In the big tent, four soldiers were brought in. The first batch of detailed works selected by the four men from the five hundred soldiers. They will follow the Qiao caravan to sneak into Xixia to spy on the information of the Xixia people.

For a long time, the Song Dynasty attached far less importance to intelligence than the Liao and Xia countries. The Liao and Xia simplified works entered every corner of the Song Dynasty, but few Song Dynasty entered the Liao and Xixia countries, so the Song Dynasty had never had a comprehensive rational understanding of the Liao and Jin and Xixia countries, and it was passive again and again in strategy.

But Li Yanqing knew the importance of intelligence. He entered the Northwest Army to establish an intelligence system. For this reason, he was willing to give up the opportunity to become a more powerful recorder and join the army, and continue to serve as the head of the Intelligence Department, a low-level intelligence department.

"See the commander!" The four soldiers knelt on one knee and bowed.

"Please get up!"

Li Yanqing asked the four of them to get up and said to the four of them gently: "This time I went to Xixia, you four shouldered the heavy responsibility, but my biggest requirement for you is safety first, don't expose yourself easily."

"I understand!"

Li Yanqing waved his hand and said, "After listening to me, safety first is not to say casually. This requires you to do something and not do anything. Not all information is required to be collected, but you need to pay attention to major military information. Qiao's Trading Company has Feiying spread information. When encountering major military information, you can also use it. Do you understand?"

The four of them nodded silently, and they all understood the commander's meaning.

Li Yanqing smiled again and said, "You are mainly stationed in two places, one is Xingqing Mansion and the other is Zuoxiang Shenyong Army. You are currently lurking in Qiao's trading company, but I hope you can establish a foothold as soon as possible, open your own shops, and expand your strength. I will fully support you in terms of wealth."

The four of them looked at each other and were eager to try, trying to shake their arms and have a big fight. At this time, Chen Hua, the leader of them, asked: "Chief, how many people know that the four of us sneaked into Xixia?"

"At present, only the three brothers of Qiao and I know. Even Zhongshuai doesn't know who they are. You only contact me in a single line."

Speaking of this, Li Yanqing took out four bronze medals and handed them to the four of them. This is the standard of Qiao's Trading Company. In the afternoon, you go directly to Qiao's Trading Company next to the north city gate of Yangqu County to find their brothers and set off tomorrow morning. As for your family, I will arrange it. Your salary will be paid double to them, which is enough to ensure their lives."

The four of them took the bronze medal, and Li Yanqing told them a few more words, and the four of them bowed and left.

The Hedong Army camp was about three miles away from the Fen River, but the army built an exclusive military dock on the Fen River. As the court continued to increase troops to the Hedong Army, huge weapons, equipment and military materials began to be transported to Yangqu County.

The warehouses in the camp could no longer bear so much supplies, so Zhong Shidao had to order another material warehouse to be built on the north side of the dock. After two months of construction, the new warehouse has been completed. This is a warehouse group composed of hundreds of warehouses, covering an area of ​​thousands of acres, surrounded by high camp bars, and 3,000 troops stationed and guarded.

That morning, Li Yanqing led a team of 50 intelligence battalions to the new warehouse. Since the intelligence battalion's Thunderbolt operation completely removed the Xixia fine work on Hedong Road, Zhong Shidao also gave the intelligence battalion a generous reward. One of the rewards was that all the 500 temporary secondment of war horses were all allocated to the intelligence battalion, which made all the officers and soldiers of the battalion happy, and at the same time made the intelligence battalion the first fully mobile army of the Hedong Army.

Today, Li Yanqing came to the new warehouse to investigate a theft incident. When the soldiers of the intelligence battalion searched the weapons black market in Taiyuan, they accidentally found a batch of military crossbows of unknown origin in a dilapidated warehouse, with a number of about 500. This news made Li Yanqing immediately alert. There was no theft incident in the Daying warehouse, and all the weapons made by Xixia were seized. Where did this batch of military crossbows come from?

No one claimed this batch of military crossbows, and there were no clues. It seemed to fall from the sky. However, judging from the numbers on the military crossbows, this batch of military crossbows should have just been out of military weapon surveillance, and it is likely that it was the new batch of weapons and equipment sent by the court.

However, there are three possibilities here. The first is theft from the capital, and the second is the flow of the Jingzhao Mansion. After all, half of the weapons from the capital were sent to them. Another possibility is that there are loopholes in the new warehouse.

Li Yanqing came to the front of the camp and turned over and dismounted, showed his military card to the gatekeepers. He clasped his fists to Li Yanqing and said, "Li Zhanjun is sorry. The general has regulations that no more than ten people should enter the warehouse at a time. Li Zhanjun has too many subordinates, so he may not be able to go in all."

Li Yanqing turned around and said to the team: "Take your brothers outside and wait a moment, the first group will follow me!"

Li Yanqing brought ten soldiers into the warehouse camp. The supervisor in charge of the new warehouse was Yan Jiuling. Li Yanqing promoted the head of the army to join the army. Because the warehouse scope was too large, Zong Ze divided the troops into two groups. Zhang Qu was in charge of the old warehouse in the military camp, and Yan Jiuling led fifteen soldiers to join the army to join the army to join the new warehouse.

"Welcome to the army!" Yan Jiuling smiled and greeted him.

Although Li Yanqing has been transferred from the Military Office, Yan Jiuling has always been grateful to Li Yanqing for his promotion and is particularly enthusiastic about Li Yanqing.

"Lao Yan, it's been a long time since we met."

Li Yanqing exchanged a few greetings with him, and the two walked into the official room. Li Yanqing sat down and then said his purpose. Yan Jiuling was shocked. Five hundred military crossbows were not a joke.

"More than 20,000 military crossbows have been brought up. We just sorted out. Does Li Chanjun have any numbers?"

"I brought it!"

Li Yanqing took out a piece of paper and handed it to him, "It's five hundred military crossbows that have been in a row."

There is a set of numbers engraved at the bottom of each military crossbow, and it is easy to find its origin. Yan Jiuling took a thick account book, opened the account book to check the number provided by Li Yanqing, and looked at it for a while and said: "This batch of military crossbows is not within the scope of our warehouse military crossbows. Joining the army can check the number. They are in front of us, at least 20,000 more than we found, but they should also be one of the materials allocated by the court to the Northwest Army."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, this batch of military crossbows should have flowed out of Jingzhao Prefecture, and they belong to Jingzhao Prefecture."

"Is it possible that someone was stolen from the transport ship halfway?"

Yan Jiuling shook his head, "This is unlikely, because the transfer must be consistent. If there is a list on the list but not the actual item, this matter will have been started long ago. A military crossbow can be sold for 30 stakes on the black market, and 500 military crossbows are 15,000 stakes. This is a very serious incident in any army, and the main general will be dismissed."

Since there was a problem with Jingzhao Mansion, Li Yanqing could not investigate any further. However, he had to report to Zhong Shuai that the Zhong Shidao would communicate with Tong Guan. The stolen five hundred military crossbows was definitely not a trivial matter, but a major case that was enough to alarm the court.

Back at the military camp, Li Yanqing quickly walked to the big tent of Zhong Shidao, and smiled at a personal soldier, "Is Li Shenjun looking for Zhong Shuai?"

"Yes! Is there anyone here?"

"I'm really sorry. I'm a step late to joining the army. The general went to Suide's army at noon."

"But the Grand Marshal didn't have this matter in the morning. Was it a temporary decision?"

"Teleman Tong sent people to ask for money every day, and the general was very upset, so he decided to inspect the front enemy temporarily."

The result of Li Yanqing's seizure of the wealth was beyond everyone's expectations. Emperor Zhao Ji waved his pen and rewarded all the gold and silver to the Northwest Army. The news made Tong Guan's eyes turn red. He hurriedly sent someone to Taiyuan to ask for silver. His meaning was very clear. The land belonged to the Hedong Army, and the silver and gold belonged to him.

Zhong Shidao refused. He had already given Tong Guan 16,000 taels of gold, equivalent to 160,000 taels of silver, and at most 100,000 taels of silver in the Hedong Army, leaving 200,000 taels of silver. Both sides refused to give in, so Tong Guan sent people to ask for silver every day, which made Zhong Shidao extremely bored.

"Where is the one who asks for money?"

"Currently in the tent of the elder General Zong."

Li Yanqing's eyes rolled and he quickly walked towards Zong Ze's tent.

In the big tent, Zong Ze sat at the table and was obsessed with reviewing the military report below. Next to him was a man named Dai Yunyi, who was a staff member of Tong Guan. He was eloquent and had a thick-skinned face. Tong Guan sent him to ask for money. At present, the 300,000 taels of silver is in Zong Ze's hands. Of course, this person stared at Zong Ze.

At this time, Li Yanqing walked in. He glanced at the envoy Tong Guan next to him from the corner of his eyes, pretending to be surprised: "Elder General, I have found out the case of theft of 500 military crossbows."
Chapter completed!