Looking at the five thousand dragon and tiger bandits who were camping and resting, Nie Zheng's tense nerves along the way finally relaxed.

Leaning weakly against the tree, Nie Zheng took out a box of ointment and carefully applied it to his thighs, while secretly shaking his head and sighing.

It has to be said that running long distances is a very hard job.

Since leaving Menghuling, Nie Zheng has been riding a horse for more than two months, and his body is so tired that he is about to fall apart.

Especially on the sides of Nie Zheng's thighs, he has been bumping and rubbing on horseback for a long time, causing the inner skin of his left and right thighs to have already taken off several layers of skin, and now, as soon as he sits down, he feels the inner side of his two thighs, which hurts hotly, and sometimes he can't sleep at all.

But there is no way, in order to capture Annan as soon as possible, Nie Zheng must endure the pain caused by these long marches, only in this way will there be a stable and comfortable life in the future.

Except for Nie Zheng, like those bandits, their situation is better than Nie Zheng.

After all, these guys have fallen into the grass and are doing long-distance raids, raiding and trading over mountains and mountains, and they have long been accustomed to this kind of green forest life.

However, after traveling thousands of miles like this time, these 5,000 dragon and tiger bandits are also the first time in their lives to do such a thing.

In the woods at the foot of Suozi Mountain, thousands of bandits camped, patrolling and guarding, everything was carried out in an orderly manner under the command of the head of the hall such as Shi Zheng.

At this moment, Jia Xiufang suddenly came to Nie Zheng in a hurry, ready to report some important information to him.

During this long journey, Jia Xiufang also suffered a lot.

After all, he was a weak scholar before, and in terms of physical fitness, he was not as strong as Nie Zheng.

Although Jia Xiufang's body was exhausted and his eyes were bloodshot after the difficult trek along the way, his eyes were still as wise and bright as ever.

At this time, Jia Xiufang walked quickly in front of Nie Zheng, saluted respectfully, and said, "Alliance leader, Madame has already sent a message from her side." ”

Nie Zheng's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it, Hongyu's brigade of chariots and horses, have they already left the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Range and entered the Bashu realm?" ”

Jia Xiufang nodded and said, "They entered the Bashu Wufeng Mountain early yesterday morning, and everything went smoothly on the way. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xiufang paused, and said in a somewhat solemn tone: "Alliance leader, just now we received information, just three days ago, the Yellow River froze, and the King of the Huns had already led hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen across the river. ”

Hearing this, Nie Zheng raised his eyebrows and said: "The Xiongnu invaded the south, and the border of the Great Song Dynasty must be tired of defense, if it is not what I expected, in the next period of time, the imperial court will definitely draw troops and horses from various states and counties to rush to the north to support." However, this should be good news for us, at the very least, when we attack Annan, we don't have to worry about the imperial court sending troops to harass us. In this way, we can deal with those Dayue natives wholeheartedly. ”

Speaking of this, suddenly, Nie Zheng seemed to remember something important, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, Xiufang." Didn't you say before that on the south bank of the Yuan River, there was a Great Song army stationed? Now we have troops on the Yuan River, as long as we cross this Suozi Mountain, in front of the south bank of the Yuan River, I am worried that our 5,000 men and horses, as long as they appear on the south bank of the Yuan River, will be detected by the garrison of the imperial court, after all, on the south bank of the Yuan River, the terrain is open and flat, although the Suozi Mountain is hundreds of miles away from the Song army's garrison, but once the Song army's scouts and spies have detected our movements, I am afraid that there will be some trouble. ”

Hearing this, Jia Xiufang suddenly smiled and said with some excitement: "Alliance leader, I came to you at this moment to report the good news about the garrison on the south bank. ”

Nie Zheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What good news, hurry up and hear it." ”

Jia Xiufang said slowly: "Yesterday afternoon, the 30,000 Song troops stationed on the south bank of the Yuan River suddenly all evacuated. ”

"Sudden evacuation?"

Nie Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "This group of Song troops is not the Jiang Defense Army that the imperial court is stationed here, why did they suddenly evacuate?" ”

Jia Xiufang smiled slightly, and said: "The five surnamed gate lords in Lingnan, taking advantage of the southern invasion of the Huns, have begun to gather troops and horses, and they are ready to move, it is estimated that this group of Song troops stationed on the south bank of the Yuan River should have received an order from the imperial court to go to Lingnan to help and suppress the five surnamed rebels." ”

Nie Zheng laughed and couldn't help but clap his hands and say, "Okay! God help me! This time, the dog emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is attacked by the enemy, and he must be anxious and exhausted, even if we are on both sides of the Yuan River, and the Dayue natives are turned upside down, it is estimated that the imperial court will have no time to pay attention to it, haha......"

Seeing that Nie Zheng was so carried away, Jia Xiufang suddenly said again: "Alliance leader, although the garrison of the Great Song Dynasty has evacuated the south bank of the Yuan River, we are facing a very serious problem. ”

Nie Zheng stopped laughing and said, "What kind of problem?" ”

Jia Xiufang said: "There is no boat to cross the river!" ”

Hearing this, Nie Zheng's face sank, he thought for a moment, and said, "On both sides of the Yuan River, can't fishing boats and merchant ships be collected?" If we can, we can rent it and buy it at a high price. ”

Jia Xiufang shook her head and said: "Since Dayue invaded and occupied Annan County, in order to prevent the Song army from sneaking across the river, in the past twenty years, Sang Kang has strictly ordered any fishing boats and merchant ships to pass by the Yuan River, as long as there are unknown ships, those Dayue natives stationed on the opposite bank will send water ghost warships to scuttle and kill them one by one. ”

"This ...... It's a real problem. ”

Nie Zheng slowly closed his eyes and thought hard.

Seeing that Nie Zheng closed his eyes and was silent, Jia Xiufang knew that he was thinking about the way to cross the river, so he consciously remained silent, so as not to interrupt his train of thought.

After being silent for a while, Nie Zheng finally slowly opened his eyes, looked at Jia Xiufang with a bright eye, and said lightly: "Since there is no boat to rent, we will cut down trees and make rafts to cross the river, which is a big deal of spending more time." ”

Hearing this, Jia Xiufang shook her head and said with a wry smile: "If the raft could cross the river, the army of the Great Song Dynasty would have been killed on the other side of the river, so why should it be deadlocked with the Dayue natives on the other side for so many years." ”

Nie Zheng took a deep breath and frowned, "Could it be that the Da Yue Water Ghost Warship is really so powerful?" ”

Jia Xiufang nodded, and said with an extremely serious expression: "Alliance leader, the water ghost warships of Dayue are the nemesis of all sailors in this world, not only can they easily scuttle the fleets of various countries in the South Seas, but also those Dayue natives have also raised a terrifying beast on top of the water ghost warship. ”

Nie Zheng's expression moved, "Strange beasts? What is it? ”

Jia Xiufang looked at him deeply, and said word by word: "The red-haired water ghost, commonly known as it; Water Monkey ......"

(To be continued.) )