Luoyang City finally returned to calm, at this time it has been a month since Dugu Huaien was killed, due to the Northern Sui army raid and north, diverted the attention of the Tang Dynasty, and the pressure on Luoyang was also reduced, although the Tang Dynasty still asked Wang Shichong to give a clear statement, but it was no longer as threatening to send troops as before, the Tang Dynasty originally assembled in Tongguan, preparing to attack Hongnong County's 30,000 troops were also transferred to Taiyuan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Without military pressure, Wang Shichong no longer bothered about the killing of Dugu Huaien, and a month later he issued an order to cancel the curfew that made the people of Luoyang constantly protest, and the night of Luoyang City resumed the Yingge and Yan Dance again, and the killing of the Tang envoy was gradually forgotten.

That night, in a liquor store called 'Anranju' near Beishi, Lu Ping met Xu Shanming, the head of the Ministry of War, again, he was still dressed the same as last time, wearing a half-worn fine linen gown, a white-washed flat scarf on his head, old black boots that had been cracked on his feet, and a leather belt tied around his waist that had been used for an unknown number of years, but the food on his face had faded and was slightly plumped.

Since he got the three hundred gold given by Lu Ping, his life has been greatly improved, his wife and mother no longer wash people, the food at home has also been replaced with wheat, no longer eat bean cakes, and a little meat can be seen on the table every three or five days, seeing that it is almost autumn, the family has also begun to buy winter clothes, but Xu Shanming himself is still very cautious, he only dares to tell his wife the truth, and said to his parents that he has found a night job with a good salary to make money by copying books.

Not only that, but his own clothes remained unchanged at all, and he was still dressed very badly, for fear that people would see that he was rich.

Xu Shanming wanted to resign more than once and return to his hometown, but he was stopped by Lu Ping, and Lu Ping promised him that in the future, when the Sui Dynasty attacked Luoyang, he would definitely promote Xu Shanming as a member of the military department, which stabilized Xu Shanming, and Xu Shanming took the initiative to join the Luoyang Intelligence Agency and officially became a secret subordinate of Lu Ping.

In the room, Lu Ping asked with concern, "How is it, didn't there be any accident in this big search?" ”

The Luoyang search lasted for ten days, repeatedly, only two of Lu Ping's shops were searched as many as five times, and they were also searched in the water, but no wooden box was found hidden in the water, and the grim situation forced Lu Ping to finally have to burn Dugu Huaien's head completely.

Lu Ping was also very worried about Xu Shanming, after all, Xu Shanming had hundreds of taels of gold in his hands, and once he was found out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xu Shanming hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you for the general's concern, I hid the gold in the wall, and the search soldiers saw that my family was too poor and I was a court official, so they didn't search carefully, just rummaged through the boxes and left." ”

"That's the best, I'm worried about what's going to happen to you."

Lu Ping remembered something, smiled and took out a bronze medal and handed it to Xu Shanming, "This is your official waist card, issued by Fang Junshi, congratulations sir." ”

Xu Shanming took the bronze medal, which was engraved with No. 69, he was very emotional, he finally became a member of the Northern Sui, I really don't know whether to be excited or panicked, but he still didn't understand in his heart, what kind of position is he?

Lu Ping saw the confusion in his eyes, and smiled: "The intelligence agency belongs to the military, and every intelligence scout will have a corresponding position in the military, and you are the same, but you should be a civilian, and it has not been decided for the time being, I personally estimate that it should belong to the first level of engagement, as long as you continue to make meritorious contributions, you will be promoted to join the army, and if you become a magistrate, it will at least be a big county or a small county order." ”

Xu Shanming decided to take the initiative to join the Intelligence Agency because he couldn't see his future, he knew that Sui Jun was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and he didn't pay attention to his qualifications and background, which was especially attractive to low-level officials like him from a poor background. ”

Lu Ping groaned and said, "I still need the deployment map of the three counties." ”

Xu Shanming used the excuse that his hometown was sold, and he had a little money in his hand, so he bribed his boss Yang Zhushu fifty times, and he now has a very harmonious relationship with the main book, and Yang Zhushu threw everything to him to do, and he was happy to be idle, so that Xu Shanming had access to more confidential information.

Xu Shanming understood what Lu Ping meant, and hurriedly said: "The last time the three maps can continue to be used, the place where the troops are stationed in the three counties has not changed, but Wang Ren led 30,000 troops to enter Xiyang County, and the latest garrison map has been sent to the military department five days ago, and it is still in the hands of the staff outside the country. ”

Lu Ping frowned, he had to wait for five days, but there was an urgent need ahead! His Royal Highness the King of Qi has already given an order, and Liu Lancheng is waiting for his map.

"Why does it take so long?" Lu Ping asked puzzled.

"Outsiders must first make a copy, in fact, it is a routine, and it can be drawn in an hour at most, but now the officials are very procrastinating, and they will not do it until the last day."

Lu Ping suddenly became a little anxious, and asked again: "Is there any way to do it?" ”

Xu Shanming laughed: "It's a coincidence, there is really a way, the chief in charge of drawing under the staff is called Zhou Shuigen, and I am a fellow villager, his wife gave birth to a son in his hometown last month, he was anxious to go home to visit relatives, but he happened to encounter an assassination case, only allowed to enter the city and not allowed to go out of the city, and finally survived to cancel the city control today, he was going to rush back, this morning he also asked me if I could do it for him for twenty days, I said to go back and discuss with the main book, since the general urgently needs the map, I will go to him later, Twenty days will begin tomorrow for him, and I will be able to give the map to the general by tomorrow evening at the latest. ”

Lu Ping was overjoyed, "If this matter is done, I will remember you a great achievement." ”

Xu Shanming was worried that Zhou Shuigen would go to find someone else to help again, so he said goodbye and hurried away, Lu Ping looked at his back and walked away, and began to think about re-installing this Xu Shanming in his heart, he also knew that he would be accused sooner or later by always using the way of bribery, it was better to use his own people, this Xu Shanming was unfortunately just a small Jiupin master, if he was a foreigner, then the various latest maps he wanted would not be a problem.

Lu Ping felt the need to talk to Wang Shiyun, so he said that this Xu Shanming was his cousin, and he believed that Wang Shiyun would give him this face.

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In the Yexian barracks, Liu Lancheng was discussing a new plan of action with two lieutenants, Li Keshi and Zhang Li.

They received an order from King Qi three days ago, asking the Fenglei Army to attack the Tang army fleet again in Xiyang County as soon as possible, but Liu Lancheng knew that the garrison of Xiyang County had changed, and Wang Shichong sent an additional 30,000 garrisons to Xiyang County, and Liu Lancheng urgently needed to get the latest garrison map.

But Lu Ping's efficient style really surprised him, and in just three days, Lu Ping's map was also delivered to the barracks.

"The original army garrison has not changed, but the new 30,000 troops are basically stationed on the east bank of Danshui!"

Liu Lancheng pointed to the map on the table and said to the two lieutenant generals: "I estimate that the fleet of the Tang Dynasty will no longer dock to supply and moor, if it attacks the slender man, the fleet will definitely cut the fiber rope in time, the only way is to launch and go directly to the ship to control the first ship, what do you think?" ”

The three of them have been together for a long time and know each other very well, Li Kexian smiled: "I think it is feasible, but I need to add one more point, we have no chance on the east coast, so we can only go to the west coast." ”

The new 30,000 troops are basically deployed on the east bank of Danshui, and there are only 3,000 troops stationed in Nanxiang County on the west bank, and there are many opportunities, Liu Lancheng pointed to the north of Danshui County on the map and said: "There seems to be a newly built wooden bridge here, which was not available last time, and it is at least ten miles away from the barracks, it is easy to be found during the day, and we can use this bridge to cross Danshui at night." ”

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After the three of them decided on the plan, they led the army to set off again, they had the garrison map of Wang Shichong's army and then they were like a tiger, this time they took a road to the north, and also avoided all the garrisons far away, and approached Danshui thirty miles north of Danshui County.

When night fell, the scouts came back to report that there was indeed a newly built wooden bridge ten miles north of Danshui County, but there were no garrisons on either side.

The three agreed that this must be because the incident affected the deployment of the Tang army, causing the Tang army to cancel the plan to attack Xiyang County, so Wang Ren also stopped sending troops to the west bank, and the wooden bridge that had just been built was useless.

But the wooden bridge also gave them a surprise, the piers took up most of the river, the channel for ships to pass through was not wide, and it had to be navigated close to the west bank.

In this way, he directly killed the ship from the west bank, and there was no need to go into the water to grab the first ship, a thousand soldiers, every ten soldiers were responsible for capturing one ship, even if the other party came a hundred ships, it was enough.

At the third watch, a thousand Sui troops silently crossed the wooden bridge and hid in the mountains and forests on the west bank of Danshui, while at the same time, a fleet of fifty flat-bottomed boats loaded with pig iron came from the south and slowly passed through the water surface of Nanxiang County.

(To be continued.) )