Du Teng said frankly: "This matter is a long story, so I'll keep it short. Since Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi passed away a few years ago, Wen Yanbo became the prime minister, and he had a good relationship with my father. In addition, the imperial court had

There is a culture of emphasizing civility over martial arts, and there are very few people who are both civilized and military. It happened that the head of the Guoxin Department died in the line of duty more than a year ago, and this vacancy was missing. It just so happened that I, Du Teng, was capable of both civil and military affairs. I was also from a well-known family and had the status of a Jinshi, so I appointed him specially.

I am the deputy director of the Guoxin Department. Because of my outstanding performance and repeated outstanding achievements, I was promoted to the full director."

Ge Yin thought: "I heard that the Guoxin Department is an extremely secretive organization, which is responsible for spying on the secrets of the Liao Dynasty. There are many smart young spies with high abilities in the department. They move around the border between Song and Liao and regularly collect intelligence about the Liao Dynasty."

Brother Yi is a high-ranking disciple of Beiming Palace. He has extremely high cultivation level and is smart. It is no wonder that Brother Mu Yi is appointed as the head of the department."

Du Teng shook his head and said humbly: "No, no, Guanting, you have praised me. I am not clever at all. I am clever at most. Oh, the information from Guoxin Division is available all day long. I have to face both true and false information every day."

My head is getting big. Hey, if the boss wants to say that Xian'er is the most suitable girl, no, she has now recognized her ancestor and returned to the clan. It's time to call her Tang Yuan. I heard a letter from Xiao Man saying that Guanting, you are the sword master.

The grandson of the eldest son of the Xiao family, don’t you just happen to be engaged to Tang Yuan? Isn’t this a perfect match for a man with talent and beauty?”

Seeing him chatting, Ge Yin opened up the conversation and completely ignored Wei Yun. As soon as Wei Yun heard that Tang Juan was engaged to him, a thick smile overflowed from the corners of his originally stern mouth.

"Cough cough cough..." Ge Yin looked embarrassed. He pretended to cough lightly, and used his eyes to indicate to Du Teng that there was Wei Yun waiting beside him. He also changed the topic and said: "Then you are here today.

, will you provide me with some valuable information about the Liao Dynasty, which will be beneficial to the war between the Liao and Song Dynasties?"

Du Teng understood Ge Yin's expression and said sternly: "That is necessary. Several spies from our country's Xinsi Department lurking in Daliao reported back that Daliao had planned for a long time this time and planned to get involved in our Song Dynasty. You

See, this time it is obvious that the Song Dynasty is not sincere, and the annual tribute coins delivered to Daliao every year are shoddy. There are even poisonous bees hidden in the boxes to deliberately attack the soldiers of Daliao. Anyway, it is obvious.

To put it this way, I was actually just looking for a legitimate reason to invade our Song Dynasty and start a war with our Song Dynasty. Otherwise, how could we have attacked twelve buildings on the border between Song and Liao in less than three days after the delivery date of the Xiongzhou Guechang Trading Exchange?

They captured the city in one fell swoop and conquered the two prefectures. They also marched 600,000 troops at Waqiao Pass and killed 90,000 Song soldiers and civilians."

He paused and continued: "In addition, I also heard that your capable general in the Liao-Xia pincer attack, Hu Quan, the deputy commander of the Ninghua Army, was captured alive. The strange thing is that

On the day of delivery, almost all the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty, nearly 800 to 900 people, were massacred as a result. Two hundred soldiers of the Ningwu Army were responsible for guarding the transaction. Except for Hu Quan, no one else was included.

One survived."

Wei Yun worriedly said: "It seems that the Liao people deliberately kept Hu Quan alive to threaten you, brother Guanting. But more than a month has passed. How could the Liao people know what happened and know that the Queen Mother and the young Majesty

I will appoint you as the marshal of the Song army in this Song-Liao battle."

Just as Ge Yin was deep in thought, Du Teng thought: "This time the 600,000-strong army of the Liao Dynasty is led by the prime minister of the Liao Dynasty, the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, that is, my senior brother Yeluyan is the marshal, and the deputy marshal is from the Liao Dynasty.

The newly promoted royal noble, King Jingnan. I heard that this King Jingnan is very mysterious and I don’t know his real name. However, he was highly regarded by the Liao Emperor. He also served as the military envoy of the Liao Xing Army in Pingzhou and the privy envoy of the South Academy of the Liao Dynasty, and was in charge of Nanjing.

Marshal's Mansion, Military and Horse Capital."

Wei Yun had heard about this newly arrived King of Jingnan, and couldn't help but echoed: "Although Yeluyan is the commander, he puts all the troops and horses under the control of this King of Jingnan. The King of Jingnan uses his troops in a strange way, is good at making plans, and can strategize and attack when he is unprepared."

, and the soldiers are expensive and fast, he is also good at craftsmanship and production, and developed the bed crossbow and divine arm bow that conquered our two-state city. These were originally sophisticated equipment of our Song Dynasty. I thought how could the barbarians of Liao know these exquisite things?

Therefore, we greatly underestimated the enemy. When encountering the two crossbows of Daliao, what if the two states were heavily guarded? They were still captured."

Ge Yin was slightly startled, and became curious about the enemy marshal Prince Jingnan, who had never met him before, and said: "You really know yourself and the enemy, and you can win every battle. It seems that Prince Jingnan knows our military equipment and weapons of the Song Dynasty too well."

So I chose the method of attacking Zi's shield with Zi's spear. The Divine Arm Bow was an enemy-defeating weapon developed during the reign of the late Emperor Shenzong. I also learned that its bow body is three feet and three feet long, and its string length is two feet and five feet.

The shooting range is as far as more than 240 steps, making it extremely difficult to resist a night attack."

Wei Yun was not impressed by Ge Yin's understanding of his country's military equipment. Instead, he was interested in his last sentence and echoed: "Yes, he attacked Bazhou at night with a divine arm bow on the delivery day. Bazhou didn't know that the relationship between Song and Liao had broken down.

, neglected to defend, and was captured in less than ten hours. The Xiongzhou city wall was strong and held on the longest, but there was still a huge disparity in power. In the end, it was captured by the Khitan cavalry. It is said that the Liao army used crossbows to shoot crossbow arrows directly.

The strange thing about killing the general of the Xiongzhou garrison was that the crossbow arrows were quenched with a kind of corpse poison. The person who was hit by the arrow was reduced to a bloodthirsty mummy after one day. He was resurrected from the dead with infinite strength. The person who was bitten by the bloodthirsty mummy lasted three hours.

Even if you don't work, you will be infected with corpse poison, which is like a plague. It spreads from ten to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Killing the city in this way is effortless."

Ge Yin took a deep breath and felt a little disgusted by King Jingnan's use of troops. He shook his head frequently and pointed out the shortcomings of the times: "The bed crossbow has always been a magic weapon for our army to defeat the enemy, but now it has been improved and used by the Liao Dynasty.

It has become a murderous butcher's knife that aids the evil deeds. I once admired the power of the bed crossbow because in the Battle of Chanyuan more than 80 years ago, our army installed bed crossbows at the top of the city to cleverly block the Liao army from attacking the city. The bed crossbow arrows

It was a perfect shot, and one shot hit Xiao Taolin, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army at the time, killing him on the spot. The Liao army was disintegrated due to the death of its commander, and had no intention of fighting, so it negotiated peace with the Song Dynasty. It was just that it was inhumane to add corpse poison to the crossbow arrows.

The clumsy means are really unacceptable. I thought that the King of Jingnan was a talented man who was capable of both civil and military skills and was good at craftsmanship. However, the massacre of the city was a huge disappointment. It turned out that the Liao people were still wolfish and barbaric.

Cheng Xing, what you say is true."

Du Teng's heart skipped a beat, and he let out a sigh and asked: "Hey, by the way, Guanting, do you think who is the Song Dynasty person who was found by our country's Shinsi spy in Xiongzhou and witnessed what happened on the day of delivery?"

Ge Yin, who was aroused by Du Teng's curiosity, slowly shook his head and heard Du Teng happily announce: "It was Feng Shen and Feng Shiyan who ranked second behind you when you won the top prize. This guy relies on flattery with his father.

Protected and supported, he was promoted to the transfer envoy of the capital of Hebei Province. He was the officer in charge of the tribute of coins and silk that day. In the end, for some reason, he survived. After some interrogation by me, it turned out that he was hiding among the dead on his own.

He only escaped by pretending to be dead. Later he disguised himself as a soldier of the Liao army and pretended to be crazy and a fool to survive in the fall of Xiongzhou. My spies also brought this guy here. Ruo Guanting, you want to interrogate him and learn more about what happened that day.

It's not a bad idea." After saying that, he shouted to the door: "Here comes Feng Shiyan, the transfer envoy from Hebei Province."

Feng Shiyao was wearing a worn-out Liao army uniform. He was unkempt and slovenly. He was helped into the meeting hall by two spies from the National Information Department. What followed was a strong sour smell from his body.

Wei Yun and Du Teng couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses. Du Teng said disgustedly: "What's the matter with you two? You don't take this guy to clean up. Do you want to stink us to death?"

The two spies looked at each other in astonishment, then they both raised their hands and said in unison: "Master, didn't you say that a mangy dog ​​like him doesn't deserve to be washed?"

Du Teng rolled his eyes at the two spies and said, "That's a joke, but it's serious. Forget it, we'll question this person."

Unexpectedly, Feng Shiyan was so humiliated that he said angrily: "Du Teng, you scoundrel, how dare you insult the imperial officials? Although I, Feng Shiyan, am living an ignoble existence among the enemy troops, I have not betrayed the Song Dynasty in one iota. I
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