Great Zhou Empress

Xue Zhijing had a pale face, but her eyes were extremely bright. She shouted across the river, "Xiao Liege, thank you for sending me the things and the horse. I am going home. If there is a chance in the future, I will repay you." your."

"Little spy~ come back to me~" Xiao Liege gritted his teeth and shouted, but Xue Zhijing turned his head and ran away.In a fit of anger, she wanted to ride the horse across the river, but was finally stopped by the attendants.

She was really angry and angry, and there was a kind of sadness in her heart that she had never felt before, as if a piece of her body had been dug away alive. The broken love in her teenage years was the most unforgettable.

After this time, this woman whom she has always called "little spy~" and "little slave~" will stay in her heart until she finds her again.

It has been delayed for half a day, and now she has to hurry back to the royal court, her eldest nephew is still waiting for her to go back.

"One day I will catch you again, little spy~" Xiao Liege shouted loudly towards Nanfang, as if releasing her pain.

But Xiao Liege suddenly discovered that she didn't seem to know the name of this little spy.

Xiao Liege: "..."

On the land of Dacheng, Xue Zhijing finally felt the joy of freedom, even the air seemed much sweeter.

Her speed became lighter, and she tried her best to find the main road, asking people along the way, and went straight to Xiongzhou.

Although she was intercepted and killed by Xiongzhou Commander Lu Cheng before coming here, there is no danger for her to enter Xiongzhou City at this time. After all, there are no photos or videos in this era, and ordinary people cannot recognize her with a portrait.

She went straight to the place where she met Yuan Jin before, and also saw Yuan Jin.

The last time they were intercepted and killed, after Xue Zhijing drove away in the carriage, Yuan Jin and the others' pressure was greatly reduced, and they quickly suppressed the opponent. The opponent was defeated and had to retreat, and everyone suffered some injuries.

The only one who died was poor Xiao Cui, and the only one who suffered was Xue Zhijing.

Yuan Jin did not expect to see Xue Zhijing back so soon, after all last time Xue Zhijing said that he was going to be an undercover agent in the Liao Kingdom.However, after hearing the new news that Xue Zhijing brought back, she also became happy. The emperor of Liao Kingdom passed away. It is estimated that the joint venture will be stranded, so she hastened to deliver the news back to the capital.

In this era, the delivery of information is slow and requires manpower.The fastest one is horse racing delivery, and the second is waterway transportation delivery.The court of the Dacheng Dynasty also established a complete set of message delivery systems, called Ma Di Pu and Shui Di Pu. In the Chidao and River areas, a shop was established every 15 miles for relay delivery.

However, because they were worried that the information would be blocked, Yuan Jin used the information delivered by their own people at this time.

It was only two days ago that the news about the preparations for the war was sent back to the capital. It is estimated that the empress has not received it yet. Today I have to send a new message. I hope the empress's heart can bear it.

At this time, Xue Zhijing, Yuan Jin, Li Jing, Chen Tang and others gathered together to discuss, and the first thing to deal with now must be the commander of the Xiongzhou area, Lu Cheng.

"Our goal is to remove his military power, bring him back to the capital, and at the same time prevent him from rebelling with soldiers and horses," Xue Zhijing said.

Li Jing, who is the most thoughtful and strategic, said, "My idea is to prepare with both hands. One is to ask for help from nearby cities, such as Bazhou, and hope their commanders will come over with soldiers as foreign aid. Lu Cheng is under control, blocking his connection with Xiongzhou soldiers and horses, and then waiting for the queen's order."

Yuan Jin said, "Someone of us has been staring at this Lucheng for the past two days, but we haven't found any fixed trajectory of his actions yet."

Chen Tang said, "Then let's keep an eye on him. If it doesn't work, I'll tie him up."

Li Jing said angrily, "You are the only one who is strong? There are dozens of guards around him, how many can you fight alone?"

From Xue Zhijing's point of view, her three little friends are still teenagers who have just left school, with youthful vigor.However, young people have the advantages of being young. They will not look forward and backward, and do things quickly and accurately.The battlefield situation in this era is changing rapidly, and sometimes it takes such a little impulsive energy to seize opportunities.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, most military generals became famous when they were young.

So Xue Zhijing made the final arrangements, "I think the method Li Jing said is suitable, so prepare with both hands."

Yuan Jin then said, "I'll go to Bazhou myself. There are friends my father knew well in the early years. If I bring back reinforcements, the east gate of the city will be called Rocket."

"Okay, then Yuan Jin, go to Bazhou to ask for help. We'll keep an eye on Lu Cheng here, and if the right time comes, we'll do it." Xue Zhijing said.

A group of people all changed into short gray clothes, their hair was not even combed neatly, and their faces were specially smeared with gray to make them look darker. They were dressed like ordinary young men in this era.

In this way, a group of people stalking the street is less conspicuous.

In this way, they stared at it for several days.

They discovered that Lu Cheng not only had an affair with the Liao Kingdom, but also stored a large amount of grain, and thus made a lot of exchanges.At the same time, he crossed the border and made a lot of smuggling transactions with the Liao country, and even smuggled a lot of military supplies that were prohibited from being sold to the Liao country.

Over-issued intercourse, and there is not so much salt and tea in the market for exchange, the intercourse will depreciate, causing merchants to be dissatisfied with the intercourse, leading to distrust of the imperial court in the later period, and then no longer sending food to the border.A large amount of smuggling will affect the income of the market, that is, the financial revenue of the imperial court.Smuggling items that are prohibited for sale is an enemy.

These crimes are enough for him to die a hundred times.

Probably because he was preparing for the battle, he did these things more frequently, and often went in and out of the warehouse, which made Xue Zhijing and the others follow up and understand these situations within a few days.

They also found that Lu Cheng would only take a few guards to a small courtyard at the same time every day, and then leave after staying for a while.

Chen Tang proposed again, and captured him on his way to this courtyard.

Before the empress's imperial decree was delivered and Yuanjin's reinforcements had not been found, they should not have acted rashly, but they found that Lucheng had already begun to quickly transfer the food in the city to the outside of the city, and when it was delivered to the Liao Kingdom , Xue Zhijing was also a little anxious.

Although Xiao Liege returned to Shangjing, she was also cooperating with the prince of Xia Kingdom and some other nobles from their Liao Kingdom. Looking at Lu Cheng's current trajectory, it was obvious that someone was still in touch with him.

Xue Zhijing was very afraid of having long nights and dreaming, and unexpected complications, so he agreed with Chen Tang's idea.

They lay in ambush in an alley that must pass through to the small courtyard. When Lu Cheng and the others passed by, they flanked each other from the front and rear and captured Lu Cheng alive.

The strategy and tactics are correct. With the same number of manpower, attacking back and forth in a narrow area, the attacker has an extremely advantage.

But they miscalculated the force value of both sides, not enough to know themselves and the enemy.

Lu Cheng himself is extremely powerful, and the guards around him are also very strong.After all, from time to time, the frontier army would go to beat the disobedient small tribes on the frontier, or some thieves who fell into bandits. They were all tempered in the wind and dust on the frontier all the year round. How could a group of young people from the capital be comparable? .

That is to say, Chen Tang, a master born with supernatural power, stabbed Lu Cheng's wrist. Their plan to capture alive this time completely failed.

The whole city of Lucheng is big cable.

Xue Zhijing and Li Jing hid together in a family's cellar where pickles were stored, surrounded by a strong sour smell, through the translucent dark panel, the two heard a group of soldiers breaking in and searching the house wantonly.

The cellar was small, and the two of them squeezed together, their heavy breathing echoed in the cellar, and they both knew that each other was extremely nervous at this moment.

The soldiers didn't come to search the cellar, they just searched the house and filed out.

Finally, hearing that there was no movement outside, the two looked at each other with cold sweat.

They dare not leave this city easily, and they can still cooperate with people outside the city. If they all go outside the city, Lu Cheng will close the gate at that time, and this Xiongzhou City will be like a fortress, which is enough to resist several 10 people took turns attacking the deep trenches and high walls of the city, and they are just a few and a half people. Is it possible that they still have to dig tunnels to arrest people?

I've already frightened the snake, and I have regrets, but it's useless to regret, so I have to think about what to do next?

Li Jing said softly, "Xiaojing, the most dangerous place is also the safest place, should we hide?"

Go to the small courtyard that Lu Cheng often goes to, and take a look at what's in that courtyard by the way, it's worth his visit every day. "

In fact, Xue Zhijing's suspicion about that courtyard probably fell on the woman, maybe a certain woman raised by Lu Cheng, but if this is the case, it would be a good place to hide.

So the two made a total calculation and decided to act after dark.

The capture operation failed that day, and more than a dozen people dispersed separately. Xue Zhijing could only pray that everyone was better than her and could find a hiding place.

It's getting dark. Lights are rare items in this era. Only rich families can light them for a long time at night. Ordinary people go to bed early to save candlelight. Border cities like Xiongzhou are even more so than Bianjing. About the same level of darkness as the wild.

Fortunately, after staying here for a long time, my night vision has improved.

Xue Zhijing and Li Jing secretly opened the black wooden boards in the cellar, pushed each other out of the family's yard, and walked forward in the narrow alleyway.

In fact, it is not easy to find the way in such a dark time. However, when training polo games before, they specially did some spatial memory training. courtyard.

Gray walls and black tiles, it looks like an ordinary yard.

The two of them had just turned over to the top of the wall when they saw a group of soldiers looking for someone with torches not far away. They quickly fell down and rolled into the grass inside the wall. They stayed quietly for a long time until there was no more movement. , before trying to go inside.

But after entering this courtyard, the two dare not relax for a moment. Although they have some guesses, they are not sure what Lu Cheng did in this courtyard after all.

It's just that there are no people walking around in this yard at this time, only the small path is decorated with stone lamp holders, and a candle lamp is placed on it, faintly illuminating a small area.

Ahead of the trail was a room lit with candles.

Xue Zhijing looked at Li Jing next to him, pointed to the room, and Li Jing nodded.

The two of them bowed their bodies and slowly passed through the grass, reaching the shadow under the window.

The buildings of this era are very dull in color, mostly brick and wood structures, and are painted with heavy paint. The color will become darker after a long time, so the reflectivity is extremely poor. At night when there are only faint candlelights, There are shadows to hide from everywhere.

The voices of two young men came from inside the room, one of them seemed to speak Chinese with a foreign accent, like Xiao Liege's Chinese.

Inadvertently thinking of Xiao Liege, Xue Zhijing smiled.

Suddenly she thought of something, the accent is like Xiao Liege, isn't that a foreigner?

Taking a peek, one of the two people in the room was sitting on the couch, and the other was sitting on each other's lap, hugging each other, and their movements were extremely intimate.

Xue Zhijing: "..."

Li Jing: "..."