Chapter 745: The Sharp Edge of the Drums and Horns Appears (17)

As May entered, the atmosphere in Liaoxi City suddenly became tense. Groups of troops stationed in various places began to assemble from various places to the county and city. After gathering into large armies, they then brought their troops with them. Countless baggage trains were being pulled out, and looking at the direction in which they were heading, all the people in western Liaoning understood that the legendary war to conquer Langya by the Eastern Army seemed to be about to begin.

Ever since Ye Zhong came to Liaoxi County and started to train the army, this rumor has spread like wildfire. Where is Langya? That was Ye's fiefdom. Where are Ye's people now? One is the wife of Gao Yuan, the governor of Zhengdong Prefecture, and the other is the brother-in-law, and this Ye Zhong was the number one general under Ye's command at the time. The significance of his coming to Liaoxi is obvious at a glance.

People in western Liaoning felt that Langya should belong to Zhengdong Mansion.

=Pig=Pig=Island=Novel=www=zhuua=; With the strong rise of Jishi City in recent years, the status of Liaoxi City has been declining year by year, but this does not hinder the pride of Liaoxi people at all, because Gao Yuan is from Liaoxi. With the full implementation of the Zhengdong Prefecture policy in western Liaoning, Liaoxi, which had struggled to raise tens of thousands of soldiers under Zhang Shouyue, has become extremely rich. Especially the city in western Liaoning has become a collusion with Zhengdong. It is an important passage between the government and other cities in Yan State.

With more people, naturally there are all kinds of birds. Even if the Overwatch Council under Cao Tianci's command will come to clean up the area soon, there will always be fish that slip through the net and survive.

Xu Yanmao is one of them. It has been two years since he came to Liaoxi City. Two years of fear and two years of trepidation have made this young official of Yan Lingwei, who used to be very high-spirited, look much older than his actual age. He is not yet forty, but he looks like a fifty-year-old man.

He once had a bright future, but due to the task of escorting Ye Tiannan and his wife from Langya to Jicheng, a big mistake was made, which not only allowed the young man to escape. The entire Yan Ling Guards led by him who were responsible for escorting were all surrendered. This was completely unforgivable for those who were engaged in espionage work. What's more, in the end, both Ye Tiannan and his wife died in the carriage. Before the palace.

Xu Yanmao's future naturally became dark from then on. First, he was directly driven from the promising headquarters officer to Langya to serve as a mere school leader, and then he was thrown to Liaoxi City by the commander of Langya County to serve as a detective.

Liaoxi City is almost a hell for all spies, because this is the hometown where Gao Yuan started his career, and now it is one of the most important cities under Gao Yuan's control. The Supervisory Office of Zhengdong Mansion comes to clean it up every once in a while. You can often see people from all over the world sitting on quilts and slipping back with their clothes tied up.

After all, Xu Yanmao is still a capable guy. He has been in Liaoxi for two years. Every time he was purged, he has escaped safely because his identity is really impossible to find out. He plays the role of a refugee and arrives in Liaoxi City. after. He also worked as a coolie Juésè. After the first two or three months of being frightened, he successfully turned himself into a real coolie.

Carrying a pole every day. With a sweat towel draped over his shoulders, he gathered like many homeless coolies, waiting for business to come to him.

There are many merchants in the city of western Liaoning, and the volume of goods imported and exported is very large. This also gave them coolies a huge market. They lived in a Datong shop for five cents a month and ate pickles, steamed buns and tofu soup. Eating a meal of meat once in a while can be regarded as improving your life. Commander Xu, who was handsome and unrestrained back then, is now a coolie with a big waist and round arms, a hair growing on his face, and black stripes appearing on his body just by rubbing it.

No one could recognize him anymore. After arriving in western Liaoning, he cut off the upper and lower families designated by his superiors to have contact with him, and became a completely lonely ghost.

He should be the person in charge of Yan Lingwei in Liaoxi City, but his subordinates could not find him at all, and his superior in Langya could no longer contact him. He completely drowned himself.

This slightly extreme cover-up strategy proved to be completely correct in the later facts. He saw with his own eyes those who should be his subordinates were arrested one by one by the Control Yuan.

They know that there is such a person like themselves, but they have no way of knowing where they are, and the Supervisory Yuan can't find out.

Xu Yanmao and another coolie carried a heavy box onto the carriage, then leaned on the box, pulled off the sweat towel on his shoulders, and wiped the sweat on his face. Their business is very good these days, because a large amount of military supplies are transported out of the city and transferred to the armies stationed outside the city. Then these armies take these supplies and start setting off in groups, more than a dozen By the end of the day, Xu Yanmao had seen with his own eyes more than a dozen teams leaving the county.

There are about 20,000 troops, which is almost all the troops of the Eastern Army in the entire Liaoxi County. In other words, Ye Chong sent almost the entire Southern Army Group under his command.

During his two years in western Liaoning, Xu Yanmao had a clear picture of the military structure of the Eastern Conquest Army, and he also saw with his own eyes the training and formation of the Eastern Conquest Army. In several years, the reason why Ye Zhong only recruited 20,000 people was not because of him. They can't recruit people, but the rules for recruiting soldiers for the Eastern Expedition Army have become more and more strict. In the past two years, the soldiers they recruit must be from good families who have settled in Liaoxi City for more than several years, and they must have a guarantor. In other words, a refugee of unknown origin like him would not be eligible to be recruited into the team unless he established a home and business in western Liaoning.

Observing the training of the Eastern Conquest Army at close range also made him feel frightened again and again. The training of the Eastern Conquest Army was no secret, including the current Yan State Standing Army, which was also using lofty training methods, but just In Xu Yanmao's opinion, they are similar in appearance but not in spirit.

The Eastern Conquest Army seems to have a centripetal force that is difficult for the Yan Army to possess. With the same training methods and the same cruel training, the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Conquest Army seems to be much stronger.

Xu Yanmao once quietly spied on a confrontation exercise of the Southern Group Army. It was hard for him to imagine that there were dozens of casualties in a confrontation exercise. The Yan army must hold the leading generals accountable. But in the Eastern Expedition Army, it seems to be a common practice. After the wounded are treated, they either return to the army or retire. And those who died during training were actually sent to the Hall of Heroes to die on the battlefield. Soldiers enjoy the same treatment.

A 20,000-strong expedition to the east would require at least twice as many Yan troops. Only then can we compete with them on the battlefield. This is Xu Yanmao's overall evaluation of both sides.

Twenty thousand Southern Group Army, and countless baggage, food and grass, are also following up in a steady stream. The war is definitely about to begin. These days, Xu Yanmao feels that the hard work of the past two years has finally been in vain. He has completely mastered the opponent. Number of troops. He now also knows the departure route, logistics preparations, and the mobilization situation of the entire Liaoxi County.

It's time to leave, the war is about to begin, and taking this information back with you will be enough to explain to your superiors.

Xu Yanmao hated Ye Tiannan and the Ye family, and he also hated Gao Yuan. I hate the Zhengdong Mansion and the Zhengdong Army. If it weren't for them, how could I have fallen to this point? Thinking of his family who were still suffering in the capital, he was shaking with hatred. He had no contact with his family or his boss for two years. I'm afraid they all thought they were dead, right?

Take this information back to Langya County. General Hu Yanchao is a famous general in Dayan, with tens of thousands of troops under his command. In addition, the tens of thousands of elites who were withdrawn from Donghu were the heroes who fought with tens of thousands of Donghu soldiers in Liaoxi City with real swords and guns. With this accurate information, General Hu would be able to make accurate targets and attack these soldiers. The rebellions were defeated one by one. Only by completely defeating these bastards can he be relieved of his hatred.

"Old Xu, what are you thinking about? Collect the money, well, this is your share." The coolie leader came over and threw a few pieces of silver to Xu Yanmao, "I have to say, I still work for these soldiers. It’s profitable, gives a lot, and doesn’t bargain. It’s much better than those sly merchants.”

Xu Yanmao woke up suddenly after a shock, "Yes, yes, it's a pity that there are not many good things like this!"

"Who said that? When I went to collect the money just now, the soldier in charge here also said that more supplies will be shipped in the future. Ah, I won't have to worry about work this year!" The coolie leader He lowered his voice and said.

"Will more supplies be shipped here?" Xu Yanmao was startled.

The coolie leader lowered his voice, "Yes, I was happy to hear that. I wanted to ask a few more questions, but the soldier got impatient and kicked me out. I kept an extra mind and quietly went outside. After listening for a while, I heard them talking inside, saying whether they needed to transfer people from Panshan or that they needed more supplies and food. I originally wanted to listen for a while, but a soldier came outside, so I quickly ran away. , If this annoys them, maybe they won’t do this job for us.”

Xu Yanmao's heart tightened, Panshan, where is the control area of ​​the Eastern Group Army of the Eastern Army? Do they want to mobilize the cavalry under He Lanxiong's command in Panshan? If this is the case, it means that the focus of the Eastern Army's attack this time is really on Take the direction of Langya.

It's very Kěnéng. Langya's wealth is second only to Tianhe in the entire Dayan. Moreover, because of Langya's special relationship with Gao Yuan, it is normal for Gao Yuan to point his attack in this direction.

"Old Xu, let's go. How about each of our group sharing a little share and having a good drink today?" The coolie patted him on the shoulder and laughed.

"Okay!" Xu Yanmao nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go, let's go. It's getting dark soon. It's too late, but we won't be able to enter the city." The coolie leader called everyone towards the gate of Liaoxi City in the distance.

Xu Yanmao followed silently at the end of the team.

There was originally no curfew in Liaoxi City, and the city gates were open day and night just like Jishi City. However, starting from the beginning of this month, a curfew began, and the city gates were closed after dark, unless there was a major military situation. Turn on.

"Hey, my stomach hurts!" Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the city gate, Xu Yanmao suddenly covered his stomach and shouted, "Boss, I need to poop, you go in first, I will come right away."

The coolie leader looked back at him and said, "Go quickly, the city gate will be closed later, and you will have to huddle up in the hole of the city gate for a while."

"Hǎode Hǎode, boss, you go first, leave a seat for me, I'll be right away." Xu Yanmao picked up his pants and ran towards the bushes in the distance. (To be continued...)