I'm playing tricks in Daqin

The work of sending spies to infiltrate and spy on intelligence began to intensify after the war ended, and the currency war was also quietly going on.

Although the population of the Tang Empire is larger than that of the Wei Empire, its economic strength has long been inferior to that of the former Wei Empire due to various reasons such as excessive taxes, continuous wars and civil strife. Under the invisible currency war, the damage suffered is quite significant. , During the recuperation period, although the price of food fell, it failed to fall back to the previous price. For the poor people, it is still a very serious problem.

According to the news sent back by the spies, there have been some changes in the court of the Tang Empire. The Ninth Princess Tang Feier has begun to openly interfere in the political affairs of the court. , also made the courtiers admire, and because of Tang Wang's acquiescence, coupled with the support of some ministers, Tang Fei'er had a place in the court, and the faction he belonged to was called the Princess Party.

Because of Tang Fei'er's outstanding ability, coupled with the support of some ministers, the new concubine Zheng E, who was the only favored harem of the national teacher Tang Su'e, even gave her full support. This emerging power made Prince Ying feel the pressure.

In the eyes of Li Wei, Wu You and others, Xuan Suju's power has successfully infiltrated Tang Ting, and Xuan Yue's ambition is so great that one can sigh, she is a crazy woman obsessed with power.

During this period, Prince Jiang Sundu also made a ridiculous incident that made people laugh and cry. When this guy was desperately fighting one day, he suddenly foamed at the mouth, rolled his eyes, and fell off the horse on the spot. The medical name of this disease is "Wind immediately."

All the concubines were terrified. Fortunately, that day happened to be the day when the imperial physician was ordered to give Gongsun Du a routine physical examination every month, and Gongsun Du saved his life.

Li Wei is very satisfied with Gongsun Du's usual performance. This guy is very conscious of surrendering to the king, and he is honestly staying in his Anlehou Mansion to enjoy himself, without any sign of wanting to escape. However, this accident It makes people angry and funny, Gongsun Du can't die now, even if he dies by accident, the outside world will mistakenly think that he was killed by their Li family father and son. Will he dare to surrender when conquering other empires in the future?

As a last resort, Li Wei had no choice but to send someone to warn Gongsundu's concubines viciously. No one will blame you for having fun, but you have to think about it for your husband. He can't stand your wheel battle anymore and wants to live longer. , just be honest, don't squeeze him dry, he is going to die, and you all have to be buried.

Threats frightened all the concubines into pale faces and full of grievances. In fact, Gongsundu was already old and weak, and his old guns were useless, and they were either Huaxin young women or they had entered the age of tigers and wolves. They hadn't started yet. , Gongsundu's old gun has been turned off, which makes their teeth itchy with hatred, but they have no choice but to comfort each other sometimes, or ask the little father-in-law who is serving them to help solve the problem.

A few powerful and bold concubines began to look at the strong body guards in the mansion. These guards were responsible for monitoring Gongsun Du, and they were all carefully selected. There was no problem with loyalty, and it was no problem to charge and fight with one's life on the battlefield, but , At present, several of them have fallen.

There were several black-clothed secret spies in Anlehou's mansion. When Ding Xi heard about this, he immediately took them down. After the interrogation was confirmed, he was going to be beheaded. Fortunately, Li Wei arrived in time. Only then did he escape death.

Well, Li Wei didn't think it was a big deal. The loyalty of these guards was still there, so it wasn't a betrayal. The concubines who seduced people had no purpose.

However, in the end, it was a violation of military discipline, a death penalty is inevitable, and a living crime is inevitable. Several guards were beaten to pieces with fifty army sticks, and were taken home by their colleagues for recuperation for a whole month before returning to their original posts.

After these guards came back to work, their thieves remained unchanged, but they became more cautious when stealing food. They were not guarding against their own people, but tried to be as careful as possible, so that Gongsun Du, who was wearing multiple green hats, would not know.

Because they understood the other meaning of the young master, those concubines are poor women, and since they are on good terms with them, they should treat them well, but loyalty is the bottom line, whoever violates it will be ransacked and beheaded. You have to be careful not to let Gongsun Du find out that you have been cuckolded.

Once this kind of thing started, it was out of control. In the beginning, only a few bold concubines dared to steal, and then there was a second, a third, and finally even Empress Changsun fell. The leader of the team, Uncle Ma, is on the mend. However, it is not enough to be together in an aboveboard manner. Li Wei gave them a vague answer: 35 years.

At the beginning of July, King Huabin of Jin suddenly sent an envoy to visit. In addition to talking about the friendship between the two countries, he also specially brought a lot of valuable gifts and a personal letter to Mingzhu.

When the Qin and Wei empires went to war, Huabin wanted to fish in troubled waters, so he sent a large army across the river to attack Feihu City, a Jiangfang fortress occupied by the Qin army.

Although he didn't get the slightest benefit, on the contrary, he suffered heavy losses and wasted countless money and food, but Hua Bin was secretly happy in his heart. The army he sent out, even the commander, had the obvious brand of Xuan Suju, so they were sent to death. In the end, the commander-in-chief was removed from his official position for the crime of being unfavorable in siege, and a general loyal to him was replaced in charge of the army, and he took control of another army quietly.

He sent envoys to the Qin Empire, not out of the need for diplomatic strategy. His ambition is greater than that of the previous king, and his temperament is also more arrogant. The Jin Empire is recognized as the most powerful country in the mainland, and he can beat anyone he wants. The diplomatic friendship is pure nonsense, and Mingzhu was specially given a heavy gift, as well as a letter written by himself, just to disgust Li Wei.

Mingzhu originally refused to accept those gifts and letters, but Li Wei accepted them for her with a smile on her face. Some fool sent so much money from thousands of miles away, so don't reject it for nothing!Li Wei opened and read Huabin's autographed letter in front of Mingzhu, and even teased Mingzhu a few words, which made Mingzhu furious, and the young couple laughed and laughed.

Mingzhu was still quite worried, worried that Xianggong might misunderstand, but fortunately, Xianggong didn't take it seriously at all, so she quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time hated Huabin, a sinister villain, even more.

In fact, the content of the letter didn't contain any nasty words, on the contrary, it was more like an article expressing one's feelings at will, and it also showed a certain literary quality of Huabin, but what is the purpose of you caring about other people's wives so much?After thinking about it for a while, Li Wei understood Hua Bin's intentions. This guy wants to disgust himself and drive a wedge between him and Mingzhu. My brother eats more than you, so is he so easy to be fooled?

He immediately replied with a warm thank you letter, "Your Majesty, you are really a good person. I feel embarrassed for giving you a daughter-in-law and money. Thank you, thank you very much. I will send you a good person card."

In addition, if there is such a good thing in the future, remember to inform me, thank you again.

After writing the reply letter, Li Wei ordered the younger six sons to hand it over to the Jin envoy. Mingzhu must not let Mingzhu know, because this reply letter must be disgusting to Huabin, but it is inevitable that Mingzhu will be used as a gun, which is somewhat unkind.

According to legend, on the day the Jin envoy returned to Xijing, Jin Wang Huabin suddenly became violent for no reason. The unlucky eunuch was also killed by the cane under his order, and he died in a muddleheaded manner.

Chapter 4 and four

The days passed day by day. Before the New Year's Eve, Li Wei dispatched [-] soldiers from the Qingchuan Legion to the territory occupied by the original Wei State. In addition, he recruited [-] new recruits from the local area. After half a year of training, they were dispersed among the various armies and took over the Phoenix Army. The [-] soldiers of the Phoenix Legion were able to return to Chang'an due to the defense of the Legion.

Although the situation in the territory occupied by the original Wei State has completely stabilized, Li Wei is still worried and still deploys a large number of troops there. The area occupied by the original Wei State is very important to the Qin Empire. It is not only a granary, but also a treasury. The export of the land occupied by the former Wei State greatly eased the pressure on the empire's finances, and the Qin Empire was able to recover in just one year, and began to accumulate energy for war in the second year.

For the soldiers, who are away from home all year round, the homesickness in their hearts is so strong that it is indeed time for them to go home and reunite with their families.

After the fifteenth Lantern Festival, the temperature began to warm up, and Li Wei and his party quietly embarked on a long journey to the Tang Empire as merchants.

This trip, on the one hand, is at home and has too much time to spare. On the other hand, it is the last big reconnaissance operation. The most important thing is to appease the Han family and other aristocratic families who have taken effect or have intentions. Next year or the year after, the empire has accumulated With enough energy for war, it is time to fight the Tang Empire.

Although the Qin and Tang dynasties continued to fight, the business exchanges continued. Even if King Ji Li of the Tang Dynasty wished to slaughter all the people of the Qin Empire, he would not be troubled by money. Tariff revenue was one of the main sources of the empire's finances.

Li Wei and his entourage left the Pingtang Dangerous Pass, passing through Weihe River and other places in Pingxian County, relying on the name of the vice-chairman of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, the journey was unimpeded.

Since the Tang Empire lost the three prefectures of Pingtang, Baimo and Changchuan, although the counties under the jurisdiction of Baimo County are still in control, they do not have strong cities to rely on. Geely ordered the opening of the Weihe River, and built a new city across the river, named Weicheng.

Although Wei City is the size of a county town, it was built in a hurry after the war, and the city defense cannot be compared with the county towns such as Pingtang Momo Changchuan.

The terrain of the Wulong Mountains is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Li Wei and others directly gave up the plan of surprise attack and seized it, and focused all their breakthroughs on Weicheng, so they sent a large number of spies to lurk in Weicheng and nearby villages outside the city. A lot of preparatory work was done before the war.

Li Wei and the others wandered around Weicheng for a few days, then took the road to Jindu, went to Guangnan County, and paid a visit to the famous Han family in Guangnan.

The Lu family was originally the most powerful family in the Tang Empire. Since Zheng E was the only one favored by the harem, and with the full support of the Ninth Princess Tang Feier, the Lu family's power has become unmatched. All political opponents have been suppressed. The dissatisfaction of many families was caused because no one dared to stand up because of the strength of the Lu family.

I don't know what Lu Zhong, the patriarch of the Lu family, was thinking, maybe he was in a daze, what he did caused serious dissatisfaction among many aristocratic families, but he didn't know how to restrain himself and show his favor, and let his subordinates suppress all forces, which was hidden. The potential to kill.

Dogs will jump over the wall when they are in a hurry, let alone people?

Under Lu's vicious suppression, the forbearance of the various forces has reached the verge of breaking out. They secretly united and waited for the opportunity to strike back.

There are also some radical families who have been disappointed with King Tang's auspiciousness, and their anger has turned into resentment. Guangnan Han's family is one of them.

Shi Zhong, the patriarch of the Han family, has retired and is idle at home. He is no longer able to compete with the Lu family, but the Lu family still suppresses him, forcing him into a corner. One can imagine the backlash caused.

Han Shizhong originally had a glimmer of hope for Tang Wangjili, but now he is completely desperate, and under extreme anger, he finally chose the Qin Empire. This is also the main reason why Li Wei traveled all the way to Guangnan.

Li Wei and his party left the boundary of Jindu County, immediately dispersed and hid their whereabouts. Qingche Jiancong rushed to a village outside Gaotang County under the jurisdiction of Guangnan County, where he met Han Shizhong.

The fate of the whole family was at stake, so Lu Shizhong had to be cautious, sneaking here without anyone noticing, waiting to discuss matters with the contact person sent by Li Wei.

For safety reasons, Li Wei was detained by Xiao Xiaoxiao and others. Wu You went there in person. He is one of Li Wei's chief military advisors, and his appearance is enough to express sincerity and respect.

Wu You's arrival really made Lu Shizhong very satisfied, and he became more determined to join him. He is an old man in the officialdom, a well-trained old fox, and he knows that it is difficult to win over the family with his son Han Zhuoyun alone. Therefore, a heavy gift must be given, which is big enough to be comparable to sending carbon in snow.

Lu Shizhong and Wu You were old acquaintances, so after meeting, they didn't engage in riddles, but cut to the chase, went straight to the point, and asked several questions one after another.

When do you intend to act?Is it going to seek Weicheng or Wulonggang fortress?Wu You didn't hide anything, and replied: "The fastest will be next year, and the slowest will be the year after next. It depends on the timing."

Lu Shizhong nodded and said with a smile: "The Wulonggang Fortress is naturally dangerous in the Wulong Mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This old man thinks that Mister will definitely seek Weicheng."

Wu You smiled slightly and nodded. There is nothing to hide at all. The Wulonggang Fortress is too steep, even with a million troops, it is difficult to conquer it. It is not unheard of for a surprise attack, but the risk is still too great. declared the war defeated.

After preparing for such a long time, it is really not worthwhile to lose just because a fortress of Wulonggang cannot be captured. Therefore, not only him, but even Tian Ce Wen Zishan and others think that it is safer to seek Weicheng.

"Wulonggang has the natural danger of the Wulong Mountains. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Only lunatics will attack from there."

Lu Shizhong said with a smile: "In this case, the old man will take the Wulonggang Fortress as the first gift."

Wu You was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he took a hiss of air-conditioning, then stood up, and bowed to Lu Shizhong, "It's such an important gift, so I thank the Patriarch on behalf of the young master first."

This gift was indeed so heavy that he was a little surprised. It would be great if he could successfully capture the Oolong Fortress. After he got off the Oolong Mountains, he would be flattened and let the empire's cavalry sweep across.

Lu Shizhong didn't take it too seriously, he politely returned the gift, and then sat down to discuss the details. Afterwards, Wu You left, and Lu Shizhong also disguised himself, and quietly set off home to do something for the fortress of Wulonggang. Prepare.

"Master, great news."

After Wu You came back, he immediately announced the good news to Li Wei cheerfully. This was indeed an unexpected happy event.

According to what Lu Shizhong said, Meng Fan, the guard of the Wulonggang Fortress, is one of his men, and he only needs to send a few warriors to assist him, and he will be able to easily capture the Wulonggang Fortress.

However, there is a troublesome problem. According to reliable sources, Lu Shizhong's people are already thinking about the commander of the Wulonggang Fortress. Meng Fan may be replaced in the near future. Therefore, we must act in advance.

The fortress of Wulonggang is a mountainous area, and it is already poor there. In addition, Wang Tang led an uprising there, and the officers and soldiers suppressed it bloodily.

Originally, anyone who went to become an official there meant to be exiled, but Lu Zhong desperately wanted to seize all the military power in his hands, and naturally he didn't even let go of the ruined place of Wulonggang Fortress.

Lu Zhong didn't expect that there would be a pawn placed by Han Shizhong among his people, so he showed a little bit of interest, and Han Shizhong guessed his purpose, and quickly made a decision.

Once the war started, when the Qin army attacked the city of Guangnan County, he could use his own influence to offer the city, but that was just icing on the cake, and if he wanted to join the Qin Empire and seek more benefits for his family, the icing on the cake was not enough , Wulonggang Fortress is the real gift.

In other words, not only did Li Wei have to change his strategic plan and launch it in advance, but he only had a month or more to make adjustments and deployments.

The early launch has little impact on the strategic layout. As long as the Wulonggang Fortress is taken, the east gate of the Tang Empire will be completely opened. As long as this dangerous place is guarded, the Tang Empire can be beaten whenever you want.

Time is money, Li Wei immediately ordered to set off and rush home as soon as possible to make strategic adjustments and deployments.

Han Shizhong had just returned home. The next morning, he saw the three-color kite flying high above the village, with a gratified smile on his thin face. The three-color kite was the secret sign he had agreed with Wu You. In other words, General Hussars fully agreed with his plan.

Han Shizhong immediately ordered someone to find his nephew Han Chen, gave him careful instructions, and handed him a letter in his own handwriting, as well as a swarthy ring.

Han Chen is also an outstanding figure of the younger generation of the Han family. In terms of ability, Han Zhuoyun ranks first, and it will be his turn next. However, his strength is not in planning, but in governing the world. He is taller than Han Zhuoyun, and in a peaceful and prosperous world, he has a better stage to display his ability to govern the world.

Han Chen took the order, immediately disguised himself, left Han's Village by a secret passage, and then hurried to Wulonggang Fortress, accompanied by two disciples of the Han family who were skilled in martial arts as guards.

There are several major forces in the Tang court. The most powerful force is the Princess Party represented by Lu Zhong, the other force is Han Shizhong, but it has completely declined now, and there is another force headed by Wu Zhaozhong, the minister of the household department. Lord's southern power.

The Wu family is a centuries-old family and has a decisive influence in the south. Many families in the south look to him as their leader, and no matter how crazy Lu Zhong is, he must be afraid of him.

Meng Fan, the guard of the Wulonggang Fortress, is a general of the martial arts department, but no one knows that he is a pawn that Han Shizhong secretly placed in the martial arts department. When Han Shizhong was in office, the martial arts department was also his opponent, and the three forces fought fiercely. Happy.

Meng Fan was a knight-errant who was hunted down by his enemies and later rescued by Han Shizhong. At that time, it was a whim. Han Shizhong arranged for him to lurk in the martial arts department. He didn't expect that one day he would be of great use.

Chapter 4 and Five

Han Chen's sudden visit really made Meng Fan a little nervous. He hides very deeply. Even if his benefactor Han Shizhong was forced to resign, he would not use his pawn. Now that Han Chen is here, it is natural to repay the favor It's time.

Han Chen was not in a hurry to explain why he came here, but first told Meng Fan the current situation of the court. The Lu family is now powerful, and with the full support of Tang Feier, the nine notaries, Lu Zhong is only a little bit close to being able to monopolize the court. It's right, the martial arts department has been beaten and retreated steadily, and the end is expected to be as miserable as the cold department.

However, the result of such suppression has caused serious dissatisfaction among many noble families, and they secretly joined forces to seek opportunities to fight back.

The Han family has been suppressed terribly, Tang Wang Jili didn't miss the slightest old love, and let the Lu family continue to suppress, the Han family has been driven to a dead end.

And according to the news from insiders, Lu Zhong is trying every means to install his people in the Wulonggang Fortress. Judging from the current situation of the military department retreating steadily, the township generals of the Wulonggang Fortress will have to be replaced within two months at most. .

"Mr. Han Lang just do what you say."

Meng Fan is a bold and righteous person, a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and he will never frown even when he goes up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire.

Fortunately, he was not married yet, and only had a concubine to accompany him, and it was enough to settle her down. It could be said that there was no need to worry about the future.

Only then did Han Chen take out the letter written by the patriarch Han Shizhong. Meng Fan stood there for a while after reading it, and then silently handed it back to Han Chen.

After reading it, Han Chen burned the letter and said with a smile, "General Meng still has a chance to choose."

Meng Fan glared at him, and said: "Mr. Han must have already made up his mind, just follow orders, Fan is just a martial artist, he is not as good as you scholars."

His words have already shown his determination.

Han Chen's face became solemn, he stood up, and saluted his respectful Chang Zong, "Chen is here to thank the general on behalf of the Han family."

"Mr. Han, don't you regard Meng as one of your own?"

Meng Fan stretched out his big hand and grabbed his arm, preventing Han Chen from saluting.

The two looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing. Life is like a game of gambling. If the bet is right, it will make a lot of money. The probability is almost 100%, and everyone is full of confidence.

Li Wei and his party hurried back to Pingtang Danguan Pass, rested only one night, and rushed to Baimo County early the next morning.

As early as a few days ago, Li Gang had already received a letter from Feige, using routine military exercises as an excuse, ordered the three major armies of Phoenix Central Qingchuan to start gathering, and a large amount of food, grass, weapons and equipment were transported to Baimo, Ningyuan and other counties to stockpile. To deceive the public, the transportation work can only be carried out by the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce. The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce plays the banner of business, and the grandiose transportation of these strategic materials will not attract attention.

The [-] Special Ye Bu Shou and the [-] Special Ye Bu Shou reserve personnel have been ordered to go to Baimo County to stand by. They will be the main force to assist Meng Fan in capturing the Wulonggang Fortress.

Li Wei and his entourage traveled day and night, and when they arrived at Baimo County, a thousand specialties had gathered in the city to wait for orders, and Han Chen had been waiting in the general's mansion for a long time.

After the two parties negotiated and finalized the details of the operation, Han Chen then returned to Wulonggang Fortress, accompanied by [-] special forces who would not be accepted at night, and the rest of the special forces who would not be accepted at night would travel by night and day. With the assistance of Meng Fan's cronies, he quietly entered Wulonggang. Longgang Fortress, mixed with Meng Fan's personal guards.

Meng Fan has always taken care of his brothers, he would rather find another way if he is short of money, and he would not deduct the soldiers' meager salary. He is very much supported by his soldiers, but out of the 500 defenders, he can only control [-] soldiers , and the other [-] soldiers are in the hands of several Lu and military officers.

He originally belonged to the martial arts camp, but when he raised his troops, he couldn't guarantee that those military officers would support him. Therefore, he needed a thousand special assistance that would not be accepted at night to ensure that the operation was foolproof.

Meng Fan's eyes could not help but warm up when he saw the thousands of special weapons and equipment that were never collected at night. Each of the weapons and equipment of these elite dead soldiers is worth more than ten thousand gold?

Moreover, everyone exudes a chilling and stern murderous aura. They are not only the most elite soldiers, but the gods of death among the soldiers. If they fight head-on, three thousand veterans in the fortress will not be enough.

With this Thousand Killing Gods, Meng Fan is full of confidence, while Han Chen reminds him to be careful, so as not to leak the news.

Li Wei is desperately dispatching troops, stockpiling food, grass, weapons and equipment and other military supplies, and there is not much time left for him. Fortunately, he has done some preparatory work before. Various important deployments are not in place.

The [-] soldiers of the Phoenix Legion led by Mingzhu have quietly entered Baimo City in the large barracks outside the city. Xia Houheng commanded the [-] soldiers of the Central Army Corps, who are also moving to the city of Baimo County on the grounds of military exercises and battles. [-] soldiers from the Qingchuan Legion, who had assembled him, gathered in Ningyuan, and another [-] elites were sent to Pingtang Pass to strengthen the strength of the dangerous pass.

At the end of March, when the common people were busy with spring plowing, conflicts broke out in the border trade market between Qin and Tang.

This kind of thing is originally a pediatrics. During the honeymoon period, the two parties can at most compensate the family members of the deceased with some money. If one party finds an excuse to start a war, this happens to be an excuse.

Xia Houfu, the general of Pingtang Danguan Town, first accused him, and then sent troops to capture Ping County under the jurisdiction of Baimo County, and the war broke out.

One side made careful preparations, the other side was unprepared, mentally and unintentionally. Within three days, Jing County, Ping County, under the jurisdiction of Baimo County, fell. The situation of crossing the river and attacking Weicheng.

At about the same time, a large number of Qin soldiers suddenly appeared in Chen County, which is the closest to the Wulong Mountain Range. , It also completely opened up the road to the Wulonggang Fortress.

However, three days before the war between the two countries, due to an accident in the Wulonggang Fortress, Meng Fan and Han Chen had to mobilize ahead of time. After controlling the Wulonggang Fortress, they sent people to report to Baimo County.

Although Meng Fan and Han Chen were cautious, they were still smelled by several Lu officers. They had been spying on Meng Fan secretly to catch his foot pain, and then they read a book in the court hall and took it out. He, the general of the town, was removed and replaced with someone from the Lu family.

The officers of the Lu family didn't notice the special night that was hidden in Yiqian, but they felt that Han Chen's appearance was a bit sudden, and he had been living in Mengfan's general's mansion all the time, coming in and out frequently, so it was inevitable to have some doubts.

Suspicion is nothing but suspicion, but they didn't dare to arrest people blatantly, so they kept watching Han Chen secretly, looking for opportunities to strike.