Inoue Ichiro, in the place of Taonan, is a well-known businessman and has some skills. But within the intelligence organs of the empire www.biquge.info he is just an insignificant small role, and he is an extremely ordinary one among the countless chess pieces of the intelligence agency, neither outstanding nor inconspicuous, when the empire needs it, it is possible to remember that in a certain year and a certain month, he once played such an idle move in Jin Guobu.

As for him personally, when the enthusiasm for serving the country gradually faded, he increasingly felt the horror of the word loneliness. Day after day, monotonous and dangerous work, if you make a mistake, you can lose your life, and there is no reward for success. There are no friends to trust, no relatives and friends, and the only pastime is to drink to drown his sorrows, so the pretty widow who opened a tavern came to his heart so naturally.

A sentence or two of shh Widow Li is very famous, and there is more than one man who wants to steal her fishy, and Inoue has no advantage compared with these people. In the five-character mantra, he only barely occupied a Deng character, so he had to use money to maintain the relationship between the two.

He is not very proper, and the Fuso intelligence agency does not give him much funds, and the management system is strict, and he is not allowed to spend it privately. If he wants to provide Widow Li with good food and drink, and then have a personal career, he has to think of some other sources of wealth. As a result, this Inoue Ichiro became an agent who served two countries at the same time, and he was more loyal to his own financier than to his motherland.

This time, when Taoke Taohai attacked Taonan, he deliberately delayed the transmission of information in some key places, causing the reaction speed of Fusang's intelligence organs to be greatly reduced, and finally it was completely defeated. The batch of goods transported to Zhengjin Bank also made Widow Li very red, and between the pillows, under the clever words and encouragement, he finally decided to get this batch of goods on the black market and make a lot of money.

In his opinion, anyway, if the Rouran bandits want to enter the city, these things can't be saved, and it will be good to push them to the bandits in the end. Unexpectedly, Wu Jingfu performed well and successfully repelled the bandits, but there was a big problem with his materials, so he had to think about how to rely on Zhao Guanhou here.

One of the big buyers of these materials was the Tiele people, including some materials that he wanted to deliver, and it was because of this that he knew where Tauk Taohai's stronghold was. Tiele people are actually hollow old men, and they write empty checks to Tao Ke Taohai, and the numbers are seriously insufficient, and they all count on Inoue to resell here, so a lot of information is not kept secret from him.

By now, Inoue was no longer spared, but when he heard that in the next room, Widow Li was already screaming and shouting for help, and hurriedly said: "Liquan Town, that is the temporary stronghold of Taoke Taohai's operation, and the Tan Ji pot there is actually a secret intelligence station of the Tiele people...... I've already said what I know. Some of the things you want have been handed over to the Tiele people, and the rest are in the vault and some in the warehouse, and you have got the things, so there is no need to do anything desperately. ”

"Mr. Inoue is affectionate and righteous, but unfortunately for your country, it is ruthless. For us, it is also unjust. Someone, take him away, and wait for Mr. Inoue on his way. ”

Zhang Yuting asked, "What about the woman?" Really let her go? ”

"Big brother, I'm not confused, this kind of thing can't be left alive, you can do it yourself, anyway, remember to die in the end. Burying these two in a pit can be regarded as fulfilling this pair of bitter mandarin ducks. Tell the brethren to move things. The Rouran bandits will make trouble tonight, and they will do more work. ”

The next morning, reports from various quarters came in, and calculated the damage caused by the attack of the Rouran bandits last night, and the offices of the two banks, Zhengjin and Daosheng, were smashed and all the personnel were killed. In the city, the Li Kee warehouse was attacked, the employees were killed, the hounds in the yard were shot to death, and the whereabouts of the proprietress of the wind scratch, like the manager of the Zhengjin Bank office, are unknown.

At this time of war, the importance of this kind of news was infinitely diminished, and the damage of this attack was insignificant compared to the siege of Baicheng, which was unclear, or the offensive and defensive battle of Liaoyang, which had already begun on the Shahe side. Neither Tiele nor Fusang had the energy and manpower to deal with this kind of case at this time.

In the barracks, Zhao Guanhou inspected the spoils, although some of them have been outflowed and cannot be recovered, but finally more than eighty percent of the materials have been recovered, such as the most important high-explosive fraud drugs are still in their own hands. If the Rouran people were allowed to use this to blow up the walls of Baicheng, Li Xiushan would inevitably be more auspicious.

At present, since the mole in the Fuso intelligence agency has been defeated, and the branch office of the Daosheng Bank has been pulled out by the way, in a short period of time, the channel for Tauk Taohai to obtain weapons and ammunition has also been stuck, and although his subordinates have a large number of troops and large expenses, the possibility of a long-term siege outside Baicheng is not high. If he couldn't capture a stronghold enough for a gang of 10,000 people to survive in a short period of time, he could only choose to flee back to the outside of the Saiwai and invade the south again.

Zhang Yuting and other troops were rewarded, and ammunition and food were replenished, and their morale was greatly improved. These deflated calves have always been able to fight and fight, and if they can't beat them, they will run away, and we can't catch up with him because of their fast horses. This time, we have a horse, and we know where his stack kiln is, so we have to destroy him. If you want me to say that I will take someone to dig out his stacking kiln first, the seedlings he tied must also be in the stacking kiln, and after smashing it open, Bao Zhun will be rescued. ”

"I think the same as my eldest brother, to destroy this horse thief, and to save them from harming again in the future. But in terms of means, I have other ideas. My third brother is still surrounded by people in Baichengzi, save him first, and then talk about the rest. I admit that I can't catch Tauk Tauhai, and I can't give up my brotherhood. Besides, we still have a pioneer, that is, they don't know, we already know where his stacking kiln is. If you lose the battle, you will still run to the battlement kiln, and it will not be too late to catch turtles in the urn. ”

Zhang Yuting and Zhao Guanhou are also Jinlan's siblings, and listening to his words that he would rather let go of the horse thief than save his siblings, it is naturally quite useful. No one wants an ally who can sacrifice themselves for the sake of the overall situation, and with his attitude, you can relax by cooperating with him.

He nodded, "It's still reasonable for my brother, I'll go down and make arrangements, and let's go to Baicheng." ”

In Cao Zhongkun's signing room, Wu Jingfu also handed over the battle plan he had drawn up to Cao Zhongkun, who knew how to read and write, but could understand it.

"Ziyu, I can't say anything short about your battle plan, but there is a section. You are centered on Baicheng, and all your combat intentions are based on the fact that Baicheng is occupied by the Rouran bandits, and then encircled him from the outside. The question is, there is still my sworn brother in the White City, where is the rescue part of your plan? ”

Wu Jingfu looked serious: "Lord Cao, what you asked me to formulate is how to annihilate this military plan that endangers the frontier and seriously damages the cause of reclamation, not how to protect your sworn brother's battle plan. Jingfu's plan is only to break the enemy, not to make friends. If you want to save your friends, these horse thieves can definitely escape. There is no way to do both, and it is up to you to consider who is more important and who is lighter. ”

Cao Zhongkun was not angry, nodded with a smile, and said that he had already understood, arranged Wu Jingfu elsewhere, changed hands, and stuffed this battle plan into a drawer, just as if nothing had happened.

Without waiting for Zhao Guanhou's army to pull out, Rouran had already come to negotiate the envoy. The messenger's name was Dan Pi, and he was also the leader of a gang of bandits all the way on the grassland. He is a third-class Taiji in Rouran, with some identities, and he can speak Chinese, so he can come to the government to be a messenger. The purpose of his visit was to discuss the release of the captives who had been captured by the government.

Rouran was willing to exchange his own people back by exchanging prisoners and other means, but to Zhao Guanhou's surprise, the Rouran rebels did not attach importance to the children of those bandit leaders, and what they wanted to change were ordinary bandits who were born as herdsmen.

"Our Tauktau chieftau has an order, and when we take up our guns, mount our horses, and find a way to survive for our people and homeland, we are ready to sacrifice. This sacrifice, in addition to one's own life, also includes the life of one's family. As our family, they should be ready to die at any time, but we will not give up any of our own compatriots, as long as you can release your compatriots, we can release an equal number of hostages. But there is one condition, those meat tickets we captured in Taonan, each meat ticket will be exchanged for three prisoners. ”

Although Tan Pi was alone, he was not afraid, and his attitude towards negotiation was extremely tough, and he refused to back down at all, which was also in line with his words, and he was ready to sacrifice at any time.

Zhao Guanhou did not embarrass him, and discussed the location of the hostage, and the time was set for two days later. When Dan Pi left, Sun Meiyao looked at the place on the map, and drew it with her hand, "This place is not close to Baicheng, they seem to want to use the exchange of prisoners to mobilize us and prevent us from supporting Baicheng." ”

"That's right, it seems that the battle in Baicheng has reached an extremely critical juncture, and everyone is fighting for this breath. Whoever can hold up will win. If the Rouran people want to turn us away, we will not be able to do what they want. Of course, the meat ticket must be saved, and the siege of the White City must also be solved. The only question is, we can't say, which is the focus of the Rouran people. Maybe they put heavy troops in the place of exchange of hostages, looking for an opportunity to eat us. Maybe it was because the heavy troops were placed in Baicheng, and it was just a false shot in the exchange of hostages, and it was certainly dangerous to divide the troops between two people, and whoever went which way could not be said to be safe. ”

Zhao Guanhou spread the problem in the open place, everyone spoke well, Cao Zhongkun said: "I am a wreck, let me lead the troops to fight Baicheng, I will definitely delay the matter." I'll do the replacement, even if there is an ambush for the Rouran people...... With the fourth child, you take care of the family for me, and the eldest brother is not worried. ”

Zhang Yuting stepped forward, "Brother Cao, this matter can't be let you go, we are born with a beard, we are most familiar with this change of generals, and we have to let us come." Fighting Baicheng, that is a kick, punch and kick, hard to hit, our people are not too good, but this kind of hostage exchange is just right for us. You don't have to fight, this errand is handed over to me, and I don't have an errand. ”

"Brother Zhang, this is a life-threatening risk. We are brothers, and if we change the sticker, our own people will help our own people, and there is no reason to point you to a dead end, and the stakes must be said in the head. ”

Zhang Yuting smiled heartily, "Okay, brother, I understand everything you say, and I will tell you the truth, if he can come out to be a beard, he is not afraid of death." The head has a big scar, and in another twenty years, it will grow so big. Without this bit of urine, I can't do this. You just see, the rice bag will be brought back, and it will not be cheaper for the Rouran people. It's a frontal siege, this bone is not easy to gnaw, but the Rouran people have a Cossack cavalry division to help, if this happens, it will be enough for you to drink a pot. ”

A Cossack division had four regiments, that is, more than 4,000 men. With such a huge combat unit alone, according to common sense, six to eight thousand front troops should be dispatched to fight it. If you count the servant army, even if the front army of the military guard comes out, it may not be able to resist. With the partial division in the hands of Zhao Guanhou, if he fought against such a huge Cossack division, it would also be dangerous.

But Zhao Guanhou didn't see it that way, in his opinion, if there was really a Cossack division active on the battlefield, then Baicheng and Taonan would actually be difficult to preserve. Judging from the situation of the defense of Taonan, the main attack was still the Rouran bandits, and even if there were Cossacks, the proportion was not high.

Especially now in the land battle between Tiele and Fuso, it is still mainly based on losses, so it is speculated that if there is really a Cossack division, it should also be invested in the frontal battlefield. If properly arranged, this force may even turn things around. Yes, he seriously doubted whether this Cossack cavalry division really existed.

However, in the absence of sufficient evidence, he could not insist that this division did not exist, so he could only strengthen his precautions, and he could not dare to act because of this.

He smiled, "Whether it is a Cossack division or a Cossack army, the third brother is in Baicheng, and he can't be saved if he is not saved." The troops are ready to go, those officers who married their wives last night, don't let the Rouran girl empty her body and can't get out of bed. ”

Last night, fifty Rouran women all found a suitable man to match. This is not surprising, the military salary of the former army is high, the selection of soldiers is strict, the officers are not old, and the appearance is better than the men on the grassland, which can be liked. What's more, these women can't help themselves, even if they are casually pushed into the arms of a stranger and let them enjoy it, they can only endure it with tears. This time she chose by herself, and it was to form a family, not an overnight marriage, and every woman had a smile on her face.

These officers who have won the favor of beauties, needless to say, are grateful to Zhao Guanhou, and when they heard about the expedition at this time, they did not complain, and happily accepted the order. Zhao Guanhou made a fortune, and Zhang Huaizhi's artillery battalion had also rushed to Taonan to support, and at the same time brought a battalion of reinforcements.

After the rectification, more than 2,000 people of Zhao Guanhou's department advanced to Baicheng, Sun Meiyao's cavalry department and the two hundred guards sent by the king formed a vanguard, and opened the road first, and set off in less than half a day, that is, it came into contact with the Rouran troops in front, and after a short firefight, it can already be confirmed that the enemy who is currently appearing in front of him is indeed a Cossack cavalry. (To be continued.) )