After Wang Hu finished speaking, Zhao Shen frowned and asked, "There was no mistake in your layout. Moreover, although the man died, he was always being watched by the people of the Imperial City Division, and there was no mistake. How did you do it?" Would you say the message has been passed on?"
"Your Majesty, this is the secret message found from the Tibetan spy!"
Wang Hu took out a black mud ball, but there were already two round holes in the mud ball, leaving only one side intact! And on the intact side, a white dot was revealed. It is obviously made of extremely fine white silk.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates found this out from the spy! Although I don't know if any other news has been spread, it is very likely that there are three pieces of news in this mud ball. .
The purpose is to prevent accidents!"
"My subordinates dare not deceive the Holy One. Although the people from the Imperial City Department have been keeping an eye on him, they cannot be foolproof! Especially when there was a huge flow of people when leaving the city, my subordinates made a mistake and did not make arrangements in advance. Maybe he took advantage of the loophole and spread the two pieces of news in this mud ball.
There is only one portion left in this mud ball!"
"Take this out!"
Zhao Shen said coldly.
Wang Hu took the mud ball, then carefully rubbed the white spot for a moment, and pulled out the white silk inside.
Sure enough, after the white silk was pulled out, there was only a small round hole left above the mud ball, which was almost exactly the same as the other two!
"Open this secret letter and see what is written in it?"
Wang Hu opened it, but it was the language of Tubo! Fortunately, although the language of Tubo was difficult to understand, there were not many talents in the Imperial City Department. Before long, Wang Hu brought a man who knew Tubo language. The Imperial City Secretary entered the main hall and translated the contents of the secret letter.
"This damn Tubo is really evil!"
After reading the contents of the secret letter, Zhao Shen slapped the table hard!
The content of this secret letter was not complicated. It first reported the situation of the envoy in Lin'an of the Song Dynasty, and also explained the difficulties in getting the Song Dynasty to withdraw its troops.
Then, it was Lu Dongzan who suggested that the war between Tubo Zampu and the Song Dynasty should continue.
However, the way to start the war was no longer as grand as before, but tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were sent to form small teams of one thousand or more to lurk on Chengdu Fulu Road.
Although the strength of these small teams is not comparable to that of an army of hundreds of thousands, it is easy to just cause chaos on the streets of Chengdu!
In other words, Tubo has already made a plan. Since the soldiers of the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom are running amok on the border of Tubo, they will retaliate in kind and continue to send troops to Chengdu, leaving the Song Dynasty to take care of itself! At least, they must avenge the tribes who suffered disaster!
"This little Tubo dares to challenge the dignity of our Song Dynasty again and again. He deserves to be damned!"
Zhao Shen said bitterly.
After a while, Zhao Shen looked at Wang Hu coldly, "So, at least two Tibetan spies have been let go by you?"
Wang Hu was covered in cold sweat, but he couldn't hide this matter.
"Your Majesty, this is a dereliction of duty on my part, please punish me.
In addition, my subordinates have sent people to the key roads of various states heading west. Once Tibetan spies appear, they will never be allowed to return to Tibet."
Wang Hu gritted his teeth and said.
Even though he said this, Wang Hu also knew that it would be extremely difficult to capture these two Tibetan spies.
He did send troops, and there were quite a few of them.
However, the Song Dynasty had a vast territory, with thousands of roads to the west, and countless inaccessible barren mountains. Is it possible that he could really block off all the roads and areas?
In addition, although the Tibetan spy they caught is dead, it is very likely that they have alerted the enemy. In this case, it is extremely elusive to catch other spies.
"call!"
Zhao Shen let out a deep breath and said, "Wang Hu, this time I will let you plead guilty first! If we can catch the other two Tibetan spies, I can show mercy to you."
But if you can’t be caught, don’t blame me for punishing you severely!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Even if he knows that the chance is slim, he will not be beheaded directly now.
"get out!"
Wang Hu respectfully withdrew, Zhao Shen rubbed his frown, and after a long while, he shouted towards the door, "Wang Quan, please invite Zhang Jun over immediately!"
When the Holy One summoned him, Zhang Jun came very quickly!
"I, Zhang Jun, see your Majesty!"
"My dear, no need to be polite! Sit down first!"
After Zhang Jun sat down, Zhao Shen waved and handed the secret letter on the table to Zhang Jun's hand! After Zhang Jun read it, he immediately shouted angrily, "This Tubo fan is simply ignorant of life and death! 180,000 The army has been defeated by our Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty, and now they still dare to use these little tricks."
"Your Majesty, please give me tens of thousands of elite soldiers. I will go to Chengdu in person to teach these Tibetan barbarians a lesson! I want them to know that they have to pay a price for provoking the Song Dynasty."
Zhang Jun said bitterly.
Zhao Shen patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder, first suppressing his anger, and then slowly told Zhang Jun what Wang Hu had said to him.
"My dear, it is very possible that this secret message has been spread by other Tibetan spies.
It may not be easy to retrieve it now! Therefore, we must prepare in advance in case an accident occurs in Chengdu and catches us by surprise!"
"Your Majesty, isn't the Tibetan mission still in the post house?
I will go and teach these ignorant guys a lesson!"
Zhang Jun stood up and wanted to walk out!
"My dear, calm your mind first! At this moment, even if you kill all the Tibetan envoys, it will not make any sense.
Moreover, although we have witnesses and physical evidence, we think that those Tibetan envoys will never admit their mistakes.
Zhang Jun nodded fiercely and then sat down again.
"Your Majesty, please tell me when to send troops! I can go at any time!"
"By the way, don't there still be soldiers and horses in Chengdu Prefecture now? Let them take precautions immediately! If there are Tibetan soldiers and horses entering Chengdu Prefecture Road, annihilate them directly!"
"Um!"
Zhao Shen nodded, "I will ask Shen Tang to pass the order later!"
Although Shen Tang has returned, his position as general has not been removed. At least he will have to wait until he has demonstrated his merits to all the generals before Shen Tang will return the military symbols and relinquish his position as general of the Western Expedition.
Therefore, if you want to command the soldiers and horses of Chengdu Prefecture, you still need the commander Shen Tang to come.