C207 (1/2)
The contents of the letter were agreed upon by both Cai Li and Yu Mu, and were basically the same as what Li Liejun had said to Yi Jie just now. It was used as a final preparation for the start of the army. The letter requested one of them to find out the current situation of Feng Guozhang and his army as soon as possible. This included the current morale of the two armies, the preparations for the war, and the attitudes of some of the senior generals towards the current situation.
”This task is too heavy,” he thought to himself as he read the letter. Not counting the provinces in the Central Plains where the two Feng and Duan armies were located, there were garrisons to both the north and south. These two armies were Yuan Shikai's main forces. Defeat one of them, meant that Yuan Shikai had lost half of his family, and break two of their families. And Yuan Shikai was completely done for. How could he ask? If I were to personally travel around these places, it would take at least half a year. ”
After thinking hard for a long time, he shook his head and said to himself: ”Commander's meaning is definitely not for me to personally travel throughout the provinces. He's clearly for me to use the Revolutionary Party's intelligence agencies in various places to swiftly grasp the required content.”
Just then, the Miss Liu opened the door and came in. Seeing him with the letter in his hand, he became lost in thought, and asked: ”Yi Jie, what are you thinking about? It must be very difficult. ” Jie immediately put down the letter, stood up and said, ”You haven't rested yet? Please sit down. ” Miss Liu said: I was just about to rest, the Vice Commander went to find me, and asked me to help you prepare for your journey. After speaking, he sat down across from Yijie.
”She came at just the right time,” he said. ”This man is shrewd, and she is the wife of the commander in chief. She knows his mind and his ways very well.” With that thought, Jie showed the letter to Miss Liu and told her his thoughts.
”Although the commander's plan to send troops is confidential, we still have to take over these few locations first. The two lakes, three rivers, and then the Central Plains. These places all had Yuan Jun's main force, and were a place where all the troops would fight for him. These places are your former base of operations, you must have a strong intelligence network there. It's easy for you to get the information you need when you use it. ”I see that you will be able to achieve your goal and complete the mission well if you do as I say.”
When Yijie heard this, he felt enlightened and smiled. Otherwise, I was at a loss. I am afraid that if I stay longer, I will come back to delay the general's business. ” The Miss Liu heard that his mission was urgent, so he hastily went to prepare passes for One Jie.
Miss Liu very quickly returned to his headquarters. He unlocked the secret office, went in and opened the safe, took out a stack of passes, and quickly returned and said to Yijie: ”This is the pass from the provincial capital's governor's mansion. There are all the places you want to go. You must take it with you, lest you run into trouble on the way. Right now, Yuan Shikai's special investigation personnel had a wide range of activities, making them extremely powerful. ”You don't have any reliable documents on you, so it's easy for them to capture you.”
One of them took the pass and looked at it one by one. There were at least twenty of them. Yijie first took out the ones of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, put them in his pocket, and put the rest into his pocket. In fact, every time Yi Jie came to Shanghai to do some work, Miss Liu would arrange for him to dress up.
Miss Liu saw that Yi Jie was still wearing his military uniform and said, ”If you go out like this again, you won't be able to do anything. Although the military uniform was mighty, it was eye-catching everywhere it went. I think you'd better go out looking like a businessman in a long-sleeved top hat. ”Because merchants trade everywhere and can go anywhere without attracting attention.”
Yijie nodded in agreement and said, ”I already feel that it's not appropriate to go out like this, but I really don't have any suitable clothes to wear, so I might as well buy them on the way.”
Miss Liu shook his head. ”You mustn't be careless.” She went to get a suit of merchant's clothes and said, ”This was worn by Lieutenant Li when he went to Shanghai. You can use it first. ” He took off his uniform and tried it on. The Miss Liu helped him put on his clothes again.
Immediately, the image of a high-spirited businessman, the Big Boss, appeared in the room. The two of them laughed. Yijie looked in the mirror and was very satisfied. He smiled and said, ”Thank you, Secretary Liu. These clothes are just too suitable.”
Miss Liu laughed, ”From now on, you should call me Big Sis. Don't call me anything else. ”
One of them said, ”When we meet after work, we can call her Big Sis.” The two chatted for a while. Miss Liu felt that he had thought through all the things that needed to be done on the way, and said: ”You haven't had a good rest for the past few days, and tomorrow you will be heading back and forth. You should rest early. You don't need to think about anything else. I'll go back and think for you. ”
When Yijie heard this, he thanked her from the bottom of his heart, ”Big Sis Liu is the most meticulous person. After all, you've thought about it, I don't think you'll be lacking anything else.”
The Miss Liu laughed and said, ”You can rest now. I'll take my leave. ” Miss Liu left the room. After seeing him out, Ji Jie came back to rest.
Due to the fatigue from running and running for so many days, Yijie was truly exhausted. Not long after he lay down, he fell soundly asleep.