Gao Chen couldn't say whether he was happy or unhappy: "Then listen to your orders." ”

"You can rest first, I'll come to see you another day." Xu Lang was about to leave after speaking.

"Sir." Gao Chen stopped Xu Lang, and glanced around from the corner of his eye, "It's best for the chief to help me back to the ward, and my subordinates have important things to do to return to the chief." ”

"You're sick." Xu Lang gently patted Gao Chen's head, "Okay, I'll serve you once." ”

Xu Lang helped Gao Chen back to the ward, Gao Chen closed the door and threw his cane aside, and saluted Xu Lang: "Sir, my subordinates have thought of one thing in the past few days, maybe our General Staff has ignored it." ”

"Say it." Xu Lang sat down on the bed.

Gao Chen thought of this matter Xu Lang and Leng Tianbing really ignored, not only did they ignore it, but the entire military people didn't think about it, that is, the Ming merchants in Shenglong Mansion.

If Yulin Bay wants to completely conquer the whole of Vietnam next year, it is bound to fight a full-scale war with Zheng Jie. There are also more than 1,000 Ming merchants in Thang Long Province, and these merchants were trapped in the Ming Chamber of Commerce during the last attack on North Vietnam. Now that the Daming Chamber of Commerce has been disbanded and the escort team is gone, the situation of these merchants is not very good. Especially Mu Suide, listening to Li Fuqiang, he will be watched even when he goes out now, which is almost no different from losing his freedom.

"Sir." Gao Chen suggested, "My subordinates think that if we want to start a full-scale war with Zheng Jie, the Ming merchants in Thang Long Mansion must evacuate in advance, otherwise we will be very passive." ”

"yes, that's a problem." Xu Lang asked, "But how to evacuate, if the movement is too big, will Zheng Jie have any suspicions?" ”

"Sir, my subordinates haven't come up with any good solutions."

"Forget it, you think slowly." Xu Lang got up, "I'll go back and discuss it with Deputy Chief of Staff Leng again." ”

Xu Lang returned to the General Staff and relayed Gao Chen's words, and Leng Tianbing didn't have any good ideas. The two of them decided to report the issue to Li Fuqiang by the Military Commission first, to see what he could do, and to make some preparations for evacuation as much as possible.

Li Fuqiang was very busy in Vietnam for a while, and his family meant that by the end of the year, the Second Army would recruit 10,000 people. Li Fuqiang knew that a large-scale attack on North Vietnam would definitely be carried out next spring, and that the full strength of the Second Army was 18,000 men, and 10,000 by the end of the year was far from enough. Therefore, Li Fuqiang discussed with Lin Zhaolong and He Chaoyong, and increased the intensity of conscription, and a large number of Cambodians were conscripted into the army, and the strength of the Second Army has now reached 12,000 people.

Lin Zhaolong returned to Puriango from Hoi An, and he went to Hoi An this time to discuss trade with Nguyen Youyi, hoping that the South Vietnamese side would open up all markets and attract merchants from all over the world, especially Western merchants. In addition, Lin Zhaolong also has a task, to look at the situation of the army on the South Vietnamese side, and estimate whether Nguyen Youyi will help in next year's military operation.

"How did Ruan Youyi reply?" Li Fuqiang asked. Now that He Chaoyong has returned to Jinpu, there are only two military people left, Li Fuqiang and Lin Zhaolong.

"He still has doubts about fully opening up the market." Lin Zhaolong said, "The last thing we talked about was to gradually open up, first find a few points along the coast, and slowly advance inland." ”

"You're an open coastal city." Li Fuqiang smiled, "How is the army on his side?" ”

"Almost 20,000 soldiers and horses, but the combat effectiveness is not good. But I didn't tell him about next year, and I think it's a bit early to tell. ”

"Well, it's okay not to say it." Li Fuqiang found a letter, "Liu Jun has sent a letter from Singapore, and the Spaniards have promised to assist us in attacking North Vietnam." ”

"Why did they say yes again?" Lin Zhaolong took the letter and looked at it twice, "Didn't you say that the Spaniards didn't agree when you went to Singapore a while ago?" ”

"It's not about the money." Li Fuqiang said, "After I came back, Liu Jun went to Batavia again and promised the Spaniards that they could enter Vietnam to do business. ”

Lin Zhaolong put down Liu Jun's letter: "Judging from the letter, there should be no problem, but I always feel that the Spaniards have no good intentions." ”

"Don't rush to conclusions in advance, after all, it's the one we went to find first." Li Fuqiang instructed, "Zhaolong, no matter what, we have to increase recruitment and training. I wrote a letter to my family to give a comprehensive report on the situation in Vietnam, and if our two armies were fully manned, we would be able to deal with North Vietnam ourselves. We don't have to be too anxious, the Spring Festival conference will definitely come up with a resolution. ”

"By the way, I just received a letter from home." Li Fuqiang found another letter, "The general staff's intention is to let us come up with a plan, they hope to withdraw the Ming merchants of Thang Long Mansion before the war." ”

Lin Zhaolong took the letter written by Xu Lang, Xu Lang did not explain what should be done in the letter, but repeatedly emphasized that Zheng Jie must not be allowed to treat the Ming merchants as hostages or negotiation conditions, so Yulinwan will be very passive.

Lin Zhaolong threw the letter on the table after reading it: "Xu Lang and Leng Tianbing, the two smart heads, can't do anything, what can we do." But what they said was right, if there was a large-scale evacuation now, Zheng Jie would definitely be suspicious. ”

"Let's think about it." Li Fuqiang put away the two letters, "There will always be a way." ”

It was already very cold in Dengzhou in early December, and Wang Hua stayed here all the time. Not long ago, Liang Er sent the news that Ningguta, who had made an appointment with Bomu Bogol, did not wait for him and Chen Yuhan, and now Liang Er was heading towards Yaksa.

Ge Tao was called from Beijing to Dengzhou, and Wang Hua gave Ge Tao a death order, the cobra must be rescued during the Spring Festival, and Ge Tao was fully responsible for all action arrangements.

According to intelligence, Ji Tonghai is still being held in Busan. Wang Hua suggested to Zheng Jiang and Zhang Guodong that he wanted to exchange the technician from the Military Research Institute for the Cobra, but this idea was vetoed by two high-ranking officials. Wang Hua had no other way but to forcibly rescue him.

Ge Tao mobilized people from all over the country to form a 50-member special task force and found a secluded place to start secret training. The place that Ge Tao is looking for is not in Dengzhou, but in Fushan. Because Wang Hua understands that Dengzhou must have Tao Min's eyeliner, but Fushan may not have it. Since the last time Yulin Bay sent a company to escort Feng Kaizhong back to Fushan, this company has been stationed in Fushan, and now it is under the command of Wang Zhaoxing, and Feng Kaizhong has not said anything to Yulin Bay stationing more than 100 people in his own place.

Ge Tao put the training base in a harbor about five miles away from Fushan, and it was only a month before the Spring Festival, and the training was very hard. And Ge Tao issued a strict order, all the members of the action team are not allowed to go out, and all supplies are purchased by Ge Tao personally at the Fushan Institute.

Since Feng Kaizhong became involved with Yulin Bay, Fushan Institute has become a transit point for transporting displaced people to Yulin Bay, and after taking Japan, Zheng Zhilong also regarded this place as a transit place for transporting goods and docking ships. Therefore, in the past two years, the population and commerce of Fushan have developed rapidly, and it has become a town with a population of several thousand, and several inns and wine shops have opened in the city.

On this day, it was time to deliver supplies, and Ge Tao returned to the Yulin Army garrison in Fushan alone.

The commander of the garrison company saw that Ge Tao was coming, and hurriedly greeted him: "The commander has worked hard. ”

"Sensei is playing with me, I'm not your commander now." Ge Tao was wearing casual clothes, "Are things ready?" ”

"Alright, alright." The company commander replied, "Don't worry, the ten-day supply is ready and ready to be shipped." ”

"Let's go."

"Sir." The company commander said, "You see it's noon, the commander must not have eaten yet, and he wants to feast on the commander, I wonder if the commander appreciates his face?" ”

"You kid, do you have something to ask me?" Ge Tao stayed in Fushan for a while, and he was familiar with this company commander, "You don't need to eat, just talk about something, I will definitely help you if I can help." ”

"Thank you, sir." The company commander pulled up Ge Tao, "It's just that this matter is a long story, the commander still has a face, let's talk while eating." ”

Ge Tao saw that it was difficult to resist, so he had to smile and say: "It seems that you are really uncomfortable if you don't eat your meal, then okay, you can arrange it, just eat here." ”

"Don't, don't, sir." The company commander hurriedly said, "What is delicious in the barracks?" There is a good wine shop in Fushan, although the place is not big, but the dishes are delicious. I would like to ask you to go there, of course, the food in a small place cannot be compared with our Yulin Bay. ”

Ge Tao didn't shirk again: "Then go, you let them get ready, and I'll go back after eating." ”

The company commander changed into a set of civilian clothes and took Ge Tao to the wine shop.

"Shop, what are the good dishes and good wines today?" As soon as the company commander entered the liquor store, he shouted.

"This guest officer." The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and greeted, "There is a freshly caught sea fish today, it is fresh, do you want to have one?" You two are just one sea fish. ”

"Then a sea fish, you look at the rest, and two pots of good wine."

"Come on, the guest officer will wait a minute, and the villain will arrange it immediately."

The shopkeeper turned around and left, and the company commander changed his title and greeted, "Big brother, please take a seat." ”

Ge Tao had already swept the wine shop before he sat down, and the wine shop was not large, only six tables. Although it was a meal now, it was not full, and Ge Tao sat at a total of four tables.

The shopkeeper put the wine and food together, and the company commander filled Ge Tao with a glass of wine: "Big brother, little brother respects you." ”

Ge Tao drank the wine: "Say, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Big brother." The company commander said with some embarrassment, "I have a cousin who is also following me in Fushan now. But this kid has a high heart and doesn't want to stay here. Since you came, he doesn't know how to know your identity, and now he pesters me every day, wanting me to tell you that he wants to follow you. ”

Ge Tao smiled: "You also know from us that not everyone can enter if they want to, and they still need to be investigated." ”

"I know, I know." The company commander said, "Although that kid has a high spirit, his ability is really not bad at all. Besides, big brother, aren't you in charge of the north of the Yangtze River, this matter is not your word. ”

"You don't want to bring me a top hat." Ge Tao didn't immediately refuse, "In this way, when I'm done with this while, you bring your younger brother to me to see, and let's talk about it if it's okay." ”

Lian Chang was overjoyed, and hurriedly took the cup and said, "Then I will thank the eldest brother first, I respect the eldest brother." ”

The two of them drank the wine, and Ge Tao suddenly had some urgency: "You wait for me for a while, I'll go and relieve myself." ”

"Big brother, please."

Ge Tao asked the location of the toilet and went out of the wine shop to relieve himself. After a short time, Ge Tao came back after peeing, and there was one more guest in the wine shop at this time.

As soon as Ge Tao entered the wine shop, the new guest was sitting in the corner, facing the door of the wine shop. Ge Tao's heart was searching rapidly, why was he so familiar, who was he?

Although the person in the corner was wearing makeup, Ge Tao could still judge from his demeanor and body shape, I must have seen this person, who is he?

Ge Tao quietly returned to his seat and sat down, and the people in the corner didn't seem to notice Ge Tao, still eating with his head down.

"Big brother is back." The company commander didn't notice Ge Tao's change, picked up his glass and said, "I'll give another glass to my eldest brother." ”

"Drink together." Ge Tao drank this glass of wine, and suddenly remembered that that person was Liu San, Liu San under Xie Tian.

Ge Tao put down his wine glass: "How old is your brother this year, since you are free today, you bring him over and I'll take a look first." ”

The company commander didn't understand Ge Tao's words, and just now he said that he would talk about it after he was busy, so he had to see it now.

Ge Tao glanced at the company commander, continued to speak, but dipped his fingers in wine and wrote a few words on the table: "There is a fine work, call someone to come." ”

This company commander is also very smart, nodded his head and said, "Then thank you big brother, I'll call him over now." ”

The company commander left, and Ge Tao sat there by himself pouring himself a drink, staring at Liu San intently in private.

After a while, Liu San finished his meal, stood up and shouted, "Shop, check out." ”

"It's broken." Ge Tao secretly complained in his heart, "Liu San must have discovered himself." The time for his meal was too short to make sense. He must have been in a hurry to get out. ”

But Ge Tao sat still and didn't move, he didn't know if Liu San was alone, and if there was anyone outside. I am now alone, and it will take a while for the company commander to go back and call people. Ge Tao originally planned to follow Liu San to see what he wanted to do when he came to Fushan, but now, I'm afraid that his hope will be disappointed.

Liu San slowly walked out of the wine shop after settling the account, and seemed to pause when he passed by Ge Tao's side, and his eyes swept towards Ge Tao.

Ge Tao knew that it would be impossible not to follow, the Ministry of Security had been chasing Xie Tian and Liu San for so many years, but there had been no news of these two people. Now that he meets Liu San here, he must not be asked to run away, on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there is still a place where the Yulin Army is stationed to let Liu San go, if this matter spreads in the future, the face of the Ministry of Security will be disgraced.