Taking advantage of the night, a group of more than 40 people left Gushi City. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Rushui and Hushui are two important tributaries of the upper reaches of Huaishui, one north and one south.

Jiang Feng has a deep impression of Rushui, and Rushui is by no means the Ruhe River of later generations, because Rushui is described in great detail in Li Daoyuan's "Notes on the Water Classic".

This is an extremely important tributary of the upper reaches of the Huai River, originating in the Yaoshan Mountain in the west of Ruzhou in Dugi Province, and later converging with the water that also originates in the Yaoshan Mountain in Xuzhou, Hao Hao goes eastward, through Yuncheng, Shangcai, Xingqiaozha to reach Caizhou Prefecture to govern Ruyang, and then continues to go south through Wengang Zha, through Xincai, southeast into Huaishui.

After the passage of Xuzhou, the number of Rushui became larger, and a large number of lake and marsh areas were formed along the route, which were either slightly repaired and besieged by the locality, or flowed into the lowlands on their own during the flood year, such as Hengtangpi, Qingpi, Silk Pi, Wall, etc., and so on.

Although Jiang Feng knew some from the scout's map, he didn't know the river conditions of this era until he actually came into contact with Rushui.

During flood years, the river continues to spread outward in the bays and water reservoirs, forming a large number of lake and marsh areas, which become natural water regulators and the best source of irrigation water during drought years.

Jiang Feng and his entourage died more than ten people walking along the Rushui, and there were already scout guides along the road, sometimes day and night, sometimes day and night, avoiding everyone along the line as much as possible.

It's just that sometimes it is inevitable to meet some fishermen, in order to avoid revealing their tracks, then they can only find a place to tie them up, leaving a person to guard, which can be regarded as leaving a sharp place for future returns.

For Deng Guinian, Xu Jing and others, this kind of day and night life is particularly fresh, at first it was full of interest and interest, but after walking for three days in a row, they hid in the reeds a few times, and the previous novelty immediately disappeared, replaced by boredom and tiredness.

Of course, Jiang Feng's trip was not a whim, in fact, when Deng Guinian and Xu Jing were making water-based magic props on the dragon horn, he was already thinking about the problem of Wengang Gate.

Wengangzha is an important fortress of the Caizhou Army in the south of Ruyang, and it is a barrier to the south of Ruyang with Zhenyang County.

If the Nanyang army wants to attack Ruyang in the north, it must either capture Zhenyang County, or it must take Wengangzha, and Wengangzha and Zhenyang County are each other's horns, and Ruyang is backed by Ruyang in the rear, so for the Nanyang army, breaking this horn trend is the primary task.

Now the Nanyang army is blocked in this line, the main army is fighting fiercely with the Caizhou army in Zhenyang County, and although the Wengangzha side is a secondary battlefield, but due to the importance of the Wengangzha, and the Caizhou army is stationed here with 5,000 people, so this is still the Nanyang army besieged here.

A group of more than 30 people in two pontoon boats quietly glided forward.

Jiang Feng sat on the bow of the boat, quietly looking ahead.

The sky has gradually brightened, and another night has passed, if according to what the guide said, this is only more than ten miles away from Wengang Gate.

Ju Hui and Xu Jing snuggled up to each other and fell asleep against the wall of the boat.

In the past few days, the two of them can be tossed enough to choke, sometimes by land, sometimes by water, sometimes day and night, sometimes day and night, food and drink are uncertain, and it is naturally impossible to live in a hostel like the last time I went to Bianliang, either to rest in the river, or to rest on the boat, the taste is not ordinary.

However, although it has been a little hard in the past few days, it feels like a good thing for Jiang Feng, Ju Yuan and Xu Jing, who were originally very strangers to each other, quickly became familiar with this environment where they were surrounded by men.

Originally, Ju Hui was very hostile to the Xu family, which could be seen from her attitude towards Xu Ziqing, Xu Ning and others, but Xu Jing's simple temperament quickly conquered Ju Hui, who was also straightforward, and the two quickly became harmonious after contact, which made Jiang Feng feel at ease, and even felt that even if he didn't get anything from this trip, it would be a big gain for the two daughters to get along.

Although the sound of cycad's footsteps was very soft, it still woke Ju Rui and Xu Jing awake.

Glancing at the second daughter with some apologies, there were a few more cramps on the swarthy face of the cycads, "My lord, there are no reeds in front of you for only two miles, and the reeds within a five-mile radius of the Wengang Gate have been removed, and we may only have to stop the boat in this section." ”

Jiang Feng nodded, his gaze still staying ahead: "Are your people ashore?"

"We have already gone ashore an hour ago, and according to the previous agreement, there are also people in the cavalry army of Lord Qin who have contacted us, and the time should be at noon today at a land temple thirty miles southwest of Wengangzha. The cycad quickly replied.

From the moment he realized that Nanyang might have to go north to Caizhou, Jiang Feng had already begun to make preparations in this regard.

Of course, Jiang Feng didn't know what the situation would turn into at that time, but he knew very well that Nanyang was going to go on a northern expedition, and Zhenyang and Wengangzha were two key nodes that could not be bypassed, so he also specifically asked Zhang Wanshan and Su Tie to focus on intelligence collection on the situation in Zhenyang and Wengangzha.

At least the arrangements along the Rushui line could not be prepared in three or five days, and it was impossible to make careful preparations without a month.

Jiang Feng is still very satisfied with the work of the cycad, although the cycad is not as good as Zhang Wanshan in terms of broad vision and flexibility in dealing with problems, but the cycad is stronger than Zhang Wanshan in the execution of things, and the two have their own merits.

If you add Chen Shi and Chu Qi, who have not yet returned from Bianliang, the four personal guards they selected at the beginning have not been blinded, and after these months of polishing, they have begun to bloom with their brilliance.

Jiang Feng thought for a while, Qin Zaidao and Du Li's cavalry should not have arrived yet, they needed to slow down appropriately in the early stage and keep a considerable distance from the Nanyang army to avoid being discovered by the Nanyang army scouts, so they had to move farther east.

The timing is a certain period of time in such a short day, maybe if you miss it, there will be no more, but choosing this time is also a very difficult choice, in this case, including Jiang Feng, there is not much certainty.

Although the information of the scouts is also constantly being reported, it can be said that the main work of the Gushi scouts in the near future is to collect intelligence on the line of Zhenyang and Wengangzha, but there are several military camps lined up on the front line of Wengangzha, and the Nanyang army obviously still attaches more importance to preventing sneak attacks, especially the private army of the Caizhou gentry in this area is still a certain threat.

"Have you already observed and understood the situation along the river?" Jiang Feng also knew that since Wengangzha was the focus of the Caizhou Army's garrison, he must have been prepared in terms of prevention.

"I have observed, there is a river in the upper reaches, about three miles, the terrain is low, because there is a river channel, according to the meaning of the adult, there should be a more suitable point, there is a team of Caizhou Army stationed, but ......"

Su Tie didn't know about the dragon horn magic props made by Deng Guinian and Xu Jing, he just considered it from a common sense perspective.

Although there is a water mouth suitable for breaking the embankment, first, there are enemies stationed there, and there are beacons, and second, and most importantly, if the water mouth is to be dug up, you will not be able to do it without three or five hundred men working for a day.

But under such circumstances, three or five hundred people worked for a day to dig open the water mouth, and they really regarded Caizhou Army as a deaf and blind man.

And the Nanyang Army obviously also conducted reconnaissance and understanding at this point, once the water mouth was dug and the water came down, the Caizhou Army would bear the brunt of it, and then the Nanyang Army, so although a team of people was also sent to observe, they didn't care too much.

Jiang Feng smiled, the cycad is down-to-earth, but his vision is still narrower, but Jiang Feng can understand.

Compared with Zhang Wanshan, he can be regarded as an upper-class character in the Shu clan, and since he was a child, he has wandered outside, and his eyelids are naturally much broader.

Su Tie was born in a poor family, his mother was a widow, and he was a good friend for a few years for a ranger who came from Guanzhong, and Su Tie also followed this ranger to lay the foundation of martial arts, and only then did he have today's creation.

"How far is the Nanyang Army team from the Caizhou Army? Jiang Feng casually handed the cycad a charcoal block.

The cycad was already familiar with the terrain, and he drew the entire orientation map in three or five clicks, while explaining: "The Nanyang army is mainly to monitor the Caizhou army, and the two sides are actually monitoring each other, and the Caizhou army is about one hundred and fifty steps outside the river, and there is a plank road into the water here, and there is a small boat parked, which is mainly used to communicate with the Wengang Gate through the waterway, and occasionally there are communication ships from Ruyang to stay here,......"

The entire geographical situation slowly took shape in Jiang Feng's mind with the detailed introduction of the cycad, of course, this is only the most rough overview.

Ju Hui and Xu Jing were called over later, and Ding Man, Huang Anjin, and Deng Guinian also listened carefully to Su Tie's introduction and kept asking questions.

Sometimes, when the cycad can't speak clearly, he has to call another scout to supplement it, so as to achieve the most clear and detailed details, and every unclear place must be understood.

It's clear to everyone that the winner may be tonight.

An hour passed like this, and as Su Tie spoke dryly, everyone's mood seemed to be a little irritated by this somewhat depressing situation.

The charcoal block in Jiang Feng's hand was constantly scribbling on the ship's board, the route, arrows, markers, symbols, bit by bit, slowly filling the entire blank space, without observing the terrain outside the water mouth and the water mouth, Jiang Feng could only arrange and arrange it according to the observation of the cycad and the scout, if it was really wrong, then it could only be said that the sky was wrong.

Finally, Jiang Feng stood up, stretched his body, threw the charcoal into the river, and silently erased the picture with the shoes under his feet, "Su Tie, arrange for someone to inform Qin Zaidao and them, no matter what the situation is on our side, tonight their side will attack as planned and retreat as planned!" )