After nearly two hours of hard work, all the information was recorded. Wang Shunchun was a little surprised at this moment. More than twenty intelligence officers came together and said almost the same thing: the Arab Empire should have decided to take action against the border of the Tang Dynasty.
"Uncle Luo, shouldn't we think of a way to send the news back? It's basically confirmed now. Although we don't know the exact time, we should notify our side to pay attention. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already arrived in the Western Regions, and our army has also been assembled. If we send the news back in advance, maybe we can launch a surprise attack on the Arab Empire's army."
There are only two of them in this intelligence station, and they usually wear headscarves and rarely go out. If they are short of food or drink, they will ask their intelligence officers to bring it to them. After all, they look completely different from the people around them. If they walk on the street, they will be caught by those people in an instant.
"Don't rush to send the intelligence. We'd better get more detailed intelligence. Although many people came today, they are all low-level intelligence officers. They have no way of getting intelligence from the upper levels. What they send back is just general information. The information we send back now is very valuable. It would be best if we can find out the number of troops and the generals leading them."
Lao Luo is an old man in the Imperial City Office. When he was lurking in Tubo, this guy was still a small character. Now he is an old man. Not only does he manage more than 30 intelligence officers, but he also has two apprentices. After this mission is completed, the Imperial City Office will give him a seventh-rank official position, and he can return to his hometown to retire. After all, he is at the same level as their county magistrate.
In the Imperial City Office, if you stay undercover in another country for a long time, you will have an official status after you return. You may not have that right, but being given that level will be extremely beneficial to your children's future. Li Xiang did this for a reason. As the saying goes, there must be brave men under great rewards. He has been undercover in another country for such a long time, so you won't even give him an official status?
According to people today, that means he enjoys the treatment of a seventh-rank official, but he does not hold the position of a seventh-rank official. Even so, for many ordinary people, it would be a struggle. Take Lao Luo in front of us, for example. Doesn't he know that the Arab Empire is dangerous?
If it's not dangerous here, why would you be allowed to be undercover here for three years and then be treated like a seventh-rank official when you return? Do you really think it's so easy to get the treatment of a seventh-rank official?
"Uncle Luo, you're right. I'm still a little too young. After receiving this news, I became a little restless. Our army is very well prepared, and there are many troops coming from the inland. Even if the evening news comes back in a day or two, they can still handle it. We have to get to the bottom of this news."
Wang Shunchun touched his head. Compared with Lao Luo, he was definitely a greenhorn. There were many things he hadn't figured out yet. He would get impatient at the slightest thing, which was absolutely unacceptable on the spy front. The Imperial City Office had already opened this course, and Wang Shunchun came only after he had finished the course. However, attending class was different from actual operations after all. Lao Luo had been in the Tubo lair, so even if he hadn't attended the class, he knew what kind of information would be the most valuable.
"Just follow along and learn slowly. You'll be able to graduate after this year. I'll register you at the Imperial City Office. As long as you work here for three years, you'll be able to work as a minor official in the county government after you return. Although you'll be a lower rank than me, you'll be able to live a good life back home in the future."
Everyone's rank is different. If you've made significant contributions, you'll be re-evaluated. Lao Luo was thinking the same thing. The information being sent back was just standard. Besides their intelligence point, how many other intelligence points does the Tang Dynasty have in this city? The information everyone was sending back was the same. Besides verifying the work of other intelligence points, it offered no other benefit to the court.
But if we can investigate the number of troops and the generals in charge, this can be immediately revealed from several intelligence points, which can also directly help Li Xiang in arranging the battle. If someone says a good word for them, they will not only be treated as seventh-rank officials after returning, but may be promoted to another level.
You know, for many hall officials, it takes at least twenty years to move from a seventh-rank official to a sixth-rank official. But for people like them, they just need to be a little more alert and write the message in a little more detail, and maybe the opportunity will come. Compared with those twenty years of hard work, isn't ours much simpler?
After the two men had discussed it, they immediately began to assign tasks to their subordinates. These intelligence officers were not very important anyway, and most of them were forced. Some of them might even betray them. It all depended on how you handled it. The place where they received intelligence also changed frequently, and they were afraid that someone would betray them. If they lost their lives at that time, they would have no chance of becoming a seventh-rank official after returning home.
While the two were discussing these things, at a high-level meeting of the Arab Empire, they had already discussed the specific details of sending troops to the Tang Dynasty. The one who led the troops this time was the Arab Empire general Sukhguman.
This man's grandfather defeated the Byzantine Empire, opened the way for the Arab Empire to move towards Europe, and defeated the army of the Frankish Empire on the Western battlefield. He can be said to be famous. This time, the Arab Caliph sent him to the Eastern battlefield, also wanting him to turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop.
The common people were unaware of the Arab Empire's failure in the East. This was because it was too far away from their homeland. In addition, the Arab Empire court deliberately blocked the news, resulting in many people not knowing what was happening there. However, the top leaders of the Arab Empire were very clear about it.
They had lost over 200,000 troops, and the entire Anton Governorate. This was a loss they couldn't avoid. For the past decade or so, they had been the ones bullying others. How could they possibly endure such a crushing defeat? Unless they were completely annihilated, if they had any strength left, they would have to seek revenge on the Tang Dynasty.
