Qingyuan Prefecture Hechi Office, this military guard set up by the Ming Dynasty in the Hechi area, has relaxed after experiencing the tense preparations for war some time ago.

A few days ago, Liuzhou Mansion from Danyang to Liuzhou City was quickly attacked by the Huapi Chaos, and it was quickly captured one after another, which made the officials of Qingyuan Mansion quite nervous, and urgently ordered the soldiers of Hechi to prepare for war quickly, whether it was to reinforce Liuzhou City or to resist the Huapi Chaos, it was very necessary to cause trouble to Qingyuan Mansion; It's just that what people didn't expect was that Liuzhou City was captured so quickly, which made the officials of Qingyuan Mansion even more nervous. Although it seems from the last newspaper that the prefect of Liuzhou led the army and the people to resist to the death, the actual situation - who believes it!!

After sending a number of spies to make sure that the flower skins had indeed collected their troops, the officials of Qingyuan Mansion finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the soldiers of the Hechi Institute could not prepare for war every day.

On this day, it is the polder of Desheng Town, which is next to the Hechisuo, not only ushered in a large number of nearby residents, but also many caravans and a large number of traveling merchants and merchants came here for their livelihood, bringing a lot of vitality to the town.

Several military households wearing mandarin duck battle jackets that have long been invisible to the color appeared in the polder market, these military households are not only poor but also arrogant, so many traders hate these military households from the heart, but now you have to bow your head on other people's land, so if you are taken away something, you can only accompany a smile. Of course, these military households also know that they can't go too far, otherwise they will really make a fuss, and they will lose money on their side, in case the other party's backstage is too hard, not only will they not be able to get the benefits, but they will also have to eat the board, it will be too bad......

"Yo, isn't this Brother Wu, a lot of time is gone, I thought you were promoted!"

Although everyone hates it, but the smile on the face and the number of polite courtesies are absolutely indispensable, just when these military households came to the stall composed of a small caravan, the merchant who sold the goods recognized the guy who always picked up small things in his place.

"What nonsense, wasn't the flower skin in the east a while ago a riot, which made people panic, and was dragged to guard for a while......"

The military householder known as Brother Wu came to the edge of the stall and naturally squatted down and picked up all kinds of objects that were put out, but the face of the answer was unhappy. Think about it, who wants to go to war and play with their lives, of course, it is the most comfortable to live in peace......

"Oh, that's what happened, look at my stupid brain......"

The merchant was very sensible and blamed himself for the other party's unhappiness, and looked at a few military households, and he immediately found that something was missing from these military households that used to travel in groups.

"Brother Wu, it seems that I didn't see Wang Shichang and Brother Lu, I saw them last time, didn't they go on a business trip?"

Seeing that the few people who picked up the goods were silent, they admitted it, and the merchant said with an embarrassed face as if he was talking to himself: "Then dare to ask Wang Shichang when he will come back, and when will he give him the things he asked me to carry last time......"

"Next month...... a military account next to him replied casually; But he didn't expect that his words would expose some things......

"Lots of things?" Another soldier asked casually.

"Not much, not too big, but with a lot of space...... I want to bring more other things to make more money......"

"Then if you are fast, hurry up and go to send it over, and tell the doorkeeper that it is my Lu Lao Liu, who is guarding the door today, and it is my soldier who guards the door today, go to the left after entering the door, and the third room in the innermost retreat is Wang Daya's home......"

"Thank you so much, Master Lu, here are a few rouge tablets for you, go back and coax your sister-in-law at home......"

Seeing that the merchant knew him so well, Lu Laoliu, who had an unexpected gain, smiled and praised the merchant for being a man......

After a while, several military households picked up what they wanted in the stall, and paid a few words of silver to flash people in the symbolic surname. At this time, the merchant also came back from the military station with his legs and feet, and everyone dispersed after some friendly words.

"How's it going inside?" Another merchant next to him asked quietly when he saw that there was no one.

"To the left of the entrance is the living quarters of the officers, three paths, the one on the left is about 132 meters, there are 47 houses, and the middle one is 151 meters on the way back, and the houses are very crowded, and the number is estimated to be more than 60...... From the gate, it is more than three hundred meters away from several large houses on the right, and there is a sentry standing guard at the door......"

"That's all?"

"There are still some details that I found out again at night, and I was stopped when I came out, but fortunately, I was released with the name of Lu Lao Liu and the testimony of Wang Shichang and her wife, so I couldn't continue to wander inside...... By the way, Wang Shichang's wife didn't expect that she was actually a distant cousin of the thousands of households in Hechi, but she didn't expect this Wang Shichang to be able to handle such a woman...... I promised her to help her get more rouge gouache next time, and if I can make good use of her line, maybe I can have more unexpected gains......"

"Okay, go back and report to the transfer station in Liuzhou immediately, and strive for more resources to set some information out......"

"Someone's coming...... Hey, auntie, what do you want, look at the joy on your face is a happy event in the family, you really have a vision, this is a big red cotton cloth produced in Yuzhou (Yulin), you are a few feet ......"

The two merchants were talking quietly about something, but when a customer came to the stall to choose the goods, they immediately stopped talking, and persuaded the customer to buy their things with a smile on their faces, everything was so natural......

These military households did not know that some of the information inadvertently revealed in their chats, as well as some information about the merchant's entry into the river pool, was soon transmitted to Liuzhou City, where several young people were responsible for collecting and sorting out all kinds of information from various caravans, and then reported to a new department in the mountain village that had been established for more than a year through special means of transportation, this department was not subordinate to the army management but was directly responsible to Deng Shifeng. Every day, the eight people are analyzing and printing the authenticity of the information transmitted by different materials from various materials, and finally sorting out and forming a relatively accurate intelligence data.

And this department not only analyzes a Qingyuan Prefecture, but also places all kinds of information on the surrounding prefectures and counties on their confidential data shelves, and even the information of cities and villages along the city of Guangzhou and the Yujiang River and the Pearl River has begun to appear......

Over the past year or so, the department named the External Information Section has completed a number of tasks, in the formation of traders, travelers and through various means to detect the news, data collection, not only to find a variety of information intelligence, but also to draw a lot of extremely accurate tactical intelligence maps, these intelligence maps played a very important role in the battle at the end of this year, from Danyang Town to Liuzhou City, not only the streets and buildings of each town are marked out, even some outsiders are not easy to enter the internal situation of military buildings, I also got a general information through various inquiries by intelligence officers. In particular, Liuzhou City, a key operational target, is the best praise for their work with Luo Dan's evaluation of the deployment map given by the Information Section:

"With these distribution maps, I can have the artillery bombard every valuable building inside, not even a single toilet missed!!"

Of course, although the external intelligence and information department has achieved such great results, the real heroes are not these people, but some teenagers who were sent to Huang Zhangshi two years ago after special training in speech and behavior imitation, makeup, popularization of knowledge, drawing, calculation, etc., and they are the biggest heroes on the real intelligence front. They do the most inconspicuous work incognito, use their hands to write down what they see, use their feet to silently measure the accurate distance size, and even the official roads and unknown trails between towns and towns are measured by specially modified wheel counters to measure the mileage with a small error, providing important data for the army and logistics support.

However, the most commendable thing is their gradually mature ability to explore information, they get the information they want through chatting with locals and even the parties concerned, etc., and even sometimes try to get into the military institutions or county offices and large household courtyards through home delivery or other means to collect more important information......

Some of these methods and methods were taught to them by Deng Shifeng, and some of them were explored by themselves in the past two years of practice, and their increasingly rich and sophisticated experience made them less and less like intelligence spies; Don't mistake this sentence to say that they didn't do a good job, but praise them for becoming more and more mature and sophisticated, learning to protect and disguise themselves. Because in the training session, Deng Shifeng warned them in the first sentence of the first class:

"The best disguise for the best intelligence officers is to let people notice you unconsciously, the more deliberate you are, the easier it is for others to detect and see, and the more natural and inconspicuous the way, not only can you have unexpected gains, but also can protect yourself perfectly!"

And with the more and more practical experience outside, their understanding of this sentence is more and more profound, like the merchant, a few casual chats can detect some information, and a seemingly ordinary door-to-door delivery, let him enter the military station to have an accurate drawing and approximate foot test of the internal building, even if he is caught, its perfect explanation makes it impossible to draw him and the scout together......

At present, the intelligence routes of the mountain villages have been extended to the various state capitals of Guangxi through the formation of various caravans, and more and more information materials are being collected in the information department of the mountain villages with the deepening of these intelligence outposts, and more and more, more and more detailed, and more and more accurate these materials will provide the best help for the next step of economic development, administrative construction and military operations in the mountain villages in the near future! (To be continued.) )