"Sir?"
"Sir?"
After listening to the description of the soldier in front of him, Zhang Li was stunned on the spot. It was not until the adjutant Ren next to him called him softly several times that he came back to his senses.
"Is what you said true? You must be responsible for what you say!"
Zhang Li shouted in a deep voice, staring at the young man in front of him.
But the young soldier still swallowed and repeated what he had just said.
"Sir! That's what happened. We were defeated! The Chazhong defense line was completely defeated. The regiment headquarters suffered heavy losses. Of the three thousand brothers, only a thousand retreated to the Shangdu headquarters in the end.
If it weren't for the herdsmen from the Shangdu Department who came out to help, we would be afraid that there would be even fewer people alive..."
As he said this, the soldier's legs softened and he fell to his knees with a thud.
"Then why are you coming back?"
Hearing this, Zhang Li's eyes almost burst out with fire, and he wanted to kill the other party on the spot.
"Yes...it's Captain Li and Adjutant Zhou who want...to ask for help!"
"Ask for help?"
"Yes...yes! Everyone on the Outer Mongolian cavalry is on horseback. After the defense line is defeated, we can't outrun them at all.
If the Shangdu Department had not been on guard and dispatched cavalry to respond, we would have become prisoners of the Outer Mongols. "
The soldier seemed to be completely lying down, and the more he spoke, the more eloquently he spoke.
"Now the Outer Mongols have left more than a thousand cavalry to blockade the Shangdu Department, and the rest have begun to sweep around the surrounding area. I also used fast horses to escape the blockade quickly... Otherwise, I am afraid I will fall into the enemy's hands... "
Bang!
There was another muffled sound in the study, and a groove was almost made on the tabletop in front of him. A layer of redness quickly appeared on the surface of Zhang Li's fist, but he was not afraid at all.
"Then why don't they come back on their own?"
Zhang Li almost broke his teeth. Three thousand elite soldiers were killed by three thousand Outer Mongolians in such a mess. It was so stupid!
He just scolded him fiercely, but after a while, he seemed to feel that cursing at a soldier was of no use.
He slumped down on the chair and waved his hands feebly, "Okay, get on with it."
After the soldiers walked away, Adjutant Ren's eyes flickered and he whispered, "Sir, although Adjutant Zhou and Captain Li suffered a tragic defeat, they didn't do it on purpose. There must be a reason."
\"Not on purpose? I wish they did it on purpose! The dignified Jinsui Army would one day fight such an ugly battle! I've been completely embarrassed by them!\"
Zhang Li even patted his face as he spoke. Normally he would not do such a dishonorable thing, which shows the annoyance in his heart.
"And Li Jun is not a rookie on the battlefield! Not to mention a veteran on the battlefield, he has been on the battlefield for a long time.
He doesn’t even know how to be flexible! Fighting in such a snowy day and being so lazy in investigation is really stupid and incompetent! No! It’s arrogance! Headstrong!
He has killed thousands of brothers in vain. If he can come back alive, I will shoot him! "
Adjutant Ren lowered his eyebrows and softly comforted him when he saw this. "This... may be due to some discomfort. After all, the soldier just said that it was a snowy and windy day. Most of the brothers are from the Central Plains, so it is normal for them not to adapt.
However, after learning from this incident, I hope this kind of trap will not happen again in the future.
Sir, what we urgently need now is to solve the problem. We might as well dispatch another regiment to go north and solve this siege first. "
"Relieve the siege? I wish they would die there!" Zhang Li was still cursing.
Of course, Adjutant Ren knew that this was just a short-term angry statement from the commander.
He rolled his eyes and whispered, "But sir... Captain Li and Adjutant Zhou still need to be rescued..."
"Well! If you don't say that Lao Zhou is okay, I still want to settle a score with him!"
Hearing this, Zhang Li suddenly became furious. If it hadn't been for the general named by Adjutant Zhou, he would not have suffered such heavy losses.
The loss is the second, the shame is the biggest!
If something like this happened, it would definitely be impossible to hide it.
But he also knew that he should be saved anyway, and he couldn't really let more than a thousand people be besieged and die.
After taking a few deep breaths to calm down the anger in his heart, he said in a deep voice.
"Convene a pre-war meeting, issue orders to all ministries in the name of the division headquarters, and summon the chief staff officers of each ministry to discuss matters!"
The Outer Mongolians are unexpectedly powerful. If they want to rescue Captain Li and his party, they can no longer make small fuss.
You need to make some decisions and develop a detailed strategy.
Thinking of this, Zhang Li was furious again. He would not listen to anyone's words regarding the specific situation of Li Jun and his party's disastrous defeat.
Although I felt that Li Jun had probably made a rash move, the second dispatch would have to be at least a brigade of troops.
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing this, Adjutant Ren gave a solemn military salute, and when he turned to go out, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
Although the chief did not give him any appointment, his purpose has been achieved.
However, just after the capital government learned of the disastrous defeat on the front line, on the streets of Zhangjiakou——
The street was still calm and not affected at all. At first glance, these ordinary people were selling goods along the way, and they were just small traders on the street.
But suddenly a herdsman coming into the city from the grassland stopped in front of a vendor, bought a box of cigarettes, stuffed a handful of change in his hand, and hurried away.
The vendor who took the change had his eyes narrowed slightly, feeling that the thing in his hand was unusual. He pretended to be casual and hawked a few more times, then hurriedly closed the stall and headed towards a nearby hotel.
It can be seen that this person used anti-tracking steps several times while walking. After confirming that no one was following him, he borrowed the hotel phone and made a call.
Soon, in a medical center on the other side of the city, several pharmacy clerks were busy outside, and suddenly the phone rang.
During this period, telephones were available, but they were by no means common. In other words, some shops that often need it will open telephone lines.
This kind of telephone line is fine for short distances. If it is across cities or long distances, the only way to communicate is by telegraph.
The person who answered the phone was a clerk. To ordinary people, this was the patient asking about ordinary questions about diagnosis and treatment.
However, after hanging up the phone, the pharmacy clerk looked at his companion and hurriedly turned around and entered the back room.
"What?! Is this information reliable?"
In the back room, the previous waiter was whispering to a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a long gown. Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression suddenly changed.
"Yes! It shouldn't be wrong. This was passed down by our people on the grassland. It is authentic and reliable!" The boy nodded hurriedly.
"We're in big trouble! If we hadn't strengthened intelligence collection on the grassland in time, we don't know how long this Yan Laoxi would have kept us hidden!
Call the headquarters quickly and use a hidden line! The director has been under a lot of pressure recently, and his superiors are very dissatisfied with our work.
This time is an opportunity! "
As he spoke, a long-lost joy appeared on the worried face of the middle-aged man.
The guy also smiled, but sighed in his heart.
The director only started engaging in intelligence work last year, and they only received secret training from the director this year. It was not until the middle of this year that they began to spread across the country like stars in the sky.
But why is this intelligence work so easy to do? The task given by Shangfeng is very heavy, and the task given to the director is even heavier.
This is different from another director. The main thing there is to strictly inspect the red square, which is called catching one at a time. Sometimes the carrots caught and taken out of the pit will be a big bunch.
But the task of his own section chief is a bit difficult. He is investigating collaborators, traitors, and Japanese enemy agents lurking in the country.
This is not simple at all. The Japanese enemy agents are a group of cunning foxes. It is said that they began to receive training in this area early. They started much later than the Japanese in this area.
The red side lurkers and the Japanese lurkers are not very professional in all aspects. Until now, they have not even touched a hair of the Japanese.
Fortunately, the task this time was not difficult, and they made progress quickly.
