Fenghou

Chapter 529
Zhang Xiao hurried into Chen Qing's official room and put a battle report on Chen Qing's desk, "This is just from Beixianrenguan. Seven thousand troops attacked Beixianrenguan and killed more than [-] people. It is said that the puppet Qi army was wiped out, and the Jurchen army did not attack."

Chen Qing looked at the report and praised: "We only lost forty-one people and injured fifty-seven people. This Zhang Xuefei is not bad, with less than a hundred casualties. He is also a rising general. He is only in his twenties."

"Can you all see the other party's intentions?"

Chen Qing took two steps with his hands behind his back and said, "It's because of us that they didn't attack Bashu?"

"It should be that we took Pingliang City and put great pressure on them. If they insist on attacking Bashu, the next consequence is that we seize Guanzhong and cut off their retreat."

"So they are now consolidating Hanzhong, and then turn around and attack us?"

Zhang Xiao nodded, "Xiaozhi also thinks so, Jin Bing will definitely increase its troops massively, Dutong, I have a suggestion."

"you say!"

"Beiqian recommends relocating family members and supplies to Huangzhou."

Chen Qing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He walked to the window and stared into the distance. He understood Zhang Xiao's suggestion that seizing Sichuan and Shaanxi was the national policy of the Kingdom of Jin. To realize this national policy, the Kingdom of Jin would definitely attack Xihe Road. , Transferring family members is one way, but everything has two sides, and transferring family members will inevitably disperse the Song Army's defensive capabilities.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing said slowly: "I think it is better to strengthen the defense of Chengji County than to disperse the family members. I am considering building another outer city wall, but I don't know if there is enough time."

"If the city wall is fired in time, it should be in time."

Chen Qing said decisively: "Anyway, let's do it first, even if the Jin soldiers attack Xihe Road, it will take time to prepare!"

"Humble job to arrange!"

At this time, an attendant reported at the door, "Report to the envoy, the commander of the King of Neiwei must report all important matters."

"Let him in!"

Chen Qing motioned to Zhang Xiao to wait a while before leaving and listen to Wang Hao's report.

After a while, Wang Hao walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute, "See Dutong!"

"Free gift!"

Wang Hao stood up and said excitedly: "The humble official has two things to report. The first thing is that we have found out the intelligence point of the Puppet Qi Army in Chengji County, and we haven't made a fuss so far."

"where is it?"

"It's also in Simaqiao, Wang Qiyang Restaurant."

Zhang Xiao next to him was also surprised: "It turned out to be seven sheep. Yesterday my family and I were having dinner there. His sheep soup is very famous!"

"How did you find out?" Chen Qing asked. .

"The humble official has been investigating the eagle letter and the pigeon letter during this time. I found a letter eagle point outside the city and found three letter eagles, but no one claimed them. The humble official sent people to ambush outside the city, and finally discovered that someone came out to release the eagle letter. , Followed him all the way, only to find out that he is a buddy of Wang Qiyang Restaurant, and we intercepted this letter eagle, which was to deliver food to Pingliang City for us."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Don't startle the enemy, continue to monitor, and after we have a full grasp, we will catch them all in one go, and let the intelligence points be used by us!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Wang Hao said again: "The second thing is about external contact. When we checked pigeon letters, we found that a medicinal material dealer had a special carrier pigeon to contact Chengdu."

This is also a relatively important matter. After the Jin soldiers captured Hanzhong, they cut off all ties between Xihe Road and the Song Dynasty. Chen Qing didn't want to have any contact with the court, he wanted to know about the court's movements.

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "We can use this line to let Lu Wei establish contact with his father-in-law and understand the court's movements."

Zhang Xiao thought for a while and said, "Dutong, in fact, this isolation is also a good thing. At least the imperial court will no longer have the idea of ​​Xihe Road, and it will no longer be able to send civil servants to pick peaches. If we can reach some kind of tacit understanding with Jin Guo , For example, Jin Guo will not attack Qinzhou from Hanzhong, and we will not attack Hanzhong for the time being, so the pressure on both sides will be reduced."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "It's more difficult, but Wan Yanchang will understand sooner or later, let's not consider this matter for now."

He immediately ordered: "Go and find Lu Wei for me!"

Wang Qiyang Restaurant is a well-known restaurant in Chengji County. It is famous for its mutton. No matter it is roasted lamb, roasted lamb or mutton soup, it is very good, and it is very popular among the people of Chengji County.

For this reason, Wang Qiyang Restaurant has opened two branches, and it is quite ready to enter the number one restaurant sign in Chengji County.

But no one would have guessed that this popular restaurant turned out to be the intelligence point of the Puppet Qi Army on Xihe Road, and naturally also the intelligence point of Jin Bing on Xihe Road.

The inner guards of the Song army have been watching this restaurant. They need to know how many branches this restaurant has in total, so that they can catch them all in one go, prevent anyone from escaping, and prepare for the continued use of this intelligence point.

Wang Qiyang Restaurant is also located in the busiest Simaqiao, not far from Yi'an Teahouse. Opposite him is an inn called Gaofeng Inn. The inn is run by a local, so there is no problem.

The inner guard has reserved three guest rooms facing the Wang Qiyang restaurant, and has been monitoring the restaurant day and night.

After three days of monitoring, they finally found a small breakthrough.

In the afternoon, a young man walked out from the alley next to the restaurant. He looked around for a while, then turned and left in a hurry.

The head of the inner guard who was in charge of monitoring pointed to the back of the man and introduced to Wang Hao: "This man is called Zhang Shun, and he is a buddy of Wang Qiyang Restaurant. It is certain that he is also a potential spy. We found that he is obsessed with gambling during this time."

"gamble?"

"Exactly! He has been going to Wanjia Gambling House every day these days. Needless to say, he must be going again now."

People who are addicted to gambling have poor self-control. This person is indeed a breakthrough. Wang Hao thought for a while and said: "Just find a place in the gambling hall and detain him for interrogation!"

"Humble job, let's arrange it!"

Zhang Shun came to Chengji County the year before last, and was a small leader in the restaurant. He got addicted to gambling last winter, and soon sank into it.

Not only did he lose all his money, but he also owed a whole lot of debt to the casino. He was worried every day, for fear that the shopkeeper would know that this was a serious violation of military regulations.

He didn't come to gamble today, but begged the gambling house to give him a few days off. Tomorrow is the day when he pays the debt. How can he have the money to pay it?
He lingered at the door of the casino for a long time, but he still bit the bullet and came to the door.

When Zhang Shun happened to enter the door, he met the manager of the gambling house. He quickly laughed and said, "Manager Li, can we discuss something?"

Li Guanshi glared at him, "If you want to renege on your debt, you are the one to look at!"

Zhang Shun hurriedly nodded and said, "Don't dare! Don't dare! I just beg for a few days' extension."

"Another extension!"

The steward was about to be furious, at this moment, a clerk stepped forward and whispered something into the steward's ear, and the steward said with a gloomy face, "Excuse me, come with me! Go through the formalities."

Zhang Shun was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed the steward to the backyard. He walked into a room and couldn't help being stunned. There were eight burly men standing inside, lined up on both sides. Blocked.

"You guys clearly agreed to my extension for a few days, and besides, it hasn't expired yet, so you can't mess around!"

Wang Hao, who was sitting opposite, smiled and said, "Sit down first, and I'll talk to you slowly!"

Zhang Shun sat down nervously. He felt like he was being interrogated. After all, he was also a scout, very sensitive, and he already faintly felt that something was wrong.

"Who the hell are you guys?"

"I am Wang Hao, the commander of the inner guard!"

Zhang Shun's expression changed drastically, he jumped up and wanted to run, but two knives were placed on his neck at the same time, scaring him to sit down slowly again.

"You are all spies of the Puppet Qi Army in Chengji County. In fact, we have discovered it a long time ago, but we didn't alarm you."

Wang Hao smiled lightly: "You are a small boss with five subordinates, right!"

"Since we know everything, what is the need for interrogation?" Zhang Shun said dejectedly.

"I'll just ask you a question, and then I'll let you go, and I'll help you pay off the casino debt, so you can act as if nothing happened."

Zhang Shun bowed his head and said nothing, Wang Hao laughed again: "If you cooperate well, I will not only spare your life, but also make you a fortune, and you can even change your name and surname to live a rich life. "

"How much money can I get?" Zhang Shun finally couldn't help being tempted.

"Three hundred taels of silver, this is our rule. For those who have made great achievements, the minimum reward is three hundred taels of silver."

Three hundred taels of silver was [-] guan, Zhang Shun really couldn't resist this temptation, he would never be able to earn this money in his lifetime!
Zhang Shun sighed, "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know how many intelligence points you have in Chengji County, and how many spies you have in total?"

(End of this chapter)