71. The morale of the army is turbulent

"Okay, good-ah-this-this-"

Hearing Shi Siming's words, Dugu Huan and the magpie were shocked, and the two of them raised their hands and pressed them on the handle of the knife on their waists.

Zhang Jiwu didn't watch out for a while, saying that he had leaked his mouth, and he was so anxious that he was about to cry.

"General, general, General Shi, you, you know everything?"

"Hahahaha, I said, you don't have to worry, you must know that in this Luoyang City, my ears and eyes are always more than yours, I want to intentionally harm you, and I will do it a long time ago. ”

"Yes, yes, our brothers originally intended to win over the general and surrender to the Tang Dynasty together, but, just, I really don't know how to open this mouth with the general. ”

"I understand that this kind of thing that will destroy the Nine Clans if it is not done well is difficult for anyone to talk about it easily. However, let's get straight to the point today, have you already made contact with Tang Ying's side?"

"Yes, sort of. ”

"In that case, then you might as well help me bring a message to Tang Ying, I want to talk to Li Mi and Guo Ziyi directly. ”

"It's-"

It's very risky to do so. But thinking of Shi Siming's status, it is not too much for him to make such a request.

"I'm sure you'll do it, it's not too early, and I should go back. ”

After Shi Siming finished speaking, there was really a sound of footsteps. He left.

Zhang Jiwu, Duguhuan, and Magpie returned to the secret room where the three of them first drank and talked.

"How is it? Just now our conversation, Lord Dugu also heard it. ”

Zhang Jiwu looked at Dugu Huan eagerly, hoping that the other party could get an idea.

"Yes, but—isn't he too proactive in doing this—" Dugu Huan was skeptical, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Zhang Jiwu blinked his eyes, thought about it, grabbed the wine glass in his hand and drank it all, wiped his mouth, and said: "Well, this is really in line with his usual style, Shi Siming is a person who likes to take the initiative in everything, even if he owes you, even if he comes to beg you, you have to listen to his call."

You also heard it just now, if it wasn't for my father who helped him in the early years, he wouldn't be where he is today, and my father didn't care about the gains and losses of those favors, but he, in turn, matched my sister's relationship with An Lushan, and recruited me and Jilin into the army, hehe, this back and forth, we can't figure out whether it is my Zhang family who is kind to him, or he Shi Siming has affection for my old Zhang family, and has been dealing with him for so many years, he has always been like this, and he likes to take the initiative in everything. ”

"So, how credible does General Zhang think this person is?"

"Credible or not, this kind of thing, for people like them, it is meaningless, he was also deeply favored by the Tang Emperor at the beginning, and he didn't follow An Lushan to rebel, I think, in their eyes, whether it is good or good, it is all ethereal and ungraspable things, only the soldiers and horses in their hands are their real things. ”

Dugu Huan didn't know how to pick up Zhang Jiwu's words, and the doubts on his face became even more solemn.

Zhang Jiwu looked at it, hurriedly waved his hand, and Lang Ran smiled: "Lord Dugu, don't go to your heart, the last general is also a moment of emotion, just now I was also choked by the old fox, what to say, go around, and prick you coldly, hey, but he is like this."

I think he is also in a hurry, after all, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Luoyang City, rather than paying a lot for An Lushan's father and son, and wasting his life of hard work, it is better to use it as a bargaining chip to talk to the imperial court, maybe he can keep his family and his glory and wealth. ”

"I don't doubt this, if anyone judges the situation and considers surrendering to the court, it's just that he has a deep friendship with An Lushan, will he really betray him for his own glory?"

The speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention. Hearing the word "betrayal" come out of Duguhuan's mouth, Zhang Jiwu couldn't help but look at the magpie, his face was red and white for a while, and he became embarrassed.

"Hey, this, this—"

"Oh, General Zhang doesn't have to misunderstand, don't misunderstand, I didn't mean that, it's just that since he proposed to see the military advisor and deputy marshal, I have to have a bottom in my heart. ”

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, Lord Dugu Huan thinks about Zhou Xiang, it should be, he is different from my Zhang family, we are just for our lives, what he wants, I'm afraid it's not so simple. ”

"What conditions does General Zhang think he can offer?"

"Hahahaha, how can this last general know, I guess he will not easily confide in his conditions before he meets Li Mi and Guo Ziyi, but the two adults are not idle people, I believe they can judge the truth and fiction. ”

"That's fine. ”

The three of them discussed for a while, and finally decided to inform Li Mi and Guo Ziyi of the news first, and see how they discussed. In order to ensure smooth communication in the future, this time Duguhuan and Magpie will sneak out of Luoyang together and deliver the letter to Tangying.

When Duguhuan and the magpie came out of Zhang's mansion, it was already midnight.

The cold air suddenly rushed over, penetrating Dugu Huan's body, and he shivered, but it also made him feel extremely comfortable. He let out a long sigh of relief. After all, he has been in the Zhang family's secret room for too long.

Dugu Huan told the magpie where the entrance to the secret passage was, and she led the way, sneaking all the way through the shadows of the walls and buildings.

"Do you want to go to Shi Siming's mansion?" the magpie suddenly stopped under a high wall and proposed.

"It's useless. Dugu Huan said categorically.

"Useless?"

"Yes, although I haven't dealt with him before, but judging from today's situation, this person is by no means an idle person, if he wants to do something, he must plan and then act, and he will not leak. Even if we go at this point, we won't get any useful information. ”

The magpie nodded earnestly and said nothing more.

"Didn't you hear anything?" Duguhuan gently patted the magpie on the shoulder.

After nightfall, Luoyang City has no more living creatures except for the patrolling soldiers, and the cold wind is shouting, and it is as cold as death.

Listening carefully, sure enough, there were some slight clanging sounds mixed with the howling cold wind, as well as the low sound of trumpets. It seems to be the sound of construction work.

The magpie jade waved his hand and motioned for Dugu Huan to follow. The two sneaked up on top of a tall building and hid themselves in the shadows.

The building is six floors high, the eaves are carved on the wall, it should be which big family repairs to enjoy the scenery of Luoyang City, the vision is very good, if it is a clear day, Luoyang City can be seen in all directions.

Of course, it is wartime, and the city of Luoyang is no longer prosperous, and the alleys are all black, only the lights are dotted, and the lantern torches that drift slowly with the patrolling soldiers shine some light.

In this cold night, there were several places lit up with fires, and in the light of a nearby place, it could be vaguely seen that it was a construction site with thousands of people, and people were hurriedly building something like a fortification.

"What's going on? Have you noticed this before?" Duguhuan asked the magpie in a low voice.

The magpie shook his head, and thought for a moment before saying: "These days, the general has also been silent in the mansion, busy with the funeral of Young Master Lin, I am just a guest of the Zhang family, these things in the army, if you don't deliberately spy on them, you won't know about them." ”

"Ugh. Dugu Huan agreed softly, and continued to look at several places where construction was underway.

"Is there anything strange about this? Now that there is a war, it makes sense to build some fortifications or something, right?"

"There was nothing to build fortifications, but why were they built in these places? ”

Some of the places where these constructions are located are also in the alleys near the city wall, and some are completely in the inner city, and if the city is attacked, these fortifications will not play a role.

"Is it too far from the walls to function?"

"That's just one of them, if you look closely, they don't seem to be building fortifications or arrow towers, but rather digging wells, and you see it's pitch black, it's supposed to be a big hole, and there's a roller on the side, and you see, you see, someone is shaking the wheel, pulling people up from underneath. ”

The magpie looked in the direction Dugu Huan was pointing, and sure enough, a few people were twisting a big wheel and pulling up a big basket, and there were three or four soldiers in the basket, and it was vaguely seen that they were all disgraced.

"This hole must be very deep. ”

"Yes. It's a strange move, although I'm not a soldier, I've never heard of two armies fighting and digging such a deep hole. W-someone-"

"Hey, there's a person—" Before Duguhuan finished speaking, the magpie also found out.

Not far from a fortification, a man in black was prostrate on the back of a roof.

Although the raised roof ridge was facing away from the construction site, it happened to be facing the direction of Duguhuan and the magpie, and it was looked at.

"Could it be the spies sent by the Tang Battalion, maybe they also discovered something strange in the city?"

"In the Tang camp, not any spy can have such good skills," Dugu Huan looked at the magpie and continued: "Moreover, the movements of these people are very small, I think the ** outside the city doesn't know the situation in the city yet." ”

"Well—let's go after him and see who the man in black is, and with the means of the two of us, it shouldn't be hard to deal with him. ”

But coincidentally, Dugu Huan was just about to nod his head in agreement, but he saw the man in black like a black cat, tiptoeing and sneaking, sliding into a dark shadow and disappearing.

Since the departure of King Jianning, the official letter sent by the imperial court to the camp in Luoyang has become more and more "high-sounding", all about grain and grass, ordnance, armor, baggage, medicine, etc., are all trivial things, and the issues related to the king of Jianning and the strategy of breaking the city mentioned in the army are like mud cows entering the sea, which are deliberately ignored.

Even the secret letter of the king of Guangping was broken. People can't help but be frightened and anxious, worried about the changes in the DPRK and China.

These days, the hardest ones are Guo Ziyi and Li Yu.

In the daily military meetings, it is necessary to stabilize the morale of the troops and boost morale, but it is also impossible to admit too much to the generals and generals, let alone make any concrete commitments.

Some calm-minded generals naturally understand the complexity and difficulties of military and political affairs, and they can finally get by in terms of face. A short-tempered man like Li Siye will inevitably jump to his feet and scold a few words.

There are also some people who have a desire for something, and they are even more troubled by yin and yang.