On the day after the Han army's unsuccessful sneak attack on the shipyard, the always quiet Yangtze River also became lively, especially the hundreds of Han warships appeared on the river outside Jianye City, which was an extremely rare scene.

After the Han army seized the north bank of the Yangtze River, 20,000 troops were deployed along the north bank of the Yangtze River, and three water villages were set up in Wuhu, Huxukou and Guangling, with more than 500 warships stationed.

Although the Han army was less than 50 miles away from Jianye, in the past six months, the Han army maintained the greatest restraint and low profile, and the warships only sailed on half of the water in the northern part of the Yangtze River, and only saw one or two patrol boats at the head of Jianye City, which made Jianye not feel that the Han army was close at hand.

But at this time, the Han army had torn off the camouflage curtain, and hundreds of warships appeared naked in front of the Jianye people, showing off their might on the river outside Jianye City, making the army guarding Jianye feel tremendous pressure.

The clouds of war hung over Jianye City, and 60,000 Jiangdong troops had already been deployed, of which 20,000 were deployed in Wu County to deal with the threat in the direction of Taihu Lake and Huiji County, and the other 10,000 were deployed in Piling County to deal with the Han army's attack on Piling County from the direction of Taihu Lake.

The last 30,000 people were deployed along the Yangtze River in Danyang County, of which 20,000 elite main forces strictly guarded Jianye City.

The large-scale pressure of the Han warships did not cause panic in the army, but caused the fear of war among the people of Moling County and Danyang County.

The streets and alleys in Moling County have been deserted, there is not a single pedestrian in sight, only a team of patrol soldiers patrolling back and forth on the street, closely monitoring suspicious people or flying pigeons, the city gate has long been strictly controlled, strictly checking every person who enters the city, any young man of unknown origin will be detained and interrogated by the government.

The earliest intelligence point of the Han army, the Xi's tavern has long been gone, the tavern was burned to the ground by a fire the year before last, no one knows where the people in the tavern went, and the Jiangdong army has also searched for the Han army spies several times without success.

But everyone knows that the Han army must still have spies in Moling County, but they are elusive, and no one knows who they are and where they live?

There is a narrow alley near the south city gate, called Sansi Lane, there is a small tavern at the mouth of the alley, called Shilin Tavern, like all taverns in Moling City, this tavern was closed three months ago, the shopkeeper and several bartenders were forcibly requisitioned to dig the canal, and only the shopkeeper and two young children lived in the tavern, as well as a pair of old people.

The tavern also rents a small courtyard in Sansi Lane, which is the residence of the shopkeeper's family, and is connected to the backyard of the tavern by a small door in Guò.

At night, the streets and alleys are even more deserted, every household has no lights, due to the shortage of materials, even lamp oil has become very precious, the price is expensive, in order to save money, people can only live in the dark at night.

Outside Sansi Alley, a man in black was walking slowly along the base of the wall, the surroundings were exceptionally quiet, and torches were lit at the city gate a hundred steps away, and the soldiers guarding the city could be clearly seen patrolling back and forth.

Because it is too close to the city gate, there are no patrol soldiers here, so as long as it is not detected by the patrol soldiers at the city gate, it is very safe.

The man in black was getting closer and closer to Sansi Lane, he suddenly increased his speed, dodged into the alley, the black shadow walked quickly, and after a short time came to an old door, he knocked lightly.

After a moment, a young woman's voice in the courtyard asked, "Who!" ”

"Big sister, it's me!" The man in black lowered his voice, but heard it as a young man.

The door creaked open, revealing a pale face, it was a young woman with a vegetable, her face was full of surprise, she hugged the man in black, and couldn't help crying: "Aqing, why are you back?" ”

The man in black, named Wang Qing, was originally a man in the tavern and the brother of the young woman, and he was forcibly requisitioned to dig the canal with the shopkeeper, but somehow appeared in the city, to the surprise and joy of the young woman, she asked anxiously: "What about your brother-in-law, has he come back?" ”

"Sister, this is not the place to talk, let's go into the house and talk."

The young woman hurriedly pulled her brother into the courtyard and closed the courtyard door, at this time, the two children ran out and hugged the man tightly, "Uncle is back!" ”

The man took out a tightly tied lotus leaf bag from his arms, smiled and handed it to the children, "This is a little dry cake, take it and eat it!" ”

The two children took the lotus leaf bag and ran back to the room cheering, and the woman led the brother to the kitchen, wiped her tears and said: "Only a little food is rationed every day, it is not enough to eat, when will such a day be the end." ”

The man comforted her and said, "Sister, the Han army has already launched a campaign against Jiangdong, endure it for a few more days, and there will be changes soon." ”

"I hope so!"

The woman sighed and asked again, "What about your brother-in-law, why didn't he come back with you?"

"Now that the guards have been greatly reduced, we have all escaped, and my brother-in-law and Sishun are hiding outside the city, because it is too dangerous, and I am the only one who has climbed the city wall and entered the city."

The woman exclaimed, "If you are caught climbing over the city wall, you will be beheaded on the spot!" ”

"There's no way around that, I have to get the information out."

After the Han army intelligence station was burned down in the Xishi tavern, it was temporarily evacuated from Jianye due to the strict search by the Jiangdong army, but there were two other intelligence points in Moling County, and the Shilin tavern was one of them, and the shopkeeper Lin and his brother-in-law Wang Qing were both spies of the Han army.

This time, Wang Qing ventured back to Moling in order to obtain a top-secret piece of information from a high-ranking Jiangdong official living in Moling County, that is, the deployment map of the Jiangdong Army.

Except for a few thousand troops, the rest of the city were old people, women and children, and if a young man appeared on the street, he would definitely be arrested red-handed.

On the one hand, Wang Qing came to visit his eldest sister, and on the other hand, he also wanted his sister to help send the information out, he groaned and said: "I may not be able to get out, but there is an important piece of information, the eldest sister will help me send it out early tomorrow morning, and my brother-in-law is waiting outside the city!" ”

The woman is overjoyed, she can finally see her husband, she is not worried about going out of the city, women and children and the elderly will not be interrogated when they enter and leave the city, she also took her children out of the city to pick up firewood, she has no problem sending information.

She hurriedly took the thin bamboo tube containing the information, and said with infinite joy: "I will leave the city early tomorrow morning!" ”

Wang Qing took out more than a dozen coins from his arms and handed them to his sister, "If my sister collects these money, she can buy some food on the black market." ”

The woman took the money, it was actually the most sought-after gold money in the city, and she was secretly relieved in her heart, with this money, at least the old man and the child would not be starved to death.

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Hundreds of warships of the Han army are densely spread on the river, Gan Ning stands on the big boat headed by him, looking at Jianye City from afar, which is the capital of Jiangdong, the city wall is tall and strong, but the city is not big, the circumference is only eight miles, such a city can only accommodate more than 10,000 people to defend the city at most, for the Han army that has experienced a hundred battles, it is not a big problem to capture such a city.

However, Gan Ning did not know the deployment of the Jiangdong Army, and did not dare to act rashly for a while, and hundreds of warships could only coerce the Jiangdong Army on the river.

"Dudu, I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Han has personally set out on the expedition, is it true?" Several generals asked beside Gan Ning.

Gan Ning nodded and said with a smile: "The latest information, His Royal Highness the King of Han has arrived in Chaisang, and it is estimated that he has already set out at this time, and our task is to contain the army of the housing industry and create conditions for the Huiji army and the Taihu Lake army to go north." ”

A subordinate general said cautiously: "Governor, I think our 20,000 troops can also capture Jianye City, why doesn't His Royal Highness the King of Han let us attack directly?" ”

"This is the unified deployment of His Highness, it has his own deep meaning, I have told you many times, we can only obey orders for generals, don't ask why?"

"Yes! Humble duty understands. ”

Although he reprimanded his generals, Gan Ning also felt that they could do more, and King Han's order was for them to contain the Jianye army, as for how to contain it, it was up to him Gan Ning to decide.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed to the river and shouted: "Governor, look, there is a small boat on the river!" ”

Gan Ning looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and he also saw the small boat, coming right this way in the waves of the river.

Without Gan Ning's order, more than a dozen sentinel ships of the Han army had already greeted them, and in a moment they surrounded the small boats, and after a while, a sentinel ship sailed towards the main ship, and there was a man about thirty years old on board.

The soldier took the man onto the main boat, and the man stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to Gan Ning and saluted: "Han army spy Lin Yi see Gandudu!" ”

When Gan Ning heard about this person, he smiled and said, "You are the shopkeeper of the Moling Shilin Tavern!" ”

"The subordinates are exactly, and the subordinates have important information to report to the governor."

The shopkeeper Lin took out a thin supervisor and presented it to Gan Ning, who poured out a roll of white silk from the bamboo pipe and slowly unfolded it, this was actually a map of the deployment of the Jiangdong Army, how many troops were deployed in each place, and it was clearly marked, Gan Ning was overjoyed, this was the information they urgently needed.

He approvingly: "Shopkeeper Lin has made a great contribution, go down to rest first, and I will show Shopkeeper Lin's merits to His Royal Highness King Han!" ”

Shopkeeper Lin was also happy in his heart, made a salute, and went down to rest with the soldiers, Gan Ning handed over the map to the army behind him, and ordered: "Copy a copy immediately, this information is extremely important, send someone to send it to Chaisang immediately!" ”

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