Yuan Shikai specially emphasized the issue of secrecy, but due to the backwardness of the concept, it led to the backwardness of technology. After the Spring Festival, Jiangyun's intelligence stations in several places resumed operation, and information about the movements of officials and troops continued to be transmitted back to Long Qian's headquarters from Caozhou, Yizhou, and other places.

In fact, the technical content of intelligence work is no lower than that of combat. But at this time, even the most well-trained Wuwei Right Army, which had been repeatedly praised by the imperial court, was a whole era behind the Mengshan Army in terms of intelligence collection, transmission, and analysis. The Mongsan Army had an intelligence section directly under its commander, set up six or seven intelligence stations with legal cover, and the intelligence officers assigned to the country and those who remained behind were trained with the utmost skill at the time. Yuan Shikai's troops, on the other hand, have neither a special intelligence agency nor specially trained intelligence personnel.

Even if secrecy is emphasized, the assembly of troops, the collection of grain, and the pulling of the people's husbands cannot be concealed from Jiang Yun's intelligence station at all.

The news came from one after another, and the atmosphere of the battle at the headquarters became stronger and stronger, but the training of the Mengshan Army was carried out as usual, and only a few senior officers knew about the movements of the officers and soldiers, and the officers below the company commander level knew nothing at all.

Situ Jun is right, the time of these two months is very important for the Mengshan Army. By the beginning of March, all the soldiers who had been wounded in the last battle had returned to the army, and these soldiers who had shed blood on the battlefield were much better than the new recruits. In the past two months, more than 200 new recruits have been recruited, mainly peasants who had previously joined the township corps. Together with the prisoners of the officers and soldiers who were converted into the army, the total strength of the Mengshan Army exceeded 1,900 people. The guard platoons were expanded into guard companies, and each company was expanded by one platoon, bringing the strength of each company to 130 or more.

Ning Shijun once suggested that another battalion be formed, and Long Qian, in view of the fact that he did not have so many qualified officers in his hands, adopted the method of enriching the existing company.

In view of the problem of poor communication and liaison exposed by the first two battles against the officers and soldiers, Ning Shijun's staff section thought of a lot of local methods, such as military trumpet (suona) contact, beacon alarm, flag language__ Some methods were thought up by Long Qian, such as the message tree. By erecting a few trees on the high ground, you can read out the information you want depending on the direction and number of them falling. The exercise proved to be very effective, and on a clear day, it could be seen clearly from a distance of several miles.

In view of the fact that the weak always attack the strong, the troops specially practiced forced marching and night marching, and in the days after the Spring Festival, the amount of training increased, and they had to run dozens of miles of mountain roads every day. A pair of cloth shoes can't be worn for a month. As a result, the logistics department made the requisition of shoes and socks a top priority, and set a price, and the women in the villages in the base area regarded the making of shoes and socks as a means of subsidizing their families, and handed over the shoes and socks to the men to send to Zhengjiazhuang, and they could be exchanged for money immediately.

Long Qian particularly emphasized the significance of marching, and demanded that all officers, including the staff officers and logistics officers of the headquarters, learn to walk and climb mountains. Officers were not allowed to ride horses and had to be trained in the same way as soldiers. This regulation made some officers miserable, and the officers of the combat units were fine, but Song Jinguo and others were a little unbearable. It is not allowed to shoot torches on the night march, and even if someone falls down the ravine and breaks his leg, the training is not allowed to be reduced.

Long Qian took the lead, no one below dared to be lazy, even Zhou Yi, who had just married and was still on his honeymoon, had to train with the team. Only those female soldiers in the whole army are exceptions, but several female soldiers who have never been bound are actually practicing mountaineering with the logistics department.

"It's the norm for us to hit more with less." Long Qian said at the stage summary meeting, "So you have to practice running more, as long as you can run, the enemy's strength advantage will be canceled." In addition, if you practice a pair of iron feet, you can escape if you can't win. Ha Lu Ha. ”

Everyone laughed, because of the successive victories, the officers were very high-spirited, and did not think of the war again. Only Jiang Yun, who had the intelligence, was worried, because he knew that this time the officials and troops had spent a lot of money.

In view of the fact that the troops were short of ammunition and could not adopt the form of positional confrontation, Long Qian still pinned his hopes on the method of ambush victory, and in the favorable terrain, the locally superior troops ate a force of the enemy in the fastest time__

But at this juncture, Long Qian sent Jiang Yun to do another thing.

After listening to Long Qian's explanation, Jiang Yun was puzzled, "The official army will soon make a move, at this time?" ”

"The tasks given to you are more important. It is related to our future, and it is much more important than this operation. Long Qian's sharp eyes stared at Jiang Yun, "Take Tian Shubang, you can disclose the content of the plan to him as appropriate, you can do a field investigation, if it is reliable, I will have more important tasks assigned to him in the future." In addition, four people were selected from the guards, and you are familiar with Xu Gongzhi's soldiers. It is better to choose a Mengshan veteran. In what capacity to go, when I get to the future arrangement, take out a plan and report to me. The funds must be sufficient, and I will say hello to Lao Song. ”

"I'm gone, who will be left with the Intelligence Section?"

"Lu Hua carp. He doesn't have to go back to Caozhou, just hand over the intelligence station over there to Zhang Meng and his son, so long is enough to prove his loyalty to us. ”

Zhang Meng is the landlord of Zhangjiazhai at the foot of Mengshan Mountain, has been doing business in Caozhou, at the beginning and his son Zhang Xiaozhu thought that the Mengshan thieves were exterminated by the official army, and wanted to make some extra money on the mountain, and were captured by Long Qian, who returned to Mengshan to complete the army, and became a supernumerary intelligence officer of the Mengshan army. In the past year, he has done a good job with Lu Hua carp in Caozhou. When Lu Huali came back at the end of the year to report on his work, he specially talked about Zhang Meng's father and son, and thought it was very reliable.

Jiang Yun grinned, "Understood." Commander, this time spent a lot of money, Lao Song was full of resentment, and always said that he was about to bottom out__"

"After this battle, we are completely out of the woods. Jiaolong enters the sea, understand? ”

The financial situation of the troops is generally clear, and the money has indeed been spent more recently, and the military salary is paid on time (due to the surge in the number of troops, the monthly military salary is a large amount of money, but fortunately, the method of bookkeeping and distribution has been adopted, and the old Song Dynasty has not been bankrupt), cotton cloth has been purchased in advance to order summer clothes, the amount of training has been increased, the food is required to see meat every day, the intelligence department has set up a new point, and the old army of the ordnance group has also spent a lot of money. The gold and silver obtained from Zheng Jing were spent like water, and the old Song jumped to his feet in distress.

Tian Shubang has been staying in Jiang Yun's intelligence department since he surrendered to Cheng, and he is the only one in this most mysterious agency who has surrendered to the army, and he has not left Zhengjiazhuang, nor has he done anything worth mentioning. This time, Long Qian asked Jiang Yun to bring Tian Shubang by name, and revealed the importance he attached to Tian Shubang. Jiang Yun was a little unsure of Long Qian's thoughts, but he still carried out Long Qian's order to the letter, talked to Tian Shubang alone, and selected four veterans from the guard company, and after making a rough plan and reporting it to Long Qian for revision, Jiang Yun was ready to set off.

This matter, get rid of Long Qian, the top brass of the Mengshan Army knew nothing.

Jiang Yun took Tian Shubang and others to secretly leave the old camp on the twentieth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and the battle had not yet started. Everything seemed calm. Jiang Yun was very calm about the task assigned by Long Qian, but Tian Shubang was slightly surprised. Before leaving, Long Qian met with six people who had sent out to Lu.

"This mission is very important, and all actions should be taken under Section Chief Jiang's orders. The most important thing is your own safety. As soon as you arrive in Beijing, send a message back, and the people here will leave according to your requirements. All preparations must be completed by the end of May. Long Qian said after the most reluctance.

Jiang Yun and Tian Shubang set out from Zhang Qianzhuang, Jiang Yun pretended to be the son of a wealthy merchant, Tian Shubang was his butler, and the four soldiers were coachmen and retinue.

They arrived in Zou County first, where everything was normal, and there were no officers and soldiers in the brigade. Jiang Yun inspected the Zou County Station, which was a small inn, explained it, got the road guide through the intelligence station, and then the group went north to Yanzhou, and was strictly interrogated when they entered the city, but fortunately, Jiang Yun was well prepared and did not show any flaws. When they entered the city, several people were surprised, because on the streets of Yanzhou, there were teams of officers and soldiers everywhere!

"Ah, section chief," Tian Shubang said in surprise, and then saw Jiang Yun's cold eyes, and swallowed the second half of the words into his stomach.

Although Jiang Yun is young, he has been in this position for a long time, and he already has the majesty of a superior, and Tian Shubang is in awe of his top boss in his heart.

"Lao Tian, don't worry, let's find a place to live first." Jiang Yun commanded in a low voice.

It was easy to find an inn, and the inspection guide was very detailed, and the officials of Yanzhou Mansion came twice in a row, both of which were to check the travelers. The road guide in their hands was issued by Zou County, and there was no problem.

"This is definitely attacking our officers and soldiers, we have to find a way to send the news back!" Standing in the courtyard of the inn, Tian Shubang said anxiously.

Yanzhou Station is still in the process of planning, and if you want to send back information, you must send someone back. But the road guide opened by Zou County was six people__Jiang Yun thought nervously, "Don't worry, let's feel the situation first." ”

Yes, even if you send back information, you need to have some content. You can't just tell your family that Yanzhou has found an official army, right?

The grade of the inn is relatively low, Jiang Yun left the four guards in the inn, took Tian Shubang to the street, inquired casually, asked about the best restaurant in Yanzhou, and the two of them went straight to the hotel.

After eating a meal, Jiang Yun took the information he wanted from the mouth of the hotel owner, and his human affection was greatly admired, and at the same time, he admired Long Qian even more, and chose Jiang Yun, who was less than twenty years old, to be his intelligence director, which was really discerning.

The two settled the bill, and Shi Shiran returned to the inn. Jiang Yun asked the four soldiers that they had already eaten, so he ordered to settle the bill, and the group of six people left Yanzhou, left the city from the north gate, and headed towards Jinan. After walking seven or eight miles, he called a soldier and briefly told him the news he had heard, so that he could repeat it correctly, "Now, I want you to immediately take a small path back to the headquarters and report this important information to Commander Long." Can it be done? ”

This is a Mengshan veteran, he is very reliable, because his education level is too low, he is still only a squad leader, and he listened to Jiang Yun's instructions, "Don't worry, I will definitely send it back." ”

"How do you get there?" Jiang Yun asked.

"Go back the way you came."

"No! You have to take a small road," Jiang Yun squatted down, drew a map with a tree branch on the ground, explained the route back in detail, and explained in detail how to deal with it if it was intercepted and interrogated by the official army, "The manpower is tight, I can't send people anymore." You must complete this task alone, it is a matter of life and death for our Mengshan army, and the responsibility is heavy! Do you understand? ”

"Understood."

Jiang Yun once again explained the route and precautions, brought him enough coils, and sent him on the road.

Seeing the squad leader disappear into the woods, Jiang Yun said to Tian Shubang and the other five people, "Let's go, let's go to Jinan Mansion!" Don't worry about your family, with Commander Long, the officers and soldiers will definitely not be pleased! ”

Tian Shubang didn't know the real mission of this trip, but the three soldiers were very excited, and they had only heard about Jinan Mansion. I didn't expect to be able to enter the provincial capital to hang a circle in this life. They didn't know what to do, Jiang Yun would not only take them to Jinan, but also to Tianjin and Beijing! For the Mengshan Army, they are the pathfinders.

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