Zhang Shao had found himself in a dilemma: if Liangbi's suspicions were correct, he would have to fully cooperate with his actions to catch the attackers of the Alliance and avoid the terrible consequences of their stupid and crazy plans, but if Wang Zhen was telling the truth, he should find a way to drag Liangbi back, reduce the Alliance's losses, and prevent it from wasting its strength in a meaningless operation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Killing an emperor or ousting a noble general did not have a real impact on the situation in the country, and the overthrow of the Manchu regime required a well-trained army with a large number of soldiers, but the League still did not understand this, and remained keen to assassinate and organize small riots involving only a few dozen or hundreds of people.

Perhaps Mr. Sun should have thought seriously about his fighting tactics instead of spending his precious time and energy pursuing a Japanese girl who was only 14 years old......

It was only in his heart that Zhang Shao had slightly expressed his dissatisfaction with the leader of the Alliance, and then turned his attention back to the difficult decision he had to make: he didn't know whether he should trust Liangbi or Wang Zhen. Neither of these people can be fully trusted, and it is possible for them to lie in order to protect themselves.

He didn't have much to do to verify it - he was going to ask Qin Lang if he knew about it, but Liangbi's suspicion of Wang Zhen made him realize that if this person could steal and sell weapons and ammunition from the Chinese army, then he could do the same at Ambrera - even if it had a system in place and it was strictly managed.

As long as enough benefits are paid, no matter how strict the system is, there will be loopholes. Ambrera has a large group of guys who can do anything for money, mercenaries and businessmen, in Qin Lang's words - he quoted the evaluation of others - for the sake of three hundred percent profits, they can trample on all the laws of time, Wang Zhen is just one of them, and even Qin Lang himself is a capitalist who puts interests first, always talking about "only arms dealers who sell weapons to attack their own country are real international arms dealers", and by no means take it as a joke.

Asking him for answers to questions is not reassuring.

He may not know what Wang Zhen has done at all, or he may know but pretend not to know, or he just doesn't care......

Zhang Shaozeng sighed, and finally decided to put aside the difficult choice he had to face for the time being: there are too many uncertainties, and continuing to think about it will not lead to anything, it is just a waste of time.

He goes back to the role he's always played, a general loyal to the emperor.

"What's your specific plan?" He asked, in a serious tone, as if he were discussing a battle plan with his staff officer.

Liangbi was finally relieved, and his hole cards worked as expected - albeit a little longer.

He placed a map of Beijing, apparently in use, on his desk, motioned for Zhang Shaozeng to approach, and then pointed to the circle drawn in red pencil on the map and explained to him: "I discussed with my military advisers that depending on the range of the mortars, the attackers might be lurking in these areas......"

Zhang Shaozeng frowned. "It's a big area."

"Yes, but not all locations can be lurked." Liangbi didn't pay attention to Zhang Shaozeng's interruption, but pointed to the area marked with a blue pencil and said to him: "These are safe areas that have been confirmed. So, your troops' mission is to search the rest of the place, find the attackers, and wipe them all out. ”

"Are you sure those areas are really safe?" Zhang Shaozeng didn't like this arrangement, "And I only have 14,000 people, and many of them are not suitable for this kind of task." ”

"I will put all the cavalry, combat sappers and reconnaissance units of the Guards Division under your command." Liangbi showed a generous side: if only the ability to fight at close quarters, the reconnaissance units and combat engineers were undoubtedly the best of any division, carefully selected and excellent soldiers, receiving more and more intense training, as well as new weapons and tactics...... At least in theory; And again, in theory, no general should easily hand over his elite to another general.

But that's what Liangbi intends to do. And, as if to dispel Zhang Shaozeng's suspicions about his soldiers, he quickly made a brief addition: "Although the cavalry is as bad as the infantry, the reconnaissance troops and combat engineers are still the best troops in the entire division, at least as good as your infantry." ”

Zhang Shao once felt that his words were too false: in any case, the soldiers of the Guards Division were also trained by Ambrera's military instructors, and even if the results did not meet expectations and there was a gap with other units, it was not so bad that their supreme commander would repeatedly mention it to the commander of the other unit.

And by comparing the elite of the entire army with the ordinary soldiers of the other army, many people may feel that he does not care about his face at all......

His performance went a little overboard.

Liangbi must have other intentions, perhaps just to let his soldiers take on most of the dangerous tasks.

It seems that the Auxiliary Chancellor really believed that the Allies would get their hands on the gas shells.

Zhang Shao had secretly guessed, and at the same time, he did not forget to discuss his plan with Liangbi. "So, what do your other soldiers do?"

"Seal the gates, control the high ground, strengthen the guards of the palace, and on the advice of my military advisors, the artillery of the Guards Division will provide long-range fire support to your soldiers when necessary. Of course, the military adviser also made a suggestion that the artillery of the two divisions should form a joint strike group, and the firing area should be uniformly assigned, and once your soldiers find someone from the Alliance, the artillery that can hit the target area can immediately open fire. ”

A typically bad idea. Zhang Shaozeng refused without thinking about it: "Even if the search force can immediately notify the artillery, the artillery can immediately fire at the target and be able to hit, but what about the poison gas shells?" ”

The question he thought of was also thought of by Liangbi. "Because of that, I haven't accepted this suggestion yet."

There was a hint of disappointment in his tone. Liangbi actually liked the idea, if the alliance would not have poison gas shells, he would not hesitate to order the artillery to destroy their stronghold, simple, and effective, maybe the rest of the alliance would not dare to launch the next attack for a long time.

This idea of his did not hide from Zhang Shaozeng - and he did not intend to hide it - there was no better way, and Zhang Shaozeng could only warn him that "the excessive use of force can sometimes only backfire." The people of the League will not be intimidated by us, on the contrary, they will launch more attacks in retaliation. ”

He used the word "we" to indicate that he was on the same side as Liangbi, even though he didn't like the word.

"I understand." Liangbi nodded, and then sighed: "So we can only send all our soldiers to search the suspicious places little by little. I fear that doing so will alert those people and force them to act early. ”

"So we have to be fast, and we have to be secretive." Zhang Shao had decided to end their conversation. He picked up the map and gave a military salute to Liangbi, "I will immediately return to the unit and work out a concrete plan of action with my staff and military advisers. ”

Liangbi returned a military salute and signaled that he could leave, so Zhang Shaozeng turned and walked out of his office.

He did not immediately return to the troops to summon his staff officers and military advisers. On the one hand, he still wants to find out if the League really got the gas shells, and on the other hand, he wants to warn the League to abandon the whole plan.

This was still difficult to do: he was a high-ranking officer of the Manchu Qing and therefore could not establish any open contact with the revolutionary party, even most of his comrades, or else would jeopardize his own security and thus the plans of the entire organization; At the same time, because of Qin Lang's long-term influence, and because of the fact that they didn't like Dr. Sun's many behaviors that they considered extremely inappropriate—as well as the actions of other people in the Alliance—the relationship between the two organizations was very bad, there was no communication, and if there were no accidents, it might take a long time to find someone from the Alliance, let alone make them abandon their plans.

He can only pin his hopes on his luck. But first, he had to find someone who could speak for him.

"So, you came to me?" Tao Chengzhang glared angrily at Zhang Shaozeng, who suddenly ran to his temporary residence, and almost wanted to splash the glass of water in his hand directly on his face. "Use your brain, as long as Liangbi finds someone to follow you secretly, your identity will be exposed immediately!"

Zhang Shao knew that he had made an extremely serious mistake, but he still had a little luck. "Your name is not on the list of revolutionary parties of the Manchu government......"

Tao Chengzhang interrupted him unceremoniously. "It's just that you don't think my name is on it! It is possible that I was targeted for a long time, but the Manchu government was afraid of the forces behind me, so they could only pretend not to know who I was. ”

Just like Zhang Binglin. The Manchu government knew that he was a revolutionary, but feared that he was a professor of Chinese studies at an American-run university, so it still invited him to the emperor's enthronement parade, but this did not mean that any general could openly contact him or even sneak into his home - even if he finally got rid of the suspicion of the revolutionary party, he would lose his political future.

Zhang Shaozeng's behavior is simply stupid!

"If the Manchu government starts to suspect you, it will start to suspect people close to you." Tao Chengzhang was referring to Lan Tianwei and Wu Luzhen - Liangbi will not be on the list, but he will definitely be unlucky because of it, "Then the officers in the army, then the soldiers, and finally it will turn into a large-scale purge, and all our efforts in the past few years will come to naught!" ”

Tao Chengzhang remembered the achievements of him and others in the new army, for the sake of safety and confidentiality, according to Qin Lang's suggestion, everyone was in one-line contact, except for a very small part of the key nodes, they had no knowledge of each other, and even the three supreme commanders did not know, he did not want them to be implicated because of Zhang Shaozeng's stupidity, which would become a complete failure.

"You are one of the oldest comrades in the entire organization, and you have been lurking in the army of the Manchu Qing for many years, and you have never made a low-level mistake!" "As a result," he called, "because of the folly of the Alliance, you've reduced your intelligence to theirs!" ”

"What else else can I do?" Zhang Shao couldn't help but retort, "Do you want me to command the troops to attack their people?" ”

"If that is necessary, you should do it!" Realizing that his voice was too high, Tao Chengzhang lowered it a little, "You are more important than any of them." For the sake of the final victory, all sacrifices are worth it, and we must not lose big because of small things. ”

"What if it's one of us?"

"I'll kill them myself."

That's not an answer. Zhang Shao thought about it, but did not risk continuing to provoke Tao Chengzhang to say it. "And what do you want me to do?" He looked at Tao Chengzhang helplessly, "I've already run to you." ”

"What else can I do?" Tao Chengzhang tried his best to control his anger, "Now, return to your troops immediately and do what you should do, don't hesitate." As for whether the Confederacy actually got the gas shells, I'll solve this problem. If Liangbi asks you...... Then tell him that you know I have a relationship in Ambrera and entrust me with an investigation. ”

"I don't think Mr. Qin wants your name to be publicly associated with him."

"Yes, he won't." Tao Chengzhang said affirmatively. "However, we have a backup candidate, and he will soon arrive in the Far East." (To be continued.) )