Chai Jiangtao hurried to the palace and hugged his fist at the king of thieves: "Brother Wang, let me come over in such a hurry, is there any news from the Han side." ”

The king of thieves nodded and said, "This king has received reliable news that the Han Dynasty will raise 200,000 troops in the near future, and as the first batch of troops to march south, the day of the start is set for the twentieth day of the first month. ”

"What, so fast?" Chai Jiangtao's eyes widened.

Today is already the eighth day of the first month, which means that there will be twelve more days for the Han to send troops, and according to the calculation of the distance from the imperial capital to Nanshan, it will take fifteen days to advance at full speed. Because it is marching within the territory of the country, it is completely possible to travel lightly and simply, and transport heavy grain and grass and other materials to the front line of the battle in advance, so that the speed of the march can be increased a lot, and if nothing else, it can be in place within ten days.

Ten days of marching, plus twelve days, left only twenty-two days left for Nanshan to prepare, not even a month.

The king of thieves said helplessly: "The Han Emperor is ruthless enough, he wants to catch us off guard." ”

Chai Jiangtao frowned and said: "Fortunately, he only sent 200,000 troops, as long as we deploy according to the established policy, they don't want to take advantage, and they may be swallowed by us in one bite." ”

The King of Thieves shook his head: "What if you add the 300,000 army of the Eastern Barbarian King?"

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Since two months ago, the Eastern Barbarian King gradually withdrew from the war with the Barbarian King, and the King of Thieves judged that Meng Zhun wanted to watch his father and younger brother fight, and when they were almost consumed by each other, they jumped out and cleaned them up together, now it seems that this is not the case at all, Meng Zhun withdrew in order to cooperate with the Han to attack Nanshan. The latest chapter has been uploaded

The Nanshan Bandits and the Nanban have always been strategic partnerships, each side relies on each other, no matter which side the Han invades, the other side will do its best to help, and the purpose of coexistence has been achieved, and this relationship has been maintained for hundreds of years.

But the king of thieves only had a good relationship with the barbarian king Meng Huo, so good that he could almost wear a pair of pants, and even after Nanban was divided into three, he still openly expressed his support for his old friend. Although he did not give Meng Huo substantial help, he stated more than once that Meng Zhun and Meng Tu were rebellious ministers and thieves, and called on all ethnic groups in the Southern Barbarians to continue to support Meng Huo and isolate Meng Zhun and Meng Tu.

Meng Huo once sent an envoy to ask for help, but the king of thieves felt that this was a family affair of the Nanban royal family, and it was inconvenient for him to interfere, so he politely refused.

The reason for refusal is very simple -- you can't do the business of losing money! Even if you send troops to help the barbarian king defeat his two sons, he will not want to get an inch of Nanban land, and at most get some gold and silver treasures back, the barbarian king is a well-known door-picker, and even worshipping the emperor dares to be empty-handed, and it is more difficult to make him bleed than to kill him.

There is another reason, which is that he feels that the barbarian king has the ability to clean up his two bear children, and there is no need to wade into this troubled water.

It's just that he didn't expect that Meng Zhun won the support of the Great Han, Meng Tu found the support of Daqin, but Meng Huo became an isolated object, and he could only retreat in the royal city when the two bear children joined forces.

Meng Zhun withdrew from the war, which was a great joy for Meng Xu, but it was a catastrophe for Nanshan.

Chai Jiangtao's face only had a wry smile: "We shouldn't ignore the Eastern Barbarians, Meng Zhun is an unassertive guy, he has gained a lot of benefits from the Han side, and he will definitely obey the emperor, and our south will no longer be safe, plus the pressure of the Han army from the northwest and the northwest, we are enemies on three sides." ”

Meng Zhun's sideways insertion disrupted Nanshan's overall plan.

He suddenly raised his head and said, "Brother Wang, the situation is so critical, our side should actively prepare for war, but the middle and high-level generals are either trapped in the royal city or arrested in prison, and even the previously established strategy has not been finally completed, how should this battle be fought?"

The thief's face darkened, and he turned around and picked up a secret letter from the table, and said, "Look at it." ”

With a puzzled expression, Chai Jiangtao opened the envelope, unfolded the letter paper and looked at it, and exclaimed: "Sure enough, it was the trick of the Han Emperor, we were fooled!"

The secret letter was written by Shi Pengyue himself, and was sent to the City of Thieves by Qi Shan, who served as the governor of Nanyue Prefecture.

The king of thieves sighed and said, "Brother Wang, you guessed right, it was me who made a big mistake by insisting on doing my own thing, and I regret that I shouldn't have listened to the words of the villain, killed nine loyal hands without asking questions, and let you detain so many people, which chilled the hearts of all the brothers." ”

After a short period of surprise, Chai Jiangtao shook his head and said: "You can't blame Brother Wang entirely, it's the Han Emperor's conspiracy that is too vicious, and he has captured the most vulnerable place in human nature, and no one can tolerate the rebellion of the ministry." Fortunately, we have the news in time and have the opportunity to make up for the mistakes we made. ”

According to the content of the letter, the reason why Emperor Han was in such a hurry to send troops was to put pressure on the king of thieves, making him feel that the situation was urgent, and he had no more time to screen whether his hands were loyal or not, and then chose to kill a thousand people by mistake and never let go of a practice.

In this way, Nanshan will lose about half of its think tanks and middle and high-level generals, resulting in low morale, and the Han army can easily profit.

The two glanced at each other, and the king of thieves said: "Emperor Han is really cunning, it is this king who underestimated him, thanks to Brother Wang, you have always kept calm, so you can avoid greater losses." ”

Chai Jiangtao waved his hand: "I just think that the evidence is very important, so I oppose Brother Wang's killing, it's just my duty." What to do now, is it better to release all the people who were arrested, Brother Wang personally came forward to appease them, and then let them quickly return to the garrison to prepare for war. ”

The king of thieves pondered for a moment and said, "Now I can only do this, I hope that the brothers will not blame you and me, and continue to serve Nanshan." ”

"Brother Wang, don't worry, as long as they are not spies, they will not hate us for this little thing. Chai Jiangtao suggested: "In order to block Youyou's mouth, the nine people killed before will continue to bear the infamy of traitors, so I will tell them that the traitors have been cleared, what do you think?"

Of course, the king of thieves agreed without hesitation, and said: "You go and do it quickly, and inform all the generals and counselors in the city that a banquet will be held in the palace tonight, and this king will personally preside over it and mobilize before the war." ”

"Is that the lifting of the ban on the royal city and allowing everyone to enter and exit freely?"

"Don't worry, let's wait until tomorrow, anyway, there is a big banquet tonight, and they all have to leave tomorrow, and the ban will be officially lifted tomorrow. ”

"Yes!"

In the Second Army Division, Dai Jingwei found Ye Yunyang and handed Li Mengqi's report letter to him.

After reading the content of the secret letter, Ye Yun raised his brows and said, "I didn't expect him to take someone to Muyang Town to find clues, I was careless." ”

Dai Jingwei had a sad look on his face and said: "I originally wanted to kill Li Mengqi, but he went to me openly, and after killing him, I was exposed, and I couldn't continue to carry out the liaison work between you and the imperial capital, and it was difficult for the imperial capital to send someone to replace me in a short period of time, which might cause greater losses, so I didn't do it." ”

Ye Yunyang raised his head and said: "You are doing the right thing, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, you are the link between me and the emperor, and your role is very important, you can't expose yourself because of some trivial things." ”

"However, Li Mengqi has threatened your safety. He said with a happy voice: "Fortunately, the royal city is still in a state of blockade, and he did not have the opportunity to come over in person to report the information, so he entrusted me with the report letter, if this is not the case, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

Ye Yunyang gritted his teeth and pretended to be relaxed: "It's okay, he asked you to send a letter to the hall master, but the hall master was arrested and put in prison, even if someone mentions this matter in the future, you can push it clean." By the way, there is any news from the imperial capital. ”

Dai Jingwei took out another secret letter and handed it to him, opened the envelope, the content of the letter was very simple, only a few words: the progress is going well, the fish has been hooked, and you can plan one step at a time.

That's great!

After worrying for so many days, it is finally time to clear the clouds and see the blue sky.

No, since the matter has been resolved, the hall master will be released immediately, even if Dai Jingwei continues to conceal it, the paper can't contain the fire, and sooner or later it will be revealed.

At this moment, Chen Muyang walked in happily and said happily: "Yun Yang, the king of thieves has ordered the release of all the suspects, saying that there are only nine spies, and they are the ones who were killed before. ”

Ye Yunyang was not happy at all, he was really afraid of something.

Because it was necessary to make sure that Shi Pengyue sent fake news in order to let Dai Jingwei leave the imperial capital, the king of thieves got the news earlier than Ye Yunyang.

"Yun Yang, what's wrong with you, isn't this news exciting enough?" Chen Muyang asked rhetorically.

He didn't bother to explain anything, and directly handed him Li Mengqi's report letter.

The smile on Chen Muyang's face disappeared instantly: "You are exposed!"

He smiled bitterly: "I really didn't expect to be suspected by a little incense master, and then find out that I am not Wang Qiliang, if this letter falls into the hands of the hall master Li Ziyan, plus Zhao Qiankun's report before, he will definitely attach great importance to it and arrest me and interrogate me strictly." ”

"He dares, you are the old man's apprentice, how can a hall master be able to catch it if he wants to?" Chen Muyang said domineeringly.

"Hehe, it's still the master who is the best for me. He changed his words: "What if Li Ziyan stabs the matter to the side of the king of thieves?"

Chen Muyang's face darkened: "Then you can only hand over people obediently, who dares to disobey the order of the king of thieves." Yun Yang, let me ask you, what will happen if you are caught?"

He shrugged his shoulders and said without thinking: "Of course I confess all of you, I don't think I'm a tough guy, I promise that the enemy will do all the tricks without using big punishment, and when the time comes, you will all be caught, I won't feel lonely, hehe." ”

Chen Muyang's face darkened, and he said in his heart that it would be better to strangle you now, lest you betray everyone. Although Ye Yunyang's words were joking, after all, he was a messenger sent by the emperor, and he must not be in danger.

Ye Yunyang said this in order to attract the attention of the old man and find a way to solve Li Mengqi's big trouble.

Chen Muyang thought for a while and said: "Although the storm of investigating the spy has passed, it does not mean that I have not continued to keep an eye on this matter, it is not appropriate to send my people forward, and it is likely to arouse the suspicion of people with intentions, so it can only be handed over to Ge Zhengliang." Taking advantage of the fact that the ban on Wangcheng has not yet been lifted, Xiao Dai will immediately return to Zhenwei Hall to stabilize the surname Li, and say that the report letter has been sent to Li Ziyan, and he also asked people to arrest Wang Qiliang, so that he can go back to Beitu Xiangtang with peace of mind and wait for the news, and as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow, let Ge Zhengliang rush back and clean up the portal. ”

The idea is good, Ge Zhengliang has an unusual relationship with Li Mengqi, and it is most suitable to kill him, with Ge Zhengliang's IQ, he can find a reasonable reason to kill, such as filling his own pockets and fighting ineffectively.

Dai Jingwei clenched his fists and said, "Obey!"