Western border pass.

In the Xiguan General's Mansion, I saw a man wearing beast-faced scale armor, wearing a red brocade cloud pattern robe, with a lion ring buckle around his waist, sitting upright like a clock, looking at the spy in his hand and sinking like water, this person is not Wei Dong's father, General Wei Changwei, the general of Zhenxi who has 200,000 troops in the border pass of Xiyuan.

The generals, staff generals, and partial generals standing on the side did not dare to breathe, knowing that this time the matter was too serious, and there were serious negligences in all aspects, especially the Zhonghe Court and his subordinate "Qingshui Fang" had an unshirkable responsibility.

Every year, although Xiguan and Xiyue have spies infiltrating each other, most of them are dominated by Xiguan, and there are many small fights in this period. But I didn't expect that this time Xiyueshu jumped out of a big one on his side, a partial general who commanded an army of 10,000 people, and he had already been bought by the spies on the blazing side under some conditions, or he was too careless.

I saw Zhongheting, who was dressed as a scholar in a long robe, looking at the general with a sinking face, kneeling on one knee in front of him, bowing his head and saying nothing, his eyes were red, and he could only keep praying that the young general Jiren had his own natural appearance, and that nothing would happen. As long as the major general is safe and sound, even if the general cuts off his Zhonghe Ting's head this time, he will not complain at all.

After a long time, Wei Changcai threw down the spy report in his hand and rubbed his temples, and said in a voice that could not be heard with joy: "Zhongheting, don't you claim to be a last resort, one step at a time? Don't you say that the spies in the Yueshu are all clowns who jump off the beam? Do you know, I can die, my son can die, all the generals here can also die, and even the 200,000 troops of my Xiguan can die at the border pass. However, the only thing that can't be done is that this Xiguan can't be broken, and we can't let Blazing Blaze step into the territory of our Daqian with the Yueshu army. Do you know what it means to be a partial general who commands 10,000 people?"

"The subordinates know. "The head of the court is lower

Wei Chang sneered: "You know, I think you know a fart, if Blazing Blazing leads the army to knock on the pass now, this treasonous general may lead to the loss of Xiguan at any time, so that our 200,000 soldiers will fall short, and the people of Daqian will suffer from war again." ”

"And I don't know what to eat for all of you, all the thousands of people in the black pot clear water room, help you carry it, it has nothing to do with you, right? Especially if you are named, you are really a wise general, if I remember correctly, the partial general Song Zhi who defected is under your command. Wei Chang looked at a general with a big waist and a round foot with a two-hundred-pound face and said.

The named staff general also immediately knelt down on one knee with a body of horizontal meat and said: "The subordinates have no way to do it, and the supervision is not strict, so it is difficult to escape the blame, please punish the general." ”

Wei Chang got up and walked down, looking at Zhonghe Ting and Ying Ming, "Punishment, heh, Lao Tzu really wants to pull you out and cut you two now." Zhongheting, you tell me, this clear water room, can you still do it, if you can't do it, get out of here, Lao Tzu will come up in person. ”

Zhonghe Ting lowered his head with red eyes and said loudly with an ugly face: "General Yu, I can do this clear water room in Zhonghe Ting, for a year, no, half a year, I will give you a blazing head to come back, and let Yueshu change the coach." ”

Wei Chang pursed his lips and smiled, "Blazing? Are you angry with me or with yourself, don't talk to me about these useless things." I don't have high requirements, I have to see at least one general-level head of the Yueshu army within half a year, can I do it?"

"The subordinates are willing to make a military order. Zhonghe Court did not hesitate to receive the order.

"And you, you should be named, fined for half a year, and the official will be demoted by one level. ”

Ying Ming immediately received the order, "General Xie is gracious." ”

Then Wei Chang walked up to his people, paced back and forth a few steps, and ordered, "The generals will listen to the order." ”

"The last general!"

"Within 15 days, the household registration files of the people of all departments will be checked one by one one by one by the people of all departments will be checked one by one by the generals and generals, and the soldiers, sentinels, standards, guards, battalions, and schools will be randomly checked among each other, and the suspicious people will be handed over to the Qingshui room for investigation. Under the pretext of normal statistics on military status, we must not affect the morale of the military, and those who spread rumors will not be forgiven immediately. ”

"Yes. ”

"Also, Zhonghe Court, Ying Ming, within three days, no matter what method you use, I want to see Song Zhi's head. ”

"Yes. ”

After speaking, Wei Chang asked the generals to retreat and went their own way, but Zhonghe Court stayed alone.

"General, does the young general need to arrange someone to take over, I'm afraid that there are too many masters in the secret, and Ye Lao can't handle it alone. It is not difficult to hear in Zhongheting's words that he is still very concerned about the major general.

Wei Chang thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, my Wei family doesn't have a vase, otherwise there will be no point in taking a detour on this waterway." ”

Zhonghe Court knew what Wei Chang meant, so he stopped saying a word and withdrew from the General's Mansion.

As soon as I walked outside the door, I saw a person waiting for a big fat man not far away.

"General Ying, what are you doing here, it's time to eat, and you won't go back to eat. Zhongheting looked at Ying Mingpi and said with a smile.

"What are you talking about, come, let's talk as we go. Ying Ming took Zhongheting's arm and walked forward.

"This time, I am fortunate to find out the traitors in our army, otherwise if there is a war, I dare not imagine what will happen. I am also grateful to the adults for helping me carry such a big black pot in front of the general. I'm a rough man, but I still know how to be grateful. Ying Ming said to Zhonghe Court in a sincere tone.

Zhongheting sighed and said: "General Ying, you are still embarrassed to laugh, you use your brain to think about it, it doesn't matter who I am behind or you, even the general directly cut off our heads." It's because of this stubble, our dereliction of duty, do you know who is the most unlucky?"

Ying Ming's face scratched his head and reluctantly smiled: "Who?"

Zhongheting almost died of fame, "I said that you have a big waist and a round waist, can't you eat something to replenish your brain? The most unlucky person must be our major general! Song Zhi's exposure this time is not just to leak the whereabouts of the major general, so that they can deploy to assassinate the major general, and now the major general's life is hanging by a thread every day." ”

Ying Ming's thick hand patted his head, "Isn't it, look at my pig's head." ”

Then Zhonghe Ting handed over a secret report to Ying Ming, and after reading it, Ying Ming's eyes were like copper bells, and he scolded: "This group of eight kings, playing with yin, even the great master of the Liangyi Realm was sent to assassinate the young general. ”

Zhongheting nodded: "This time, the Yueshu Kingdom can be said to have made a bloody investment, just by land all the way to Anyang City in the northwest of West Yanzhou, and then to the westernmost Fufeng City in the state and then to Guanwai, it is the route that the Yueshu Kingdom focuses on." There are always five ambush points along the way, and there are four great masters of the Liangyi Realm, except for one Liangyi Realm who was killed by the young general, the remaining three were all disposed of by the people of my Qingshui Fang, but the loss was not small. Although it is relatively better for the major generals to switch to waterways, they are also full of dangers. However, in order to leave behind the Great Grandmaster of the Moon Shu Liangyi Realm on the land route, my side is indeed overstretched. ”

After reading the secret report, Ying Ming's head shook like a rattle, "No, no, then we have to think about it, we can't sit idly by, what did the general say." ”

Zhongheting shook his head.

Ying Ming stomped his feet in a hurry, "What is this, the general is also ruthless, that's his own son, and he didn't exercise like this, no, I'll talk to the general." After saying that, he turned around and was about to go to the general.

Zhongheting hurriedly grabbed Ying Ming, who was almost 200 catties of horizontal meat, and almost fell on his heels.

Ying Ming snorted: "I said, Lao Zhong, the young general also grew up with you, and he has the best relationship with you, so you just sit idly by?"

Zhongheting was angry, "You dead fat man, you are a tiger! I don't care, I'm more anxious than anyone else." We have to do this ourselves, you don't know the general's temper. ”

"Lao Zhong, then you say, what to do, I'll listen to you. "Give the face of the name anxious to the horizontal flesh straight up.

Zhonghe Ting's eyes showed his eyes and said: "I'm not afraid of anything else, the most difficult pass should be Xijindu's side, according to the previous spy report of Qingshuifang, the defender of Xijindu, Fan Qing, may have a problem, but there is no evidence, I don't dare to be sure, I just suspect." I'm going to cut off Song Zhi's head here, so this matter has to be a general, you can do it, didn't you just get demoted by the official, just give you a chance to perform. ”

Ying Ming nodded and agreed: "Lao Zhong, you have a lot of bad water in your stomach, I will do what you say." ”

"It's actually simple, just in case. According to the report, the total number of defenders in Xijindu is only 5,000, and you send 3,000 elite soldiers to enter the pass in batches and ambush them on the southwest mountain of Xijindu. The Wushan Mountains are densely forested, which is convenient for hibernation, and spies are sent to watch the Xijindu defenders for twelve hours a day, and once there is a change...... "After speaking, Zhongheting made a movement to wipe his neck.

Ying Ming asked in a low voice: "What about Fan Qing, the general of the defenders of Xijindu, who wants to live or die." ”

Zhonghe Ting said ruthlessly: "If you kill it directly, it's useless to live, as long as my Xiguan is not broken for a day, Fan Qing is a big chicken rib in the blazing eyes of the Yueshu Kingdom." Fan Qing didn't dare to make any moves, but if the Yue Shu Fang let Fan Qing be exposed this time, it would just be a dangerous and dangerous move. When the time comes, let the imperial court send loyal generals to see Xijindu. ”

Ying Ming scratched his head and asked, "Xijindu, where the bird doesn't, as for worrying so much?"

Zhongheting looked like he hated iron but not steel, "Ying Fatty, tell me how you got this ginseng general, and bought it with money, right?" I told me that as long as I don't break Xiguan, then Xijindu naturally doesn't matter." But as a general, you can't just look at the immediate wins and losses, in case one day the Xiguan is really broken, the Yueshu army can divide the troops out, avoid the annexation of the state, and several cities in Yanzhou. From Guanwai, that is, the Wushan Mountains in the Western Regions to Xijindu, and along the Tianmen River all the way to the east, Qingchuan Prefecture and Jinlingwei may be lost in an instant, and the 150,000 troops of Shuzhou to conquer the south will be completely isolated. If the army of Shu State goes out of the Northern Expedition of the Sword Pavilion again, the 150,000 troops who conquer the south will be someone else's meal. It is such a small Xijindu, as long as there are 10,000 strange soldiers down the river at a critical time, the national honor of the great cadres can be broken. ”

Ying Ming was stunned when he heard this, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and said: "Lao Zhong, it's not so exaggerated, it shouldn't be you fooling me." ”

Zhongheting shook his head: "War is like playing chess, one wrong step will be lost. You should be a general, use your brains more if you have nothing to do, don't have brute strength, otherwise how can the general count on you at a critical time, isn't it? You must know that you are the general's favorite general, and you don't want to share your worries for the general, who else!"

Ying Ming said with a smile: "I admit this, Lao Zhong, don't worry, on the battlefield, as long as I should be fat, I can't let the general lose a single hair." ”

"Even if your two hundred catties of meat are still on the battlefield, the general can't have anything to do. Zhongheting rolled his eyes and thought to himself, what am I doing with you so much.

"Yes, yes, look at my mouth, I can't speak. Lao Zhong, when will you set off to pick up the major general. Ying Ming asked.

"Immediately, immediately. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll immediately order troops and send people. No, it's better for me to lead the team myself, and I'll take the major general back by myself to feel at ease. After saying that, he rode away on a horse with an unusually strong physique sent by the general himself.

......

"Master Zhong, this is the list of assassinations involving the major general in the army this time, and all the evidence is conclusive. There are a total of eighty-three people, including the partial general Song Zhi and two captains who have been sent to arrest them, the remaining three battalion commanders, ten guard commanders, twenty promoters, and one spy from our Qingshui room, and the rest are all spy soldiers who have been secretly detained. A spy took the secret report and reported to the Zhonghe Ting, who was sitting in the main seat.

Zhongheting sneered, for this assassination operation, at least half of the spies in Yueshu's potential Xiguan surfaced, and there was actually a spy in his Qingshui room, it seems that the Tanhua Gallery of Yueshu Country has not eaten white rice all these years.

"Is there any news from the trial?"

"Lord Hui, no, a few people who couldn't stand the torture were tortured to death. According to the remaining confessions, they are basically the same, they are all one-line contacts, no one knows whom, and these people have been lurking for so long to kill the major general, which is their only target of action. ”

"Where's that spy in our clear water room?"

"Back to my lord, he knew about our own methods, and when he was caught, he committed suicide. ”

Zhonghe Ting's face sneered fiercely, which was completely inconsistent with the appearance of a scholar in a robe, "It's quite smart, but if you betray Qing Shuifang, you think it's okay to commit suicide! ”

"Yes, what about the rest of the Moon Spies?"

"All of them were killed, and it was useless to keep them, wasting food. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will do it. ”

After the man retreated, Zhongheting closed his eyes slightly, leaned on the Taishi's chair and asked in the empty hall: "The general ordered to see Song Zhi's head within three days, and I will give you two days, either to bring Song Zhi's head to see me, or to bring your own head to see me." ”

Just hear a "command." Then he saw a dark shadow quickly go out and go all the way in the direction of the west.

Then Zhongheting picked up the pen and paper, wrote four words "alone on the west building", after the ink dried, put it into the bamboo tube, and then knocked on the corner of the table a few times, a few brackets sounded, only to see a cylindrical passage in the middle of the table appeared, black and bottomless, Zhongheting put the bamboo tube into it and then returned to the original.

Somewhere, the person in the dark, after reading the note in his hand, immediately burned it, and said with a little excitement: "It's finally time for us to play, notify you, and the 'lock Qingqiu' operation begins." ”

"Yes!"