Chapter 596: Counting is Counting
readx; Cheng Qianli's military office is located near the north gate of the city, changed from a big mansion, there are soldiers standing guard inside and outside the military office, and idle people are not allowed to approach, and the security is very strict.
Early in the morning, a young one-armed woman dressed in black gauze came to the military office, she was Qi Yuhua, the master of the Hebei Intelligence Hall. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The military is heavy, and you are not allowed to approach!"
Qi Yuhua took out a silver medal, handed it to the soldier and said, "Please tell General Cheng that the master of the Hebei Provincial Intelligence Hall of the Anxi Army's Internal Guard asks to see him!" ”
The two soldiers had never seen the silver medal, but when they heard that the woman's self-reported identity was unusual, they did not dare to slack off to take the silver medal and said: "Girl, please wait, we are the general Cheng." ”
A soldier hurried in, and in a moment he came out and said, "Girl, please!" General Cheng, please come in. ”
After a pause, he glanced at the small burden behind Qi Yuhua and said, "Give me all your belongings!" Save unnecessary misunderstandings. ”
Qi Yuhua handed him the baggage, "The things in the baggage will be used soon, please follow me." ”
"We know, girl, please!"
Qi Yuhua followed the soldiers into the military office quickly, in the military hall of the military office, Cheng Qianli was already seated, these days he was oppressed by the news of the arrival of An Lushan's army to sleepless day and night, his weight dropped sharply, and the whole person became black and thin, despite this, Cheng Qianli still insisted on refusing to retreat, he had received Guo Ziyi's order, ordering him to defend Xiangzhou, and he must wait until hundreds of thousands of Hebei people have all retreated, hundreds of thousands of people who help the old and the young, without ten days and half a month, how can they all withdraw into Hedong? Cheng Qianli was anxious, but he was helpless, he didn't want to disobey Guo Ziyi's military orders.
At this time, Cheng Qianli was studying Qi Yuhua's silver medal, he was very curious, he had long heard that Li Qing'an had intelligence agencies all over the country, and Hebei Province was no exception.
From this silver medal, it can be seen that the Hebei Provincial Intelligence Branch Hall has a very high status in the internal intelligence hall, and it is ranked second, so who will this young woman who is the head of the hall?
There were footsteps outside, and I saw several soldiers walking in with a young woman, the woman was very beautiful, but there was a hint of murder in her beauty, Cheng Qianli was slightly startled, he found that this woman was actually one-armed.
Qi Yuhua walked in, nodded slightly to Cheng Qianli, and introduced herself: "My surname is Qi, and I am the master of the Hebei Branch of the Internal Guard Intelligence Hall, and I am physically inconvenient, so I can't salute." ”
"Might as well be! Might as well! ”
Cheng Qianli was very polite, he returned the silver medal to Qi Yuhua first, and said with a smile: "It's just that I didn't expect that the Qi Hall Master would appear in Xiangzhou, and I was disrespectful." ”
said disrespectful, but he was still very suspicious in his eyes, although the other party took out the silver medal, but Cheng Qianli still didn't believe it, he knew that not long ago An Lushan had seized the Hebei Intelligence Hall in Youzhou, who knew if this silver medal would fall into the hands of An Lushan at that time, and now he was defrauding himself, the enemy was at present, he didn't dare to be careless.
Qi Yuhua saw his doubts, so she smiled faintly, took out a letter and handed it to him, "General Cheng, please take a look at this again." ”
Cheng Qianli took the letter and called, this turned out to be Li Qing'an's handwritten letter, sealing Qi Yuhua as the head of the Hebei Branch, with Li Qingan's autograph and seal below, this time Cheng Qianli finally believed it, he hurriedly saluted and said: "It's me who is rude, Qi Hall Master, please sit!" ”
The two sat down, and Cheng Qianli asked, "I don't know why the Qi Hall Master came to Xiangzhou?" ”
"I was ordered by the general to come to Xiangzhou to assist General Cheng in defending the city and contribute to the upcoming Xiangzhou War."
Of course, Cheng Qianli knew that the people from the Hebei Intelligence Hall came to help him not to defend the city, but to have another article, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know how the Qi Hall Master is going to help us?" ”
Qi Yuhua turned around and beckoned, and the soldier just now stepped forward with a wooden plate, and on the wooden plate was the burden she brought.
"Please untie it for me!"
The soldier put the wooden plate in front of Cheng Qianli, and quickly untied the brocade bag, only to see that it was a pigeon that had been shot dead, an arrow pierced through the chest, and there was a letter box inside.
"General Cheng, this is a carrier pigeon shot by my men in the city last night, General Cheng might as well take a look at the information in the letterbox."
Cheng Qianli suspiciously untied the letter tied to the pigeon's leg, shook out the letter inside and spread it out on the table, quickly read it, his face suddenly changed greatly, this turned out to be a defense information in Xiangzhou City, including the thickness of the boulders blocking the four city gates, the number of people involved in the city defense, the grain storage situation in the city and other extremely sensitive information.
"This—Who did this information!"
Because of nervousness, Cheng Qianli stood up all of a sudden, if this information fell into the hands of An Lushan, it would greatly weaken his city defense, as soon as he thought of this, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, so dangerous! Fortunately, it was intercepted by Li Qingan's intelligence hall, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Thinking of this, the little prejudice he had in his heart because the other party was a woman also disappeared, his heart was full of gratitude, and he bowed to Qi Yuhua and said, "Thank you for the help of the Qi Hall Master, Cheng is grateful." ”
"General Cheng, the intelligence point that An Lushan planted in Xiangzhou City is the Baiyutang Cabinet Workshop, I don't know how General Cheng is going to deal with it?"
Cheng Qianli stared at the dead pigeon on the table, gritted his teeth and said: "If I can get such detailed information, there must be an internal ghost in my army, and I will immediately send troops to destroy it!" ”
Qi Yuhua said slowly: "Doesn't General Cheng want to use him?" ”
"Utilization?" Cheng Qianli was stunned, and he suddenly reacted, "You mean .....?"
Qi Yuhua took the information on the table, sneered and said: "The writer of this information is Song Yi, the second shopkeeper of the Baiyutang cabinet shop, as long as this person is controlled, General Cheng can send him whatever information he wants An Lushan to know, isn't this more meaningful than destroying them?" ”
Cheng Qianli was overjoyed in his heart, and he was convinced: "The Qi Hall Master is really smart, so what do you need me to do?" ”
Qi Yuhua raised her head and said proudly: "I want to ask General Cheng to borrow three thousand elite soldiers, and I will do other things for you properly." ”
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Bai Yutang cabinet shop is indeed An Lushan faction in Xiangzhou City's eyeliner, to be precise, they are noble sent, in An Lushan has not officially started the army before he quietly sneaked into Xiangzhou City, collect all kinds of information about the defenders of Xiangzhou City, half a month ago, the cabinet workshop officially opened, the reason why the cabinet was opened, mainly for the convenience of bribery and bribery, then there is no need to bring gold and silver to the door, as long as you hand over a money ticket of the Bai Yutang cabinet shop, you can complete the heavy money purchase, very simple and convenient.
The location of Baiyutang cabinet workshop was originally a cabinet workshop, that is, Yang Huahua's cabinet workshop, covering an area of nearly 50 acres, after hearing that An Lushan rebelled, Yang Huahua sold this shop at a low price of 5,000 guan, the store not only has a ground warehouse, but also an underground money bank, you can save more than one million yuan, Baiyutang cabinet workshop opened for more than ten days, the business is unusually deserted, at this time everyone has to keep the money in their hands, who will store the money in the cabinet shop, but there are many people to ask if they can do it' Flying money', that is, withdrawing money from other places, it is difficult to carry more money on the way to escape, it is not bad to be able to do flying money, but it is a pity that Baiyutang cabinet is the only one, and there are no branches in other places, so it is impossible to carry out flying money business, which makes many people disappointed and goes, open for more than ten days, the cabinet workshop has only done three serious business in total, and the money saved does not exceed 1,000.
In spite of this, the cabinet shop still opens early and closes late, the shopkeeper and the guys are serious about doing things, running around the city every day, nominally trying to attract guests to save money, but in fact they are listening to all kinds of information in the city, every night after fall, the guys from all over the city have to come back, report the day's intelligence harvest, and then accept the next day's new tasks.
In the evening, the Baiyutang cabinet shop began to close its doors as usual, and at this time all the guys came back from all over the city and gathered together for a meeting, which was very necessary, often the information of several people was combined, it was an extremely valuable information, and the task assigned to them by Gao Shang was that they had to send a letter every two days, so they were also under great pressure, and they had to harvest every day.
The room is brightly lit, twenty-four guys and shopkeepers gathered together, everyone is exchanging today's gains, there are three shopkeepers, the big shopkeeper, the second shopkeeper, the three shopkeepers, in fact, these three people are responsible for the internal service, intelligence analysis, sorting, and finally written by the second shopkeeper Song Yi, written into a pigeon letter, sent by the carrier pigeon to the camp outside the city.
Today they got an extremely important piece of information, several men found that the Tang army was digging pits and burying urns near the four city gates at the same time, and with their experience, they immediately judged that this was the Tang army digging tunnels to prevent the Yan army from digging tunnels into the city.
Unfortunately, they have not yet been able to determine the exact location and number of burial urns.
The big shopkeeper's surname is Mao, he is a general under An Lushan, he is An Qingxu's pro-military captain, born as a scout, all tasks are arranged by him, he is illiterate, but all information must be stamped by him before it can be sent, so his gold medal is also the key, but it can be copied and engraved, and the problem is not big.
The second shopkeeper, Song Yi, used to be the shopkeeper of the cabinet and wrote a good hand, so he was responsible for the operation of the cabinet, but he was also a noble confidant, and the noble only recognized the information he wrote.
The third shopkeeper's surname is Wang, he is a literate officer, there is no backstage, he is responsible for carrier pigeons and sorting out information.
The shopkeeper of Mao Da looked dark and thick, and his voice was very loud, "Lu San, this task is entrusted to you, tomorrow you must find the commander of the Tang Army who is in charge of burying the urn, no matter how much it costs, you must buy this person." ”
"I know this man."
Another guy next to him said: "It seems to be Qin Jinxian, the general of the engineer battalion, this person is not only responsible for burying the urn, but he is also responsible for the installation of the heavy trebuchet at the head of the city, I also asked today, and I heard that he raised a woman in the city, and he has to go to the woman's house for the night at night." ”
"Good! As long as there is a woman, there will be a breakthrough, and tomorrow a gap will be opened from this woman, and this person must be rebelled. ”
"General Mao, I also have an intelligence, I heard that the Tang army is collecting cauldrons from house to house, I don't know why?"
"I've heard about it too, but in the cauldron, all the iron tools must be scavenged, probably melted and cast knives."
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Everyone is gossiping, you say a word to me, the second shopkeeper and the third shopkeeper are recording quickly, and the atmosphere in the room is very warm......
Just when everyone gathered for a meeting, a large number of troops appeared outside the cabinet workshop, silently, all the residents around the cabinet workshop were withdrawn, the army hid in the houses around the cabinet workshop, and surrounded the cabinet workshop very covertly, although the army was numerous, but it was not easy to realize Qi Yuhua's strategy, the key is to first control the carrier pigeon, this is one, and then to capture the second shopkeeper Song Yi alive, to catch these two points, there is almost no problem.
The area around the cabinet shop is very quiet, but there is still an invisible killing intent in the quiet, which makes the people passing by here frightened, of course, no one will pass by here, and both ends of East Street are under martial law by the army.
At this moment, a carriage came and stopped in front of the cabinet, and a few men who looked like men came down and carried down a large heavy box.
'Bang! Bang! Someone was banging on the door hard, "Shopkeeper Song, shopkeeper Song!" ”
After a while, lights appeared in the store, and someone asked, "Who!" ”
"Me! Can't you hear me? Zhang Debao, the shopkeeper of Hanzhong Liquor Store, came to save a sum of money, are you Song shopkeepers here? ”
Zhang Debao is a warm person, and the surrounding merchants know him, and the people in the cabinet are no exception.
"Oh! It's a shopkeeper, you wait, I'll report it. ”
"Go ahead! I'm going to save three thousand silver dollars, and you're going to have a big business. ”
Zhang Debao was a little nervous and kept looking around, while his five men were all big shoulders and round waists, and their steps were agile, they were the elite of Cheng Qianli's scout camp, responsible for capturing Song Yi.
At this time, Qi Yuhua appeared outside the high wall of the backyard of the cabinet shop, she took more than 30 people, they have been determined, the carrier pigeon is hidden in the backyard, this operation is fully responsible for Qi Yuhua, she will make a plan of action very carefully, just now one of her subordinates has climbed the wall to find the pigeon cage, they only need to steal the pigeon cage, but Qi Yuhua did not dare to start easily, must first arrest Song Yi successfully, she can steal the pigeon cage, otherwise the grass startles, Song Yi is very likely to be wiped out.
Without this writer, the information they imitated could easily be seen to be flawed, and it was better to write it from the original person.
After a while, the lights in the lobby of the cabinet shop were turned on, and the laughter of the shopkeeper Song Yi came from the store, "Shopkeeper Zhang, why did you come to save money in the middle of the night?" ”
"I estimate that An Lushan may not be able to break the city, my money is not safe to store in the store, and it is easy to be stolen, so it is better to rest assured that it is stored here with you."
"Huh! Shopkeeper Zhang is very confident in the officers and soldiers! ”
The door of the store opened, and the tall and thin Song Yi appeared in front of everyone with a pot of tea and a smile, "I heard that Shopkeeper Zhang wants to deposit silver dollars, this is a scarce commodity!" ”
"Shopkeeper Song will inspect the goods first!"
Zhang Debao said, ordered someone to open the silver box, under the light of the lantern, the box was shining with silver, and a box full of silver dollars was very attractive.
The reason why Zhang Debao chose to deposit silver dollars is because the cabinet has an unwritten rule, and the inspection can only get started, this rule has been there since Li Longji released the right to mint money a few years ago, the copper money is uneven, and the cabinet is very afraid of collecting and storing bad money, and once the money enters the door and finds that it is inferior money, it is not clear, so the rules of the cabinet are a priori money after the entry, especially after the appearance of the Anxi silver dollar, there are many imitations, and the prior inspection of the silver dollar by the major cabinets is more strict.
"Shopkeeper Zhang saves money, I can trust it!"
Despite saying this, Song Yi still walked out of the store, this is his professional habit, the silver dollar must be strictly inspected, and Zhang Debao is a well-known good man in the neighborhood, he is not vigilant at all.
Song Yi walked to the cash box, rolled up his sleeves and reached into the bottom of the money box to grab a handful of money, according to the rules, it is one out of ten, that is to say, three thousand silver dollars need to be randomly taken out three hundred to be tested.
Zhang Debao saw that the time had come, he stepped back, and gave the guys on both sides a look, just at the moment when Song Yi bent down to grab the money, the four guys pounced like tigers, pressed Song Yi to the ground, and without waiting for him to shout, the leader of the big man punched him in the temple, Song Yi snorted, was knocked unconscious, and the sudden change stunned the two cabinet guys at the door, and at this moment, from the carriage 'whoosh! Two poisoned arrows were shot from the ground, and they struck them in the throats, and they covered their throats, but could not shout, and fell to the ground.
Song Yi was loaded into the carriage, and at this time, a big tree lit up, and I saw a rocket shoot out, straight into the sky, drawing a bright arc.
Qi Yuhua, who was in the backyard, saw the rocket, and she immediately whispered: "Do it!" ”
More than 20 subordinates jumped up the high wall like apes, some jumped into the yard, some rode on the high wall, and for a moment, I saw a huge pigeon cage with a length and width and a height of one foot was hung up by a rope, the pigeon cage was covered with a black cloth, and the other end of the rope passed through the branch of a big tree, and slowly hoisted the pigeon cage out of the courtyard wall, and the people riding on the wall held the pigeon cage to prevent it from shaking violently, disturbing dozens of carrier pigeons in the pigeon cage.
The pigeon cage was slowly lowered, and a dozen soldiers stepped forward, carefully trying to carry the pigeon cage away, just then, a scream suddenly came from the backyard, followed by someone shouting, "There is a situation!" The pigeon cage has been stolen! ”
This is Wang San's shopkeeper took advantage of the temporary recess after Song Yi left to pick up pigeons in the backyard, he suddenly found that there were people in the yard, put on the platform and the pigeons flew away, before he shouted, the soldiers hiding in the courtyard shot an arrow through his chest, he screamed and fell to the ground and died, and one of his subordinates behind him was frightened and screamed.
"General Mao, something is wrong!"
Qi Yuhua saw that the matter was leaked, and she immediately ordered: "Start the arrow!" ”
'Click! A flame appeared, and the flames ignited the rocket and the fuse, and an arrow with a shrill roar and flames went straight into the sky, but it was Anthy's gunpowder arrow, which was very different from the ordinary chirping, and the whistling sound was almost audible in the silent night.
The 3,000 elite soldiers who were ambushed around launched, half of the soldiers rushed into the cabinet, and the other half of the soldiers surrounded the cabinet, not letting go of a single person to escape, the cabinet began to hear the sound of screams and the collision of weapons, and the cabinet was making the last dying resistance in the middle.
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Cheng Qianli stood on the steps of the military office, watching the arrow fly into the sky with a complicated expression, he knew that it was Li Qing'an's secret weapon Tianlei, which is said to be extremely lethal, if he also has this kind of weapon, why be afraid of An Lushan Siege?
It's a pity that he didn't, and it was impossible for Li Qingan to give him this weapon, Cheng Qianli was disappointed in his heart, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
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The battle in the Baiyutang cabinet workshop was over, although these guys were all elites selected from the scout camp, but in front of the powerful Tang army, their resistance was meaningless, and they were killed and wounded in a moment, in the room where the meeting was held, the shopkeeper Mao Da was surrounded by more than a dozen people, he couldn't resist anymore, a dagger was inserted into his chest, he committed suicide, but he hadn't completely lost his breath, his eyes were fiercely staring at the one-armed woman in front of him.
Qi Yuhua picked open his corset with his sword, there was only a gold chain left around his neck, his gold medal was gone, and any noble intelligence needed to be stamped with his gold medal, at this time there was a hint of victory in his eyes, and he looked at Qi Yuhua with a provocative gaze, his eyes were full of pride.
Qi Yuhua sneered, and the opponent ordered: "Open his belly!" ”
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(To be continued)