Horse on the World

Chapter 296 Surprise
The three of them reached a consensus that at this stage, nothing should affect Dingzhou's plan for peace and barbarism. No matter how Dingzhou will react to this matter, it will have to wait until the end of this battle.

"The commander-in-chief still needs to report, but it's not easy to hide it from Princess Qingcheng. Who should I send?" Lu Yiming was a little embarrassed.

Qingfeng stood up, "I'll take a trip myself!"

Shang Haibo also nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Qingfeng's proposal.

Qingfeng, who returned to the Statistics and Investigation Department, immediately summoned Ji Sichen, Chen Jiaquan from the Internal Intelligence Department, and Wang Qi from the Operations Department to discuss matters.The situation that Qingfeng informed them shocked the three generals of the investigation department to be tender on the outside and crisp on the inside. They were above their position. No matter how hard they thought about it, they could not imagine that Emperor Tianqi, the supreme ruler of Chu, would act in such a way. As the curtain came to an end, Chen Jiaquan and Wang Qi were better off, but Ji Sichen, who had won the Juren, couldn't help but sigh.

"From now on, both the Internal Intelligence Agency and the Operations Agency must be tense and cut off all sources that may leak such information. Once someone is found talking about such topics, they will be arrested in secret immediately." Qingfeng said decisively.

Wang Qi was taken aback, and said: "Director, this is very difficult. There are a lot of businessmen in Dingzhou, especially recently, we need to buy a large amount of grain. Many grain merchants from the mainland will flood into Dingzhou. We They cannot be arrested casually!"

Qingfeng pondered for a moment, and said: "I will inform Mr. Huilu that the grain trading place will be set in Xinyang at the junction of Dingfu. All grain merchants trade there. We just need to block the news in Dingzhou city. To put it simply, don’t let King Han know any news about this. During this period of time, anyone who comes from the capital and intends to contact King Han, that is, people from Luoyang, should be arrested immediately.”

Wang Qi responded, and it was much simpler. "Then where is Master Li Tuizhi?"

"I'll tell you where Marquis Li is!" Qingfeng said, "Yan Nanfei in Fuzhou can't hide it, but we cut off all his communications with the outside world. Anyone who comes out of Yan Nanfei, no matter what they think Go there and catch them all!"

"Yes!" Wang Qi nodded.

"Sichen, I'm going to Bayan Hara. After I leave, you will be in charge of the work of the Statistics and Investigation Department. You must do one thing immediately."

Ji Sichen respectfully said: "Director, please give me instructions!"

"The Xiao family has just come to power, and there will definitely be a major cleansing of Luoyang officialdom. Most of the nails we inserted and bought in advance were middle- and lower-level officials. Get some valuable seats to pave the way for the future. Especially Xie Ke, he is now the sixth rank of the Ministry of War, and he has been working hard to get closer to the Xiao family before. This time, no matter what, he must Let him go one step further, and you will take care of this matter."

Ji Sichen nodded and said, "Don't worry, Director!"

"I will set off to Bayan Hara tonight. During my absence, you must work together, not only to get this matter done, but also to collect the reactions and responses of major forces to this matter. These information will soon be released. It will work, he will determine the future direction of our Dingzhou, we must be careful."

"Here!" Several people stood up at the same time.

That night, a black carriage, escorted by more than a hundred heavily armed guards, quietly embarked on the road to Bayan Har.

Under the city of Bayan Har, the command center of the Dingzhou Army has moved to Li Qing's large tent of the Chinese army. In the middle of the large tent of tens of square meters, there is a sand table made by Lu Dalin and others based on the detection during this period of time. The first one is Li Qing's big case. Dozens of chairs are placed on both sides of the sand table. The tent is extremely warm. The ground floor of this big tent has long been built with earth dragons, and the top is covered with blue bricks. The hot air baked the green bricks to extremely hot. Although it was costly to transport the coal from Dingzhou to here, it was enough for Li Qing and Qingcheng only. For such a general, a stove was simply built in the tent.

Standing in front of the sand table, Li Qing looked at Bayan Har's city defense system with a frown. It was clear within a few miles outside, but he still didn't know anything about it inside.

"Ba Yaer is really studious!" Li Qing sighed.Dingzhou's city defense system is fully reflected here, and it has been magnified countless times. Looking at the fortresses erected on the periphery of Bayan Har, Li Qing smiled wryly: "Could it be a bastion?"

Lu Dalin nodded and said: "It is very likely that Wanyan Bulu occupied the bastion in the Fuyuan war, and at that time, maybe they drew the diagram of the bastion."

Li Qing caressed his forehead, "I'm in a cocoon, I don't know how much it will cost to take down so many bastions?"

Lu Dalin smiled slightly, "Commander, the structure of the bastion is complicated. Even if the barbarian has sketched the general shape of the bastion, it may be difficult to build a complex bastion in a short period of time. It’s just that the shape is similar to the spirit, and besides, with our familiarity with the bastion, we can get twice the result with half the effort when attacking it!”

All the generals laughed, and Wang Qinian said: "Commander, this bastion was created by you, so you can be at ease with your own strengths and weaknesses. Isn't it obvious where there are weaknesses? Bayar is playing with an ax in front of the door, it's beyond self-control !"

Li Qing laughed loudly, "Huzi, I told you to read more, but you didn't take it seriously. It was Lu Ban who made the big axe in front of the door. Shut your mouth, don't be ashamed!"

Everyone laughed, and amidst the laughter, Wang Qinian pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "Marshal, why didn't I study? I almost read so many military books and war strategies, not to mention memorizing them fluently, but it's still good to know them by heart. It did."

"It's not just a book of war!" Li Qing emphasized: "The people in this big tent are all my Dingzhou generals, but most of them started in humble beginnings. Everyone, you are the pillars of Dingzhou, and you will also be the face of my Dingzhou in the future. The so-called nourishing the body, moving the breath, and reading more books will allow you to understand more things. In the future, you will gradually understand, general, not only to be able to lead troops to fight? If you live in one side in the future, you will Understand that fighting is only the last option!"

"Follow the Commander-in-Chief's instruction!" All the generals in the tent said in unison. None of the generals who have made it this far are stupid. What Li Qing revealed inadvertently made them all ecstatic. It's just enough to be a border commander, otherwise how would they have the opportunity to live in one side?

After Li Qing walked back to the big case, he sat down and asked, "Old Guo, you have to keep an eye on your side. Although Tienig has one hundred thousand troops, his combat effectiveness may be mixed. I'm afraid there are some problems in the battle against the wind, I think that Tienig is a little complacent now!"

Guoshan Fengchi laughed, "Commander, that boy dreams of asking you for all the grassland land west of Bayan Har. He thinks he has [-] troops, accounting for almost half of our besieging troops." , I got a little flustered."

Li Qing showed a smile on his face, "Let him be happy for a while longer. We need to strengthen his logistics control. Send him every three days, and you can only manage three days at a time."

"Yes!" Lu Dalin nodded in response, and from Li Qing's words, he heard some implication. "But Marshal, now there is a problem that requires you to make a decision."

"Well, what's the matter?" Li Qing asked.

"Since our army surrounded Bayan Har, there have been slaves who were taken captive before, and we could still resettle them, but now there are more and more, which has already made us a little overwhelmed. , and depending on the trend, there will be more people coming, how to deal with this problem?"

Li Qing murmured: "These slaves are our comrades. They have poor backgrounds. They were captured by barbarians and suffered a lot. Now that we are here, we naturally want to rescue them. General Lu, we can let them follow the escort The army returned to Dingzhou, let Dingzhou arrange it first!"

"General, even if these people are allowed to go back, they still have to eat and drink along the way. This will put a lot of pressure on our logistics supplies." Lu Dalin whispered.

Li Qing was not happy, "According to what you said, we will shut them out and let them freeze to death on the snow field. Don't say more, the army is a little nervous, and they will come out after a squeeze. Let these suffering comrades return to Dingzhou alive!"

Lu Dalin lowered his head, "Yes, Commander, I'm just afraid that after Bayar sees this, he will drive out all the slaves in Bayan Har, that is a large number, Commander, we have resettled these slaves earlier, I’m afraid that the later ones will have to be resettled, not the few but the uneven, and if nearly [-] slaves from Bayan Hara really come out, our army’s logistics will collapse.”

Li Qing nodded, this is also a problem, "Old Lu, you should make an emergency plan first after you go down, what should you do if such a situation occurs? These slaves are not only our comrades, but also our precious Dingkou. With large human resources, the slaves who can live on the grassland to the present are probably a little bit capable. After defeating Bayar, we have such a large territory, but if we lack enough people, we will also be able to effectively control these places for us Create an obstacle, if Bayar really releases them, I can't wait!"

"I understand, Marshal!" Lu Dalin nodded and said, "I will reserve a batch of food to deal with this possible situation!"

The tent door was suddenly opened, and a Zhenwu captain stepped into the tent door, saluted Li Qing, and said: "Commander, the scout flying horse in front sent back a message that Lord Qingfeng has arrived at Bayan Har, only ten miles away from the camp. Yuli is on the way!"

"The breeze is coming?" Li Qing was stunned, and looked at each other with Lu Dalin, his first reaction was that something went wrong in Dingzhou!

"There is more!" The school lieutenant looked at Lu Dalin, and said with a smile: "General Lu, I am overjoyed, there is also General Lu Dabing who came with Master Qingfeng!"

"What did you say?" Lu Dalin had an unbelievable look on his face, his younger brother Lu Dabing had been held by Fusen all this time, how could he appear here with Qingfeng. "Aren't you mistaken?"

"No!" The school lieutenant said with certainty, "The scout who came back recognized General Lu Dabing!"

Lu Dalin turned around and looked at Li Qing: "Marshal, I..."

Li Qing smiled and waved his hands, "Go, go!"

(End of this chapter)