"Is that him?" Claude stood by the window of an office on the third floor of the theater headquarters and looked down. The man he was referring to was a middle-aged Nikancha man, estimated to be in his forties, with a good figure.
He is a little chubby and has a simple and honest face, which gives people the impression that he is harmless to humans and animals, and it is easy to ignore him. This should be the pattern of a passerby.
"Yes, General." Colonel Fodeles, the newly appointed director of the intelligence department of the theater command, replied. The previous director of the intelligence department, Colonel Coffist, was very unlucky. In the assassination of the Gray Tower Master that year, this
In order to make it easier for him to flatter General Alges, the newly appointed supreme commander of the theater, the director of the intelligence department got very close to him. As a result, two explosive fireballs fell next to them, and he became the senior person killed in the assassination.
One of the officers.
Claude originally wanted Bockard to act as the intelligence director, and his rank of lieutenant colonel was barely qualified for the job. However, Bockard refused Claude's request. He preferred to hang around outside in various capacities. Join.
The Intelligence Office only brought him convenience in terms of status. He did not want to have to stay in the office to analyze the intelligence coming from various places. Therefore, he bluntly told Claude that he preferred to be a shareholder of Bison Trading Company.
Acting with an external identity, doing business can make money and collect intelligence without delay.
This Colonel Fodeles was originally Bolognik's adjutant, and later served as the director of the Intelligence and Communications Department of the Rock Army. After Colonel Coffist was unlucky to receive the lunch, General Bolognik promoted him to the theater command intelligence department.
Department, acting director. Now he is ordered to cooperate with Claude in the operation of leaking top-secret information to the Nikancha people.
Colonel Fodeles pointed with his finger at the middle-aged Nikancha man staying next to the stable in the yard: "His name is Cha Niao Niao. He is forty-three years old. He is one of the six largest settlements in the Nikancha country.
He is from the Tsabak settlement. He is one of the few Nikancha people who can understand the Hebraic script. It is said that when he was a child, he followed his mother as a servant in a family of immigrant teachers from the kingdom. When the teacher was teaching his two children to study,
I didn’t mind if he read and wrote along with me. When he grew up, he was favored by employers because of his literacy, and received a good salary.
Although he looks honest, it is easy for people to believe him. But his character is the same as that of the Nikancha people, very cunning and easy to take advantage of. Every time he is hired, he will be honest for a while, but soon his temper will relapse and he will steal repeatedly.
The belongings in his employer's home were eventually discovered and he was punished. Over time, he gained a bad reputation in Vibato Port, and no one was willing to hire him. He had to earn some money by helping people write letters and working as a guide in the dock area.
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Before the Third Colonial War, he was captured as a slave by the Hicks. Because he was literate and could do accounting, he served as a small steward in the settlement camp. He used this position to make friends with the elders and leaders of the Chabak settlement, and in Nikan
He provided a lot of help when the Nikancha people launched a riot. Later, the Nikancha people established an independent country, and he was appointed by the Presbyterian Church as an accountant in charge of logistics. Now he is secretly presiding over and responsible for the arms transactions with us."
"He is the leader of the caravan? Impossible, he looks like a groom." Claude carefully looked at the middle-aged Nikancha man standing next to the stable again. He really couldn't tell anything about him.
Similar to a caravan steward, both his dress and movements are clearly the standard of a groom.
"It's true, General. We don't know why he hid himself behind the caravan." Colonel Fodeles explained with a wry smile: "This caravan came to our theater headquarters for the first time to trade with our logistics department.
During those ammunition quotas, they were very interested in our army's standard equipment, such as kettles, powdered horns, waterproof matchlocks and other military supplies. They said they hoped to imitate our army and establish a more regularized armed force.
After asking for instructions from above, the logistics department believed that these items could be sold. However, after we reported the price, their supervisor always said that they needed to consider it and could not make a decision on the spot, or they would need to send someone out and come back before deciding whether to buy it or not. This caused a stir.
We were alerted by the officers of the Logistics Department and notified us. After secret observation, we discovered that the person who could make the real decision was this middle-aged Nikancha man dressed like a groom. We immediately launched an investigation into this, and in the end it was Bokhar.
The colonel investigated the details of this birdwatcher from the Nikancha country."
"Are you sure this birdwatcher is the person we need?" Claude asked.
Colonel Fodeles replied: "Sure, General. Every time this bird brings a caravan to Lanhu Town, he will collect a lot of newspapers published by our direct jurisdiction in the town and bring them back. He has a maid in the town.
I am my lover and collect old newspapers for him. We suspect that he is secretly responsible for monitoring the intelligence mission of our war zone. Maybe the Nikancha country is also on guard against their intentions in our war zone."
Claude nodded: "Okay, let's start taking action. I'm going to perform too."
Soon Claude took his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Anders, and the big guard captain Germi downstairs and walked to the stable. All the officers and soldiers he met on the way stood at attention and saluted Claude.
"Old Peak, what's wrong with my Black Lightning?" Claude shouted towards the small house next to the stable.
An old man wearing an old military uniform without any rank marks emerged from the small house. Everyone who knows him knows that this old man named Peak is the most capable veterinarian in the theater command. Even though he is not a regular soldier, he is the most capable veterinarian in the theater command.
The five generals were also very polite to him. When they had time, they would take him to drink, chat, and brag.
Old Peak rolled his eyes at Claude: "What's your name? You like to run around, and when you get there, you don't care about your horse, letting it eat weeds. Your Black Lightning ate wild bluebells, this kind of
The grass is very similar to the horse ratchet, but it has two more leaves and purple buds. It is a horse, not us humans, so it cannot tell the difference between the two plants. And it ate a lot, so it had diarrhea all the way.
, I can’t even run.”
"Is it okay?" Claude asked worriedly.
The old man said very proudly: "It depends on who it is. It will be fine in my hands. But it needs to rest for a few days. I have to give it nutrition to make up for its weakness after diarrhea. It will take about four or five days."
It’ll be fine.”
"Oh, I thought there was no big problem with it, it was just a little loose. I originally wanted to take it away right away. You know Black Lightning is my favorite and most favorite mount. It has a tacit understanding with me. I just need to move it a little bit.
You can understand what I mean?" Claude said with some reluctance.
"Don't even think about it," the old man said angrily: "It's stretched like this and you still want to ride it on the road. This time, its vitality is seriously damaged. If you ride it again, it will be useless in this life. It will be useless in the future."
I can’t even get into battle and be a war horse!”
"Forget it," Claude felt a little ashamed after being told by the old man. He turned to his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Anders, and said, "Anders, go to Veblen Manor now and bring my blue and white horse over.
I’m going to ride it. By the way, I’m telling my Kaifni that I’m going out to inspect the troops to check on the training status these days, so I won’t be going home. By the way, you asked Kaifni to help me pack up my changing underwear and nightgown.
, and go to my study, bring the Willink's War Notes that I half-read last time, and help me get a few bottles of fruit wine from the wine cabinet."
"Yes, General." Lieutenant Colonel Anders replied, and then he looked at the things he was holding in his hands awkwardly. In his left hand was a black briefcase that all adjutants must carry, and in his right hand he held a parcel.
It is a strict dossier of documents. What is worth noting is that the word "Top Secret" is written on the gray cover outside the dossier.
Claude understood his adjutant's difficulty very well, and he stretched out his hand: "Give me the file, you can't take this outside. Just go to my house, I will prepare the carriage and put the file in the carriage.
"
Lieutenant Colonel Anders handed the top-secret document file in his hand to Claude, saluted Claude, then pulled his own horse from the stable and walked out of the headquarters gate, got on the horse and left.
Claude turned to the big guard behind him: "Gemmy, go and tell the guard team to prepare for departure and have the carriage stop at the gate and wait for me."
"Yes, general." The big guard also left.
"Take me to see my Black Lightning," Claude said to Old Peake: "It will take several days to go out for inspection this time. I always feel something is wrong without him around. He is not as alert as he is when riding other horses.
, like the blue and white horse in my manor, it likes to lose its temper and cause a little awkwardness during the long journey."
Old Peak shook his head: "I have seen your blue and white horse before. Although it is also a good horse, during the training process since childhood, because of its noble bloodline, the jockey in charge of training pampered it, so it developed such a little temper.
.It is a good horse, but not a war horse. It can only show its majesty in the arena. If someone gives it to you as a gift, you, a general, would be wronging it by using it as a war horse.
Let's go, Black Lightning is over there. She is not a racehorse, but she is a humane and warlike horse. By the way, take down the bag of sun-dried wheat hanging on the pillar next to the hay pile in the stable.
, I’m going to get some more eggs, and it’s time to feed it. You can develop a relationship with it. If you’re not around these days, I guarantee it will miss you, haha.”
Old Peak went to get the eggs from the small house next to the stable, while Claude went to get the wheat hanging on the pillar. However, the bag was a bit heavy, and Claude couldn't take it off with one hand, so he took the top-secret document in his hand.
The file was placed in the empty manger under the pillar, and he used both hands to lift the bag. Old Peak had already left the small house with four or five eggs, and asked Claude to follow him with the wheat.
All this happened was watched by the birdwatcher who was squatting at the other end of the stable like a passerby. He secretly glanced at the empty manger where top-secret documents and files were placed, and then turned to pay attention to Claude and
Old Peak was feeding a very handsome big black horse in a small and neat stable at the other end. That small stable was stocked with the generals' mounts.
Not long after, a guard hurried over, stood at attention and saluted Claude and reported: "Report to the general, the carriage is ready, you can set off immediately."
Watching Bird saw General Claude saying hello to Old Peake, turned around and walked towards the gate of the yard, and soon got into a carriage, which roared away under the escort of a small group of guards.
"He forgot that top-secret document file." Zha Niaoniao suddenly became very nervous. He knew this General Claude. At the theater headquarters, he heard the officers and soldiers below talk about this general's legendary achievements many times.
.Some people even praised him as the second Marshal Michelchi. It is said that he has more offensive spirit than Marshal Michelchi. Since he joined the army, he has been invincible in every attack and has never been defeated once.
war.
However, General Claude has obviously made a big mistake now. He should be used to being empty-handed. He usually has adjutants and guards to help him, and there is no need for him, a general, to carry folders and wallets. So he
He sent the adjutant and the personal guard around him to do something, and he took the top-secret document file with him. But as soon as he was done, he put it aside casually. When the guard came over to tell him that the carriage was ready to go, he had forgotten
Knowing that he still had the top-secret document file, he hurried on his way.
This kind of thing is very common. When Zainiaoniao was employed in the past, he often found that those employers had this problem. When things became more and more urgent, they would often forget where they put their things. He once used this to help himself
He made a lot of extra money, but it was a pity that those employers would eventually remember it, and they would doubt themselves if they couldn't find it. Several times, he was caught carrying the stolen goods with him before he could find it, and was punished because of the solid evidence.
I just hope that General Claude will remember this matter as late as possible. Birdbird stood up and walked to the empty manger over there like a groom. Next to the empty manger was a pile of ordinary fodder.
Birdbird walked over and picked up a square rattan basket. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him. He immediately stuffed the top-secret documents and files in the empty manger into the bottom of the rattan basket as quickly as possible, and then
Cover the top with the fodder, then come back with the cane basket, and use the fodder on it to feed the donkeys of his caravan.
Just like those ordinary grooms, Zainiao made four trips in total. Together with the other three grooms of the caravan, he fed all the donkeys in the caravan. Finally, as usual, Zainiao led his big donkey.
The donkey walked out of the gate of the yard and walked to the south of the town. The soldier guarding the gate met him and greeted him loudly. The guards here all knew that this Nikancha groom had a Nikancha lover in the town.
She works as a maid. Every time the caravan comes to Lanhu Town, this Nikancha groom will go to find his lover.
Cha Niao Niao only returned to the compound of the theater headquarters in the evening. He seemed to have drunk some wine and his face was a little red. On his donkey was a large bundle of newspapers from the direct jurisdiction, all of which were old newspapers published in the past few months.
There was no difference in his behavior as usual when the caravan came and going. The guards all knew that this Nikancha groom was literate and loved to read newspapers. His lover who was a maid would usually collect old newspapers and leave them to him.
Cha Niao Niao’s explanation is that he likes to read the chivalry romance novels serialized in newspapers and gossip news the most. After returning to China, he will tell people the chivalry romance novels in newspapers as stories in the tavern, which will gain the respect of many people.
, and you can get free drinks. Maybe you already know that there is no abnormal situation happening in the theater headquarters, so ChaNiaoNiao's behavior is very normal and very calm.
In the evening, it was time to feed the caravan donkeys again. Zainiaoniao and three other Nikancha grooms worked hard for a long time before getting rid of all the donkeys, and then went to the soldiers' canteen at the headquarters to get a meal.
Eat. As caravan members from the Nikancha nation who come to trade ammunition with the theater logistics department, they can eat for free in the soldier canteen at the theater headquarters.
More than an hour after the meal, a carriage with a small group of mounted guards hurried to the gate of the yard and stopped. General Claude, who had left at noon, took his adjutant and guards and dismounted.
They rushed straight to the stable. The soldiers and Nikancha people who were resting in the yard looked at them in shock, not understanding what was happening.
"It should be here. I remember Anders that you gave me the top-secret document file, but I forgot to take it when I got on the carriage. I don't know when I put it down," General Claude said with a livid face.
Old Peak also came over and asked Claude what happened. As soon as Claude said it, Old Peak touched his half-bald head: "General, I remember you didn't have it in your hand when you fed Black Lightning.
What kind of file dossier?"
Claude slapped his forehead: "I remembered that when you asked me to take the bag of wheat hanging on the pillar, I conveniently put it in the empty manger."
Claude rushed to the empty manger and found his tightly wrapped top-secret document file inside as expected. He took a breath and said to his adjutant and guard: "It's okay. It's a false alarm. Come back."
We'll go to Veblen Manor, and we'll patrol the troops again tomorrow."
Claude was like a whirlwind, coming and going in a hurry. At this time, no one noticed that the Nikancha horseman Fucha Niaoniao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have you checked it?" Claude asked.
"General, we have checked and found that this top-secret document file has indeed been tampered with by the bird watcher. There are slight differences in the way it is packaged. The seventeen newspapers from the west coast countries in the file are missing the most critical two.
They are all about the analysis of the prospects of the Hicks Kingdom's lease of the Rodkers Bay Colony and the prediction of the outcome of the war. In addition, the intelligence analysis briefing I prepared was also copied by others, leaving traces of copying on it. "Fodeles
The colonel replied firmly.
Claude nodded: "We need to wait patiently next. The Nikancha people also need to verify this information before they come to our theater for help. During this period, we cannot leave any signs to arouse their suspicion. There is no need.
To take the initiative to help them, you only need to hide it from them and deny any news about the Kingdom of Hicks."
"We understand, General, please don't worry." Colonel Forderus replied.