After leaving Wancheng overnight, Yang Tao led his troops around the west and then came to the river dozens of kilometers south of Wancheng. The warships of Zhoutai Navy were here, and the army took naval warships to move south along the Han River.

At this time, the army of Jingzhou was still in Wancheng, and a large number of naval troops were also nearby. Although the Han River would pass through Xiangyang, there were not many Han troops near Xiangyang at this time, and the troops led by Yang Tao could still leave the water route.

However, two days later, the navy led by Yang Tao passed through Xiangyang and entered the territory of Nanjun. At this time, Yang Tao and others had to dock near Zhengguo County, Nanjun. Because from this beginning, the Han River had a turbulent and dense reefs. If Yang Tao's army was still on the warship at this time, it would be very likely to hit the reef and destroy the ship and kill people. Therefore, the army could only walk ashore, and the fleet was led by Zhou Tai to continue to move south along the Han River.

Fortunately, I had left Wancheng and Xiangyang at this time, and entered the large mountainous and forest areas of Jiangxia County. There was no need to worry too much about the Han army chasing them.

There are large areas of forests in the western and northern parts of Jiangxia, but unlike the northern parts of the forests, the forest connected to Runan in the north is Zhang Mancheng's territory, which can be said to be his dominant one. However, the forest to the west is composed of many bandits and water thieves, and the unswerving army will be troubled by the bandits in this forest.

The reason why Yang Tao chose to leave here was, on the one hand, to avoid the pursuit of Zhang Mancheng and the Han army, and on the other hand, it was also because of the Yin family.

After all, the Yin family is a family of Nanyang and has great prestige in Nanyang County and even Jingzhou. In addition, it is a water business, and this forest is not far from Nanyang County, so it is normal for it to have some friendship with some bandits.

With this relationship, it is safer for Yang Tao's army to walk through this forest, which is much safer than the army exposed to the Han army.

After talking with Yin Qin, Yang Tao learned that the forest was called Green Forest, which was east-west and east-west, and was located at the junction of Jiangxia, Nanyang and Nanjun, with a range of thousands of kilometers. Because there were many bandits and rivers, it was a zone that was difficult for the Han army to reach and could not be managed by the government.

Under the leadership of Yin's family, the army walked along a small path in the mountains toward the depths of the forest. The mountain path was winding and undulating, only two or three meters wide. The road was surrounded by huge peaks that were towering into the clouds. Because the road was too narrow, the army was not moving fast. Fortunately, it had not rained recently, and the road was not too difficult to walk.

After only marching in this kind of mountain forest for more than twenty miles, it was already dark. It was still a little far from the bandit camp mentioned by Yin Qin. Yang Tao could only find a place to rest. However, the mountain road was lined with high mountains and was too towering to find a place to rest. After searching for a long time, he only found a small valley in the forest, which could barely allow tens of thousands of troops to camp in it.

There is a stream next to the mountain road, which is extremely convenient to get water. While the army was resting, Yang Tao walked out of the camp to check the surrounding situation. The terrain here was really dangerous. Looking up at the sky, he could only see a long thin line. The sky was clear tonight, and you could see a few fragments of stars. Unfortunately, the canyon was too narrow and the stars could not shine in. It was very dark and there was nothing to see.

Yang Tao, who wanted to see if there was any situation around him, had to give up and return to the camp to check the situation of the army.

After several fierce battles, there are less than 25,000 people left. After Zhou Tai left with more than 3,000 water soldiers, there are still more than 22,000 people in the camp at this time, and the losses are still relatively large.

As for the harvest, it was a bit bleak. Apart from capturing two Han generals, there was no other harvest. The two Han generals were useless and were all hard-working. They did not surrender for two days. This also means that Yang Tao led a large army to Jingzhou this time and lost a large number of troops but gained nothing. It ended in failure.

...

In Wancheng, Nanyang, after two days of war, thick smoke was everywhere in the city, but fortunately the sound of fighting had stopped.

As early as the day after Yang Tao left, a decisive battle between the Han army and the rebels started in the city. A large number of soldiers and horses from all over the country fought in the city with local soldiers from Nanyang, and almost demolished the entire Nanyang City. In the end, due to the large number of Han army, the rebels suffered too much casualties in internal friction and were suppressed by the Han army. After one day and one night, the battle in the city was basically over in the afternoon. After this disaster, most of the buildings in Wancheng were damaged and countless people were killed or injured. It would be difficult to recover without several game years.

In the inner city, a large number of Han troops had already surrounded Wancheng City Lord's Mansion, and the people surrounded by the Han army were nothing but Zhao Ci's soldiers.

"Now Zhao Ci is unable to escape. Thank you, Master Lin, for telling the location of the secret passage of the City Lord's Mansion, otherwise we will really let him escape." Xiong Shang smiled at the head of the Lin family who was surrounded by the City Lord's Mansion, who was treacherous and fat, who could not walk on the road.

"Where is it, it's thanks to General Xiong's command, that Zhao Ci can be surrounded." The head of the Lin family clasped his fists and praised Xiong Shang with a simple smile.

The heads of the aristocratic families around him also gave Xiong Shang a compliment after the head of Lin's family finished speaking. He heard him laughing happily, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can return to your future and help us to surround the thief leader Zhao Ci. I will give up the matter of helping Zhao Ci before."

"Thank you, General. We will definitely contribute to the Han Dynasty in the future. This is the East China Sea Spirit Pearl. I hope the general will accept it with a little care."

"This is the best Tianyunyu, I will give it to the general as a gadget to play with. I hope the general can say more beautiful words in front of the prefect Yang."

"I must be very tired after a day of fighting. I happened to have a Xingshen Pill bought from Jubao Building in Luoyang at a high price. I hope the general will accept it with a smile. By the way, the general and everyone come to fight against the rebels. We have prepared a banquet for everyone tonight to welcome the army. We also hope that the general will come to appreciate the faces."

...

Hearing Xiong Shang's words, the head of Lin and other Nanyang family members suddenly smiled and showed relief on their faces. They felt a lot of gratitude to Xiong Shang and his soldiers. Xiong Shang and others refused to accept the gifts, both of which were both gems and jade pendants and celebration banquets.

"These Nanyang families are so rich. If they had not participated in Zhao Ci's rebellion, how could they offer a large number of treasures? They just took this opportunity to break up more money. Unfortunately, if he was not the Nanyang County Magistrate, he would not have to work so hard to directly confiscate these families and take all the treasures for himself. Yang Xu really didn't know whether it was at least. He was obviously the prefect, but he didn't take anything. He was such a fool. He was in vain for the position of Nanyang County Magistrate." Xiong Shang was taking the gifts from these aristocratic families, while thinking about how to extort more treasures from these aristocratic families. He was also a member of the aristocratic family. Naturally, he knew that these aristocratic families were richer than his family and had no choice but to have the idea of ​​the aristocratic families and was very despised by Yang Xu's actions.

At this time, Yang Xuzheng, who was pretending to be noble in Xiong Shang, led his troops to surround the city lord's mansion on the other side of the city lord's mansion. Standing beside him was Zhang Xian, the former commander of Guo Yong, the county magistrate of Nanjun. Two days ago, after Guo Yong was captured by Yang Tao, Zhang Xian took down three city gates in the East City and facilitated Yang Xu's army to join the rebels in the city, and now he has settled down.

"Zhang Xian, have the rebels who hijacked the prefect of Guo Yong found?" Yang Xu saw that the overall situation in Wancheng was settled, and thought that he had received news last night that Guo Yong, the governor of Nanjun, was captured by a group of rebels, and frowned. However, at that time, the Han army mainly focused on destroying the rebels of Zhao Ci in Wancheng and did not send too many troops to pursue him. Now that Zhao Ci is already in the jar, he should also save the governor of Nanjun.

"Return to the county magistrate, the provocateur has found the bandit army that abducted Guo County. Yesterday, he was near Zhengguo County, and should have entered the Green Forest Mountain area today." Zhang Xian reported to Yang Xu that Zhang Xian had always felt guilty about Guo County being captured by the bandit army. In addition, he was very concerned about his understanding and was also very concerned about finding the bandit army that captured Guo Yong. Finally, his hard work paid off and found his whereabouts.

"Lu Linshan? Although I have been to Jingzhou for a short time, I have also heard of this Green Linshan, which is the old nest of the bandits and river bandits. It is a bit difficult to deal with wherever Guo County was captured." Yang Xu frowned when he heard the name of Green Linshan, frowned for a while and said, "Now the overall situation in Wancheng has been settled. We and other soldiers are enough to deal with it. Zhang Xian, you can lead the troops in Nanjun to pursue the bandits and must rescue Guo County. "

"No!" After receiving the order, Zhang Xian immediately got off the high platform to complete the troops.

However, half an hour later, nearly 100,000 troops from Nanjun, led by Zhang Xian, left the Nancheng Gate and headed straight towards the Jun Kingdom.

...

Yang Tao's army rested in the valley for a night, and at dawn the next day, he led the army to continue moving forward.

The mountain trail was extremely slow. After half a day of rushing, the army finally arrived at the mountain village that Yin Qin mentioned.

This mountain village is built in a canyon. The valley is only more than one mile wide, but it is dozens of miles deep. After reporting the name, the army led by Yang Tao and the Yin family successfully passed the basic level built by wood and stone and entered the canyon.

After the level, there is a pastoral land, a huge village is located in the canyon, next to it is a farmland. Now it is winter, and no one is working in the fields. At first glance, it is full of the fields left after harvest.

The army entered the village along the road and left the village. Although it attracted the ideas of some people in the village, no one came up to disturb them.

After leaving the village, I followed the field path and arrived at a clearing on the side of the mountain. This was where the army was staying. A team of bandits was waiting for the arrival of the army in the open space.

After Yang Tao talked to the bandits, he left a large group of people to rest in the open space, and took Gao Shun and Yin Qin to visit the leader of this cottage.

Now that we enter Green Forest Mountain, if we want to pass through it safely, this bandits and horses is essential to lead the way. At least it will make Yang Tao's subsequent marching smoothly and will not encounter a large group of bandits and horses.

Following the trail on one side of the mountain, Yang Tao and others rode on horseback. After half an hour, they arrived in front of a large mountain village.

This mountain village is built on a hillside, leaning against a cliff. After passing through the gate of the mountain village, Yang Tao and others entered a crack on the cliff under the leadership of a small mountain leader. The crack was only one meter wide, and there were vertical boulders dozens of feet high on both sides. When the light entered it, it was dim.
Chapter completed!