Seeing Han Qian looking over him, although most of the newly recruited scouts were veterans who were used to seeing blood, they felt huge pressure when they thought of the four slack colleagues who were hacked to death in the North Courtyard of the Villa a few days ago.
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At this time, even the junior spies recruited into the spies' room may not know the true identity of Secret Cao Zuosi, let alone the craftsmen who were incorporated into the craftsman's room. However, the elite scouts from the military room were inspecting the military mansion during the third prince's inspection.
That night, he was summoned by Han Qian and told Secretary Cao Zuosi about the establishment and preparation mission.
Although many of these newly recruited scouts knew very well that the Third Prince was not a good person to be loyal to, they had no choice at all.
After Han Qian promulgated the regulations on rewards and punishments for the barracks, he ordered Zhao Wuji, Lin Zongjing, Guo Nuer and others to lead most of the barracks scouts to the west. At this time, the fifteen or sixteen people gathered in this nunnery were only this group.
Part of the westward march.
Although this group of people did not have time to receive strict instruction and training, they were completely clear about the purpose of the trip, and they also knew how serious the consequences would be if the mission failed, so they did not dare to slack off.
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"Civet, please say a few words." Several scouts encouraged a lean man to say a few words in response to Han Qian's inquiry.
Lingmao is just the nickname of the lean man. His real name is Gao Shao. He is in his early thirties and is a native of Liyang County, Jingzhao Prefecture. He was a scout in the army of Dong Chang, the governor of Yuezhou, and was good at riding and shooting.
It has the ability to fly over eaves and walk over walls, hence its nickname of civet cat.
After the defeat of Dong Chang, although Gao Shao was released back to his hometown as a prisoner of war, his fields and houses were confiscated, his wife contracted an epidemic, and the family could not even become a tenant, so they were kicked out of the farm by the old owner, and they could only become refugees.
Although they had been together for more than half a month, Zhao Wuji, Lin Zongjing, Guo Nuer and others all showed composure and maturity beyond their years. They lurked in the mountains and scouted out enemies with clear eyes, but they were still relatively young. In such a short period of time,
, it was still not enough to convince other veterans, Youzi, that they trusted him with their lives.
They were just frightened by Han Qian's high-pressure intimidation and no longer dared to disobey and neglect Zhao Wuji and others.
Although the origins of these newly recruited scouts are relatively mixed, they have already known each other clearly about who is more capable, whose reputation and status in the world are higher, and when it comes to such critical actions, they are more inclined to listen to those they trust.
people's opinions.
Han Qian also looked towards Gao Shao, the civet cat. He noticed that Gao Shao glanced at Tian Cheng and saw that Tian Cheng was silent, so he concentrated on organizing his words.
Han Qian could tell that among the newly recruited scouts, Gao Shao respected Tian Cheng's status and reputation more.
"Your Excellency has said that Zhao Mingting and the others' conspiracy is to prevent Mr. Lao from going to Xuzhou to take up his post. However, Zhao Mingting dare not make his conspiracy public. The most likely thing is to send secret cells to keep an eye on Mr. Lao's whereabouts, and then notify Jiang, who is colluding with them.
The bandits are taking action," Gao Shao, the civet cat, pondered for a while and said, "Chizhou is the territory of the great master. Although the great master and the old man are not very harmonious, Chizhou should not be the place where Zhao Mingting and the others choose to take action. If we take action now to catch them
After the secret agents sent by Zhao Mingting have alerted the enemy, it will become difficult to figure out their deployment to the west of Chizhou."
Han Qian nodded, secretly feeling that people like Gao Shao and Tian Cheng were indeed more experienced and could think about things more deeply, and said: "Wuji, Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Xiyao, the four of you will follow me now.
.The boat my father is on will set off again at night and should appear at the gate of Jiangzhou City tomorrow. We must get to Jiangzhou beforehand!"
To the west of Jiangzhou is Ezhou.
Yuezhou and Tanzhou to the west of Ezhou were the territories of Ma Yin, the military envoy of Tanzhou.
Although Ma Yin suffered a great loss in strength due to an internal rebellion four years before Tianyou, he had to surrender his whole family to Emperor Tianyou in order to suppress the rebellion and regain his position as Tanzhou Jiedushi. Although Ma Yin has been
, has always been submissive to Jinling, but at least maintains a semi-independent status, and will not easily allow the forces of the Privy Council Office to penetrate unscrupulously.
In addition, Han Qian believed that Ma Yin no longer wanted Jinling to strengthen his control over the counties south of Tanzhou and west of Tanzhou. Perhaps deep down in his heart, he hoped that Da Chu would cause chaos so that he could get rid of Jinling's control. But Ma Yin was a
A very cautious person may have these shameful thoughts and thoughts, so he would not want to attract the attention of Emperor Tianyou, and he should not want things like the assassination of the governor of Xuzhou to happen on his way to his appointment.
At the boundary of Tanzhou.
Therefore, the places Han Qian is most worried about are actually Jiangzhou and Ezhou.
What Han Qian is sure of now is that Zhao Mingting definitely sent troops to do harm to them, and Zhao Mingting sent not many troops, so there is reason to believe that Zhao Mingting will most likely contact the river bandits and lake bandits between Jiang and Hubei to attack his father's car.
The ship starts.
Han Qian suddenly changed the sailing ship's itinerary in order to disturb the position of the men sent by Zhao Mingting so that they could seize the flaw and discover their deployment between Jiang and Hubei.
Han Qian redistributed his manpower, and Guo Nuer and Lin Zongjing led two groups of people to slowly march from Zhide to Jiangzhou. He, Zhao Wuji, Gao Shao, Tian Cheng and Nian Xiyao rode fast horses from the mountains south of Zhide County.
Go to Jiangzhou City.
Although the waterway from Zhide County to the west of Jiangzhou City is only more than 150 miles, Han Qian and the others want to bypass the eyeliner that Zhao Mingting may assign between Jiangzhou and Zhide County and go around the mountains in the south.
Okay, we almost doubled the mileage before arriving at the outskirts of Laolongzui at the west end of Hukou County, which belongs to Jiangzhou, in the early morning.
Poyang Lake, connected by the Gan, Fu, Xin and Rao rivers, is 300 miles long from north to south and 150 miles wide from east to west. It is connected to the Yangtze River in the west of Hukou County; Laolongzui is located on the west bank of Hukou and is connected with the river on the east bank.
The cities and towns face each other across the lake.
My father, Han Daoxun, went to Xuzhou to take up his post. He could continue westward via Jiangzhou, and then go south to enter the Dongting Lake system after arriving in Yuezhou. He could also go south directly from Hukou County, enter Poyang Lake, land in Hongzhou, and cross Luozhou by land.
The Xiaoshan Mountains enter the realm of Jingchu.
Although this section of the road is more difficult, it is also a shortcut to Xuzhou for his appointment.
Han Qian thought that if Zhao Mingting was to be prepared for his father's possible sudden change of schedule, he should send people to the east of Jiangzhou City to keep an eye on the mouth of Poyang Lake where it enters the river.
Laolongzui is a mountain ridge in the west of Hukou County. It extends from the land into the lake beach. Although it is only a dozen feet high, it extends into the turbid water where the rivers and lakes meet for about two miles. It is an important place to control the mouth of the lake.
In the early years, when the princes of Jingchu and Chu were fighting for supremacy, Laolongzui built military buildings such as towers and fortresses. Now it belongs to the hinterland of Chu. Although there are no troops stationed on Laolongzui, buildings such as towers and towers have been preserved and become a scenic spot.
monuments.
Han Qian did not go directly to Laolongzui, but hid in a hill outside and stared in the direction of Laolongzui.
Han Qian made an appointment with his father that the sailboat would enter Poyang Lake from the west of Laolongzui in half an hour, so that they could clearly see if there was any secret spy sent by Zhao Mingting nearby.
The purpose of Han Qian and others was to keep an eye on the secret scouts sent by Zhao Mingting to Jiangzhou.
After three hundred miles in half a day and one night, all four horses were run away. They were directly slaughtered and pushed into a ravine filled with dead branches and leaves. There was no regret at all.
Gao Shao and Tian Cheng were both strong men in the army, able to withstand hardships. Nian Xiyao and Zhao Wuji were both born in poverty, but in their impressions, they should be Han Qian, the son of a spoiled, arrogant and harsh minister.
What I have to do every day is to read with the third prince, and at this time I am only a little bit sleepy.
This person was actually called Gao Shao, and Tian Cheng and the two were secretly shocked.
Han Qian and the others hid in a bush, took out a monocular from their arms, stretched it out, and looked in the direction of Laolongtou. The two vague figures on the hilltop of Laolongzui in the distance immediately became clear.
stand up.
Although Lao Lao Tsui is a famous scenic spot nearby, it was still early in the morning, so people who boarded Lao Lung Tsui so early were naturally suspicious.
After watching for a while, Han Qian handed the monocular to Zhao Wuji and the others: "You take turns to keep an eye on these two people, and remember to take turns to rest."
After a night of galloping, even a hardened person will feel quite trapped.
It rained for a while at the lake entrance in the early morning, and there was no dry place in the wild. Han Qian spread half of the oilcloth under the tree, leaned against the tree roots and closed his eyes to rest. He also told Zhao Wuji and the others to take turns to rest and replenish their energy.
Prepare for the coming changes.
After Zhao Wuji confirmed the two target persons, he taught Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, and Ji Xiyao how to use a monocular to see distant objects.
The half-foot-long copper cylinder is one foot long after being pulled out. When you hold it in front of your eyes and look out, you can see the trees four or five miles away in front of you. You can even vaguely see the outline of the faces of the two people on the top of Laolongzui Mountain.
Tian Cheng and Gao Shao have never seen such a rare thing before. If it weren't for this thing, they would have to lurk at the foot of Laolongzui Mountain to see the faces of those two people clearly. In that case, they would not be condescending.
It was extremely difficult for the two of them to notice.
"Where did you find this treasure? It's so wonderful?" Tian Cheng was recruited into Zuo Si's barracks, so he kept a low profile. At this time, he saw Han Qian curled up under a tree, snoring slightly, and couldn't help but ask Zhao Wuji
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"Where can I find this thing? It was just made by the young master in his spare time." Zhao Wuji said.
"Is there only one such sharp weapon?" Tian Cheng asked curiously as he had never seen Zhao Wuji, Han Qian's direct henchmen, carrying monoculars.
On a clear day, this thing can vaguely see the opponent's face from seven or eight miles away. This is really useful for scouts to spy on the enemy. In Tian Cheng's view, this kind of thing is worth more than ten pieces of gold.
, we should also make a few more and distribute them to key people.
"If it's really so easy to build, does it still require the Young Master to personally take action?"
The difficulty of the monocular lies in the grinding of the lens. There were no precision instruments in the world, so he relied on experience, grinding and calibrating bit by bit. He did not know how many crystals were wasted in the process. Han Qian used his spare time for more than half a year to grind two.
A suitable lens came out. It's not that Han Qian didn't know how useful this thing was, and he was stingy about not giving it to Zhao Wuji and others.
Zhao Wuji didn't say much. He gave a brief explanation and refused to say more. He asked Gao Shao and Tian Cheng to take turns to stare at the top of Laolongzui Mountain. He asked Ji Xiyao to climb the tree and keep an eye on the openings in and out of the forest where they were, while he would
With a wooden bow lying in front of him, he also sat under the tree and closed his eyes to meditate.
Tian Cheng and Gao Shao looked at each other and then at Han Qian, who had begun to snore. Unexpectedly, Han Qian fell asleep in such a short time. This is something that many elite scouts are usually unable to do.
In the past, when Han Qian returned to the military camp in the camp, in order to avoid suspicion and to avoid suspicion that his father was targeted too early, he mainly handled affairs in the villa, leaving the soldiers' sons to contact the infected and hungry people. He rarely interacted with the people in the camp.
After the lime kiln became stable, the craftsmanship workshop was mainly handed over to Fan Xicheng and others.
For a long period of time, the father and son, Han Daoxun, who admonished the hungry people, and Han Qian, who was ignorant and unskilled, did not have a good reputation among the soldiers who had so few sources of information.
However, people like Tian Cheng and Gao Shao can also be seen as unusual from the appointments of Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son. However, the time they have been in contact with Han Qian is too short. In the eyes of Zhao Wuji and others,
"Young Master" still knows too little about Han Qian, who can control their life and death.