After the reorganization meeting, Long Qian left Jiang Yun, the fresh and hot intelligence chief.

"The Intelligence Bureau has been officially established, so let's talk about your thoughts." Long Qian talked a lot just now, he was very thirsty, and he took the teapot and poured it into his mouth with the spout.

"Commander, the first is manpower, I don't even have a person now."

"Who said that? Isn't that Lu Huali who stayed in Caozhou your person? Xiao Lu did a good job this time, and the next time I contact, I will say that I am very satisfied. Long Qian put down the teapot and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Hehe, I'll definitely pass on the commander's compliment."

The reason why the Mengshan army dared to carry out mass work in Zhengjiazhuang was largely due to the intelligence that Lu Huali came from Caozhou, and Lu Huali reported that the official army in Caozhou showed no signs of gathering and sending troops, which made Long Qian relieved half of his heart.

"What about Fei County? Any news? ”

"The last message was seven days ago, and if there is no emergency, the next one should arrive three days later."

"Hmm," Long Qian seemed to remember something, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table, "Well, go on, what else do you have in mind besides the candidate?" ”

"There are a lot of ideas, but they are messy and not organized. The commander must have a good explanation__"

"What do you mean by a good explanation? Is there still a bad explanation? Long Qian smiled and looked at Jiang Yun's childish face, "There are indeed some things to explain to you, you must keep them in mind." ”

"Yes, Commander, please command."

"First, you have to really understand the importance of intelligence work. I have been cultivating you and training you in one direction, and that is to let you lay the intelligence system of our Mengshan Army. What is a system? It's an all-encompassing net, not a clutter of bits and pieces. One is the collection of foreign intelligence, which includes not only military but also civil affairs, and everything related to our Mengshan Army must be collected. The second is internal," Long Qian's expression became serious, "Internal is anti-espionage." Like this excavation of Zhang Manqiu, is an example. I can guarantee that there will be similar situations in the future, not necessarily from the surrender of troops, but also from our own people! Don't be surprised, intelligence work is the most brutal, and in your eyes, no one can be trusted, except me. ”

Jiang Yun understood Long Qian's subtext, and stood up, "Commander, I am absolutely loyal to you__"

"I know. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen you to do this. You remember to me that you, the chief of the intelligence section, are only responsible to me, and that's a big principle. I can forgive you for any other mistake, but if you make a mistake in this area, you're doomed! ”

Jiang Yun stood up again, "Commander, don't worry, I only listen to you, it turns out that this is the case, and I will not be confused in the future." ”

"Sit down, sit down. At present, the collection of external intelligence comes first, and it is necessary to distinguish between priority and priority, and at all times it is necessary to grasp the main contradictions."

"The main contradiction?"

"In old times, there was a man who sold weapons in the bazaar, and he boasted of the sharpness of his spear, saying that my spear could pierce all the shields of the world. Then he took up his shield again, and said that my shield is the strongest, and can hold all the spears__"

Jiang Yun couldn't help but laugh.

This is where the paradoxical allusion comes from. Contradictions are everywhere, such as the reorganization meeting just now, there must be people who are not so satisfied, when I become the battalion commander, maybe I think I am not worse than Lushan, right? Why don't you mention me as deputy commander? Inevitably, I had some thoughts about me and Lu Shan, so the contradiction arose. We live in all kinds of contradictions, and it is impossible without contradictions, but if you are good at grasping the main contradictions, and learn to grasp the main contradictions, you will become smarter and brighter. ”

"Well, I remember."

"What is the main contradiction in intelligence work now? It is necessary to find a way to find out the movements of the officers and troops! If the intelligence on your side arrives one day early, I will have one day to prepare for the war, and if I arrive two days early, I will basically not lose the battle. Therefore, the work of the next paragraph mainly revolves around this. ”

"yes, I see. I'm going to go to Yizhou__"

"Yes, but you have to put up the shelves of the Intelligence Section first. You just said that you are right, the first is to select people. It is one thing to have an intelligence station outside, but there must also be someone at home. In the future, you generally don't go out in person, you have to learn to be in charge, you are my intelligence chief, you are not there, who do I ask? As for the candidates, you can look for a few, and that Tian Shubang is one of the ones I chose for you. ”

Jiang Yun was indeed very impressed by Tian Shubang, but he didn't expect Long Qian to be the first to order this person.

"This guy has a bit of an intelligence background. I think you've noticed. You must be thinking, just surrendered to our army, can it be trusted? I'm telling you, you must not think that your men are reliable and absolutely loyal. That's right, the first thing for intelligence officers is loyalty, but that's our core backbone, more people, it's to use, to use! Got it? You slowly have to build up your own intelligence network with the enemy, or blackmail, or bribe, you can't guarantee their loyalty to us, what you ask is that he can provide you with reliable and timely information. Be sure to keep this in mind. ”

Jiang Yun pondered Long Qian's words.

"Okay, time is tight, I'll only give you a few principles, and you can figure out the rest for yourself." Then, Long Qian said something to Jiang Yun that he would remember for the rest of his life.

"Jiang Yun, you remember to me that from now on, you will be the first full-time intelligence officer of the Mengshan Army. If you do a good job, you will be the founder of the intelligence front of our army in the future, and history will record your name.

"Jiang Yun, you remember to me that the importance of the intelligence front cannot be overstated in any words. It is the clairvoyant and downwind ear of the army. An army, if it has a good, efficient intelligence department, the weak army can defeat the strong army, and the losses can be avoided in advance. In a sense, the outcome of the intelligence front will determine the outcome of the war.

"Jiang Yun, you remember to me that the cruelty of the intelligence front is no less than that of the frontal battlefield, it is a battlefield where you can't see the smoke of gunpowder, and it's common to see no people alive or dead. Don't leave anything to chance, intelligence officers never believe in chances or coincidences, and intelligence officers are not afraid to infer the motives of others with the worst and most vicious guesses. Intelligence officers are therefore called the most ruthless of all.

"Jiang Yun, you remember to me that the most important quality of an intelligence officer is loyalty, followed by ability, loyalty comes from faith, from loyalty to our army, and to the cause we are engaged in. Money can buy intelligence, but it can never buy loyalty. Therefore, the core personnel of the intelligence section must not be bribed with money, and must be people who are absolutely loyal to our army.

"Jiang Yun, you remember to me that intelligence officers should be the most knowledgeable people, astronomy and geography, folk customs, political and military affairs, shooting and fighting, tracking and counter-tracking, and human sophistication, all of which require you to master and skillfully use knowledge. The more you know, the more handy you will be at engaging in intelligence. Therefore, intelligence officers must constantly learn all their lives, constantly deny themselves, and surpass themselves. Can you do that? ”

Long Qian spoke very slowly, Jiang Yun listened very carefully, and when Long Qian finished speaking, Jiang Yun felt his blood boiling, "Commander, I promise you, I will do what you say, I will definitely live up to your expectations, and I will definitely establish the intelligence system of our Mengshan Army!" ”

"Very well, you make a list for me, without further ado, let's do it right away."

"Yes!" Jiang Yun touched his heel and straightened up beautifully.

Jiang Yun handed over a list to Long Qian on the same day, which were all elite soldiers from each company, Long Qian circled a few, added a few, returned the list to Jiang Yun, and then convened a meeting of officers above the company level to announce the list of officers to be transferred from the intelligence department. Because there was no shortage of combat backbones in the personnel transferred, some people immediately objected and were suppressed by Long Qian. Long Qian emphasized the importance of intelligence work, and stressed that the intelligence department must be done by the most capable and loyal people. Therefore, everyone must support Jiang Yun's work. I personally reviewed and determined this list, and I didn't consult with you, so it was decided.

At the same time, Long Qian announced a discipline: In view of the special nature of intelligence work, the Intelligence Section is directly responsible to me, and the rest of the people are not allowed to directly give orders to the Intelligence Section. For example, at the moment, the most important thing we are most concerned about is the movement of officers and troops in Yizhou or Caozhou, and the intelligence department should notify the staff section of this kind of enemy situation as soon as possible. I will make the specific regulations, and we will slowly revise the inappropriate places.

The "veterans" of the Mengshan Army present did not realize the significance of the establishment of the Intelligence Section, and this organization, which initially had only 12 formal members, gradually grew and expanded, and the scope of intelligence work also expanded, and the division of labor became more and more detailed and specialized. By the time the Intelligence Bureau had assumed the function of internal surveillance, it had become a formidable intelligence agency that was accountable only to Long Qian himself. Of course, that's an afterthought.

Jiang Yun has been fully operational since the establishment of the Intelligence Bureau. He moved quickly, training his eleven members while setting up an intelligence network according to Long Qian's request. The first step is to establish an intelligence network around Zhengjiazhuang, which he originally planned to do, and the work has some foundation, and the wind of change in Zhengjiazhuang and other three villages has radiated to the surroundings, and the surrounding villages have poor men who have participated in the Mengshan Army, coupled with the reopening of the bazaar, the flow of people has returned to normal, and the infiltration of the Mengshan Army into the surrounding villages and towns has become easier, and half a month later, he established his intelligence group in the surrounding seven villages, and the members are mostly ruffians and vagabonds hired by him with silver. When he heard that Jiang Yun hired them to find out the news, and he had a monthly allowance of fifty yuan, he happily obeyed and agreed to serve Jiang Yun.

After settling the eyeliner of the surrounding villages, Jiang Yun began to plan to establish an intelligence station in Yizhou. Only then did he realize how wise the people Long Qian had chosen for him were. Because those few people whose combat skills are not very good have all had business experience, they are either the children of merchants, or they have been apprentices, anyway, they have a skill. Jiang Yun suddenly understood that to engage in intelligence, there must be a cover identity, and a businessman may be the best cover identity, with many contacts, and he will go south and north without being suspected. Looking at this list, Jiang Yun once again surged up from the bottom of his heart to admire Long Qian, that seemed to be a person who knew everything, following him, I don't know what a vast and magical world he would see in the future.

Jiang Yun chose a soldier named Xing Dongyun from the former Wang Mingyuan Company to go to Yizhou to fight the front station, Xing Dongyun is a veteran of the Eighth Team, a native of Fei County, who has been a hotel buddy, and is sleek, but he is not a good hand at fighting. Jiang Yun handed him a sum of money, a big sum that Xing Dongyun had never seen before. asked him to go to a tavern in Yizhou, and sent a soldier named Zhang Lei to be his deputy, whose public identity was Xing Dongyun's cousin, the hotel's running hall.

Long Qian agreed with Jiang Yun's idea, personally talked to Xing Dongyun and Zhang Lei, taught them some basic methods for collecting and transmitting information, and then sent the two out of Lu. The Yizhou Intelligence Station has become the third foreign intelligence station of the Mengshan Army Intelligence Section.

An intelligence network has been established. Long Qian believed that with the current level of the Qing army, if there was a major military operation, it would be impossible to hide his eyes. In this way, the construction of his base area with Zhengjiazhuang as the core will be guaranteed.