"Mr. Mei, why don't you guess what this big gift from me will be?" Yi Qilin looked at Mei Yuanchen and asked with a smile.
Mei Yuanchen was thinking about what kind of gift this old gentleman would bring, but he didn't expect Yi Qilin to actually ask like this. After sorting out his thoughts, he replied: "Yufeng Escort Agency has agents all over the world, and the news will come naturally." The most psychic is the green saltpeter that even the salt transport government postmen couldn't find despite searching everywhere. You also turned around and searched for dozens of carts. The juniors guessed that most of the gifts that Senior Yi brought this time were This is extremely important news!”
"Yes! The young master is indeed very talented! What I have brought this time is extremely important news!" Yi Qilin said in a voice as loud as a bell, staring at Mei Yuanchen with a pair of sharp eyes, and asked again, "How about you again?" Let me guess carefully, what is related to this news?”
"This" Mei Yuanchen's thoughts were vivid, and he related everything he knew from the Yufeng Escort Bureau. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and replied: "This news is naturally about Shatuo's army. The junior Guanyi and the senior look like this." Could the news help our Dahua army defeat the enemy with weakness? I guess this news must be related to the fatal weakness of Shatuo's army. And the biggest weakness of the army when traveling abroad is food and grass. This news from Senior Yi, I think it is Regarding the food supply for Shatuo's army, could it be that the Yufeng Escort Agency has found out where their food routes are?" Mei Yuanchen became more confident as he spoke, and his face became increasingly happy.
Yi Qilin squinted his eyes deeply, took a deep breath, shook his head lightly, and sighed: "There are really such smart people in the world. I have opened my eyes today!"
After listening to Mei Yuanchen's inference, Mei Siyuan already agreed with it 40-50%. At this moment, when he heard Yi Qilin sigh, he realized that he had actually been guessed. He looked ecstatic and asked loudly: "Old sir, you have really discovered it." Shatuo Food Road?"
"Haha, Yufeng Escort Bureau has another specialty besides escorting escorts, which is to collect information. Wherever the escort vehicle goes, everything big and small must be investigated before it is practical. Yesterday we had a group of escort vehicles coming back from Shatuo. It was a coincidence. "Jianzheng has discovered the food supply line for Shatuo's army to send troops this time." Yi Qilin laughed and took something out of his arms, put it on the table and spread it out, it turned out to be a map!
"The Shatuo army was led by Chihedan, the eldest nephew of Emperor Shatuo. It gathered in Kantam and marched to Tata Dosi. On the 16th, it crossed the border to Tianmen City. On the 17th, it captured Yanzhou and led its troops to the city the day before yesterday. Outside Mianzhou City. I heard that General Xu Ding'an from Anxian Post has led troops to intercept here. No matter how close the news is, it has not yet been sent back." Yi Qilin pointed at the map and gestured, "In the Shatuo Army The rations are mainly noodles. This kind of dry food does not taste good, but there is an excellent thing about military rations: it is durable and does not rot. On the way back, our escort team encountered a Shatuo convoy, not only thousands of people Soldiers accompanied the guards, and there were actually as many as 750 carriages. This was something I had never seen before, and I knew that this was definitely unusual. I followed them for more than 300 miles before I found an opportunity to get close. After a closer look, I found that all the carriages contained all the carriages. It’s noodles. Only when we arrived in Dahua did we find out that the Shatuo Kingdom had brought troops to invade. So this batch of noodles must be the enemy’s rations without a doubt!”
Mei Siyuan put his hands on his hands and laughed and said: "Okay! Okay! God help me Dahua!"
Yi Qilin continued: "We have bodyguards following them all night long. We send people to deliver messages every two hours. I have asked them to send it to the Salt Transportation Government Office first and then to the bodyguard bureau."
"The old gentleman is really a help in times of need! This information is really priceless!" Mei Siyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion. After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to Yi Qilin and said seriously, "Siyuan sincerely admires what the old gentleman has always done. , I would like to express my deep gratitude!”
Yi Qilin accepted the gift generously and said with a smile: "That's all the Yi family can do. I'd like to hear what Master Mei has to say about the next steps!"
The man from Zhan Dao smiled and replied: "Just before you came, Master Mei was discussing this matter with a few of us. Junior Brother was just about to say something when you happened to come."
"Oh, who is this?" When Yi Qilin first arrived, he noticed Zhan Tong and the other five people. They were surprised that these five rare masters had appeared out of nowhere, so he took the opportunity to ask.
Mei Siyuan hurriedly introduced them to Yi Qilin one by one: "This is the Taoist Master Zhan of the Zhenwu Temple in the capital, and this is the Taoist Master Zhancheng."
Yi Qilin and all the Taoist priests held the ceremony one by one, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: "This Zhenwu temple has always been secretive, but I didn't expect that the foundation would be so profound! The young master of the Mei family will not talk about it. These five old Taoist priests are rare in the world. A master, he is only stronger than several eminent monks of the Dharma generation in Kuchan Temple!"
"This is Mr. Yi's grandson, Yi Buyi. He is really a leader among young people!" Mei Siyuan also introduced Yi Buyi to the five Taoist priests of Zhenwu Temple.
After some greetings, everyone took their seats. Mei Siyuan said to Mei Yuanchen: "Chen'er, since these Taoist priests think so highly of you, just say it!"
Mei Yuanchen bowed to everyone and said back to Mei Siyuan: "Yes. Yuanchen is not polite. The enemy is far stronger than me, so it is not suitable to resist head-on. I have five plans: one: make him In the case of civil strife, the best way is to kill and injure the general. If the general is in danger, his subordinates will be in chaos. It would be best for me and five senior brothers to sneak into the enemy camp and wait for an opportunity to assassinate this Chihedan!"
"Not bad! It's just right!" Zhan Kong clapped his legs and smiled. Mei Siyuan and Yi Qilin also nodded slowly. Yi Qilin suddenly smiled and said: "What? The young master doesn't want me to go with you?"
Mei Yuanchen was shocked and hurriedly saluted: "Old senior has sent us such urgent military information, how can Yuanchen dare to bother you and put yourself in danger?"
"Perhaps you don't know that the emperor has sent people to deliver an official ultimatum a few days ago, ordering us to go to the capital on the sixth day of June to receive the death order. Haha, killing the relatives of Jueguo is killing, and killing the relatives of Shatuo is also killing. Sooner or later We are going into danger. The Yi family has been from Anxian for generations, and it is our duty to contribute to Anxian." Yi Qilin said seriously, "You have said one of them, what about the rest?"
"In addition to assassinating the general, there is another plan to cause civil strife, which is to use poison in the military camp. But in a hurry, I don't know where to find a good poisoner." Mei Yuanchen was confused.
Zhan Tong and Zhan Kong all laughed in unison after hearing this. Zhan Cheng stood up and said, "Junior brother, don't worry about this matter. The Taoist sect has always been good at using poison, but my uncle may not have taught you. Don't worry, leave this matter to us. Five people are fine!”
Mei Yuanchen was overjoyed and said with a smile: "That's great! Assassination is easy to say, but it's really hard to do. It depends on heaven. Poisoning is much easier. Poison can be poisoned in the air, in water, in food, or in forage. , it’s really easy to do!”
"Exactly!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel that this plan was brilliant, and they all agreed.
Mei Yuanchen paused and continued: "As for the third plan, of course it is to cut off the enemy's food and grass. Just now I asked Guo Zimu for cavalry. Their purpose is to search for the enemy's food routes. Once found, they will try to burn them down so that the enemy's army will not be able to continue to have food and grass." , I will never dare to travel far, and I will stop at Mianzhou! Isn’t it a God-given opportunity for Senior Yi to send you the map today?"
"That's right! That's right!" Mei Siyuan said with a smile, "Chen'er, do you have two more plans?"
"Plan 4: Assassinate Minister Shatuo and bring political chaos. This plan has been used by Jue Kingdom before, and it is more effective than annihilating ten thousand enemies." Mei Yuanchen gritted his teeth. This plan is definitely not intentional, but is actually forced by the situation and cannot be carried out.
Mei Siyuan, Yi Qilin, Zhan Tong and others were all stunned, "Yes, the harm is great, Dahua is the proof!". Mei Siyuan said after a while: "This is a good plan in a desperate situation. But it's better not to kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
"That's right, only kill the person in charge, don't hurt your relatives." Zhan Tong agreed, "Junior brother, what else is there?"
"The fifth plan is to strengthen us! Within five hundred miles, there are 30,000 troops stationed in Zhuge Palace in Huangzhou and 25,000 troops stationed in Shengjun outpost. Although General Xu sent people to ask for help, we should leave again. Once we go there, we must try to persuade him to lead troops to rescue him! General Xu's 28,000 men are really difficult to resist! And our 4,500 cavalry cannot stay in the enemy's territory for long, and the enemy's food and grass will eventually be supplied. In this way, we can still The fundamental method is to gain the power to defend yourself against enemies!" Mei Yuanchen replied calmly.
Yi Qilin stood up from his seat, walked to Mei Yuanchen, and praised: "Not only is the young master's martial arts rare in the world, but his intelligence and scheming are also unparalleled in the world!"
