At the Texas Wharf, in the hut, Xu Jiang, the current shopkeeper of Baiquan Huntang, was sitting opposite Xia Xun, unable to suppress his excited and reddened look, and described the news to him in a low voice.

Xu Jiang was originally a small banner defending the city in the south of Daning, and the eyes and ears of the Daning guards bought by King Ning, because of his meritorious service in dedicating the city, he was promoted to 100 households by Zhu Di, the king of Yan. When Xia Xun set up the Flying Dragon Spy, he saw that he was alert, so he asked him over and served as a small leader. To say that in this world, there are really no useless people, only inappropriate people who are placed in inappropriate places, Xu Jiang is charging into battle, but he is just a pawn talent, but let him be an ear report secret detective, but he is doing his best, these secret spies selected by Xia Xun are gradually growing, and the most outstanding one is Xu Jiang.

"His Royal Highness was out of the Bauhinia Pass in early February, first conquered Guangchang City, and then trapped in Ulzhou, the defenders of Ulzhou were isolated and helpless, and surrendered His Highness, and His Royal Highness was surrendered, and His Royal Highness entered Datong on the way, and on the way he divided his troops to attack Baoding, and the prefect of Baoding surrendered. Datong we did not take down, but along the way to collect countless money and grain in various cities, Li Jinglong from the Bauhinia Pass into Taihang Mountain, rushed to Datong to help, His Royal Highness has returned to Beiping from Juyong Pass.

Hey! This Li Jinglong didn't know the severe cold of the spring cold, only said that the winter was cold, and now it was about to be spring, and he was marching to help, so he didn't bring much warm clothes and tents. ”

Xia Xun smiled and nodded, and said: "In this way, Li Jinglong's long-awaited Beiping offensive will be forced to die, and the initiative will be in the hands of His Highness." ”

Xu Jiang said: "Your Excellency is wise, Your Highness is planning to take the initiative to attack. His Royal Highness said that although Li Jinglong is not good at fighting, all the generals under his command have experienced a hundred battles, if Li Jinglong can humbly accept advice, with the strong strength of the army of 600,000, it is still not something we can eat in one bite, and if we are not careful, we will suffer a big loss, so we are asked to collect useful information here as much as possible, and at the same time, try to make all kinds of fighters. ”

Xia Xun bowed slightly: "I understand, if you stay in Baiquan Hall, a place to take a bath, people will try to relax as much as possible, and their vigilance will be greatly weakened, and they will unconsciously reveal a lot of important information, and this news channel cannot be given up." I am here, through the number of officers and soldiers who go back and forth between gambling houses and brothels, I can also collect a lot of important news about the Southern Army, such as the time of payment of salaries and the frequency of guard changes, which can play a big role at critical moments. ”

Xia Xun thought for a while, and then asked, "Over there in Baojiacheng, how is Tang Yaoju?" ”

Xu Jiang said: "The construction of Baojiacheng has been completed, and now they have moved to Hejiazhuang. He is the head of those servants, and his whereabouts are indeed a bit mysterious, and he can often be seen talking to those servants in mysterious terms, but it is difficult for our people to know more specific things, is there anything wrong with this man? Why do adults pay special attention to him? ”

Xia Xun nodded, and shook his head again, his mood was very complicated, the struggle itself was inevitable, he knew the cruelty of the struggle very well, he was not so compassionate to that extent, he imagined that all contradictions could be resolved by peaceful means, there must be bloodshed if there was a struggle, but if the White Lotus Sect was involved, it would never be a good thing, it would be a disaster for the Southern Army and the Yan Army, if the Central Plains was rotten, who knew that the Mobei Mengyuan Imperial Court would not make a comeback?

King Yan chose to attack Xuanfu Datong instead of Liaodong, and only said three reasons that were beneficial to the Yan army, but Xia Xun knew in his heart that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, did not choose Liaodong, there must be a more important reason, that is, the vigilance of Meng Yuan Yu, with Zhu Di's eloquence, it is impossible not to consider the possibility of Meng Yuan Yu taking advantage of the fire to rob and make waves, leaving the Liaodong garrison and controlling their flanks can make them more fearful.

Historically, in order to achieve a great cause, the White Lotus Sect once colluded with foreign enemies of foreign races to plot against the Central Plains, although once they created any chaos in the Texas barracks, it would be beneficial to King Yan in the short term, but ...... This flame must not be allowed to come out.

Xu Jiang said again: "By the way, that Tang Yaoju sent the lady and the child to Jinan City, it is said that the child was sick and sent to ask someone for diagnosis and treatment, accompanied by one of his righteous sisters." ”

Xia Xun was secretly surprised, could it be that the White Lotus Sect was going to make any changes? Thinking of this, Xia Xun didn't hesitate any longer, and revealed Tang Yaoju's identity to Xu Jianghe, and instructed: "Arrange a few people to go in, even if it is just to become their peripheral personnel, if they want to fish in troubled waters, they must put out this wildfire." ”

Xu Jiang said happily: "White Lotus Sect? Ahhe, what kind of storm can they stir up, why should you pay attention to them, if they really disturb Shandong Mansion, isn't it beneficial to His Highness? ”

Xia Xun said solemnly: "Confused! When His Royal Highness King Yan returned to Beiping from Daning, His Royal Highness King Ning once offered a plan to His Royal Highness King Yan, have you forgotten? ”

Xu Jiang said with admiration: "Well, His Royal Highness King Ning said: 'This time, if you are defeated by Li Jinglong's 500,000 army, you can abandon Beiping, retire Daning, make peace with Beiyuan, and borrow troops to fight again. ’”

"Yes, what did His Royal Highness King Yan say?"

Xu Jiang said: "His Royal Highness King Yan only said three words, no!" ”

Xia Xun said again: "His Royal Highness King Ning said again, the Tang Dynasty borrowed troops from the Turks and was able to establish a country, although he saluted the Turkic ministers and paid tribute for 12 years, but Li Shimin tried his courage, accumulated strength, and finally rebelled against the ministers, this is an expedient measure, and it is not impossible to follow suit, what did King Yan say?" ”

Xu Jiang was embarrassed: "His Royal Highness pointed to the north with a halberd at that time, and said loudly: 'Jing Nan is really because there are national thieves in the court, and he is unwilling to kill because he raises troops. I, a Ming boy, must remember that if you don't cede land, don't pay compensation, don't be a minister, don't make peace, don't pay tribute, you will die if you die, and you can't do expedient! ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "That's it, in order to suppress the national thieves and not attract foreign thieves, will they condone the people and thieves?" If we make an assertion and connive at the White Lotus Sect to take advantage of the opportunity to stir up trouble, we will be severely punished by His Highness! ”

Xu Jiang said solemnly: "Remember the humble duty!" ”

Xia Xun said: "Okay, you go back first, the official warehouse of the wharf here, there is a large amount of materials transported from the south, and we have to wait for the completion of the twelve cities before we send them to the stores everywhere, if Your Highness takes the initiative to send troops to attack Texas, once Texas can not go down overnight, there will be a shortage of rice and grain, there is no food in the army, and the army's heart will be scattered, I have to find a way to find out the strength of the officers and soldiers stationed here, the defense situation, if Your Highness attacks Texas and occupies this place first, then you can do it calmly." ”

While speaking, the ** voices outside the left wall came and went, and the gamblers outside the right wall were hoarse, but they were still endless, Xu Jiang couldn't help but laugh and said: "If you can take the official warehouse of the dock first, Your Highness will indeed have great help, but ...... Texas is close at hand, and troops will inevitably be sent to seize it, and the two will fight fiercely, and these bitter people who are begging for a living on the dock will be unlucky. ”

Xia Xun couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, and only sighed softly after a while: "Innocent, who is not innocent?" You have been outside the gate, you should know that when those innocent rabbits on the grassland lose their natural enemies such as wolves, foxes, and eagles, they can gnaw everything and leave all living beings with no way out. Of course, my analogy may not be appropriate, I just want to say that the law of the jungle is not just a matter of the grassland, this is the Tao, not the so-called ethereal Tao of Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others, but the bloody and realistic Tao......"

"Click", the door opened, and a door on the left opened almost at the same time, Xu Jiang walked out and arched his hand to Xia Xun, and a satisfied veteran walked out there, followed by a half-old Xu Sanniang who hurriedly covered his clothes, and said to the soldier delicately: "Uncle go, come again......"

Turning his head and seeing Xia Xun who was sending a guest out, the girl immediately changed her face, smacked him viciously, and scolded disdainfully: "Phew! Dead rabbit, steal business with the old lady! After that, he twisted his fat ass and went back to his room.

Xia Xun was embarrassed, but Xu Jiang seemed to have picked up a big bargain, holding his stomach and laughing wildly......

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Li Jinglong heard that Datong was in danger, and hurriedly led his troops out of the Bauhinia Pass to help, the Bauhinia Pass is located on the high Bauhinia Ridge in the west of Yixian County, and is one of the main roads for the Hebei Plain to enter the Taihang Mountain.

The army went out of the Bauhinia Pass, walked in the ice and snow of the Taihang Mountain for a few days, and received the news that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had searched in the Datong area of Xuanfu, and bypassed the Ming army along the road on the return journey, and returned to Beiping from Juyong Pass.

Li Jinglong was not discouraged, and went out for a walk with the army, but before he arrived at the place, the people had already left. King Yan attacked Datong, all the way was cavalry, Li Jinglong led the army to rush on two legs, and he had to cross mountains and mountains, how could this maneuver speed catch up with others?

Li Jinglong listlessly led the soldiers and horses back the same way, trekked through the mountains and mountains to return to Texas, did not fight a battle, ten percent of the soldiers and horses, but thirty percent of them were sick, and hurriedly summoned all the Langzhong in the nearby states and counties, and mobilized a large number of medicinal materials for treatment.

Seeing such a situation in the army, Li Jinglong was very worried that he would not be able to complete the plan of attacking Beiping on time, and now he was "guilty of meritorious service"; although Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and others in the court concealed the news of his defeat and return for him, who knows how long he could hide it, and if anyone went against him and secretly reported the news to the emperor, he only had to wear guilt here, and did not make meritorious contributions, and Huang Zicheng and others were afraid that they would not protect him at that time.

Therefore, Li Jinglong was eager to fight, this time he didn't dare to be arrogant, the army returned to Texas, rested for more than ten days, just controlled the disease in the army, he convened the generals to discuss countermeasures, the generals actually hated him for being incompetent, but the handsome seal was in his hands, everyone was related, and he had to abandon his personal suspicions and make suggestions for him.

When the generals were discussing around the sand table, a post envoy in the army planted a triangular red flag on his back, hurriedly broke into the tent, knelt down on one knee to Li Jinglong, and said urgently: "Report, Beiping Yan rebelled, personally led the army of 100,000, mighty, and went straight to Texas!" ”

【…… Chapter 326: Take the Initiative]

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