Jiang Feng stared at the sky with his head raised.

The dark sky was without any starlight, and the quiet night was silent, but Jiang Feng's irritability was difficult to resolve.

Qin Zaidao and the others had already crossed Huaibei. Du Li was willing to take this bet after the scouts' news, so Qin Zaidao followed.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although he introduced Du Li to the slightest, it did not mean that this battle had really happened.

It is because our own chance of winning in this battle is too small, and the enemy is too strong in all aspects. To win back, in addition to hard work, it depends largely on God's will.

Wengangzha is located in the Rushui River, which is an important place for marching into Ruyang. The Caizhou army set up a camp here, which means relying on the benefits of the Rushui River to defend Ruyang. If the Nanyang army goes straight to Ruyang, then the Caizhou army in Wengangzha can pose a threat to the Nanyang army from behind. Therefore, to seize Ruyang City, Wengangzha must take down Wengangzha.

Jiang Feng knew that the Caizhou army had blocked the Nanyang army in Zhenyang City for a long time. The Nanyang army crossed the Huai River from Shenzhou to Baigou City and then to Zhenyang County, which gave the Nanyang army the confidence to continue to fight under Zhenyang City.

Even though there were a small number of local gentry private troops intending to attack this food route, the Nanyang army was very strict in guarding and even set up traps to counteract two groups of gentry private troops, causing heavy losses to the gentry private troops and dare not act rashly.

Even if Du Li and Qin Zaidao succeeded in attacking Wengangzha, this did not mean that the battle would be won. Tianxing Army had successfully recovered the entire Chenzhou, and Nanchenzhou returned to Daliang again. After a period of delay, Tianxing Army began to advance westward under the strict order of the Chongzhengyuan of Daliang, with its target aimed directly at Ruyang City...

Zhang Wanshan has not come back yet.

Jiang Feng didn't know what Zhang Wanshan's mission was. In fact, this was more like an intentional teasing. According to Jiang Feng's own estimate, the success rate was not even more than 20%. Qin Quan's purpose and intention were not guessed now, but Jiang Feng speculated that Qin Quan probably did not want the Yuan family to be destroyed now.

So all this depends on how Qin Quan feels.

But no matter what, Jiang Feng felt that he should give it a try. Only when you still fail after trying, you will have no regrets.

The sound of rapid footsteps came from outside the door. Jiang Feng couldn't help but turn his head and intuition told him that there might be something special about it.

"Sir, Lord Zhang is back." The guards were very excited. Zhang Wanshan, as their former leader, has been very happy during this period. The guards also knew that Lord Zhang had gone out to perform a difficult task. The length of time and whether he could succeed was still unknown.

Zhang Wanshan, who was covered in dust, had almost no time to take a breath and went straight to Jiang Feng's place.

"Sir, it's done." Zhang Wanshan's tone was a little more trembling, and after a tiredness, he could not suppress his excitement and joy.

"Oh, what happened?" Jiang Feng pulled Zhang Wanshan to the seat in front of him and signaled the other party to take the seat.

"I didn't see Qin Quan, but when I saw Qin Heng and others, I conveyed your words intact. Qin Heng did not comment." Zhang Wanshan sat down and tried to calm himself down. "But I saw that he didn't understand what I meant at all. Later, I asked me to follow them for several days, running back and forth in Bozhou. I didn't let me go, so I followed them."

"Well, the ant thief is not stupid, Qin Quan is even more cunning and deceitful. Of course, it is impossible to make a decision immediately. They also need to verify the situation." Jiang Feng nodded, "This is reasonable."

"It took about eight days to delay me. Qin Heng called me and asked me to come back. He said he knew what I introduced, and I didn't stay, so I came back directly, but arranged for the person who was receiving the support to follow the main ant thief camp and Yingshui line for defense observation. As soon as I returned to Gushi, I received a reward. The main ant thief camp cavalry began to gather. The scale was not small, about three thousand cavalry, and there were also a lot of supplies and fodders. It was estimated that a long-distance raid was going to be carried out... "

Generally speaking, long-distance raids from cavalry are very troublesome. Unlike the layman who imagines, traveling thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles a day at night is just a calculation distance in the extreme case of a single horse, and it is mostly exaggerated.

Although the marching speed of a large-scale cavalry is much faster than that of the infantry, it is already quite good to travel 200 miles a day. Of course, well-trained cavalry can be better, but this kind of marching is generally not lasting.

Two or three days is a boundary, otherwise it will be very normal for a war horse to lose weight or even die due to fatigue and illness.

The distance from Bozhou to Caizhou is about 600 miles. Even the most elite cavalry of ant thieves will take at least three to five days, which means it can only be a long-distance raid, not a short-distance raid.

When raiding war horses from a long distance, you need to carry the necessary forage, and you can only maintain a faster pace in the early stage. Only when you approach the target will you adopt a fast raid tactic.

Of course, there is no problem between Yingbo and Bo. Although it is in a state of conflict with the Restoration Army, the Ant Thieves can easily obtain supplies from the local ant Thieves during this period. Of course, carrying necessary fodder is also the only way to do so. Otherwise, if an accident occurs, there will be problems.

"Where is the main business of ant thief now?" Jiang Feng asked in a deep thought.

"The southwest of Shansang County is about 80 miles away, and it is almost close to Xia Feishui." Zhang Wanshan replied after thinking for a moment. Shansang is on the verdant water, which is now Mengcheng, and its geographical location is also extremely important.

Jiang Feng knew that it was already the border area of ​​Yingbo, so the distance from attacking Caizhou was about 500 miles.

If it is an ant thief Persian woman or Qinhe tribe, it is very likely that she will rush into Caizhou within three days, but Jiang Feng thinks that five days should be a more pertinent judgment.

After all, the ants thieves need to accumulate energy in the early stage. If you don’t just march, you will have to launch a raid in the end, and you also need to cooperate with the ants thieves’ scouts.

If you go to the north line, you need to pass the Xia Fei River, Ying River and Xiao Ru River. If you go to the south, you still need to pass the Xia Fei River and Ying River, but the north is obviously more suitable. If the ant thief really ran from Chenzhou to attack Caizhou as he judged.

"Wanshan, are you arranging someone on the Yingshui line?" Jiang Feng nodded slightly. Now it depends on whether the ant thief is really as expected. Such a special relationship with Daliang will intertwin their love and hate. Then there are still some treasures to bet.

"Well, I'll arrange three people to be on the Yingshui line. I guess if ant thief wants to enter Caizhou, he can only cross the Yingshui from north of Ruyin. There are not many suitable places for crossing the river on that line. If you can't get out of those places, you can find it in time." Zhang Wanshan is also familiar with the geographical situation of this line.

Once you pass by Yingshui, you can basically confirm that the ant thief is really going to go to Liang's army. Liang's army probably never dreamed that they would encounter the elite Ant thief cavalry elite, the apprentice they taught, would give them a fierce blow from behind.

"Okay, you can arrange for people to master it at any time. Once you learn that the ant thief has crossed the Yingshui River, report it as quickly as possible." Jiang Feng saw that Zhang Wanshan was also tired and waved his hand, "Hurry up and hurry up and take the time to rest. Thank you for your hard work during this period."

After going down to Zhang Wanshan to rest, Jiang Feng's mood could not calm down for a long time.

In the eyes of many people, Daliang and Nanyang's joint attack on Cai was actually a dead end. Although the Jin army began to realize the problem of sending troops to the north of Daliang, and although the Taining army finally got rid of the bonds and sent troops from Heshuo, it was a bit late to be honest. Daliang was already quite prepared in the north and northeast to deal with it, especially the slowness of the Taining army was fatal.

In the past, once the war situation in the Central Plains began, the Taining Army was the first to be hit, but this time, for some reason, the Taining Army had not moved for a long time, and was even much slower than the Jin army, which directly led to the entire Caizhou's extremely fierce attack from Daliang from west to east.

In the past, Caizhou's largest aid to Huaibei was dragged by ant thieves again, which made Huaibei seem stretched from the beginning and didn't have much energy to support Caizhou. Even though Huaibei now realizes the danger, they are indeed powerless now.

Daliang and Nanyang also saw this, so they were very sure because they believed that the situation had been decided. Indeed, there was no other major unexpected factors, the overall situation could not have changed.

The attacks of the E Huang and Gushi cavalry, or the sneak attacks of the Ant-Bandit Cavalry on the Daliang Tianxing Army, are difficult to change the overall situation. Both must be successful, and even if the Jin army and Taining army make progress in the subsequent attack on Daliang, the game may be turned back.

Jiang Feng was unable to interfere with the Jin army and Taining army, but he had done all the other two aspects, and seemed to have seen the dawn. The rest depends on whether God will help the Yuan family, which can be regarded as whether the Gushi army will help.

At this time, Gushijun was actually tied to the fate of the Yuan family. I think it was funny. You should know that more than two months ago, both sides were still fighting to death.

Now Gushi Army and ant thieves are originally the mortal enemies of the Yuan family, but they actually have to do their best to survive. Things in the world are unpredictable, and this is the case.

Jiang Feng was not very relieved about Qin Zaidao and Du Li who were sneaking into the Nanyang Army in Wengangzha. The 1,800 cavalry attacked the Nanyang Army with more than 10,000 people. Needless to say, the risk was too great. It was normal to have an unexpected failure. Even if you succeed, can you achieve the effect? ​​It is not easy to say.

So he is going to have a second-hand plan, which is also a risk that seems a bit unrealistic, but sometimes even if you know it is a risk, you have to do it.

"Go and invite Deng Guinian, Luo Zhen and Miss Jing and others to come."

Jiang Feng took a deep breath.

Wengangzha is an important river defense pass on the Ru River. The Caizhou army is stationed here, and the Nanyang army confronts it. Half a month ago, Jiang Feng has been wondering whether this location is worth taking a risk.
Chapter completed!