Shuoyang City, Yun Nation.
In the backyard of an inconspicuous grocery store.
This was originally a secret property of the Zhang family, but after a few people arrived half a month ago, the people from the Zhang family withdrew.
At this moment, a man was standing there with his hands behind his back, looking at a map in front of him.
Dayao's vanguard was hundreds of kilometers away from Shuoyang City, and there was Suyang City in the middle.
A man walked behind the man and said, "Chief, Yang Jiu has gone missing."
"Oh?" The man turned around and asked, "What happened? When did he go missing? "
This man was 50 to 60 years old, dressed in green, and had a dignified appearance.
He was an old acquaintance of Ren Baqian, the chief of the Golden Ring Sect, Zhan Changkong.
He was one of the baihu who had been transferred from Tianjing Basin to the Yun Nation.
"Yang Jiu said that he went to investigate the barracks last night and didn't come back. I went to look for him but didn't find any traces, "the man said.
"Was he caught?" Zhan Changkong frowned.
"I think … it might be …" The man hesitated and didn't dare to speak.
"What might it be?" Zhan Changkong's face suddenly darkened.
"He might have run away! I've felt that something was wrong with him these few days as if he was preparing for something. Although he's not very skilled, he's smart and good at concealment. No one knows our background, so the possibility of him being caught is very small. Combined with his performance these days, I think the chances of him running away are higher. "
"I've long felt that Yang Jiu is cold-hearted and unreliable!" another middle-aged man shouted after hearing this.
"Is there still a chance to catch him?" Zhan Changkong asked with an ugly expression.
"If he left the city in the middle of the night, we won't be able to catch him now. After all, we don't have enough manpower, "the man said.
"Chief, it's fine if he runs away, but I'm afraid that he will tell on us. We can't stay here any longer."
"If he tells on us, the army will be here by now. However, to be on the safe side, we really can't stay here. Liu Dong, inform the previous contact and ask him to arrange another place to stay.
Xu Yi, inform the others to pack their things and temporarily evacuate.
And you … go and look for Yang Jiu's whereabouts again. Perhaps he really met with an accident. "Zhan Changkong made the arrangements one by one.
After making arrangements for everyone, Zhan Changkong turned to the last man, whose face was wrapped in cloth and only revealed one eye, and said, "Ling Zekuan, if Yang Jiu really ran away, do you think he would inform on us and sell us out?"
"Sect Master, only you, me, and Liu Dong know about the contact. Even if he snitches, the Yun Nation will only know that we are a group of people. Just be more careful in the future, "Ling Zekuan, the outer sanctum deacon, said. During that scouting mission, he had brought up the rear for Zhan Changkong. In the end, half of his face and one of his eyes had been chopped off, but he had come back alive.
Zhan Changkong and the others changed their residence and monitored it for a few days. Only when they realized that there were no movements did they feel slightly relieved. Although Yang Jiu had run away, he still had some camaraderie and did not betray all these people.
However, at this moment, in the capital of the Yun Nation.
"Prime Minister, the guards of Xuan City caught a person during their patrol. It is said that he came from Dayao, so they sent him here overnight," a scholar with a long beard, wearing a long gown and a square scarf on his head said.
"Oh? From Dayao? The aboriginals? " The person who was addressed as prime minister was a man in his fifties or sixties. His figure was round, or rather, two spheres joined together. On the smaller sphere, there was a pair of small eyes shining brightly.
He was the prime minister of the Yun Nation. Currently, he was angrily called a treacherous prime minister by the scholars in the city. He was the treacherous prime minister who controlled the imperial court, turned the emperor into a puppet, formed cliques for personal gain, blocked speech, and demoted people with different political views. Until now, he only cared about internal strife — Zheng Chengmian.
"No, it is said that he came from Tianjing Basin. Furthermore, he said some things, "the scholar said.
"What?"
"Tianjing Basin was pacified by the aboriginals half a year ago."
"What?" Zheng Chengmian was shocked. "The aboriginals have pacified Tianjing Basin for half a year?"
"Yes, Sir."
"That group of barbarians actually pacified Tianjing Basin for half a year, but they still act as if Tianjing Basin hasn't been pacified … Why do you think they are doing this?" Zheng Chengmian got up and walked a few steps in the room. Almost every step he took caused the flesh on his body to tremble.
It could be said that his entire body was made up of fat.
"If the news of Tianjing Basin's pacification were to spread, Great Xia would definitely not send out their troops so easily. They only needed to face the Yun Nation and the Chen Nation. However, they concealed this news and acted as if the Protectorate of the South was implicated in the quagmire.
Now, Great Xia has once again replaced their military strength with new recruits. They have gathered a total of 530,000 soldiers, but they are still concealing this news.
I am guessing that their target is this Great Xia army. In other words, their target is Great Xia! "
"That's right. This is what I guessed as well. Otherwise, there is no reason for them to firmly conceal this news unless their target is Great Xia! " Zheng Chengmian laughed heartily. After laughing, he looked at the middle-aged scholar and said, "In that case, their attack on the Yun Nation this time …"
"Just like before, it is for plundering! The barbarians don't know how to build and only know how to destroy. They don't know how to occupy and only know how to plunder, "the middle-aged scholar said resolutely.
"Hmph, I knew it. Since this is the case, the news of the barbarians pacifying Tianjing Basin can't be leaked. We have to drag Great Xia into this. Kill them! "
"Yes!"
However, neither of them knew that there was another piece of information that the man didn't say.
This time, the Rearguard Commandery had sent more than 400 people into the Yun Nation to inquire about the situation in the various cities.
The reason why he didn't say this wasn't because of their friendship, but because he wanted to use this information to save his life and even ask for a reward when he met the Yun Nation's officials.
However, it was this little thought that made him never have the chance to say this information again.
This also made the two of them never have the chance to know this information again. Otherwise, they would definitely reconsider Dayao's goal in attacking the Yun Nation this time.
However, the current information made them misjudge Dayao's goal again. They continued to immerse themselves in internal strife and worked hard for a more important goal.
To them, it was a good thing that some cities had been breached.
Those warlords had their own armies, and it was difficult for the imperial court to govern them. This was a situation that had been formed since the establishment of the Yun Nation.
Originally, there was hope for this situation to be broken decades ago, but the emperor and the prime minister at that time were short-sighted and missed this opportunity.
However, they wouldn't miss this opportunity again.
Now that the cities had been breached, those warlords were either dead or had fled. Even after the barbarians retreated, their foundations had been swept clean. The imperial court could grasp all of those cities in its hands, and its control would be greatly enhanced.
It could even create a centralized imperial court like Great Xia's.
For the Yun Nation, this was definitely more beneficial than detrimental. It could even be said that it would be a great contribution for generations to come!
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