Chapter 405: Celebration

Just after hearing a slight cough outside the tent, the curtain opened and a young man walked in.

Glancing at the crude topographic map on the table, the young man said, "Are you Jialiang?"

Chaogu quickly knelt down and said, "Little Liang, let me bow to the Lord of Dabai Gao Kingdom."

Liang Zuo smiled and said: "How can you tell?"

Chaogu smiled apologetically and said: "The commander outside the tent and the guarding sergeant have not made any inquiries, so naturally the king is here in person."

Liang Zuo picked up the belt on the table, looked at it, and said, "I heard the argument between you two. Mr. Jia, you are very knowledgeable."

Chaogu even said he didn't dare, and said: "I am also considering the safety of the army."

Liang Zuo said: "In this way, you don't doubt the people you employ, and you don't use the people you doubt."

After saying that, he folded his belt in half and pointed at the entrance of Shimen Gorge on the table: "When a lion fights a rabbit, you should also use all your strength. The army is bound to go to the front line. Since you value this place so much, please summon the familiar barbarians to guard it.

How is it here?”

Chaogu was overjoyed and prostrated: "Thank you so much for your trust, Lord, I will definitely work hard for my family!"

On the contrary, Liang Yiduo was a little unhappy: "Wuzu..."

Liang Zuo waved his hand to stop him: "Why don't you listen to Mr. Jia's advice? Even if you don't listen, you can tell it to me and let me make the decision! Don't do this again in the future."

After speaking, he turned to support Chaogu and said softly: "There is a proverb among the Han people: loyal advice is harsh to the ears and beneficial to action; poison is bitter to the mouth and beneficial to disease. Although I am young, I am not someone who cannot listen to advice."

"Sir, you are newly attached. You are not eager to achieve success, but you are always thinking about Xia Guo. I have also heard about the fact that you traveled thousands of miles to deliver money under the entrustment of your superiors. It is difficult to be loyal to others when you are in a hurry. You are indeed a kind and honest person.

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"So I can trust you sir, so I will leave it to you."

Chaogu burst into tears of gratitude and prostrated again: "Even if Jialiang is shattered to pieces, he still has to repay Wuzu for his trust!"

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Weizhou City, Sitong Trading Company, Wang Shao sent a list.

The transaction with the Xixia people was very complicated. The goods were specially prepared by Sitong Company and did not appear in the account books of Weizhou's Queshi.

Strictly speaking, this is smuggling. The person behind the smuggling is Cheng San, the middleman is Wang Shao, and the next person is Chaogu.

The big mastermind behind the scenes is naturally Su You.

Wang Shao's code name is Tang Silang. There is a rumor on Weizhou's underground black market that there is a luxurious figure in Shaanxi. Everyone knows about his existence, but no one has ever seen this person.

All transactions are conducted through messages. As long as you release the message about the goods you want, someone will naturally come to your door to complete the transaction with you.

Zhong Yi rushed in with a cargo list: "Brother Mouse, there is an elephant bone paperweight in the cargo list this time!"

Su Fu is externally the financial manager of Sitong Company, but in fact he is also the director of Weizhou Tingfeng Pavilion.

After receiving the order from Wang Shao, I read the date on the order, and then started looking for books on the bookshelf.

"The Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Changes", "Book of Rites" and "Spring and Autumn", the delivery date on the order is the 9th, that is "Book of Rites".

The first item on the list is fifty gold hairpins, totaling three hundred and twenty-one Sichuan notes.

Turn to the fifth page, "The gentleman said: 'Rituals and music must be removed from the body, and music can be used to heal the mind. Then Yi Zhizi's heart of forgiveness will arise spontaneously."

The twenty-first word is "forgiveness".

Su Fu wrote this word on the white paper and immediately became more serious.

The third item, thirty-four pieces of red brocade tapestry collars with dark flowers, totaling 101 Sichuan banknotes.

Found it, "Making obscene noises, strange clothes, strange skills, and strange weapons to confuse people and kill them."

Then he wrote the word "zuo" on the paper, and Su Fu's heart suddenly beat wildly. Big information!

This is the communication method agreed upon by Su You and Chao Gu. There are many such communication methods, and this is just one of them.

A delivery note marked with several inconspicuous small commodities indicates that it contains intelligence information.

On the delivery note, five books are determined by date, and there is a five-day cycle. On odd days, even-numbered items are counted, and on even-days, odd-numbered items are counted.

The number of products indicates the page number, and the last digit of the price indicates the position of the word.

There are a lot of commodities in Weizhou, and the prices vary from fraction to fraction. Those fractions are distributed by Chaogu as the benefit of Tu cadres. In the end, they are still round numbers to the Xixia people, and no one can tell what they are.

The two also agreed to end the message transmission with Yongchun Dew, and anything after Yongchun Dew would be invalid information.

Soon the news came out, "Liang Zuo, Tiandu Mountain, 70,000 troops."

Su You has now been stationed in the Zhenrong Army regularly, staying with Zhong Ji. The map and sand table have been moved to the White Tiger Hall of the Zhenrong Army.

When the news arrived, Su You and Zhong Ji were studying the situation in Weizhou. They opened the note and read it. Su You handed the message to Zhong Ji: "This is the news from Tianzi No. 1."

I opened the book and took a look: "Who is the number one in the world?"

Su You poked the sky with his finger: "Besides me, there is also Prince Ying who knows his identity. Are you sure you want to know?"

Zhong Ji immediately waved his hand: "No, no, no! I don't want to know!"

Then he got down to business: "Based on the information sent by the Tibetan tribe, there is no doubt that Weizhou is the Xixia people's main attack direction."

Su You asked: "Is Li Wenzhao available?"

Zhong Ji shook his head: "Don't think too much, he is the kind of person who is most loyal to Xixia, but he is loyal to his own ethnic group, not to the royal family."

Su You sighed and said: "I am ashamed, I am the pioneer of history..."

Zhong Ji shook his head: "You have no superior, you are a treacherous minister!"

Su You was speechless: "It's urgent. Let's talk about this at another time... Then report it to Duke Xue and tell him that Weizhou is where the enemy's main force is. He can order Wulang to attack at the right time and counterattack Liang Yongneng's troops in Huanqing!"

"Inform the Dun'an, Konghe, Luzhou, and Kuizhou departments to start the operation according to the predetermined plan. The reconnaissance cavalry will be placed a hundred miles outside Guyuan and must reach the outskirts of the Shimen Gorge."

"We are sure that the main force is here, so we don't need to wait any longer and send troops first. The Zhenrong Army and the Lu, Kui, and Konghe divisions will first seize and consolidate the Jiuyang, Dingchuan, Gaoping, and Sanchuan villages, and snipe the enemy troops layer by layer.

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"Hundle an army, one man and two cavalry, in the valley thirty miles away from the mouth of Shimen Gorge, conduct an ambush first, eat the Xixia forward part, and provoke Liang Zuo to attack!"

Zhong Ji admired Su You greatly, but he was also a little worried: "Mingrun, if our army takes the initiative to attack, will it cause criticism from the court?"

Su You said: "I will be outside, and I will not accept your orders."

Zhong Ji stood up and saluted: "I will obey your orders!"

Su You rolled his eyes and said, "You're such a big guy, this is actually what you think, right? You have to say it out of my mouth, so you have to obey."

Zhongjie chuckled and said: "I am just a martial artist. When the court blamed me, first there was a big man like Tanhua who took the blame... Hey Mingrun, let me tell you, this feeling is really good! If the court uses culture to control force.

It’s all like you, and I accept this system, Master Jun!”

Su You said: "When the army is deployed, inform Lao Xue that military control will be implemented in Weizhou City immediately."

"The Xiafan army only completed military service the year before last and cannot move for the time being." After saying this, he threw the baton on the sand table: "You know the big plan. From now on, you are the commander-in-chief, and all the military forces in Weizhou are under your control.

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"Balang and I are going to Dun'an Village. We are currently only responsible for managing the logistics, and will be responsible for guarding the village later. The rest will be left to you!"

Zhong Ji clasped his fists: "Commander Wei, don't worry, the general will definitely fulfill his mission!"

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Once the wheels of war are in motion, many things will no longer depend on human will.

In Huanzhou and Qingzhou, Xue Xiang still resorted to the old method, digging trenches outside the stronghold, determined not to go to war, and resisted Liang Yongneng's attack.

The wisdom of the generals on both sides burst out from time to time.

Liang Yongneng was not a good man. He had just sent out troops and was familiar with the Qiang people in Huanzhou. Sishun, who was assisting in the defense of Dashun City, surrendered with his entire family, which brought a great crisis to the defense of Huanqing.

If it wasn't arranged in advance, Su You wouldn't believe it.

In order to alleviate the crisis in Dashun City, Xue Xiang used the newly delivered caltrops from Shangzhou and spread them overnight under the water in the section of the river where Liang Yongneng's army was preparing to cross.

When Liang Yongneng ordered his cavalry to cross the water, many of them were tripped by thorns, and the soldiers all exclaimed that there was something wrong.

Cai Ting declared that Sishun would return, renovated Sishun's official residence in Dashun City, and sent troops westward to prepare for Sishun's return.

Liang Yongneng indeed suspected Sishun and poisoned him to death. He abandoned Dashun City and attacked Rouyuan Village.

During the transfer process, deputy envoy Zhang Yu attacked the camp at night and dealt a big blow to the Xixia army.

The terrain of Rouyuan City is small and the situation is dangerous. However, Xue Xiang has long expected that that is where Liang Yongneng's real main attack direction will be. The most belligerent Lao Wuer of the Zhong family is arranged there.

Zhong E ordered familiar households nearby to enter the clearing fields, dig trenches everywhere, and ordered each village not to fight, pretending to be a weakling.

Then a crossbow unit was ambushed in the trench.

After three days of fighting, Liang Yongneng couldn't stand it anymore. How could a weakling hold on for so long?

So he personally went into battle to supervise the battle, but was almost killed by an ambushed powerful crossbow.
Chapter completed!