Chapter 151 Ganzhou This is all thanks to the colleagues in the intelligence and propaganda departments...

The battle between Shengzhou and Lu Hong lasted for several more months, just as Mo Jingchun and Ning Huai'an had hoped, until Hu Dazhu arrived on the battlefield with the Jinzhou army.

Thus, the previously evenly matched situation was broken.

The Shengzhou and Jinzhou armies immediately launched a pincer attack on Lu's army, causing it to suffer repeated defeats.

Meanwhile, Sun Yannan led his army and the Qingzhou army to Pingzhou. They had already captured one county in Pingzhou and were heading towards the next county.

Ye Hui and her Ningzhou army had just arrived in Chuzhou and were attacking a county town at the border of the two prefectures.

Upon hearing these two pieces of news, Lu Hong was so angry that he overturned the table.

His gaze was cold and sharp as he addressed Ying Yanzhou and the others, "This cannot continue!"

If he continues to be bogged down in Shengzhou, Xingzhou and Pingzhou will fall into Sun Yannan's hands, and Ganzhou and Chuzhou will be taken by Cao Ruheng and Ye Hui, leading to his utter defeat.

He absolutely cannot accept this outcome!

Ying Yanzhou cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I have a plan."

Lu Hong was inwardly agitated, but he still trusted Ying Yanzhou quite a bit, so he said, "Speak."

Ying Yanzhou explained his plan, but before Lu Hong could comment, he added, "I hope my lord will not tell any third party about this plan."

Lu Hong paused, looking at Ying Yanzhou with suspicion and uncertainty. "What do you mean?"

He narrowed his eyes. "You suspect..."

Ying Yanzhou countered, "Hasn't our lord ever had any doubts?"

Lu Hong's eyes flickered. He had naturally suspected it. In the previous two battles, they had devised detailed plans to lure the Shengzhou army into an ambush, but Ning Huai'an had not fallen for it!

Once, twice...

Lu Hong was furious. "One of my men has betrayed me!"

Ying Yanzhou calmly advised, "My lord, now is not the time to be angry. The important thing is to find this spy."

Lu Hong took a deep breath. "You're right, we have to find him! I'll skin him alive and tear him apart!" He asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Ying Yanzhou said, "We just need to..."

Inside Lu Hong's tent, Tang Yu, who served Lu Hong in the army, was painting. Stroke by stroke, a valiant general drinking wine and a resilient beauty dancing came to life on the paper.

The painting she created was of the King of Chu, Farewell My Concubine.

With the final stroke, Tang Yu gazed at his work with satisfaction.

If my final fate is also like this...

Mo Jingchun and Ning Huai'an sent Ying Shanqing to protect her, hoping to rescue her someday.

She thanked them for their kindness, but she would not leave early unless she saw Lu Hong die with her own eyes.

Otherwise, the moment she leaves, Lu Hong will escape smoothly and make a comeback... Just thinking about it makes Tang Yu furious. She will never allow such a thing to ruin her reputation to happen!

The beautiful woman wore a gentle smile, her eyes as pure as water.

The intelligence department and Shengzhou will record her achievements. Even if she dies with Lu Hong, it doesn't matter. She will still be the number one spy in Yun Kingdom!

"..." Tang Yu's hand holding the pen froze in mid-air. She frowned slightly: Sun Yannan is still alive. What if after I die, a powerful colleague stands next to Sun Yannan and poisons him to death? Will I still be number one?

When Lu Hong returned, he saw a beautiful young woman with furrowed brows, gazing sadly at a painting on the table.

He walked over and saw the newly completed "Farewell My Concubine". His heart softened instantly. "Don't be afraid", the man placed a hand on Tang Yu's shoulder and patted her reassuringly. "I will not be Xiang Yu, nor will I let you be Yu Ji".

Tang Yu blinked, then blinked again, her eyes brimming with tears. She looked at Lu Hong, on the verge of sobbing, and said, "I...didn't mean to..."

That night.

After Lu Hong and his civil and military officials finished discussing the battle plan, he ordered the entire army to rest and then arranged for 5,000 elite troops to launch a night attack on Hu Dazhu's Jinzhou army.

Tang Yu sat inside the tent, setting up a game of chess. She took a black piece and placed it on the board, then picked up a white piece and cut off the black piece's path to survival.

She heard the sound of elite troops leaving the camp, and smiled as she listened to the sound of horses' hooves.

Let me think, who would be the best person to do this spy job?

Five thousand elite soldiers were ordered to launch a night raid on the Jinzhou army, but in fact, they had only been out of the camp for two incense sticks' time when they received a personal letter from Lu Hong's confidant on horseback, ordering them to turn around and launch a surprise attack on Ning Huai'an's Shengzhou army.

The leader was puzzled, but he still took the order and directed the cavalry to gallop towards the camp where the Shengzhou army was stationed.

Ganzhou.

Meng Junping, Yue Yao, and Zhong Mingqi have already arrived outside Ganzhou.

Instead of openly challenging Ganzhou, they decided to discreetly infiltrate the Ganzhou prefecture.

The three squatted on the ground. Zhong Mingqi held a wooden stick in his hand and pointed at the map on the ground. "Lu Hong is not in Ganzhou at the moment, and the garrison left behind is relatively weak. Perhaps we can try a different approach."

Meng Junping reached out, his left index finger landing on the prefectural government building. "You mean, we send an elite force disguised as ordinary merchants to infiltrate the prefectural government and then take down those officials?"

Zhong Mingqi nodded, "To catch the thief, first catch the king. If we attack from the inside out, their morale will collapse."

After listening to their words, Yue Yao thought for a moment and said, "At that time, the army left outside can cooperate by pretending to attack the city and attracting attention."

Meng Junping agreed, saying, "Let's coordinate an attack from the inside and outside."

Her name is Qin Fang. "You and Yue Yao will lead troops to infiltrate."

Qin Fang happily accepted the order, but she had one question: "How do we infiltrate?"

Yue Yao didn't understand her meaning. "Impersonating a merchant or an ordinary citizen is fine, isn't it? Besides, you female soldiers shouldn't arouse too much suspicion from the guards."

Qin Fang gave a helpless look. "Look at our faces, look at our skin color, look at our arms, look at our legs," she said. "And think back to the people you saw along the way."

Yue Yao: "..." He looked at Qin Fang's robust body and understood what she meant. A few or a dozen would be fine, but if a hundred or so women like this entered the city, it would inevitably attract the attention of some people.

So he asked, "Then what method should we use?"

Behind them, a female soldier suddenly raised her hand. "Boss, how about we pretend to be a wealthy businesswoman with countless debts and her female nurses?"

She explained, "Because the female tycoon's family was very wealthy, many men wanted to please her, but she found it troublesome, so she trained her own female nurses."

Upon hearing this, Qin Fang thought it was feasible.

Another female soldier had a flash of inspiration: "We can also dress up as acrobats or opera singers, with a team of a dozen or twenty people."

One of the male soldiers said, "Perfect! We'll pretend to be镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) from a镖局 (bodyguard agency) and escort valuable goods to Xingzhou, which is on the other side of Ganzhou."

Meng Junping said, "Okay, Qin Fang and Yue Yao will choose the people, and we will prepare the things for you."

Zhong Mingqi tapped the map with his wooden stick and said, "Let's all work hard and take Ganzhou in one fell swoop, cutting off Lu Hong's retreat!"

Suddenly remembering something, Qin Fang lowered her voice and asked Meng Junping, "Has the intelligence department sent a message yet?"

Meng Junping nodded. "They've already sent me a letter, giving a general overview of the current situation in the city." She paused, then added, "If there's anything you'd like to know, compile it up and write to them about it."

Upon hearing this, Qin Fang immediately replied, "Okay!"

Several days later.

In the bustling market of Ganzhou Prefecture, a group of acrobats arrived.

They can sing opera, perform face-changing, breathe fire, throw knives at apples on their companions' heads, balance bowls on their heads, and perform magic tricks...

The crowd of people on the street gathered to watch, and cheers filled the air.

"There's a new acrobatic troupe over there, their performance is amazing!"

"Yes, yes, it can even change its face! One moment it turns yellow, the next it turns red, and then it turns black!"

"That girl who throws knives is really amazing. She can slice an apple with one knife even when she's blindfolded."

"That guy who crawled under the stool with the oil lamp on his head is really impressive."

The young women who were shopping heard people talking about this and their faces lit up with anticipation. They looked at each other.

Someone winked and said, "Shall we go take a look?"

His companions happily echoed, "Yes, yes!"

"Let's go take a look."

They called out to the passersby, "Brother, where is that acrobatic troupe you were just talking about?"

The staff sent by the Shengzhou Intelligence Department, together with their colleagues from the Propaganda Department, spread the news of the acrobatic troupe to the homes of some officials' children who enjoyed excitement, and encouraged them to invite the acrobatic troupe to perform at their homes.

"It's really beautiful."

"Let's invite them to perform at our house. We can't exactly take my sisters to the street to watch them."

"Oh dear, Grandma, don't you want to watch? Don't your aunts and uncles like a lively atmosphere?"

So, at the home of a high-ranking official in the city, the old lady arranged for her daughter-in-law to host a banquet and invite a circus troupe to perform at their home.

The "leader" was extremely shocked when the butler of the high-ranking official's family came to his door. He glanced at Qin Fang, who was performing the knife throwing, and Qin Fang blinked her right eye to indicate that she would accept the knife.

The "commander" immediately smiled with delight and obsequiously agreed.

After seeing the housekeeper off, the "leader" looked at Qin Fang with delight, "Boss, this is truly an unexpected surprise!"

Qin Fang chuckled, "Do you think a free lunch will fall from the sky? This is all thanks to the efforts of my colleagues in the intelligence and propaganda departments."

Other colleagues couldn't help but praise them, saying, "They're really amazing."

"Yeah, to actually do that is amazing!"

More than half a month later, news of the capture of Ganzhou Prefecture reached Lu Hong before the news of Chuzhou was reported.

Lu Hong was shocked. "Who did this?"

The strategists and generals also found it hard to believe, "How could it be so fast?"

Which company is it?

"Ganzhou is not without its own garrison, so why was it captured in such a short time?"

Lu Hong crumpled the letter in his hand into a ball, his face extremely grim.

Ying Yanzhou asked, "Does Ganzhou not know who seized the city?"

Lu Honghan nodded with a cold expression.

One of the advisors frowned and pondered for a moment, "Could it be Ye Hui?"

Ying Yanzhou said, "Ye Hui and the others haven't even taken Chuzhou yet, so how could they possibly take Ganzhou first?"

One military officer speculated, "It shouldn't be Sun Yannan; his current target is Xing and Ping prefectures."

Another military officer said, "He Qinglan? But aren't her people in Shengzhou? How can she send troops to attack our Ganzhou?"

"But besides those three parties, who else has the ability to touch our Ganzhou?"