The sudden two pieces of news made the faces of several people in the hall look bad compared to the others, Li Congjing's face was even more gloomy, and the anger between his eyebrows and eyes made people feel extremely depressed.

() It's not that Li Congjing is happy and angry, but the development of things has made the unhappiness in his heart reach a certain level.

I thought that the situation had been brought under control, but there were still people who could create an incident at this time, could it be that the military intelligence department and the forbidden army were already complacent and overwhelmed after the success of the war against Shu?

And what happened to the thief army that appeared in Yinping Road at this time, there were really people in Hexi whose heads were kicked by a donkey, and it was not enough to assassinate officials and create chaos in Xichuan, so they dared to send troops to attack and grab food in the hands of the Tang Empire?

Where did these people put him Li Congjing, and when did his Li Congjing's name become so useless?

I don't know what to do!

"Good! Very good! ”

Li Congjing nodded and praised loudly, flicked his sleeves, returned to the main seat and sat down, his cold eyes swept over everyone's faces, and finally fell on the fifth girl, "Let's talk about Luzhou Salt Prison first, what is the specific situation, tell me in detail!" ”

The Luzhou Salt Supervisor was not negligent in his precautions, and this happened on the way to transport the salt, not because the Salt Supervisor himself could come after being attacked, but this is not to say that the salt transport team was intercepted and killed, and the problem is precisely that there is no place to blame for the protection of the salt transport.

Since there is no problem with the security of the salt prison, but he is still attacked by the opponent, is it because the opponent's strength is too strong?

Yes and no.

Under the condition that the salt transport team was well prepared, more than 20 people, including Yu Hou and his son, including the salt supervisor and his son, were killed, and it was indeed the strength of the opponent, it was reported that there were no less than 50 people in the interception team, and all of them were elite, all of them were good at one out of ten, and they had been planning for a long time and were well prepared, so it was indeed impossible to prevent it.

After the incident, the support team of the salt prison and the nearby patrol force quickly arrived and chased down more than 50 killers on the other side, but the salt was basically destroyed, and there was no way to recover the loss.

"More than 50 thieves were killed, and none of them escaped."

The fifth girl paused, and continued, "There is no one alive either. ”

Li Congjing's eyes were a little sharper, and there was no live mouth, not that the Military Intelligence Department did not mean to catch the live mouth, but that the other party's manpower was all dead soldiers.

"Have you ever found out where the other party came from?"

Li Congjing asked.

"Tracking."

Li Congjing frowned slightly, since the opponents were all dead soldiers, it would be difficult to find any clues from the dead soldiers.

After listening to the fifth girl's report, Li Congjing fell silent.

The losses caused by the salt prison case are not small, thousands of catties of salt, dozens of casualties, are all hard consumption, but what Li Congjing cares more about is the hidden meaning of the salt prison case.

Just as the murder of Liu Yan, who joined the army, was the beginning of 21 murders, and now the occurrence of the salt prison case also marks the advent of the opponent's new ** action?

Twenty-one murders, twenty-one lives, and now, there are nearly 100 lives in the salt prison case alone, how much bloody storm will be set off in Xichuan in the future, and how much loss and impact will be caused?

If it is said that something similar to the twenty-one murders, Li Congjing can strictly prevent it, but in the face of the opponent's method of creating a bloody disaster at the cost of sacrificing a large number of elite dead soldiers, it is not so easy to prevent it.

"It's good if something like the salt prison case doesn't happen again, but if it continues to happen, the cost of thieves disturbing Xichuan will inevitably be too great."

Mo Li's voice was low, "Who can have such a big hand?" Who can disrupt Xichuan for a while at such a great price? Or is it a thief with other plans? ”

Whether it is the assassination of officials or the interception of salt prison officials, creating this series of murders will indeed have a great impact on Xichuan, and even make the empire's control of Xichuan unstable and delay a series of imperial plans.

But in the long run, these alone are far from enough to subvert the empire's rule over Xichuan, and to get to the bottom of it, such a high-cost murder will not happen forever, and no matter how bad the situation is, three or five years later, Xichuan will still be the empire's Xichuan.

"I don't know much about our opponents, we don't even know who they are, how can we find out what they mean?"

After pondering deeply, Li Congjing's breathing stabilized, and the anger in his heart gradually disappeared, "But the fox's tail will always be exposed, since it is an opponent, you can't hide yourself in the dark all the time." I don't believe that they can still turn the sky upside down! ”

The order to investigate the movements of various forces inside and outside the empire has already been issued, and it is believed that news will come back soon, and Li Congjing will not be in a hurry to the point of chaos himself.

Li Congjing left, "What's the matter with the thief army that appeared in Yinping Dao?" ”

"According to the news from the front, this bandit army has a total of 3,000 people, and the composition is quite complicated, and there is no shortage of people from the Shatuo Party and Tubo, and they have now arrived near Yinping Mountain."

Mo Li said, "His troops marched quite quickly, and they had the appearance of going straight to Shuzhong. ”

"Straight into Shuzhong?"

Li Congjing disagreed, the composition of men and horses is complex, the cohesion is poor, the command and dispatch are inconvenient, and the interests are entangled, how much combat power can be on the battlefield?

The question is, how dare such a rabble step on the road of Yin Ping?

It is true that Shuzhong has just gone through a major war, the army of the feudal town has been evacuated one after another, and the various departments of the forbidden army are resting and recuperating, but this does not mean that anyone is qualified to embark on this road to Shu!

"In this way, this army is indeed from Hexi, combined with the previous assassination of Shuzhong officials by Hexi killers, it can be seen that there are indeed people in Hexi who have quite thoughts about Shu."

Li Congjing didn't want to make more comments on these people who didn't know the height of the sky, "Order the local garrison to eat this thief army by the roots, and find out where they came from!" I want what kind of heroes have come out of Hexi, dare to come and talk to Datang! ”

Without waiting for Mo Li, Li Congjing added: "Order Meng Ping, assemble a group of elite cavalry, send Xiao generals to lead, and go to support." ”

Mo Li originally wanted to say something, but seeing Li Congjing's arrangement, he didn't have the intention of making any more noise, and he didn't mention it at the moment.

After that, things developed far beyond Li Congjing's expectations, and it turned out that he had made a serious mistake in judging the combat strength of this army, and the situation would have been unimaginable had he not ordered Meng Ping to transfer troops to support.

Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

After dealing with these two things, Li Congjing told Mo Li and the fifth girl to prepare for the next possible turmoil in Xichuan in advance, and not to make Xichuan fall into chaos again.

After the war in Shuzhong is over, it is understandable that there will be a slight aftershock, but if the turmoil is big or lasts for a long time, with Li Congjing's current status and prestige in the empire, although he is not afraid of rumors, he is afraid that the discussion in the court will also be very unfavorable to him.

After all, he is not the only prince in the empire.

After Mo Li and the fifth girl retreated, Li Congjing found out that Jianzi hadn't left yet, and he was still waiting for Li Congjing to agree to his request.

Li Congjing's mind changed for a moment, and he suddenly said: "It's not impossible for me to let go of Zhang Jinwei, but I won't do loss-making business, you have to promise me a condition." ”

Jianzi breathed a sigh of relief, and I don't know if it was because Li Congjing was willing to let Zhang Jinliang go, or if he didn't ask him about his relationship with Zhang Jinliang anymore, "You said" You also heard it just now, a Hexi thief army entered Yinping Dao, you grew up in Hexi, you should know how big a force three thousand people are in Hexi, but I don't know much about such a powerful force that dares to offend the empire. When he said this, Li Congjing observed Jianzi's expression intentionally or unintentionally, "The empire wants to understand Hexi, but I don't have much time at the moment, so I need a person who is familiar with Hexi as a guide to help my people quickly find out the context of Hexi, Zhang Jinliang is undoubtedly a suitable choice, and you have an old relationship with Zhang Jinliang, just to match me, and with your skills as a guarantee, Zhang Jinliang will be much more secure to complete the task of the Military Intelligence Department." "Jianzi has been eating and drinking in the Qin Wangfu for a long time, and now it is also appropriate to come to pay off some debts. The Military Intelligence Department already has some understanding of Hexi, but it is still a little short of piercing the veil of Hexi to find out its internal context, and with the addition of Zhang Jinliang and Jianzi, it can quickly achieve this goal and help Li Congjing figure out the opponent of Hexi and the mastermind behind it this time. Li Congjing never believed that there would be someone in Hexi who coveted Xichuan so much, and even if there were, it would not be a simple force, he faintly felt that there was a mastermind behind the scenes, but he didn't know anything about this behind-the-scenes now, so he was eager to unveil this person. Jianzi was silent for a moment, and finally looked at Jing with an indescribable gaze, "You want me to be your minion?" "You can understand it that way." Li Congjing did not mean to evade, and replied confidently, "How, do you agree or disagree?" Of course, you can make conditions, and I can assure you that as long as I say yes, I will definitely do it, and with your and my many years of friendship, you shouldn't doubt it, right? Jianzi thought for a long time, as if he was making a difficult decision, and when he was about to die, he raised his head and said, "Okay, I promise you." Li Congjing showed a smile, "Very good, you and Zhang Jinliang have a month-I can only give you so much time, and the fifth girl will tell you about the specific situation." Now you can put forward the conditions. "I'll talk about it later." After the sword retreated, Li Congjing suddenly realized a Yan zhòng problem that had been ignored in recent days, he stood up abruptly and called the fifth girl, "Where is Meng Yanyi now?" Next, many incidents occurred in Xichuan one after another, ranging from thieves in the mountains besieging county and township officials, to small settlements on fire, and all kinds of tricks, which is also in line with Li Congjing's speculation. However, although the incident was not small and caused more casualties, the local government did not fall into the disadvantage in the contest with the thieves with the cooperation of the military intelligence department and the garrison. On the contrary, every time an unrest is suppressed, the MI often takes the opportunity to expand the gains of the war. As the winter became colder and colder, the Military Intelligence Division began an operation in Xichuan to thoroughly clean up the eyes of various forces and carefully infiltrate the forces. The battle between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper, and the identities of the opponents are gradually emerging, and when Li Congjing is surprised by the identities of these hidden opponents, he also clearly realizes that a larger conspiracy has begun. This book is from/book/html/16/16949/