The news that Zhao Yun was sent to prison spread wildly, and it was rumored in Yijing City, which was well known to everyone. Some said that Zhao Yun was wronged, some said that Zhao Yun had a different intention, and there was no consensus. Zhao Yun was loyal or traitor, and no one could explain clearly for a while, so he could only wait for the time to give the answer.

At night, in a small farmyard, a white carrier pigeon with a small bamboo tube tied to its feet, and there were paper strips hidden inside. It flapped its wings a few times, spread its wings and took off, soared into the sky, and flew towards the south.

This is the intelligence personnel under Zhen Yao’s subordinates conveying the information. Half a year ago, Yuan Mai gave Zhen Yao instructions to send intelligence personnel to sneak into Yijing, pay attention to Zhao Yun’s every move, and transmit the information to Hanoi at any time. After receiving the instructions, Zhen Yao immediately sent out the most effective scouts, sneaked into Yijing early to assassinate the intelligence, using small business transactions as a cover, and successfully lurked in Yijing City to this day, and still without realizing it.

The use of carrier pigeons to transmit intelligence first appeared in the Warring States Period. However, due to the lack of knowledge in this era, it was not easy to tame excellent carrier pigeons. Moreover, since the carrier pigeons of this era have not been improved, their ability to transmit intelligence is generally not high, and they often get lost. What's more, some carrier pigeons even transmit intelligence to the hands of hostile forces. This is like a double-edged sword. If used well, they will be powerful, and if used poorly, they will hurt themselves. Therefore, many scouts do not dare to use carrier pigeons to convey intelligence rashly.

Zhen Yao is undoubtedly very talented in intelligence. The fifty carrier pigeons he tamed were extremely well-educated and rarely got lost. Most of them had a memory distance of about 600 miles. The outstanding carrier pigeons could even reach a return distance of 1,000 miles. In training for scouts, Zhen Yao also put a lot of effort into cultivating all the hundreds of his subordinates with caution and carefulness, and his anti-reconnaissance ability was superior. Therefore, Zhen Yao's intelligence work was always unfavorable. For many years, no spies under his command had been captured, and his carrier pigeons had never been lost!

He is very skilled and brave. When other scouts were hesitant about whether to use the pigeons, Zhen Yao decisively equipped his spy personnel with pigeons, greatly accelerating the speed of intelligence transmission. It is precisely with this confidence that Zhen Yao dared to boast that his spy system is the best in the world!

From Yijing to Yecheng, a distance of 800 miles, the pigeon flew for a day and a night, and landed in the Zhen family's ancestral home the next evening. After Zhen Yao read the creed, he immediately sent a quick horse and took the creed to Huai County. He arrested the spy. The letter was leaked and Zhao Yun was sent to Yuan Mai.

"Oh... It would be great if Yuan Xianyong could also receive the pigeons, so that the information would be received when the day was unclear. The speed would be at least twice as slow as possible!"

Looking at the back of the horse as he was leaving, Zhen Yao shook his head and sighed. He has not yet maximized the role of the carrier pigeon, so he can only accept it unilaterally. If he can use the carrier pigeons to communicate with each other, that is something worthy of pride! To achieve this, he still needs to take some effort to cultivate smarter carrier pigeons to achieve this goal.

At dawn the next day, the scout sent by Zhen Yao quickly whipped the horse overnight. Two mounts rode in turn and traveled 300 miles. At dawn, they finally arrived at the "General Pingxi Mansion" and handed over the information to the prince Yuan Mai.

"Thank you, this hero!" Yuan Mai took the letter, rewarded the scout with a silver ingot, and hurriedly opened the letter and read it. Without reading the content, you will know that this was a 100,000-strong letter.

Before this, Yuan Mai and Zhen Yao made an agreement that if ordinary information was not expressed on the envelope; if it was urgent, draw a line on the envelope; if it was very urgent, draw two lines on the envelope; if it was extremely urgent, draw three lines on the envelope.

At this moment, there were three faint straight lines on the cover of the letter that Yuan Mai had received, so Yuan Mai could conclude at a glance that this was an urgent piece of information.

The information content is only a dozen words, but it has already expressed the content in detail: the scouts sent were captured and beheaded the city gate. Things are leaked, and the misfortune is in danger. Please make a decision quickly.

"Hiss..." Yuan Mai took a breath, "How could this happen? This scout is too careless, right? What if my General Zilong was killed by Gongsun Zan because of this incident, wouldn't it be so heartbroken? I have to find a way to rescue Zhao Yun from the prison!"

"Husband, I just made a pot of honey water. Are you here to taste it?" With a sweet name, Zhao Zhi walked into Yuan Mai's study with a porcelain pot.

The four ladies are pregnant, and Helan is about to give birth, and Du's belly is growing day by day. The only ones who have no movement in her belly are the only ones. Miss Luci is a martial artist, and has a rough personality. She cannot do the careful work of serving her husband, so the important task of serving her husband fell on Zhao Zhi's shoulders. Zhao Zhi admires her husband from the bottom of her heart, so she willingly serves her husband without any complaints.

When he walked to Yuan Mai, Zhao Zhi deliberately or unintentionally glanced at the urgent report in Yuan Mai's hand. When he saw the content of the letter clearly, he was so scared that he lost his face. The porcelain pot in his hand was unsteady and fell to the ground. With a crisp "bang" sound, it broke into pieces.

He didn't care about the removal of the emperor, sobbing and kneeling on the ground, begging: "Husband, it was the letter I wrote that harmed the second brother, which caused him to be put into prison. If you want to find a way to save him, if the second brother has his own strengths, I will be uneasy in this life!"

"I'm sorry Zhao!" Yuan Mai hurriedly reached out and pulled Zhao Zhi up. The weather was still cold, and kneeling on the cold ground was not good for his knees. "I asked you to write the letter. Even if Zilong has a good or bad fortune, I will take this responsibility! In my opinion, the war is imminent, Gongsun Zan has no definite handle, so he should not harm Zilong, at most he would lock him in prison. When his father's army conquers Yi Jing, Zilong will naturally be released."

Zhao Zhi cried and said, "I heard from others that Yijing City is high and thick, and the food and grass are piled up in it, which is enough to support it for several years. If it were Yuan... If the father-in-law and his men could not conquer him for a long time, Gongsun Zan lost his patience and sent someone to harm his second brother. How could he have a life? The concubine begs her husband to take a team of men to Yijing to help in the fight, in order to break Yijing as soon as possible and rescue my second brother from prison!"

After hearing Zhao Zhi's words, Yuan Mai felt that it was time for him to take action. Now Zhao Yun has been sent to a prison, and his movements are limited. He will definitely not be able to escape when the city is broken. He is locked in prison, and good fortune is unpredictable. He should find Zhao Yun who is imprisoned in prison as soon as the city is broken, so that he can ensure that his life is foolproof.

Feeling the threat brought by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao did not recruit border troops during this Northern Expedition. He asked Yuan Mai to continue to be in charge of the two counties of Henoi and Pingyang to prevent Xiahou Yuan from Chang'an from taking advantage of the opportunity. He left Zhang He to guard Liyang, fight against Cao Ren in Chenliu, and guard the southern gate of Yecheng. Yuan Shang and Shen Pei led 30,000 troops to seize Yecheng. Only from Qingzhou and Bingzhou, they each recruited 20,000 troops to come to Yecheng to obey orders, and formed five northern expedition troops to fight Gongsun. Therefore, there was no case for Yuan Mai in this Northern Expedition.

This was really a matter of undesirable for Yuan Mai. It could not only continue to strengthen his strength, but also avoid losing his troops. Now that Zhao Yun was imprisoned by Gongsun Zan, the situation was different. If he wanted to bring Zhao Yun, who had lost his freedom, he had to personally conquer Yijing, and strive to find Zhao Yun as soon as possible after the city was broken to ensure his life safety.

"Madam, don't worry, save the second brother. I have no choice but to do my duty. I will immediately order a team of people to go north!" Yuan Mai reached out to touch Zhao Zhi's hair, comforted her softly, and was worried that even if she found Zhao Yun, he would not surrender. He said, "I'm afraid that my second brother will be stubborn and will not be willing to serve under my command. You should go with me in this northern expedition?"

"Thank you, I have this intention!" Zhao Zhi heard this, Yingying bowed and immediately agreed.

If you can't see your second brother, you're feeling like you're in Huai County. It's better to follow the team north and meet your elder brother as soon as possible. If he refuses to serve the Yuan family, he can also persuade him. Your husband is a good person and an ambitious man. Letting your second brother follow him will definitely be the right choice. Could it be that if your man and your elder brother will compete on the battlefield in the future? Zhao Zhi can't imagine this scene! In order to avoid this situation, he has to use all his strength to persuade his second brother to serve his husband!

Yuan Mai made up his mind and ordered Zhang Liao and Wang Shuang to lead 1,500 "Tiger Cavalry" and 1,000 "White Feather Cavalry", and 2,000 newly formed light cavalry to follow him and defeat the Japanese and head north. Without infantry, the speed of the march can be maximized. From Hanoi to Yijing, the distance from Hanoi to Yijing is about a thousand miles at full speed. According to the team's daily marching of 200 miles, it can reach Yijing in four or five days.

Huai County has Tian Feng, Gao Shun, Tian Chou, Zhuge Jin and others in charge. They are both civil and military, and have sufficient troops. There are Xu Sheng, Hao Zhao, Qian Zhao and other good generals guarding each fortress, which will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai. Pingyang County has Qu Yi, Ju Hu and Wang Ling, who should be safe and safe, so there is no need to worry about the things behind you.

Before leaving, Lu Lingqi pestered Yuan Mai again and insisted on following him to go north to train her "Chasing the Phoenix and White Phoenix". Yuan Mai couldn't persuade her and had to agree. Having two women with her company also saved her loneliness in the military. She was surrounded by a female general, which was also a beautiful scenery on the battlefield. She counted the romantic figures and looked at this young master!

Four thousand and five hundred cavalry left the Huai County military camp and headed north. Just after five or six miles away, a fast horse chased after him and shouted loudly from afar: "Young master, walk slowly, stay for the time being, and there will be important things to report!" The person who came was not someone else, but Gao Shun riding a fast horse.
Chapter completed!