Chapter 26 Cui Linglong's temple is ambushed Zhao Xiangyao chooses a grave

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Zhao Xiangyao, who was dressed as a businessman, looked at the scene in front of him, and his body was as stiff as a stone. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The distance of about two hundred miles to the north of Xiazhou City is the Mu Us Desert, and the vast area in the middle is very suitable for military training. Now, the Dingyan army is massively assembled here to practice the method of battle formation. The army composed of the party and the Han people, as many as tens of thousands, scattered in the vast wilderness, rushed into battle with each other, and the scene was shocking.

Zhao Xiangyao's location has a very broad field of vision, and he can just see the scene of the military exercise in Dingyan when he looks far away.

The cavalry formation of the Dingyan Army is relatively scattered, at least much more dispersed than the Central Plains Army, which seems quite appropriate to the literal meaning of "a plate of scattered sand", and in the smoke and dust, the cavalry formation is galloping rapidly.

The defenders were infantry formations, with concentrated personnel and square formations. This was not a strange thing, but when the defender's catapult roared, Zhao Xiangyao's eyes were suddenly covered with a layer of frost.

The catapult is not throwing ordinary stones, but balls with explosive effects!

Although the explosion effect is not comparable to that of the Forbidden Artillery, there is no difference in essence!

And what made Zhao Xiangyao really feel chills in his heart was the response of the cavalry formation. Under normal circumstances, when the cavalry formation is bombarded by artillery, the horses must be shocked, because this kind of large-scale explosion scene is untrained by the war horses. However, the cavalry formation of the Dingyan Army in front of him was not greatly affected by this, the cavalry did not panic, and the war horses were not frightened.

Obviously, this is not the first time that such a battle formation drill has been conducted!

Zhao Xiangyao's body stiffened and thought: "The cavalry formation is scattered, and they are in the midst of a rapid rush, even if they are facing not artillery, but hand grenades, I am afraid that they will not be afraid at all, and there will not be much damage." Three arrows in battle, and the hand-grenade has a short range, and it takes time for the lead to burn, so it is simply impossible to throw three waves. It is conceivable that if the forbidden army fights in the field with the Dingyan army, the invincible weapon such as the hand-grenade will definitely lose its effectiveness when the king army marches south. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao thought again: "The cavalry comes and goes like the wind, in the process of cavalry combat, the bow and arrow are actually much more convenient than the hand-grenade, and because of the long range, as long as the cavalry and the horse are not frightened by the explosion, the hand-grenade is almost useless!" ā€

Thinking of this, Zhao Xiangyao struck a hard blow and said angrily: "Shi Jingjiao has colluded with the Khitan and Tatar departments, since the cavalry of the Dingyan Army is conducting this kind of training, presumably the Tatar department and the Khitan cavalry are no longer unfamiliar with Wang Shi's hands-grenades, artillery and other things. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao was right, when the forbidden army conquered Wu, Fujian and Lingnan, artillery and hand-grenades played an extremely important role, as a force hostile to the Tang Dynasty, or preparing to be hostile to the Tang Dynasty, Khitan and Xiazhou Yan could not care about these wars, and Yan could not know anything about the use of explosives?

Not to mention anything else, when Lu Longjun leveled the Yikunzhou military fort group, it used explosives, and Yelu Deguang was not stupid, so he had already studied this.

As Li Congjing had expected before, once explosives came out, they couldn't be hidden at all.

Even if Xiazhou and Khitan were unable to develop explosives of the same quality as Datang for a while, this did not prevent them from responding to this and conducting targeted military training. Unlike Fujian and Lingnan, the grassland tribes originally had many cavalry, and hand-grenades could exert great lethality in infantry battles, so they naturally did not have too many advantages when fighting against the grassland tribes.

At present, Datang's use of explosives is still too low-level.

Zhao Xiangyao can't take into account all the problems, but he can realize how important what he sees in front of him.

"After spending a lot of money and paying a lot of costs, I worked hard to find a place for the military exercises of the Dingyan Army, and this trip was not in vain." Zhao Xiangyao didn't dare to stay longer, because he saw that the rangers of the Dingyan Army had galloped over, and immediately left far away with his men.

The news must be sent back as soon as possible, which is too important for the facts of the next war.

It took most of the day for Zhao Xiangyao to join the caravan of the Military Intelligence Department, and he disguised himself as an ordinary merchant and hurried silently in the wilderness.

By the time the team stopped again, they had already arrived at the county seat of Changze.

The county seat of Changze is in the southwest of Xiazhou City, close to Yanzhou. Yanzhou is a subordinate state of the Shuofang Army of Lingzhou.

In Changze County, Zhao Xiangyao had a short stay, on the one hand, to replenish the necessary supplies for the caravan, and on the other hand, Zhao Xiangyao wanted to meet an important person here.

The other party is a Xiazhou "traitor" who has spent a lot of effort and bought by the Military Intelligence Department, and the other party has part of the strategy of Xiazhou's march to Lingzhou.

Lingzhou's current situation is not good, being in the cracks, it is destined to have the possibility of being attacked by many parties, in the case of the imperial army has not yet been dispatched, if the other party makes the first move, Lingzhou will face great pressure. Moreover, the way of the art of war is virtual and real, and if Lingzhou wants to deal with the next situation, it is extremely important to hold on until the imperial army arrives, and it is extremely important to grasp the military situation of the other party.

The dark tiger is bribing the officials of Lingzhou and stealing the military arrangements and defense deployments of Lingzhou, and of course the Military Intelligence Department will do the same.

The other party is a very high-status existence in the Dingyan Army, and this return to Changze County is also to complete the corresponding military arrangement of the Dingyan Army in Changze County, otherwise, the military situation of such an important military strategy of the Dingyan Army, let alone know part of it, it is a clue, and ordinary people will not be able to contact it at all.

After Zhao Xiangyao arrived in Changze County, he sat in a restaurant in the downtown area, and then asked people to act according to the plan.

Half an hour later, Zhao Xiangyao received a report: "Our manpower, according to the previous joint code, has been in contact with the other party's people in another restaurant." ā€

Half an hour later, Zhao Xiangyao received a report again, "The other party has given the delivery location, which is a grain store in the east of the city." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao thought for a while, "Don't deliver goods in the city, tell the other party to meet in the temple outside the city." Also, I have to see the other party in person, otherwise I will not deliver the goods. ā€

Half an hour later, Zhao Xiangyao received a report three times, "The other party agreed to the commander's request, but set the time for tomorrow's application." ā€

One party sets the place, the other party sets the time, no one suffers too much, Zhao Xiangyao has no reason to disagree with the other party's request.

The next day, when he left the county town to go outside the city, Zhao Xiangyao went through the relevant information from the beginning again, and only after confirming that there were no flaws did he decide to leave.

On the way, his cronies asked Zhao Xiangyao: "Since the other party is a general in the Dingyan army, it is a loss relationship with the Dingyan army, why is he willing to sell us the strategy of using troops in the Dingyan army, and he is so greedy for money?" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao replied: "Wealth moves people's hearts, there is no one in this world who is not greedy for money, it just depends on whether the price you give can make people's hearts move." As long as there is enough money, many principles can be waived, and many things can be discussed. And the Military Intelligence Department can undoubtedly afford any price. The so-called loss of both the army and the difficult army...... If I can give him money that he is not destined to earn in his life, what reason does he have not to comply? ā€

Speaking of this, Zhao Xiangyao pondered for a moment, "Besides, the other party sold the strategy of using troops of the Dingyan Army to the Military Intelligence Department, which is a credit to the country, and if the Dingyan Army is destroyed in the future, this person can at least save his life with this 'merit'." The three holes of the cunning rabbit are the truth. ā€

The henchman pondered: "Since the other party intends to leave a way back for himself, why don't we be closer to him?" Not to mention sending people to his home to receive news, it is only to send people to Xiazhou to establish a solid connection with him, which is much more convenient to come and go, and there is no need to worry about him cheating. Like this time, what if the other party sells us fake news? ā€

Zhao Xiangyao sneered, "Establish a solid connection? Do you know what happened to those people sent by Xia Prefecture who had established solid ties with Lingzhou officials? ā€

The henchman was stunned.

Those people, under the blow of the fifth girl, all became dead.

"The more you come and go, the more likely you are to be exposed." Zhao Xiangyao said coldly, "As for the other party's deception...... What is he trying to do? Money? Afterwards, the Military Intelligence Department shook out the matter, which was enough to make him ruined and cleansed by the Dingyan Army! Want to make a meritorious contribution by rounding up our military intelligence department? That's even more stupid, the identity of the other party is a general, not a dark tiger. As long as he is involved in the military intelligence department, he will be troubled, and he will be investigated by the dark tiger to the end, he said that he is to round up us, and the dark tiger will believe it? ā€

There was still about half an hour before Shen Shi, and Zhao Xiangyao and others arrived at the agreed temple-Luming Temple.

Luming Temple is the only temple in Changze County, there are many pilgrims, and now it is the afternoon again, and people come and go. And for MI, the noisy crowd is an excellent cover.

Before going up the mountain, Zhao Xiangyao asked the Military Intelligence Department to probe the Luming Temple several times inside and out, just in case. Of course, the MI itself also needs to hide its identity, and it is very subtle in the way of probing.

Zhao Xiangyao did not rush to meet people, but asked his henchmen to investigate the truth first.

After Shen Shi, the henchman came back, saying that it had been confirmed that there was no problem, and Zhao Xiangyao followed the henchman into the temple and came to a small courtyard.

There is a small pavilion in the courtyard, and in the pavilion sits a middle-aged man, burly, with a big waist and round arms, who is closing his eyes and recuperating. Around the pavilion, there were four elite men guarding them.

Hearing the movement and seeing Zhao Xiangyao coming in, the man snorted coldly and said with a slight dissatisfaction: "It's really not easy to see Zhao Xiangyao, and he came out after a long time." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao walked towards the pavilion and said with a smile: "This is the land of the Dingyan Army, how can Zhao not be cautious?" Let General Yang smile. ā€

The man sneered, "Commander Zhao is indeed cautious enough, but so what? Haven't you stepped into this courtyard yet? ā€

Zhao Xiangyao paused, his brows furrowed, "General Yang, what does this mean?" ā€

"What he means is that since you are here today, you can't leave!" Not long after, behind Zhao Xiangyao, a cold voice sounded.

The one who walked into the courtyard gate was Cui Linglong.

Zhao Xiangyao's face changed greatly, "Why are you?" ā€

Cui Linglong sneered: "Of course it's me." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao's muscles twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I have clearly asked someone to check, and there are no suspicious people in this temple!" ā€

Cui Linglong asked rhetorically: "How can you be so sure that those pilgrims are not dressed as a dark tiger?" ā€

Several soldiers from the Military Intelligence Department beside Zhao Xiangyao hurriedly protected Zhao Xiangyao in the middle, revealing their sleeves and cutting off the knife, Zhao Xiangyao said: "The killer soldiers can wear the clothes of the people, but the temperament cannot be changed." ā€

Cui Linglong's smile turned cold into smugness, "This is indeed good." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao continued: "There are not many places in the temple where people can hide people, and my people who should see it have also seen it. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "Presumably the place outside the temple, you have also sent someone to see it." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "There are no people in these places, so even if you bring people, there shouldn't be many." ā€

Cui Linglong smiled more and more happily, "I'm a woman, timid, there are not many people, and I don't dare to show up." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "Could it be that you dug a tunnel and a secret room in the temple?" ā€

Cui Linglong said: "Time is in a hurry, of course it's too late." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "However, it is impossible for people to appear out of thin air. ā€

Cui Linglong joked: "You checked the pilgrims, but have you ever checked the monks?" ā€

Hearing this, Zhao Xiangyao was stunned for a long time as if he had been struck by lightning, "The monks who chant the scriptures really can't be checked." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "If you check, you will be enough to arouse suspicion." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao had to admire: "You are really bold and careful. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "If you are not bold and careful, how can you fight with the Military Intelligence Department?" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "With such a deliberate mind, you must have been waiting for this day for a long time." ā€

Cui Linglong said in a deep voice: "Since I was defeated in the hands of Tao Yaoyao back then, I have been waiting for this day." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "It seems that the dark tiger has improved a lot over the years. ā€

Cui Linglong sneered: "The facts are already in front of us. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao sighed: "But I don't know something. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "You don't understand, why the good General Yang became a Dark Tiger person." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "The people in the military intelligence department are not stupid. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "You checked him and confirmed his reliability." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "Now it seems that we have not checked enough, and we have not confirmed it well enough. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "There are some things, if you are given another year, you will not be able to find out." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "There are not many such things. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "You will never remember how many bites you ate today. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao smiled bitterly: "It seems that some things are not impossible to find, but they will not care at all." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "For example, General Yang's wife is the person of the Dark Tiger. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao was surprised: "This is simply incredible! ā€

Cui Linglong said: "Not only General Yang, but among the wives and concubines of the generals of the Dingyan Army, there is always a person who is a dark tiger. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "It turns out that you have made this a business. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "There is no business in this world that cannot be done, only business that is not needed." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao nodded and said, "This business is indeed necessary. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "How can people who hold military power in their hands be reassured? ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "It is indeed difficult for people who share the same bed to have any thoughts to hide from each other. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "At least you can't hide it from the people of the dark tiger." ā€œ

Zhao Xiangyao said: "It seems that Shi Jingjiao is always guarding against his subordinates from betraying him. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "It's to prevent you from taking advantage of these people." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "So the person we found is indeed General Yang." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "It's just that the person who interacts with you is not the real General Yang." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao sighed: "It seems that we were wrong from the beginning. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "You are indeed wrong, if you want to buy the general of the Dingyan Army, you are simply throwing yourself into the net." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "Now I am at least convinced of one thing. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "What's the matter? ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "You dark tigers, you have really worked hard over the years. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "What the Tsing Yi Yamen didn't do, now it's up to the dark tiger to complete." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "I know you want to say that you are better than Lin Anxin." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "You are wrong. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao was puzzled: "Am I wrong? ā€

Cui Linglong said with murderous eyes: "I'm more powerful than Tao Yao!" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao smiled bitterly: "Now the person in charge of the military intelligence department is the fifth commander. ā€

Cui Linglong's eyes showed contempt, "It's just a little girl." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "If the Fifth Commander hears this, he will definitely be very happy. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "Happy? ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "She is no longer a girl." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "A meaningless sentence." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "The person who can see her as a girl must be old and yellow." ā€

Cui Linglong's hands were clenched instantly, and her face was gloomy and dripping water, "I think you're tired of being alive!" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "I only hope you understand one thing. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "I also hope you understand one thing. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "I talk so much nonsense with you, not because I want to hear you show how powerful you are." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "I talk so much nonsense with you, it's not because I want to give you a chance to delay time. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "It seems that you know what I want to say." ā€

Cui Linglong said disdainfully: "The more MIs come to save you, the greater the results I will have this time." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao smiled bitterly: "Your tone is really big. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "I still have a lot of people. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao asked, "How much?" ā€

Cui Linglong said: "Changze County is the land of Xiazhou, that is, the land of my dark tiger. There are definitely more people in the Dark Tiger than in your MIA. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "I think you forgot one thing. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "You really talk a lot of nonsense, I'm about to lose patience." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao looked at Cui Linglong, his face was solemn, his eyes were resolute, and the words he said had a sense of sacrosanctity, and he said word by word: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land!" On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister! ā€

Cui Linglong said: "If you want to be a teacher, you can wait for the next life." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "I think your memory is really bad." ā€

Cui Linglong said: "I always remember the method of killing. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "The pain of being slapped in the face by Tao Tong back then, it seems that after the wound is healed, you have forgotten about it." ā€

Cui Linglong said word for word: "I will let you understand how disgusting it is to have a hard mouth." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "If you don't forget this matter, you should always remember: the military intelligence department is never something you can defeat." ā€

Cui Linglong laughed, "Instead of saying these useless words to provoke me, why don't you say something real and see if you can shock me?" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao responded to his request: "Luming Temple, I chose it." ā€

Cui Linglong laughed and said, "The grave you chose for yourself is not bad, although there may not be a coffin." ā€

Zhao Xiangyao looked at Cui Linglong, showing pity, and said endlessly: "Luming Temple, it was built by the Military Intelligence Department!" ā€

Cui Linglong was stunned, and a strong look of uneasiness flashed in her eyes, but in a flash, she turned to smile and said: "Before Shi Shuai left the town of Xiazhou, Luming Temple was here, do you want to tell me that your military intelligence department likes to build temples everywhere?" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said with a bright smile: "You may not believe it when you say it, a long time ago, for a time that you can't imagine, Your Majesty let the Military Intelligence Department enter Xiazhou." ā€

Cui Linglong sneered: "I seem to hear someone talking incoherently when they are dying. ā€

Zhao Xiangyao said: "You won't know that during the Battle of Liangchuan, His Majesty let the Military Intelligence Department enter Hexi. ā€

Cui Linglong said: "For the rest of the words, go and tell the king of Hades!" ā€

Zhao Xiangyao looked at Cui Linglong, and the killing intent in his eyes appeared, "So, Xiazhou, it is the tomb that His Majesty has chosen for Shi Jingjiao a long time ago!" ā€

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden shock in the courtyard.

Then, the flat ground suddenly sank into a large chunk.

A hole several feet square, suddenly appeared!

Tsing Yi, jumped out of the hole!

At the same time, the door of the room in the courtyard was kicked open, and countless Tsing Yi rushed forward one after another, rushing out!

This temple is full of Tsing Yi who suddenly appeared!

Even the presiding officer of the temple wore a green coat and rushed towards the Dark Tiger Killer with a group of people!

Cui Linglong, who besieged Zhao Xiangyao, instantly fell into an ambush on all sides. 态

Easy to attack and defend.

Only in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Xiangyao walked step by step towards Cui Linglong, whose face had changed greatly, and said seriously: "Luming Temple, it is not the tomb I chose for myself, but for you!" ā€