C424

Two days later, Sky Eye and Earth Web finally sent back some information, but the specific situation of the enemy was still unclear. It wasn't that the spies didn't want to find out, but that they couldn't find out at all.

The Peng Army on the other side of the Pan River was extremely guarded, and the patrolling guards even extended themselves to more than five kilometers, especially in the dense forest opposite of the Lishan City. Every three steps forward, every five steps forward, they would be discovered if any of the spies and spies from the Sky Eye and the Earth Web got close, and as a result, all of the spies and spies that had been sent out earlier would be killed by the enemy.

The scouts this time did not dare to get too close, and the information they obtained was also very general. Just by investigating the forces of Peng Army, they should have gathered between ten thousand to twenty thousand people, judging from the clearing in the forest that was observed from afar, there were probably more than twenty catapults hidden within.

This pitiful piece of information was completely useless to Tang Yin. However, Le Tian and Ai Jia had actually brought back a villager, which made Tang Yin feel extremely surprised.

The villager was about thirty years old. He was dark and thin, not very tall, but his skin was rough like dried orange peel. The clothes he wore were not considered new, but they were not patched up either. After being brought in by Le Tian and Ai Jia, he looked around, his eyes no longer had enough, and felt refreshed looking at anything.

Tang Yin sized him up a few times, shrugged his shoulders and laughed, then looked at Le and Ai two and asked: "Who is he?"

"His name is Zhao An, he's a villager from Lishan City." Le Tian replied.

Ai Jia turned around and glanced at the villagers, frowned and scolded: "Seeing you, why aren't you rushing to greet you?!"

"Master? "What lord?" Zhao An looked at Tang Yin without any hesitation. Tang Yin was only wearing a single outer garment, and he was completely naked. In Zhao An's eyes, he naturally did not have the imposing aura that Le Tian and Ai Jia, who had complete armor on their heads, had. He naturally thought that his officials were not as powerful as Le Tian and Ai Jia.

Ai Jia fiercely glared at him, and said in a low voice: "This is Master Tang Tang Yin."

Hearing this, Zhao An exclaimed in shock, he obviously did not expect that the sickly young man in front of him was Tang Yin. He was stunned at first, but after that, he kneeled on the ground with a 'putong' sound, he kowtowed again and again, and said with a trembling voice: "Little … Little People... Zhao An, see... Greetings Master Tang! "

Tang Yin didn't have the mind to waste time on the villagers. He casually waved his hand and said: "Get up!" After he finished speaking, he looked at Le Tian and Ai Jia with a puzzled expression.

Ai Jia took a step forward, and said seriously: "Master, Zhao An said that he knows of a shallow bank in Pan River, and that even if you don't need a boat or raft, you can cross it."

"Oh?" Hearing that, Tang Yin's eyes lit up, and turned to look at Zhao An.

Zhao An had never seen a person's eyes so bright that they almost glowed. He had already stood up, but under Tang Yin's attentive gaze, his legs went soft, his body lowered, and he once again knelt down, not daring to raise his head, much less meet Tang Yin's gaze.

Seeing that, Tang Yin laughed, and said gently: "Zhao An, you do not need to be afraid, I am not a tiger, I will not eat you."

He was originally joking, but who would have thought that Zhao An, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to raise his head. Instead, he hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, yes! Large... "My lord is not a tiger, he won't eat me …"

Pfft! Ai Jia couldn't help but laugh out loud from the side. Tang Yin also laughed, and signaled the guards to the left and right to move a chair over for Zhao An to sit down.

Zhao An had never faced an official as large as Tang Yin in his life, nor had he seen much of the world. At this time, he was both nervous and afraid, his body trembling violently, and even when he was sitting on the chair, his butt was just sticking to the side, his body was stiff, as though he would fall down from the chair at any moment.

Tang Yin laughed and asked: "Zhao An, do you know that there are shallow banks in the Pan River that you can go to even if you don't need a boat?"

"Yes …" "Yes!" Zhao An stammered.

"Where?" Tang Yin's body that was originally lying on the soft and soft body also subconsciously sat up.

"Return... The person who answered … It's about five kilometers away from the Lishan City. "

"Oh?" Tang Yin stared at Zhao An without blinking, his sharp gaze seemingly wanting to see straight into Zhao An's heart. After pausing for a while, his eyes turned. He returned and grabbed the collapsed map, threw it at Zhao An, and said: "Show me!"

Zhao An kept his head low from beginning to end, the map that he threw coldly onto his body, and he slipped out of his chair in shock. After staring blankly for a while, he regained his senses, his hands trembling as he unfurled the map, and started to look at it again, and looked back again. Finally, he mustered up his courage and looked up at Tang Yin, saying in a low voice, "My Lord … I don't understand … "This little one doesn't know how to read either …"

Sigh! Tang Yin sighed weakly. Towards these kind of villagers, they couldn't do anything to him. He chuckled and said, "Then tell me, how did you know about that shallow bank? How many people knew about it? Why have I never heard of it? "

"Reporting to Sir, not many people know about that shallow pond, and I unintentionally discovered it, and only in July and August, when the Pan River ebbed, it was shallow water, and normally in month, the waters are very deep …"

It was now the beginning of April, and the months of July and August were still far from here. By the time the month of July or August arrived, the main force on their side had already arrived, and over ten thousand wooden rafts could already be built. Was there still a need to find a shallow shore to cross the river?

His face was still as amiable as before, but his fists were slowly clenched tightly as his gaze turned towards Le Tian and Ai Jia from time to time.

Le Tian and Ai Jia also secretly grinned. When they first found this villager, he did not say that they would wait until July or August.

When Zhao An finished, Tang Yin sat back down and closed his eyes. He waved his hand and said, "Give him some silver and send him away."

"Milord, I …" Le Tian wanted to explain, but he did not know what to say. In the end, he could only shake his head and say to Zhao An: "Brother, let's go!"

Le Tian was about to pull Zhao An out, but the latter anxiously said, "Big … Master, I haven't finished speaking! "

Tang Yin didn't bother to look at him anymore. He closed his eyes and asked: "What else do you have to say?"

"Yes, it's like this! Your excellency, you still have a way to cross the river without using a boat. "

Tang Yin sneered: Continue walking in the shallows you mentioned?

"Yes, my lord." Zhao An swallowed his saliva and explained in detail: "The north of the river has a heavy humidity and the forest is also wet. Almost all of the seasons in the year is covered with mushrooms, so I often go to the north of the river to harvest, and even if I can support my family, I can still exchange this money with some families in the city, but every time I cross the river, how would I have the money to pay every day, so I just waited until the ebb of the tide in August and pulled a rope from the south shore to North Bank. Whether it was rising or falling, as long as I grabbed this rope, I could easily swim from the south shore to the North Bank.

"Oh? "There's actually such a thing?" Tang Yin sat up again, his eyes shining brightly, his mind spinning quickly as he carefully analyzed Zhao An's words. Thinking about it, he felt that it made sense, so he nodded without batting an eyelid, and asked with a smile: "Is what you said true?"

"Even if I had the guts, I wouldn't dare to lie to an adult!"

Tang Yin tilted his head, rolled his eyes and said smilingly: "Alright! Take me there, if what you say is true, I will give you a hundred gold, and if what you say is true, I will take your head! "

After Zhao An heard this, not only was he not afraid, his face was bright with excitement and he almost jumped up on the spot. One had to know that a hundred taels of gold was enough for an ordinary villager to live his entire life. How could he not be happy and excited when such a windfall came flying in his direction? He nodded and said anxiously, "Yes, yes, yes! This humble one will bring my lord over to take a look! "

Tang Yin was very satisfied with his reaction, and from this, it could be seen that this person did not seem to be faking it. If he really was a spy from Peng Army, then his acting skills were truly too outstanding.

This matter was extremely important, Tang Yin did not care about his injuries and decided to go himself. But he was also worried that there might be spies in the Lishan City, so he did not dare to go out brazenly, but changed into casual clothes. He brought along Le Tian, Ai Jia, Cheng Jin and Zhao An, and that Zhao An, and sneaked out from the back door of the county capital.

After exiting the city, Tang Yin confirmed that there were no spies behind him, then allowed Zhao An to lead the way towards the shallows he mentioned.

There was no road in this place, the ground was filled with rocks and weeds, and the horse carriage could not pass through. When they arrived here, the horse carriage could only stop, and Tang Yin walked out of the carriage with Cheng Jin and the others supporting him as he walked towards the shore.

Walking, Tang Yin asked curiously: "Zhao An, you said that the rope is hidden in the river?"

"Yes, my lord!" Zhao An answered respectfully.

"How long has it been?"

"Almost five years."

Tang Yin smiled, and casually asked: "Five years? For such a long time, won't the rope rot in the river? "

Ouch! Le Tian and Ai Jia really did not think about this. The two of them looked towards Zhao An at the same time.

Zhao An replied happily, "No, I won't. I use oil rope, forget about five years, even if I were to soak in the river for ten or twenty years it would be alright."

Tang Yin, Le Tian, Ai Jia and Cheng Jin were not unfamiliar with the rope he was talking about. Oil rope is made from special rattan repeatedly soaked in oil, that is, strong and resistant to water, usually used in the military, as a rope for binding armor. Tang Yin laughed: "You can produce oil ropes?"

"Yes, I learned it from my big brother."

"Your brother is …"

"My elder brother was a member of the Central Army, he was once …"

"Oh?"

"However, two years ago, Big Brother went to battle on Ning Country and died there." After saying this, Zhao An's expression became lonely, and his eyes revealed grief. Hedong Region were the focal points of the struggle between the two countries, and Feng Country had always regarded Hedong Region as their own territory.