Guo Song found Yu Xude the day before yesterday and ordered him to investigate the situation of the Sogdian merchants who remained in Zhangye City, the business of Sogdian merchants in Zhangye City has basically stopped, and most of them have been transferred to Guzang County in Liangzhou.

Obviously, Guo Song is looking for spies from the Shatuo people, if the Shatuo people don't have spies in Ganzhou, I'm afraid that three-year-old children won't believe it, some Qiang herdsmen have been biased towards the Shatuo people, so what about Zhangye City?

That pigeon letter proved that the Sogdian merchants were the biggest suspects, and that they had a very good relationship with the Uighurs, and that the Shatuo people were supported by the Uighurs, so that the Sogdian merchants could communicate without resistance in the Beiting and Hexi corridors controlled by the Shatuos.

Most of the Sogdian merchants had been transferred to Liangzhou, and the Sogdian merchants who remained in Zhangye were the biggest suspects.

Yu Xude took out a list and handed it to Guo Song, "This is the list of all the Sogdians who have not evacuated at present, a total of twenty-four households, and the lowly ones have been carefully screened, of which fourteen of them do have business in Zhangye and can't leave, and seven of them can't leave because of various other reasons, such as serious illness, such as poverty, etc., and finally there are three lowly households who can't find any reason, they should leave, but they stay." ”

The three households are relatively special Sogdian merchants, Yu Xude has already marked them, Guo Song nodded, these three households are indeed very suspicious, if they are spies of the Shatuo people, then in addition to the pigeon letter, do they have any other way to report to the Shatuo people?

After being silent for a long time, Guo Song said slowly: "I will arrange this matter later, but I may need Yu Xiancheng's cooperation." ”

"I will fully cooperate with the envoy!"

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Yu Xiancheng said goodbye and left, Guo Song paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, he suddenly found that he lacked a special team like the Hidden Sword Pavilion, many things need to be explored by some people with strong martial arts, this kind of martial arts is different from the fighting martial arts of the scouts, you can't do everything yourself!

After pondering for a long time, Guo Song ordered: "Order the scout captain Zhang Yun to come to see me immediately!" ”

His subordinates rushed to report, and after a while, Zhang Yun hurriedly came, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "See the governor!" ”

"Let me ask you, are there any experts in the scout camp who are good at flying cornices and walking walls?"

Zhang Yun nodded, "There is such a master!" ”

Guo Song perked up and hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"There were about thirty people."

"If I transfer these people, will it affect your scouts?" Guo Song asked again.

"There's definitely a little bit of impact, but it's not a big problem."

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "You immediately pick twenty people for me, and then choose a shrewd and capable brigade commander to lead the team, I need them now, and bring them to my big tent after lunch." ”

"I understand that I will go and select elite soldiers now."

Although Guo Song wanted to recruit more skilled warriors, the situation forced him to select some elites from the army, and hoped that the people selected by Zhang Yun would not disappoint him.

After lunch, Zhang Yun brought twenty soldiers, twenty soldiers lined up to stand outside the big tent, Zhang Yun introduced to Guo Song: "These twenty soldiers were good at martial arts before joining the army, and they could easily climb a wooden wall one foot high in the obstacle crossing assessment, and they were really good at it." ”

He pointed to a sergeant who was nearly thirty years old and said, "This is the brigade commander Wang Yue, and he is also the person with the highest martial arts among them. ”

Guo Song felt that this brigade commander was faintly familiar, so he asked, "Have we met?" ”

The brigade commander was a little embarrassed and said: "The humble position is also from Kongtong Mountain, the Taoist name Wang Qingzi, who once fought with the governor at the martial arts conference, but fortunately the governor showed mercy." ”

Guo Song laughed, "It's called Wang Qingzi, which faction are you from the Zixiao faction?" ”

"The humble position is the Taoist priest of the Red Ape Palace, and he was eliminated by the governor in the first preliminary competition, and he practiced martial arts for four years, and entered the top 20 of the 12th Martial Arts Conference, and then returned to the army!"

"I'm familiar with Lei Lingzi of the Red Ape Palace."

"Back to the governor, Senior Brother Lei Lingzi won the first place that year, and then he was also vulgar, he didn't know where he was, and he didn't hide it from the governor, after that martial arts conference, many senior brothers and brothers with strong martial arts were poached by major forces, and they were from Ganzhou, and their parents were in Ganzhou, so they came back to defend their hometown."

Guo Song nodded, and entered the top twenty in the martial arts conference, this brigade commander's martial arts should be good.

"Everyone's in the account!"

Twenty soldiers entered the tent and knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the Governor!" ”

"Everybody, get up!"

Guo Song beckoned everyone to get up and said with a smile: "The reason why I have gathered you is because there is a task that needs to be completed by the brothers, and I suspect that there are spies of the Shatuo army among the Sogdians in the city, and who this spy is, and everyone needs to find out who it is." ”

Everyone was very excited, gearing up and eager to try.

Guo Song said again: "Wang Yue! ”

Wang Yue took a step forward and knelt down on one knee, "Humble duty!" ”

"I will appoint you as commander and lead twenty brethren into action!"

"Obey the order!"

Guo Song asked him to get up and handed him the list again, "This is a list compiled by Yu Xiancheng, you take it to Yu Xiancheng, and he will assist you." ”

Wang Yue took the list, Guo Song groaned and said: "Catching the Shatuo spies is one thing, but how to use them after catching them is even more important, you have to report to me in time, remember?" ”

"Obey!"

The king said yes and departed with twenty soldiers.

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There is a Persian mansion shop in the west of the city, which is an inn opened by the Sogdians of Anguo, called Ancheng Mansion, covering an area of nearly ten acres, and this inn can also accommodate the arrival of the huge camel team of the Sogdians.

Like other merchants, business at Anjo Mansion is very light and there are basically no customers.

The door was closed and business was suspended, but the occasional Sogdian man entering and exiting through the small door made people realize that the Sogdians of this Persian mansion had not evacuated and were still in the store.

Of course, it's normal for the shopkeeper and his guys not to evacuate, and if someone stays in the store, they need to be open at all times.

At night, it was pitch black in the shop, and the shopkeeper and his men seemed to have rested early, at this time, several black shadows appeared outside the shop, they climbed the wall, and hid in the back garden.

In a relatively secluded courtyard in the backyard, a row of wooden cages was covered with a thick cloth, and a dark figure lifted the thick cloth, and there were pigeons cooing and whispering inside, "Found it!" The shadow shouted.

Several black shadows immediately took the pigeon cage away, it was normal for the Sogdians to have pigeon cages, and they had to often use the pigeon letter to contact Chang'an and Longyou, but among the more than 20 Sogdian merchants left, Wang Yue and they only found carrier pigeons in this Persian mansion store.

The reason why Guo Song did not order the Tang army to directly visit the door for a large-scale search was because he was worried that the Sogdians would destroy the carrier pigeon and other important items, which would affect his follow-up plans, so Guo Song repeatedly instructed Wang Yue that he must take action after finding the carrier pigeon.

Before dawn, 500 soldiers surrounded the Persian mansion.

A tall, muscular soldier took two steps back, rushed forward, and kicked open the door of the mansion with a fierce kick, and the soldiers on both sides swarmed in.

The shopkeeper and seven or eight men were asleep, and before they could react, they were pressed down and tied up by the soldiers.

The main commander in charge of tonight's operation is Zhonglang General Li Bing, who is also Guo Song's henchman, about the same age as Yao Jin, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, tall and burly, followed Guo Song to Anxi that year, when he was only a soldier, but he showed outstanding military command talent in Fengzhou, and was repeatedly promoted to become a rising star.

Li Bing commanded the soldiers to capture the shopkeeper and his associates, and Wang Yue immediately ordered his men to search the entire mansion.

"Thanks to General Li for this operation, I am grateful!" Wang Yue thanked him.

Li Bing knew in his heart that this Wang Yue was afraid that he would have to be promoted, and he couldn't put up a fight easily, he waved his hand and smiled: "You're welcome, it's all my own brothers, this time I caught Sha Tuo Neiying, and General Wang made a great contribution." ”

Wang Yue shook his head, "Grasping the internal should is only the first step in the governor's plan, and whether or not you can use the internal should is the key." ”

"I see, no wonder we have to control the carrier pigeons first."

A short time later, a soldier rushed to report: "We have found two Hu people from the Western Regions, who claim to be Sogdian merchants. ”

Wang Yue sneered, and sure enough, as the governor expected, there were enemy spies hidden in the store.

He immediately ordered: "Interrogate the guy and the shopkeeper separately, you might as well be ruthless and see if they can recruit them?" ”

The soldiers went separately to interrogate, only to hear a burst of screams, and some people cried: "I say, I say it all!" ”

After a while, a soldier came back and reported: "Captain Qiyu, a fellow has confessed that these two Hu people are not Sogdians, but Shatuo, who have a close relationship with the shopkeeper, and have lived in the store last summer, and the pigeons in the backyard are also carrier pigeons brought by them." ”

After grasping the internal response of the Shatuo people, the next step is to calculate the plan.