Two days later, the news of the investigation by Tianyan and the earth network finally came back, but the specific situation of the enemy army was still not very clear. It's not that the spies don't want to find out, it's that they can't find out at all.

The Peng army on the other side of Panshui is extremely well guarded, and the patrolling guards even extend dozens of miles away, especially in the dense forest opposite Lishan City, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, the spies of the sky eye and the earth net will be found if they get a little closer, and it is because of this that the spies sent before have all been poisoned by the enemy.

This time, the spies did not dare to get too close, and the information they investigated was also very general, only finding out that the strength of the Peng army was between 10,000 and 20,000 people, judging from the glades observed in the distance, there should be more than 20 trebuchets hidden in it.

This little bit of pitiful information was almost useless to Tang Yin, but Lotte and Ai Jia brought back a villager, which surprised Tang Yin very much.

The villager was about thirty years old, dark and thin, not very tall, not very old, but his skin was rough like a dried orange peel, and his clothes were not bad, not new, but they were not patched. After he was brought close by Lotte and Aijia, he looked around, his eyes were not enough, and he felt fresh to see everything.

Tang Yin looked at this person a few times, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, then looked at Le and Ai, and asked, "Who is he?"

"His name is Zhao An, and he is a villager in the east of Lishan City. Lotte replied.

Ai Jia glanced back at the villagers, frowned and reprimanded, "When you see your lord, why don't you hurry up and see the ceremony?!"

"My lord, what my lord?" Zhao An looked at Tang Yin without hesitation. Tang Yin is now only wearing a coat, shirtless inside, in Zhao An's eyes, he naturally does not have the majesty of Lotte and Ai Jia with armor, and naturally thinks that his official should not be as big as Lotte and Ai Jia.

Ai Jia glared at him fiercely and said in a low voice, "This is Lord Tang Yin Tang." ”

Hearing this, Zhao An sighed in surprise, obviously he didn't expect that the sick young man in front of him was Tang Yin, he was stunned at first, and then fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed again and again, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiao ...... Villain...... Zhao An, see ...... I've seen Lord Tang!"

Tang Yin didn't have the mind to waste on the villagers now, he just waved his hand casually and said, "Get up!" After speaking, he looked at Lotte and Ai Jia in puzzlement.

Ai Jia stepped forward and said, "My lord, Zhao An said that he knows that there are shoals in Panshui, and even if you don't need a boat raft, you can cross the river. ”

"Oh?" After Tang Yin heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he turned his eyes to look at Zhao An.

Zhao An had never seen people's eyes so bright, almost emitting light, he had already stood up, but under Tang Yin's gaze, his legs were weak, his body was lowered, and he knelt down again, not daring to raise his head, let alone look at Tang Yin.

Seeing this, Tang Yin smiled and said softly: "Zhao An, you don't have to be afraid, I'm not a tiger, I won't eat you." ”

He was originally a joke, but Zhao An knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, but instead replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes......! Adults are not tigers and will not eat my ......"

Ai Jia couldn't help laughing out loud on the side, Tang Yin was also happy, and motioned to the guards on the left and right to move a chair over and let Zhao An sit down.

Zhao An had never faced such a big official as Tang Yin in his life, and he had never seen anything in the world, at this time he was nervous and scared, his body trembled, even if he sat on the chair, he was just sticky to his buttocks, and his body was stiff, as if he would slide off the chair at any time.

Tang Yin asked with a smile: "Zhao An, do you know that there are shoals in Panshui, and you can go through them even without a boat?"

"Yes...... Yes!" Zhao An stammered.

"Where?" Tang Yin's body, which was originally lying on the soft collapse, also sat up subconsciously.

"Back to ...... Answer, ...... It's ten miles east of Lishan Castle. ”

"Oh?" Tang Yin stared at Zhao An without blinking, his sharp gaze seemed to see directly into his heart. After a pause, he rolled his eyes, grabbed the map next to the collapse, shook it at Zhao An, and said, "Show me!"

Zhao An always kept his head down, coldly hit by the thrown map, and slipped out of the chair to the ground in fright, and stayed for a while before he came back to his senses, unfolded the map with trembling hands, and looked at it again, and finally raised his head boldly, looked at Tang Yin in embarrassment, and whispered: "My lord...... The villain can't read it...... The villain doesn't know how to read......"

Alas, Tang Yin sighed weakly, there was really nothing he could do with such a villager. He smiled and said, "Then you, how do you know about that shoal, and how many people know about it, and why have I never heard anyone mention it?"

"Back to my lord, not many people know about that shoal, and the villain also discovered it by accident, and only in July and August when the tide is low, it is a shoal, and in normal months, the river there is still very deep......

After Tang Yin heard this, he wanted to scold his mother angrily, it is the beginning of April now, and it is still far from July and August, and by the time of July and August, his main army has already arrived, and tens of thousands of rafts can be built, do you still need to find any shoals to cross the river?

His face was still pleasant, but his fists were slowly clenched, and his eyes drifted to Lotte and Aijia from time to time, and his dissatisfaction was already revealed.

Lotte and Ai Jia also grinned secretly, when they first found this villager, he didn't say that he would wait until July or August, isn't this nothing to do and cause trouble for adults?

After Zhao An said goodbye for a while, Tang Yin sat up and lay back down, closed his eyes, and volatilized him to leave. ”

"My lord, I ......" Lotte wanted to explain, but he really didn't know what to say, so he could only shake his head helplessly and said to Zhao An: "Brother, let's go!"

Lotte was about to pull Zhao An out, but the latter said hurriedly: "Big ...... My lord, the villain hasn't finished yet!"

Tang Yin didn't bother to look at him any more, closed his eyes and asked, "What else do you have to say?"

"Yes, that's right! If you want to cross the river without a boat, there is still a way. ”

Tang Yin sneered, "Continue to walk the shoal you said?"

"Yes, sir. Zhao An swallowed and foamed at the mouth and explained in detail: " Jiangbei is damp, the forest is also damp, almost all year round is full of mushrooms, the villain often goes to the Jiangbei side to pick, that is, can support the family, can also take to the city for some family, but every time you cross the river to pay money, how can the villain have so much money to pay every day, so the villain waited until the low tide in August, in the shoal there from the south bank pulled a rope to the north bank, whether it is high tide or low tide in the future, as long as you hold on to this rope, the villain can easily swim from the south bank to the north bank, over the years, there has never been an accident, and this rope is hidden in the river, except for the villain, almost no one knows。 ”

"Oh? is there such a thing?" Tang Yin's body sat up again, his eyes were shining again, his brain was flying, carefully analyzing Zhao An's words, thinking about it carefully, he also felt that it was reasonable, he nodded quietly, and asked with a smile: "Are these things you said true?"

"Even if you have the courage to be small, you don't dare to deceive adults!"

Tang Yin tilted his head, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay! You take me there, if what you say is true, I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold, if what you say is false, I can ask for your head!"

After Zhao An heard this, instead of being afraid, his face was full of excitement, and he almost jumped up on the spot. You must know that 100 taels of gold is enough for an ordinary villager to live for a lifetime, and how can he not be happy or excited about this windfall flying into the sky? He nodded again and again, and said urgently: "Yes, yes, yes!

Tang Yin was very satisfied with his reaction, and it can also be seen that this person does not seem to be pretending to be fraudulent, if he is really Peng Jun's meticulous work, then his acting skills are too superb.

This matter is very important, Tang Yin didn't care about being injured, and decided to go in person, but he was also worried that there was Peng Jun's eyeliner in Lishan City, so he didn't dare to travel with great fanfare, but changed into civilian clothes, and only brought Lotte, Ai Jia, Cheng Jin and that Zhao An with him, quietly came out of the back door of the county capital, got into a carriage, and went straight to the east of the city.

After leaving the city, after confirming that there were no spies behind him, Tang Yin asked Zhao An to lead the way to the shoal he said.

The shoal that Zhao An said is located ten miles away in the east of Lishan City, here is the foot of Lishan Mountain, there is no road, the ground is full of stones and weeds, the carriage is impassable, walking here, the carriage can only stop, Tang Yin also came from the car, supported by Cheng Jin and others, and walked to the shallows.

While walking, Tang Yin also asked curiously, "Zhao An, did you say that the rope is hidden in the river?"

"Yes, my lord!" replied Zhao Anbi respectfully.

"How long has it been?"

"It's been almost five years. ”

Tang Yin smiled and asked casually, "Five years? For such a long time, won't the rope rot in the river water?"

Yo! Lotte and Ai Jia really didn't think about this, and the two of them looked at Zhao An in unison.

Zhao Anle replied: "No, no, the villain uses an oil rope, let alone five years, even if he soaks in the river for ten or twenty years, it's fine." ”

Tang Yin, Lotte, Ai Jia, and Cheng Jin are no strangers to the oil rope he said. The oil rope is made of special rattan repeatedly soaked in oil, which is strong and water-resistant, and is usually used in the military as a rope belt to bind armor. Tang Yin smiled: "You can make oil ropes?"

"Yes, the villain learned it from the eldest brother. ”

"Brother Ling is ......"

"My eldest brother is the Central Army, and he used to be a ......"

"Oh?"

"But two years ago, the eldest brother went to Ningguo and died in Hedong County. Speaking of this, Zhao An's expression fell lonely, and his eyes also showed sadness. The Hedong region is the focus of the struggle between Feng and Ning, and the Feng country has always regarded the Hedong region as its own territory, so it is generally called Hedong County in the Feng country.