The fake sergeant had already bandaged his wounds and was tied to a chair, and across from him sat Lin Zhaolong, Xu Lang and Gao Chen.

Xu Lang looked at the person who delivered the letter, and didn't care whether he could understand it or not, and said: "According to the regulations of engagement, you appeared in the combat zone wearing our army's uniform without permission, so you can't enjoy the treatment of combat uniforms. Unfortunately, you are now a spy, you are not protected in any way, and we can take any disciplinary measures against you, up to and including your execution, do you understand? ”

The fake sergeant looked at Xu Lang in a daze, not knowing what Xu Lang meant.

Gao Chen explained, "What our chief means is that we can kill you at any time, but if you can cooperate with us, we can also consider letting you go." How can you say that you are also Han, why do you have to work for the Tartars. ”

"Now I'll ask you." Xu Lang asked, "Who asked you to send the letter, and to whom do you want to send it?" ”

The false sergeant did not say a word.

"Do you not want to say it or are you not afraid of death." Lin Zhaolong said, "We have a way to get you to speak. ”

"Give me a break from it." The false sergeant finally spoke, "I can't say. ”

"Then I'll ask you what you can say." Xu Lang smiled, "Why can't you say it, what will happen if you say it." ”

"My family is all in Liaodong, if I say it, they won't survive. Now that you kill me, they will still have a way to live. ”

"Actually, if you don't say it, we know it." Xu Lang held up Tao Min's letter, "This letter from your Tao Min County King can only be hidden from Huang Taiji and Dolgon, but it can't be hidden from us, do you want me to read it to you." ”

"Say." Lin Zhaolong slapped the table, "How many people have you come to Tianjin, and what is the target?" ”

"Sir, I really can't say."

"Sir?" Xu Lang smiled, "It seems that you know our Yulin Army very well, and you have been trained on the Tartar side, right, the person who trained you should be Xie Tian." ”

The false sergeant shut his mouth and said no more.

Xu Lang turned his head and whispered the same thing in the ears of Lin Zhaolong and Gao Chen: "I'll ask him later, you pay attention to the change in his expression." ”

"Look up and look at me." Xu Lang asked, "How often do Tao Min and Tao Gong contact each other, and how do they contact each other?" ”

There was no answer.

"Is the person who sends the letter fixed, is it not only you who send the letter?"

There was no answer.

"What is the credential for your message, do you have a password or anything like that?"

There was no answer.

"Are you going back to Beijing after delivering the letter, if you don't go back to Taomin, you will know that something happened?"

Still no answer.

"Come on, take him down first." Xu Lang asked the fake sergeant to take him out, and asked Lin Zhaolong and Gao Chen, "What did you find?" ”

"Chief of Staff." Gao Chen replied, "When you asked if you had a password just now, your subordinates felt that his eyes avoided it, as if this question was very important to him. ”

"I noticed it too." Lin Zhaolong said, "When you asked other questions, he didn't react, but only this question did he react. ”

"And what do you think his reaction says?"

"Chief of Staff." Gao Chen said, "The subordinates felt that they should have a password, and it was because he didn't want to say it that he reacted." ”

"What about you?" Xu Lang asked Lin Zhaolong again.

"I think the same thing as Senior Staff Officer." Lin Zhaolong said, "Anyway, he is not a prisoner of war now, we will find a way to pry his mouth open." ”

"No, they don't have a password."

As soon as Xu Lang's words came out, Lin Zhaolong and Gao Chen were stunned, and Lin Zhaolong asked, "Why do you say that, how do you judge that they don't have a password." ”

Xu Lang pointed to Tao Min's letter: "No one can imitate this letter, Tao Gong will know that it was written by his brother when he sees the letter, so there is no need to get some passwords, this is the first." Second, according to the situation reported by our people at the time of the arrest, the problem with this fake sergeant is that he doesn't know the password when we send messages, and he didn't expect that the message transmission between us and Beijing still needs a password. If there is a password between them, he will find a way to deal with it, which shows that Tao Min and Tao Gong's contact is all based on letters. When I asked the question, he did react, but there was a look of regret in his eyes, and he regretted that he had ignored the question. ”

"Xu Lang, you have studied psychology." Lin Zhaolong tilted his head and asked.

"Hehe, I know a little bit about it." Xu Lang smiled, "I have a plan." Let's find someone to send a letter to Tao Gong and ask him to rush to Beijing, saying that there is a falling out between Dolgon and Tao Min. ”

"But the Chief of Staff." Gao Chen asked, "You also said just now that we can't imitate the letters between the Tartars, so how can we send the letters?" ”

"This time, we don't need a letter, let's just say that we encountered an interrogation by the Ming army on the road, and we burned the letter in a hurry." Xu Lang paused, "But this needs to find a bold and careful person, and Tao Gong will definitely investigate in detail." ”

"The subordinates are willing to go." Gao Chen stood up and saluted, "My subordinates will complete this task." ”

"Senior Staff Officer, you sit down first." Lin Zhaolong motioned for Gao Chen to sit down, "Let's listen to Chief of Staff Xu first." ”

"According to the news of Tianjin Wei, the Tartars brought another 10,000 infantry. According to our speculation, there should be more than 10,000 people in these days, and the total number of Tartars should be 30,000. But their cavalry was few, less than a thousand people. ”

Lin Zhaolong asked, "You mean to wait for the Tartars to assemble before sending the letter?" ”

Xu Lang replied: "It doesn't have to wait for them to assemble, I estimate that the last group has already been on board, but we must not leave time for Tao Gong to reorganize the army." It must be said that the situation is more serious, and that Dorgon wants to do something to Tao Min and get rid of Tao Min. ”

"But is that what you say?" Lin Zhaolong asked.

"I don't know, we can only gamble once." Xu Lang said, "On the one hand, we must step up the investigation and never let anyone go." Zhaolong, send additional manpower to various checkpoints, and take some special measures during wartime. ”

"What special measures would you like to take?"

Tao Min couldn't receive Tao Gong's reply, so he must have known that something had happened to the person who sent the letter, and he would definitely send someone to deliver the letter again. As long as anyone who comes from the direction of Beijing, no matter who they are, no matter what they do, they will be temporarily detained, and we will not have time to check them one by one. ”

"Chief of Staff, is this appropriate?" Gao Chen asked, "This place is very close to Beijing, and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are all kinds of dignitaries and nobles." ”

"That's why I said I had to take special measures, and that wasn't going to be a no-brainer." Xu Lang continued, "You have all overlooked a problem, the cobra is still on Tao Min's side now. Although I don't know where he is now, there will definitely be someone he arranged by Tao Gong's side, and even if Tao Gong suspects the news we send, someone will help us speak. ”

Gao Chen stood up again: "Sir, my subordinates ask for their lives." ”

"Gao Chen, this action is very dangerous, Tao Gong is not a fool."

"The subordinates are not fools, and the subordinates are not afraid of danger."

Gao Chen's words made Lin Zhaolong and Xu Lang laugh, and Xu Lang nodded solemnly: "Okay, Staff Officer Gao, this task will be handed over to you to complete, think about all possible situations, and make all preparations." ”

"Yes, sir."

Xu Lang and Gao Chen almost didn't sleep all night, and the two of them deduced all the possibilities. At noon the next day, Gao Chen changed into a sergeant uniform and rode his horse to Tianjin Wei.

The entire 1st Independent Division began to get busy, and all kinds of orders sounded in the division headquarters.

"Andreas, make all preparations to entangle the Tartar vanguard for at least one day."

"Yes, sir."

"Zhao Qi, the heavy artillery regiment must be in place within a day."

"Yes, sir."

"Zhou Lei, Ye Zhan, Xu Tianbin, your three regiments must build fortifications in one day to block the reinforcements of the Tartars."

"Yes, sir."

"Wang Qianxiang, you lead the second regiment and the third regiment to follow me to surround the vanguard of the Tartars."

"Yes, sir."

After Lin Zhaolong gave the order, he said: "Xu Tianbin, you transfer the sniper team of your fifth regiment, and I will personally command it." ”

"Yes, sir."

"Everyone." Xu Lang glanced at it, "It's likely that the Tartar will arrive in two or three days, we don't have much time, so we will start preparing immediately." ”

"Yes, sir." All the people saluted.

Xu Lang looked at the busy soldiers outside the tent, and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "God bless, bless Gao Chen to return safely." ”