vrcanaries Chapter 392: Intelligence of Lady Meiyan
Chapter 392: Intelligence of Lady Meiyan
"One hundred thousand people, if they were spread out on the plain, you wouldn't be able to see the end of them.
One hundred thousand people were so powerful that they could overwhelm the enemy. However, the local authorities knew about it but kept it secret. The imperial court knew nothing about it at all and only found out about it thanks to the wanderers in Jiutian Tower.
I'm afraid it's not just a matter of ostentation; it's likely a conspiracy between officials and the rebels."
Hearing what Shen Changgong said, Gongsun Wan'er nodded and said,
"I think so too. Even if you are ambitious, there must be a limit. The local army in the county is only two to three thousand people at most, and they can only suppress bandits or something.
Facing a war involving hundreds of thousands of people, it is simply not enough.
The governor of Shuozhou County is probably too ambitious and afraid of being blamed by the court, so he wants to solve the problem himself. He must have been bribed by the rebels."
Shen Changgong rubbed his brows impatiently. They had just arrived at the border of Ziyang County. Not far to the south was the desert where the last battlefield took place.
There was no other way, Shen Changgong could only order the army to turn west to suppress the rebellion.
At the same time, Gongsun Wan'er also sent more Skynet personnel to gather intelligence.
However, Skynet mainly targets foreign courts and forces, conducting activities such as spying, assassination, alienation, and subversion, and there are relatively few such activities within China.
So when it comes to doing things, they are not even as good as those martial artists in Jiutian Tower.
Nowadays, with the support of the imperial court, Jiutian Tower has become increasingly powerful, and there are people from Jiutian Tower everywhere in Dayan.
The status of the poster Mei Yan also rose accordingly.
The Wulin Alliance of Yan State also moved to the vicinity of Shengjing, but now, Jiutian Tower has become the largest force.
Jiutian Tower absorbed a lot of Kun people. These Kun people were all very good spies and infiltrated into the Yellow Fish Sect. It is said that some of them became generals because of their superb martial arts.
While these people followed Huang Yu to curse Dayan, they were secretly gathering intelligence.
Five days after Shen Changgong led his army into Ziyang County, Fairy Mei Yan also arrived with some of her followers.
After entering the general's tent of the Yan army camp, the heroic and dusty female hero Mei Yan picked up the teacup and drank from it in big gulps without any image.
Shen Changgong looked at her with a smile, and then asked someone to call over Yu Huatian, Zhang Han, Yang Hongying, Murong Yi and other generals.
After drinking the water, Fairy Mei Yan recovered, wiped the corners of her mouth gracefully, and cast a coquettish glance at Shen Changgong.
"Little brother, have you missed your sister in these few months?"
Fairy Meiyan asked with a smile.
Yu Huatian and others almost laughed out loud, but quickly turned their heads away and pretended not to hear.
Shen Changgong's old face flushed, pretending to be angry and scolding,
"I've told you so many times, when you're working, you should use your job title."
Upon hearing this, Fairy Mei Yan's beautiful eyes were filled with surprise, and she immediately glared at Shen Changgong fiercely.
Okay, okay, I’ll give you some face in front of your subordinates, and see how I’ll deal with you tonight!
"Okay, Shen Zhiwu."
Shen Changgong smiled bitterly and said,
"Okay, tell me the information. We are all waiting for you."
Fairy Meiyan nodded and said,
"According to our spies' reports, the Yellow Croaker Cult has now almost swept across the entire central and western parts of Shuozhou County.
They were large in scale and numerous in number, and they robbed food everywhere.
In order to distinguish them, each of them tied a yellow scarf on their head according to the name of their sect, so they were also called the Yellow Turban Army.
When these people were on the move, they tied yellow scarves around their necks. When they were disguising themselves, they took off the yellow scarves, disguised themselves as farmers, and hid in the surrounding towns to avoid searches by the government.
In the early days, they did use this method to disguise themselves successfully, making the government let their guard down.
But now, they are so numerous and powerful that they no longer need to disguise themselves. They even plan to use Shuozhou County as their base, sweep across the entire west, and recruit a million troops to fight against us.
Now, they are entrenched in the western area of the county town. They are numerous and powerful, and very difficult to deal with.
The local authorities are also powerless.”
Shen Changgong sneered and said,
"Powerless? They have no intention of doing anything about it, right? Up to now, they haven't reported this matter to the court. Are they planning to suppress it themselves?
Or have they already colluded with the Yellow Croaker Cult and colluded with each other?
The county magistrate is not a fool. With such a big commotion, does he really think that the court is blind and deaf?
I'm afraid that once we enter Shuozhou County, they will move into the county town and rely on the county town's defenses to oppose us, right?"
Fairy Meiyan nodded and said,
"I think so too, but we have no actual evidence to prove this, and we don't know whether they are colluding with those people."
“No proof is needed. All officials in the county magistrate’s office will be beheaded and their property confiscated.
"Having caused such harm to Shuozhou County and allowing the Yellow Fish Sect to grow stronger, regardless of whether they surrendered to the enemy or not, they deserve this outcome."
After Shen Changgong said this, he continued to ask,
"Any other information? I'm not afraid of them fighting us, I'm just afraid they'll escape.
These people are rebels, not enemy troops. They have no country's support and can easily move to another place after shooting.
What if these people scatter and turn into sparks all over the sky, misleading the people everywhere? "
Fairy Meiyan smiled and said,
"Don't worry about this. They probably won't run away."
"Oh? So stubborn? You dare to confront our imperial army with just 100,000 peasant soldiers?"
Shen Changgong felt incredible.
If he were one of these people, he would definitely move immediately, then fight westward to recruit more followers, and then go to Liang State, which was already mired in the quagmire of war. There were more hungry people there, and he would be able to develop faster and wait for an opportunity to counterattack Yan State.
Fairy Meiyan smiled and said,
"Because the leader of the Yellow Croaker Cult had brainwashed his followers so severely. In order to win their hearts and minds, the leader dared to fight desperately, even drawing a talisman on one of his followers.
It is said that this talisman, bestowed by the Fish God himself, can make one invulnerable to swords and spears, but the prerequisite is sincerity, and sincerity will work."
Hearing this, Shen Changgong burst out laughing and said with great joy,
"If your heart is not sincere, it won't work. If you die, you will be blamed for your insincerity."
"That's right, so now every member of the sect thinks they are invincible and invulnerable to weapons. They don't take us seriously at all and are clamoring to invade Shengjing and kill us all.
The believers were carried away by public opinion and were in a difficult situation and dared not run away.
After all, running away means you think you can't win. If your leader himself thinks we can't win, then isn't his claim of invulnerability also a lie?"
"Interesting, it's really easy to fight such an ignorant opponent."
Shen Changgong's mood gradually relaxed.