Chapter 2068: Outsmarting Lulongsai (Part 2)
Now is the era when princes are competing for hegemony. The armies of various countries are fighting fiercely on the surface, and the spy wars secretly are also extremely exciting.
Each country has its own intelligence organization, such as: Qin State's Black Ice Platform, Tang State's Bad Guys, Shu State's Da Hehe, Wei State's School Affairs Office, Song State's Imperial City Department, Yuan State's Xuanjing Department... and so on.
The intelligence organization of the Qing Dynasty was in a sticky situation, and its leader was Nurhachi's daughter-in-law, Huang Taiji's wife, Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager, Dayu'er.
Sticking to the stick is backed by the power of the Qing Dynasty, and Nurhaci is very willing to give money when he is short of money, and give to others when he is short of people. This has allowed Sticking to develop extremely rapidly, and it is also among the best among espionage organizations in various countries.
However, as Sticky Stick extended its tentacles into the Central Plains, it was jointly attacked by the Qin State's Black Ice Platform and spy organizations from various countries. With its strength greatly reduced, it could only temporarily escape Liaodong and bribe some sects and aristocratic families. Get intelligence.
Although this method has been effective in the past, it is obviously extremely limited and it is impossible to obtain heavy information, which suddenly puts Sticky's intelligence collection into an endless loop.
Seeing that the decisive battle with the Qin army was approaching, there was still little progress in Niangan's infiltration into various parts of the Central Plains and in various aspects of intelligence work. This made Nurhachi start to rush for quick success.
When the Sticky Branch was first established, in order to ensure the purity of the Sticky Branch, Nurhachi required that the people he recruits must be strictly inspected, but now he has to personally break the rules under his leadership. At the beginning, there was some restraint, and not everyone was absorbed inside. However, as the Manchu Qing's territory grew larger and Nurhaci's connivance, Sticky Branch began to expand regardless of the cost.
Nurhachi gave an order to Dayu'er that, no matter whether they are from the three religions or the most ignorant people, as long as they have strength, ability, and are willing to serve the Qing Dynasty, Sticky Branch will accept them.
Da Yuer was naturally strongly opposed to this. She believed that this move would greatly increase the strength of the Sticky Branch in the short term, but it would also definitely allow enemy spies to sneak into the Sticky Branch, which would be the most important thing for the intelligence organization. Purity that matters.
Nurhachi naturally knew about Da Yuer's concerns, but he believed that as long as he was careful, he would be able to remove the undercover agents inside the sticky rod, so he remained stubborn.
After Da Yu'er tried to persuade her to no avail, she could only follow Nurhachi's order, lower the recruitment threshold at Sticky Bar, and spend a lot of money to buy evil masters from the Central Plains.
Through various measures, the strength of the stick-stick department has indeed improved, and the intelligence collection ability has risen by more than one level. But it is no longer the pure stick-stick department it used to be.
After Qin Hao and the princes of Hebei learned that the Niangan Department had lowered the threshold and was recruiting people, it was naturally impossible for Qin Hao to let go and send undercover agents to the Niangan Department.
When one-tenth of an intelligence organization is penetrated? The organization has been completely destroyed.
And how ruthless were Qin Hao and the princes of Hebei in their infiltration? Nearly one-third of the people in Niangan are their undercover agents, and Niangan has become the Liaodong branch of the major princes.
Although Nurhaci cleaned the sticky rod several times after that, he still failed to pull out all the undercover agents. Instead, he accidentally killed many of his own people. He also made people inside the sticky rod panic and there was a risk of falling apart at any time. The purge can only be given up temporarily to appease people's hearts.
This is also the main reason why during the Qin-Qing War, the Black Ice Platform moved frequently, but no shadow could be seen at the sticky pole. After all, the interior was still unstable, so how could it come out to perform tasks?
Nurhaci thought he could play the trick, but he obviously lost it this time? Without the information provided by Sticky Rod, the Qing army was passive on the Youbeiping battlefield, and had no choice but to switch from offense to defense.
After issuing the order to switch from offense to defense, Nurhachi also issued a strict order to remove the undercover agents inside the sticky pole as soon as possible so that the sticky pole can continue to operate.
In fact, Da Yu'er had been secretly investigating for a long time. He began to execute the order soon after receiving the order, and failed to arrest a large number of undercover agents from the four countries of Qin, Yan, Zhao, and Han.
In other words, the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Han have been destroyed by the Qin State, and there are still spies lurking inside the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Da Yu'er really has nothing to say about this.
After clearing out these undercover agents, Dayu'er thought that the inside of the sticky rod was clean, but he didn't expect that just before sending a team of spies out to perform the mission, they were intercepted and killed by Heibingtai lurking in western Liaoning again.
Obviously, someone inside leaked the secret, which also shows that the sticky rod is still not clean.
Dare to intercept and kill the people in Sticking Station at the base camp, which shows Heibingtai's arrogance, but Dayu'er has nothing to do about it.
"well."
Da Yuer sighed and said with a tired look: "The comeback plan is cancelled."
"But sister, His Majesty wants us..."
Before Cixi could say anything, he was interrupted by Da Yu'er: "If you come back before the interior is completely clean, is the information obtained credible?"
"Uh..." Cixi was speechless.
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On the other side, Gongsun Xuanyuan's troops finally bypassed the two counties of Linyu and Feiru after two days of rapid march. Although they still did not reach Lulongsai, they arrived at their first destination, Jieshi Road.
"Is this the Jieshi Road?"
Zhang Han raised his head and looked at the terrain of Jieshi Road, and praised: "This place has high mountains, deep valleys, steep cliffs, and abrupt peaks. It is really a rare place that is easy to defend.
If a great pass were built here, even if ten times the number of enemy troops came to invade, one man would be able to guard the pass and no one would be able to open it. "
"Although we don't have the conditions to build a pass now, we can build a stronghold. Although the defensive power is not as good as that of Xiongguan, it is more than enough for a period of time."
After saying that, Gongsun Xuanyuan looked at Zhang Han and said with a smile: "Vice General Zhang, the task of building a stronghold here to stop the enemy will be left to you."
Zhang Han quickly clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely live up to the general's trust."
Gongsun Xuanyuan left three thousand soldiers and horses, and also left Gongsun He to assist Zhang Han. Before leaving, he warned: "If I leave, I can reach Lulongsai in half a day, and I will burn the Crescent Tower overnight.
With the Lulong Fire, the Qing army in western Liaoning must have learned that although the Qing army is now in the central and eastern parts of western Liaoning, with the marching speed of the Qing army, they will definitely be able to reach Jieshi Road within three days.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Zhang, within three days, you must build the stronghold and prepare for the battle. "
Building a stronghold is actually not difficult. A general marching stronghold can be built in less than a day. The difficulty is to build a strong stronghold that is easy to defend, and it is obviously more difficult to build a strong stronghold in a dangerous place like Jieshi Road.
Zhang Han's child was aware of the difficulty, but still confidently said: "Promise"
Seeing this, Gongsun Xuanyuan nodded with satisfaction, and then led an army of seven thousand to Lulong, and arrived at Guanxia half a day later.
