Fenghou

Chapter 313 Midline

Chapter 313 Midline
Opposite the gate of Hanshui Inn, at some point, a cake vendor came. He yelled every day and didn’t have much business, but he still came early and left late. Not far away, there were a few more idlers on the Erxian Bridge, who stood on the bridge all day chatting and standing. The back door of the inn can be seen from the bridge.

On the other side of the river, there were more than a dozen idlers squatting day and night, staring at the back door of the inn. In fact, the entire street was under surveillance, and there were as many as a hundred people involved in surveillance.

The shopkeeper of the inn quickly came to the backyard, and said to Hu Yanlei worriedly: "There are two more vegetable sellers next to the cake seller. They don't seem to know the cake seller, but they are exchanging glances!"

Hu Yanlei was also really helpless, of course he knew that the inn had been targeted by the puppet Qi army, but he couldn't figure it out, the inn had nothing to do with Jingzhou, and the distance was so far, how could the other party find out?Where is the problem?

He couldn't think of an answer, but fortunately, the mule and horse line was not found, and it was operating normally, without any signs of being targeted.

Of course, Hu Yanlei didn't expect that Hanshui Inn and Jingzhou Restaurant are the only two shops in Xiangyang City that have replaced the proprietor and all the staff in the past month. They were discovered by Jiang Yanxian and stared at them, while Luomaxing did not replace the proprietor. And dude, just didn't get caught.

Including Hu Yanlei, there are a total of nine Song army scouts hiding in the inn. Now how to safely transfer out of the inn has become a top priority.

"Proprietor, I've thought about it, we actually still have a way to leave."

"any solution?"

"You can borrow the shop next door."

The shop next door is a rice shop. Due to the closure of the city, rice cannot come in. It has been closed for more than ten days. There is a wall between the rice shop and the inn, and the rice shop is past the wall.

Hu Yanlei frowned, "But the whole street is under surveillance, and it's useless to go to the rice shop."

"Humble job means diving away from the river."

Hu Yanlei nodded. The idea of ​​taking the water route was correct. There were no ships in the city, and the surveillance was a shortcoming of the river surface. But the other party also knew this, so dozens of monitors were arranged on the opposite bank.

"However, there are also a large number of people monitoring day and night on the other side, and we will definitely be found when we launch from the dock."

"The proprietor doesn't know that half of the Mipu warehouse is built on the water, and the bottom is supported by wooden piles. We pried open the floor of the warehouse, and the river is below. There is a baffle outside, so we can't see it from the other side. We launched the water from the warehouse. , then dive to the opposite bank and leave along the revetment."

"That's a good idea!"

Hu Yanlei gave a thumbs up, and the watchers were squatting on the shore. They never dreamed that the people being watched would leave under their feet. This is the darkness under the lights, the most dangerous but also the safest.

"Inform everyone, first hide in the courtyard of Sanmen Lane for two days, and then I will find a way to arrange everyone to leave the city."

Hu Yanlei's mobility is very high, and all his subordinates are good at swimming. They divided them into two groups, one group at the second watch, and another group at the third watch. Breathe underwater.

That night, Hu Yantong led eight of his subordinates and left the inn silently under the eyes of a hundred watchers.

Two days later, the leader in charge of monitoring finally found out that something was wrong, and rushed to report to Jiang Yanxian.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yanxian rushed to the inn with a large number of soldiers, and broke into the inn directly. The inn was already empty, and the other party erased all the clues, and it was impossible to see when they left.

Jiang Yanxian's face was livid, and he secretly scolded Yan Chang for being easy to think about the problem, and always wanted to use the other party to send wrong messages, but the other party was under surveillance, how could he be used?

It's a pity that the opportunity to catch them was missed in vain.

"How did they escape?" Jiang Yanxian glared at the leader in charge of surveillance.

The leader was speechless, how could he know how the other party escaped?
At this time, a leader came to report, "We found the clue of the other party's escape, in the rice shop next door!"

Jiang Yanxian brought a large number of soldiers to the rice shop next door. He followed Dutou into the warehouse. There were several soldiers searching the warehouse, and they found clues.

Pointing his head at the wet floor, he said, "One of our brothers stepped here and accidentally fell down. There is actually a small river underneath."

"Pull the floor off!"

The soldiers took down the wooden boards, and a big hole three feet wide and five feet long appeared on the ground, with the river below, and a long baffle in front, so that the watchers on the opposite side could not see what was going on below.

"No wonder!"

Jiang Yan first clenched his fists, and then let go of them helplessly. The other party fled for at least two or three days. Xiangyang City is so big, where can we find them?
At this time, a soldier ran over and said, "Jiang Dutong, the Marshal's Mansion has sent an urgent order, please go there."

Jiang Yanxian had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the Marshal's Mansion. He really didn't know how to explain to Dong Xian?
After listening to Jiang Yanxian's report, Dong Xian said for a while: "Although this matter is very regrettable, you are not responsible for it. Many things are beyond your control, and I am the same. Since I have escaped, just search again. At the city gate, you can always find it.”

Dong Xian said it very implicitly, and he also implied that the responsibility lies with Wan Yanchang. It's easy to think, but he doesn't know how difficult it is to do it. How can he not be able to see through this little trick if he can be sent by Chen Qing to be the intelligence chief? In the end, it is still a manifestation of Wan Yanchang's contempt for the Han people.

"Xiaozhi will continue to work hard to find Chen Qing's spies as soon as possible!"

Dong Xian smiled and waved his hands, "I didn't ask you to come here for this matter. We just received a pigeon letter from Jiangling. Chen Qing left Jiangling this morning and led his cavalry to Baling County. Our opportunity has come. The supervising army asked us to send troops immediately, and I will personally lead an army of [-] to attack Yingzhou, and the supervising army will arrange for you to lead an army of [-] to attack Xiazhou, and try to capture Yiling and Zigui within half a month."

Jiang Yan nodded his head first. This is actually continuing to implement the second step of the plan. Although he had some complaints about Wan Yanchang, he had to admit that Wan Yanchang's overall situation was well deployed, and a beautiful flank attack completely changed the situation. The situation, they have the initiative.

"Then who will take the lead in arresting the Song army's scouts? I don't want to leave this matter to Kong Yanzhou."

"I won't give it to him. He also has tasks. I'll let Zhang Qing take over."

Zhang Qing's ability is a bit weak, but he can't interfere too much, so Jiang Yanxian can only nod his head and give the order to leave.

Just when the news of Chen Qing's cavalry crossing the Yellow River reached Xiangyang, Wan Yanchang, who had been waiting for the news for a long time, immediately divided his troops into two groups. One was led by Marshal Dong Xian as the main general, and Kong Yanzhou as the deputy general, leading an army of [-] to attack Yingzhou. Along the way, Jiang Yanxian, whom Wan Yanchang valued very much, led an army of [-] to attack Xiazhou.

This hides a major strategic plan of Wanyan Chang, to open up the Shu road from the east, and take down Bashu before Wanyan Wushu.

What valued Chen Qing and came to sit in Xiangyang in person? These are all excuses for Wan Yanchang. A small Song army is in control, and it is not enough for Wan Yanchang to pay such attention to it. He just doesn't want Wan Yanwu Shu saw his true intentions, so he used Chen Qing as a cover.

The failure of Wanyan Salijiu in Hanzhong also made Wanyanchang out of the Sichuan-Shanxi Campaign, and Wanyan Wushu once again dominated the Sichuan-Shanxi War. Qing tuned away from Shaanxi Road, but these are all based on the overall situation of the Jin Dynasty.

The conflict between Wanyan Chang and Wanyan Wushu has a long history within the Jurchens, involving power struggles among the top Jurchens.

Fighting for the dominance of Sichuan and Shaanxi is a manifestation of their internal conflicts. Regaining the dominance of Sichuan and Shaanxi is what Wan Yanchang really cares about.

Now that Wanyan Wushu has changed his previous strategy of attacking and attacking fiercely, and changed it to step by step, using time to exchange space, the possibility of capturing Hanzhong has greatly increased. Wanyanchang is really a little worried that Wanyan Wushu will really capture Bashu and unify Sichuan and Shaanxi. That means that he will completely lose the right to speak in front of the wolf lord.

Under the pressure of the situation, Wanyan Chang decided to open the Shu road from the east and seize Bashu before Wanyan Wushu.

Of course, what he did obviously violated the wolf lord's decision to let him withdraw from the Sichuan-Shaanxi war. Once Wanyan Wushu found out and sued him in front of the wolf lord, he wouldn't be able to afford it.

So he can only do it secretly, before Wanyan Wushu finds out, he can get through the Bashu Eastern Route, maybe then the wolf lord will change his mind.

It can be said that Jiang Yanxian bears the huge expectations and scapegoat of Wan Yanchang on his shoulders, and if he succeeds, he will be successful;

(End of this chapter)

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