Chapter four hundred and fifty seventh closing the net
There is a small village on the north bank of the Wei River called Xiaowen Village. There is a large house in the east of the village, covering an area of about four acres. However, the owner lives in Chengji County and the house is rented to a man.
For brothers who specialize in fishing in the Wei River, they make a living by fishing.
The house has been rented out for several years. Although eagles fly up and down from the yard from time to time, the brothers seem to be loyal and honest, so the villagers don't pay attention to some of their weird behaviors.
In the afternoon, a letter eagle took off from the yard, circled in the sky a few times, and then flew slowly to the northwest.
Just as Xin Ying was sent away, dozens of soldiers surrounded the house from all sides. The soldiers ran into the backyard and seized several eagle cages. Then they rushed into the house and pushed the two so-called brothers to the ground.
, tied behind his back.
To deal with the Xixia spies, we must first cut off their external contacts to prevent them from sending people to notify Lanzhou, which would cause the false information to fail.
In fact, the Internal Affairs Battalion has been monitoring the Xixia spies for half a year. They have a thorough understanding of how many there are and how they are distributed, so the first one to cut them off was the Xinying Camp.
After arresting the two spies who delivered the eagle's message, action also started in Chengji County. The first one to be arrested was Jiang Xiaowu from Yi'an Teahouse. He was knocked unconscious and arrested directly in the elegant room of the teahouse. He was arrested shortly after.
It was the shopkeeper of the old Beimen leather goods shop and three of his clerks, the third cave of the cunning rabbit, which was the second cave of the Xixia spies.
At this time, three hundred soldiers from the Internal Guard Battalion surrounded Xuechuan Restaurant.
Fifty soldiers broke open the door and rushed in.
Dou Qing was arranging several banquet tables for the evening in the kitchen, when suddenly someone stumbled over and said, "Big shopkeeper, something bad has happened, the Song Army has come in!"
Dou Qing was shocked. He suddenly remembered something and his face turned pale. He turned around and ran towards the shopkeeper's room in the backyard. In the shopkeeper's room there were all kinds of information he had collected, not only from Yang Qi, but also from what they usually collected.
Various population and livelihood information, as well as a secret notebook of his, which contains some records of his work as a spy in Jingzhao, which is equivalent to exposing the Jingzhao intelligence point, the Yanzhou intelligence point, and other secrets
.
There is no time to destroy other things, so this notebook must be destroyed.
As soon as he ran into the yard, an arrow shot out, hitting his calf. Dou Qing screamed and fell to the ground.
As he struggled to get up, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck, and a sharp sword pressed against his neck. "Move again and I will cut off your head."
Dou Qing sighed in his heart and fell to the ground, no longer resisting.
Song soldiers tied him behind his back, filled his mouth with rags, and put a black hood on his head.
The Song army's actions were extremely swift and violent. None of the twenty Xixia spies, including the chief shopkeeper, escaped. Except for five of them, they were killed on the spot, and the rest were all captured alive.
The Guardsmen began a thorough search of the restaurant.
At this time, Wang Hao walked into the restaurant, and a soldier took off Dou Qing's hood. Wang Hao's eyes were full of sarcasm and he smiled: "Yang Qi stole the information at noon and was caught on the spot. He will confess you, otherwise
I didn’t know yet that the famous Xuechuan Restaurant was actually opened by a Xixia spy.”
Dou Qing cursed in his heart. It was indeed Yang Qi who was responsible for the trouble. His face suddenly changed. Song Jun's troop dispatch information had been sent to Lanzhou. If Song Jun changed his plan, wouldn't the information he sent become false information?
Seeing his expression changing, Wang Hao couldn't help laughing, "Are you serious? Do you know how Jiang Xiaowu entered the teahouse? I recruited him by name. Otherwise, how would you have found Yang?"
strange?"
Dou Qing's face suddenly turned pale. He suddenly understood that it was a trap from the beginning and he had completely fallen into the trap.
Wang Hao waved his hand and said, "Take him away!"
The soldiers covered his head with a black bag, put him in a carriage and took him away. Other spies were also taken away.
Only then did Wang Hao breathe a sigh of relief.
In the Chinese army's tent, Zhao Xiaoyi held a wooden pole on the sand table to explain the Xixia Army's deployment in Gongzhou to Chen Qing and the generals. "The Xixia Army built a total of four logistics supply military cities in Gongzhou, among which Dingxi County
and Tongxi County are the main logistics cities, each with 3,000 troops stationed. Then there is a military city between Dingxi County and Tongxi County. The Xixia Army is called Xinqing City, with 2,000 troops stationed, about 30 miles to the north of Longxi.
Inside, where the enemy's logistics and supplies were burned down last time, a military city called Xinxia City was built, also with 2,000 troops stationed there.
Since the New Year, they have been using 3,000 camels to transport grain and supplies without stopping.
Chen Qing asked again: "How many Xixia troops are there in Lanzhou?"
"Reporting to the capital, if we add the 10,000 people from the four military cities, the Xixia army has a total of 80,000 people. In other words, there are 70,000 troops in Lanzhou now."
Chen Qing nodded and said to everyone: "Cao Baozong will leave 20,000 troops to guard Lanzhou, then he will attack Gongzhou with 70,000 troops. Almost as expected, he will have 60,000 troops approaching the city. He got our false information.
We will definitely attack Longxi County with all our strength before our main army arrives, and take Longxi County as the base for his attack on Qinzhou. Therefore, we must set off immediately, march secretly, and enter Longxi County without anyone noticing.
Their onslaught became a nightmare."
Everyone was excitedly waiting for the general's order. Chen Qing said again: "Yang Zaixing, General Liu Qiong obeys the order!"
Yang Zaixing and Liu Qiong stepped forward and bowed: "I'm here to serve you!"
Chen Qingdao: "I will give you two 10,000 cavalry. You enter Gongzhou from the north of Jichuan County. After the enemy's main force moves south, capture Tongxi County and Xinxia City. Don't surrender. Kill them all for me. Then
Use 4,000 men to guard these two military cities. When the enemy is attacking the city with all their strength, General Yang can lead 6,000 cavalry to sneak attack his camp and burn his food and grass. Once he withdraws and runs out of food, it will be the decisive battle between our two armies.
hour."
"This is my humble duty!"
Chen Qing said to everyone again: "Tonight is the time to send out troops. The army will set off at the third watch!"
Everyone agreed and went down one after another.
At this time, Wang Hao quickly walked into the big tent and saluted: "I would like to report to the capital that all the Xixia spies have been removed. Except for the spies who sent the letter to Lanzhou, none of the other spies have escaped."
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Are there any other gains?"
"Also, we have found a large amount of information, which has been collected by the other party for many years, including the entire Qinzhou, the population of each county, cities, specialties, people's livelihood, etc. It is very detailed, but it should still be compiled and has not been sent out. In addition,
I also found a black booklet in my humble position, which recorded many secrets, including the situation of Xixia's spies in Jingzhao, Yanzhou and Fengxiang. In addition, Xixia was also smuggling kerosene from Yanzhou, which had been going on for ten years, and there were other secrets.
It needs to be sorted out."
"Will it affect this decisive battle in Gongzhou?"
Wang Hao shook his head, "Basically it doesn't matter!"
"Then we will sort it out slowly. After the expedition, I will leave the safety of my family to your internal affairs battalion."
"Please rest assured, Commander, we will protect you closely."
"Those spies are of no use anymore. Keeping them will be a disaster. All of them will be executed!"
Wang Hao clasped his fists and said: "Reporting to the capital, I suggest that two people should be retained. They can continue to send false news to Xingqing Mansion, and we can't let them discover it prematurely."
Chen Qing nodded, "You decide for yourself! I won't ask."
At night, when the people in the city were about to fall asleep, Chen Qing came out of the warm quilt, got up and got dressed. At this time, his son was still sleeping soundly in the cradle.
"Husband, are you leaving tonight?" Lu Xiu felt really reluctant to give up.
Chen Qing leaned over and kissed his wife, "We must arrive in Longxi County before the Xixia Army spies go south. Time is very urgent. We must set off tonight."
"Husband, please be careful and I wish you a speedy victory!"
"I will come back when the war is over."
Chen Qing bent down and kissed his son's pink little face again, touched his little head, and he sighed softly.
"Husband, go quickly! Don't let the soldiers wait for you."
Chen Qing nodded, glanced at his son again, then turned around and left quickly.
At the third watch, 30,000 troops left the camp in two groups. Chen Qing led 20,000 troops and marched quickly westward along the south bank of the Wei River. Yang Zaixing and Liu Qiong led 10,000 cavalry across the Wei River and headed northwest to Jichuan County.
