Now is the era when princes are competing for hegemony. The armies of various countries are fighting fiercely on the surface, but the spy wars secretly are also extremely exciting.
Each country has its own intelligence organization, such as: Qin State's Black Ice Platform, Tang State's Bad Guys, Shu State's Big Who, Wei State's School Affairs Office, Song State's Imperial City Department, Yuan State's Xuanjing Department... and so on.
The intelligence organization of the Qing Dynasty was a sticky place, and its leader was Nurhachi's daughter-in-law, Huang Taiji's wife, Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager, Dayu'er.
Sticking to the stick is backed by the power of the Qing Dynasty, and Nurhachi is very willing to give money when he is short of money, and give to people when he is short of people. This has allowed Sticking to develop extremely rapidly, and it is also among the best among espionage organizations in various countries.
However, as Sticky Stick extended its tentacles into the Central Plains, it was jointly attacked by the Qin State's Black Ice Platform and various espionage organizations. With its strength greatly reduced, it could only temporarily escape Liaodong and bribe some sects and aristocratic families.
Get information.
Although this method has been effective in the past, it is obviously extremely limited and it is impossible to obtain heavy information, which suddenly puts Sticky's intelligence collection into an endless loop.
Seeing that the decisive battle with the Qin army was approaching, there was still little progress in Niangan's infiltration into various parts of the Central Plains and in various aspects of intelligence work. This made Nurhachi start to rush for quick success.
At the beginning of the establishment of Sticky Stick Department, in order to ensure the purity of Sticky Stick Department, Nurhachi required that the people he recruits must be strictly inspected, but now he has to personally break the rules under his leadership. At the beginning, he was restrained, but it was not a big deal.
People were absorbed inward, but as the Manchu territory grew larger and Nurhaci's connivance continued, Sticky Branch began to expand regardless of the cost.
Nurhachi gave an order to Dayu'er, no matter whether they are from the three religions or the nine schools of thought, or they are just like a fool, as long as they have strength, ability, and are willing to serve the Qing Dynasty, Sticky Branch will accept them.
Da Yuer was naturally strongly opposed to this. She believed that this move would greatly increase the strength of the Sticky Branch in the short term, but it would also definitely allow enemy spies to sneak into the Sticky Branch, which would be the most important thing for the intelligence organization.
Purity that matters.
Nurhachi naturally knew about Da Yuer's concerns, but he thought that as long as he was careful, he would be able to remove the undercover agents inside the sticky rod? So he was still stubborn.
After Da Yu'er tried to persuade her to no avail, she could only follow Nurhaci's order, lower the recruitment threshold at Sticky Bar, and spend a lot of money to buy evil masters from the Central Plains.
Through various measures, the strength of the stick-stick department has indeed improved, and the intelligence-gathering ability has risen by more than one level. But it is no longer the pure stick-stick department it used to be.
After Qin Hao and the princes of Hebei learned that the Niangan Department had lowered the threshold and was recruiting people on a large scale, it was naturally impossible for Qin Hao to let go and send undercover agents to the Niangan Department.
When one-tenth of an intelligence organization is penetrated, the organization is completely destroyed.
And how ruthless were Qin Hao and the princes of Hebei in their infiltration? Nearly one-third of the people in Niangan were their undercover agents, and Niangan had become the Liaodong branch of the major princes.
After that, although Nurhaci cleaned the sticky rod several times, he still failed to pull out all the undercover agents? Instead, he accidentally killed many of his own people? It also caused people inside the sticky rod to panic, and there was a risk of falling apart at any time.
We can only give up cleaning temporarily to appease people's hearts.
This is also the main reason why during the Qin-Qing War, the Black Ice Platform moved frequently, but no shadow could be seen at the sticky pole? After all, the interior is still unstable, so how can it come out to perform tasks?
Nurhachi thought he could play the game well? But he obviously lost his game this time and had no place to provide intelligence? The Qing army was passive on the Youbeiping battlefield and had no choice but to switch from offense to defense.
After giving the order to switch from offense to defense, Nurhachi also issued a strict order. The undercover agents inside the sticky pole must be removed as soon as possible so that the sticky pole can continue to operate.
In fact, Da Yuer had been secretly investigating for a long time. He began to execute the order soon after receiving the order, and failed to arrest a large number of undercover agents from the four kingdoms of Qin, Yan, Zhao, and Han.
In other words, the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Han have been destroyed by the Qin State, and there are still spies lurking inside the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Da Yu'er really has nothing to say about this.
After clearing out these undercover agents, Dayu'er thought that the inside of the sticky rod was clean, but unexpectedly, he sent a team of spies out to perform the mission, and was intercepted and killed by Heibingtai lurking in western Liaoning again.
Obviously, someone inside leaked the secret, which also shows that the sticky rod is still not clean.
Dare to intercept and kill the people in Sticking Station at the base camp, which shows Heibingtai's arrogance, but Da Yu'er has no way to do anything about it.
"well."
Da Yuer sighed and said with a tired look: "The comeback plan is cancelled."
"But sister, His Majesty wants us..."
Before Cixi could say anything, he was interrupted by Da Yu'er: "If you come back before the interior is completely clean, is the information obtained credible?"
"Uh..." Cixi was speechless for a moment.
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On the other side, Gongsun Xuanyuan's troops went through another two days of rapid march and finally bypassed the two counties of Linyu and Feiru. Although they still did not arrive at Lulongsai, they arrived at their first destination, Jieshi Road.
"Is this the Jieshi Road?"
Zhang Han raised his head to look at the terrain of the Jieshi Road and praised: "This place has high mountains, deep valleys, steep cliffs, and abrupt peaks. It is really a rare place that is easy to defend.
If a great pass is built here, even if the enemy army comes ten times as many times, one man will not be able to open the pass."
"Although we don't have the conditions to build a pass now, we can build a stronghold. Although the defensive power is not as good as that of Xiongguan, it is more than enough for a period of time."
After saying that, Gongsun Xuanyuan looked at Zhang Han and said with a smile: "Vice General Zhang, the task of building a stronghold here to stop the enemy will be left to you."
Zhang Han quickly clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely live up to the general's trust."
Gongsun Xuanyuan left behind three thousand soldiers and horses, and also left Gongsun He behind to assist Zhang Han. Before leaving, he warned: "If I leave, I can reach Lulongsai in half a day, and I will burn the Crescent Tower overnight.
With the Lulong Fire, the Qing army in western Liaoning must have learned that although the Qing army is now in the central and eastern part of western Liaoning, with the marching speed of the Qing army, they will definitely be able to reach Jieshi Road within three days.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Zhang, within three days, you must build the stronghold and prepare for the battle."
Building a stronghold is actually not difficult. A general marching stronghold can be built in less than a day. The difficulty is to build a strong stronghold that is easy to defend, and it is obviously more difficult to build a strong stronghold in a dangerous place like Jieshi Road.
Zhang Han's children were aware of the difficulty, but they still said confidently: "Promise"
Seeing this, Gongsun Xuanyuan nodded with satisfaction, then led the seven thousand troops to Lulong, and arrived at Guanxia half a day later.