Taking advantage of the night, a group of more than 40 people left Gushi City.

The Ru River and the Wu River injected into the Huai River one north and one south, and are two important tributaries in the Huai River.

Jiang Feng had a deep impression of Rushui, and Rushui was by no means the Rushui in later generations, because Rushui had a very detailed description in Li Daoyuan's "Shui Jing Notes".

This is an extremely important tributary of the Huai River. It originated from Yaoshan in the western part of Ruzhou in Duji Province. Later, it converged with the Han River, which also originated from Yaoshan, in Xuzhou. It went east and passed through Yancheng, Shangcai, and Xingqiaozha to Caizhou Prefecture to govern Ruyang. Then it continued to go south through Wengangzha, and injected into the Huai River through Xincai and southeast.

After passing through Xuzhou, the number of Ru River increased, and a large number of lake and marsh areas were formed along the line. These lake and marsh areas were either slightly repaired by local areas, or flowed into lowlands on their own during floods, such as Hengtang Pond, Qingbei, Chiubei, Wall Pond, etc., which ended in a variety of ways.

Although Jiang Feng knew a little from the scout's map, he did not know the conditions of the river in this era until he actually came into contact with Rushui.

During the flood years, rivers are in the river bay, and the water slabs continue to spread outward, forming a large number of lake and marsh areas. These lake and marsh areas have become natural water regulators and are also the best source of irrigation water during drought years.

More than ten people died in Jiang Feng and his party walked along the Ru River. There were already scouts guides along the road, sometimes hiding at night, sometimes traveling day and night, avoiding everyone along the route as much as possible.

But sometimes we will inevitably encounter some fishermen. In order to avoid leaking their tracks, we can only find a place to tie them up and leave a person to guard them, which can be regarded as leaving a tip for future return.

For Deng Guinian, Xu Jing and others, this kind of life of hiding on the day and walking at night is particularly fresh. At first, he was full of interest and interest. However, after walking for three consecutive days, he hid in the reed marsh several times. The previous freshness disappeared immediately, and was replaced by boredom and fatigue.

Of course, Jiang Feng's itinerary was not a whim for a while. In fact, when Deng Guinian and Xu Jing were making water-based magic props on Longjiao, he was thinking about the problem of Wengangzha.

Wengangzha is an important fortress of the Caizhou Army in the south of Ruyang. It and Zhenyang County are blocking the southern line of Ruyang from east to west.

If the Nanyang Army wants to go north to attack Ruyang, it either has to capture Zhenyang County or take down Wengangzha. Wengangzha and Zhenyang County are mutually supportive, and Ruyang is also supported by the Nanyang Army. Therefore, for the Nanyang Army, breaking the momentum of this corner is the top priority.

Now the Nanyang Army is blocked from this line, and the main army is fighting fiercely with the Caizhou Army in Zhenyang County. Although Wengangzha is a secondary battlefield, due to the importance of Wengangzha and the Caizhou Army stationed 5,000 people here, this is still the siege of the Nanyang Army.

Two cloaked boats that were riding in a group of more than thirty people slid forward quietly.

Jiang Feng sat on the bow of the boat and looked quietly ahead.

The sky was getting brighter and another night passed. If you follow the guide, it was only ten miles away from Wengangzha.

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

These days, they have been struggling with each other. Sometimes they are on land, sometimes they are on water, sometimes they are hiding at night, sometimes they are traveling day and night, and they are not sure about their diet. In addition, they naturally cannot stay in a hotel like they did when they went to Bianliang last time. They either rest in the river or they can only take a nap on the boat, which tastes unusual.

However, although it has been a little harder in the past few days, it feels like a good thing for Jiang Feng. Ju Luo and Xu Jing, who were originally a little unfamiliar with each other, quickly became familiar with each other in an environment where there were men around him.

Originally, Ju Li was very hostile to the Xu clan, which can be seen from her attitude towards Xu Ziqing, Xu Ning and others. However, Xu Jing's simple temperament quickly conquered Ju Li, who was also straightforward, and the two of them quickly became harmonious after they contacted each other. This made Jiang Feng feel relieved. He even felt that even if he had nothing to gain in this trip, it would be a big gain by the two women being able to get along well with each other.

Although the sound of Cyprus' footsteps was very light, they still woke Ju Li and Xu Jing up.

He looked at the two women apologetically, and there was a little cramped on their dark face. "Sir, there are only two miles ahead and there are no reeds. The reeds within a radius of five miles of Wengangzha have been removed. We may have to stop the ship in this section."

Jiang Feng nodded, his eyes still stayed in front of him: "Have your people arrived ashore?"

"I had already arrived ashore an hour ago. According to the previous agreement, Lord Qin's cavalry also contacted us. The time should be at noon today at a land temple thirty miles southwest of Wengangzha." Su Tie quickly answered.

Since Jiang Feng has already begun to prepare for this when he realized that Nanyang might be going to attack Caizhou in the north.

Of course, Jiang Feng didn't know what the situation would turn out at that time, but he knew very well that Nanyang was going to expedition in the Northern Expedition, and Zhenyang and Wengangzha were two key nodes that could not be avoided, so he also specifically required Zhang Wanshan and Su Tie to focus on intelligence collection on the situation of the two important places in Zhenyang and Wengangzha.

Now the previous intelligence collection and related arrangements have finally achieved results. At least the arrangement along the Rushui line cannot be prepared within three to five days, and it is impossible to prepare carefully without a month.

Su Tie's work still made Jiang Feng very satisfied. Although Su Tie's broad vision and flexibility in dealing with problems are not as good as Zhang Wanshan, Su Tie's execution ability is stronger than Zhang Wanshan in doing things, and the two have their own advantages.

If Chen Shi and Chu Qi who had not returned from Bianliang yet, they would not be able to find out about the four personal guards they had chosen. After these months of polishing, they all began to shine with their own brilliance.

Jiang Feng thought for a while and said that Qin Zaidao and Du Li's cavalry had not 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 scouts of the Nanyang Army, so they had to move further eastward.

The opportunity is just a certain period of time in such a short day. Maybe if you miss it, you won’t have it again, but choosing this opportunity is also a very difficult choice. In this case, Jiang Feng, not much confidence.

Although the scouts' detailed information is being reported continuously, it can be said that the Gushi scouts' main job recently is to collect information on Zhenyang and Wengangzha, but there are several military camps on the front line of Wengangzha. The Nanyang Army obviously attaches great importance to preventing sneak attacks, especially in this area, the private army of the gentry in Caizhou is still threatening.

"You have observed and understood the situation along the river?" Jiang Feng also knew that since Wengangzha was the focus of Caizhou Army's garrison, he must be prepared for prevention.

"I have observed that a river bank in the upper reaches is about three miles away, and the terrain is relatively low because there is a river channel connected. According to the adults, there should be a relatively suitable point. There are a team of Caizhou Army stationed, but..."

Cyprus was not aware of the Dragon Horn props made by Deng Guinian and Xu Jing, and he just considered it from a common sense perspective.

Although there is a water outlet suitable for breaking the dike, there are enemies and beacon towers in the first place to guard the water. Secondly, it is also the most critical point. If the water outlet is to be dug, you will not be able to do it without three or five hundred people working for a day.

But under such circumstances, three or five hundred people had to dig the water hole for a day, which really treated the Caizhou army as deaf and blind.

The Nanyang Army obviously also conducted reconnaissance and understanding at this point. Once the water outlet is dug and the flood comes down, the Caizhou Army will be the first to be hit, and then the Nanyang Army will be the Nanyang Army. Therefore, although a team of people were sent to guard and observe, I didn't care much.

Jiang Feng smiled. Su Tie was down-to-earth in doing things, but his vision was still a little narrower, but Jiang Feng could understand.

Compared to Zhang Wanshan, he is still a top character among the common people. He has wandered around since childhood and his eyelids are naturally much wider.

Su Tie was born in a poor family, and his mother was a widow. After several years of friendship with a Ranger who came from Guanzhong, Su Tie laid the foundation for martial arts with this Ranger, and thus achieved today's fortune.

"How far is the Nanyang Army's team from the Caizhou Army's team? Draw the location map for me." Jiang Feng handed a charcoal piece to the cypress.

Cycad was already familiar with the terrain, and drew out the entire direction in just a few seconds, explaining: "The Nanyang Army mainly monitors the Caizhou Army. Both sides are actually monitoring each other. The Caizhou Army is about 150 steps outside the river bank. There is a plank road entering the water, and a small boat is stopped. It is mainly used to contact Wengangzha through water. Occasionally, there are communication ships coming from Ruyang to stay here..."

The entire geographical situation gradually took shape in Jiang Feng's mind with the detailed introduction of Cyprus. Of course, this is just the roughest overview.

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

Sometimes when Cyprus can't explain clearly, another scout must be called to supplement, so as to make the most clear and detailed, and to understand every unclear part.

Everyone knows it well that the outcome may be tonight.

An hour passed like this, and with the silence of silence, everyone seemed to be a little irritated by this somewhat depressed situation.

The charcoal blocks in Jiang Feng's hand were constantly painting the boat boards, routes, arrows, marks, symbols, bit by bit, slowly filling the entire blank space. Without observing the water outlet and the terrain outside the water outlet, Jiang Feng could only arrange and arrange according to the observation of the cycad and the scout. If there was really a mistake, it could only be said that the sky had misled people.
Chapter completed!