After lunch that day and sending Tang Lei and Ren Hua away, Gao Yue's sword eyebrows tightened, he pondered, walked out from the city gate, and slowly stopped. Seeing this, Han Yong waved his hand and dismissed a group of officials and generals, leaving him alone, pacing by Gao Yue's side.

In the depths of winter, the sky hangs low, and the yellow sunlight shines on the vast land under the feet through the dry branches of the distant mountains and mountains. Many fine motes of dust fluttered messily in the light, and the entire city was cold, except for the sound of Gao Han and the two of them walking along, the surroundings were quiet and lonely.

Gao Yue raised his head to look at the sky, and the sky revealed some leaden gray, confused. He took a deep breath of cold air, and suddenly felt a lot refreshed, and exhaled the turbid air in his chest.

He stopped, turned his head, and Han Yong also stood still to look at him.

"Brother Han. Sima Bao gave us a tricky problem. Gao Yue stood with his hands in his hands, and between his mouth and nose, the white mist was surging in a blur.

Han Yong sighed: "Yang Maosou, I know a thing or two. A few years ago, Qi Wan, who was also a member of the Di tribe, started an army and was invincible for a while. But Qi Wannian was too brutal, Yang Maosou was unwilling to echo Qi Wannian, in order to avoid his soldiers, Yang Maosou led the tribe, from Luoyang to the south, moved to the area of Qiuchi Mountain, controlled Wudu County and most of Yinping County, and stationed his troops in the capital of Wudu. ”

Although Yang Maosou is a Hu man, it is said that he is bold and kind by nature, attaches importance to righteousness, and is reasonable. In the area of Guanzhong, many Hu and Han people who fled the war went to him, and he also took them all in, and did his best to help and appease them. There were those who came and wanted to leave, Yang Maosou was not angry, and gave property so that he could leave safely. ”

Gao Yue turned around, his face a little solemn. "Let's go back to the city first, let's talk as we go. Well, this Yang Maosou is so popular with the people, and his subordinates will definitely be angry with the enemy, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with. ”

Han Yong didn't answer the topic, and said: "After His Majesty ascended the throne today, he also heard the name of Yang Maosou, so he canonized him as a hussar general, King Zuoxian. He was very grateful to His Majesty, and always cherished the ambition of King Qin, but he didn't know how he had a conflict with Sima Bao, so he had to shrink his military strength and guard day and night. ”

Gao Yue sneered: "Why does Sima Bao hate Yang Maosou, I don't know. But why Sima Bao didn't send troops himself, but asked us to send troops, I can guess eight or nine points. ”

Han Yong smiled slightly and said, "I also have some guesses about this, I don't know if it can be similar to what the lord sees." ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it first. ”

"Yes. Sima Bao has 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and if he really wants to attack with all his strength, Yang Mao searched where he could resist. He did not send troops, but asked us to send troops, only because of two points. ”

"Although everyone in the world knows that Sima Bao has different ambitions, he is still a courtier of the court, and some things are not easy to do so explicitly. Yang Maosou is a second-grade feudal officer given by His Majesty, how dare Sima Bao risk the disapproval of the world, ignore the Huns, and brazenly attack the important ministers of the imperial court and the attached chieftains? This is one of them. ”

"Second, if there is a war together, I estimate that Sima Bao will send an elite army to come, first to wait and see what happens, and then to fish in troubled waters, or secretly help us to search Yang Mao and wipe it out. When there was an interrogation from the imperial court, he would push the responsibility on us, saying that his subordinates had used swords and soldiers in vain, and it had nothing to do with him. ”

Han Yong followed Gao Yue's pace, unhurried, with a confident brilliance in his deep eyes.

Sometimes, not speculating is a kind of torture, and the aura is in line with it, but it can be pleasant. What Han Yong said coincided with what Gao Yue was thinking in his heart. Gao Yue was very happy in his heart. But as the supreme governor of Longxi, his thinking is also a little more long-term than that of his subordinates.

"What Brother Han said is exactly what I think in my heart. But there's one more point. ”

Sima Bao wanted to use a borrowed knife to kill people, and he also wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. He asked us to fight Yang Maosou, no matter who wins or loses, he Sima Bao is very happy to see it. We defeated Yang Maosou, naturally the best, if we can't win, we or Yang Maosou's strength will be damaged, Sima Bao wants to be the fisherman, and put the sandpiper and mussels in the net. ”

Gao Yue glanced at Han Yong. Han Yong is a smart person, even if he didn't think of this for the time being, now that he points it out, I believe he should be able to understand the stakes immediately.

Han Yong bowed his head and said, "That's right." Zhang Chun, the general of Pingxi, actually asked Ren Hua to pass on a message, asking us to give him 1,000 taels of gold and select ten beauties. Slow to say that there is no money, even if there is money, he will not give him such a greedy villain, besides, let us risk the anger of the people and loot beautiful women to give to him? Hmph, this Qinzhou is really an ordinary selfish calculation, and his character is contemptible. Shangtai is not far from Xiangwu, but we must always pay attention. ”

"Before we and Yang Maosou started fighting, he would definitely not take the initiative to jump out first. At present, however, it is necessary to focus on strengthening the investigation and monitoring of the upper and lower levels. ”

As Gao Yue spoke, he seemed to think of something important, and suddenly stopped again, staring at Han Yong fiercely.

"Wizard!" Gao Yue thought of Yang Ke, remembered that he had calculated that he would have a southern expedition, and at that time it was all inexplicable, and now that he looks at it, he can't help but feel melancholy.

Gao Yue told Han Yong about Yang Ke, and Han Yong sighed when he heard it. It is a pity that such a talented person cannot be used by me.

The two sighed, and Gao Yue cheered up and said, "Brother Han, I have an idea before, but I haven't had time to tell you yet. ”

"The key to war lies in anticipating the enemy's opportunities and knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, so that one can not be defeated in a hundred battles. At the moment, we don't have a decent scout team capable of spying. For example, now, we have a little bit of a clue about Yang Maosou, what to use to anticipate the enemy's opportunity? ”

Han Yong's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "The lord is saying, the intelligence yamen? ”

Gao Yue glanced at him, nodded and said, "Yes." Your word intelligence sums it up very well. Before you came, Feng Liang and I briefly explained that we were going to leave this matter to him in charge, select shrewd and capable and alert soldiers in the army, and form an independent army, temporarily established with 100 people, and then expanded in the future. ”

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although there was no independent intelligence agency at that time, the countries were intertwined with lobbyists, meticulous workers, and doormen, and they assumed the duties of intelligence officers.

During the Han and Wei dynasties, the state supervisory organ was the Yushitai. Inspect hundreds of officials, supervise Li Min, search everywhere, and hear about things. Its officials are located in all states and counties, and are responsible for picketing, impeaching officials, and enforcing discipline.

Han Yong was silent for a while, and the contradictions in his heart were unspeakable. He is worried that as soon as this wind opens, the eyes and ears of hidden spies will spread all over the world, probing people's privacy, and even chasing after the wind, causing the officials and the people to be worried day and night, and everyone in the government and the opposition to the government and the opposition to be uneasy.

Just as he was groaning, Gao Yue's faint voice had already come: "After the scout army is established, it will only scout and spy on the enemy, not against his own people, Brother Han doesn't need to worry too much. ”

Han Yong was slightly embarrassed, and hurriedly covered up: "Lord, I'm thinking, will it be inappropriate to hand over such a big matter to Feng Liang?" It is true that his devotion to his lord is the same as mine, but after all, he is young, and his mind and knowledge are ......."

Gao Yue didn't break him, but said: "Going into battle to fight and arranging troops are not Feng Liang's strengths." He's smart and smart, that's why I had this idea. The shortcomings can be slowly learned and tempered, and we are not born to lead the troops and fight. Brother Han, I am born to be useful. ”

Han Yongben also knew the importance of Feng Liang being irreplaceable for Gao Yue. He didn't want to offend Feng Liang in this regard, and finally disobeyed Gao Yue and caused trouble for himself in vain.

After hearing Gao Yue's words, Han Yong couldn't help but be stunned, "The lord's words are extremely incisive, and his subordinates are impressed." In this case, I should fully support the lord and Feng Liang in order to get this matter done as soon as possible. However, what name does the lord plan to take for this intelligence yamen? ”

The name is right. No name is no substance. Gao Yueben subconsciously wanted to name it the Imperial City Division. This is the Song Dynasty, the special guard, guard and patrol of the imperial city of Kyoto, and at the same time observe the behavior of the subjects of the world, and at any time to hear about the emperor.

But now Gao Yue is just the lord of a county, and Xiangwu City is not even as good as the state government, let alone Kyoto. It's obviously inappropriate to call it the Imperial City Division.

"Hmm...... Let's call it the internal office. ”

Gao Yue's heart moved, and he couldn't help blurting out his debut.

"The army is responsible for fighting and fighting externally, and the internal government is responsible for internal security. Han Yong agreed. The general direction of whether it will be established or not has been decided, and Han Yong will not care about small details such as what name to choose.