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"Are you all here?" Qin Chuan asked as he went straight to the door.

"It's all here."

Gao Ying replied and was about to follow Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan ordered in and out of the door: "Prepare a horse for me, and I will go to Lord Zhou's mansion in a while." ”

The place where Qin Chuan was going was the conference room where the joint fan party was held on Chinese New Year's Eve the year before last, and now it is actually more like a war room. Although this place is only dozens of steps away from the small western-style building in Qinchuan, there are guards standing guard in front of the door at all times, and the doors and windows are tightly covered by thick dense velvet curtains.

After entering, there was first a small foyer, and a table was placed opposite the door, behind which sat two soldiers with short guns on their backs, and on the table was a notebook, which was a registration book for the people who entered. Of course, Qin Chuan, as the supreme head of the salt group, does not need to be registered.

Going around the table, behind the two of them was a wooden door, where the guards who guarded the place rested. To the right of the table, a tall, heavy wooden door leads to the inner room.

The room inside is a spacious hall with bright lights, in addition to two wooden roll cabinets in the corners, dozens of wooden chairs are placed along the walls, the whitewashed walls are covered with maps, and even a huge sand table more than three meters wide and six meters long is placed in the center of the room.

If you look closely at the name of the area marked on the sand table, you will find that this is a large sand table from the Korean Peninsula to the western part of Liaoning. From the sand table, from the Liaodong Peninsula to the west of Liaoning, the topography of the mountains and rivers is much clearer, Yalu River, Motianling, Phoenix, Lianshanguan, Liaoyang, Fengtian, Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan, Niuzhuang, Lushun, Jinzhou are all vivid, and the Korean Peninsula is relatively much simpler, in addition to the outline of the mountains and rivers, and then the river direction and city markings and part of the Yellow Sea.

The parts of Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Liaozhong on this sand table are all surveying and mapping materials sent to Qinchuan by Feng Guozhang, who went to Guanwai with Nie Shicheng for more than eight months.

Nie Shicheng took a long time to make a trip, but the harvest was not small, Nie Shicheng insisted on going around the northeast from south to north and from west to east, and everywhere he went, the important mountains and rivers and the important defense places of the Qing army were surveyed and mapped, and drawn into a map that was easy to carry. Because of the advanced mapping knowledge such as contour lines taught by Qin Chuan, Feng Guozhang led the graduates of the Martial Arts Academy and the Kaiping Academy in Nie Shicheng's Wuyi Army to draw more detailed maps. After Nie Shicheng came back, Qin Chuan deliberately went to Lutai to congratulate Nie Shicheng, and by the way, he also asked Feng Guozhang for a copy of the map.

As for the map of the Korean Peninsula, it was roughly drawn with the help of someone in Aldington, North Korea, and some of it was obtained from Yuan Shikai through Min Sungjun.

When Qin Chuan came to the war room, Zhou Dajing, Chu Yunfei, Wang Xiping, He Ruhuai, Fang Weijun, Xu Tong, Du Baozhong, Li Yutian, Qiu Qinghe, Shi Feng, Liu Weifa, Zhang Jingfang, Zhang Jinggui, and Lu Dezhang had already arrived, and they were gathering in front of the sand table, enthusiastically discussing the garrison posture of North Korea and China and Japan.

"Good!"

For his vigorous subordinates, being able to take the initiative to discuss the situation in North Korea made Qin Chuan very happy.

"However, you should not only study the current situation between North Korea and China and Japan near Seoul, but also focus on Pyongyang in the north."

Qin Chuan took a polished short wooden stick with a very smooth thumb thickness from Fang Weijun's hand and pointed to the location of Pyongyang on the sand table.

"I have received news that many of the Beiyang troops inside and outside the Guanxi have begun to move towards Korea, and the armies of all stripes will soon be assembled in Pyongyang, and the big war in Korea will definitely start there."

As the wooden stick in Qin Chuan's hand moved, Qin Chuan continued.

"In addition, you also have to study the most likely battlefield terrain of China and Japan in eastern and southern Liaoning, the possible offensive methods of the Japanese army, and the strategies and tactics that the Japanese army may adopt after the war spreads north to the country."

Under Qin Chuan's indoctrination, these people had long thought that the Qing army would be defeated in this battle in Korea, and even the Beiyang Fleet might be wiped out.

What these people are worried about is that whether it is the Beiyang Navy Division or the Beiyang Army, after all, they are all Chinese people, and their failure is the failure of the country, and every Chinese person will think that it is a great shame, not to mention these young officers of the Yan Regiment who have long regarded themselves as soldiers.

And the faint joy in their hearts is that although Li Hongzhang does not agree to the Yan Tuan going to North Korea, once the war spreads into Liaodong, it is logical for the Yan Tuan to participate in the war, and they will have a place to vent their strength, and at that time they can avenge the defeated robes, and they can be ashamed in front of the people.

Qin Chuan continued his words: "I'll give you six days, and then everyone will have to write a relevant analysis report. ”

Qin Chuan took a breath, deliberately relaxed his tone and said: "Also, I am going to North Korea tomorrow, Xu Tong will take a platoon with me, during the time I am not in the army, the training of the salt regiment is in charge of Chief of Staff Zhou." ”

North Korea was about to go to war, and Qin Chuan went at this time, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, hesitated and didn't speak.

"Didn't you hear clearly?"

Qin Chuan suddenly raised his voice and asked loudly, and everyone instinctively stood up and replied loudly: "I heard clearly." ”

Qin Chuan slowed down his voice: "Since you heard it clearly, let's disperse Lu Dezhang stayed." ”

Everyone was very worried that Qin Chuan was going to North Korea, but everyone didn't dare to persuade Qin Chuan, Chu Yunfei was reluctant to move his steps for a long time, and always wanted to persuade Qin Chuan, at least he wanted him to go with Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan was glared at, so he had to pout and go out with everyone very reluctantly.

"Dezhang, is there a problem with your yacht?"

Lu Dezhang straightened his chest: "Report to the commander, there is no problem with the yacht, and it can sail at any time." ”

"Good!"

"Dezhang, you work hard, you have to prepare enough fuel overnight, I will go out on this yacht this time, if nothing happens, I will return as soon as I arrive in North Korea, so the fuel must be sufficient. Also, don't forget to bring those big guys with you, and you have to pack them up overnight. In addition, prepare twenty more boxes of grenades and load them in the cabin, and go. ”

After Lu Dezhang went out, Qin Chuan did not leave immediately, but stared at the sand table and thought about his thoughts silently.

Qin Chuan was thinking, when he saw Zhou Fu in a while, how would he explain to Zhou Fu that he was going to North Korea at this time?

It is best to make Zhou Fu feel that he is not worried about the safety of the Gao Sheng, so that if he succeeds, it can be regarded as a great credit.

But in case。。。。。。

Qin Chuan was thinking about it, Gao Ying pushed the door in and reported to Qin Chuan in a low voice: "Commander, Zheng Jiu asks to see you." ”

Qin Chuan nodded and motioned for Gao Ying to let Zheng Jiu in.

Gao Ying went out for a while, Zheng Jiu came in lightly, and when he arrived in front of Qin Chuan, he was about to hit a thousand.

"Forget it, let's talk about something."

Zheng Jiu straightened up and said in a low voice: "My lord, do you remember the Japanese who was killed in the American Concession in Shanghai some time ago?" ”

Seeing Qin Chuan nodding, Zheng Jiu said again: "The person who died is the same Jin Yujun who wanted to assassinate Min Chengjun in Tianjin County last time, and the assassin Jin Zhongyu was sent by Min Chengjun."

Qin Chuan had heard that in the end, the bodies of the assassin and the backstab were returned to Korea by Li Hongzhang, although the Japanese repeatedly asked for them.

Zheng Jiu lowered his head and said: "It's all to blame for the small one who didn't check for a while, and it took so much time to learn that it was Jin Yujun, who was slow to report to the adults, and the small ones asked the adults for punishment." ”

Jin Yujun's matter is nothing compared to the imminent war in front of him here in Qinchuan now.

Qin Chuan waved his hand: "Forget it, what's the matter." ”

Zheng Jiu lowered his eyebrows and said cautiously: "I just got the news that Liu Fang, the secretary of the Zhang Daren Machine Bureau, who the adults asked me to keep an eye on, went to the concession to find that Ishikawa Wuyi before the evening, and the two only stayed in the bar for a short while, and Ishikawa Wuyi hurried back to the foreign bank, and that Liu Fang didn't drink much after a while, but went directly to the brothel." ”

Qin Chuan had already determined that this Ishikawa Wuyi was a Japanese spy, and it was very likely that it would be related to the statement that Li Hongzhang's nephew Zhang Shiheng was a Japanese spy.

Helping Zhang Shiheng is certain, but now Qin Chuan is more concerned about whether Ishikawa Wuyi, a Japanese spy, has done something else, such as now that the war between China and Japan is imminent, military intelligence must be ranked first in his work.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel excited, Gao Sheng's transport of troops to North Korea is the most important information now. Judging from the important military information that he easily learned from Gao Jishan about the departure time of the Gao Sheng and the number of soldiers loaded, the Chinese people in this era have almost no sense of secrecy, can he know, can't that Liu Fang know?

In addition, all the troops in Beiyang to North Korea and other deployments need to allocate military funds and equipment through the battalion office, and the weapons and ammunition required by the battalion office must come from the Machinery Bureau.

Qin Chuan couldn't help asking: "Did Ishikawa Wuyi go to the telegraph room in the concession again?" ”

"Nope."

Zheng Jiu thought for a while and said, "However, before the telegraph room closed, there was a person from the Japanese embassy who went to the telegraph room to send a report. ”

Qin Chuan thought for a while and then asked Zheng Jiu: "Did Master Zhang, whom I asked you to check, have any reselling arms, and how is it?" ”

Referring to Zhang Shiheng, Zheng Jiu became more cautious: "Some eyebrows, it was Lord Zhang who privately sold two damaged and irreparable Krupp mountain cannons through Liu Fang's introduction, and the buyer was also Japanese. Everything is handled by Liu Fang, and it is estimated that it is not clear to Master Zhang who will sell it to. ”

Seeing that Qin Chuan's face changed a little, Zheng Jiu said cautiously: "The meticulous work of repairing the mountain cannon can only be done by two engineers from Krupp, so whether this mountain cannon is damaged or not cannot be repaired is naturally what they say." Moreover, disposing of two damaged mountain cannons at the price of broken copper and iron may not be a big deal in Lord Zhang's opinion. ”

Qin Chuan thought about it, Zheng Jiu's words were also very reasonable, it seemed that this Zhang Shiheng might really be deceived by Liu Fang's hands.

"Is Zhang Shiheng staying in the Machine Bureau tonight or is he going home?"

Because of the recent production tension, Zhang Shiheng often lives in the machine bureau.

Zheng Jiu said: "Back to my lord, Lord Zhang lived in the bureau tonight and didn't leave." (To be continued.) )