The continuous shadows of the sky, the sun and the earth were shrouded in endlessly on the Pengpai River Road that had been several miles away in Lianshui.

As if to correspond to each other's endless scene, a large number of soldiers of Qi, with armor and soldiers, were walking in the wilderness road on the bank of the river, stepping forward.

As Ouyang Qian said before, the Qi army that stretched for about a million miles was the vanguard camp of 5,000 people under Meng Yi, the deputy governor of Tianxiang Army.

Tianxiang Army Town is located in the area of ​​Bingzhou, a bitter and cold place in the north. Its army is amazingly brave and fierce. It fights with the Hu people outside the northern border for many years. In terms of combat effectiveness, it can be regarded as the best winner of the invasion of Qi army this time.

Meng Yi used his troops to be cruel and impermanent, and was specialized in fighting hard to seize stones. Since his left army set out in Linjiang, he had already captured Yonglin, the outer palace of southern Hunan a few days ago. Then he rushed forward for a hundred miles without stopping, and pointed directly at the capital Hengyang.

The Tang Army Guards near Yonglin were like frightened little mice from the beginning of the war. After Yu Mengyi's army was defeated by the prefectures and counties for hundreds of miles, he began to cooperate with the local guards in the other prefectures in southern Hunan to gather in large numbers near Hengyang, as if he wanted to fight against Meng Yi's left-wing army in Hengyang.

When the river breeze blows on people's faces, there will always be a few smooth and wet feeling. Standing on the bow of the boat with a big silver fox cloak, standing in front of the wind, looking at the Qi army camp that was traveling far away on the shore without blinking. Yang Lin snorted coldly: "Mr. Ouyang, according to your view, where will the Qi army pioneers be headed now?"

Looking at the spread of Xiangnan map on the desk, his fingers moved back and forth on the map for a long time. Ouyang Qianfang's eyebrows were twisted into a small bump and said, "My little marquis forgive me. In my opinion, the roads in the south of Xiang can be used for a wide range. No matter where you attack, you only need to open up the key points of one or two of them, and you can directly rush to the capital city to show your authority."

After licking his lips, Ouyang Qian simply said directly: "Take the vanguard battalion in front of him as an example, the army ahead has broken Yonglin, so there are no scattered troops in the hundreds of miles below, and there are no scattered soldiers who can look down on this Qi army vanguard."

"In the direction of Lianshui, the three prefectures of Bonan, Changde and Quan'an are lined up, while the county head Hengyang blocks behind the three prefectures, forming a cone-shaped triangle. No matter which direction the direction is from, this vanguard battalion only needs to occupy one of the prefectures as a backup defense, and can join the main force of the left army and the right army to cooperate with the offensive and take Hengyang directly."

Yang Lin swallowed and asked hesitantly: "A vanguard battalion with only a few thousand people can capture the one-man government as a backup. Is Mr. Ouyang an exaggeration?"

Ouyang Qian shook his head and said helplessly: "Although I have been living in the world for many years, I have a little understanding of the literary and emotional army of various court history. As the saying goes, the southerners are good at calligraphy and the northerners are martial. The Tianxiang Army is an important military family in the bitter and cold place of the Qi court. They have been expeditioning the Hu tribe outside the pass for many years. The army is fierce and good at fighting hard. I think it is because of this that I was mobilized by the Xue Shuai to this army."

"If you talk about the local guards in southern Hunan..." Ouyang Qian stopped for a moment and whispered strangely: "Not only Jingxiang Zhou County, but also the local guards in southern Jiangnan, it is still acceptable if it is just to suppress bandit Anmin. But if you want to use it to fight against Qi army in a purely field battle, it can only be..."

Ouyang Qian said it very implicitly. If we talk about combat effectiveness purely, then the local guards in the entire territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, except for the garrison in the capital, were still very jealous. The southerners were good at calligraphy and the northerners were martial. This was really about the point, and it can be seen from the previous battle of Runan.

Although Runan was mostly flooded by the flood, the water and land charge of the Qi army was swept across the direction of several mansions. If He Jin had not been the subordinates of the underworld who came from the underworld and fought hard to delay the progress of the Qi army for several days in Linjiang City, he would have probably been defeated by the flood and Qi army, and had been directly attacked by the Qi army.

Seeing that Yang Lin's brows became tighter and tighter, Ouyang Qian hurriedly comforted: "Young Marquis, don't worry too much. The so-called war begins, it's still too early. Victory and defeat are common things for military strategists, not to mention that the loss is just the miscellaneous troops in the local area."

"The third battalion army in the town of Yanghou Jingxiang has not taken action yet. According to my husband's opinion, the Qi army's fierce military force and the rapid raids have caught our dynasty off guard. As for the victory or defeat, it is probably too early to say anything at this time. As long as we defend the city and consume the battle, we still have some chance of winning."

After looking at the lineup of armored and lush land Qi troops on the south bank again, Yang Lin was about to speak, but suddenly turned his hull and dived more than a hundred feet downstream of the river road. A vast wilderness plain suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Ouyang Qian was happy: "Little Marquis, the wild horse has arrived, and he can finally separate the damn Qi army." As Ouyang Qian finished speaking, waves of river waves and south wind blew up instantly. With the continuous surging of the downstream waves, the fleet slowly disappeared from the southern plains at a speed as fast as a galloping horse.

After two days of traveling in a row, the group finally arrived at the water collection at noon that day. The water collection is a Jiangji Town on the southern border of Hunan. Although the terrain is not large, it stands on the river and spans Hunan and Hubei. In addition, there is another official road that leads directly to Hengyang, which is actually a treasure land of Shangshi on all directions.

Most merchants who come here from Jiangnan and take waterways to transport ships generally unload goods in Jishui Town and divert the routes. Those who operate by land will send their goods to Jingxiang prefectures, and even rebuild roads in the Western Regions outside the Pass to find another commercial route.

Of course, if you want to trade on the east Jinjiang East Line, most southern merchants usually get on the boat from the water collection or Jingzhou, and drive hundreds of miles downstream of the river to enter the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and reach Jiangdong. After passing a few checkpoints, you can go ashore to buy and sell.

Since entering the Wild Horse Yuan, except for the lost prefectures and counties outside southern Hunan, it can be considered that it has officially entered the sphere of influence of Yang Yi, the Marquis of Zhennan. On several docks in Jishui Town, there are coolies transporting and unloading goods there, but in fact, the goods loaded and shipped are far more than the unloaded goods.

It is no wonder that since the Qi army captured Yonglin, the Tang army's scattered retreat has left a deep impression in the eyes of these profit-oriented merchants. Although the Tang army has gathered a large number of local military forces in Hengyang and attempted to defend the city, it is always right to be cautious when the wars are in succession. Especially when I heard that the Qi army camps have entered the wild horse industry recently, if they happened to meet this vanguard army when they transported goods from land to Hengyang, they would be really crying.

The brave southern merchants simply transported the goods onto the ship and then went straight to the Jiangdong route, and even made huge profits from the rebel forces. In addition to transporting the goods back to Jiangnan, the timid merchants could only transport them to Jingzhou honestly and then go ashore to find a way to Guanxi for sale.

Hundreds of soldiers from the Knights' cavalry camp separated a large open space on the largest river dock in Jishui Town. The giant ship slowly landed on the dock. Looking at Yang Lin and his group walking down the pedals, a member of the Knights stood on the shore of the boat and hurriedly greeted him: "My general Xiong Lu, under the order of Commander He to welcome the little marquis back to Jing. It was just noon at this time, and the little marquis had not finished their meals. I had already booked a banquet before the future, but after the little marquis's rest, we would set off for the trip back to Jinghe."

The Xiaoqi Battalion is the only personal guard battalion directly under Yang Yi within the Jingxiang Army system, with a force of more than 25,000. The entire battalion's military strength is mainly cavalry and infantry as the auxiliary. The cavalry alone accounts for half of the total battalion's troops. Yang Yi, who is stationed in Jingzhou and near Jiangxia camp, inspects all year round.

Yang Lin nodded and chuckled, "Thank you for your hard work in General Xiong. I've been suffocating on the boat these days. It's really not good to eat the dried fruits. I've booked a banquet before, so we'll go ashore and have some breathing."

The group had just taken a few steps, and a crisp sound of a yellow oriole chuckled. Suddenly, a small wooden boat that had just landed was heard from beside the five-masted giant ship: "Little Marquis, why are you going to leave before you wait for my family to get ashore?"

A waterfall-like black hair spread straight to the side of the shoulders and necks, making people look like a woman in a blue shirt falling into a honey jar, and walked over with a smile.

Yang Lin stopped stepping, and turned around in surprise and smiled, "Didn't Miss Lan go to Jiangdong with the boat? Why did she get off here? Could it be that there are still some purchasing things that can't be done?"

The woman approached quickly with small steps, and the smile on her face became sweeter and sweeter. A pair of emerald green jade bracelets were rippling on her wrists. In conjunction with the afternoon sun halo that was slanting, she was like a little bee in the flowers. She smiled sweetly and beautifully, but she had to beware of the thorny thorn that would come at any time.
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