Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 184 The Relationship Between Intelligence and Brothels
Holding a red flag, Xiao Tian raised his horse and raised his whip. His skillful horsemanship made him swim freely and joyfully like a fish in the water. He walked in the opposite direction of the Ma family's cavalry policy, and shouted: "Good news! Great news, General Pang won Guangwei County without bloodshed!"

Although Xiao Tian's speed was fast, he couldn't hold back the joy on the faces of the soldiers of the Ma family army spreading faster.After he yelled, the spirits of the cavalrymen of the Ma family army behind him seemed to increase a lot in an instant, and the speed of their horses and marches also increased a lot.

After arriving in front of Ma Chao, Xiao Tian immediately gave a military salute, then respectfully presented the newspaper in his hand to Ma Chao.After Xiao Tian received Ma Chao's gift in return, he heard Ma Chao say: "Thanks for your hard work."

"No hard work! The young master is wise and powerful, and it is an honor for the subordinates to serve the young master!" Xiao Tian replied, seeing that Ma Chao seemed to have something to say, he rode behind Ma Chao and listened.

"Xiao Tian, ​​I know you used to be a scout. Then tell me, if you want to inquire about information, where do you always start?"

"Returning to the young master, if we talk about general news, we will inquire in restaurants and teahouses. There are people coming and going, and news spreads the fastest, but whether it is true or false, we need to verify it ourselves. But if it is extremely confidential There is nothing we can do about it...But sometimes, we will disguise ourselves as piao customers and go to the brothel to find out..." At the end, Xiao Tian was a little embarrassed, but seeing that Ma Chao didn't feel disgusted at all, he still had the courage to do everything. Speak up.In Xiao Tian's view, it is really a sin to have reservations about speaking with the young master.

"The brothel..." Ma Chao sighed, and suddenly recalled that peerless face in his mind.

"Young Master, that's true." Xiao Tian thought that Ma Chao didn't know the purpose of these scouts going to the brothel, so he continued to explain: "Although there are camp prostitutes in the army, most Wu Shi will still come out to fight teeth. Because those corporal chiefs and chiefs don't want to go to those camp prostitutes like soldiers, so as not to be embarrassed by their subordinates and lose their dignity. And because these Wushi have higher official positions, they are more able to tell the secrets that the soldiers in the army don't know .Especially after drinking, bragging to those whores..."

"Hmm..." Ma Chao nodded. He thought he knew the source of Diao Chan's information, but Xiao Tian didn't want to say that. There seemed to be a lot of things in it: "Go on."

"If reliable information is extremely needed, sometimes the Shangguan will give a certain amount of money to let us find those lonely people who are performing arts instead of selling themselves." After being encouraged by Ma Chao, Xiao Tian even taught his own experience: "Those lonely people , Although it’s a show but not a body, but in this troubled world, who can provoke those officers and soldiers who kill and set fire... Uh, except for our Ma Jiajun... What I mean by this subordinate is that those officers at the general level prefer to recruit those officers and soldiers. Lonely men with higher social status and better skills forced them to sell themselves, and those solitary men had the opportunity to learn from those generals the number of troops in the entire barracks, the deployment of the battalion, the relationship between factions, and the weaknesses of the generals, etc. These may be leaked or boasted unintentionally by the general, or they may be those who have nothing to say deliberately to inquire. But generally speaking, the information spoken by these solitary people will be more real and effective."

"Sure enough, since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by the Beauty Pass, and even you scouts know that there is a concentration of information." Ma Chao looked at Xiao Tian, ​​and felt more and more that he might have buried a talent.So he asked again: "Based on your experience, where should we start with this information?"

"Returning to the young master, my subordinates believe that the two sources mentioned earlier are unreliable, and may lose their effectiveness due to a long period of time. They need to be identified and compared before they dare to report, and the most effective and true method is actually careful work. "Xiao Tian frowned, it has always been a taboo in the army to work in detail, scouts like them only know that there is such a team, but he can't tell the specific information.At least, he knew that the Ma family army also had a small but high-ranking Shadow.

"Speed ​​work?" Ma Chao knew that this was a special title for underground workers in ancient times.

"Yes, infiltrating into the enemy's camp is naturally much more authentic and reliable than the information obtained from the outside. But it requires a long time of operation, and the risk is extremely high. The main reason is that it is not easy to transmit information..." Xiao Tian frowned, he really didn't know much about fine work.The only time was when he was a scout under Dong Zhuo, he had contact with him a few times, and later he was dragged into the rebel army by candidates.

"In this way, the sources of the intelligence network are mainly restaurants and teahouses, brothels, and spy visits?" Ma Chao summed it up and asked Xiao Tian.

"Not necessarily. When my subordinates were scouts under Dong Zhuo, I heard that Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Li Ru, established a latent intelligence network under the name of Qin's famous 'Black Ice Terrace'. In the mansion of important people, I have been dormant for many years..." Xiao Tian was a little discouraged when he said this, he only hated that he really didn't know much, and couldn't help the young master more: "This 'Black Ice Terrace' is fixed by them. The only way to transmit information, the only time I have come into contact with it is when I took a bamboo slip from a waiter in a wine shop, all of which are symbols that my subordinates can't understand..."

"Oh? There are such things?" Ma Chao was surprised. He did not expect that the ancestors had already invented encryption technology in the late Han Dynasty.

"Yes, young master." Xiao Tian nodded, but he was wondering why the young master cared about intelligence today?
"In that case, Xiao Tian, ​​do you know that a certain subordinate has a shadow?" Ma Chao looked at Xiao Tian, ​​and was already trying to pull Xiao Tian into the shadow.

"Know some, but don't understand much."

"If a certain person gives you some Jianghu people, um, some people with a lot of background. They also have hidden operations in the fourteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty... I will give you another set of symbol codes, can you turn them into Ma Jiajun's eyeliner? ?”

"If these Jianghu people are really congenial, the subordinates think it is not difficult. If these people are obedient and disobedient, the subordinates have no means of restraint, I am afraid..." Xiao Tian was ecstatic, knowing that Ma Chao was about to promote him.But even so, he still answered truthfully, not daring to exaggerate his abilities.

"Don't worry about this. Although they are currently in a cooperative relationship with us, it won't be long before they find that they are firmly tied to the chariot of the Ma family, and they will never get off again." Ma Chao said with a smile , Thinking that after a beneficial and harmless exchange, I got the wholehearted help of the Shenbumen, it was so enjoyable, I couldn't help but want to laugh a few more times.

"If that's the case, the subordinates will not hesitate to do anything!" Xiao Tian clasped his fists in return, and said generously.

"That's great. After capturing Yongzhou, you can start working on these things. At that time, someone in the shadows will take the initiative to find you." Ma Chao waved his hand, and Xiao Tian walked away knowingly.

But Jia Huli, who was always silent at the side, said something leisurely at this time: "Chao'er, are you starting to worry about what's going on in Chang'an?"

Ma Chao glanced at the old fox and thought, sure enough, he can't hide anything from him.

"The Ma family has already entered the eyes of Chang'an scholars. In recent days, I always feel that the oppression of the mountain and rain is about to come, and I feel that it is better to be prepared."

Jia Xu nodded and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)