The guy went into the house to report, and soon, the big shopkeeper Zhang Chun came out, willing to pay fifty yuan to do things for himself, of course, he couldn't be lazy.

"What is this brother's name?" Zhang Chun asked with a smile in official dialect with a Baling accent.

"Under the surname Jiang, the brothers all call me Jiang Wu, a native of Tongzhou in Guanzhong!"

Zhang Chun heard the words 'brothers' a little awkwardly, but he still said politely: "It turned out to be Jiang Wuye, please come in!" ”

The two walked into the room and sat down, Zhang Chun poured Jiang Wu a cup of tea, and asked with a smile: "Jiang Wuye is a businessman, right?" ”

Jiang Wu smiled slightly, "Aren't I talking about business with the big shopkeeper now?" ”

Zhang Chun was stunned for a moment, and then said with a dry smile: "That's right, everyone is a businessman." ”

Zhang Chun sat down and asked, "I wonder if Fifth Master Jiang needs my help with anything?" ”

Jiang Wu said lightly: "I want to know your proprietor Lin Changshi!" ”

"Isn't it easy to get to know the owner of my house? Just go and visit directly, why do you have to go through me? ”

"Knowing your proprietor is one thing, I also want to know General He Quan!"

He Quan is one of the three main generals under Ma Sui, and he leads 10,000 troops to be responsible for the defense of Baling County, but this person is slightly greedy and has a bad reputation, so he is suitable for opening a gap.

Zhang Chun was startled, and stared at Jiang Wu fiercely, "Who are you?" ”

Jiang Wu took out a silver medal and put it in front of Zhang Chun, "The big shopkeeper should know this brand!" ”

Zhang Chun was stunned, and the silver medal was three seal characters, 'Jin Wei Mansion'.

How could he not know that the Jin Wei Mansion, the intelligence agency of the Jin Army, was still a silver medal, and this person's status was not low.

"You..... What exactly are you going to do? ”

Although Zhang Chun is a power broker, he is just an ordinary person after all, and in the face of the powerful Jin State forces, he is also out of proportion, and his heart is extremely nervous.

"You don't have to worry, I just want to know these two people, maybe they also want to know me, you can do business normally, and after the matter is completed, I will give you a hundred taels of silver."

Zhang Chun calmed down a little, and mustered up the courage to ask, "What if I don't agree?" ”

Jiang Wu said lightly: "From the moment you saw this silver medal, you only have two choices, either cooperate or die!" ”

...........

Guo Song personally led an army of 50,000 to secretly arrive on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and that night, Song Tian, the deputy commander of the Jin Dynasty, brought Jiang Xin, the intelligence chief on the south bank of the Yangtze River, to meet Guo Song.

Guo Song is very concerned about Ma Sui's situation, Liu Pi and Ma Sui's territory is connected as one, the two sides are divided by the Xiangjiang River, and the west of the Xiangjiang River is Liu Pi's territory, and the two also have a military mutual assistance agreement.

"Your Highness, this is the elite general of the Jin Wei Mansion, called Jiang Xin, we all call him Jiang Wu!"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Song Tian introduced his confidant and favorite general to Guo Song.

Jiang Xin hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

"General Jiang has worked hard, excuse me!"

Jiang Xin was Jiang Wu, who appeared in Yuezhou City, and he was the intelligence chief of the Jin Wei Mansion on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

"I want to know about Ma Sui's situation, General Jiang might as well talk about it."

"Obey the order!"

Jiang Xin sorted out his thoughts a little and said: "Through a broker, I met Shi Linzhao, the governor of Yue, and He Quan, the chief general of Baling City, Lin Zhao's vigilance was relatively heavy, and he refused to express his position easily, but He Quan was more greedy, and he spent five hundred taels of gold to buy him, and he told him that Ma Sui was currently leading 10,000 troops in Changsha, and another general, Meng Jisi, also led 10,000 troops in Huarong County, and deployed troops in this way not long after Liu Shining's demise. ”

Guo Song found Huarong County on the map, and like Changsha, it was close to Liu Bi's territory, and it seemed that Ma Sui knew that they were going to do something to Liu Pi next.

Guo Song nodded slightly, and asked again: "Then what is his intention, is he ready to support Liu Bi?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the Yangtze River, Xiangjiang River and Ganjiang River broke out at the same time last summer, and the water of Dongting Lake also flooded a large area of farmland by the lake, resulting in a decrease in grain production by nearly forty percent last autumn, Ma Sui's army had a money and grain crisis, he asked Liu Pi for help, Liu Pi supported him 30,000 yuan and 100,000 stone grain, the condition is that at a critical time, Ma Sui must send troops to help, so legally speaking, Ma Sui must assist Liu Pi, but in fact, it is difficult to say whether his army will cross the Xiang River."

"What about Liu Pi's situation?" Guo Song asked again.

Jiang Xin bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, Liu Bi's 30,000 troops are all in Jiangling, including 5,000 water troops, and Liu Pi himself is also in Jiangling. ”

"How is the situation of Liu Pi's army?" Guo Song walked a few steps and asked again.

"Your Royal Highness, he is Huo Xianming's nephew, he has been working as a guard in the Southern Tang Palace, five years ago he was directly promoted from the commander of the guard to the general of the Shence Army, and three years ago he replaced Hun Xuan, served as the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, and was named the king of Jiangling County, his army is basically the foundation of Hun Xuan, although it is elite, but the morale has been low.

Especially after Hun Yang died in the hands of the Shence Army, there was a riot in the Jingnan army, and it was suppressed after killing seven Zhonglang generals, and the current generals above Lang were all appointed by Liu Pi, but the low-level captains and brigade commanders are still Hun Xuan's people, Liu Pi said that he has strong command ability, and he can't talk about it, saying that he is mediocre and incompetent, and he can also envelop his generals, and he feels that he is a mediocre person, who has never been on the battlefield, and basically has no war experience. ”

Guo Song already knows Liu Pi well, and he can indeed only describe him with the word 'mediocre', he has been in Jingnan for three years, and he still can't fully control this army, so Guo Song didn't take this army to heart, and he can take it at any time, on the contrary, he values Ma Sui's army more, Ma Sui's 30,000 troops are well-trained, brave and good at fighting, and are their fierce opponents.

But Ma Sui also has weaknesses, he attaches too much importance to the old relationship, a corrupt person like He Quan, even if he has been with him for 20 years, he can't be reused, but Ma Sui values the old relationship, or reuses He Quan, and actually appoints him as the chief general of Baling, which makes Guo Song see the opportunity.

"What about the situation of the Jingnan Water Army?" Guo Song's thoughts turned back to Jingnan.

"The Jingnan Navy is a little special, the main general Liu Xiang is Liu Pi's brother, but he doesn't understand the Navy at all, so the original Navy commander Zhang Kecheng is still retained and served as a deputy general, but this Zhang Kecheng has not been exposed to his humble position, and he doesn't know his background and family situation."

Guo Song didn't blame Jiang Xin, after all, their intelligence station had only been established for three months, and it was already very good to be able to learn so much information.

Guo Song paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands, if Ma Sui did not send troops, it would be fine, if Ma Sui sent troops to support Liu Pi, could he take advantage of the situation to serve Ma Sui and Liu Pi.

Moreover, Ma Sui is more affectionate and trustworthy, since Liu Pi has helped him in times of crisis, and he promised to send troops to help him at a critical time, Guo Song feels that he will be more likely to send troops.

Guo Song suddenly discovered that He Quan had become a key figure in this plan.

Thinking of this, Guo Song said to Jiang Xin: "I will write a handwritten letter, and you will rush back to Baling immediately!" ”

...........

Jiangling is not far from Baling, Jiang Xin only took two days to rush back to Baling, and it was almost dark when he returned to Baling, but he did not immediately go to He Quan, but first returned to the intelligence station, the intelligence station of Jin Weifu in Baling County is also an inn, called Shunfeng Shunshui, a very auspicious name, located outside the north city.

But Jiang Xin is not the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper is his subordinate.

Jiang Xin sat down in the room, didn't care about drinking water, and said, "I'm going to see He Quan now, but I don't know what the result will be?" If I don't come back, it means that something has happened to me, and you immediately send a pigeon letter to report urgently to His Royal Highness King Jin. ”

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "If something happens to the general, will He Quan close the city gate immediately?" ”

Jiang Xin nodded, "This is also what I want to remind you, you and the person who reported the news will stay outside the city, you wait until tomorrow morning, if I still don't come after the city gate is opened, you will send a pigeon letter to Dangyang County!" ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

........

He Quan was about fifty-seven or eighteen years old, followed Ma Sui for nearly 30 years, fought in the Central Plains in the south and the north, and made a lot of achievements.

Ma Sui was also moved by his loyalty, so although people kept accusing He Quan of bribing the military, Ma Sui did not intend to pursue it.

He Quan's corruption in recent years is also related to his age, he is nearly sixty years old, and he has not been an official for a few years, so he wants to make a sum of money before retiring, either for his own retirement, or for his children and grandchildren.

But He Quan didn't expect that Guo Song would send someone to find him, which made him feel confused, of course he knew what it meant, indicating that Guo Song was ready to make a move on Ma Sui.

Ma Sui has no strength, the reason why he was able to become a member of the feudal town was entirely because of the incompetence of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but Guo Song was different, the Southern Tang Dynasty had been unified by Guo Song, Jiangnan Han surrendered, Liu Shining was also finished, how many days can Ma Sui support?

He Quan's loyalty is only relative, and the reason why he sternly refused to be co-opted by the eunuch group last time was because he knew that the eunuch group would not be able to jump for a few days, and he did not need to get on the thief ship of the eunuch party.

But if it was Guo Song who came to woo him, it was another matter.

So in the past few days, He Quan has regret and expectation in his heart, he regrets that he shouldn't have accepted Guo Song's gold and ruined his image, and at the same time looks forward to Jiang Wu being able to find himself again.

He Quan had just finished dinner and was about to go to the study, when the housekeeper suddenly came to report, "Master, the person you explained is here again!" ”

"Who?" He Quan asked in a daze.

"It's the fifth master Jiang last time!"

He Quan was immediately overjoyed, and said continuously: "Hurry up and invite him in, invite him to wait in the guest hall, I will come immediately!" ”