The other way is to cross Huai and go to Yingzhou, go north through Yingshui, go to the Zhenyuan in the northwest corner of Bozhou to enter the realm of Songzhou, and then go north along the water from Zhecheng in Songzhou, go to Xiangyi, Yongqiu, Chenliu to Bianliang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This line looks okay at first glance, after Yingzhou and Bozhou is the territory of the Bianliang Zhu family, and Yingbo and Bozhou are the territory of the Shi family, although the Shi family and Caizhou are allies, but they can't control this side, not to mention that in such a short time, the Shi family can't react so quickly.

But this line is not good, the reason is very simple, now it is the time when the two states of Yingbo are in flames of war, and the main force of Qin Quan's ant army is raging everywhere on the land of Yingzhou.

Yingzhou Prefecture Ruyin is experiencing the most brutal siege war, Huaibei reinforcements were pinned down by Sun Daobu, and they fought endlessly on the banks of Yingshui, and the situation was not opened for a long time, in this case, there is no doubt that it is risky to go to Yingzhou.

Jiang Feng is not worried about his own safety, after all, he is a group of three, even if he encounters a war, it is not a problem to escape, the key is that he is afraid of delaying the time by a detour, and he does not dare to delay in time now, so he has to give up this line.

To be honest, he originally wanted to take the line of Yingzhou to see the situation, to see what the ant thieves were tossing in Yingzhou, according to Jiang Feng's judgment, the ant thieves returned east this time, but I was afraid that the main targets would be in Yingzhou, Bo, Shou, and Hao.

These prefectures, especially Yingzhou and Shouzhou, are quite far away from Xuzhou, the core of Huaibei, and they took advantage of the time difference to catch the probation army off guard, completely disrupting the situation in Ying, Bo, Shou, and Hao, so that Xuzhou can take care of one and lose the other, and then make these states become the base of the ant army.

Jiang Feng really wanted to take a look at the front line of Yingzhou, so as to confirm his judgment.

But time did not allow, Jiang Feng could only give up.

The remaining route is the farthest, but for now, it's the only one available.

From Gushi along the muddy water to the southwest, through Yincheng, go to Shenzhou, stick to the north foot of Tongbai Mountain, through Biyang to Nanyang, and then from Nanyang along the southeast direction of Fangcheng, through Y County to Xuzhou, from Xuzhou to Bianliang.

This line is more than 1,500 miles, and if you go all the way quickly, it will take about ten days, and this will have to go all the way smoothly without any mistakes.

However, from Nanyang through Fangcheng to Xuzhou and then to Bianliang, this line is a very important official road, from the two Jin Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this road is the official road from Jingchu to the Central Plains, the road condition is very good, there are many post stations and sharp places along the road, it is quite convenient, which is also the biggest benefit.

In contrast, if you don't go from Biyang to Nanyang and go directly to Fangcheng, you can also do it, but the road conditions are not so good.

The road conditions from Gushi to Yincheng are average, and you can arrive in one day.

Jiang Feng and his entourage set off quietly early in the morning, leaving the city almost without anyone knowing, and walked along the official road.

Gushi, like other counties, closed the city at sunset and opened the city at sunrise, strictly followed, and even Jiang Feng, the defender of the city, specially arranged his own personal guards to replace him.

Jiang Feng didn't even tell anyone else the specific time of his trip, except for Zhang Yue.

On the one hand, it is also a secret, will there be other spies in Gushi City, whether the Chen family has any dissenting intentions now, it is impossible to assert, he will not take risks.

The three of them all rode horses, and it still seemed a little dazzling in the land of Gwangju, especially Gwangju was also war-torn and there were not many travelers on the road, whether it was merchants and hawkers, or rangers, it was rare, and the fighting was in a hurry.

After the war, whether it is a merchant or a local, they are inevitably a little timid, and it is normal for soldiers to be bandits, especially the rout, which is a recognized great harm in this world.

The defeat of the Gwangju army in Shenzhou, the defeated and fleeing stragglers are still as many as several thousand, they fled back to Gwangju from Shenzhou, during which it is inevitable that there will be evil deeds, it should be said that the Gushi army is also just right in Yincheng, Le'an, Guangshan and other places to arrange people to recruit the rout, otherwise it is not known how many people will be victimized, and I do not know how many rout soldiers will become bandits.

Caizhou did not do a good job in this, perhaps they had already saved up to wipe out Gwangju so that Caizhou and Chenzhou could support their gentry to come in, and sometimes it was also a pretty good strategy to solve the problem in some special ways and then blame the rebels, and then lay an ambush for the cleanup, killing two birds with one stone, so it was also repeatedly staged in this time and space, and it was tried and tested.

The road from Gushi to Yincheng is an official road, but the road condition is not very good, because the city of Yincheng is small, Gushi is located in the east, Gushi to the state city is not Yincheng, and Yincheng and Gushi are not much.

There were only a few small market towns along the way, but fortunately, the Gwangju rout did not have much impact on this area, and after the Yuan army entered Gwangju, it did not take into account the south for the time being, and later after the Yuan family and the Du family reached a verbal agreement, Yincheng was also temporarily under the control of the Du family.

As far as Jiang Feng knew, the Du family did not garrison too many troops in Yincheng, only a battalion of men, and it was estimated that He Qianzhang would soon evacuate to Yincheng after reporting the situation after the battle of Gushi back to Ezhou.

This guy is not stupid, and he also realized that the situation has not been substantially improved after Gu Shi repelled the ant thief, although the ant thief went, but with the ant thief entering Yingshou and the two states, extinct in Gwangju, after the Yuan clan consolidated his control over Gwangju, it was only a matter of time before Gu Shi reached out, and before the Ehuang side reacted, Jiang Feng believed that with He Qianzhang's caution, he would definitely move to Yincheng, which could be attacked and defended and was close to Yinshan Pass under the control of Ehuang.

The three healthy horses selected were not very good, but they were also selected from more than a hundred war horses in the riding camp, which was more than enough for daily travel.

At the beginning, the number of cavalry of the Gwangju army was not large, only more than 1,000 cavalry, and even this made Gwangju a little unable to support it, like Shenzhou, which was similar to Gwangju's strength, even had only one battalion of cavalry.

The southern towns are far inferior to the north in terms of cavalry strength, which is not only due to the terrain and climate, but also because the cost of raising horses in the south is too high.

In Jiang Feng's view, the best strategy for small valve clans like Guang and Shen close to the south is to maintain a small number but relatively well-trained cavalry army, 500 cavalry is a more appropriate scale, if it is really rich in economic strength, or there are local conditions suitable for raising horses, it should not exceed 1,000 cavalry, otherwise the average state and county will not be able to afford the expenditure of cavalry at all, especially in the south.

Jiang Feng noticed that when he rode all the way over, the surrounding merchants subconsciously avoided it.

It seems that the change of ownership of Gwangju and the sweeping of ant thieves from the north still have some influence on this side, although the Yuan family has not really controlled this side yet.