In the past, when he was traveling around the Jingxi area, Tan Bin also felt busy. He either spent a lot of time learning various trades and skills, not seeking perfection but seeking mastery. You also have to practice martial arts every day to prevent your skills from deteriorating. Unless it's January every year, you basically don't have any free days.
But after arriving at Tanshi, Tan Bin discovered that the days in the past were actually not very busy at all. The days he lived without his feet touching the ground were really busy.
You have to get on the car before dawn in the morning, and then you have to help load the goods. You have to work until dark. In addition to having sex, you have to eat and drink in the car with dry food.
In the past half month, Tan Bin's appetite has nearly doubled, and his whole body is shiny and tanned.
The food was pretty good, but he just didn't get enough rest. Tan Bin had martial arts skills and was in good physical condition, but after more than half a month, he couldn't stand it any longer. He didn't even bother to take a shower after work every day, and collapsed. You can fall asleep in bed in a short time.
"Hold on for two more days, and you can take turns to rest when the convoy from behind comes over. You can bite the bullet these days. Don't you see that those military masters are also taking a break? They are still getting paid, but your money is based on the number of trips. Thinking about it, I’m afraid I won’t make more money in this half month than you did in the past half year, right? If you make money, cheer up!”
The team leader started to encourage people like this five days ago. After all, money is the most stimulating thing. If they didn't see the money in their pockets every day, at least half of the people in the team would not be able to persist. People like Tan Bin who have been physically trained can't bear it, let alone others?
"I'm talking to you, boss. You talk about taking turns every day. Where is your turn? When will the horse and carriage agency send manpower over? If you continue like this, the horses will be exhausted, let alone the people."
"Don't worry, the horses have already arrived for a rotation. You will change horses when you arrive at the transit village at the mountain pass today."
"..."
What does it mean that people are inferior to horses? That's it.
But in the afternoon, Tan Bin found something different. They went all the way to the transit village, changed horses, and started on the road again, but this time the direction was not towards Zhuhuo Pass, but towards Xiaochuan, which Tan Bin had been to once before.
"Why are you going here? There is a vast sea of bamboo over there, do you need so much food and grass?" Tan Bin murmured in his heart.
This time, the convoy Tan Bin was in was carrying food, both for human consumption and for horses to chew.
These things now occupy the main content of Tan Bin's fleet transportation. From what Tan Bin saw at the Zhuhuo Pass, the camps that stretched for dozens of miles had grown wildly in more than half a month. Every time he passed by, he could see new camps rising from the ground, and it was impossible to see them when connected. to the end.
Tan Bin did not know exactly how many soldiers gathered at Zhuohuo Pass, but based on the flags he saw on the military stronghold and the rules of the Jingjiu Dynasty, he guessed that there were at least 150,000 people.
How much consumption would it take for so many people to eat horse chews at Zhuhuo Pass? This is why Tan Bin's convoy mainly transports food these days.
But now the food is not sent to Zhuohuo Pass, but to Xiaochuan?
Along the way, Tan Bin was very alert and observed secretly. He had to guess whether there were still pests in the Ministry of War that had not been cleaned up after Xu Hong? Is there anyone else who is greedy for military resources at this juncture and wants to transfer them to the barbarians through the Bamboo Sea? Of course, this is the worst guess, but there are precedents for dirty things in the Ministry of War. No wonder Tan Bin made such malicious speculations.
After a bumpy journey to Xiaochuan, Tan Bin discovered that there were actually a lot of military supplies and soldiers gathered here. Judging from the size of the camp, there were probably no less than 30,000 people inside.
Why are there so many troops stationed in Xiaochuan? Tan Bin didn't quite understand, but he was relieved in his heart. At least the presence of so many soldiers stationed here dispelled his previous suspicions. As for the reason for stationing troops here, this is not something Tan Bin needs to delve into.
However, Tan Bin found an opportunity to pass this news back on his way back to Tanshi from Ogawa. He himself did not know that this piece of information was not calm in the analysis of the fourth department.
Moreover, Tan Bin did not know that in the area under the jurisdiction of the southern frontier army, in addition to the first few dozen coachmen and spies including him, as the Hengshun Cart and Horse Company sent more people, they stayed there. The number of Blackwater spies in the south has exceeded a hundred. Every day, more than a dozen pieces of various intelligence are collected into the file library at the core of Blackwater in Searing City. They are then sorted out and constructed by the three analysis departments, and then deduced from these clues. actual movements and strategic objectives of the army.
This was the mission requirement that Shen Hao conveyed to Wang Jian after arriving at Tanshi. He hoped that the Blackwater Project could use this battle with the barbarians to accelerate the training of its intelligence capabilities. Not only collection, analysis and organization are equally important, and these require a certain amount of experience.
In order to achieve this goal, Wang Jian secretly recruited some disarmed veterans into the Blackwater Project in order to provide reference for some military matters. We even found some old people and deputy 1,000 people in the army, and used all kinds of tricks, which wasted a lot of effort.
In addition to people in the military, there were also many scholars who had studied military art in the school and were put into the urn by Wang Jian, in order not to miss any useful information.
The information Tan Bin came back about "more than 30,000 troops in Xiaochuan Tun" was not the only one. It was just the first report. Other spies later reported the same information.
At the beginning of the period, no one paid much attention to it, but when the three analysis departments followed a set of procedures, this intelligence jumped from the initial level C to level A, and was marked top secret.
In the end, this piece of information, which was less than three hundred words in length, was supplemented with fifteen pages of deductions, and was then delivered to Shen Hao, who was on the beach, through the top-secret channels of the Blackwater Project.
Before getting the rubbings of the information, Shen Hao had an affair with Wang Jiantong on Qianli Note. The rubbing book in his hand has three bans. It requires Shen Hao's waist card, mana fluctuation, and soul fluctuation to be opened. If there is any mistake or omission, the text inside will be lost and there is no possibility of recovery.
This kind of magic circle is difficult to make, very expensive, and will not be used under normal circumstances. But the advantage is that you are not afraid of the prying eyes of high-level monks, because this is one of the rare banning effects that can ignore the cultivation level, and it is the best choice for transmitting top-secret messages.
After reading the content, Shen Hao put away the copper bars and sat on a chair to meditate.
According to the analysis on the copper bar, Ochuan has more than 30,000 troops stationed, and the stockpiled supplies have exceeded the normal "station troops" needs. This is most likely not "stationing" but "assembly and preparation".
Where to send? So much food and fodder was needed, even enough to last an army of 30,000 men for more than a month.
A topographic map of Xiaochuan that he had visited appeared in Shen Hao's mind. To the southeast of Xiaochuan is the Ten Thousand Miles of Bamboo Sea, and beyond the Ten Thousand Miles of Bamboo Sea is the land of Nanman...
