The New Year's Eve of 196 AD was an unusual day. It was a happy day for the Chinese nation, because this year they not only defeated Jinghan, but also achieved preliminary victory in the Northwest Campaign. The victory was reported soon.
Passed to the imperial capital.
In the severe winter without homing pigeons, the scouts of China are still sticking to the front line. They may be running in the ice and snow, or hiding in a cave, or they may be quietly collecting intelligence in other countries. But no matter where they are, China
The country's victory can never be separated from them.
Some ministers were also surprised by the speed at which news from the Huaxia Kingdom was transmitted. They did not know how powerful a team Bian Xi had trained, let alone the total number of scouts in the country. They just knew that no matter what new news there was,
, the scouts always deliver the message as quickly as possible.
In the palace of Luoyang City, Gao Fei was sitting in a side hall. There was a fire around him, making the side hall look as warm as a spring day. In front of him, there was a table of delicious food. He raised his hand and smiled at
Bian Xi and others who were surrounding him said: "You are all elites in the scout team. It is rare for me to be with you today."
Let's get together. We usually eat and sleep outside. Today I have prepared delicious food for you. Please eat and drink to your heart's content. It has been rare for you to have a New Year's Eve in the past. This year, I will reward each of you with a beautiful woman.
I will be your mother-in-law. From now on, I will stay in the imperial capital and train more scouts for me."
Bian Xi hurriedly turned to his subordinates and said, "Why don't you quickly thank your Majesty for your kindness?"
The twenty elite scouts hurriedly stood up and knelt down to worship, "I'm waiting to thank you for your kindness!"
Gao Fei smiled and said: "Get up. Today, your brothers have received news from the northwest. Weiwei City has been captured, Cao Xiu has surrendered, Tuba Liangzhou is just around the corner, and the right chariot general has also been captured.
Huayin Pass, the troops are currently stationed in Bashang. Come, come, let's all raise a toast to the soldiers and scouts who are fighting on the front line, and wish them more glorious achievements!"
So everyone raised their glasses together, and then started eating and drinking without being polite. The twenty elite scouts were all used to being in the field, and when they ate, they devoured their food in a voracious manner.
Gao Fei saw that everyone had finished the food on the table quickly, so he immediately had some more food brought to him to satisfy his hunger.
The total number of scouts of the Huaxia Kingdom is probably the highest among the three countries, reaching as high as 100,000. These 100,000 people are all affiliated with Bian Xi's Intelligence Department. Departments are set up under his subordinates, with each state as a region. There are far more scouts in the frontline than in the rear.
In the area, there is a Huaxia scout every ten miles on the front line, and the transmission of messages is carried out in a solitary manner. Therefore, the speed of Huaxia's message transmission is far higher than that of other countries. This is also Bian Xi's original creation.
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In fact, the scouts in various countries are very good, but the key is to see whether the country provides support. Gao Fei has modern ideas. In his thinking, the speed of message transmission can often determine the outcome of a war.
The war launched by Gao Fei is not only a war of attrition and protracted war, but also an information war.
Flying pigeons can be used for short-distance transmission. In short distances, pigeons fly slightly faster, but if it is medium or long distances, scouts are often faster than homing pigeons because there is only one pigeon and they need to rest on the way. Sometimes
If you run into some vicious raptor while traveling a long distance and get eaten by one bite, the news will never be conveyed. A similar situation has happened once before, but it was not during the war.
Therefore, in order to prevent this kind of period from happening again, Gao Fei took two measures, air and ground, a two-pronged approach. It can also prevent someone from capturing the carrier pigeons and doing something secretly, because the Intelligence Department only listens to Gao Fei's orders, and everyone
All have been carefully screened.
Because of this, China's intelligence department spends a huge amount of money every year, almost as much as 100,000 yuan in military spending.
After Gao Fei hosted a banquet for Bian Xi and the other elite scouts, he said to Bian Xi: "When you return home, go see the Roman and ask Anita Partridge to come to the palace and say what I want
Meet him."
Bian Xi didn't ask any more questions, just answered and left.
Gao Fei went to the imperial study room. Chen Lin, the secretary-general of the imperial study room, said: "Write some imperial edicts for me and reward the five generals of the northwest army, Taishi Ci, Ma Chao, Pang De, Wei Yan, and Chu Yan, each with a hundred gold coins.
The four generals of the Kwantung Army, Xu Huang, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang, and Gao Sen, received 300 gold coins each, and Guo Jia was rewarded with 100 gold coins. All fallen soldiers will be treated as martyrs, and their pensions will be paid directly to their families."
Chen Lin nodded and started writing. After she finished writing, she asked Gao Fei to look at it. After Gao Fei looked at it, he took out the imperial seal and stamped it with a big seal.
"Oh, by the way, you write another imperial edict to confer Anita Partridge as the Flying Guard General, with an official rank of second rank, and to lead 20,000 Flying Guard troops to assist the right cavalry general Xu Huang in attacking Chang'an.
, we will send troops tomorrow." Gao Fei added.
"promise!"
Chen Lin worked tirelessly to write another imperial edict. After Gao Fei read it, he stamped it with a jade seal.
"Send the first edict to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the second edict to the Ministry of War."
"promise!"
After Chen Lin left, Gao Fei spread out the map. After studying it carefully, he heard the guard outside the door saying that Anita Partridge wanted to see him.
"Let him in!"
After Anita Partridge came in, she knelt down to Gao Fei and shouted loudly: "Dear His Majesty the Emperor, as soon as I heard that you summoned me, I came here. I didn't know that His Majesty the Emperor summoned me.
What's the matter?"
Gao Fei has become quite proficient in Chinese after hearing Anita Partridge speak it. Although there is still a little bit of Western flavor, it is already very rare for Anita. Because Chinese is the world's most important language.
The hardest language to learn in school. He went to
Next to Anita, he personally helped Anita up and said with a smile: "Mr. Partridge, you have been in our country of China for several years, right? I always trouble you to help me train the army, and I always ask you to help me train the army.
You didn't take good care of me, so please forgive me."
"It is my honor to serve His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor not only gave me food and clothing, but also provided me with women to live in. The Almighty God will definitely bless His Majesty the Emperor for a long life. In your words
In other words, a cannibal has a soft mouth and a grasping hand is short. I have taken advantage of both, and I feel that serving His Majesty the Emperor is what I should do." Anita said humorously.
"Hahaha... Mr. Partridge, you are almost becoming a China expert. I didn't ask you to train the army this time, but to fight. I asked you to guide you over the past few years.
The Fei Guards who were secretly trained for me went to attack the city, what do you think?" Gao Fei pulled Partridge to a seat, and the two of them sat down like that, and said kindly.
A trace of joy appeared on Anita Patridge's face, and she said: "I am very happy to serve His Majesty the Emperor. This is exactly the result of His Majesty's review of my Roman training in the past few years. I think I will definitely be in the war."
It will bring glory to His Majesty and let everyone in the world remember that His Majesty the Emperor is not someone to be trifled with, so please surrender quickly."
"Hahaha... Well said! Well said! Mr. Partridge, I have to admit that your flattery skills have improved a lot, right?" After hearing this, Gao Fei felt very comfortable and said with a smile.
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"I've worn everything but flattery, so am I applying what I've learned?" Anita Partridge also said with a smile.
"Well, it's just that you don't need to flatter me all the time, otherwise it will be slapped on the horse's hooves. In China, flattery is worse than your real ability. Do you understand?"
"I have remembered His Majesty the Emperor's words."
"Well, let's keep the story short. Come and take a look..." After saying that, Gao Fei pulled Partridge to the map, pointed at Chang'an City and said, "Do you know where this place is?"
"It's Chang'an City, the capital of Wei State. I once stayed there, but it was still the State of Qin at that time. The emperor's surname was Ma, not Cao. But it was a pity that Ma couldn't defeat Cao, and was defeated by Cao in the end. What's even more pity is that
, Ma didn’t reuse me, if he had reused me, he wouldn’t have suffered such a defeat." Partridge said regretfully.
Gao Fei said: "Mr. Partridge..."
"Your Majesty, just call me Anita. In front of Your Majesty, Partridge dare not call himself sir."
"Haha, okay. Anita, I have made you General Feiwei, and your official residence is from the second level. I want you to lead the troops to attack Chang'an City tomorrow. If Chang'an City is captured, I will naturally give you
How about you get promoted to a higher position and become a noble? In the future, I will help you find your way home, how about that?"
"Your Majesty, the great Emperor, is this true? Did I hear it correctly?"
"You heard that right, not at all."
"I am willing to serve His Majesty the Emperor, even if it means going to the sea of fire or the mountain of knives..."
"Haha, it should be up to the mountain of swords and down to the sea of fire."
"Haha, yes, yes, your majesty corrected you, it is to go up the mountain of knives and go down to the sea of fire."
Afterwards, Gao Fei chatted with Partridge again and asked him to bring explosives. As for the siege weapons, there was no need to bring them. If they were brought, it would definitely delay the time. I believe that in the city that has been conquered, there would be more explosives.
There are siege weapons.
For Anita Partridge, this is also a huge change, and the road to the future lies at his feet.
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Liangzhou, Wuwei City.
On the night of New Year's Eve, Taishi Ci, Ma Chao, Pang De, Wei Yan, Chu Yan, and Cao Xiu all gathered together. Everyone gathered in a circle and cooked New Year's Eve dinner. Everyone was in a happy mood. But for
Cao Xiu came here, and on the surface he wanted to join these tigers and wolves, but mentally he was extremely uncomfortable, and he had been looking forward to an opportunity.