The life of the Xianyu family through books

Chapter 777: Operation to close the net

Tiger crouching?

  Isn't this just asking for death?

Wei San asked: "Did you see it right?"

"I'll wait for double confirmation."

"What is this caravan selling?" Yan Yu asked with narrowed eyes.

"food."

"Go and find out if there are many caravans going to Huju recently?" Yan Yu ordered.

"Order!"

Wei San understood what she meant instantly.

"Do you think the Xizhou Army will sneak in by pretending to be merchants?"

"It's very likely." Yan Yu silently thought about the possible grain transportation route that the Xizhou Army might take.

All caravans had to go through inspections along the way.

Documents and certificates can be forged, but the goods that can be sold, namely grain, cannot be forged.

It is impossible for it to be all grain. At least a small part of it must be real grain, so that it can pass the inspections at the borders of each city gate smoothly.

Such a team should be either too big or too small. If it is too big, it will attract too much attention. Hu Ju has been actively purchasing grain. There is no big city in Guanzhou that is not short of grain. If it is too small, too many people cannot sneak in and it will not be of any use.

Therefore, if the Xizhou reception team enters Guanzhou in this way, the number of grain-trading teams will definitely increase in the near future.

"Report! There are indeed multiple grain transport caravans, some heading to Yongning, some heading to Huju."

"A grain transport convoy must have at least a hundred people sneaking in, and there are horses. They are not noticeable when pulling the carts, and it is easy to hide the weapons." Yan Yu's eyes flashed with a gleam of light: "So much trouble, just to pick up the mother and son of the Prince of Qi's wife?"

"They want to..." Wei San thought of a possibility.

“Make bold assumptions and verify them carefully.”

Yan Yu took out a map.

Wei San looked over quickly.

  Every time he saw Xiao Er's map, he couldn't help but sigh, it was drawn so meticulously!

"To get to Guanzhou from Xizhou, we can only go through Huju, Gufeng, and Leshan Prefecture. It is impossible to enter from Huju. We are now near Gufeng City. If we want to know if they suddenly appeared, we can just ask someone to go to Gufeng County Office to ask."

As Yan Yu spoke, he called Sitie over and gave him some instructions. Sitie nodded to show that he understood, and immediately rode away.

"The most likely place is Leshan Prefecture. It has not been under the rule of the prince for a long time, and the officials are still the same as before. We only sent troops to suppress the bandits and did not interfere with other things. Half of Leshan Prefecture is covered with mountains, and our defenses at the border are not enough." Yan Yu also understood that this was an unsolvable problem.

"The mountain roads are difficult to travel on, especially for grain transport convoys. It is even more difficult and time-consuming," said Wei San.

"That's right." Yan Yu's finger moved from Xizhou to Gufeng where they were now.

"They are divided into small groups and choose different routes, but what remains unchanged is that they always gather at a certain point, and you can tell something from the direction they are moving."

Yan Yu took out the charcoal pencil he carried with him and drew lines directly on the map.

But Wei San was heartbroken.

But he knew the importance of the matter and now was not the time to feel bad about the map.

Yan Yu's team did not move forward for the time being and rested on the spot.

Messengers came and went.

Through continuous information aggregation.

The thin lines left by the charcoal on the map gradually converged to a point.

"Are they really going to Tiger Ju?"

Sitie returned with a reply from the clerk of Gufeng County Yamen.

The master is a meticulous person.

A detailed check was conducted on all the grain teams that had recently passed through Gufeng.

What Yan Yu wanted to know was which government had printed the seals for these grain teams before they passed through Gufeng City, or in other words, before they entered Guanzhou.

Linhai Prefecture, we need to check the port for mooring ships and put them aside for now.

There are neither more nor less from Leshan Prefecture.

  Qishan Mansion!

Yan Yu was amused by what he saw.

Qishanfu was hit by drought last year and this year, how can grain be transported to Qishanfu? Did some grain merchant get kicked in the head by a donkey?

Yan Yu roughly guessed that it was probably because the management of Qishan Prefecture was more chaotic and difficult to verify.

"They all have their origins. No convoy appeared out of nowhere near Gufeng. This just proves that they entered the country from Leshan Prefecture." Yan Yu drew another straight line on the map.

"Since the destination is Huju, starting from Xizhou, we have to avoid the mountains that are impassable for the convoy. The only roads we can take are these ones. Excluding the place where Gufeng's city defense troops are stationed and the road where coal was transported last winter, these are the only two places."

"Wei San, send a message to Wei Si and Wei Liu, and have them lead their troops to block here and here. If they encounter a convoy, whether it is transporting food or something else, they will be captured. If they resist, they will be killed!"

"Order!"

Yan Yu thought about it and felt that he should add one more sentence.

"You know how to clean up a battlefield, right?"

Finish off the enemy and erase all traces.

"I know." Wei San said.

The people in Xiaoan Village are all brainless braggarts of the Yan family.

Everything the Yan family does is good.

Several outstanding achievements of General Yan and General Yan have been spread countless times.

Go to Xiao’anying and ask if there is anyone who hasn’t heard of it.

Even those who had sought refuge in Xizhou had more or less heard of the battle achievements of the generals of the Yan family.

The Wei brothers were born into a military family. They were among the best in all training results in Xiao'anying. Their performance was even more outstanding when the teams competed against each other. The Boy Scouts had Yan Yu as their leader, and the others were simply not convinced by her, and she even exposed her little background.

Among them, the Wei brothers gained some knowledge on how to clean up the battlefield.

"Let Wei Xiaoqi start. His 500 men can easily defeat the grain team carrying the Qi Prince's wife and her son."

"Let's go here." Yan Yu pointed to a point on the map.

“I feel like there will be big fish here.”

"The net-closing operation begins!"

……

Ding Jiao personally led the team across the border.

There are many generals in Xizhou. He is young and has little experience. So why can he hold a high position and be valued by the prince?

It’s because he and the prince grew up together since childhood!

It was because of the friendship he had with the prince when they were young.

Although some people suggested that the prince give up the crown prince and no longer be controlled by Guanzhou.

But Ding Jiao knew that in the prince's heart, the prince's status was far higher than that of other princes.

It's not just his status as a legitimate son. The prince has been well-known in Beijing for these years. He is good at socializing. He has helped the prince to win over countless people in secret. He has been a guest of honor for the rich and powerful, and has been associated with the dignitaries in the court. He has spent money like water to support talented people...

The prince remembered every single thing.

Without the Crown Prince, there would be no prosperous situation in Xizhou today.

How could the imperial court be unaware of the private mining in Xizhou without the Crown Prince in Beijing to cover it up?

If someone hadn't reported it...

Now it seems that after all these events, only Guanzhou benefited, and the private mining matter must have been exposed by Guanzhou.

"How many people have arrived?" Ding Jiao asked.

It was he who devised the strategy for coordinating with the army both inside and outside.

In order to save the prince, and also to launch a large-scale attack on Guanzhou and break through the Huju defense line.

The Huju was broken and we entered Yongning, and the two border towns of Longxing and Fengming were out of reach.

Guanzhou was then completely under the control of Xizhou.

  This battle will determine the northwest!

"General, there are more than 1,500 of them."

"Why is it so little?" Ding Jiao was dissatisfied.

"As ordered by the general, 30% of the food should be taken and 70% of the sand should be taken. The sand is very heavy, so..."

"Are they all stupid? Why don't they throw away the sandbags after passing Gufeng?" Ding Jiao looked at them.

He knew right away that these stupid people were inflexible and would do such a stupid thing if he wasn't told a word.

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