Wang Xu didn't care about how Yuan Shu's ambitions were stirring, and after getting the news that he was preparing to become emperor with great fanfare, he scoffed and ignored it at all, but five days later, Ling Wanqing brought two news, one good and one bad, finally made him unable to sit still.

"My lord, all the tribes of the two barbarian tribes of Xiongxi and Youxi have been provoked one after another, and they have decided to support Shamoke, and they are currently gathering warriors in the clan to prepare to help in the war!" Ling Wanqing bowed and stood.

"When did it start? How long is it expected to be assembled? Why the sudden change in attitude? Did you inform Guo Jia, who was in charge of the suppression of the army? Although Wang Xu was flustered, he was not chaotic and asked calmly.

Ling Wanqing replied very fluently: "We started assembling three days ago!" It is expected that it will take at least five days to complete, probably because many people have been conspiring and inciting recently, and the patriarchs of the two clans cannot be suppressed, and the detailed information of the barbarian army has also been sent to the military division. ”

Wang Xu took a deep breath and asked calmly, "Aren't you spies and thieves working together to stop it?" Why is there such a big mess? ”

Ling Wanqing smiled bitterly: "Lord, our spy and thief Cao have done their best, and the two sides have been fighting fiercely these days. Yizhou must have disregarded the sacrifice, with the current exposed situation, it is estimated that after this battle, most of their intelligence system in Jingzhou will be destroyed, and it is completely a situation of becoming a benevolent person if they are not successful, and now even the thief Cao Peng and Liu Yi have personally gone south. ”

"He's here too?"

"Hmmm! However, he didn't come to Ningyuan, but went directly to the mixed area of the two ethnic groups. ”

Liu Yidu personally went south, which made Wang Xu deeply feel the difficulties of another battlefield, and couldn't help but worry: "Can his safety be guaranteed?" ”

Ling Wanqing wasn't too worried about this, and smiled softly: "Don't worry, lord. Liu Thief Cao has a lot of experience. It's amazing. Ordinary people want to find his trace, if it weren't for him to say hello to the spy, we wouldn't know, and he still has a lot of masters around him. ”

"This is also true, he used to be a real general of the court, and since him, the court's five officials have existed in name only."

As he spoke, Wang Xu smiled. He didn't ask any more questions, but said, "What about the good news you said?" ”

Ling Wan was sullen, and her eyes revealed a hint of joy: "Qian Zhao has been caught!" ”

"Caught?" Wang Xu's eyes widened instantly, and then he jumped to his feet: "Then why didn't you say it earlier, causing me to worry about it here in vain?" ”

When he saw the smile between Ling Wanqing's eyebrows, he already knew that he was being teased, and immediately laughed and scolded: "Okay, Ling Wanqing, you actually deliberately teased me!" ”

"Isn't it rare for the slave family to see the lord in a hurry?" Ling Wanqing covered her mouth and chuckled charmingly.

"Too lazy to talk to you!" Wang Xu rolled his eyes, and he had no intention of pursuing this. One mind was placed on Qian Zhao. "When did Qian Zhao get caught? Did he confess? ”

Ling Wanqing didn't dwell on it much, and then put away her smile. "It was arrested at the home of a private household in Beicheng. He is also simple and easy to look at, but the spy department has confirmed his identity yesterday, and this morning Luo An led more than 30 people to climb from the courtyard wall into the mansion and suddenly arrest him. After an hour of interrogation, he couldn't stand the torture and confessed, but after confessing, he committed suicide while everyone was lax for a moment. ”

Wang Xu was furious: "What are you eating?" How can you be so careless? He's dead, what if the confession is fake?

"The Lord is angry!" Ling Wanqing said quickly: "His testimony should be true, so everyone will relax at that time, on the way back to the prison, he suddenly grabbed a sharp thin iron rod and stabbed himself to death, the thin iron rod was originally used to penetrate the hands and feet during the execution, and he was not busy cleaning it up at that time, so he took advantage of the loophole." ”

"Humph!" Wang Xu was still angry, but he didn't make any more accusations: "What about his testimony?" Why are you sure it's true? ”

"Back to the lord, according to Qian Zhao's confession, Zhao Wei did not leave Jingnan, but hid in a farm near Chengbu and commanded all Yizhou to provoke the barbarians. The spy shadow was secretly fighting with Yizhou in various places, and some signs also found that the core direction of his command was near Chengbu, so he believed his words. ”

"Chengbu?" Wang Xu frowned, but he didn't know where he was after thinking for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Where is Chengbu and where is it?" ”

Ling Wanqing replied: "Chengbu is a barbarian and Han mixed township, located in the west of Lingling and Wuling County intersecting, is the lord of Xiangyang that year, only gradually rose a large township, the current general Huang Zhong's main army, is located more than 100 miles southwest of Chengbu. ”

"Hmm!" Wang Xu nodded. "What else did Qian Zhao explain?"

Ling Wan's clear and charming eyes quietly looked at Wang Xu, and said word by word: "I also explained that the supreme totem of the Wuxi barbarian clan is currently in Zhao Wei's hands." ”

Wang Xu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Hahaha! God help me! Let's go, inform Dian Wei, Huang Xu, and Liao Hua to clean up and leave immediately! ”

"Where is the lord?" Ling Wanqing was stunned.

"Of course, I went to Chengbu to arrest Zhao Wei, otherwise where else could I go?" Wang Xu said inexplicably.

Ling Wanqing hesitated for a moment, and said with some concern: "Lord, this is not very good, this is also very dangerous when it is captured, and I don't know how many masters there are now!" It's better to wait here, and the subordinates ordered the spy department to arrest and bring it over! ”

"What to bring!" Wang Xu glanced at him and reprimanded: "It will take two or three days for your spy to mobilize enough strength, it will take two or three days to arrest, and then it will take a day or two to press people back, and then I will take these people and barbarian totems, and it will take a few days to rush to find Shamoke, so come and go, how long will it be delayed?" I'm afraid that the two barbarians of Xiongxi and Youxi have been involved in the war for a long time, and there are countless casualties! ”

"But the lord's safety!" Ling Wanqing was still not at ease.

"What kind of atmosphere is it that you are afraid of what will happen? I'm not afraid of thousands of troops, but I'm afraid of a few of his juniors? Now the shape shì does not wait for anyone, and I have the final say! Wang Xu was full of courage and said decisively, and then continued: "You just need to immediately gather all the masters you can summon, the sooner the better, and meet at the West City Gate!" ”

Ling Wanqing hesitated for a while, after all, she didn't dare to disobey the order, and went as ordered, but when she was assembling the spy crew, because she was still not at ease, she wrote down the current situation and sent the commander Luo An to Liu Yi's place to deliver the letter, hoping that the experienced and scheming Liu Yi could provide some help for this trip.

Two hours later, Ling Wanqing hurried to the West City Gate with thirty-six well-skilled spy crews.

Although the number of people was a little small, Wang Xu couldn't care about it so much, so he immediately set off and rushed to the city.

Because of the light travel, the next afternoon, the group arrived at the farm described by Qian Zhao five miles to the east.

It's just that at this time, people are sleepy and tired, so they found a mountain col to rest, and only let Dian Wei quietly touch over to check the situation.

Everyone ate the jerky they carried with them, which was better than dry cakes, but Wang Xu still ate very slowly, and by the time he was full and ready to take a nap, Dian Wei had already returned.

He had no intention of sleeping at the moment, frowned and asked, "Dian Wei, how is the situation?" How many people are there in that farm? ”

Dian Wei's face was full of solemnity: "Lord, no one is allowed to approach the farm, you can only secretly observe it from a distance, about more than 100 people!" ”

"More than 100 people? Then don't worry too much! Wang Xu breathed a sigh of relief, more than 100 people were not a big problem for their group of people.

Dian Wei did not relax, but his brows furrowed even tighter: "Lord, there are many masters among them, almost all of them are not ordinary sergeants, although they are not afraid, but if they attack head-on, I am afraid that the casualties will be not small, and we have few people, it is difficult to guarantee that we can catch Zhao Wei." ”

"Oh?" Hearing his words, Wang Xu was also solemn.

Huang Xu on the side suddenly said: "Lord, it's better to raid at night!" We led twenty spy troops to break in, leaving sixteen people to guard outside the farm to prevent Zhao Wei from escaping, so there should be no problem. Our side is also full of good hands, so it should be no problem to kill him by surprise! ”

"Well, the last general is also in favor!" Liao Hua interfaced.

Ling Wanqing thought for a moment and added, "The lord wants to stay outside!" ”

"Well, that's a good point!" Dian Wei agreed.

"It's not closed......" Wang Xu was about to exit, but Ling Wanqing had already interrupted first: "Lord, please listen to your subordinates and others once!" ”

Wang Xu looked at the never-before-seen persistence in his beautiful eyes, opened his mouth, and swallowed. "Well, you rarely give opinions, and this time you adopted it!"

Looking at him like this, Ling Wanqing finally showed a hint of a smile!

Afterwards, several people did not say more, and randomly found a comfortable corner to rest, so as to recover for the evening......

Amo Township is a barbarian mixed place, currently in the Jingzhou army and the barbarian rebels in the war zone, here has been very prosperous, there are also simple city walls, can be regarded as a small city, mainly inhabited by the Xiongxi barbarians, a small number of Han and Chiefxi barbarians, but also one of the most frequent activities in Yizhou recently.

At this time, in a dilapidated house, a sturdy old man in his sixties was in a hurry, it was Cao Peng, a thief from the Jingzhou Wei General's Mansion - Liu Yi

"Confused! Confused! ”

His shouts made Liu Tao beside him, as well as Luo An, the spy commander, very puzzled, and his face was full of doubts.

Liu Tao is Liu Yi's eldest son, when Wang Xu set up Liu Yi as the thief Cao Peng, he also became the thief Cao Peng of Changsha Linxiang County Government, and later because of repeated cracks to important cases, he was promoted to Changsha County thief Cao Peng, and later transferred to Nanjun thief Cao Peng, and now he has entered the general's mansion Thief Cao Peng, working under his father.

"Father, what's wrong? Don't be in a hurry, solve it quickly! ”

Liu Tao's inquiry made Liu Yi quickly calm down, but he still couldn't help but sigh: "It's still too young, too young!" Since Qian Zhao has confessed, why did he commit suicide immediately? Does it make sense? Why would a person who could not withstand the torture and chose to betray beg for death immediately? This is unreasonable, even if you want to die, it won't be so fast, at least you will think alone for a while! ”

After speaking, regardless of Luo An's surprise, he immediately looked back at Liu Tao: "Quick, you immediately go to General Huang Zhong's camp and ask him to transfer you a sergeant, not too much, not too little, and then immediately go to the farm mentioned in this letter, if you have time, you can also help the lord!" (To be continued......)