Feng Xiao was stunned, and he was naturally very familiar with Nanping.

Nanping is located in the southeast of Hengshui, connected to Damang Mountain in the north and Hengshui Lake in the south. They are both places that are conducive to hiding soldiers. In addition to its unique geographical location, there is another feature, that is, on the other side of Hengshui Lake, Nanping is surrounded by swamp wetlands, with slush and water weeds chaotic, making it difficult to move forward.

"Sir." The leader of the guard station who had been following them whispered: "The young men and the dig of the Northern Barbarians seem to have also been to Nanping."

Feng Xiao suddenly realized that he remembered that the man in the morning said that they had lost tracks near Nanping while following him.

Yuan Zheng nodded and continued to ask the leader of the ward, "How many people are there in the group you followed to Nanping?"

The leader of the garrison thought for a while, "They walked cautiously, our people could not get close to each other, the team was very long, and there were probably thousands of riders from the horse manure along the way."

Yuan Zheng looked at Feng Xiao, "If I guessed correctly, these people who went to Nanping were probably not the Northern Barbarians, but the Dongliao people."

"Thousands of Dongliao soldiers?" Feng Xiao was so shocked that his beards stood up, "How is this possible?"

Yuan Zheng understood what he meant.

No matter what aspect it seems impossible.

First of all, the Eastern Liao Dynasty is fighting fiercely with the Northern Barbarians, so why are you willing to draw a thousand-man cavalry to Hengshui?

Secondly, what do they aim for? The Dongliao people’s target is Yan Nan, and it is impossible to use such great power just to deal with him, Yuan Zheng.

More importantly, it is basically impossible for so many people in the East Liao Dynasty to travel from the Youzhou area under the jurisdiction of the Northern Barbarians to Hengshui. Their only way is to go to Shandong, and it will take at least half a month to get around from Jiaozhou.

How could they know that Yuan Zheng was coming to Hengshui half a month in advance?

At that time, even this matter was not on the agenda!

"No matter what," Yuan Zheng frowned and said, "We must be careful, not to mention that they have powerful fire thunder arrows."

When Feng Xiao thought of the Fire and Thunder Arrow, he was a little worried and said proudly: "Since they are not your fiancée, don't rush forward. Regardless of whether he is the Northern Man or the Eastern Liao Dynasty, whether he is one thousand or ten thousand, at most, we can bring more people and directly flatten Nanping."

Yuan Zheng shook his head, "The fire and thunder arrows were not used to deal with me just now, I think there is only one reason."

“What’s the reason?”

"Range." Yuan Zheng keenly grasped the guy's weakness, "The range is limited, and the weight of the arrow body prevented it from flying far. At that time, I was about ten feet away from them, so as long as I stayed outside this distance, I would not be afraid of them using fire and thunder arrows.

"However, they chose Nanping. It seems that they have put a lot of effort into the terrain around Hengshui. That place is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is Damang Mountain in the north, and there are swamps in the west and south. We can only find a way to get closer first. It is difficult to fight."

Feng Xiao heard what he meant, and he had already made a decision. He had not gone to the battlefield in person for a long time. Seeing Yuan Zheng's confident look, all bravely came back. He slapped his chest, "What's the trick of the Fourth Master? Feng let him do it!"

With Feng Xiao’s full support, Hengshui City had already prepared this battle, and all arrangements were prepared quickly.

Before that, Yuan Zheng had already led Mu Dangjia and others to Nanping.

Nanping is located at the foot of Damang Mountain.

The sky is gloomy and stuffy, and the rugged mountains gradually become smoother to the south. From the hills to the wild land with grass and reeds everywhere, a breeze comes slowly from Damang Mountain in the distance, with the tips of the grass whirling, and the vastness spreads into the sky.

Yuan Zheng did not have many people. Apart from the fortification soldiers, there were only 300 cavalrymen, but they were all elites selected by the Mu Dang family from the Northern Army. In addition, the thirty people he brought from Kaifeng did not hide their whereabouts, and they went out of the city openly and stopped at the edge of the Nanping Wetland.

"Along the way is the swamp, I walked through this place." Mu Dangjia pointed to the low hill not far away, "If someone set up camp, he would definitely be there."

Yuan Zheng nodded, so it was difficult for the Dongliao people to choose the place to choose, even if they touch each other's side, let alone attacking them.

The hill was surrounded by wetlands and seemed calm, but the waterways were crisscrossed with reeds. It was not a person familiar with the place. No one knew whether it was land or shallow water under his feet, or a swamp that could swallow people and horses if it fell.

Mu Dangjia raised his hand to touch the scar on the corner of his mouth, looked at Yuan Zheng with a serious expression, "Fourth Master, please stay with you in front of you."

Although they came prepared, no one can guarantee that there will be any accidents in this kind of place.

Yuan Zheng shook his head, his eyes locked at the distant hills, "Don't worry, I will do it as long as I don't get into the range of their fire thunder arrows. Your mission is heavier, act carefully."

The Mu Dangjia is not a person who is dragging his feet. He clasped his fists and said goodbye."

After saying that, he led some people into the grass and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Yuan Zheng waved his hand and said, "Put the bridge!"

Half of his team brought tools to lay pontoon bridges!

Throw driftwood into the swamp piece by piece, first test it, if it is stable, then lay a piece on the stand, if it sinks down, immediately change to a piece between the long grass.

Although this method is stupid and slow, it can ensure safety. Half an hour passed, the team hid in the long grass and walked forward secretly, and finally came to the middle of the wasteland.

Looking at the hills, suddenly an arrow flew from here in the distance.

"Let the shield!" Yuan Zheng led Mu Dangjia, Jindou and others to the front. With his hands raised, the team behind him raised their shields.

The long snake formation advances and is difficult to strike on a large scale, and most of the arrows fall into the swamp mud.

"It was discovered." Jindou poked his head out and looked at the hills over there, muttering: "Grandma, these grandchildren are indeed on the slope."

Yuan Zheng laughed without rushing, waited for the rain of arrow to stop, and said again: "Continue to move forward!"

They were right, Lu San, the bald Tangyuan and others were in the valley.

Tangyuan put down the Qianli Miles Miles and gritted her teeth and looked at Lu San, "Yuan Si's grandson brought a group of people!"

Lu San rode on the horse and smiled slightly, "Does the lord really believe that he will come alone? There are only a few people, are you still afraid that we can't destroy Yuan Si?"

Tangyuan could not tell Lu San, rolled his eyes and handed Qianlijing to the guard beside him, waved his hand, "Shot the arrow again!"

"Wait a minute." Lu San stopped him, "When they get closer, they will just shoot arrows at this time, and just waste arrows."

Tangyuan quietly touched him and glanced at him, raised his hands behind his back, with a gloomy face, "Then let's wait."

When Yan Nan saw the ancient and majestic gate of Hengshui City, it happened to be the time for Shen.

She got off the horse in front of the city gate, took the water bag handed over by the blue shirt, took a few large sips of "gudugu" first. The clear water overflowed her chin, mixed with sweat from her neck, and oozed some onto the lapel of her clothes. She was too lazy to care about it, and after drinking enough, she raised her sleeves and wiped her mouth boldly, and breathed out.

As soon as he put down the water bag, he saw that Ah Bai had arrived, and he held the Mongolian horse and looked at her with a smile.

Yan smirked, "Thank you! I'll treat you to a good meal later."

After saying that, he took out the wooden sign of Yuanfu that Zhong Yongbei had given, and asked the Chengwei who came to check the procedures: "We are from Yuanzhushi's Mansion, and if you have urgent matters, you will see Yuanzhushi."
Chapter completed!