The girl sat on a big tree, holding her chin with her left hand and playing rhythmically on her knees, quietly waiting for the target to appear. It can be seen that the young heart lacks the patience and tolerance of an adult, but she has just become restless for a moment. Fortunately, the target did not allow her to wait for too long.

When the rider carrying a black backpack came with dust all the way, he was too fast and only found the big tree in the night before approaching. The rider suddenly tied the reins, and the horse neighed and stood up, almost lifting the rider off the horse.

The rider strangled his mount and took a few steps back. When he looked closely, he found a bored figure who had already sat on the tree trunk.

"Who is it! Why block the road!" While speaking, the rider had already held the treasure blade on his waist with his right hand.

"The person who came to kill you!" With the crisp sound of silver bells colliding, the girl had risen from the trunk of the tree, and her elegant figure was like a white butterfly flying in the darkness, obviously abrupt and strange. The rider only felt a refreshing fragrance, and in an instant, a sharp knife had been applied to his body.

Only an extremely unpleasant sound of cloth splitting, mixed with the sound of metal hitting in the middle. The girl landed gently on the ground, and her right hand, which had attacked with all her strength, had already vibrated blood.

The rider was shaken by the sudden blow, and he looked unharmed at all. He paused and immediately waved his sharp blade and ran towards the girl.

"Tsk, are you still wearing thin armor?" The girl calmed down a little, moved her body slightly to the side of the road, avoiding the head-on conflict of the rider. She was about to take advantage of the enemy's pause in returning to the horse and attack again to find the opportunity to hunt again.

But her little abacus fell into vain in an instant. Obviously, the only purpose of the horseman was to arrive at the destination as soon as possible, rather than entangled in a fierce battle with the girl who was unknown. After urging the horse to pass the assassination, the horseman pulled the reins one by one, and the horse immediately soared into the air and crossed the big trunk that was an obstacle. The four hooves fell and ran towards Xiangyang without delay.

"It's bad!" The girl who knew the mistake immediately tried to catch up. But no matter how good the foot strength was, it was far less than the fast horse that had already begun to accelerate. The horse flew four hooves and disappeared on the already blurred horizon in a short while.

"Oh no, I can't get the credit now, and I can't protect that can't be protected in time. Daddy doesn't know how to scold me." The regretful little girl put the dagger in the box and tracked it down the direction of the rider without stopping.

Later, people regarded this encounter as a joint that affected the final outcome of the Song-Meng War.

"Jinghu is the soft abdomen of the country, and Xiangyang City is the key of Jinghu." When Zheng Yunming left Huangzhou, Meng Gong once gave such a farewell.

The comprehensive examination of the strategic situation faced by the Southern Song Dynasty is a good saying. Taking the five gates and three passes of the Western Shu as the starting point and the eastern front of Haosi and Huai'an as the end point, the front of the Song Dynasty can be strategically divided into three directions. Among them, Sichuan uses the Qinba ridge as the barrier, and even if there are 100,000 troops, it is easy to break. Of course, with the powerful offensive of the Mongolian cavalry and the activeness of Gongchang's cheap general Wang Shixian, the Song Dynasty's defense line in the West will soon be torn apart. Of course, this will happen two years later. At present, although the Sichuan defense line is exhausted, it still seems indestructible.

Huai Si has a different scene. Usually people are always used to organize attacks along the shortest route of the other side's capital. However, the Jin Dynasty followed this strategy to guide the Southern Song Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, but it had not obtained any land. The reason was not only the natural offensive formed by the water system of Huai Si, which was as close as a spider web, but also because Huai Si was very close to the wealthy areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and could easily obtain supplies for money, grain and equipment. The people of Huai Si were very enthusiastic about fighting. This was still distinctive until the early Ming Dynasty a hundred years later. Armed with a large amount of money, grain and equipment, and the natural defensive barriers, this was the steel defense line on which the Southern Song Dynasty relied on for survival. Such a line of defense was sometimes stronger than the Great Wall that was often unreliable in the north. Even the two super nomadic empires of Jin and Yuan were unable to completely capture this vassal place where the right time, place and people belong to the defense side.

The only problem with Jinghu was Jinghu. During the Shaoxing period, the Jin people rushed in and attacked Changsha from then on, and almost all the Xiangfan places were defeated by the enemy. When Yue Fei set out from the river and the old places of E to recover Xiangyang, although Xiangyang and Tangzhou Dengzhou were both known as strong, they were easily solved by the Yue family army. Although there was the reason why the Yue family army was strong and brave and good at siegeing the city, it also showed from another aspect that the city on the front line of Jinghu was not as reassuring as the mountains and ridges of Sichuan and the large and small rivers of Jianghuai.

Zheng Yunming's future location is here, on the softest abdomen of the entire Song Dynasty.

Standing on the boats in the Han River, looking at the tall and powerful Xiangyang city walls, Zheng Yunming felt a little relieved. "After all, it is the front-line city that the country has operated for more than a hundred years. If you want to be captured, you have to let your brother have time to escape." Outside the city, the tough texture is planted as a barrier to block the advance of the enemy cavalry. Under the city is a moat several meters wide, with shimmering surfaces. If it weren't for the help of equipment, it would be difficult to cross. There are moats outside the moat, and sharp bamboo sticks are inserted at the bottom of the moat.

It is almost impossible to escape without falling. The city wall is about four meters high, and the guardrails are all equipped. On the wide horse road, soldiers carry spears, wooden bows and colorful flags, patrol the gate. In front of the huge wooden gate are gate guard soldiers checking the crowds. Because it is the time of daytime, the spear head with spears is moved to the side of the road for passers-by to facilitate passers-by. The gate guards closely inspected the big and small people entering and leaving the city gate, and they thought it was very clear that they were very careful to prevent spies sneaking from entering the city from the north.

It seems that it is not as slack as the city behind. Such a city guarding is quite reliable, so if the fight will increase the time to resist. Zheng Yunming thought this way and set foot on the land of Xiangyang.

"The teacher will take the brothers to take a rest. I have arrived in Xiangyang. I will go to the yamen to report it myself." Although Zheng Yunming said this, the teacher did not dare to relax at all. He and Qiu Zhen followed the road and protected the city gate.

The pier was less than a mile away from the city tower, and the group stood under the towering city gate for a moment. When the soldiers guarding the city saw such a large group of rude-faced soldiers coming surrounded the scholar, they naturally became more careful.

"Where is the guy? Are you here to visit Xiangyang City? Is it a visit to relatives or a trip, or something else?" A team official in the lead asked politely.

"I'm..." Before Zheng Yunming's official airs could be taken out, he suddenly heard Han Silang behind him shouting: "Uncle!" He put down his burden and cried and rushed to the arms of the sergeant behind the team officer.

The soldier was shocked, held Han Silang's face with both hands and looked at it carefully, and suddenly shouted: "Xiao Jiuer, is it Xiao Jiuer!"

"Xiao Jiuer has worked so hard to find her uncle! Uncle..." Silang threw herself into his uncle's arms and burst into tears. While crying, he was about to change his family, how he was wandering in the Jianghuai Lake, how he encountered Zheng Yunming and other things, and told the soldiers one by one. The soldiers guarding the city never knew that the sergeant had another nephew, and they immediately surrounded him.

As the soldiers listened, tears rolled down their eyes, "My miserable girl, I haven't enjoyed a few days of happiness after marrying her, but she is just like that..."

Zheng Yunming reached out and patted the sergeant on the shoulder: "As long as you can raise them, Ling Mei is enough to be relieved."

The short soldier wiped his tears with his wide sleeves and bowed to Zheng Yunming: "If it weren't for the timely rescue of his sir, my sister's blood would probably not be able to be saved. You are my great benefactor. Please accept my benefactor Guo Dachun!"

"You're welcome, there's no need to," Zheng Yunming blinked his eyes and took out the imperial edict from his arms: "I'm here to take office. Do you know where the Xiangyang Prefecture Transportation Instructor's Office is?"

"Although the Transportation Office is not as majestic as the Futai Office, it is quite stylish. Walking down from here and passing through the intersection of the South Street." Guo Dachun walked in front and guided everyone on the road, asking, "What official position is the little husband here to serve?"

"The one who takes care of the money bag for Xiangyang Mansion." Zheng Yunming replied carelessly. Guo Dachun was the first person that the official Zheng met in Xiangyang Mansion. He showed his lack of weight and the person who knew him would soon climb up.

Guo Dachun has been in the Jinghu army for more than ten years, and he will definitely not be a ignorant person.

"I heard you said you wanted to take Silang as a mail servant?" Even though Guo Dachun was walking in front, Xiao Zheng could not see his face. The slick habit that had been developed in the military camp for many years had naturally accumulated smiles on his face. "That Silang is considered to be a ancestor who has accumulated virtue. With your Qingluo umbrella cover and such a fat and short yamen, his future will be bright..."

Zheng Yunming casually spoke, his eyes were attracted by a group of kids fighting on the roadside.

A group of children on the roadside chased and quarreled and scolded each other. Only a thin and dry child was running while picking up the stones on the ground and constantly smashing them towards the "pursuing soldiers". He shouted loudly: "The northerners are all suffering, and they are full of tatars smell like a scent!" The fat man who was chasing him reluctantly fought back while holding the small stones, and he kept talking: "The southerners are south, the barbarians, and they never eat noodles when eating rice!"

Zheng Yunming heard it in his ears and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Chapter completed!