Zhou Baoyu and Song Qing seemed to have heard Young Master Liu's movements, and hurriedly turned their attention from the map to Young Master Liu.
"Third brother."
"Handsome."
"Brother, you have to get some good shredded tobacco for me."
"Okay."
Song Qing took out his dry tobacco pouch from his waist, opened it and handed it to Young Master Liu.
"for you."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly, pinched a handful of tobacco from the tobacco bag and stuffed it into the pot.
Zhou Baoyu immediately took out the fire fold, blew it on fire and handed it over.
"Brother Song, please have some too, little brother."
"Come on, come on, you're welcome."
Young Master Liu slowly exhaled the light smoke from his mouth, turned around and took the bamboo pole beside him in his hand.
"Baoyu."
"Hey, handsome."
"Earlier, when we were at the pavilion in the garden, Yun'er and his sister-in-law were nearby, and there were some things I didn't feel comfortable asking you on the spot.
There are only three of us in the study now, so I will speak frankly if I have something to say."
Zhou Baoyu raised his hand to fan the smoke that was lingering in front of him a few times, and looked at Young Master Liu and nodded silently.
"Commander, tell me."
Liu Mingzhi took a puff of dry cigarette, stretched out his hand and touched the bamboo pole on the map.
"You told me when we were in the pavilion before.
During the years when you and Baotong took turns guarding the border, you didn't notice any unusual behavior by Tsarist Russia's troops, right?"
Zhou Baoyu nodded without hesitation: "Commander Hui, it's true."
"Then what you said before is that you really didn't find any abnormality?
Or is it because Yun'er and Mrs. Sister-in-law were by your side at that time, so it was inconvenient for you to tell me the real truth?"
"Go back to the commander-in-chief. The situation that the general answered at that time is the real situation."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with a clear expression, holding the bamboo pole in his hand and started to walk gently on the map.
"Baoyu, think about it again.
Did the soldiers and horses of Tsarist Russia not behave at all abnormally?
Even if it’s just a small-scale abnormal behavior, you still have to think about it carefully.”
Zhou Baoyu looked at Mr. Liu's solemn expression and took a long puff of dry cigarette.
"Commander, let me think about it for a moment."
"good!"
Zhou Baoyu spit out the smoke in his mouth, frowned slightly, and his eyes silently showed memories.
After a long time.
Zhou Baoyu's eyes regained their clarity, and he looked at Young Master Liu and shook his head gently.
"Coming back to the commander-in-chief, I can say with absolute certainty.
During the years that Baotong and I guarded the border, Tsarist Russia's soldiers and horses never did anything unusual.
Before Mo General and the Baotong brothers mobilized each other's defenses, the two of us would discuss the situation on the border in detail in the big tent every time.
Brothers and sisters Baotong have also never seen any abnormal behavior by Tsarist Russian troops."
After hearing Zhou Baoyu's answer, Young Master Liu frowned slightly and nodded thoughtfully.
"Nevermind."
"Commander, during the years we have been guarding the border, the two brothers have dispatched three hundred elite scouts every day to carefully investigate everything within a hundred miles.
We do this to avoid any military emergencies.
Whenever the scouts and soldiers reported the whereabouts of Russian soldiers and horses, they would immediately send letters to report the situation.
As soon as the last general received the message, he would immediately rush over with his lieutenants to meet the soldiers and horses of Tsarist Russia.
In the past few years, the general has negotiated dozens of times with Tsarist Russia's soldiers, large and small.
However, they were never found to have done anything untoward."
"How was it after you met?"
“Every time we meet, we greet each other with a smile. After chatting with each other for a while, we wave goodbye with a smile on our face.
By the way, sometimes we meet their generals, and we occasionally get together for picnics.
Drink wine, eat barbecue and so on.
However, the general can guarantee that the general only drank with them and chatted about the customs and customs of both parties. He never talked about any important situation.
Regarding this, I will be able to use my head as a guarantee."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Zhou Baoyu's serious expression, smiled lightly and waved his hand.
"Okay, if I can't even trust you on this point, we will have been brothers for decades in vain."
"Thank you, Marshal."
"When you got together to drink or chat, did they tell you the reason why they were there?"
"said."
"Huh? What's the reason?"
"Come back to the Commander-in-Chief, they, like our Dalong border patrol officers, are also ordered to inspect the border situation on a regular basis."
"I see."
"By the way, Commander, I have one more thing to report."
"Say it."
"Commander, when the general is guarding the border, he will regularly summon some border patrol scouts to inquire about the situation."
"How is the result?"
"There is no difference between them and the general, and they also found nothing.
When the late general led his soldiers to garrison at the border, their focus was on planting potatoes.
The scouts and soldiers I sent out to investigate the situation could only investigate the situation within a hundred miles around at most.
At its farthest, it was only about two hundred miles in radius.
But the soldiers patrolling the border are different. From the north of Yinshan Mountain to the middle of Lake Baikal, all locations are within their patrol scope.
Commander, you also know that our Dalong border patrol officers and soldiers are one battalion every ten miles, with one hundred border patrol officers stationed.
There is a small village every five miles, and thirty border patrol officers are stationed there.
The large camp and the small camp coordinate with each other and inspect the areas under their jurisdiction every morning and evening.
With such a high density of patrols by the soldiers, if the Tsarist Russian troops want to sneak into our dragon's transit.
It's almost impossible to avoid their eyes.
Even if there is a chance, it is very slim.
It is precisely because of this that the general can say with certainty that nothing unusual happened."
Song Qing held his dry cigarette, reached out and picked up another bamboo pole, put it on the map and started to swim gently.
"Third brother."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
To be continued...