I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 208

Faced with Lu Guan’s rejection, the two children did not intend to give up, but the short break was not enough for them to convince him.

They also brought this issue into Yanghe City and formally raised it with Mr. Wang San.

The reason why both of them came to seek support from Mr. Wang San was mainly because Chai Jun's father and brother were trapped in Liangzhou, and the person in charge of the Chai family was his old housekeeper, who was unable to provide any support at all, not even verbally.

While the two of them were still trying to persuade Mr. Wang San, Shen Changsui and Lu Guan, who had gathered in the main hall, had reunited as a team.

Even Taoist Qingxi, who was observing in the dark at all times, was among them.

Although some traitors have been uncovered now, they seem to have little effect on the army that the emperor is leading in person.

Therefore, everyone unanimously proposed to infiltrate the interior of the Northern Tartar. Even small tribes on the edge could provide some help for the army to track down the Northern Tartar's living forces in the future.

"During the time of Taizu, the General who Conquers the North chased the northern barbarians several times, but was always left behind by their wind-like speed. So if we want to severely damage Dada, we must always keep track of their whereabouts." Taoist Qingxi agreed with their idea.

But when everyone talked about their plans on how to effectively infiltrate the Northern Tartars with their own identities, they instantly split into three factions.

Lu Guan's theory that they were horse thieves, Shen Changsui's theory that they were defeated soldiers, and Xia Huwei's theory that they only sent the Ti cavalry, all cannot stand up to speculation.

"Have you forgotten to submit your suggestions to His Majesty in the form of memorials?

Also, Captain Qi is a veteran general, and asking him would help us accomplish this together." Regardless of whose method is used, Shen Xiaoye hopes to be able to participate.

But her little black cat wasn't very interested and kept scratching and trying to leave.

Shen Xiaoye repeatedly stroked the cat's fur to comfort them while they were discussing, and the little black cat nudged her and whispered, "Didn't you notice?

Qingxi is always watching you, and he wants you to go and help them find things. "

Shen Xiaoye nodded: "I found it, but it can be done both in public and private."

It’s a pity that she still doesn’t know what the Taoist priests are looking for.

"Shh, Qingxi is talking again." The little black cat pricked up its ears to listen, and nestled obediently in her lap.

Taoist Qingxi said slowly, "First of all, Captain Xia, your team is too serious and disciplined. It is not suitable for you to travel thousands of miles in a group or alone to sneak into the Northern Barbarian Khan's court."

To put it simply, this team of people from the Guard Bureau looked too much like a legitimate government army. If they entered Mobei in large numbers, they would be easily exposed. If they went alone, they would be too easily captured or killed.

Without waiting for Guard Xia to express his opinion, he then pointed out: "Daoyou Changsui's method is feasible, but it requires waiting for a while, and we will lose the best time."

He based his statement on the emperor's marching speed. Although the army was slowed down by the weather, the daily consumption of more than 100,000 soldiers and 300,000 civilians was also huge.

Seeing everyone in deep thought, he pointed at Lu Guan again: "Your method is the most effective, but it must be fast. Since the bandits are being chased and wiped out as an excuse to flee to Dada, who do you have to prepare to pretend to be these children?

We adults are many and can keep up the pretense, but what about the children? "

Lu Guan reminded: "Master, you don't know, the oldest of these children is thirteen years old, and the youngest is ten years old.

Moreover, two of them volunteered to participate after learning about my plan.”

"No." Shen Changsui was the first to object. "Master, if we disguise ourselves as horse thieves, we can just say that we lost the child while being chased."

"But the key is whether the northern barbarians believe it." Taoist Qingxi certainly understood, but he had to be lenient in estimating the enemy.

Seeing that everyone fell into deep thought again, Shen Xiaoye poked the arm of Taoist Master Hengxi beside her, and he lowered his head to signal her to speak.

But she gestured to the two of them to go out and not disturb everyone.

"If you have any ideas, please raise them so that we can brainstorm together." Taoist Master Hengxi and she tiptoed out of the main hall.

Shen Xiaoye sorted out his thoughts and said, "I heard that there is a group of Waqi envoys coming to pay tribute, right?

Then why don't we just pretend to be Waqi people, rush into the northern desert and encounter a smaller Dada tribe, then trade with them and gradually move deeper into the central area."

"That makes sense. Although the two groups have been fighting each other, since Waqi had one or two opportunities to trade with each other, they have more goods in hand and have traded with Dada privately.

In addition, Benya Khan continued to recruit troops from Timur in the west, and from time to time a small group of troops from there broke through the Waqi territory and looked for the Khan's court.

In this case, there must be a few people in the team who look similar to them. It is impossible for all the people in a Waqi caravan to look like people from the Great Zhou Dynasty." Taoist Master Hengxi calculated the feasibility of her method.

Shen Xiaoye didn't rush him. After all, there was plenty of time before and after the emperor arrived in Xuanfu to rest.

Hengxi thought about it again and again, and said: "In fact, some people risked their lives to make a private deal with Wa Li, and we can pretend to be one of them."

"Meow!" The little black cat transmitted a message to Shen Xiaoye: "You better pay attention. You need to pay for the purchase of goods."

Shen Xiaoye scratched the fur on its back and asked, "Master, how much cargo do you think we should bring? After all, the news of our personal expedition has already spread, and the border town has basically closed the way for merchants to leave."

"Let's go back and discuss with everyone, maybe there will be a better way." Taoist Master Hengxi always believes that one person's plan is short, while ten people's plan is long.

What's more, after entering the main hall again, he saw that everyone sitting there was talking to each other.

After he and Shen Xiaoye put forward their ideas, everyone quickly reached a consensus.

Finally, a comprehensive method was come up with, which was to still pretend to be a horse thief, but escape to the direction of Waqi first.

Afterwards, he managed to meet a small tribe that responded to Bayan Khan and went to the Khan's court with them.

But he still had to take some goods and gold and silver with him. After all, the horse thieves had a big reputation, and it would not be true that they had no belongings at all.

It is relatively easy to purchase things in Yanghe compared to other garrisons.

Shen Xiaoye only picked up the most sought-after cloth and salt, and due to the large quantities, he attracted the attention of the government.

But she had the Sitiqi guards around her whose identities were clear, so no one made things difficult for her.

The cloth shop owner was smiling as he sold her hundreds of rolls of colored cotton cloth, the price of which was more than one or two cents higher than what she sold in the capital.

She asked, "Boss, how much cloth can you sell in a month?"

"Hey, we can't sell much in a year. Most of the people in our city are military households. If we rely on one soldier to support our family, we will starve to death.

Fortunately, after we finish planting the military fields, we can take care of our own wasteland, and at least buy new clothes for the elderly and children by the end of the year." The boss sighed as he spoke.

He said, "It's not that I don't want to sell it cheaply to you guys, it's just that the purchase price of this cloth is much higher when it's shipped to me."

"How much higher? If I give you three cents a piece, would you be willing to purchase a thousand pieces?" Shen Xiaoye asked.