Jiaohua

Chapter 1530 Those Spies Are My People

The six northwestern states generally refer to Panyu, Ningsi, Juezhou, Longchang, Zhitu and Cangjin.

It is said that there are only six states, but the Northwest is too big. If these six states are taken out, the area of ​​the twenty states in the south of the Yangtze River cannot match theirs.

Xia Zhaoyi had a clear goal and headed straight for Cangjin, because Guan Chi, Fan Yu and Liang Dechang were now in Gaitang City in Cangjin.

After running all the way for seven days, Xia Zhaoyi finally stepped into the countryside of Gaitangcheng.

This day also happened to be the day when the first snow of the year fell in Gaitang City.

Before the snow fell, I felt a chill coming towards me the moment I stepped into Cangjin.

When they found Liang Dechang and the others at 5 p.m. in the evening, Xia Zhaoyi got off the horse and suddenly started sneezing and sniffing.

All the soldiers around looked over, their hearts in their throats.

Next, Xia Zhaoyi sneezed more and more, and her face became redder and redder as she walked towards the mansion.

As they were almost at the lobby, Xia Zhaoyi couldn't hold on any longer. He reached out to hold on to the door frame, feeling dizzy.

Zhan Ning said worriedly: "Second Miss, you are not sick!"

Xia Junnan and Xia Xingming hurriedly stood side by side outside, trying to use their tall bodies to form a windproof wall.

Xia Zhi said angrily, "It's only September, and the snow is coming too early! Miss has been traveling for days, sleeping in the open air, and has hardly had a good rest. And now there's a heavy snowfall, how can her body handle it!"

"By the way, where are the winter clothes?" Jian Jun looked at Zhao Ya, "Go get them!"

When they set out, they had intended to march quickly, so they kept everything simple. Apart from a few sets of spare clothes and food, they left behind everything else they could.

Jian Jun asked Zhao Ya to get winter clothes and look for the material reserves that they had transported here in advance through Youzhou.

At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly shouted, "I have it, I have it! Don't worry! I have it!"

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound, and Xia Zhaoyi also looked up.

But I saw the back of a young woman turning around and running away quickly.

Jian Jun asked, "Who is that girl?"

Fan Yu had a headache: "She is the daughter of a local wealthy family, her surname is Shi, and her name is Shi Baijin."

Zhan Ning frowned: "Fan Yu, why do you look like that?"

"Ahem..." Guan Chi coughed lightly and lowered his voice, "Don't mention it. Anyway, everyone should avoid Miss Shi if possible. Stay away from her as much as possible."

Xia Junnan said in a deep voice: "Guan Chi, how can you talk like that? Miss Shi is a girl, don't ruin her reputation!"

"General, I didn't do that! I..." Guan Chi sighed, "Never mind, you will know when the time comes."

Soon, Shi Baijin brought out a thick white and purple fur coat.

Xia Zhaoyi has already entered the lobby, and Shi Baijin's second sister-in-law is taking care of her.

Shi Baijin enthusiastically put the cloak on Xia Zhaoyi: "Miss A Li, how are you? Are you warm?"

Xia Zhaoyi raised her head and smiled at her: "Thank you, it's actually quite warm after entering the house, and my second sister-in-law even gave me some ginseng tea."

"Take more nourishment and get well soon! Being sick is really painful!"

"Yeah." Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile.

"I'll get busy! I'll make you some chicken soup!"

As he spoke, Shi Baijin looked at Xia Xingming and other veterans in the room and said, "Generals, you have all worked hard. Don't worry, my chicken soup will be delicious and fragrant! Wait for me, it will be ready soon!"

Shi Baijin comes and goes in a hurry, as if he has no time to rest.

As soon as she left, veterans such as Xia Xingming and Xia Junnan looked at Guan Chi, Fan Yu and Liang Dechang with displeasure.

  Because the second sister-in-law was here, they didn't say it out loud, but their eyes seemed to say, look, how nice the girl is, and you are making up stories here!

Guan Chi, Fan Yu and Liang Dechang had no choice but to lower their heads and pretend they didn't see anything.

Xia Zhaoyi's headache got better, and he said to Xia Xingming, "Uncle Xia, I can't be the only one sick. Take some people to the camp to see if there are any people who are sick like me. If there are, give them the green porcelain bottles I brewed. Take two pills a day from the medicine in them, and don't take more."

Xia Xingming stood up: "Yes!"

Xia Zhaoyi looked at Guan Chi and the others and said, "Tell me what happened during this period." Guan Chi was worried and said, "Second Miss, you are still sick. Is it convenient for you?"

Xia Zhaoyi said: "Speak."

Guan Chi and the other three looked at each other, and Fan Yu's expression became serious. He stood up and said, "Okay, let me tell you."

The three of them did not go to the front line, but came to Beiyuan early, one to garrison and provide support, and the other to confuse the enemy, to confuse their eyes and morale.

They fought a secret war and eliminated the spies.

During this period of time, they achieved quite a lot. They caught more than 30 spies like catching mice in the fields, one of whom was a master bricklayer who had been working in Gaitang City for more than 30 years.

"What about Zhitu?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.

Fan Yu shook his head: "I haven't had time to go yet. This place is too chaotic. Gai Tangcheng looked at Ninghe Anxiang. I really didn't expect there were so many termites."

Liang Dechang whispered, "Second Miss, speaking of Zhitu, just half a month ago, Beiyuan Lingdaicheng chopped off fifty people in public, all of them were Zhitu's men."

"Why?" Zhan Ning couldn't help asking, "Is it because they are the most butchers that we kill them, or because?"

"They went to assassinate King Changyan. They were all... old, weak, women and children."

Janine was silent.

Everyone in the room was silent.

Perhaps it was because of her illness, Xia Zhaoyi felt that her emotions seemed to become fragile. She had killed her way up without blinking, but at this moment, her eyes suddenly turned red.

It was often said that Wang Shangtai Yu massacred one city after another in Zhitu. Although he was later defeated by General Weng Ying and his men, less than 20% of the people in Zhitu were left.

From now on, these 20% of people who are still alive will only be able to sustain their lives through the will of hatred.

They continued to rush towards the north, one after another, like martyrs, falling one by one.

There were also a few people who achieved success, such as Tao Lan's eldest son He Yanjin, whose legs were acupunctured with silver needles every day by an aunt, leaving him with a lifelong illness.

Pang Yi was also a butcher. When he was tracking down the group of Northern Yuan gamblers in Yong'an, he got separated from them and never came back to look for them. There has been no news of them since then.

Xia Zhaoyi said hoarsely: "Now that we are here, we can start our plan for Zhi Tu."

Fan Yu nodded: "Okay, I will immediately assign some people to go to the slaughterhouse."

Xia Zhaoyi asked: "Will there not be enough manpower?"

Fan Yu, Guan Chi, and Liang Dechang looked at each other and said truthfully, "Second Miss, we are indeed short of manpower. Before we hire someone, we have to go through a lot of screening to confirm whether the person is trustworthy. During this period of time, we have dug up too many spies here, and now there are fewer and fewer people we can trust."

Xia Zhaoyi said: "Then let's leave Cangjin. Let's all go, leaving only the auxiliary soldiers here to receive the supplies. We will not care about the spies here for the time being."

Liang Dechang hurriedly said, "Second Miss, this is not right! The supplies sent by Youzhou are increasing, and the time intervals are getting shorter and shorter. They have already been investigating the cause. If we all leave, and no one is holding them back, maybe they can easily find the road to Youzhou."

Xia Zhaoyi chuckled: "Liang Dechang, do you know where that road is?"

Liang Dechang paused and shook his head.

Xia Zhaoyi looked at Fan Yu and the others.

Fan Yu frowned and said, "Second Miss, is that road extremely secret?"

"It is large and winding," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "that road goes directly from Youzhou to Cangjin. The ancient mountains at the exit alone are as large as all the mountains around Hengxiang combined, fifty times larger. This ancient mountain has been uninhabited for almost a thousand years. Only people like my sister and my master who like to go to places with few people to see the scenery would set foot there. Not to mention that they can find it easily, even if I draw a map for them openly, they will probably take a long time to find the way, and they will get lost in it. It's the same for our people. When they deliver supplies, they have the instructions I wrote along the way, telling them to turn left or right at a certain place. But when they go back, the direction is completely different. They can only take a long detour to leave the northwest, go to Youzhou via Zeyang Road, and then get off the official road."

Fan Yu thought for a moment and said, "Second Miss, I'm still worried. They have planted so many spies in Youzhou before. They may not know the exit, but isn't the entrance Qingxiang Village? If they find it, then Qingxiang Village..."

Xia Zhaoyi's smile turned mischievous: "Youzhou is the place I feel most at ease with right now. Those people in Youzhou who were bribed by He Yanpo don't even know that they are now serving me."

Seeing that they were completely dumbfounded, Xia Zhaoyi explained, "He Yanpo once spent a lot of money to buy people's hearts in Congxin Prefecture. He didn't dare to use people from the northern border because the accent, temperament, and customs and habits cannot be developed overnight. Later, the incident of Chen Yongming, the county lieutenant of Congxin Prefecture, opened the door. Nie Huimo was very angry at the time, and his men began to search for traitors in large numbers. Seeing that the situation was not good, He Yanpo's secret agents immediately fled, and they didn't care about the lives of those officials who had been bribed. So when I returned to Hengxiang, I arranged for Wang Fengnian to send people to Congxin Prefecture to spend money and start taking over."

"I see!" Fan Yu became excited. "Those officials who have been bribed must be trembling with fear. Once they are found out, their families will be destroyed and their reputations will be ruined! The Second Miss not only sent people to give them a backer, but also gave them money. How can they not defect? ​​Second Miss, you are so far-sighted that you have already made such a big plan!"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Even He Yanpo has a few pairs of my eyes beside him, but they are not needed now, so I am not in a hurry to find them. They don't know that I am the one who has been supporting them for so long."

  (The foreshadowing is in the last few paragraphs of Chapter 818.)

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