The person who came out of the carriage was none other than Lao Jianhua.

Shen Lie carefully hid his body behind the dense bushes, not daring to look directly at Lao Jianhua, for fear that if he was not careful, even his gaze might cause the other party's induction.

Fortunately, Lao Jianhua didn't look at him at all, but focused all his attention on the direction of the courtyard gate.

A short, middle-aged man stepped across the courtyard gate and said with a smile: "Lord Lao, you are not welcome." ”

"Bao Shuai is polite." Lao Jianhua hurriedly returned the salute: "Visiting late at night, please forgive me for the disturbance." ”

Bao Yuchun laughed and said: "Time is not waiting for me, business matters!" Come on, come on, sit down inside and talk slowly. ”

Lao Jianhua made a gesture of please, and then followed Bao Yuchun into the courtyard together.

Shen Lie suddenly fell into a tangle.

Lao Jianhua and Bao Yuchun are strong in martial arts, and their feelings are also very sensitive, if they want to sneak around them and eavesdrop, it will be very dangerous, and they will be in danger of being besieged and killed at any time.

However, a meeting like theirs in the middle of the night must have been highly classified, and it would be a pity to miss it.

Shen Lie only hesitated for a few moments, then turned his heart sideways and decided to sneak in directly on the spot.

What are you afraid of?!

He performed light skills, stared at the figures of the two people from afar, followed them until they were near the tea room in the backyard, and then jumped high and flew silently onto the roof of the tile while the guards were still armed.

After hiding his whereabouts behind the roof, Shen Lie immediately began to use his skills, changing from external breath to internal breathing, completely cutting off his mouth and nose breathing, and even slowing down his heartbeat.

Doing so will cause you to lose your internal strength, and you may even get injured over time, but in this way, you can avoid exposure as much as possible.

At this time, Bao Yuchun's voice came from the house.

"Master Lao, there is no need to say the truth of righteousness anymore. Bao owed His Royal Highness the King of Jin a life when he was young, and now he is avenging him to repay his kindness. I don't have anything else, but I feel that the battle plan you proposed earlier is really debatable. ”

Lao Jianhua smiled loudly: "Don't hide it, I'm really a layman in the war, and I ask Shuai Bao to give me advice." ”

"I don't dare to teach." Bao Yuchun said: "You said before that you want my fleet to go north and block the entire river. That's true, and we're capable of it. However, in this case, the forces will be too scattered, and it will be easy to fall into passivity over time, which is not in line with the art of war. ”

"So what does Bao Shuai mean?"

Bao Yuchun replied: "If you just want to blockade the river and prevent Li Bing's army from coming to the south to make trouble, then it is simple. I came back and thought about it, and there were roughly two ways to do it. On the one hand, we have captured two or three large cities along the river that are critically located, so that the fleet and forces are relatively concentrated; The two burned all the ships in Jiangbei, no matter how big or small. If Li Bing's army wanted to cross the river, it had to rebuild the boats, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also gave us plenty of time to prepare for the response. ”

"Wonderful." Lao Jianhua praised: "Bao Shuai's strategy is really clever. With just two simple moves, Li Bing's way to the south was cut off at once. ”

Bao Yuchun said: "The carving insect skills are not worth mentioning. There is another thing that needs the help of Master Lao. ”

"Bao Shuai refers to the replenishment of soldiers?"

"That's right, in addition to replenishing troops, there are also weapons and equipment." Bao Yuchun said indifferently: "The navy army fights against aliens in the open sea all the year round, and it also has to fight pirates, and its own consumption is also very large. This time I came back, and the plan was to make some supplements and restore combat strength. In addition, our warships still need to be repaired, and the number of arrows does not meet the needs of operations. ”

After listening to him ramble for a long time, Lao Jianhua smiled freely: "Bao Shuai doesn't need to say it." You offered to ask for 10,000 recruits last time, right? I have consulted with the prince and will give you 20,000 men. In terms of arrows, the batch of goods ordered by the Xuanjia Legion has just been delivered, and there are 250,000 in total, which have also been allocated to you first. As for other weapons and repairing warships, I can't help much, so I can only give the navy 20 million yuan for military expenses, and you can use it as you want with the money. ”

Bao Yuchun laughed when he heard this: "Master Lao is happy, he is a person who does great things!" In this way, I would like to express my gratitude to the officers and men of the Navy first. When do you want us to go? ”

"The sooner the better, of course." Lao Jianhua said in a deep voice: "The Jingxiang army has completely thrown itself into Li Bing, and I am worried that the fool of Li Kui, the king of Huaiyang, will not be able to stop the attack of the prince's soldiers and horses, and the war will soon burn to the south of the Yangtze River." We, on the other hand, are not quite ready and need more time. ”

"I understand," Bao Yuchun said, "Only by blocking the river as soon as possible can we ensure that the enemy will not invade Jiangnan." Rest assured, this matter is on me, and it is foolproof. In addition to fighting hard and arming the army, what other strategies do you have planned? Especially against the Jing Xiang Army. After all, they are numerous, and they can't be overconsidered. ”

Lao Jianhua smiled: "The Jingxiang army looks strong, but in fact, it is still a plate of loose sand, and the Turks will take care of them. What is really worrying is the Northern Army in Li Bing's hands and Li Jiangyao in Western Xinjiang. ”

Bao Yuchun saw that the other party refused to easily reveal the countermeasures to him, so he had to respond: "You have a point. Whichever enemy you are, you need to be cautious. However, Master Lao has always been resourceful, and if he wants to have a way to deal with it, Bao doesn't have to worry about it. ”

Lao Jianhua smiled indifferently and said, "Marshal Bao, early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to escort 250,000 arrows and the corresponding military expenses to Mingzhou." 20,000 recruits were added one after another. Your fleet, no later than the end of the month, will enter the river by sea, and then go upstream, deploying a line of defense along the southern bank. ”

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Bao Yuchun sent Lao Jianhua away, and Shen Lie also hurriedly changed from the internal breath to the external breath, so uncomfortable that he almost vomited blood on the spot. He didn't dare to delay, so he took advantage of the lack of guards, turned over directly from the backyard wall, and went in the direction of Lin'an.

In that small county town, there was a secret contact point of the Reverse Scale Division, and two or three messengers were stationed in it, who were responsible for delivering intelligence information to Luoyi.

Shen Lie ran all the way, and finally arrived in Lin'an at dawn, he went straight to the person at the contact point, and wrote down what he heard last night into a secret letter, and handed it to the other party to send to the Eastern Capital urgently.

After this was done, Shen Lie turned around to leave, but he didn't expect the head of the contact point to stop him.

"Lord Changshi, here's a secret letter from Zhou Zhangqi's envoy, you must see it yourself."

Shen Lie took the letter and opened it to see that it was indeed written by Zhou Xing in secret language.

The general meaning of the letter is: ask him to go to the Golden Dragon Inn on Huajing Street in Qiantang Mansion to find a Hu merchant named Puma, who has something important.

Shen Lie's mind turned, and he immediately guessed seven, seven, eight, eight: Hu businessman? Could it be related to Li Jiangyao?

"What else did Zhou Xing say? Is there a message? ”

"Returning to my lordship, there is no message. The brother who sent the message only said that after reading the secret letter, please be sure to go there, otherwise the family is very worried. ”

Shen Lie nodded, and asked again, "Can you find a car and send me over." There is too much eyeliner on the street right now. ”

The leader happily agreed, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to drive out the carriage hidden in the backyard and send Lord Changshi to Qiantang Mansion.

From Lin'an to Qiantang, the distance is not too far, the carriage is swaying, and it takes more than half a day to arrive. According to the address provided by MeSign, Shen Lie easily found the Golden Dragon Inn located on Huajing Street.

Entering the inn, Shen Lie first looked around, and then asked the shopkeeper at the front desk if there was a Hu merchant named Puma here.

The shopkeeper nodded, pointed to the back, and said that those Hu businessmen had taken down the little dean of the C number, and they came to talk to them all day long.

Obviously, the other party also regarded Shen Lie as a businessman.

Shen Lie thanked him, strode into the back hall of the inn, and followed the door number to find the small courtyard with the number C. This courtyard is not large, with houses on three sides, east, west and north, and there are many goods piled up in the courtyard.

"Guest, who are you looking for? Is it about business? ”

Shen Lie said according to the secret letter code: "I want to buy some Nan Jinhua." ”

The guy smiled: "Guest officer, Nan Jinhua is the divine flower of Western Xinjiang, and it is never sold." ”

"I'm a friend of Metasequoia, don't I sell it either?" Shen Lie smiled.

The man's eyes lit up: "Then how many do you want!" Please talk to our boss inside. ”

Shen Lie followed the man into the main room, and a tall young man in his twenties with a bearded face immediately stood up from his seat, stepped forward and saluted, "Humble Puma, see Lord Changshi." ”

Shen Lie returned the salute slightly, and said with a smile: "Are you the person who protects the capital?" ”

"Lord Huiyu, we are all so." Puma motioned for the guy to go out to stand guard, and then invited Shen Lie to sit down, while introducing enthusiastically: "Since I received the report from Lord Zhou, I have been looking forward to your coming." Here in Qiantang Mansion, there are a total of six brothers including me, and their martial arts can only be regarded as so-so. There are also twelve masters, who are coming here from other places, and they will be here in a day or two. ”

Shen Lieqi said: "Do you have any actions?" ”

Puma smiled: "The order we received is to obey your command. ”

Hearing this, Shen Lie suddenly realized that Zhou Xingqian had instructed him to come to Puma, not because of any special action on the part of the Zhenjiang Army, but because the Intelligence Department wanted to come forward to assist him.

Thinking of his brothers being so attentive to him, Shen Lie couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and then asked, "Without the military order that most of you protect, is this a good job?" ”

"My lord, why do you still talk to each other?" Puma said: "The Intelligence Division and the Anti-Scale Division are just like brothers, if we don't stretch out our hands, it will be disobeying military orders." When the time comes, we don't need to talk about most of the hair care, and Lord Yudra will never be able to bypass us. ”

Shen Lie smiled casually: "Okay, you say so, if I am my mother-in-law again, it will really look like an outsider." Anyway, most of you also commanded the Reverse Scale Division at the beginning, and now that I am in command of his Intelligence Division, it should all be flattened. ”

Puma happily agreed, and hurriedly called all his subordinates in and introduced them to Shen Lie one by one.