When Li Yanzhao led his troops to help the displaced people in Yongdeng County reclaim wasteland, the Guangwu Army's sentinel cavalry and intelligence collection in Henan and Guanzhong never stopped.

In June, Taishou ordered the new arrivals to sow summer grain, mainly corn. Supplemented with some beans and the like. Farmers were reluctant to plant, but the spring farming time has been missed, summer grain planting corn, although the harvest is destined to be less, but want to come to the government has also been exempt from taxes, although the harvest of these crops is small, but for their own consumption, it is expected to support the next autumn harvest, it is not difficult.

However, the information transmitted back by the Henan Sentinel made Li Yanzhao feel like he was on pins and needles: the Huns Hugh slaughtered King Shiwu, and led his troops to capture Di Dao, and coerced Di Dao to surrender Liu Yao of Han Zhao. Liu Yao was overjoyed, and entered Shiwu as the assassin of Qinzhou, and was crowned as the king of Jiuquan.

Looking at the notice on the table that I don't know where the riders under his command came from, Li Yanzhao's mood at this time was really quite bad. What he was unhappy about was not that Liu Yao waved his pen and privately gave Jiuquan County, which belonged to Liangzhou, to this Shiwu, and did not ask for the consent of the Zhang family in Liangzhou at all.

In this era, in the chaos of the north, official positions and titles can be described as a sharp depreciation. In the Han Dynasty, the great Sima and the great general were everywhere in this era. With a slight exaggeration, standing on the roof of the building and throwing a flower pot can hit a big Sima.

In such an era, not to mention that Liu Yao gave Shi Wu the title of King of Jiuquan, even if he was named the King of Liang, Li Yanzhao didn't think it was anything strange, anyway, it was nothing more than a blank check. But the most important thing is that Di Dao's position is too critical, not only guarding the main road for his sentinels to cross the river to reconnoitre, but also to the north can threaten Jincheng controlled by Chen An's subordinates, and to the west, he can cooperate with Nan'an County controlled by Liu Zhao to attack Chen An's old nest.

This sudden move of Shi Wu can be said to be about to kill Chen An in an instant. made Chen An, who was in Shangtai, in a very embarrassing and critical state. In today's situation, Chen An in Shangqi is undoubtedly surrounded by Liu Zhao Jiuquan Wang Shiwu in the west, Liu Zhao Zhengxi general Liu Gong in the north, and Liu Zhao's base camp Chang'an in the east.

To put it bluntly, Chen An is now equivalent to being attacked by Liu Zhao's forces on three sides, and as for the south, it is Qinling! The south of the Qinling Mountains is the territory of the Cheng Han Dynasty. No matter how stupid Chen An is, he will not cross the Qinling Mountains to be a lost dog.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Li Yanzhao returned to the tent and wrote hard, reporting such important military information to the Taishou, while he himself took the reward notice that his cavalry had uncovered out of nowhere, and strode towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

After the guards at the door of the tent passed the word, they lifted the curtain and put Li Yanzhao into the big tent. Du Jie was still sitting in front of the first few cases as before.

Seeing Li Yanzhao coming into the tent, Du Jie beckoned Li Yanzhao to sit down with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "The hundred people have worked hard recently, and there is news from Yongdeng County that the hundred people will lead the troops to reclaim the famine, and they have done a very good job." ”

Li Yanzhao strode up to Du Jie's case and waved his hand again and again: "The matter within the division, the chief doesn't need to say more." With that, he slapped the reward announcement in his hand on Du Jie's several cases.

Du Jie picked up the reward notice, and saw that the notice said that Liu Yao, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, was the assassin of Qinzhou because of his merits, and Wang Yunyun of Jiuquan. After watching it for a long time, he didn't see a reason, Du Jie couldn't help but look at Li Yanzhao suspiciously: "The one who will be surprised by the hundred people is the title of the King of Jiuquan?" ”

Du Jie just wanted to say something to comfort Li Yanzhao, but he heard Li Yanzhao say urgently: "Shi Wu has captured Di Dao and surrendered Emperor Zhao Liu Yao, so he came to report to the chief. ”

When Du Jie heard what Li Yanzhao said, his expression became very solemn. Di Dao important land, its criticality does not need to be repeated, if Liu Zhao really controls this important place, Chen An's situation will be precarious.

And if Chen An is easily ambushed, the danger of Liangzhou will be almost instantaneous. Liu Zhaohu is in the middle of the pass, and there is no lack of ambition to fight for the world. And to attack Shi Zhao, Liu Zhao is the most relieved, and it must be the rear of Liangzhou. Therefore, if Chen An is unable to block Liu Zhao's military attack, or even easily defeated, Liu Zhao will inevitably launch a new strategic deployment in an attempt to attack and destroy Liangzhou.

"Such a critical matter must be reported to the king." Du Jie's head is also sober, even if he has to pick up a brush to write a military intelligence report. However, Li Yanzhao stopped him by saying something: "The subordinates have already sent someone to report to the prince, so the chief doesn't need to be disturbed." ”

Du Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "In this way, I hope that a hundred people will send more sentry horses to closely monitor the movements of Henan." ”

Li Yanzhao responded with a fist. Then he slowly withdrew from the big tent and went to his own tent.

The Governor of the Thousand People instructed him to strengthen the sentry investigation in Henan, and the situation forced Li Yanzhao to concentrate on arranging his subordinate sentry to detect the Henan area.

Nowadays, from Guangwu to Di Dao, it is generally from Jincheng County to cross the big river from the left, and go about 200 miles along the valley, and the twists and turns are surrounded, so as to reach the left of Di Dao.

The soldiers under his command have crossed the river many times to investigate, and they are no longer unfamiliar with this road. What's more, most of the current team members have also participated in the depiction of the military sketch map of Henan, so they can be said to be familiar with it.

However, Li Yanzhao was forced by the current situation to normalize this kind of in-depth reconnaissance, but it was not an easy task, and relatively speaking, information transmission, secret words, and so on were all difficult problems that needed to be solved urgently.

Small groups of horsemen go deep into the hinterland of the other side, and regular contact is the right thing. In order to prevent the enemy from intercepting contact messages, the establishment of a secret language system should also be put on the agenda. In the end, in order to transform these infiltrated reconnaissance and cavalry activities into the normal tasks of the cavalry of the Guangwu Army, it is even more necessary to have a relatively perfect system in order to achieve their wishes.

The next day, Taishou Xin Peng, who received Li Yanzhao's report on the situation in Henan, also personally went to the Guangwu Army and summoned the generals to the big tent to discuss the matter.

However, for the current situation in the south of Longxi River, the generals also have no good strategy. After all, although Liangzhou and Chen An have a strategic relationship, not only do they have no effective cooperation with each other, but they have several small-scale confrontations with each other because of Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang.

In this way, it is obviously unrealistic to directly assist Chen An, and it may be difficult to achieve it with the strength of Guangwu County alone. At the end of the military discussion, Taishou proposed to send someone to Guzang to explain the tense situation in Henan, and he had to be a general who knew the situation, so that he could explain the current complicated and confusing situation for the governor of Zhang, and make useful suggestions for the decisions to be made by the envoy from the perspective of those who had experienced it on the front line.

Naturally, the generals generally believed that such tasks should be entrusted to Li Yanzhao, the 100-man cavalry battalion, not only because the cavalry battalion's infiltration and reconnaissance of Henan had been protracted, but also because Li himself had led his troops deep into the area more than once.

Li Yanzhao did not have any objection to this, and in all fairness, he himself was also curious about the Zhang envoy who governed the state, and earlier wanted to see who managed this land of Liangzhou, which was located in the northwest, in an orderly manner. Now that there is such an opportunity, he himself naturally does not feel resisted.

After the agreement was made, the generals in the Great Tent dispersed. Xin Fujun summoned Li Yanzhao to the left, went out of the tent with him, and then said to him: "This is a long way to go to Guzang. Guzang is the place of state governance, and the high gates are gathered. You must be careful in everything you say and do. ”

In the face of Taishou's care and advice, Li Yanzhao's heart was full of emotion. This Shangguan, who can be called his own Bole, did not forget to tell these details before leaving, which can really be described as caring.

Li Yanzhao respectfully clenched his fists and bowed, and said: "Don't worry, Zhao should be careful when he goes, so as to let Zhang Yuanjun see the light of day and make a correct decision on the current situation." ”

Taishou nodded when he heard this, and said: "The military situation is urgent, you will set off tomorrow, the Guzang Shi clan, the eyes are generally above the top, why don't you take a certain car to drive there." ”

Tai Shousheng was afraid that Li Yanzhao would go to the state to govern, and he would be looked down upon by those big families who were above the top, so he actually proposed to use his own car to send Li Yanzhao to Guzang, which made Li Yanzhao even more flattered, and deeply felt that the prince cared for him.

"The prince still needs to travel by car, but this is not appropriate. What's more, the car only travels more than 100 miles a day, so I don't know how many days it will take to reach Guzang. When the servants were generals in the army, they rode away on horseback, and the family put their beaks, and they were left to them. The servants regard their words as wind in their ears, and the prince does not have to mind. ”

Seeing that Li Yanzhao was so open-minded, Xin Taishou didn't say much, but just arched his hand to Li Yanzhao and said: "It's a big deal to go here, and I hope you will act well." When I come back in the coming day, I will have a good time with you. ”

Li Yanzhao clenched his fists and knocked on the ground again, and said respectfully: "Obey the teachings of the prince." Zhao will be diligent in his work, in order to live up to the trust of the government. ”