At two o'clock in the night, Ying Caihe set off with his apprentice Jingyue, and the two of them rushed all the way east to Tongzhou.

Ying Caihe had seen the real thing of the iron fire thunder and the scene of the explosion in the Yangtze River, it was still a small iron fire mine, she knew very well the consequences of this firearm falling into the hands of Li Wujun, basically the Hebei campaign was dangerous.

She could imagine that the master was very annoyed by this matter, and at the critical moment he thought of himself, which was an affirmation and trust in himself, and thinking of this, Ying Cai and her spirits were uplifted, and she was determined to use all her strength to find the whereabouts of Iron Fire Thunder.

Ying Caihe's tracking ability is quite strong, she likes to be alone, and she is not very willing to cooperate with others, on the one hand, she is very conceited and looks down on others, on the other hand, her style of doing things is not in line with most people, she doesn't like to argue with others, there is only one way to shut up the other party, cut the other party's throat with a sword.

But in any case, Ying Caihe was an assassin, and her tracking ability was very strong.

The other party transported twenty large iron fire mines, it was too inconvenient to go by land, and it was necessary to pass through the Flying Fox and Jing Cheng to go to Jizhou, and it was believed that the Jin army had already sent a message from the flying pigeon, and tightly sealed the Flying Fox Sect, Jing Cheng and Fukou Cheng from the east end of the river and the Bai Cheng and Taihang Cheng in the south.

Even if they can get lucky enough to pass through King Jin's territory, can they still pass through Zhu Tao's territory? The odds are slim.

Therefore, it should be adopted and judged that the other party is most likely to take the waterway, take the Yellow River waterway, and then take the Yongji Canal to the north, which will pass through the territory of King Jin, Zhu Zhu and Tian Yue, Zhu Zhu and Tian Yue's territory is not a big problem, as long as you give enough bribes, you can basically pass.

Will they be able to cross the Yellow River waterway of the Jin king?

It's hard to say.

Ying Caihe decided to go to the mouth of the pot first, and in terms of time, when he arrived at the mouth of the pot, they were almost in that position.

In the dark night, Ying Caihe and his apprentice Jingyue quickly whipped their horses and galloped on the official road.......

When it was almost dawn, Guo Song also rushed back to Chang'an City with a thousand cavalry and guards, and he didn't have time to return to the house, so he directly ordered someone to find the head of the internal affairs and Jin Wei Mansion to meet him.

Wang Yue, the leader of the internal guard, and Li Anchen, the deputy leader, arrived first, and the other deputy leader, Guan Wuyang, had already led people to Lanzhou.

There are also Guo Yuniang, the head of the Jinwei Mansion, and Song Tian, the deputy leader, in the room.

The four of them lowered their heads and silently endured the thunderous wrath of the lord.

"What the hell have you been doing all these years? They actually let the family dig up their nests, where were you when they calmly deployed? Where were you when they bought off our people? Where were you when they easily stole the Iron Fire Thunder? Are you all sleeping? Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, but you can't be relied on at critical moments, even if I raise a group of pigs, I am better than you! ”

Wang Yue knelt down and wept and said: "I am willing to take all the responsibilities and apologize for my sins with death!" ”

"Fart!"

Guo Song scolded: "If you die, the iron fire and thunder will be able to chase you back?" Now when I want you to behave, you want to die, if you don't want to be the commander of this internal guard, then I will be! ”

The other three also knelt down one after another, and Guo Yuniang said with tears in her eyes: "Your Highness is angry, this matter came too suddenly, Commander Wang has not closed his eyes for a day and a night, and he is trying his best to find the whereabouts of Tiehuo Lei." ”

"I haven't closed my eyes for a day and a night." Guo Song let out a long sigh.

He said to Wang Yue: "I won't scold you first, you tell me the cause and effect first, and then tell me, how did you track it?" ”

Wang Yue wiped away his tears, and started from the news of the Jin Wei Mansion, until they almost killed the shopkeeper of the Dingkun Restaurant, and a guy couldn't bear the pressure and confessed to buying Li Chao, the Ordnance Administration, and Li Chao went to Zhangye with a thousand expired iron fire mines, but at this time they were still one step late, and the news came from Lanzhou that the ship transporting the iron fire mines was replaced with twenty iron fire mines, and it was inferred from time that it should have happened three days ago.

"What about this Ordnance Agency?" Guo Song asked.

"He's missing, and the lowly has sent someone to his ancestral home and laid an ambush near his house, and the lowly is confident that he will sneak back."

"Alright! Let's ignore the matter of this agency for now, and talk about your deployment. ”

Wang Yue said: "The humble post first notified all the internal guards of Taiyuan to be dispatched to block all the entrances of the Flying Fox, Jingcheng, Fukou, Baicheng and Taihang, and strictly investigated.

In addition, 20 search teams were dispatched to inspect the Yellow River and official roads in Guanzhong, Longyou, Shuofang, Guannei, Hedong and other places, and the deputy commander Guan Wuyang led 300 cavalry of the Inner Guard to Lanzhou to see if Lanzhou could find any clues. ”

Guo Song nodded, and asked Guo Yuniang again: "What about the Jinwei Mansion?" Is there action? ”

"Yes!"

Guo Yuniang said: "We are also a two-pronged approach, we sent seven groups of assassins to search for the whereabouts and whereabouts of the other party, and at the same time sent messages to the intelligence points of the four big cities of Youzhou, Xindu, Luoyang, and Yuancheng, asking them to pay attention to this matter, but the humble position did not mention iron fire and thunder, only important military supplies." ”

Their movements were quite fast and impeccable, Guo Song took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and then asked, "Who are these spies who steal Iron Fire Thunder?" Did you find it? ”

"The lowly interrogation has arrived."

Wang Yueyu reported: "It was done by the samurai of the nine-story building under Li Wujun. ”

Jiushulou is a samurai institution raised by Li Wujun, there are about 100 people, all of them are strong in martial arts, most of them are outlaws from all over the Tang Dynasty, bold and dare to do things, and Zhu Tao's Youzhou Hall, Tian Yue's Tongquetai, Li Na's Qingfeng Lou and other samurai institutions are equally famous.

"I also want to remind you of a possibility, that is, the other party knows that you will block the passage, and then they find a small county town to hide first, and then transport it back after the limelight has passed."

Wang Yue hurriedly said: "This possibility has also been thought of, Deputy Commander Guan went to Lanzhou to find clues, just to find their possible whereabouts." ”

Guo Song shook his head, this is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, he doesn't know the other party's plan at all, at this time, Guo Song suddenly found that the Ordnance Agency Cheng Li Chao is the top priority, he must have planned carefully with the other party, so he knows many details of the other party.

"Be sure to catch Li Chao as soon as possible!"

.........

Ying Caihe only took two days to arrive at Huguan, Huguan is a very special place, it is an important node on the Yellow River, because there is Hukou Waterfall here, all the boats must use the dry land rowing way to pass here, and the dry land rowing must be unloaded, and then transported to a mile away by animal power and then re-boarded.

Ying Caihe believes that if the other party wants to take the waterway back to Hebei, it will definitely come to Huguan, if he does not take the waterway after coming to Huguan, it is meaningless to confuse the other party, because the other party is a multi-pronged approach, and the bulls will not be confused at all.

Therefore, Ying Caihe can be sure that as long as the other party arrives at Huguan, it must be decided to take the waterway back to Hebei.

And the other party will be different when he walks the spout, and it is very likely that he will not unload the goods, so it is easy to check.

There are a lot of people on the Hukou wharf, the people are boiling, the bustle is abnormal, at least a few thousand people are crowded, the Yellow River is busy in the past two years, attracting a large number of laborers to Hukou to sell coolies to make money, pulling a boat or transporting a trip to the goods can earn ten yuan, two hundred yuan a day can be earned, a month is six yuan of money, which is much better than farming at home.

Because of the money that can be earned, more and more people come to work here, resulting in a bit overcrowding and labor saturation at the mouth of the pot.

Ying Caihe saw that Hukou Road was full of shirtless men, all of them smelling of sweat, she didn't want to participate, so she found a middle-aged man who introduced business.

The middle-aged man saw that although Ying Caihe was good-looking, but his face was full of evil, his eyes were murderous, and the scabbard of the long sword on his back was stained with blood, he knew that this was a female ranger who was not easy to mess with, and he asked respectfully: "What does the girl need the villain to inquire?" ”

"I'm going to inquire about a cargo ship, which has passed through the mouth of the pot in the past two days, about 500 stones, and there are at least a dozen people in it, all of whom seem to be men who know martial arts, wearing long swords or knives, with a Hebei accent, and their goods are large wooden boxes one by one, about four feet high and four feet wide, a total of twenty large wooden boxes, and I will give you five taels of silver."

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "I'll inquire right away to ensure that I can ask clearly." ”

The middle-aged man turned around to leave, but Ying Caihe stopped him again, "Wait a minute!" ”

"What else does the girl command?"

Ying Caihe hesitated and said, "There is another possibility, this ship refuses to unload. ”

"Impossible?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "Generally, it has to be unloaded, otherwise it is difficult to pull, unless the other party is willing to give several times the high price and hire more people to pull the ship, but there is no such stupid shipowner, so it will definitely be unloaded." ”

"Just go and ask."

"I see, girl, wait a minute."

The middle-aged man walked through the crowd.

Jingyue asked a little worriedly, "Master, will it not be found?" ”

Ying Caihe said lightly: "Unless they haven't come yet, they will definitely leave clues if the geese leave traces." ”