Hu Yingxuan immediately sent people to notify all local checkpoints to intercept all minors, while personally leading a team to search the border trails. But it was as if the kid had evaporated from the world, and he could never be found again. However, after this incident, although Hu Yingxuan had no evidence in his hands, he was completely sure that the two cases of Hua Feihu's assassination and the robbery of the wedding celebration ceremony were the biggest suspects in the Black Cloud City in the south.

In the future, hostile intelligence work must be carried out in an all-round way on Black Cloud City. He carefully selected some of his capable subordinates and prepared to secretly infiltrate Black Cloud City with the invasion of the army, so as to establish an effective intelligence network after the war.

Luo Ming was very happy about Jiang Zhujiu's return, and he specially held a banquet in the wolf's den to celebrate his achievements and wash the dust. He invited only all the people who had been determined to do secret work in the wolf's den.

At the meeting, he first led everyone to mourn Ah Huang, who was killed in the Northern Alliance. He did not have the slightest concealment about this matter, and told everyone that although Ah Huang died at his own hands, it was forced by the situation at that time, so everyone did not have to feel guilty.

In the future, he will also give poison to everyone, because if he does this kind of work, once it is confirmed that he cannot be rescued after being captured, it is almost a dead end. And he will definitely be tortured to death. Since the ending is like this, it is better to die early.

If everyone tried to survive by apostasy, Luo Ming paused, glanced at the audience, and said slowly: "I promise: 'Wolf's Lair' will use all its strength to hunt down and kill to the end!"

"Although you may find it a little cruel. If you don't want to do it, you can consider quitting, but anyone who has entered the wolf's den must keep all the secrets of the wolf's den for life. Don't talk to anyone outside the organization about the wolf's den, otherwise there will be no mercy. Luo Ming continued: "Our work in the Wolf's Den is an extremely meaningful work, a work that can help our country become strong. The information that Jiang Zhujiu brought back this time has a lot of credit and must be rewarded heavily. After speaking, he announced a series of rewards for Jiang Zhujiu, including a house in the capital, a large bonus and a greatly increased salary.

After the celebration banquet, he called Jiang Zhujiu into an unoccupied room. warned him by saying: "

There is an adage in intelligence work: there are bold agents in secret service organizations, and there are veteran agents. But there's never been a bold and sophisticated agent! You're very lucky to be back this time. Don't expect that luck next time. Always remember: Ah Huang's path is the path that each of you may take in the future!"

Jiang Zhujiu was sweating profusely when he said this, and he went back to reflect for a long time.

After beating Jiang Zhujiu, Luo Ming ordered him to grasp the intelligence work for the next period of time, which was almost certainly during the war. The scope of the work is not only for the Northern Alliance, but also for the city of Black Cloud City.

Almost at the same time, that evening. A group of veteran ministers in the court secretly gathered at the home of Wei Yuankang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to drink.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very depressing. More than a dozen important officials of the imperial court were all drinking, and almost no one spoke. Wei Yuankang also didn't allow any maids to come in and serve, and after the wine and food were served, he drove out all the irrelevant people.

Finally, someone asked Wei Yuankang: "Once the war starts." How long does Gong Kang think our Black Cloud City can last?"

Before Wei Yuankang could speak, another person said: "According to the following, it would be good to be able to hold on for ten days." Wei Yuankang shook his head and said, "According to the old man's foolish opinion. This time, the troops of the Northern Alliance pressed the border and came prepared. If you don't fight, it's enough, and a fight is a thunderous momentum.

The castle is the only barrier in the capital. As soon as the castle is broken, a horse is flat. Black Cloud City has nothing to rely on anymore. So, the question now is: how many days will the castle defense line last?"

Wei Yuankang's voice did not fall, and the whole audience shook their heads with emotion. He continued: "We are full of calculations, and the front-line soldiers are desperate, and they would rather be broken than destroyed. Under the fierce blows of the hoplites of the Northern Alliance, the castle can last for two days at most. Then an army of 100,000 besieged the city. The soldiers and civilians of Black Cloud City, counting all the old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, totaled 100,000. What can you do to resist the Iron Cavalry of the Northern Alliance?"

He held out two fingers and said, "Two days." Black Cloud City's defense can only last for two days at most!"

One of the ministers shook his head, and even a smile appeared on his face: "As far as Gong Kang has seen, Black Cloud City can only hold out for five days at most before it is completely destroyed?"

Wei Yuankang shook his head: "I think it's the limit to be able to hold on to four days." That kid spent a lot of money to build a new army, what Qinglong Flying Tigers team is only more than 7,000 people, and it is still not fully equipped. Facing the army of 100,000 tigers and wolves is just a drop in the bucket. They don't have three heads and six arms, how many people can they kill?"

Another minister stood up and said, "In that case, then ask Kang Gong to write a letter of surrender on behalf of all of us." At that time, as long as we kill the city lord's family and go out of the city to surrender, we may all survive and continue to be officials. After all, the Northern Alliance is here for their family. Everyone nodded and said, "Reasonable!"

Suddenly, someone else said, "Don't try to catch that child." He's a miracle worker, and he might have some kind of magic. When the time comes, we just need to catch his parents and family, and we are not afraid that he will not give in!"

"That's right. Someone added: "Everyone should be stricter when they go out, and don't mention tonight's matter after this is the case." I can't even say it to my wife and children. That kid is sneaky all day long, quite evil. He can inquire about many things, in case he hears the news, even if we have the ability of Zhu Zhan and Xiehu, we will not be able to resist him. ”

Everyone nodded. The banquet quietly dispersed in this unknown and intriguing night.

The war began in the early hours of March 15.

It was just after midnight that day, with dark clouds in the sky and no moon in sight, so it was a good time to attack. On the city wall of the main castle that extends to the east and west wings, soldiers are on duty all night every ten meters. However, in such a thick night, Jiang Yunhui, deputy commander of the army commanding front-line operations, believed that it was entirely possible to adopt the method of sneak attack in order to minimize the casualties of the troops.

The frontal defense width of the castle was about three kilometers. To the west are steep peaks that rise into the sky, unsuitable for large marches. To the east, the border with the Eastern Saint Kingdom is already a vast sea.