The middle-aged man who was lying on the bed with his legs crossed, drinking tea and listening to Li Gan's report nonchalantly was the one Xia Daohua had also seen.
He was listening to Li Gan's words when he suddenly interrupted him:
"What about last month? What did Xiao Liyou do?"
Li Gan replied without hesitation:
"In recent months, Xiao Liyou has been very active, signing a total of fifteen transfer orders, four of which were signed last month. He has frequently transferred the Central Army, the Southern Army, and the Eastern Army several times.
Currently, there were approximately 4,500 heavy cavalry and 2,800 light cavalry gathered at Beiguan Town. The heavy cavalry wore armor, and each man rode three horses. The light cavalry wore armor, but their horses were unarmored, and each man rode two horses.
I think he's about to take action."
"Are you here for the summer grain?"
"Since we're rushing to do this during this time, I'm afraid we're worried about both the summer and autumn crops."
Every autumn harvest, or the lean season, or every winter when there was a snowstorm outside the Great Wall, Xiao Liyou would lead his troops to harass the border and attack the Great Chu.
Who made the Great Chu attack from the south to the north?
We had to stop at the Great Wall because we couldn't deal with the barbarians in the north.
In Bohai County, if the King of Bohai did not want the Han people to fight among themselves, which would benefit the Hu people, and had not suddenly decided to surrender to the Great Chu, the Great Chu would not have been able to take over this vast and sparsely populated fertile land.
After taking Bohai County, the Chu State built the Great Wall to this place, completely blocking the Hu people outside the pass.
They invaded year after year, and were defeated year after year, but they never gave up. After all, even if they couldn't break through the city defenses, they could still slaughter the surrounding villages and towns, looting property and people, and the benefits would be astonishing.
But why is the deployment of troops so strange this year?
It would be too unprofitable to let regular troops such as heavy cavalry and light cavalry attack the city... Xiao Liyou is not the kind of fool who can't figure out the account.
unless……
The two looked at each other, both horrified: "There's a traitor!"
I'm afraid that Beiguan Town has been infiltrated, and maybe the infiltration is very severe.
Of course, there was another possibility, that Xiao Liyou didn't want to attack Beiguan Town. Considering the strange things that happened in Beiguan Town some time ago, this possibility was low, but it was not completely impossible.
But, since war was about to begin, they couldn't pin their hopes of victory on something so illusory.
All necessary preparations must be made.
But if there really is a traitor, will they be able to find him out before the war starts?
…
Capital city.
The wedding banquet for the eldest grandson of Duke Chengguo and the second granddaughter of Marquis Dingnan was underway with great joy. Although everyone knew how wealthy these two noble families were, they were still shocked by the lavishness of the wedding banquet.
Li Gan's stepmother and her two daughters sat in the guest seats, looking almost greedily at the thousands of crystal clear lotus lanterns on the endless ice platform.
It’s clearly the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, so where does the ice come from?
The answer is: I bought it!
How wonderful it would be if my daughter could marry into such a wealthy and noble family, or if my son could marry a girl from such a rich and noble family!
If there were one or several such wealthy relatives, why would she and the evil son she left behind bring all the matters of the inner house to the emperor for the sake of a few small things in the family?
Li Gan's stepmother couldn't help but feel angry when she thought of Li Gan.
The reputation of virtue that I had worked so hard to build was easily ruined by that brat!
But the Emperor's attitude has always been ambiguous and unclear, which made me dare not move for a long time.
Fortunately, this time, Li Gan actually ran to the border.
The opportunity I have been waiting for for so many years has finally arrived.
…
Since Li Gan and his group began to suspect Xiao Liyou, they have visited several important counties in Bohai County.
It took about half a month to complete the task. They conducted numerous investigations along the way, deploying a large number of personnel. In the end, there were only less than thirty people left around Li Gan.
Among them, there are three important burdens.
Li Gan looked at them. He didn't show it on his face, but he was secretly getting angry every day and had blisters at the corners of his mouth.
As a result, just at this juncture, Li Gan's helper who stayed in the capital also sent him a letter saying that there was some progress in the matter he had asked him to keep an eye on.
Li Gan knew that his stepmother had finally given up. This time, she was probably determined to strike back and eliminate this troublesome person once and for all.
Although he had encountered many "accidents" before, and even a very dangerous assassination; he had also witnessed tricks at home and outside more than once.
But this time, it was obviously different.
The garrison in Bohai County had many secret connections with my stepmother's father and brothers from her family.
Li Gan was not too worried about himself, but he was very concerned about the safety of the important people around him.
Li Gan heard that a few days ago, a captain and his deputy captain had a fight in the street in front of the people.
The cause was a young officer named Jin Yong.
It is said that Jin Yong was ambushed by an enemy spy and was seriously injured. He needed the best ginseng to survive.
It just so happened that the old lady of the Qianhu family fell seriously ill and needed the best ginseng to prolong her life. Qianhu was a filial son, and since there was a way to cure her, he naturally refused to give up his mother's life.
The servants of the two families who went out to buy ginseng fell in love with the same century-old ginseng at Pujitang.
Both sides had urgent needs, so naturally no one was willing to give in. Neither of them was willing to ruin their own job for the sake of others. They actually started arguing with each other in Puji Hall.
In the chaos, someone was so careless that he pushed Doctor Wang, who came out to mediate, to the ground.
Doctor Wang was old after all. Although he had always taken good care of himself, his bones were very brittle due to his age. After being pushed and thrown like that, his leg was broken cleanly.
Doctor Wang was in excruciating pain and was deeply annoyed with the two families. He ordered his tough guards to drive both families out.
As for the troublesome century-old ginseng, Doctor Wang would rather use it to make wine and keep it for himself to drink slowly than sell it.
After hearing this, both families became anxious.
They didn't dare to offend Doctor Wang. After all, the old man had a very strong backing. Moreover, their family was somewhat in the wrong regarding Doctor Wang's injury.
Therefore, the captain and deputy captain, who hurried to Puji Hall after receiving the news, justified their resentment towards each other.
It just so happened that these two people had some conflicts with each other, and they were so petty, and they happened to compete to buy old ginseng.
Both of them felt that they were right, so naturally neither of them was willing to give in.
As they talked, they started arguing.
Immediately afterwards, they didn't even care that the people were still gathered inside and outside and watching, and they started fighting with "ping pong pong".
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