Secret reconnaissance inner courtyard, the wooden building where Ru Bohu is located.
When the windows are not open in this wooden building, the light appears very dim.
The tall Cao Qiao, wearing a black spy robe, saw Huo Qubing in military uniform coming in, and stepped forward to salute: "I've seen Huo Hou!"
Ru Bohu was wearing a secret reconnaissance officer's robe with red stripes, sitting with his hair down, holding a mirror in his left hand, and scratching his head with a wooden hairpin in his right hand.
This time there were no bamboo slips or other objects placed on the low mat in front of him. Instead, there were three bronze mirrors in a row. Judging from the color, they were all old objects, with bronze patterns engraved on the back. The handles of the three mirrors are rounded and look like they have been played with frequently.
Ru Bohu was looking in the mirror and scratching his head, which was a bit surprising. He seems to be in a good mood?
Huo Qubing smelled the faint smell of blood at the tip of his nose: "Were you injured?"
Cao Qiao: "Yes, he was stabbed in the abdomen."
"Has anyone been caught?"
"Caught one, killed one on the spot, and the other one ran away."
"There was more than one target. We chased the one who escaped for four days, but we didn't catch him."
Cao Qiao explained the process: "In this operation, we went straight to the secret investigation order to analyze the second identity hidden by Yu Yao in Luoyang, that is, Li Qing, the chief secretary of Luoyang Lieutenant."
After I led my people into Luoyang, I went straight to Luoyang Weiguan Post. Li Qing would handle official business there during the day.
When we went there, he seemed to be on alert and was about to retreat, but was blocked by us.
"He was extremely skilled, but he was eventually captured by us."
"After catching the person, I will personally take him to his residence, including the place where Yu Yao lived before, and conduct simultaneous searches."
"At that time, we thought we had completed the arrest of Li Qing. Unexpectedly, when we searched his residence, we found a hidden secret room in the mansion, and another Yu Yao, Li Qing, suddenly rushed out of it."
When Huo Qubing came in, he saw that in addition to Ru Bohu and Cao Qiao, there was someone lying on the ground beside them.
Apparently it was Li Qing, the chief clerk of Luoyang Lieutenant, who they captured, also known as Yu Yao.
At this time, Cao Qiao also took out a small round bronze mirror and handed it to Huo Qubing: "Huo Hou, take a look."
Some mirrors that have been refined through magical rituals can seal a small part of the reflected image, and after being activated, it can appear in the mirror.
"Let me do it."
Ru Bohu personally took the mirror from Cao Qiao:
"This is the water-moon mirror, which means the moon is reflected in the water. My secret agent will often be equipped with this mirror when he goes out on official duties."
Ru Bohu activated the mirror, and a battle scene suddenly appeared in the mirror. It was very short, and only two or three breaths were preserved.
On one side is the secret agent led by Cao Qiao, as well as sixty forbidden troops.
The other party is a middle-aged man, tall and thin, with an erratic figure and very fast speed.
Through the mirror, Huo Qubing could only roughly see the man's face, which was yellowish, with long eyebrows and thin eyebrows.
The images in the mirror are intertwined, showing that Cao Qiao is fighting with him.
Suddenly, the figure pulled back.
When he broke out of the encirclement and approached the edge of the double siege by the secret reconnaissance and the forbidden army, a second figure emerged from the other direction of the battle without any warning. He cooperated with the middle-aged man and attacked from both sides.
The two Imperial Guards and the four secret agents who were blocking the road were kicked to pieces by the middle-aged man who rushed towards them. Even their armors were kicked to pieces by the oncoming middle-aged man, and they fell to the ground with blood spurting all over their bodies.
The two figures emitted a strange cyan halo, which seemed to activate some kind of secret weapon. They immediately broke out of the siege, rose and fell above the building, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"The man we captured is already very skilled. He has been fighting with us for a long time. He should be the real master."
Unexpectedly, there was someone hiding in his mansion and we bumped into him. Of the two people who ran away, the one who was responsible for responding later was beheaded on the spot when we were chasing them, but was not captured alive.
"Middle-aged man, fleeing."
In Cao Qiao's narration, Huo Qubing looked at the captured figure on the ground.
It was a middle-aged man with a pale face and his eyes closed as if he was in a coma.
"We caught him and immediately put a requiem mirror between his eyebrows."
"Three people, the one who escaped left Luoyang. We found some traces and chased him north for three or four days."
Cao Qiao summarized the entire process: "But we were never able to catch him."
Huo Qubing approached the unconscious man on the ground, with a small bronze mirror pressed between his eyebrows.
"This man's spirit has died and he will never wake up again," Ru Bohu said.
"When we arrested him, he was fine. It was only later that we found out there was something wrong with his soul."
Cao Qiao recalled: "After he was captured by us, in the afternoon of the next day, his breathing became thin. After examination, we noticed that his soul was quiet and there was no fluctuation of spiritual thoughts."
Huo Qubing deduced from the time given by Cao Qiao that it happened to be the afternoon when he killed the author.
Could this person be a puppet controlled by the author?
When the writer dies, his soul also becomes silent?
Huo Qubing looked at the carefree Ru Bohu:
"Did the Secret Investigation Order make an important discovery?"
Ru Bohu: "Yes, I have found the real clue about the man in the dark, or the power in the dark."
"This man's soul is dead and it is impossible to wake up again. The secret investigation order has made great gains. Where do the clues come from?" Huo Qubing asked.
A slight smile appeared on Ru Bohu's slender face: "We knew before that people in the dark can influence and control others to work for themselves."
Huo Qubing understood what he was saying, thought for a moment, and said, "The secret investigation order means that since the other party is not a single person, there are more directions for investigation."
"The list of twelve people you listed before, who were suspected to be secret persons, did you start again from this direction and made a discovery?"
A slight surprise flashed across Ru Bohu's face, and he said: "Talking to Huo Hou can indeed save a lot of explanation time."
"exactly."
"Huo Hou, you came back a few days ago and said that you killed someone who could fight with Dao Zun regardless of victory or defeat. I suspect he is the author."
"Now it is certain that he may be the author, but not all, and the power behind it has not been completely eliminated."
Ru Bohu said: "I asked people to thoroughly check the list of twelve people again, including some people who had contact with them, and made some interesting discoveries."
Huo Qubing sat down aside and glanced at the three mirrors placed in front of Ru Bohu unconsciously.
The three mirrors are all facing up, and you can vaguely see a halo coming out of the gap between the mirror and the low seat.
"I compared these people who could be suspected, and found that half of them served as bookkeepers in various places, and some were pen clerks."
"And the cities where these people work are almost all important towns or border crossings in various places. During the initial investigation, I also had problems within the secret investigation. These key information was adjusted and concealed, and it was not discovered at the time."
Ru Bohu finished his words and looked at Huo Qubing:
"The official rank of the chief registrar may not seem high, but he is the person responsible for sending, receiving, and recording various files. He has access to almost all incoming and outgoing information in the place."
Huo Qubing followed Ru Bohu's train of thought and was clarifying his own judgment:
"They are monitoring or analyzing what is happening in various places by sending and receiving messages from these important cities."
And because of the location of the city where these people are dormant, if their messages are connected, it is possible to form a relatively complete message chain, and infer what important changes are taking place in our Han Dynasty? feather.
"That's right."
Ru Bohu: "For example, if grain comes in and out, it goes in and out of the city where they are located. By comparing the transportation direction, the direction of the grain can be judged. If it is transported to Beiguan, it proves that the border gate is preparing grain for war."
Even based on the distribution of grain reserves, the defense of Beiguan can be roughly analyzed.
“Where there is more food, there will be more troops, and vice versa.”
The most powerful thing about the secret man's plan is that he never shows up, and relies entirely on influencing and using others, in an extremely subtle way.
Even if there is a problem in a certain link, the tail can be cut off quickly and no trace can be traced.
It was also very unexpected that the other party analyzed the changes in various places, and even in the Han Dynasty, through the master books and writers who were in charge of the record files in important cities.
Huo Qubing asked Cao Qiao: "You said that the person who escaped has been fleeing north after leaving Luoyang?"
"Yes, I suspect he wants to go to Beiguan, or escape directly from Beiguan and go to areas controlled by foreign tribes such as the Xiongnu or Wuhuan."
"Hun?"
Huo Qubing pondered: "If the one who ran away is Yu Yao, there is no news about his son Yu Chu?"
"No, since Yu Yao has a problem, Yu Chu must also have a problem, and he probably won't show up again."
"I haven't finished the clues here yet."
"After finding out the controlled registrants and clerks in various places, and converting the effects into causes, we can roughly deduce the real goal of the secret person."
Ru Bohu said in a deep voice: "Although the other party is plotting secretly, the goal has always been very clear, which is to cause turmoil in my big man."
"Then the most important thing for them is to contact the Xiongnu and borrow the Xiongnu's troops to turn these arrangements into goals and realize their value."
"They analyzed the various changes that have occurred in our Han Dynasty, and ultimately they want to push the Xiongnu to break through the border and disrupt our Han territory!"
Huo Qubing thought: The man in the dark is using Huainan, the Huns, and even the Han as pawns. As long as he fights against the Huns, no matter who wins or loses, once chaos breaks out, he will always achieve his goal.
"To use the world as a chess piece, you must have this ability."
Ru Bohu said: "Those people in the dark have been hiding for so long, and it's time for them to come out."
"I will join forces with Huo Hou to completely bring out this power in the dark. Let's see how it turns out?"
As he spoke, he opened the small mirrors in front of him one by one for Huo Qubing to look at.
"There is nothing visible in this mirror except a dazzling halo. What is this halo?" Huo Qubing looked at the mirror and asked.
After the mirror was turned over, a magnificent wave of light flowed through it, filling the mirror surface.
"It is the light that corresponds to the national destiny of our Han Dynasty and part of the Xiongnu." Ru Bohu also carries the cultivation of the Yin and Yang family.
His fingers changed flexibly, and the five fingers corresponded to the five elements, and he sent his breath into the mirror one after another: "This light of national destiny corresponds to all the people, your Majesty, and all the officials in the court, including Huo Houjie."
Huns, Ulaanbaatar.
At the royal court tent with its golden dome, Yi Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at the several tribesmen in front of him.
Previously, the Xiongnu cooperated with the author and secretly sent a team to attack the Han border. But soon news came back that the entire team was wiped out, and not even a single person escaped.
Yi Zhixie was furious. The recent confrontations with the Han people had resulted in more and more losses.
"We, the Huns, are facing off against the Han people. We have always been the main attackers. The Han border is free for our Huns cavalry to come and go."
"The Han people were afraid of the Huns and built high walls, but they could not guard against the Huns' cavalry. Who can tell why the losses have been increasing in recent times."
Yi Zhi glanced sideways at the several generals behind him, and finally settled on one of them with sharp eyes: "Wei Qing, let him speak."
Zhao Xin was a former general under Wei Qing.
He was originally a small king of the Huns. Later, he was defeated and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. He changed his name to Zhao Xin and was granted the title of Marquis of Xi. He also made military exploits in many wars.
In the recent battle of Dingxiangbei, due to another defeat, they surrendered to the Huns again and returned to their tents.
At that time, Xin Zhao swore to the shaman god that he would never surrender to the Han Dynasty again, otherwise his three souls would have no resting place after death. This was the heaviest oath the Huns took to save their lives.
What Yi Zhixie valued was that he had served as a general in the Han Dynasty and had sufficient understanding of the Han territory and the Han army.
Now that the question was about Xin Zhao, he was secretly frightened, knowing that if he could not prove his worth, he might die at any time.
Xin Zhao's face has strong bones, but his eyes are too flexible and he doesn't look strong enough.
His good use of cavalry in battle was also the reason why he was favored by Wei Qing in the first place and was taken under his command.
At this time, Zhao Xin was eager to make a contribution to the Xiongnu and save his life, so he immediately said:
"The Han people have been learning and mastering the cavalry tactics of our grassland tribes since the end of the Warring States Period. It took hundreds of years to achieve today's combat effectiveness. We, the Xiongnu, have suffered a lot of losses recently. One of the main reasons is that the Han people's cavalry is improving."
In addition, there is their Mohist military building technique.
"The crossbows and armor of the Han people were superior to those of the Huns during the Qin Dynasty. Especially the crossbows of the Han people. When the two armies faced each other, they would start the battle with crossbows, which would cause great damage to the Huns' cavalry."
Yi Zhi's face softened slightly: "Continue?"
Xin Zhao: "If you want to defeat the Han people, you must make fuller use of the advantages of our Huns cavalry."
"The Great Chanyu may wish to order the cavalry that attacked the Han border to be dispersed into more small groups of soldiers and horses, with hundreds of people in one team, relying on formations to intersperse and frequently raid the Han border."
"Because the small group of cavalry is dispersed enough, it can weaken the power of the Han people's crossbows, and it can also better utilize the advantages of our Xiongnu soldiers."
"With a team of hundreds of people, cooperating with each other, as long as the Han people relax a little, they can follow the trend, even go around the city, go straight into the hinterland of the Han people, and mount a horse attack. Because they are flexible enough, it is extremely difficult for the Han people to pursue them even if they want to. Do it.”
Yi Zhixie showed a thoughtful expression.
What Xin Zhao means is that the larger the number of small groups of rangers, the more difficult it is for the Han people to defend against them.
Moreover, for the Xiongnu, it would not cost much to use their horses to raid the Han territory and support the war with war.
The Han people have been facing this kind of harassment for a long time and need to be on guard at all times, but their consumption will continue to increase.
The Han people's cities were fixed and far less flexible than the Huns.
When the Huns come to attack, the Han must defend the border. This is a natural strategic disadvantage, and Xin Zhao wants to further amplify it.
His strategy was based on his understanding of the Han people's defenses.
In the past, the Huns often had advantages when attacking the Han.
Zhao Xin is persuading Yi Zhixie to change his mentality and stop expecting to win a battle. Instead, they used dispersed cavalry to harass the entire border line of the Han people, increasing the consumption of the Han people, making them dare not relax at all times, and wearing down the national strength of the Han people bit by bit.
"The Han Dynasty, civil and military affairs in China are also in check with each other. If things go on like this, the national power will inevitably decline. Then it will be our chance to suppress the Huns' troops."
A slight smile appeared on Yi Zhixie's face, and she agreed with what Xin Zhao said: "Do you have any other suggestions?"
"The Han city is fixed, which is good for defense, but it is inconvenient to move. By turning the cavalry into small groups of rangers and reducing the number of direct confrontations with the Han army, it can weaken the power of the Han army's bows and crossbows. This is a strategy to enhance our Xiongnu offensive."
Zhao Xindao: "In addition, in addition to the Han general Wei Qing, the Great Chanyu should pay full attention to Huo Qubing. The emperor of the Han people and Wei Qing both have high hopes for him. This man's military talent is astonishing."
"I think we might as well use property and bribes to buy some Han people and get their inside information. Once there is an opportunity, the Great Danyu will attack and kill the Han generals at all costs."
"Some people within the Han people have been passing news to me and have made similar suggestions."
Yi Zhixie thought for a while and said: "The latest news from the Han Dynasty said that they are plotting a big thing. If they can succeed, they can at least destroy half of the Han army and help the Huns break through."
"oh?"
Zhao Xin was surprised and thought: What can happen that can destroy half of the Han army?
Ps: The next chapter is in the early morning, and both chapters today will have more words than usual.
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