it just startled my horse, what if it hurts you?" As for the shoes, the feet are not tied, are they? ”

"No, it's not tied." Han Ping'er rubbed her feet shyly, and glanced at Yang Tianfeng gratefully, "She only has an old mother and a little brother at home, and she can't stop her, so I have to chase her out, as well as a few neighborhoods nearby." ”

Alas, Yang Tianfeng sighed, waved his hand, and ordered the guards to follow a few neighbors chasing over to send Gui Ying home, and looked back at Ma Yuming.

"Sir, if it's okay, I'll go first." Ma Yuming handed the reins of the horse to Xiao Si and said respectfully: "I don't know if the chief has time tonight, I want to visit and have something important to tell you." ”

Since you're coming, I'm waiting for you. Yang Tianfeng dispelled the idea of continuing the interrogation, and said that the city was his own world, so he didn't have to worry about him running away, so he nodded with a smile, and watched Ma Yuming leave after saying a few words.

"Why are you going?" Yang Tianfeng turned his head and asked Han Ping'er strangely.

"I'm going to look for shoes." Han Ping'er looked down at her feet and replied a little embarrassed.

"It's getting dark, where can I find it?" Yang Tianfeng said with some amusement: "Let's go back first, Xiao Si, ask someone to give up a horse for Miss Han to ride." ”

The horse was led to her, Han Ping'er stood there, and when she was a little at a loss, Yang Tianfeng had already reached out to support her waist, and with a force, she was lifted up, Han Ping'er let out a soft exclamation, and she had already sat sideways on the horse's back.

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