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The girl calmly sat in the main hall and listened to the report of her captain of the guard, while fiddling with the jacquard silk embroidered fan in her hand. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info, this is a tribute from the Gusu Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, the workmanship is fine, the embroidery is ingenious, especially the two birds on the fan are vivid and lifelike, very exquisite. Although the late autumn in the northwest is already cool, she still cherishes it as an item left by her mother before leaving, at least in the far northwest, without relatives, it can evoke a trace of memories of her hometown and family.

The news from the empire is very bad, the Kansai rebel party has swarmed, and it has spread all over the five prefectures of the six prefectures of Kansai, it seems that only Lujiang Prefecture is in a slightly better situation, as for the other five prefectures, they are either completely fallen or are in chaos, and if this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before Kansai Prefecture will be returned to others. And I heard that the two counties of Beiyuan and Yanyun are also in the trend of sparks, but the empire doesn't seem to have made any strong response until now, thinking of this, the girl can't help but be a little dazed, is the empire really going to sink like this?

Why didn't my father take any measures? Is there anything worth hesitating about until now? A feeling of indignation arose in the girl's heart. The urgent information that could come from Yanjing was to know Li Wufeng's whereabouts, especially the movement of the army. Thinking of this, the corners of the girl's mouth showed a disappointed and self-deprecating smile.

Father and Lord He can't help but value themselves too much, and they have been in the northwest for more than a month, but in the past thirty days, they have only seen their so-called fiancé in front of them a few times, and most of them are on those high-sounding occasions, either to visit the factory market, or to inspect the grassroots villages, or to participate in those ignorant banquets, and it seems that there has never been a time when they can really avoid outsiders, and it seems that the festival known as the king of the northwest has made the lord have a deep wariness of his royal fiancée princess。

Before, she was still reserved, maintaining a haughty demeanor, hoping that he would take the initiative to find her, she was conceited that both her appearance and blood identity were far better than those women around him, but soon she was disappointed, this fiancé didn't seem to take himself to heart at all, except for a few routine outings, he basically didn't pay more attention to himself. When he asked for his identity to visit, it was difficult to find the trace of his fiancé, and the Jiedu envoy's mansion seemed to have become an ornament, and he didn't even meet him once when he came to the door several times, and asked about the whereabouts of the guards, but they all told themselves without exception that the whereabouts of the Jiedu envoy were confidential, and the subordinates had no way of knowing.

It's been a month in a flash, and he has a heavy responsibility, but he has no clue, and wherever he goes, he is greeted with politeness and respect, but behind it is a trace of intentional or unintentional vigilance, which makes the girl feel extremely discouraged, and even almost gives up her task.

But Yanjing's urgent letter forced him to cheer up, but fortunately, his identity as the fiancée of the princess of the empire and the envoy of Jiedu still has a certain effect, at least there will not be too many restrictions on entering and exiting many important places, and the guy under his command, who is obviously the captain of the guard and is actually his mission assistant, is quite shrewd, and after a few days of investigation, he has finally learned some useful clues.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I really can't know the specific whereabouts of Lord Li at the moment, but it is understood that Lord Li has not appeared in the Jiedu Embassy for at least five days, and almost everyone said that Lord Li went to Guide to inspect the work, but his subordinates are very skeptical of this statement. The captain of the guard replied respectfully with his head bowed.

"Oh, what do you think?" the girl asked, still looking at the fan, casually.

"My subordinates wonder if Master Li is going to Bonan?" the captain of the guard whispered his guess.

"What's the proof?" the girl remained silent.

"This, the subordinates don't have much basis, but Her Royal Highness the princess also knows that the rebel party is rampant in Kansai, and the situation in various provinces is tense, and Lord Li has always paid great attention to military affairs, maybe he went to inspect Bonan's work, and by the way, it is possible to learn about the situation on the border. Although the captain of the guard used a hypothetical tone, the implication was undoubtedly affirmative, and there was no emotion in his tone, so that people could not hear the slightest flaw.

Slowly retracting her gaze from the fan, the girl gently glanced at the man in front of her, the man only felt that the starlight glance seemed to have seen his inner world clearly, without missing the slightest, and his body couldn't help shrinking.

"Is there anything unusual about the movement of the Northwest Army stationed in Qingyang now?" The girl finally put down the fan and took a sip of the teacup.

The man shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and said in a regretful tone: "Back to Your Highness, since the return of the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the Northwest Army of the Northern Expedition, these two divisions have never appeared again, there is news that they have gone to Northern Luzon, and there is also news that they actually went to Bonan. We don't have enough intelligence network here to find out accurate information, but I think the Empire's intelligence department should know that after all, it is difficult to hide such a large troop movement. ”

"It's not difficult, and the empire can master it through other channels. What we want to know is how many troops Li Wufeng was going to commit to Bonan Province, and whether there were any other troops besides these two divisions? From the troops he stationed in Bonan, we can infer what his intention was? Is it simply defense to stop the rebellion from spreading to the northwest, or is it preparing to intervene in the war in neighboring prefectures and counties, or is it a large-scale march into Kansai? This can only be judged from the number of troops he has in Bonan. ”

The girl's incisive analysis made the man in front of her have to secretly admire, and the original trace of contempt suddenly disappeared without a trace, replaced by incomparable respect.

After pondering for a while, the girl followed the train of thought again and said: "I don't know much about the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, but it is estimated that it will not be bad to be able to compete with the Luobei and Sislo people, but if you want to get involved in the Kansai war with only two divisions, I am afraid it is also impossible, unless Li Wufeng makes other arrangements." ”

After a pause, the girl suddenly asked, "How many garrisons are there in Bonan Province?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "There is only one garrison division, and one of them is stationed in the easternmost Yangmakou fortress. ”

"And what is the combat effectiveness of this garrison division?" the girl then asked.

"This," the man hesitated a little, to be honest, the main focus of the intelligence department was not on the local garrison force, not to mention that he was not a specialized intelligence officer, "This is not very clear, but the quality of the garrison troops in various parts of the empire is generally poor, except for the troops stationed in Jiayuguan in Taixuan Mansion, which are only nominally garrison troops, in fact, they are all evolved from the regular army." His subordinates dared to speculate that even if the combat effectiveness of the Bonan Provincial Garrison was better, it would not be too high. ”

The girl didn't say anything, obviously still thinking about it.

"Then, according to Your Royal Highness Princess, will Lord Li draw troops south from Guide?" Seeing that Her Royal Highness the Princess was still thinking, the man had another possible surname.

Slowly but very firmly shook her head, and the girl lightly opened her lips: "It's unlikely, there is only one garrison division in Guide, and it has to deal with the Taixuan battlefield, and the east of Guide is not stable, and the rebellion may spread anytime and anywhere." ”

The hall fell into a dull place for a while, and both of them were silently thinking.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I heard that this Taiping Sect has been developing in the empire for more than ten years, and now there are rebellions everywhere, which are difficult to extinguish, all because of the reasons why it has been deeply rooted in various places, but why haven't we found a similar situation in the northwest?"

The man suddenly asked such a question, which made it difficult for the girl to answer for a while.

After a few words, the girl reluctantly replied: " There are several reasons for this: first, when the Taiping Religion was prevalent, the northwestern provinces were under the actual control of the Luope people, and there were frequent wars, and the people in the territory were empty, lacking the necessary conditions; second, after Li Wufeng took control of the northwest, he imported immigrants from all over the mainland, such as Qingyang, where the Indean immigrants accounted for a considerable number, of course, including immigrants from all parts of the empire; third, I speculate that Li Wufeng must have also discovered traces of the Taiping Sect, and perhaps he had already taken countermeasures in secret, so this situation occurred。 ”

The first two reasons are a bit far-fetched, only the last reason makes the man feel quite playful, to prevent the slightest mistake, to take precautions, it is naturally much easier to do the work in front, like the current Kansai and other counties, has been rotten, to clean up the mess, how easy it is to say it!

It is easy to think of the situation in Kansai and other counties, and even her previous explanation is not convincing, the girl gently brushed her cheeks to hide her embarrassment, and quietly changed the topic back to the topic: "I heard that it seems that it is not quiet in Northern Luzon, so there must be some small war, isn't it?"

Shaking his head, the man shook his head and asked in surprise: "Our intelligence network in Northern Luzon is still too far away to obtain valuable information, I wonder where Her Royal Highness the Princess learned this news?"

Originally, it was just a casual remark to change the topic, but unexpectedly, it attracted the persistent questioning of her subordinates, and the girl felt even more embarrassed, and hurriedly said perfunctorily: "I met a messenger from Northern Luzon in the Jiedu Embassy's Mansion, and I guessed casually." ”

The military intelligence communications in the northwest and northern Luzon have gradually been transmitted by carrier pigeons, because this area is under the control of no front, so the security surname is much higher, but the more important and complex matters are still to be supplemented with fast horses after being transmitted with carrier pigeons, and the girl happened to meet in the Jiedu Embassy, although she did not see the content, with her cleverness she also guessed a ** not far from ten.

"Oh. The man bowed and said, "Then the subordinate will go and pass back the information he has mastered now." ”

"Well, I won't be busy making judgments for now, just reporting the situation and making a conclusion when there is reliable information. The girl returned her gaze to the fan in her hand, and in the empty hall, her slightly thin body seemed so lonely and helpless.