"Kaga Sato came to see me!"
In the Earth Temple on the outskirts of Dongning, Kobayakawa Takahide said to Akiyama Morie:
"Oh? He wants to join forces with you?"
Akiyama Morie asked calmly:
"Well, I still underestimated this old guy. The day before Shen Jianzhong died ten days ago, Sato Kaga suddenly appeared in Ryugyong and found me. He wanted me to cooperate with him again and gave me a lot of benefits... ··············" Kobayakawa Takahide nodded and said:
"Did you agree to him?" Akiyama Morie asked with interest:
Faced with Akiyama Morie's inquiry, Kobayakawa Takahide said seriously: "I have thought about it seriously!"
Speaking of this, Kobayakawa Takahide suddenly sighed and said:
"The Coordination Office is too overbearing. If it continues to develop as it is now, I'm afraid all the people on my side will be branches of the Coordination Office!"
"It would be great if Amaterasu would take in this old guy Sato Kaga now... I know his methods too well, if I continue to cooperate with him If you go down there, sooner or later he will eat me to the last bit of my bones!"
"In addition, Wang Xuecheng from the Coordination Office is like a ghost. He is everywhere. He has looked at me very hard these days in the palace! He has not given me any chance. If I want to do something, he will definitely be the first one. Just kill me, I don’t know where Ye Mingsheng found this guy!”
"So forget it. I'll just stand on the Fengwu Army's side. If it doesn't work out, I'll be as committed to others as you are, Mori. What do you think? I heard that you've had some problems in the house recently. Unsatisfactory?"
"Sister, your biggest weakness is that sometimes you are too soft-hearted, and you take action when it's time to take action! If you want that bitch to die at midnight, she won't be able to survive until dawn... "..." Kobayakawa Takahide said with a chuckle:
Akiyama Morie seemed a little noncommittal about this, and did not answer her question. Seeing that she was unwilling to say more on this issue, Kobayakawa Takahide did not continue the topic, but changed his voice and said:
"Gongdu has reached an agreement with Fengwu Army. They will give Fengwu Army one hundred palace maids every year. According to the usual methods of palace people, they will definitely select the most beautiful ones and give them to Ye Mingsheng. If they want to boast The pillow wind blows, sister, you must be prepared."
"Also, I arranged for people around Sato Jaga to send news. Sato Jaga seems to have begun to notice you. He has been investigating the female relatives around Ye Mingsheng recently. You must be on guard, even if Ye Mingsheng may already know The truth is out, but if Sato Kaga gets caught, it will still be a very troublesome matter..."
Akiyama Morie nodded when he heard this and said:
"okay, I get it!"
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Dongning Governor's Mansion.
"Sir, we have received information from Youyan that Gu Shouting of the Gu family in Yuyang intends to join our Fengwu Army!" Huo San bowed and reported to Ye Mingsheng:
"Yuyang Gu family? Gu Shouting?"
Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly, as if he had heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Seeing this, Huo San immediately continued to introduce:
"It's the same Gu Shouting who abandoned literature and turned to martial arts and defeated the Luo Bei people!"
Upon hearing what Huo San said, Ye Mingsheng suddenly realized and said with some confusion:
"Didn't I remember that he was seriously ill? Has he been recuperating at home for several years? Why did he suddenly want to join us?"
When Huo San heard this, he immediately became general. That day at the Lu'an Tea House in Guangning, Gu Shouting told Ye Mingsheng everything he told him...
Ye Mingsheng probably understood the matter under Huo San's narration. After pondering for a while, he asked Huo San again:
"Have you verified what Gu Shouting said?"
After saying this, Huo San nodded and said affirmatively:
"Yes, I have been investigating the authenticity of what Gu Shouting said through various channels in Youyan in the past few days. According to our investigation, what Gu Shouting said is basically true!"
"There is indeed a deep conflict between him and Zhao Yong. At that time, Gu Shouting was very famous in the Yan army for defeating the Luobi people, and he had the support of the Gu family behind him, so he rose up very quickly in the Yan army. There are many generals who are envious and jealous, and Zhao Fuqu's nephew Zhao Yong is indeed a narrow-minded person who is determined to retaliate."
"Zhao Yong once expressed his disdain for Gu Shouting many times at cocktail parties among colleagues. He believed that Gu Shouting's defeat of the Luo Bei people was just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, and that Gu Shouting was just a silver gun that could not be used for much purpose. Candle ends··············"
"In order to suppress Gu Shouting, Zhao Yong believed that he was Zhao Fuqu's nephew and a relative of the emperor in the Yan army, so he once took the initiative to bring up conflicts with Gu Shouting, but he was taught a lesson by Gu Shouting, and he was even caught by Gu Shouting once and ate empty pay. The big deal was revealed."
"If Zhao Yong hadn't been Zhao Fuqu's nephew and Zhao Fuqu personally stepped in to suppress the matter, then Zhao Yong might have lost his head. Even so, Zhao Yong was severely beaten by Zhao Fuqu for more than two months because of this incident. Just got out of bed."
"Because the previous conflicts between the two people did exist, I believed that Zhao Yong hated Gu Shouting because of this, and then set up a trap to forge a letter of surrender from Gu Shouting to Shangguan Hongyuan, which led to Gu Shouting being imprisoned and interrogated by Zhao Fuqu. After being tortured, Gu Shouting had a grudge against the Zhao family and wanted to join our army to take revenge on the Zhao family. This reason is logical..."
"After hearing what Gu Shouting said and seeing the scars on his body from being tortured, Beizhi didn't have much doubt about what he said. However, when he thought about it carefully later, Beizhi discovered a doubt. Zhao Fuqu was also a scheming and very scheming person. A shrewd hero, would he really have his then general Gu Shouting imprisoned and tortured just because of a forged letter of surrender?"
"With this doubt, I started a new investigation. According to our investigation, it is certain that Gu Shouting was right. The letter of trustworthiness to Shangguan Hongyuan was indeed forged by Zhao Yong. However, Gu Shouting and the people at that time But the imperial court led by Shangguan Hongyuan may not necessarily be clean and innocent!"
"Gu Shouting has a concubine named Wang who has followed him for many years and has given birth to a pair of children. This Wang's brother is named Wang Yong. He is currently serving as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in Shangguan Hongyuan's court. Wang Yong was previously in the Ministry of War. However, colleagues in Luo'an sent back news that Wang Yong's identity might be somewhat special...
"In addition, Gu Shouting's wife, An, is also Madam's cousin!"
After speaking for such a long time, Huo San looked at Ye Mingsheng. When he met Gu Shouting at Lu'an Teahouse, the reason why he did not give Gu Shouting a clear answer was because he was cautious as an intelligence worker.
He must investigate the matter completely and confirm the authenticity of the matter before he can report it to Ye Mingsheng. If he reports it to Ye Mingsheng without verification, then if the matter is false, then he Wouldn't Huo San also be implicated?
"An Miaoyi's cousin?"
Hearing that there was such a relationship, Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised and asked:
Facing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Huo San nodded and said:
"Gu Shouting's first wife is An. Her father's name is An Zhitang, who is also a descendant of the An family. He is the uncle of the wife's fifth grandfather's family. His daughter An is five years older than the wife. She married Gu Shouting in the seventh year of Anhe in the Great Zhou Dynasty. ············”
Seeing what Huo San said was so accurate, although Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised, he had no doubts anymore and confirmed that Gu Shouting was really his brother-in-law!
After another moment of reflection, Ye Mingsheng continued to ask:
"You just said that Wang Yong, the brother of Gu Shouting's concubine Wang, may have a special status. How is this a special method?"
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Huo San frowned slightly as if he didn't know how to tell Ye Mingsheng. After thinking for several seconds, he said to Ye Mingsheng as carefully as possible:
"Sir, we don't have any evidence yet, but our colleagues in Luo'an suspect that this Wang Yong may be related to the Supervision Department, and may even be a chess piece placed by the Supervision Department in the Ministry of War... ·······”
"It is said that Zhao Fuqu sent Gu Shouting to prison and tortured him severely. Except for the forged letter of surrender by Zhao Yong, it is said that it is also related to this Wang Yong!"
"But Zhao Fuqu definitely didn't find any real evidence of secret collusion between Gu Shouting and Wang Yong, otherwise Zhao Fuqu would definitely not have released Gu Shouting from prison in the end!"
It has to be said that Huo San was very conflicted about Gu Shouting. As the director of the Coordination Office and currently the largest spy chief in Liaoyang, his sense of intelligence made him realize that Gu Shouting had great value and deliberately mined it, but for Gu Shouting's investigation made Huo San understand that there were also some risks in Gu Shouting.
Ye Mingsheng squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought. He knew why Huo San was hesitant about Gu Shouting!
Because this Gu Shouting may be a double agent, the Yan army is currently aggressively attacking the Yunbin area and has captured the Jinzhong area. It is conceivable that if it were not for the logistical problems caused by the severe cold, the Yan army would have been surrounded by troops at this time. Jinyang is here·················
Although Jinyang is one of the most famous cities in the world and is garrisoned by Shangguan Hongyuan's powerful general Feng Han and 20,000 elite troops, to be honest, facing the main force of the Yan army led by Zhao Fuqu, it is still a bit unsatisfactory. As long as Shangguan Hongyuan does not send troops, Then it is only a matter of time that Jinyang city is destroyed!
But now Shangguan Hongyuan's soldiers and horses are resisting the attack of King Qin's Yongliang cavalry, and on the other hand, Shangguan Hongyuan's main force, the Forbidden Army, is also struggling in Sichuan and Shu. This two-front war has already put Shangguan Hongyuan at risk. The whole thing is in a state of confusion. Where can we get reinforcements for Feng Han?
And if Feng Han is not given reinforcements and Zhao Fuqu is allowed to capture Yun Bing, then Zhao Fuqu will definitely drive straight into Shangguan Hongyuan's lair in Guanzhong. If Shangguan Hongyuan wants to survive, he will have to give up attacking the southern patrol court. Withdraw the main force of the Forbidden Army from Sichuan and Shu.
But doing this is equivalent to chronic suicide for Shangguan Hongyuan. Although Guanzhong is rich, he can't afford it. Shangguan Hongyuan has hundreds of thousands of proud soldiers. If he wants to support so many people, he can only do what he did before. Hold the emperor hostage to command the princes, then use powerful military force to frighten the world, and collect taxes from all provinces in the world...
Now Shangguan Hongyuan can still rely on his old foundation and prestige to hold on, but as time goes by, no one can hold on to these hundreds of thousands of troops. When the time comes, there will not be enough money and food to appease these arrogant and powerful generals. Even if With Shangguan Hongyuan in charge, anything can happen!
Therefore, the best way for Shangguan Hongyuan at present is to attract a new force to help him entangle Zhao Fuqu. In this way, Yun has nothing to worry about, and he can continue to persist in Sichuan and Shu, and compete with the southern imperial court to see who has the most vitality. Longer···············
Therefore, Gu Shouting's appearance at this time is very subtle, and his behavior of providing intelligence to the Coordination Office is also in line with the logic of a double agent. He wants to introduce Liaoyang's Fengwu Army into the situation to break the siege of Yun Bing!
If this is just the case, Ye Mingsheng doesn't care. He doesn't care about the situation on Shangguan Hongyuan's side. As long as he can successfully enter the pass and eat Youyan, then for him, helping Shangguan Hongyun solve the siege of Yunbin is not a big deal. Can't.
Due to Liaoyang's own limitations, the development of Fengwu Army has now fallen into a short-term bottleneck. If you want to maintain the rapid development in the past, you can only actively expand outwards. As long as you capture Youyan, sit on Liaoyang and Youyan. Ye Mingsheng of the province is already in the forefront of the world's princes in terms of size. Coupled with the firearms and technological advantages of the Fengwu Army, even if Shangguan Hongyuan once again threatens the emperor to order the princes, Ye Mingsheng will be confident to fight him. Victory···············
So even if this Gu Shouting is really a double agent, Ye Mingsheng would dare to use him only if he is here to help the Fengwu Army capture Youyan!
But the key problem is that Gu Shouting or Shangguan Hongyuan behind him did not have good intentions. What they wanted was not that Fengwu Army captured Youyan, but that Fengwu Army and Yan Army were in a stalemate in Youyan, so between Yan Army and themselves Selling information on both sides here would be a bit troublesome.
Ye Mingsheng is not afraid of war, but due to his own financial and internal reasons, Ye Mingsheng is afraid of fighting a war of attrition and a protracted war. If the Yan army dared to come out of the city, fight soldiers against soldiers, and fight generals all at once, Ye Mingsheng would not be so exhausted. A scheming plan!
But the problem is that people will definitely be huddled in the city by then. As a result, the firearms advantage of the Fengwu Army will be greatly weakened compared to the field battle. Once caught in such a tough battle, the Fengwu Army, which is short of money and has no financial resources, will not be able to support it at all. It won’t be long...
