Chapter 16: Shadow Guard
"Huh?" Liu Chan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the man in black coldly. "Li Hui, the affairs of the north are now being followed by the entire court, and you don't even know any clues, what the shadow guards are eating."
The shadow guard, originally established by Zhao Jian, was specifically responsible for probing intelligence and monitoring hundreds of officials. Liu Chan was also taken aback when he saw Ying Wei for the first time, and it was also the first time he realized how insecure his original body was.
Li Hui hurriedly knelt down to apologize, as the head of the shadow guard, he knew better than anyone how ruthless and ruthless Zhao Gou was. Don't look at Zhao Gou smiling and talking to you in front of him, he can send someone to collect evidence of your crime when he turns his head.
"Is there anyone from Yue Fei's side?" Liu Chan asked, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao in the Han Dynasty, he also had a profound influence, aren't they all military generals. The tail is too big to get rid of this kind of problem, and it must be prevented from getting worse, and it must not be as incompetent as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
Li Hui knew that Liu Chan's mind was nothing more than worrying, he had already experienced this situation dozens of times. "Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty's army has installed fifty ordinary shadow guards, ten red shadow guards, and one brown shadow guard."
There are five types of shadow guards, most of the ordinary shadow guards are placed in the people or soldiers, the cyan shadow guard is responsible for supervising the hundred officials of the imperial court, the blue shadow guard is lurking in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, the red shadow guard is responsible for supervising the generals who lead the troops, and the brown shadow guard belongs to the highest class and is responsible for commanding the various shadow guards.
Of course, they also have another identity, that is, the Imperial City Division. However, this is only their superficial identity, and they usually rely on this to be exposed to the sun. Because of Zhao Gou's distrust, he quietly set up another institution in the Imperial City Division-Shadow Guard.
Liu Chan nodded slightly, and looked at the envelope sent by Li Hui just now, and had a headache. After all, he is a minister he is optimistic about, and he plans to train him well in the future, but there may be problems now, which makes Liu Chan a little suspicious that the ministers in the court are more or less tired of the Jin State.
Liu Chan sat back on the chair and sighed helplessly: "It's difficult, it's too difficult, who will help me." ”
Li Hui remained motionless, as if he hadn't heard this, but he complained in his heart: Since His Majesty supported the Northern Expedition, it was like a different person, could the Northern Expedition still change a person's character. In that case, it is better to change His Majesty's personality a little more, so that I can retire safely.
"Go, check Zhao Xiang carefully, no matter what it is, I want to know. Of course, it would be better if there was news from the Jinguo side. Liu Chan closed his eyes and said with an unfathomable expression.
Li Hui stared at Liu Chan with a frightened face, thinking in his heart that this is going to be done, it has finally begun, this is the emperor I am familiar with, his majesty is strong.
"Remember, don't touch Zhao Xiang's family without my will, go down."
"Yes."
Liu Chan secretly glanced at the departing Li Hui and breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that his disguise was still fine. He opened the piece of paper pressed at the bottom of the table, thought for a moment, and wrote two words on the paper.
We turned our attention back to the front line of the Northern Expedition, the Song army attacked the city in an orderly manner for almost five days, although from time to time someone attacked the tower, but soon was driven down by the Jin soldiers. Although the Golden Vulture is very proud, its ability is really not covered. Whether it is besieging or defending a city, the Golden Vulture can be said to be the number one in the world today. What's even more shocking is that he put 30,000 gold coins on the street in the center of Shunchang, and told everyone that as long as the city is defended for seven days, all the gold coins will be divided into soldiers.
On the first day, the golden soldiers didn't care, but on the third day, the golden soldiers began to have a trace of anticipation, and on the fifth day, these golden soldiers began to play with their lives. Thirty thousand gold coins, plus so many brothers who died, how many must be in their own hands.
In addition, Jin Wushu also reorganized the cavalry, kicked Han Yan directly out of the cavalry ranks, and replaced it with his brother Han Chang. Originally, Han Chang wanted to experience Han Yan so that he could take over his class in the future, but he didn't expect Han Yan to be so unbearable. Han Chang's ability is not comparable to ordinary people, he personally led the cavalry to charge, and he did not lose any advantage in the hedge with Yue Fei, but also had some advantages.
Song army camp
Yue Fei's face was a little ugly: "We all underestimated the Golden Vulture Technique, and now that the Jin Soldiers have eased up, I'm afraid it will not be easy to attack hard." ”
At this time, Hu Kang walked in, and after a few days of fighting, Yue Fei's soldiers gradually recognized Hu Kang and his rebel army.
"Hu Kang, is something wrong?" Wang Gui asked curiously.
"That's how the general treats us!" Hu Kang was very angry, although his rebel army was not a regular army, but many years of experience in fighting the Jin soldiers made it possible for them to quickly enter the battlefield. However, when he went to ask for supplies today, he actually only gave a part, and said that he was almost gone. Who doesn't know that the Qin Prime Minister of the imperial court has dispatched supplies to the Yue family army for three months, and now that it has only been more than a month, he dares to say that there is no more.
"What's going on?" Yue Fei was very puzzled and didn't know what was going on.
Hu Kang didn't bother to explain, but Yue Fei's clerk knew what was going on, but unfortunately he hadn't reported back to Yue Fei yet, so he had to say helplessly: "General Hu, don't be angry, I haven't told General Yue about the grain and grass yet." ”
"Grain and grass?" Yue Fei whispered and asked the clerk, "How much grain do we have?" ”
"There is only half a month left, and although our army has taken many cities in one go, a large part of the grain and grass in the army has also been relieved to the people in the city. The golden soldiers were so hateful that when the city was destroyed, they burned all the grain and grass in the city. ”
Yue Fei looked at Wang Gui and Zhang Xian, only to see that they both nodded.
"How long does it take to transport grain and grass from Lin'an to here now?"
"If it's fast, it will take seven days, and if it's slow, it will take about a month. I've sent people to urge food, but those people have shirked and started to deliver food. The clerk then reminded Yue Fei: "General, grain and grass and other matters are now in the charge of the Qin Prime Minister of the DPRK and China. ”
Qin Hui and Yue Fei are mortal enemies, everyone knows this. Qin Hui had already sent three months of food to the Yue family army at the beginning, which was good. What's more, the lack of food in front of him is the reason of Yue Jiajun's own. There is no source, there is no open flow, and the rate of food consumption is very fast. If Qin Hui did not dispatch grain under the pretext that the Yue family's army did not protect the grain, no one could say anything. Besides, the food has already been dispatched, but it is too slow.
"There is still grain and grass in Shunchang, and we must send people to protect the stored grain and grass after we capture the city. Can the rebels in the city cooperate with us? Yue Fei asked Hu Kang?
Hu Kang also understood that Yue Fei was not targeting himself, but that he was really in trouble, and his expression returned to normal.
"No, Shunchang has been under martial law, and everyone can only stay at home except for meals. If someone goes out at will, they can be killed directly. Hu Kang shook his head and said.
All the generals were thinking hard when they heard this, and everyone knew that it would take some time to take the city gate, but the food and grass were almost insufficient, so what should they do, and they could not take back the food they received.
Yue Fei was also distressed, and he could fight a war. But he doesn't understand this at all. I had never fought such a smooth battle before, I didn't know that grain and grass could be consumed so quickly, and Zhao Ding was responsible for transporting grain and grass before, so I never needed to ask for it myself. Now it is just handed over to Qin Hui, and it can actually make the army of the Northern Expedition like a fish in the throat, and it is difficult to swallow.