Tian Meng's words made all the village chiefs finally feel relieved. After receiving their tasks, they quickly rode back to their villages. Naturally, it was up to them to persuade the villagers to go.
But just as Tian Meng said, after Cui Liang gathered 20,000 cavalry, he quickly moved towards Shiwei Prefecture. The roads there were not easy to walk, and they were all dense primitive jungles. They needed to go from Shiwei Prefecture. The road opened over there is a detour.
Fortunately, they don't need to go very fast now, they just need to go slowly.
And they will need to set up some supply points along the way, but these supply points are not prepared for them, but for the subsequent transportation team.
Set up relevant OBOs or road signs in some uninhabited areas.
When dispatching here in Hanhai Prefecture, Li Shiji, who was far away in Youzhou, naturally received the briefcase delivered by Li Ke from Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian had already arrived at the lower reaches of the Yellow River, but it still took a long time to reach the front line from the lower reaches of the Yellow River. After all, moving in this direction meant getting close to the front line. As the prince, his safety must be the top priority.
Moreover, during this period of time, the north was still covered in ice and snow, and it was freezing cold. Naturally, it was impossible to drive at full speed for safety reasons.
Therefore, the time it took Li Chengqian to get from Youzhou to the front was much longer than the time it took him to arrive in Youzhou from Chang'an.
"Your Highness, if you have any requirements for food and accommodation, you can tell me. Your Highness has told me that your safety must be paid attention to." After Li Shiji saluted Li Chengqian, he said with a smile.
"I don't have any requirements. I can endure hardships. There are so many soldiers on the front line. Where do they live? Where do I live? What do I eat? Let's inspect the military camp. I have to go and express condolences to them on Li Ke's behalf." When Li Chengqian got here, he naturally stopped pretending.
Because he knew that if he said some things here, no one would tell them to Chang'an, so he naturally didn't care.
"Uh?" Li Shiji was stunned by Li Chengqian's words. What does it mean to come to condolences these soldiers on behalf of His Majesty? Why didn't you say you were on behalf of His Majesty?
"What does General Li think of the chances of winning this battle against Goguryeo?" Li Chengqian didn't want to explain.
"Ten percent." Li Shiji nodded simply.
"That's good, then I'm relieved." Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction, "In this way, I will go to rest first, and then I will go see the soldiers during dinner. You first take a look at what Saburo gave you."
"Your Highness, you are the highest commander here. Shouldn't you stay and watch with me?" Li Shiji was stunned for a moment.
"No, General Li, you are wrong. You are the front line manager, the commander-in-chief. Although I am here, but you pretend that I don't exist, I will not interfere with any of your command operations, nor will I interfere with any of your other operations. Whether it's logistics or something else, do you understand? You don't have to worry about me." Li Chengqian shook his head simply.
"So, I'll go back and take a rest now, and then you deal with these things first." Li Chengqian pointed to the things in Li Shiji's hand, and then said.
"This...I obey." Li Shiji hesitated for a moment, then nodded directly.
He didn't have any other ideas. He had been away from Chang'an for several years, and Li Shiji didn't know much about the current situation in Chang'an. However, Li Chengqian was sincere when he said this, and Li Shiji was sure of this.
Since His Highness the Crown Prince spoke so sincerely, Li Shiji naturally stopped worrying about it. When the Tang Dynasty fought external battles, it was indeed the highest commanding general who had all the command rights, and generally speaking, others would not interfere with this.
After Li Chengqian left, Li Shiji opened the package in his hand.
There was special fire paint inside. Li Shiji opened the thing and saw the contents clearly. He was stunned.
This... is what your Highness said true or false? If it's true... isn't this amazing?
Hasn’t the interior of Goguryeo become a sieve? Can the opponent easily obtain all the troop deployment plans of Goguryeo? Can it even help them cooperate internally and externally?
This... Li Shiji couldn't believe what he was seeing, but since His Highness said so and the document was sent back through His Highness the Crown Prince, this meant that the content inside must be true.
However, this matter has to be confirmed by personnel from the Intelligence Department.
This document contained instructions requiring the intelligence department to fully cooperate with their frontline operations, so after reading it, Li Shiji immediately called the guards.
"Go and ask the head of Gaoxu Temple to come here."
Gao Xu is the head of the Youzhou Intelligence Temple. Li Shiji knows him, but most of the time, he rarely communicates with Li Shiji and the others. However, in this battle with Goguryeo, the other party has always followed them. A lot of information has been provided so far.
Soon, a middle-aged man in his forties appeared here. He was not wearing a military uniform, and his clothes were extremely simple. Most of the time, he was wearing a cotton coat filled with linen and wool.
And the appearance is not new. If you walk in such clothes in nearby small towns or even villages, you will not think that he is a big shot. And unlike the pampered skin of most nobles, officials, etc., his skin is very Rough and cracked, they look no different from ordinary working people.
After getting to know each other, Li Shiji found it hard to believe that this was a fourth-rank official of the Tang Dynasty. Even a seventh-rank county magistrate looked more like an official than him.
"I've met General Li." Gao Xu came in and saluted Li Shiji.
"Master Gao, you're very polite. Please come here, Master Gao. I want you to take a look at this." Li Shiji handed the document that Li Chengqian just brought over to Gao Xu.
Gao Xu read the document carefully. He even carefully checked and verified the seals and other parts in it before he stood up again and said to Li Shiji: "General Li, in accordance with the order of His Highness, from today on, all intelligence departments in Youzhou and other places will They all obey General Lee’s orders, and any General Lee who has anything to do with intelligence can ask us or ask us for intelligence or even operational support.”
"We in the Intelligence Department must do our best to do what we can."
"Okay, then, please tell me, Chief Gao, what's going on with Liu Zhao?" Li Shiji asked curiously, "He is an important official under Yeon Gaesumun?"
"Yes." Gao Xu directly answered in the affirmative.
