Book 52 Chapter 6 – Strict Investigation of Undiscovered Traitor (1/2)
Book 52 Chapter 6 – Strict Investigation of Undiscovered Traitor
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan entered the City of Chenliu, Xuan Yong ordered his people to prepare a banquet of food and wine in the inner hall Accozhi, Bu Tianzhi, and Chen Lao the situation of the Shao Shuai Arh his report when he noticed that Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan, twotheir chopsticks, “Shaoshuai’s tuhan sry this quickly? As for why Shaoshuai suddenly blurted out that he was hungry just now, I azhi, Xuan Yong, and the others you look atwas a cal toasted everybody one more cup, before he sjun a question first, which is, how did Xuan Da Jiangjun cohan was the first to understand; further troops while chatting and laughing, without a word or movement that even he was kept in the dark In fact, when he found out that Xuan Yong was in co was already suspicious, because he had witnessed it firsthand Li shi+ji’s navy fleet heading for Kaifeng, and was deeply aware that the eneth was above, and not below, the Shao Shuai Army in Chenliu Moreover, the opponent was Li shi+ji, nothe nueneral under Li shi+ on thin ice, with fear and trepidation to guard against the danger of losing his footing, yet he unexpectedly proposed to attack Kaifeng The only explanation was intelligence error
Kaifeng was only less than half a day by horse froence error should not have happened
Revealing a puzzled expression, Xuan Yong replied, “Kaifeng’s defending general is shi+ Danai, their th is around three, four thousand ’s battle zone, the total th is no e of the time when their disposition of troops has not steadied yet, we could launch surprise attack using the flywheel boats at night to destroy their navy, and then seal off the upper reaches of Kaifeng, cutting its connection with various cities around Hulao With adequate preparations, we have a very high chance to capture the city of Kaifeng, which city defense is weak – within a short period of a bitspoke indifferently, “Where did the inforzhi’s expression showed that he was paying attention, while Bu Tianzhi and Chen Laoan to understand a little; he replied hesitatingly, “Naturally from Qifei Qifei can’t possibly have any problehan smiled and said, “Would Shaoshuai like zhi and the others, none did not have their countenance changed If Luo Qifei was a traitor, because he was in charge of the entire Shao Shuai Arence network, the implication would be extensive, not only what is true and what is false within the Shao Shuai Ar about extre to find a qualified person to replace hihed aloud and said, “I dare to guarantee that Qifei is not the proble the , he said, “Su up and said, “Let er hed with everybody about the wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject When Qifei answered the su told the their tails cut by the Tang Army, who then pursued and attacked them, and that the enemy even prepared vicious vultures to deal with the falcon – to let everybody know the reason why they suspected that there was a hed and said, “It must be that Laotianye still did not want to destroy our Shao Shuai Army; when Old Ba and I were on our way back here, we happened to see theand small shi+ps, ht to be around thirty thousand, coence, the difference is very far, plus the commander is Li shi+ji Frohly of us”
Luo Qifei’s countenance turned white; leaving his seat, he went down on his knees and spoke with a tre voice, “I wonder if Shaoshuai suspected that Qifei is the mole? Emperor of Heaven above, if I, Luo Qifei, am that kind of despicable, lowlyalso hed aloud and said, “If I suspect you, how could I suether withhi walked around the table with his hands behind his back The other loomy Evidently they were unable to dispel their doubts toward Luo Qifei, it’s just that since Kou Zhong asserted that he trusted hi was behind Xu Xingzhi’s chair, he put both hands on his shoulders and asked, “Xingzhi, why didn’t you agree with Xiao Yong’s proposal to attack Kaifeng?”
Xu Xingzhi cheerfully replied, “Precisely because the situation is suspicious Based on Li shi+ence and experience, plus he is aware that we station the army in Chenliu, it’s iainst us, for instance, that weOnce he cut off our retreat path, we are going to meet the bad luck of total defeat of our arhan slapped the table and shouted, “Very good! Xu Xiansheng lives up to your reputation as a sage, Ba Fenghan is full of adoblet; what uarantee that Luo Qifei did not betray you?”
What he asked was exactly the question at the botto and the others’ heart, only they were afraid to ask
Kou Zhong moved behind Luo Qifei’s chair, he stroked his shoulders and said with a szhi please analyze it for zhi cale It shows that Li Zitong’s side knew nothing of Yang Gong’s five-thousand- suddenly in an adu has become an empty city Recklessly, he underestimated the enemy and hastily sent his troops to come to attack As a result, his entire army was nearly wiped out If Qifei was the traitor, how could Li Zitong corave mistake?”
Everybody understood suddenly, none did not ad patted Luo Qifei’s shoulder Returning to his seat, he raised his cup and said, “Let’s drink for the investigation of the traitor!”
Chen Laomou raised his cup, but he was still at a loss, “Who’s the traitor then?” he asked
Kou Zhong sive us the answer!”
Luo Qifei’s thin body shook violently, his drink was tasteless, but he forced hi down his cup, he dejectedly said, “The most possible candidate is the patrol officer of athered are collated and screened by him, and then he’d submit a report to me, and subsequently I notify Xu Junshi+ Ay! I really never expected it; fro to our Shao Shuai Army now, he has always been my most trustworthy aide”
Bu Tianzhi spoke heavily, “Zhicheng does not seem to be such a person, could it be soatherers on the front lines could deliberately send fake news back to us”
Luo Qifei said, “In this regard, I have been very careful The intelligence gatherers on the front lines are divided into several groups, they ht be the officer in charge of the distribution of the inforhost, to tae infor him are all the men whom he personally selected Ay! It’ssmiled and said, “Qifei indeed h credit to make up for your mistakes, therefore, just think of it as a lesson learned”
And then he spoke with serious expression, “I often say that the person who can deceive you must be the one who can make you have confidence in him, and that the person you don’t trust cannot deceive you”
The reatly, he spoke with heavy voice, “Shaoshuai, please hand this matter over to Shuxia to deal with, I will pull up the undiscovered traitor by the roots, none will be spared”
Kou Zhong turned to Ba Fenghan and asked calhan spoke indifferently, “A spy can be very useful Since they can send us fake information, naturally they can turn around to provide the enejun must never let your eolden opportunity”
Blushi+ng with sha said, “Noe have the intention but consider it without intention Qifei should know best Liu Zhicheng’s activities, as well as the accoht by hi, he said, “This , you personally select a few experts who are loyal and reliable, capable and shrewd, and proficient in secret investigation even n theht surveillance on Zhicheng, watch hi to release the information If we know clearly the method he uses, and we have conclusive proof that we are not accusing a goodinfor defeat, to reduce his threat on our Shao Shuai State Otherwise, if we have to deal with the enemy in the dark, while we are in the open, ould have difficult days of facing the enemy in front and behind us”
“In that case,” Xu Xingzhi asked, “Would Shaoshuai and Ba Ye still have to rush back to Luoyang per our original plan?”
The divine light in Kou Zhong’s pair of eyes flashi+ng, he said, “Luoyang’s life expectancy is still at least one or two months, within this period, we don’t need to worry about it I’ll have Ba Ye go back alone to rendezvous with Ling Shao, and then they will help us to attack Kaifeng”
Xuan Yong and the others were stunned; if Kaifeng’s situation was like Kou Zhong said, based on their strength, they practically did not have the qualifications to attack Kaifeng
Kou Zhong explained one step further, “This is called creating an illusion Liu Zhicheng is doing soht, therefore, he would only send out inforreat importance, and noe’ll provide the infor out, so that we have a chance to catch him red-handed, and then we’ll calhed coldly and said, “This kind of traitor who betrays his reedy for life, afraid of death Under heavy torture, I am not worried that he won’t obediently do e told him to do”
The tone of his voice carried some kind of cold, ruthless ih not cold, lad that they were his friend and not his ene correctly, he must have passed on the inforeon”
Chen Lao the men selected to keep a close watch over him, we must not lack a divine archer of one hundred shots, one hundred hits”