787 If you want to see someone alive, you want to see their corpse if they die.
Outside Fengjiang City, Bolton pulled out a chair to a bartender who came from afar and was rarely seen wearing an intelligence service uniform: "So, we have been tricked?"
"Yes, the diplomatic department has already taken advantage of it, and now the rest of the work is up to you and me." The tall bartender sat on the chair and took the wine glass from Bolton's hand:
"I used to pour wine for others."
"Hmm, I still remember when I went to the Silver Fox Tavern in Burnas, you were behind the bar, looking like a gang leader." Burton turned around and grabbed his own from the table.
Wine glass.
His current headquarters is located in a factory building on the outskirts of Fengjiang City. There was a fierce battle when the place was occupied, and he can now pick out warheads from the bullet holes in the walls.
Compared with the wooden houses in the city, the sturdiness of the factory is still guaranteed. The owner who built this factory spared no expense in order to make money, so it has experienced war but was not destroyed.
The windows on the roof have been repaired. After all, the weather outside is already very cold at this time, especially at night, when the cold wind blows, bringing with it the full malice of the tail end of autumn.
The soldiers have already begun to build some field barracks. They dug a large rectangular pit in the ground, then began to support it with wood, and finally covered it with a thick roof. A barracks with good camouflage effect can be occupied by people.
If it can be built before winter comes, and some wooden beds can be placed in it, there will be no need to freeze in the wild.
In this era, there were all skilled craftsmen in the army. The big man next to you who was not accurate at shooting might be a carpenter with good skills, while your squad leader might be a fishing guy who could catch dozens of big fish in winter.
The Tang army in the field is building enough winter camps, and the Dahua army on the opposite side is also making similar preparations. There are actually very few wars here, at least it seems that the war has stopped since the siege of Fengjiang.
"I am also the leader of the gang now." The bartender picked up the wine glass and made a toast gesture: "You were just a little kid back then."
"Don't blame me. I was a student at that time. There was a school holiday and you could get some free drinks at the Silver Fox Tavern, so I went." Bolton scratched his head in embarrassment, not looking at it at all.
If he doesn't come out, he will be promoted to general.
After finishing speaking, Bolton took a sip of wine and then asked: "How do you need me to cooperate with you this time?"
"What your Majesty means is that since the other party does not want General Feng Kezhi, it is not impossible for us to accept him."
"Caught alive?" Bolton asked curiously.
"Try your best... In addition, His Majesty also seems to want to try to see if the special forces trained over the years are useful." The bartender did not hide anything and answered directly: "I didn't give a death order, probably to take care of General Qian.
feelings.”
After Qian Jinhang arrived in Chang'an, he accepted the position of chief of staff of the General Staff of the Tang Dynasty, which was equivalent to being directly given the rank of lieutenant general.
Judging from the military rank, he is one level higher than the two generals Bai Fei and Lu Qianshan who surrendered to Zheng.
You know, Bai Fei and Lu Qianshan became executioners and killed many people. Only then did they achieve the rank of major general, and finally gained an official status in the military.
Now Bai Fei works in the intelligence department and works as a deputy to the bartender. He is known for his cruel and resolute methods. He can no longer look back at the time when he was just hanging out and waiting to die in Zheng State.
Lu Qianshan, on the other hand, asked for a job as a naval admiral. Now he is working as an errand under Bernard. He follows an honest path and is doing well in the navy now.
Qian Jinhang was recruited because of his outstanding ability and the fact that he brought almost 600,000 surrendered soldiers with him when he surrendered, so his starting point was higher than that of the two generals of Zheng.
Now that he is serving at the General Staff Headquarters, he is still in the adaptation stage and has helped Loew and come up with many good ideas.
Although such an old soldier is not very adaptable when commanding a modern army like the Tang Army, he can put forward many strategic suggestions based on his own experience.
Including Feng Kezhi, these famous generals from the old era are not stupid, they are just not adapted to modern warfare. But some of their visions are much better than those of the academics educated in the crash course of Datang's military cadets.
"Feng Kezhi was a general in the Dahua Empire. If he surrendered, it would probably not be appropriate for him to come to us and be given the title of lieutenant general. When the meeting came and saw General Qian, everyone would be embarrassed." Bolton also nodded with understanding.
You said that if a general from an enemy country casually surrenders, the Tang Kingdom will give him the rank of general. Then the generals of the Tang Kingdom are too worthless.
Qian Jinhang led the army to surrender when the war situation was still unclear. He set an example, but it did not mean that the Tang State would accept any cat or dog that came to him.
Even if Feng Kezhi has a great reputation and is very powerful, he still has to take the exam and pass the exam before he can be promoted.
"General Qian also judged that Feng Kezhi is likely to be within the Fengjiang encirclement." The bartender mentioned Qian Jinhang with admiration: "He believed that the emperor of the Great China Empire, Zhao Kai, did not have the capacity to accommodate Feng Kezhi.
I knew I would be held accountable when I returned, so I had no choice but to stay."
"He plans to die here?" Bolton was very curious.
"Or surrender!" The bartender pointed to himself: "I am here to deal with this matter."
"It's still the same question, how do you need my cooperation?" Bolton shook the wine glass in his hand: "I'll return the favor to you."
"Okay!" The bartender nodded: "Within two days...defeat the Dahua garrison in Fengjiang City...can it be done?"
"You really think highly of me. Within two days... you defeated Feng Kezhi head-on. Do you think so highly of me?" Bolton asked in a very annoyed tone.
Bolton couldn't hold back his curiosity: "Why do you think I can do it?"
"Because... the Emperor of the Great China Empire hopes you can do it." The bartender approached Bolton very proudly and lowered his voice: "Some of the Great China army will surrender and open a gap for you."
"What the hell, our own people are really good at cheating their own people." Hearing what the bartender said, Bolton immediately understood: the other party wanted to kill Feng Ke, and wanted to use the help of Tang Jun to kill this "general" who was in the way.
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Their approach was actually very simple. On the Dahua side, some generals obeyed the emperor's orders and chose to surrender quickly when the Tang army attacked.
This secret should not be known to the Tang Dynasty, but some people in the Great China Empire are a little petty after all. They are afraid of excessive losses, and the Tang Dynasty is unwilling to return these troops loyal to the royal family.
Therefore, they had to "leak" their strategy to the Tang State in advance, and hoped that the Tang State would cooperate so that these troops could return home quickly.
Of course, Dahua's side was very wishful thinking. They thought that Tang State didn't know about Feng Kezhi. Because in their opinion, only their senior officials knew where Feng Kezhi was, and it was impossible for the information to be leaked.
of.
But in fact, the Tang State has basically determined that Feng Kezhi is in Fengjiang City, and has launched a series of actions against Feng Kezhi.
The plan of the Tang State's General Staff was simple: if possible, rely on special forces to capture Feng Kezhi.
If this person is available, then keep him for use. For the Tang State, the role of one Feng Kezhi is far greater than that of 100,000 Dahua prisoners.
If this person is disobedient, then we must ensure that this person must die in Fengjiang. This is why the bartender did not say that he must be captured alive. It is very simple. The order given above is "see the person alive or dead".
"Then there's nothing more to say. I will order the attack in two hours. According to the above, as long as the other party surrenders, we will accept it." Burton knew that if the information was inaccurate, the bartender would not be able to hand it over to him.
"There is no need for large-scale artillery preparations. If you just attack casually, they will raise a white flag." The bartender drank all the wine in the glass and placed the glass on the map of Fengjiang City: "I am going to arrange the actions of the special forces.
Now, give me some time. I need to familiarize them with the map here and infiltrate it in advance... How about you launch the attack after four hours?"
"No problem! Do you want me to provide you with some big stuff?" Bolton smiled wickedly and asked again.
"What?" The bartender had not directly visited the battlefield, and he was a little confused about what Bolton said.
"I can deploy tanks and armored vehicles to attack where you need them and pick up your people." Burton confidently stated his plan: "If you need it, the Air Force's attack aircraft and dive bombers can also join the battle."
"You know, the most taboo thing in the military is to show off one's strength... A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength, so you shouldn't be careless." Bolton is still very confident in his professional field. He reminded the bartender not to commit any crimes.
mistake.
"You have grown up compared to when you were drinking at Silver Fox, young man." The bartender was much taller than Bolton. He patted Bolton on the shoulder: "You have all grown up now and are reliable men."
He smiled and walked towards the door: "Keep your tanks and planes on standby. There is the most advanced communication equipment over there. If they find the target, they will notify your people to respond."
This is the first real external operation of the Tang Dynasty's special forces. They have had missions before, but they were all domestic and were more or less military training exercises.
But this time, they have to go deep into the army to find a man named Feng Kezhi...
