Wang Xu cares a lot about persuading Jiang Wei to surrender, of course, he doesn't particularly care about Jiang Yan himself, but about his potential son Jiang Wei.

When Jiang Xu carefully said where the suffering was, Wang Xu could be said to be both a little disappointed and a little respectful.

If it is not difficult to convince Jiang Yu, according to Jiang Xu, it will not take a few days to make him agree, but the real difficulty is that the Ma family is not thin on them after all, if they don't pay back this affection, then Jiang Yu is impossible to surrender, just like him, although he asked to surrender because of his brother Yang Fu's righteous anger, but there is another reason is that he fought to the death in the fierce battle that day, so that Ma Yi and others all withdrew, and he used his life to return the favor.

In their cognition, at least they have to repay the favor, so that they have their own choice, otherwise Jiang Yan would definitely rather die to thank the world.

In this way, of course, Wang Xu is quite helpless, and it may take some time to get Jiang Yu's father and son.

After that, Wang Xu also chatted with Jiang Xu about some military and political opinions, so he let him go back to the camp to rest, but told him not to move around until he successfully brought back his loved ones, or to save as a prisoner, so as not to be known by the enemy army, or add more trouble, it is not worth it!

In the next two days, Wang Xu stayed quietly in Yangcheng, just waiting for Guo Jia to send back the news from the front line of Jieting.

At night that day, he had inspected the surrounding camps as usual, and had just rushed back to his camp to rest, and was about to eat, when a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"My lord! Subordinates have important things to report! ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu's hand holding the rice bowl was stunned, and it hung in the air. "Shan Huai?"

"It's a subordinate!"

"Come in!"

After Wang Xu finished speaking, he took care of himself and ate again. When the single Huai is credited to the account. He only glanced up slightly.

"What's so urgent? Why did you come to Yangcheng in person? ”

"My lord. His subordinates heard that General Zhou was missing in the Northland, and they had personally rushed to investigate for many days! ”

"And what's going on in the Northlands? Let you do things smoothly? Wang Xu asked while eating.

"Luo An has already taken over over there, and it is expected that it will take two to three months to complete all the latent work!"

"Hmm!" Wang Xu nodded, after such a moment, he had already finished eating a large bowl full of white rice. Even the dishes on the table have been eliminated a lot.

He put down the dishes and chopsticks, clapped his hands before continuing: "This matter must be done well!" This is your spy shadow's first large-scale operation, and it is an important step in the attack on Liangzhou, although there are other records, but I still hope that you can make contributions in one fell swoop! In addition, I would like to emphasize one more point, except for the people who carried out this matter in your spy shadow itself, all you need to do is Guo Jia, who offered this strategy, as well as Gao Shun and me, know the details, you take care of your subordinates, and you are on a business trip. It's your spy brothers who are dead. ”

"My subordinates understand!" Shan Huai saluted solemnly.

"Okay, let's talk about your investigation of Zhou Zhi's disappearance!"

When Wang Xu said this. It looks very relaxed and natural, but the inadvertent shaking of his hands reveals that his heart is not at peace.

"Lord!"

Shan Huai raised his head and looked at Wang Xu's expression unnaturally.

Of course, he noticed Wang Xu's slight abnormality just now, and even understood what he wanted to hear at the moment, but what he was about to say now would definitely make Wang Xu even heavier.

Wang Xu closed his eyes and waited for a long time, but he didn't see anything next, so he couldn't help but open his eyes lightly and stare straight at Shan Huai.

"Say!"

"No!" Shan Huai took a deep breath and lowered his head to report: "Hui Zhugong, as early as before the expedition, General Zhou was ordered to gather a total of 30,000 troops in the western and northern border armies, according to the investigation of his subordinates, there are only more than 23,000 people in Chang'an now, and more than 6,000 people are missing, and even ......."

"Even what? Keep talking, all at once! Wang Xu's tone was slightly raised, obviously he was in a bad mood.

"Even General Zhou's special subordinates are all gone, not only that, but at the same time, they also include the commander of the Northern Army of the border army, the general Jia Kui and his special subordinates, as well as the partial generals Chen Shi, Deng Long and others."

"According to the intelligence analysis of the spy department, they have all disappeared one after another since the end of last year, until General Zhou Zhi finally disappeared, and their whereabouts are unknown! In addition, all the assets of General Zhou's family were sold in the second half of last year, and there were signs of sending retainers to frequently contact and trade with the Xianbei ethnic group in Monan, and the families of several leading generals who disappeared also disappeared in the past six months, so it is inferred that General Zhou may have led them to rebel against Chu, and it is said that ......"

"He can't betray Chu!" Closing his eyes and listening quietly, Wang Xu, whose face was pale, suddenly opened his eyes and spoke angrily.

"His whole life has been dedicated to the state of Chu and the people of the state of Chu, and now he has a few years to live, why did he rebel against Chu, do you understand? No reason! If you think about it a little, you know that it's impossible. ”

"The Lord is angry! The subordinates don't believe it either, but they really can't find any other reason! Shan Huai smiled bitterly.

"Wait! Wait! Wang Xu frowned, and suddenly seemed to remember something. Who did you just say Zhou Zhi was in frequent contact with last year? ”

"Monan Xianbei tribe!"

"You said he had a deal with Mo Nan, what did he trade?"

"It should be livestock, lots of livestock and horses!" Shan Huai replied affirmatively.

"No, it's not right!" Wang Xu was puzzled, more and more unable to figure it out, and there were more and more questions in his mind.

"You said their family members are missing too?"

"Yes, but there are clues recently, and it may not take long to recover them!" Shan Huai answered.

Wang Xu's eyes lit up instantly, and he glared at Shan Huai fiercely: "It is impossible for Zhou Zhi to defect to several other parties, if he really rebels with so many people, it must be a rebellion, otherwise how to give so many people a place to live, but what is the use of him raising troops now?" Hit whom? Where? ”

"Nope! He's not rebelling, he's trying to sue me for something, he's asking me to do something! The more Wang Xu said, the more affirmative his tone became. But what does he want to sue me? ”

Shan Huai didn't speak, since Wang Xu thought so, then he didn't say anything more, just said casually: "Lord, if General Zhou is really not a rebellion, then the disappearance of the army this time should be related to breaking the enemy!" ”

"Break the enemy!" Wang Xu stood up in shock instantly.

Shan Huai's casual words gradually straightened out his messy thoughts due to irritability, and various information and clues gradually became coherent in his mind.

"Maps! Where is the map? Wang Xu called anxiously.

"My lord, the map hangs behind you!"

Wang Xu didn't care about his gaffe, so he turned around and observed it carefully on the map.

After standing and staring for a long time, he stretched out his right hand and drew it on the map tremblingly, and a line of nothingness slowly appeared.

Shan Huai watched quietly there, his originally confused eyes gradually became clear with Wang Xu's hand at this moment, and then his pupils dilated, more and more surprised, more and more shocked......

When Wang Xu finished drawing the line in silence, Shan Huai couldn't help but exclaim: "Lord, if this is true, it will be ......."

"Nothing to do!" Wang Xu interrupted with a sudden wave of his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Forget everything you just saw!" ”

Shan Huai opened his mouth, finally resisted the desire to continue, and bowed down and responded: "No! ”

"Alas!" Wang Xu let out a long sigh, full of worry and helplessness, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Spy Commander Shan Huai receives the order!"

"Subordinate order!"

"General Chu Guowei and Yinghou Zhou Zhi used their authority and misappropriated the military ration of the border army, so that the strength of the western and northern armies of the border army of Chu was missing for no reason. Zhou Zhi escaped from the battle and was punished for treason, and the shooting general Jia Kui, the partial general Chen Shi, Deng Kai and others were afraid of their power, concealed it and did not report it, and were punished as accomplices! Today, the two departments of the Chu State spy and the thief Cao issued a wanted warrant and made every effort to arrest them, and those who arrested these people will be promoted to three levels and a bounty of 100 catties! ”

"My lord! This ......"

Shan Huai had vaguely known what Zhou Zhi was doing at this time, and suddenly heard Wang Xu's order, and was instantly stunned.

"Do as I say!" Wang Xu shouted in a deep voice.

"No!"

"Also, the arrest warrant must not mention their families, only a few of them are ordered, as for the search for their close relatives, you will personally carry out it, and you must secretly protect their safety, do you understand now?"

"I see, my subordinates understand!"

Shan Huai is also a time-tested person, and he understands it instantly.

"Alright, let's go!"

"Retire!"

As Shan Huai slowly withdrew from the tent, Wang Xu looked back at the big map again, stared at it for a long time before talking to himself leisurely, his voice was moved, helpless, and scolding.

"Zhou Zhi! If you don't come back, I will definitely beat you up in the future! ”

"Gotta come back alive!" (To be continued......)