After settling down in the barracks, Wang Rong and Lin Chong rushed to the Zhengbei General's Mansion before dark. This mansion occupies a very large area, and high-ranking officials such as Yan Cheng and Yan Changshi do not need to buy or rent a house in the city like low-level officials in the palace, and there is a house allocation in the general's mansion.

Lin Chong came to the door of a house with a familiar car, Yan Cheng had been waiting in front of the courtyard for a long time, this was a respect for etiquette.

Lin Chongxian bowed and said, "I've been waiting here for a long time. ”

Wang Rong also saluted and said, "I've seen Yan Changshi." ”

Yan Cheng stretched out his hand sideways and said, "Two, it's not early, it's dark, please come in quickly." ”

Wang Rong and Lin Chong nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, please." ”

The three of them came to the main wing of the house, where a round table had been set up and three round stools were placed. This kind of furniture was first transmitted from the Western Regions, low tables and low stools, and the Central Plains people rejected this uncomfortable sitting furniture at first, until someone raised the table and stool, and formed the current kind of furniture, which became more comfortable, so as to spread it in the Central Plains.

The three of them sat down separately, there were five or six dishes on the table, Yan Cheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "A few home-cooked dishes, don't dislike them." ”

Lin Chong sat down, looked at the dishes on the table, and said with a smile: "Changshi is polite, this dish is much more exquisite than our in the army." ”

Wang Rong nodded and said: "Yes, the food in this army is not as delicate as that of the Changshi family, it is all crude food, which fills the stomach." Such exquisite dishes in Changshi's home show that Changshi attaches great importance to us. ”

Yan Cheng looked at the two people who touted themselves to the sky, shook his head with a smile, and said, "You two, is this mouth smeared with honey?" By the way, what about Zhang Duwei? I haven't been able to see you again since the last time I saw them. ”

Lin Chong and Wang Rong glanced at each other, and Wang Rong said: "Zhang Duwei was seriously injured in a battle outside the city, and now he is recuperating from his injuries. ”

Yan Cheng said regretfully: "Zhang Duwei is injured, no wonder I haven't been able to see him just now." Come and come, he has no mouth, the two of them eat vegetables, eat vegetables. ”

Lin Chong took the lead in picking up the chopsticks and began to eat. Wang Rong didn't have much appetite, so he simply ate two bites and put down his chopsticks.

Yan Cheng saw this scene and asked curiously, "What?" Zhong Ming, this dish is not appetizing? ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "No, I'm just worried about the battle on the front line, so I don't have much appetite." ”

Speaking of the front-line battle, Yan Cheng put down his chopsticks, escaped from his sleeve and wrote a letter to the two: "This is sent by the general from the front line, you can take a look." ”

Lin Chong turned his head to glance at Wang Rong, who motioned for him to take the letter. Lin Chong put down his chopsticks, wiped his hand on his clothes, and took the letter handed over.

Lin Chong read aloud, and what was written in his heart was the recent war. The front of Linwo County is said to be very stable, but in fact, it has been retreating in great strides. As if they knew the deployment of their army in advance, they were always able to find the weak links of the Yong army and strike at them.

In this case, it is obvious that there is a spy who reveals the information of his side to the decorator.

Qin Ke was very sensitive to this situation, although he tried many times to find out the spy, but failed.

And the most serious consequence caused by this was that the Bearded Man jumped out of the interception of the Northern Army and the Northern Army, and quietly sent a 20,000-strong wolf guard army to attack Shuofang City.

If it weren't for Yan Cheng's mind, once Shuofang City was lost, the blow to the Northern Army would be huge. The people living in Shuofang City are basically the families of the Northern Army. If the family members are held hostage by the Qiangmen, it will be a huge blow to the Northern Army.

Only then did Wang Rong understand the reason why Shuofang City was besieged, and Wang Rong wondered: "Is this spy hidden so deeply?" ”

Yan Cheng nodded and said, "That's true, the general has tried many times on the front line, and he has determined that there are no spies in the top echelons of the Northern Army. If you are a middle-level general, you will not be able to access the details of military intelligence. ”

When Wang Rong heard this, he asked, "What about the Pingbei Army?" ”

Yan Cheng continued: "The situation in the Pingbei Army is the same as that in the Zhengbei Army, and the Pingbei General Qin Shu has not been able to find out the spies in the army after many screenings. ”

Wang Rong asked strangely: "This is strange, there are no spies in the Northern Army and the Northern Army, how did the intelligence in the army leak?" ”

Yan Cheng shook his head and said, "So this is the current difficulty, if this spy is not found, it will be a huge threat to my Dayong." ”

Wang Rong nodded and did not speak. Lin Chong, as a person from the Northern Expeditionary Army, certainly had some understanding of the situation in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and he said firmly: "It is impossible for the Northern Expeditionary Army to be without spies of the Devil's Man!" ”

When Yan Cheng and Wang Rong heard this, their faces changed slightly, and Yan Cheng hurriedly asked, "Captain Lin, why did you say this?" Although the general of Zhengbei has not been in office for a long time, he has clear rewards and punishments, and loves the soldiers of the army like a son and is as strict as a father. The whole army dare not die without their lives. ”

Lin Chong looked at the curious looks of the two, sighed, and said, "In this Shuofang City, there is not only the Zhengbei General's Mansion, but also the Shuofang County Mansion. Meng Ao, I still understand, since the Qin Dynasty, Mengshi has been the hardcore nobles of my Daqin and Dayong royal families, and now he is married to my Dayong royal family, and he is a hardcore nobleman. But the person to whom the Mengshi clan is loyal is Emperor Dayong, who sits on the throne. Over the years, the emperor's health has become weaker and weaker, and the prestige of the crown prince in the army is not high, and he is not able to subdue these foreign guard generals, especially those from the royal family. ”

When Yan Cheng heard this, he understood, but he still couldn't believe that in such an important national war, would Emperor Dayong be so mediocre as to use the greedy and ungodly Snake Swallowing Elephant to attack Qin Ke and Qin Shu?

Wang Rong had some objections to Lin Chong's idea: "Although I grew up in the countryside of Pinyang, I still have some understanding of your majesty today. ”

Lin Chong nodded and said: "His Majesty the Emperor will not, but the people of the Meng clan may not be able to say, Meng Ao has a cold face and a black heart, before he became the commander of Shuofang County, when he was the county guard in Hexi County, he was famous for his ruthlessness, everyone called him 'Goshawk', thinking that it was a cool official." Later, he did something wrong in Hexi County, and was demoted to Shuofang City as a county magistrate. ”

Wang Rong asked uncertainly: "Although this Mengxian Commander is as you said, his face is cold and dark-hearted, and his heart is ruthless, but after all, he is from my Dayong nobleman, so he will not betray the country, right?" ”

Lin Chong looked at the two of them with puzzled expressions, sighed, and said, "If it's just that simple, then it's good, Meng Ao was demoted from Hexi County to Shuofang, and he has a story in it." Although I don't know the details, I know that Meng Ao lost his family in that incident and was personally beheaded by the emperor. ”

When Yan Cheng and Wang Rong heard this, they were greatly frightened, and Wang Rong directly wanted to kneel down to Emperor Dayong, who was sitting on the emperor's throne in the city. What kind of maneuver is this, killing people's families, and then demoting people to such an important place as Shuofang City. Isn't this about human life?

When Yan Cheng heard this, he had a plan in his heart, he looked at Lin Chong and asked, "Captain Lin thinks that this military information is leaking out of Shuofang County Mansion?" ”

Lin Chong nodded, he was definitely like that.

Yan Cheng then asked: "But I will not inform the Shuofang County Government of the military situation of the Northern General's Mansion, which was made clear at the beginning of the general's tenure. So how did the Shuofang County Government know about it? ”

Lin Chong didn't answer, but asked a question: "Changshi, in this expedition to the northern general's mansion, are there many of those scribes who are old people who are retained?" ”

Yan Cheng nodded and said: "That's true, among the generals of Zhengbei, most of these old people have stayed, they have worked in the mansion for many years, they have rich experience, and they are old-fashioned. ”

Lin Chongyan nodded when he heard this, and asked, "Then how can Changshi guarantee that among these people, there are no people who are Mengao?" ”

When Yan Cheng heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat, yes, the time when he and the general came here must not be as good as Meng Ao, and the last general of Zhengbei was Meng An, there must be one or two officials in this mansion who are Meng's people, no, maybe not one or two, there must be five or six.

Wang Rong said: "This military situation, we are speculating here, after all, it is useless, since the front line army has not found a spy, then this expedition to the north of the general's mansion needs to be investigated, I think this matter should be discussed with the general, Yan Changshi, this matter still needs to be carefully planned, planned, and then sent to the general day and night, Lin Duwei's guess should also be written." ”

Yan Cheng nodded and said, "You have to stay with me for the night tonight, you two need to help me think about what to do?" How? ”

After the three of them finished dinner, they moved to Yan Cheng's study, and they spread out two maps, one was Shuofang County and the other was Linwo County, which marked in detail the movements of the Northern Army, the Pingbei Army, and the current movements of the Qiangwei people.

The three of them were head to head, followed by bright candlelight, carefully studied, argued, refuted, and compromised with each other, and planned until the second half of the night, until the rooster outside crowed, and finally decided on the plan.

Yan Cheng then passed the plan in triplicate to the general of Zhengbei through fast horses and carrier pigeons. In order to ensure that the plan was not robbed or tampered with, the last one was sent by Wang Rong to Wumo with a team of personal guards to be delivered to Qin Ke, the general of Zhengbei.

When Wang Rong returned to the camp, his thinking still couldn't get out of the matter of spies, and Lin Chong's suspicion of Meng Ao made Wang Rong feel strange.

What's even more strange is that although Yan Cheng was surprised by Lin Chong's suspicion of Meng Ao, he so hastily designated Meng Ao as a spy suspect, which made Wang Rong a little puzzled.