Ma San peacefully meditated and healed his injuries in the small yard arranged for him by Zhang Lie, while waiting for news about Feilong.
In fact, Feilong didn't need to make complicated preparations for that large batch of transactions. Naturally, someone helped him complete the procedures from the granary, and then he went to the joint and took the grain away from the other party in a secret operation.
On the surface, this seems to be another case of collusion with smuggling, but in fact, the key links are recorded in the Xuanqing Guard, and it is classified as a "secret operation."
Of course, if Xuan Qingwei didn't investigate this kind of thing himself, the local government would not be too troublesome, let alone be so sensitive to the matter.
And there are more than just those taking action.
Zhang Qian and Gan Lin received Shen Hao's request again, asking them to contact their friend in the Jingxi Army Supply Camp and keep watching to see if anyone from the Ministry of War had come to transfer the storage bags recently.
Wu Kai from Tanshi Teleportation Array also received the notification.
And those inspectors. Shen Hao even personally led the team in three batches to secretly go to the Xiaochuan area in the south to make arrangements in advance.
This time is different from last time. This time Shen Hao did not communicate with the border troops at all, and adopted the strategy of "holding the main roads and waiting for opportunities to close the net". He will not give the other party a chance to get close to Wanli Bamboo Sea.
The so-called main road is actually a three-way intersection called "Shijiao" in Xiaochuan near the Wanli Bamboo Sea.
The main reason why we don't need to find a pretense to coordinate the border army's help like last time is due to the current tense situation in the south. Soldiers have been deployed outside Zhuohuo Pass, and wartime martial law has been entered inside the pass. The Wanli Bamboo Sea, which can lead to the barbarian territory, is now under strict control because barbarians have crossed the border several times. It is not easy to sneak across the mountains and forests. Once discovered, you may face roundup by the border troops, which is extremely variable.
According to the analysis of the "Four Ministries" and Shen Hao's judgment, there is a high probability that Ma San and others will not choose the wild road to transport goods. Instead, they will rely on a certain identity of the Ministry of War to take the official route, and then use the only "open road" currently. "Shijiao" is close to the Wanli Bamboo Sea area.
This is the fastest path, and it is also the safest for Ma San and the others. The signs of the Ministry of War are not generally easy to use, so who would normally doubt that the people of the Ministry of War would exchange ideas with the barbarians on the opposite side?
The capture is at the end. But Mo Pai can follow in the footsteps of Ma San and others.
Every step of Ma San's actions along the way will be clearly recorded by Xuan Qingwei this time and appropriate witnesses will be arranged. In this way, the dossier will have something to say and is no longer pure speculation. It can be regarded as empirical evidence. , and then you can take names and take people according to the roster formed by going up and down this path.
The person specifically responsible for taking the last person was the Black Flag Battalion of Fengri City. Shen Hao mobilized the elites of the black flag battalion of two hundred thousand households and selected a small banner establishment from each of the black flag battalions of hundreds of households in four places, totaling more than five hundred people, all of whom were equipped with talismans and dharma plates. Divide into three batches and walk to the city teleportation circle, then take a boat to Tanshi and finally to Xiaochuan. The reason for this was the order given by the Xuanqingwei commander's Yamen: to assist the southern border army supervisory envoy to rectify the atmosphere.
There were more than 500 Xuanqing guards among the hundreds of thousands of border troops, which would not attract anyone's attention at all. What's more, they went there in three batches and couldn't even make a splash.
The only thing that made Shen Hao spend a lot of time was the reason for entering "Shijiao" in the end. In the end, they reluctantly settled in Shijiao on the grounds of "border inspection" and started the "inspection matter" in a pretentious manner.
Shen Hao personally led the people to Xiaochuan. Except for the Black Flag Battalion of Fengri City who was traveling with them, they didn't even know the "Four Departments" who planned the general strategy of the operation. Wu Kai, who was in Tanshi, had no idea. He was only told to pay attention to the people entering and exiting the Qianli Note and the teleportation circle recently.
The witness Wu Kai handed over was the chief surnamed Chen, not himself. It makes sense in theory, because Mr. Chen is the person specifically responsible for registering the entry and exit of the teleportation circle, and he is the best candidate for witness. So Wu Kai consciously made room for this great opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Wu Kai's original intention was not to be generous. He gave up the credit because he felt that the thing was too hot to handle.
Be a beacon of light to your own people? Even if the people who stir up trouble are bad bugs in the army, they are still people in the army. Should the army close the door and kill them by themselves? Is it shameful to go to Xuan Qingwei? Does this count as cheating?
Moreover, in recent days, those originally meek supervisors have gone crazy and taken people in the army. At first they were just ordinary soldiers, then they became commanders, and then they became commanders. Yesterday, even a school captain was jailed. I heard people say that no less than fifty people have suffered damage in Tanshi these days.
What is this for? Do you play Purge before the war?
Wu Kai didn't quite understand. But one thing he knew very well was that the trend in the south was going to change recently, partly because of the increasingly intense situation outside the customs, and partly because of this internal rectification movement that was like a purge. This made Wu Kai feel that something was wrong. As a result, he naturally kept a low profile as much as possible. He must not stand out, lest he become a standout.
"Master Wu, you have been patrolling very diligently these days. You are always here every time I come here." Mr. Chen didn't know that his name had been reported by Wu Kai to the witness list of Xuanqing Guard, and he still smiled. I have a good impression of Wu Kai.
"You can't do it if you don't work hard. Recently, those inspectors outside have been going crazy and arresting people, saying it's rectification. Who knows if there are other reasons? Didn't I tell you before, when I was in Haixia? I’ve offended people, so I’d better be more diligent so as not to be used as a pretext to make Tao Zi feel bad.”
"Hahaha, Mr. Wu, this is called caution. But yes, those black men outside are indeed a bit scary. Yesterday, I heard that Mr. Xiao from the transport camp was also taken away. There was not even an explanation. All I asked was one sentence. "It's a matter of confidentiality" and dismissed the person.
But it is said that these people have supervisors helping them? "
Wu Kai was stunned when he heard this, and said uncertainly: "Is this impossible? The supervisors are civilian officials. They don't have to deal with the Xuanqing Guards, right?"
"Who knows? Can't we just work together to deal with our army?"
Wu Kai nodded silently. It is indeed possible. However, Xuanqing Guards would not just arrest people in such a domineering manner. Most likely, they would directly communicate with the military governor's office to arrest, imprison, and interrogate people, but not execute them. This is probably to leave room for the military to be left-handed. Shuai personally ordered the action.
If you order your own people to be killed, at least you will look better.
The two chatted for a while, but not long after, a report came from the checkpoint outside, saying that someone wanted to enter the defense area. His identity was the captain of the inner circle garrison in the defense area, surnamed Xie.
"Xie Kai? Why is he here?" Mr. Chen didn't like Xie Kai very much.
"Let's go. You introduced me to him last time to buy elixirs. I'll go with you. I'm probably here for something serious."
"Then let's go together."
