Wu'an Qingyuan rode a horse slowly all the way out of the south city gate. He kept looking back to check. Except for a shriveled and thin old Buddhist lady riding a donkey following him, there was no other suspicious person. He felt relieved a little.
There was a fork in the road ahead. Wu An Qingyuan took the fork and turned east. When he turned back, the old lady who was worshiping Buddha continued to walk south. No one was following her. There was only a salesman in front of him who was walking in a hurry with a load of goods.
Wu An Qingyuan speeded up his horse and soon returned to the official road outside Dongcheng. When he looked back, the peddler had disappeared. There was only a carriage behind him, walking very fast, because this carriage had been walking in front of him before.
Wu An Qingyuan was confused and doubtful.
At this time, Wu An Qingyuan relaxed his mind and speeded up his horse to run towards Lintong County. People kept following him on the road. The internal guards used the best tracking skills and kept sending people to wait in advance and follow him according to his direction.
Looking at him, Wu An Qingyuan had no idea.
Soon, Wu An Qingyuan entered Lintong County and came to the big house they rented. He went to the alley behind, got off his horse, looked around to make sure there was no suspicious person, and then led the horse into the alley.
At this time, in a shop opposite, two guardsmen stared at him, knocked on the door rhythmically, and ducked into the mansion.
Not long after, Zhong Huan also arrived in Lintong County. The internal guards had paid a high price to rent the small shop opposite. In the small attic on the third floor, Zhong Huan watched the situation of the mansion with clairvoyance. From the attic, they could see half of it.
The situation inside the house, including the open space in the back yard.
At this time, he saw two thin men who seemed to be practicing climbing on the roof. They easily climbed up and jumped off the roof.
Soon, two more thin women in black appeared, practicing swordsmanship in the yard. Zhong Huan narrowed his eyes.
The two women in black and the three dead assassins were exactly the same regardless of their stature, clothing, or even the rapiers they used. This was the most conclusive evidence that they were the assassins.
"Has the owner of this house been found?"
"I found it. He is a businessman. He lives in Jingzhao City. This house will be rented out by Ya Ren!"
"Is it illegal for a businessman to live in a five-acre house?"
"Reporting to the general, this is his ancestral home. It has been reported to the government and is within the scope of special permission."
Zhong Huan no longer hesitated and made a decisive decision to his deputy Yang Zunyi: "Assemble a thousand internal guards and besiege the mansion tonight!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Yang Zunyi left in a hurry, and Zhong Huan said to Xu Cheng again: "You are responsible for keeping an eye on them. Anyone who goes out will be captured by me, and they are not allowed to escape!"
"I understand the humble position!"
Zhong Huan then rushed to report to the emperor.
After listening to the report, Chen Qing said calmly: "If you want to close the network, I have no objection. I only have one request, don't let any more assassinations happen!"
Zhong Huan was sweating profusely and said: "The humble minister has neglected his duty. I promise that there will be no more assassinations!"
"It's not about your guarantee. Guarantees are useless. The key is how you do it. For example, the vulnerability that appeared in the East Palace appeared for more than a month and no one discovered it. This is really inappropriate. I suggest you set up a security assessment department.
, any construction involving the palace must go through the security assessment of the internal security, and consider the security loopholes that may occur, as well as the security loopholes of Longhu. I hope you can make up for it as soon as possible. You can actually dive into the palace from the outside, let me, sir.
a little worried."
Zhong Huan said quickly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this loophole has been plugged and a new iron fence has been installed. Previously, the iron fence was not deep enough, allowing assassins to sneak in close to the bottom. Now the spikes of the iron fence have been inserted into the river bed.
It's made of fine steel, and even with thick wrists, it can't be cut with an iron saw, and the assassin can't get in no matter what."
Chen Qing nodded, "That's what I mean. Security must be prepared for a rainy day. There must be a specialized department to conduct security assessments, discover loopholes in time, and plug them!"
"Weichen understands!"
"Go and catch all the Japanese spies for me!"
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At night, a thousand internal guard soldiers surrounded the mansion in Lintong County. Zhong Huan whispered to several generals: "Go down with the order and try to capture them alive, but if there is any stubborn resistance, kill them without mercy!"
"Follow the order!"
The inner guard soldiers started to take action. They climbed into the wall and jumped in one by one. Suddenly an arrow was shot from the roof. One of the inner guard soldiers was caught off guard and the arrow rolled down from the wall. Dozens of inner guards shot towards the roof together.
He fired an arrow, and in the darkness a Japanese assassin was hit by more than a dozen arrows and rolled down from the roof screaming.
The people inside the house were immediately alarmed, someone shouted, and seven or eight men in black rushed to the backyard, wielding knives and slashing at the outflanking inner guard soldiers. The inner guard soldiers did not give them any chance and quickly surrounded the group of black-clothed men.
The warriors stabbed him with dozens of spears. In just a moment, all the men in black fell to the ground and died.
The leaders in the house, Minamotomoto Yi and Wu An Qingyuan, were afraid of being killed. They raised their hands and surrendered. They were pressed down and tied up by the internal guards.
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Inside the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, hundreds of internal guards were dispatched and arrested Yin Hezheya, his deputy Dehong Kobayashi, and more than a dozen associates, including seven or eight Japanese businessmen living in the chamber of commerce. They were also arrested.
Everyone in the Japanese Chamber of Commerce was emptied and the internal guards put a seal on it.
At the same time, an operation was launched against the Japanese. At the request of the internal defense, local governments cooperated and arrested all Japanese businessmen within their jurisdiction and sent them to Beijing for screening.
Of course, internal guards do not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Once they are proven innocent, they will be released.
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The war in Goryeo continued. The entire army of 30,000 Yuanwei rebels was destroyed, and the remaining 90,000 troops began to retreat to the southeast due to lack of food.
Commander Fujiwara Tadamichi learned that there were warships on the Imjin River. He was afraid that his retreat would be cut off, so he immediately ordered the entire army to retreat to the south bank of the Imjin River.
Three pontoon bridges were built on the Imjin River. The 90,000-strong army was crossing the river quickly. It took half a day to pass the 30,000-strong army. Commander Fujiwara Tadamichi was extremely worried. If this continued, the river would soon be cut off, and they would be killed by Yong's army.
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"Send the order, throw away the baggage, and cross the river with all the light troops!"
At this moment, there was a sudden chaos in the army on the south bank. The soldiers on the south bank were crying and running in all directions.
Someone shouted: "Marshal, there are enemy cavalry on the other side!"
Fujiwara Tadamichi could clearly see that an army of tens of thousands appeared on the south bank, led by a cavalry of ten thousand, which was extremely sharp. His own soldiers could not resist it at all, and were killed and fled in all directions.
The soldiers on the pontoon rushed back to escape for their lives, and people kept being squeezed into the river. Fujiwara Tadamichi's heart sank into the abyss. The scene he was most worried about happened. It is very likely that the army's retreat route has been cut off, and Jincheng was captured by Yong's army.
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"Ship! The ship is coming!"
When Fujiwara Tadamichi turned around, he saw three huge ships rumbling in. They did not use sails, and their two oars rolled in the water, urging the ships to move forward at full speed.
Fujiwara Tadamichi was desperate. Only then did he realize how big the gap was between them and the Yong Dynasty. Just this kind of large ship with ten thousand stones with wheeled oars could instantly kill all the Japanese ships.
"Get back quickly!"
Several generals on the shore shouted, and the more than a thousand soldiers on the pontoon became even more confused. They pushed and scrambled to escape, but it was too late. The ship with ten thousand stones crashed into the first pontoon.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise, the pontoon bridge was smashed into pieces, and hundreds of soldiers screamed and fell into the water.
But the ship did not stop, and continued to rush forward, breaking two other pontoon bridges in succession. More than 1,500 soldiers who had no time to evacuate all fell into the water, struggling in the water and calling for help, but no one could save them.
Tens of thousands of people on the north bank watched helplessly as the soldiers on the other side were slaughtered, and as the struggling soldiers sank to the bottom, everyone's heart was filled with despair.
Suddenly, there were continuous explosions in the distance, like thunder, but the sky was clear.
"It's Jianyu Thunder God!"
The soldiers shouted one after another. The news that Yong's army was assisted by Thunder God had already spread throughout the army. They were desperate, frightened, and afraid. Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted and were eager to retreat. The scene was chaotic.
Fujiwara Tadamichi had no choice but to order: "The army evacuates eastward!"
