This guy had already determined it long ago. They combined the information that had not been reported before with the information collected recently to prepare some intelligence first, and then fooled Prince Salaman, waiting for a suitable opportunity, and then said that there was a traitor in their group and they were caught in one fell swoop by the Tang Dynasty court.
At that time, Prince Salaman needed the support of these local powerful people, so he would never punish them. What's more, this kind of thing was not our fault. It was caused by those spies themselves. Even if they wanted to punish us, it would not be us.
"My father once told us all that Governor Faisal is one of the few capable ministers in the entire empire. The peace in the eastern part of the empire is inseparable from his efforts. I also saw many places that have resumed production along the way. Among the areas conquered by the empire, this one is indeed among the best."
When Prince Salaman saw the two piles of memorials, he was very happy.
This shows that his subordinates took his orders seriously, and these people have not been idle these days. If they were idle, where did the information in these dozens of memorials come from? Military intelligence does not fall from the sky. It is the result of the hard work of many people.
When he read the first few reports, Prince Salaman still had a smile on his face, but when he saw the fourth one, he no longer had interest and began to read the rest at a glance.
This was all trivial information, like the temperature in this city or the military situation in that city. While this was confidential to ordinary people, for two countries about to go to war, what was needed was military intelligence.
"Your Excellency, Governor, is this what you call a very deep intelligence network? If so, then I would like to ask you, where do you estimate you will be if our two countries go to war this time?"
Prince Salman's words were very sharp and his tone was not very good, which caused the smile on Governor Faisal's face to disappear. Some of his men were also trembling with fear. His Royal Highness the Prince had brains after all, and he quickly realized that our news contained some lies.
In fact, there was no way around it. All their intelligence personnel had been killed. From Chang'an to the Western Regions, there was not even one-tenth of the people who could work for them. But even with the remaining one-tenth, they did not dare to run around outside.
There are so many heads in both places, and some of the bodies are still warm. Do you think it's possible for you to ask them to go out and risk their lives to gather information for you at this time? No matter how much money is offered, I'm afraid no one will do this. This time, the counterattack of the Tang court is extremely sharp, and they will execute the entire family at any time.
So during these few months, even though these people had a lot of free time, they spent most of their time fabricating forged intelligence. However, a lot of the forged intelligence was incoherent, and anyone with a common sense who read it carefully twice would be able to find the problems.
"The Tang army is erratic, and with the defections of the Western Regions, I dare not say where the battle will take place, but if our country provokes first, then the initiative will fall into our hands."
Governor Faisal was a capable man after all, and he quickly knew how to respond.
"Then do you know that if we provoke them first, our position and numbers will be exposed. That would be like putting us on the table. The Tang army is hiding in the dark, and our best skill is long-range surprise attacks. Now you want us to expose everything we have. What are you thinking?"
Prince Salaman is definitely the most capable among the three princes. He found the problem here in just a few words. According to what you said, we have to abandon our strengths and instead fight the enemy on our weaknesses. We have come a long way and our chances of winning are not great. If we follow your method, it will probably be even more difficult.
Hearing the stern voice of His Royal Highness, no one in the room dared to stand. None of the more than 30 memorials satisfied His Royal Highness, so it was understandable that he was angry.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Highness, please forgive me."
Although Governor Faisal had a strong ability to respond, he immediately understood what was going on when His Royal Highness the Prince threw these memorials on the ground. His Royal Highness the Prince was a man who did serious work and was definitely not one of those second-generation nobles who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. He had already seen the clues in these memorials.
"Tell me honestly what's wrong with your intelligence system. I've read all the reports you sent back before. Although I didn't delve into them, most of the reports were serious matters. What is this you're reporting now? Information that a caravan could get. You're telling me you've been planning this for three years. Are you stupid or am I?"
Prince Salaman kicked Governor Faisal. This guy spent millions of taels of silver every year to build this intelligence network. Although it was a bit expensive before, the information brought back was indeed useful. It also let the top leaders of the entire empire know that there was a wealthy country in the East. They all thought about how to rob this wealthy country, so no matter how expensive the intelligence network was, they could endure it.
Now that you have taken out these useless things, doesn’t it mean that all the efforts you made before have been wasted?
"His Royal Highness the Cavalry Prince really didn't care about our affairs. The people we were looking for accidentally revealed their identities, so they were discovered by the Imperial City Office of the Tang Dynasty, which is a government office specifically responsible for handling foreign spies. They arrested almost everyone who worked for us from Chang'an to the Western Regions."
Governor Faisal did not dare to hide it at this time. He saw a hint of anger in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince. If he continued to lie, once His Royal Highness the Prince found out again, he would not even have the chance to speak. Prince Salaman did things cleanly and efficiently, and he had killed quite a few ministers.
"asshole."
Before Governor Faisal could finish his words, His Royal Highness the Prince could no longer listen. He thought that since we had a complete intelligence network, we would not need to worry about the source of intelligence when fighting. This war was almost half won. But after the army arrived, you actually said that the intelligence network was destroyed. Do you think I'm an idiot?
