Chapter 420 Declaration of War

Huiyang City, in the governor's mansion.

"Sir, according to the spy report, there is also a Jinxia City outpost on the official road from Ganzhou to Shenzhou. Our transport team disguised as a business was seized halfway!"

"Sir Fei, the delivery time of Baihe City's intelligence has been overdue for two days. Do you want to re-arrange it?"

"The intelligence from Anshen City has not been delivered today."

"There are spies lurking in the county town reporting that Jinxia City seems to be providing food to towns that are short of food. But... are these relief grains all sea goods? Sir, I will send someone to verify the accuracy of the news."

Fei Nian rubbed his forehead with a headache. What is going on in Shenzhou? Let's not talk about what great things the secret agents of the Record Department have accomplished. Even the basic function of collecting intelligence is somewhat difficult to continue. Are the guys that Dong Chengshi found really professional spies?

Of course, the situation was not so difficult at the beginning.

In the first two weeks, the intelligence gathering went very smoothly, and the food shortage plan was also carried out in an orderly manner. It can be predicted that a large-scale famine will break out in Shenzhou in one or two months. If Jinxia does not have enough food reserves, it will undoubtedly be the best result. The Privy Council does not even need to send troops. Just relying on the hundreds of thousands of mouths can make the princess's territory collapse.

Even if there is food reserves, it doesn't matter. Anshen, Baihe, and several other large counties cannot be protected, and Jinxia's efforts in winter will be equivalent to wasted. If the Privy Council brings in Liuzhou's food reserves at this time, it will be the savior. In addition, whether to accept the hungry people is also a challenge for Jinxia City. The princess just promoted that everyone is treated equally at the New Year celebration. Now a large number of hungry people are turned away, which is definitely a major blow to her prestige.

However, the operation that was smooth at the beginning seemed to have suddenly hit a turning point. The Jinxia army began to strictly check all roads leading to Shenzhou, and the collection of intelligence became intermittent.

If the official road was blocked, it would lead to difficulties in transporting silver and other materials. Fei Nian could understand this, but it was a bit unreasonable that the messenger had problems.

They did not take the official road, and there were pigeons to help with the message. At the same time, there were at least two teams arranged at one transfer point, so the possibility of being caught in one fell swoop was extremely low.

If it was related to the third princess's response strategy, it would be too incredible. How much control can a new regime have over the territory? What's more, except for Jinxia, ​​other places were just taken in winter.

"Master Fei, the information from Baihe City is here!" At this time, a subordinate walked into the hall quickly, "A total of two copies!"

"Baihe City?" He was refreshed and waved to the other party to take it directly-originally the information needed to be screened by the recording department first, but now there are only two copies, and he can easily read them all by himself.

When the oil paper of the package was unpacked, a bloody smell came to his nose.

Fei Nian frowned, and saw that there were a few pieces of dark red blood on the two letters. Obviously, someone had desperately sent it to Liuzhou.

"Sir, this is..." The subordinate hesitated.

"Which spy was attacked when placing the secret letter."

In order to avoid exposing the relationship between the upper and lower lines, this kind of large-scale intelligence that cannot be delivered by pigeons is usually hidden in the agreed collection location. The messengers do not meet each other and do not know who the other party is.

The message was delivered after two days of delay. The blood on the letter may be very telling.

But now is not the time to worry about the spies. Fei Nian opened two envelopes in succession and poured out the contents.

One of them was sent by Pelican.

Fei Nian had a little impression of this person. He was not the kind of person who came and went alone. He had his own team outside, so the grain burning plan in Baihe City was also handed over to him to execute.

When he saw the first line of words, Fei Nian was shocked.

"I am sure that Jinxia City has some extremely convenient means of communication, which can allow information to cross thousands of miles in an instant. Everything that happens in Baihe City can be known immediately. I hope the headquarters will be vigilant! It is this negligence that has caused me to suffer heavy losses. If possible, please inform the spies who have infiltrated other towns as soon as possible."

Is there really such a method?

In an instant, many doubts that lingered in his mind were answered.

For example, in the incident of the prison break in Shangyuan City, who informed Xia Fan of the deployment of the Privy Council Guard.

For example, how was the "decision made thousands of miles away" mentioned in the newspaper realized?

The fact that this means of communication can be allocated to the affairs branch of Baihe City shows that it is by no means a rare thing, and the conditions for use are probably quite simple.

Although the specific method is unknown, the confirmation of this information alone is worth a thousand gold!

The next message was about monsters——

"I also found that the wild cats in the city have become the enemy's spies, which is probably related to monsters. I guess there are more monsters colluding with Jinxia City than just two dragons. Please consider forces other than alchemists when fighting Jinxia, ​​so as to avoid being plotted against by evil spirits."

"In addition, Jinxia claims to be able to supply food to the entire Shenzhou, but I don't know whether it is true or not. But the stagnation of grain prices in Baihe City is a fact, and I decided to take action against the grain shops in advance——the consequences of this battle are unpredictable. If I encounter an accident, I hope the Privy Council will take good care of my descendants as promised."

In addition, the letter also recorded some scattered information.

For example, Jinxia dispatched troops to block the main official roads in the state, and the relief grain team said that it would not give up every citizen in Baisha City, etc.

From here, Fei Nian felt the huge gap in the speed of obtaining information between the two sides.

After several batches of silver they sent out were seized, they received news of the Jinxia army's actions from the spies. Even before the general government had decided on a countermeasure, the third princess had already started a public opinion offensive to try to confuse the people.

The other letter was much simpler.

There were only two paragraphs - the secret code of Baihe City's spies had been cracked, and the lurking spies suffered heavy losses.

The intelligence transfer point was also revealed by the captives, and they would find a way to send out the remaining intelligence and hold on until the last moment.

Fei Nian slammed his fist on the table.

It was really the worst guess that came true.

This letter also meant that unless the Privy Council sent new personnel, there would be no more intelligence from Baihe City.

He refolded the first letter and pushed it in front of his subordinate, "Arrange a messenger to deliver this secret letter to His Royal Highness the Second Prince. There can be no delay."

"Just for a letter?" The latter was stunned, "Sir, do you want to wait until tomorrow..."

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Fei Nian said coldly, "What I want is to travel day and night and deliver it alone!"

"Yes, I'll do it now!"

Not long after this person left, another official from the Record Department walked in, "Sir, the spy from Jinxia City has delivered a new issue of Shenjin Weekly."

"Put it on the table."

After the other party left, he opened the newspaper - it's ridiculous that the most reliable intelligence channel now is the public document that comes out every seven days.

But Fei Nian soon lost even this self-deprecating mood.

The title of this issue of the newspaper is "In Memory of the Heroes of Shenzhou", and there is a row of small words below: Declare war on the usurper Ning Qianshi and the Privy Council of the Capital.