Jiuxi

Chapter 493 Chapter 491 [Two flowers bloom]

Jiangbei, Xunyang Wang family.

In the side hall, Tan Zheng, Qu Zhong and Jiang Sheng were sitting at attention.

The three people have different personalities. Tan Zheng is astute, Qu Zhong is calm and mature, and Jiang Sheng is dull and reserved.

Among the team that Lu Tong created for Lu Chen, these three people were only inferior to Li Chengen in martial arts, and they were all loyal people who knew the basics and had worked in the Lu family for generations, so they were able to gain Lu Tong's trust.

Ever since Lu Chen handed over the secret guards of the Lu family, headed by Tan Zheng and others, to Wang Chulong, this secret force has become rigorous and professional at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Previously, they were mainly responsible for protecting Lu Tong's safety, collecting all kinds of intelligence that could be accessed, and supervising the operation of Lu Family's stores in various locations.

Although Tan Zheng and others have always regarded the Warp Weaving Department as their goal to surpass, and Lu Chen also gave him the opportunity to learn the Warp Weaving Department's rules and regulations, the effect was not very good because they did not have the ability to coordinate the overall situation. Furthermore, Lu Chen himself didn't have much time to train them.

Until Wang Chulong appeared, the status quo of the Lu family's secret guards quickly changed.

Her first step was to set up a detailed and complete hierarchy and rights and responsibilities. Tan Zheng and three other people each took charge of their own affairs, and at the same time they supervised each other.

Under them, the secret guards of the Lu family are divided into four levels, A, B, C, and D, based on seniority, martial arts, and past achievements. The rewards and punishments at each level are detailed to the extreme, so that everyone knows what they should do and how to do it.

This is a vertically and horizontally intertwined organizational structure, which is similar to the Warp Weaving Department and the Prosecutor's Office in some aspects.

In the past few months, Wang Chulong has not been in a hurry to make any great achievements. She has been patiently sharpening the internal skills of the Lu family's secret guards. However, Tan Zheng and others were surprised to notice that The face of this force is almost getting better every day.

After half an hour, the three of them finished their reports one after another. Wang Chulong nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Wang Chulong signaled Jinshu to hand the prepared envelopes to the three of them respectively, and then said calmly: "Now that information channels in various places have been established, in the future, except for the eleven situations I listed, emergency mail routes will be used. , the rest of the information can be summarized and sent to me once a month.”

In order to save them from worries and take necessary precautions, Wang Chulong set several rules, such as taking good care of the family members of these secret guards who stayed in Guangling City, giving them relatively generous rewards, and very clear rules. Award regulations.

Wang Chulong continued: "There is no need to rush to inquire about the news. I will give you a detailed charter step by step. First establish a foothold in the capital, and then slowly extend your tentacles later. By the way, you can do this step by step. You can inform Mr. Lu.”

In actual operation, every storefront is a small intelligence collection station. All the information collected is collected, screened, and archived by the Guangling headquarters.

The three of them didn't dare to say anything.

In the second step, Wang Chulong used the experience she gained in Zhai Lin and Wang's family to rectify the Lu family's originally rough intelligence system.

The two of them also stood up and responded.

The third step was also the most important step in Wang Chulong's opinion. She established a concise, clear and rigorous assessment mechanism for the entire secret guard team, especially in cultivating loyalty, spending a lot of energy and effort.

Wang Chulong looked at Qu Zhong and Jiang Sheng again and said: "Qu Zhong, you are still responsible for the affairs in Huaizhou. Jiang Sheng, you take 60 experts to Dingzhou and settle down in advance. I have made a plan here. You Just follow the plan.”

Therefore, every time they come to the Wang family, they will adopt a respectful and sincere attitude.

Tan Zhengdao: "Yes."

Nowadays, the Lu family's intelligence sources are divided into two parts by Wang Chulong. The first is the surface system based on the Lu family's storefronts in various places. The shopkeepers of each store have the responsibility of collecting local information and unexpected income. Of course, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Lu Tong's position in front of all shopkeepers was to understand the business situation in various places, so as to help the development of his own business.

Wang Chulong, dressed in simple and elegant clothes, came to the main hall accompanied by Jin Shu. Tan Zheng and others immediately stood up and saluted, and then stated to her the situation in various places in the past half month.

The second is to spread out some of the secret guards and set up hidden stakes in important cities in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and connect the dots to form surfaces to establish two non-interfering information channels: flying pigeons to send messages and knights to report messages.

Such a two-pronged approach has greatly enhanced the efficiency of the Lu family's intelligence collection.

Tan Zheng stood up and responded: "The villain takes orders."

Wang Chulong pondered for a moment and said to Tan Zheng: "Next, you take your brothers to the capital. Remember not to attract the attention of the secret agents of the Weaving Department, let alone conflict with others in the capital. Now Mr. Lu has revoked the company's license in Jiangnan. All appearances, this is a decision that everyone knows, so it is just the right time for you to go south and take root. I have a handwritten letter here. You can take it to Mr. Lu, and then collect the silver from him, and then go to the capital to hide it. ”

The three of them said in unison: "Yes, Miss Wang."

After they bowed respectfully and left, Jin Shu exhaled in a slightly exaggerated manner and said with a smile: "Miss, you are so amazing!"

"sharp?"

Wang Chulong smiled, shook his head and said, "It's just relying on Mr. Lu's power. Without his unreserved trust and support, as well as the clear statement of the Lu family, how could these arrogant generals be willing to listen to me?" Driven.”

Jin Shu nodded and sighed: "I wonder when Mr. Lu will be able to finish his business. After the young lady marries him, it will be more legitimate for the young lady to do these things."

Wang Chulong raised his hand to scratch the tip of her nose and said with a smile, "Okay, I know you care about him in your heart."

However, there was no smile in her eyes, on the contrary, there was some worry.

She had already learned about the emperor's condition from Lu Chen's secret letter, so naturally she would not mind the postponement of the wedding. She was just worried about his safety in the capital when the imperial power changed and the border was in danger.

So she decided to ask Tan Zheng to take his people south in advance and set up in the capital as early as possible to add some security to the person she wanted.

Walking slowly to the corridor, Wang Chulong raised his head and looked at the southern sky, with a trace of longing in his clear eyes.

Jin Shu took a large cloak and put it on her body. The master and servant stood side by side, silent for a long time. …

The winter wind is biting.

A Yan army baggage team walked on the deserted road.

They set out from Yongqiu, the capital city, located in the heart of Moyang Road, and their destination was Lingping Village, which is more than 200 miles southwest. They would pass through four small towns where they could take a break.

Now 80,000 troops of the Yan Army have gathered on the western front, and under the command of General Niu Cunjie, they have launched an extended offensive towards Xileng Pass and Gaotang City in Southern Qi. Lingping Village is just northeast of Gaotang City, with 30,000 troops stationed inside and outside. The remaining soldiers and horses were the main force attacking Gaotang City.

This baggage team has more than 300 large vehicles and more than 200 small vehicles. In addition to the rations of the civilians and the guards, the food and grass transported are enough for the Yan army in Lingping Village for half a month.

Although the Jingzhou Army has been on the defensive and has never taken the initiative since the beginning of the war, Niu Cunjie still did not dare to be careless. He specially mobilized 3,000 Yan Army infantry to escort the baggage and ordered them to take the long route to the north and stay as far away from Jingzhou as possible. Threat from state troops.

The leading Yan general was named Sang Yuan, who is now the military and horse supervisor of Xinchang Prefecture on Moyang Road.

He rode a tall horse and moved forward with a gloomy expression.

Naturally, there are people in the army, but because he is not a direct general under Niu Cunjie, he has never been able to get lucrative tasks. Others are leading troops on the battlefield, but he can only lead a group of miserable people. Transport grain and grass.

"Du Jian, we can definitely reach Fugou City before sunset, and we can reach Lingping in two days' walk."

A subordinate came forward with a flattering smile on his face.

Sang Yuan responded coldly.

The subordinate looked around, took out a wine bag from his arms, and said in a low voice: "It's really too cold here, Inspector, please take a sip to warm yourself up."

Sang Yuan glanced at him and said coldly: "The general has repeatedly issued strict orders that alcohol must be banned during the march. Do you want to cause me to violate military discipline?"

The subordinate, asking for his own boredom, took it back with a smile. Suddenly his ears twitched and he looked up at the hazy sky. He frowned and said, "It's thundering. Is it going to rain?"

When Sang Yuan heard the word thunder, his heart suddenly tightened. He listened carefully and there was indeed a faint sound of thunder. He turned his head and looked south, immediately grabbed the reins and roared: "The enemy is attacking, form a formation!"

Over the southern land, dark clouds rolled in.

A cavalry suddenly appeared in the sight of Yan Jun and civilians, speeding towards this direction!
For more than three months, the Jingzhou Army did not dare to take a step outside the boundary line. It seemed that it was intimidated by the huge momentum of the Yanjing Coalition Army and only wanted to defend its own defense line.

Even though Niu Cunjie repeatedly warned his generals, including himself, when seeing the cowardice of the famous Southern Qi general Li Tianrun, it was inevitable that some unknown contempt would arise in his heart.

Until this moment.

The sky was still as gloomy and oppressive as felt, and the four thousand riders of the Jingzhou Feiyu Army arrived in front of them like a violent wind and rain.

The Yan army ordered the civilians to surround the city with carts and form a formation to stop them. At the same time, they nervously fired arrows at the Jingzhou cavalry that was speeding towards them.

Sang Yuan's face was livid. What he was most angry about now was why the ranger scouts who had been sent out by his side did not respond and allowed the Jingzhou cavalry to break into Moyang Road and accurately find the location of this baggage team.

You must know that this is not the front line where the two armies are confronting each other, but the Yan Army's rear area. Not only are the troops on the front line responsible for guarding the main roads, but also the sentries posted by General Niu Cunjie everywhere. It seems that everyone has become a Deaf and blind.

This is not to say that the Jingzhou Army cavalry is incapable of launching a surprise attack. The North Korean cavalry has also entered the opponent's territory and harassed them. The key is that our own side did not have any warning about this.

The only explanation can only be that there was internal support from the Qi army within the Yan army, and then this prestigious cavalry marched straight in, heading here without any hesitation, and intercepted the baggage team before the Yan army scouts warned.

The Feiyu Army marched forward under the leadership of Li Bingxue. At the moment when the car array had not completed the siege, she waved the horse pole and took the lead into the Yan Army array!
The cry of killing suddenly started, covering the sky and the sun in an instant.

The infantry of the Yan army tried their best to resist, but the frightened civilians could no longer control their inner panic and fled in all directions like birds and animals.

After about half an hour, the battle came to an end.

The Yan army fled desperately, and in the end only Sang Yuan and more than a dozen of his confidants were left surrounded.

Li Bingxue came closer with the bleeding horse and looked at Sang Yuan, who was holding on for dear life, with cold eyes as if looking at a dead person.

Sang Yuan's lips moved, but he didn't dare to say another word.

"Burn all the food and grass."

Li Bingxue gave an order, and the Feiyu Army cavalry used the kerosene they carried to ignite the food and grass on the vehicle. After a while, flames shot into the sky.

Sang Yuan leaned his sword on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably as he looked at the Feiyu Army retreating calmly.

He didn't expect that he would survive, and he didn't understand why the murderous female general would let him go.

"Captain..." The confidant next to him looked panicked.

Hundreds of carts of food and fodder were destroyed, and only a dozen of the three thousand infantry were left. Is this the true strength of the Jingzhou Army?
Sang Yuan was silent for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go and report to the general!"

(End of this chapter)