Early in the morning, at the foot of the Tiger Ridge Mountain.

The morning sun is rising, and the warm sun shines on everyone's body, and it is very comfortable.

At this moment, in a valley at the foot of the mountain, 5,000 elite mountain bandits led by Niu Meng, Shi Zheng, Xu Shijie and others lined up in a long procession and stood quietly in the valley.

Everyone's eyes flashed with inexplicable excitement and excitement, and it was obvious that everyone was looking forward to the imminent capture of Annan.

Outside the walled gate, Shen Hongyu led a group of leaders who were postponed, and came to see off Nie Zheng and the others early in the morning.

At this point, at the junction leading to the bottom of the mountain.

Nie Zheng sat on the war horse, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu held the reins, and the three brothers of the Chen family guarded Nie Zheng's front and back respectively.

Nie Zheng turned his head to look at the leaders who were still following closely, waved his hand, and said loudly: "Brothers, please go back, don't send it again, I will go south first, and after seven days, you can follow with the chariots and horses, or it won't be long before we can meet on the south bank of the Yuan River." ”

Hearing this, the leaders of the hall leaders who were in charge of the postponement bowed their hands and saluted non-stop.

"Take care of the alliance leader on the road, and his subordinates and others wish the alliance leader success and invincibility in advance! ……”

Nie Zheng raised his head and laughed, and said arrogantly: "Okay! Brothers, after we capture Annam, we will have a banquet to celebrate! ”

After speaking, Nie Zheng instructed Zhang Long and Zhao Hu who were waiting in front of the horse: "Go, go down the mountain!" ”

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu arched their hands, and then they took the reins and escorted Nie Zheng slowly down the mountain.

Looking at the back of Nie Zheng leaving, Shen Hongyu standing at the gate of the village, a trace of imperceptible worry and concern flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she prayed secretly with a haggard face: "Little thief, little thief, you must take care of yourself......

At this moment, Niu Meng, Shi Zheng, Xu Shijie and many other hall leaders led 5,000 elite bandits to wait at the foot of the mountain for a long time.

Seeing that the alliance leader's mount finally appeared at the end of the valley, everyone suddenly perked up and hurriedly bowed and saluted. "Meet the Alliance Leader!"

"Brothers, excuse me!" Nie Zheng sat on his horse and nodded at everyone with a smile on his face.

Zhang Long, who was in charge of leading the horse, consciously stopped.

Suddenly, in the valley, thousands of pairs of fanatical eyes were all cast at Nie Zheng on horseback.

Facing the expectant gaze of the five thousand dragon and tiger elites, Nie Zheng looked proud, raised his head and laughed: "Brothers, this time I traveled to Annan, in order to let those Dayue natives know the power of our Dragon and Tiger Mountain, they all say that a strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, Lao Tzu does not believe in this evil, this time, let's let the world see and see, what is the real hot-blooded hero, what is the real strong dragon!" ”

Saying this, Nie Zheng raised his arms violently and roared loudly: "Five thousand bandits killed Annan, it's not that the dragon is not the river!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the five thousand dragon and tiger bandits who stood on the spot were all excited by Nie Zheng's rampant and domineering words.

For a while, in the valley, the sound of roaring and howling was endless.

"It's not a raptor, it's not a river!"

"It's not that the dragon is not the river, the alliance leader is mighty! ……”

Under the bloody roar of everyone, Nie Zheng clenched his fists and shouted with a gleam in his eyes: "Sons, follow me to the south and go straight to Annan!" ”

"Yes, Alliance Leader!"

An order was given, and in the midst of everyone's roar.

Five thousand dragon and tiger bandits, under the leadership of Nie Zheng and other leaders, were like a group of tigers out of the cage, carrying armor and equipment, and rushed straight out of the mountain......

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Nie Zheng led five thousand dragon and tiger bandits, and after rushing out of the Tiger Ridge with great momentum, he went all the way over the mountains and mountains, and went straight down the south road.

This time, these 5,000 elites, as the vanguard of the capture of Annam, were all fierce and lightly armed.

Except for some necessary grain and grass, other superfluous things were not brought.

The stakes are high for the capture of Annam.

In order to arrive in Annan smoothly, Nie Zheng also deliberately took Jia Xiufang with him.

Jia Xiufang is erudite and knowledgeable, plus he is familiar with the customs and geographical environment of various regions of the Great Song Dynasty, so with him by his side, Nie Zheng will take many unnecessary and unjust roads.

Besides, if there is any trouble on the way to Annan, at least Nie Zheng can have someone to discuss.

With Jia Xiufang's mind and wisdom, she will help Nie Zheng and others solve many problems.

This time, he led 5,000 elites to the south, and Nie Zheng only brought 70 Makqin heavy machine guns and 300 grenadiers. The remaining thirty Makqin heavy machine guns and two hundred grenadiers, Nie Zheng left them for Shen Hongyu for later use.

After all, seven days later, Shen Hongyu would lead all the people and horses in the Tiger Village to follow behind.

In terms of the difficulty of migration, Shen Hongyu's brigade of chariots and horses was far higher than that of Nie Zheng's vanguard team.

Moreover, once Shen Hongyu and the others leave the mountain and go south, not to mention anything else, just the thousands of truckloads of grain, grass, baggage, money, utensils and other materials, if they want to constantly cross the mountains and mountains, and cross thousands of miles of roads to the Yuanjiang River, it is a very huge migration project.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the follow-up brigade, Nie Zheng left them a part of the heavy machine guns and grenadiers, which were necessary security guarantees. After all, Shen Hongyu's brigade of men and horses, carrying so many carts and horses on the road, will definitely be very slow, and it is estimated that they cannot compare with their five thousand lightly armed pioneers.

Unconsciously, more than half a month has passed.

In this period of more than half a month, Nie Zheng led five thousand dragon and tiger elites, with a daily marching speed of more than 100 miles, all the way through the Black Wind Ridge, Sunset Peak, Huwei Slope and other places, along the Nanhu Mountain Range of Longhu Mountain, straight down to the south, and finally it took more than 20 days to completely walk out of the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Range and enter the boundary of Bashu County.

After entering the territory of Bashu County, the thousands of men and horses led by Nie Zheng and the others could no longer rampage as unscrupulously as in Longhu Mountain.

After all, this is the county jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are many prefectures and counties.

Although Bashu is also a region with many mountains and forests, Nie Zheng and his 5,000 men and horses still have to be cautious and low-key when they are in a hurry.

Nie Zheng was very clear about the purpose of this trip.

The main purpose is to cross the Yuan River and capture the land of Annan County, which was invaded by the indigenous people of Dayue, so after rushing out of the Longhu Mountains, the marching team must be careful and secluded.

Otherwise, once it attracts the attention of those Great Song officers and soldiers in Bashu County, when the time comes, I am afraid that there will be another fierce battle between the two sides.

For those regular troops and city defense garrisons of the Great Song Dynasty, Nie Zheng was not worried at all.

He was mainly worried that there was a rune army stationed in Bashu County, and the rune army was not so easy to deal with.

Although he now has enough armed firepower to repel any rune armies that go to the siege, there is really no need for that.

Fighting with the Bashu garrison, not to mention the consumption of ammunition, food and grass, if those runic armies formed some powerful formation, Nie Zheng was really worried that his men and horses would suffer.

Before leading the people south, Yi Zixuan reminded Nie Zheng many times, so that on the way to Annan, he could avoid the cities of the Great Song Dynasty, so he tried to avoid them to avoid disputes.

Yi Zixuan also specially told Nie Zheng that there was a rune army stationed in every county of the Great Song Dynasty, with a scale of nearly 10,000 people, and although those rune armies were not as elite as the rune armies under the command of Xiping Hou, the Hegang battle array was not much weaker.

All the Fu armies of the Great Song Dynasty were proficient in the Xuangang Nine Formations.

When Ao Zhan led his men and horses to attack Tiger Ridge before, he used two Hegang battle formations; "Black Panther Formation" and "Flying Tiger Formation".

Black Panther and Flying Tiger, these two battle formations, are the battle formations with the worst combat effectiveness in the entire Fu Armor Army, and they are also the battle formations with the fewest soldiers.

You must know that the Great Song Dynasty Fu Jia, Xuangang Nine Formations; They are the Black Panther, the Flying Tiger, the Wild Lion, the Angry Bear, the War Elephant, the Giant Python, the Divine Turtle, the Fire Phoenix, and the Sky Dragon.

These nine big arrays, one is more powerful than the other, and one is more fierce than the other, and they are called the Xuangang Nine Arrays.

Last time, when Ao Zhan led the four thousand Fu Armor Army to attack the Tiger Village, due to the limited terrain, he could only use the two battle formations of the Black Panther and the Flying Tiger, otherwise, if Ao Zhan used a more powerful Hegang battle formation in the plain with open terrain, it was really unknown whether Nie Zheng could hold on with ten bazookas that day.

Because he was afraid of the Hegang battle formation of those Fu armor troops, after Nie Zheng entered Bashu County, he sent a large number of scouts to explore the road in front of him.

At the same time, because Jia Xiufang, who accompanied him, was more familiar with the geographical environment of the Bashu area, therefore, under his guidance, Nie Zheng led the five thousand dragon and tiger elites to pick remote and hidden mountains and forests, and try to stay away from all the cities in Bashu.

In this way, although there were many detours, it avoided clashes with the imperial army.

In this way, in the next month and a half, Nie Zheng led these 5,000 men and horses, day and night, through the two counties of Bashu and southern Yunnan without danger, and entered the southwest border of the Great Song Dynasty.

Finally, in the early morning of the seventy-fourth day after leaving Tiger Ridge, the five thousand dragon and tiger elites led by Nie Zheng appeared under Suozi Mountain covered in wind and dust, describing exhaustion.

Suozi Mountain, located on the border of Yunnan County in the Great Song Dynasty, faces the adjacent Annan County across the river.

As long as you climb over the Suozi Mountain, and then go dozens of miles, there is the rolling and rushing Yuanjiang River.

At this moment, in a dense forest, Nie Zheng looked haggard and slowly rolled off the horse's back with the support of Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, ready to rest and eat here.

"Alliance leader, you drink some water first." After helping Nie Zheng leave the horse, Zhang Long hurriedly handed the kettle to him, his eyes full of concern.

Nie Zheng sat weakly under a big tree, took the kettle and took a few sips gently, and commanded in a hoarse voice: "Notify down, everyone will camp on the spot and rest and rest!" ”

"Yes, Alliance Leader!" ……

(To be continued.) )