In just seven or eight days, Guo Song's soldiers built more than 20 wooden houses. Each wooden house was long and wide. It could accommodate hundreds of soldiers sleeping in the house at night. It was elevated below and covered with wood to make it very dry and comfortable.
It was countless times better than soldiers sleeping in the wild. In addition, stables and warehouses were built, and camp fences were built with logs around them. The prototype of a complete military camp took shape.
In addition, Guo Song also ordered the soldiers to build a small wooden house on a big tree as a sentry tower, and sent soldiers to set up a guard at the entrance of Wagang Mountain. Once the enemy attacked, they would immediately light beacon smoke to call the police.
But there was one problem that made Guo Song deeply embarrassed. How to arrange external intelligence? Without sufficient intelligence, it was difficult for him to judge how to send troops.
He could either send his soldiers out and pretend to be a businessman, or wait for news from the court.
Guo Song discussed this issue with the prince before leaving. The prince said he would consider it, but Guo Song had no news about how to decide.
Guo Song paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. A map was placed on a temporary large table made of pine wood.
Xu Jingnan said on the side: "Your Majesty, you can either send five groups of brothers, one group from Baima County is responsible for Huazhou, one group from Zhencheng County is responsible for Puzhou, one group from Chenliu County and one group from Kaifeng County are responsible for Bianzhou, and then Songcheng
A team from the county is responsible for Songzhou, I think that’s almost enough.”
Guo Song sighed, "The spies we sent can only see the surface, knowing that armies are coming and going, but it is difficult for us to grasp how the other party makes decisions. In fact, I am not worried about Li Lingyao. What I am worried about is the relationship between Li Zhengji and Tian Chengsi."
Army, how can they miss this opportunity to expand their power?"
At this moment, a soldier reported outside the door: "Ask your Majesty, the Yamaguchi alert soldiers brought two people, saying that they were sent by His Highness the Crown Prince to find you."
Guo Song was startled and immediately ordered: "Bring them in quickly!"
His landing in Wagang Mountain was top-secret information, and only the prince knew about it. He actually sent someone here, so he must be an important person.
Not long after, a middle-aged man and a young man were brought into the military camp. Guo Song was already waiting at the door. The middle-aged man bowed respectfully to Guo Song and said, "See Ambassador Guo!"
"Do you know me?" Guo Songxiao asked.
The man smiled and nodded, "I met the envoy once when I received Lu Sigong's fleet in Puzhou. I am Xie Zhen, the head of the Intelligence Hall of Hidden Sword Pavilion in the Central Plains region."
He pointed to the young man behind him and said with a smile: "This is our pigeon slave, he is very good at training pigeons. He brought five homing pigeons to establish a connection between the village and Kaifeng County."
Guo Song was overjoyed. He didn't bring Mengzi here this time, and he felt a little regretful. Unexpectedly, Zangjian Pavilion even thought of homing pigeons.
Guo Song asked Liang Wu to arrange for two soldiers to learn how to control pigeons from the pigeon slave, while he took Xie Zhen into the room.
Since the execution of Yu Chaoen, the function of the Hidden Sword Pavilion has gradually shifted from assassination to intelligence gathering. A large number of intelligence manpower has been enriched, and intelligence points have been set up in various feudal towns. For example, Guo Song's senior brother Yang Yu was sent
He is the head of the intelligence hall in Ziqing area.
This Hall Master Xie Zhen, Guo Song had also heard from Yang Yu, one of the five elders of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. Even though he was short and fat, he was very skilled in swordsmanship. He had been a member of the Hidden Sword Pavilion for almost twenty years.
The two of them sat down separately as guest and host. Guo Song smiled and said, "His Royal Highness arranged for Hall Master Xie to come over?"
Xie Zhen shook his head, "It was an order given directly to me by Pavilion Master Gongsun. I think it was an order conveyed by the Emperor."
Guo Song felt relieved. The way the prince told him to solve the intelligence problem was to point to the intelligence agency of Zangjian Pavilion in the Central Plains. This was good, as it solved a big problem for him.
"How is the information hall in the Central Plains?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
Xie Zhen bowed slightly and said: "The Central Plains Intelligence Hall is located in Kaifeng County. It was established ten years ago to monitor Tian Shengong. After ten years of development, it now has branches in eight states of Bian and Song Dynasties, with more than two hundred members.
, using restaurants, inns, shops and other shops as cover, and many people work in state and county government offices.”
Guo Song really didn't expect the scale of the Central Plains Intelligence Hall to be so large. No wonder the emperor was able to know the news of Li Lingyao's rebellion at the first time, and Li Mian definitely did not get the support of the Intelligence Hall, otherwise he would not have been caught off guard by Li Lingyao.
"What's the situation like now with Li Lingyao and several other feudal towns?" Guo Song asked again.
"Li Lingyao is trying his best to transport all the grain and grass supplies from various counties to Chenliu County. His troops are not good enough. They are all rogues or landless farmers recruited temporarily, and they do not pay attention to training. Although there are many people, I feel that they are better than before. Tian Chengsi
Our army is far behind and is simply vulnerable."
"Since Tian Chengsi's army is good at fighting, why didn't he stay with him instead of breaking it up and spreading it to various counties?" Guo Song asked puzzledly.
"It is said that it was Tian Chengsi's own will. Tian Chengsi wanted to control various parts of the Central Plains, so he dispersed the army. But on the other hand, Li Lingyao did not want to be controlled by Tian Chengsi. This was what Li Lingyao said personally to his officials. All the armies
Both officials and officials must be loyal to him, not to other forces."
"This is a bit interesting. Before the feudal town was established, the spoils began to be distributed unevenly."
Guo Song asked with a smile: "How is the situation in the other vassal towns? Do Li Zhengji, Li Zhongchen, and Hall Master Xie know the information?"
"I roughly know something, and it was also the information transferred from Ziqing. Li Zheng has assembled 80,000 troops in Qizhou, and his troops are directed at Yunzhou. Li Zhongchen's tens of thousands of troops have crossed the Huaihe River and are currently gathering in Sizhou.
, and Tian Chengsi’s army. Tian Chengsi sent his nephew Tian Yue to lead tens of thousands of elites to gather on the north bank of the Yellow River, ready to cross the river at any time.”
"What about the imperial court?"
"Reporting to the envoy, the imperial court has the prince leading an army of 100,000 to march eastward from Luoyang. Li Mian's army of 20,000 has already left Hulao Pass and is stationed on the Zhengzhou line. Ma Sui, the governor of the three cities of Heyang, also led 20,000.
The army has crossed the Yellow River. It can be said that the six armies are already watching with eager eyes. Li Lingyao actually has nothing to worry about. Everyone is afraid of each other."
While Xie Zhen was talking, Guo Song stood in front of the map and kept checking. In fact, Li Lingyao had been surrounded. If he wanted to break out, he could only break out from the southwest side and occupy Xuzhou, Yingzhou and Dengzhou, but
Li Lingyao seemed to have another strategy, and Guo Song also guessed it. He wanted to gather the money and food from all the counties in the Central Plains in Chenliu County, and then defend Chenliu City and let each family kill each other. Finally, he came out to reap the benefits of the fishermen.
His idea is good, but the question is, will other feudal towns really kill each other as he wishes?
Especially Li Zhengyi and Li Zhongchen. One is in the east and the other is in the south. They have no conflict of interest. Will they join forces to deal with Tian Chengsi?
Guo Song thinks it is very possible.
Xie Zhen stayed in Wagang Mountain for a long time and then left with the pigeon slave. He mainly told Guo Song about the situation. The key was to establish a pigeon message line so that the news could be delivered in time.
After sending Xie Zhen off, Guo Song smiled at Xu Jingnan and said: "It's better to work hard to collect and sort out intelligence. Xu Jianjun! I will find a few more literate soldiers to serve as assistants to Jiaojun. Intelligence is too important to us. Without intelligence, we are blind."
, there is absolutely no way to start.”
Xu Jingnan nodded, "I have no problem. In fact, I am more concerned about whether the homing pigeon can succeed."
"How is the situation with the homing pigeons?"
"They have been released to Kaifeng County. If they can come back at dusk, it will be a success."
"What if it doesn't succeed?" Guo Song asked.
Xu Jingnan smiled bitterly and said, "If it doesn't succeed, only the pigeon slave will come again and continue the experiment until it succeeds."
Of course, Xu Jingnan had prepared for the worst, but it turned out that he was overly worried. Before dusk, five circling homing pigeons appeared in the sky, making a buzzing sound, and the soldiers cheered.
.........
In Licheng County, Qizhou, 80,000 troops had set up camps for dozens of miles outside the city. Li Zheng had received the emperor's imperial decree, ordering him to lead his troops to participate in quelling Li Lingyao's rebellion.
Li Zheng was overjoyed. He had been waiting for this opportunity for many years, and finally the opportunity came for him to send troops to the Central Plains.
In the handsome tent, Li Zhengji's eldest son, Li Na, had just delivered food and grass and rushed to the handsome tent to pay a visit to his father.
"Father, my child feels a little strange. Logically speaking, the imperial court has been worried about us sending troops to the Central Plains, so it should try to restrict us. How could the emperor order us to participate in the war? Is there any problem in this?"
Li Zheng is about fifty years old. He has sallow skin, a slender face, and a goatee on his chin. He looks like a shrewd accountant. Not many people will pay attention to him when he walks on the street. Who would have thought that
He turned out to be one of the top separatist warlords in the world.
Li Zheng already stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You underestimate Li Yu too much. He won't think of your worries? He knew very well that I would send troops no matter what, so he just wanted to do a favor and let me kill Li Lingyao for him. More importantly,
Behind Li Lingyao is Tian Chengsi, and the Emperor hopes that Tian Chengsi and I will fight a fierce battle, and it is best for both sides to suffer losses."
"Then my father's sending troops didn't fall into Li Yu's plan?"
Li Zhengji said calmly: "Tian Chengsi wants to rob the Central Plains, and I also want to rob the Central Plains. Sooner or later, the two tigers will have a battle. Instead of Tian Chengsi and I fighting alone at that time, it is better to rely on Li Zhongchen and the imperial army to defeat them together."
Tian Chengsi got involved in the dream of the Central Plains, and then I took what I deserved. I knew in my heart that as long as I did not affect water transportation, the imperial court would acquiesce to my partial occupation of the Central Plains."
Li Na was sincerely convinced, but his father was still very cunning.
At this moment, a soldier outside the tent reported, "Commander, Li Zhongchen sent a special envoy to ask for an audience!"