Bianjing, Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's not good! It's not good!"
Zhao Duan had just finished handling today's memorial and was about to get up and move around, but suddenly he heard Cao Shuang, who had just run out in a hurry as if he had received some news, ran in in a panic.
He looked so embarrassed that he didn't even care about etiquette!
Zhao Duan frowned, but didn't say much, because he knew that Cao Shuang had been with him for many years, and if something big had not happened, he would definitely not be like this.
Thinking that something had happened, Zhao Duan's heart suddenly jumped when he thought of this. A bad premonition came into his heart, and he frowned and walked straight towards the door.
And at this moment, Cao Shuang's voice finally reached the door. There was a bang and the door was pushed open from the outside to the inside. Cao Shuang ran in with sweat on his face and kept breathing heavily. It was obvious that he had run too fast just now. .
After entering, Cao Shuang saw Zhao Duan already talking in front of the door but couldn't say anything. He had to gasp for air to calm down.
Seeing that he had come in, Zhao Duan stopped and waited for a while for Cao Shuang to breathe again before he asked:
"What happened to make you so panicked?"
Cao Shuang, who finally breathed evenly, was finally able to speak. When Zhao Duan asked Cao Shuang, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, it's not good! There is movement in the Tatars!"
"What?!"
Zhao Duan's eyes suddenly widened.
"Explain what's going on!"
After reacting, Zhao Duan hurriedly said.
Cao Shuang then explained: "Your Majesty, not long ago our Imperial City detectives who were ambushing in the grassland suddenly discovered that the Tatar tribes that had ceased war with Dayuezhi suddenly showed signs of gathering in large areas. At first, we thought it was the Tatars who wanted to attack. We attacked, only to find that they did not gather towards the Hedong Corridor.
So we didn't pay much attention to it. Then not long ago, spies reported again, saying that the Tatar army was gathering more and more, and was converging towards the southern grasslands. It was expected that there would be a full 300,000 cavalry in the clouds in mid-September. State and county gatherings!
Only then did the servant realize that the other party was indeed planning to invade our Song Dynasty, but their breakthrough target seemed to be Yunzhou County, which was extremely unreasonable.
So the slave ordered the spies on the grassland to find out the reason, and then she learned that it was actually because the Tatars got information from the Ding family! "
"Ding family?! Information?!"
Zhao Duan was shocked!
Cao Shuang nodded and explained:
"According to the information we learned from our inquiring, the Tatars spent one hundred thousand taels of silver to obtain the number of troops, defense plans, grain and grass quantities at Liaoyun Pass from the Ding family general who was originally stationed at Liaoyun Pass. The quantity of grain reserves.
After comparing the invasion of Guanzhong County and Hedong County, where heavy troops were gathered, with the invasion of Yunzhou County and the Liaoyun Pass where there were few troops garrisoned, the Tatar Great Khan Harinut Angxi finally decided to start the invasion from Yunzhou County and defeat the Liao Dynasty. Yunguan Pass entered Nanyang County to plunder the large amount of grain and grass we stored in Nanyang County!
With the intelligence and defense plans provided by the Ding family general, it will be much easier for the Tatars to attack the Liaoyun Pass. Moreover, according to the spies, the Ding family general also made a deal with the Tatars, saying that there are people in the Liaoyun Pass. His people, as long as the Tatars give him certain benefits, he will not be able to help the Tatars.
It is said that Harinut was very tempted and had already agreed! "
After listening to Cao Shuang's words, Zhao Duan felt endless anger burning in his chest!
"Ding family! Ding family! Ding family!
This damn Ding family! You damn traitors! For a mere one hundred thousand taels, he actually sold all the defense plans and military intelligence of our Song Dynasty border city to the enemy! You deserve to die! "
Zhao Duan gritted his teeth as he cursed, wishing he could skin and cramp the Ding family member who betrayed the information right now!
After venting, Zhao Duan quickly regained his composure. He knew it was not time to be angry and immediately asked: "Have you found out who from the Ding family leaked the information?"
Cao Shuang shook his head but nodded again and said: "Your Majesty, we have not found out who that person is, but based on the intelligence we can also deduce that this person should have been a prize leader who served at Liaoyun Pass, and Ding An was previously At that time, there were five Ding family generals stationed at Liaoyun Pass with Ding An. Three of these five had left Liaoyun Pass with Ding An, and two others remained in the pass.
We speculate that the Ding family who leaked the information and the mole he said could be the spy should be one of these five people.
If the number of personnel is reduced to these five people, the Imperial City Division should be able to find out who is responsible soon. "
Zhao Duan nodded and said:
"Very good! We don't have much time. It's the end of August now. I'll give the Imperial City Division ten days to find out the traitor before the Tatar invasion, and the bastard who leaked the information. I'm going to kill him thousands of times." Cut into pieces with a knife! Executed to death in Lingchi!"
Cao Shuang nodded immediately: "I understand!"
Zhao Duan took two steps back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, then stopped and said: "Also, immediately inform Li Wei to readjust the defense status of Liaoyun Pass. In addition, from now on, the entrance and exit of Liaoyun Pass will be immediately blocked and no one will be allowed." In and out!
Prevent the insider from leaking information again.
In addition, we in the Song Dynasty still have many troops that can be mobilized. There are only more than 10,000 defenders in the hands of Li Wei at the Liaoyun Pass. They cannot defend the Liaoyun Pass. They must continue to increase their troops.
Otherwise, once the Tatars break through the barrier, rush into Nanyang County and rob Nanyang Cang, the impact will be huge! "
As the largest official warehouse in the northeast of the Song Dynasty, Nanyangcang stored more than 10 million shi of grain all year round.
In addition to supplying the border army rations in Liaobei County and Guanzhong County, these more than 10 million stone grains also bear the important task of storing emergency food in Liaobei, Guanzhong, Gaodong and even Bianjing.
When natural disasters occur in these four places and require disaster relief, almost all food is shipped from Nanyang warehouse.
A few years ago, when there was a severe drought in Liaodong County and the people were in dire straits, the imperial court wanted to use the grain storage in Nanyang warehouse to provide disaster relief. As a result, there was a fire in Nanyang warehouse overnight and nothing was left.
All the officials in the court knew that there was something dirty in Nanyang warehouse. Later, it was found that the Wang family of the Nanyang family had been reselling the grain stored in Nanyang warehouse all year round. When they heard that the court wanted to adjust the grain, they were afraid of being discovered, so they became angry. Ordered Nanyangcang.
After learning the truth, Zhao Duan was furious, but he couldn't grasp the Wang family's excuse. The Wang family was there, and the court was unwilling to replenish food in Nanyangcang.
In this way, Nanyangcang was rebuilt, but it remained empty for more than a year.
It wasn't until Zhao Jun returned to his fiefdom last year that the Wang family helped the Ding family to surround and kill Zhao Jun. Only then did Zhao Duan find an excuse to eradicate the Wang family completely in one fell swoop!
Not only did the Wang family's years of accumulation enrich the treasury a lot, but they also eradicated a giant rat in Nanyang.
Nanyang warehouse has also been put into operation again.
Now this Nanyang warehouse stores more than 10 million dan of grain, and it cannot be robbed by Tatars.
So Zhao Duan quickly asked how many troops could be mobilized, and quickly mobilized troops to Liaoyun Pass to guard the border.
However, Cao Shuang's response made his heart sink to the bottom.
He shook his head and said another more important and shocking news.
"Your Majesty, maybe it's because we saw the Tatars moving, and the Huns began to gather at the border. It is suspected that this year's autumn raids will start early!
Except for the Fourth Pengri Army, which was defending the capital and could not move without permission, almost all the other armies of our dynasty were defending the Huns on the border. Now no troops can be mobilized to support Liaodong County. "
Thump thump thump!
Zhao Duan stumbled and almost fell.
There are no more soldiers in hand!
(End of chapter)
