Du Chenyu read the intelligence and passed it to his father. "There must be some intelligence they don't have. They need to collect all suspicious persons and try to obtain valuable intelligence," said his father.

"Immediately issue an order to Shen Shiyu and Hu Jiangsheng (Hu Laowu) to bring all the intelligence in person, and the rest of the meeting shall be dismissed and carry out their respective tasks," he said.

This intelligence did not contain any specific content, except that they caught a few spies dressed as old men and women, but they actually shot themselves when they were about to capture them.

"The ability to train intelligence personnel into death squads is definitely a powerful force. Ordinary organizations simply cannot train them. Chen Laosi saw their team activate the first-level combat readiness, and then he noticed that someone was secretly browsing the area around Yanziyan and sending letters out.

In the evening, Hu Laosi finally rushed back. He brought more than 60 people with him, and the rest stayed at the base to guard it just in case. Now more than 1 people from the 100st Squadron were gathered, with Teacher Hu leading 200 people, Chen Jinhai leading more than 40 people, and a guard team of 39 people, a total of 300 people. After dinner, they crossed the Jingu Rock overnight and headed to the Baizhang Base.

We arrived at Baizhang Base at around 11 o'clock in the evening. Hu Laowu and Shen Shiyu were personally there to meet us. "Mr. Chenyu, please come this way. I have something to report to you," said Shen Shiyu.

"Please look, this is the intelligence we have compiled. Mr. Chenyu, please take a look," Shen Shiyu took out some notes and scraps of paper.

"Just tell me the conclusion directly. There's no time to go into the reasoning process now," Du Chenyu waved his hand.

"In recent months, the number of peddlers from Tongpingbao (the sixth regiment area) going to Wuying and Banqiao areas has suddenly increased. Especially in the past month, there have been more peddlers going to Liziba area. They are moving in the same area as our team's expansion. It is obvious that someone is targeting us," said Shen Shiyu.

"Tongping Fort belongs to the Yang family's base camp," he said casually.

"Yes... During the Qing Dynasty, the Yang family of Tongping produced three juren, the highest official of whom was vice minister. Their influence should not be underestimated," Shen Shiyu paused and continued.

"Now, those nearby forces are well-armed," he asked.

"The county has set up a joint defense battalion and a security team with 1000 people, of which we control more than 200. Li Long is already in the joint defense battalion. The deputy company commander has two super-organized platoons with more than 80 people. Wu Shen is the logistics platoon leader with more than 40 people. I also have a platoon leader Zhao Rui in the security team with more than 30 people, and there are some other squad leaders and the like. In addition, there are various militia teams. Baizhang Fort has more than 300 militiamen, Tongping Fort and Gaochengbao both have more than 200 militiamen." Shen Shiyu basically explained the general situation of the stronger forces in the county.

"How are our armed forces in the county?" he asked.

"At present, with the removal of the Lianghui Temple, we have been able to completely control the entire upper reaches of the Donghe River. As a result, shipping has developed rapidly in the past six months. As a result, a new river protection team of 36 people has been established, and they work part-time as boatmen, with average combat effectiveness; there are about 100 guards in the factory and mines, and more than 100 workers can be armed. There are about 30 underground forces in the urban area and surrounding areas. Mainly, they were established recently and have shallow foundations. A total of about 150 people can be armed," Shen continued.

"We can gather more than 500 people, and we can barely fight for the time being. Immediately send a message to Hu Haisheng to unify the command of the troops, build fortifications and trenches overnight, move forward three kilometers, and arrange the frontline positions in the area of ​​Kuaihuoliang; and control the Donghe River and check the pedestrians at each ferry." He has already begun to prepare for war.

He was woken up the next day. It was Chen Jinhai who came to report. He was wandering outside the door. Xiaowan got up to practice martial arts and saw him. He seemed to be worried and had something to report, so Xiaowan woke him up.

"Brother Chen, what's the matter? Don't feel burdened," he called out to Chen Jinhu at the door.

"Mr. Chenyu, you're awake. Let's go inside and talk," he said.

"Mr. Chenyu, take a look?" He handed him a letter.

"It's blank on the outside, but when you open it, there's a piece of paper with small regular script on it: Brother Chen, I've got a big business deal here. If you cooperate, I'll give you 2000 oceans after it's done, and you'll be promoted and make a fortune. Here's 100 oceans as a deposit. If you don't have any objections, please put a piece of white paper under your pillow." The content is simple, without any special features, but the offer is 100 oceans, which is quite generous.

"Where did you see that?" he asked.

"There are 100 silver dollars under the pillow." He took out a silver dollar exchange certificate from Wenchang Money House from his arms, and the 100 yuan was prominently displayed.

"Keep the money, this matter cannot be made public. Keep this letter. You stayed in the collective barracks last night. There were too many people who could have gone to your bedside, so it was hard to judge. For now, just pretend nothing happened and train normally." He didn't say anything else.

After Chen Laosi left, he asked Xiaowan to find Shen Shiyu and Hu Laowu and show them the paper. The enemy was too bold. If Chen Laosi was not a man of integrity, an ordinary person would definitely betray them. After all, Chen Laosi had only joined them for less than a month and had no sense of belonging at all.

"Since coming back last night, who can quietly put their heart under Chen Laosi's pillow?" he asked directly.

"The campsite arrangement starts after nine o'clock. Although everyone is sleeping in the barracks on the mixed ground, Chen Laosi is in the corner, separated from the outside by a partition, so his room is easy to distinguish. The best time to put a letter for him is after dinner, when he and the logistics staff are available," replied Hu Laowu.

"The Baizhang base has a mixed crew, so it's normal for there to be spies among them. He has never thought of making the factory guards pure. Anyone who has the chips to betray the organization is possible. Of course, anyone who betrays the organization as a spy will be caught. Now you go and investigate, and try to find some clues within two days. Relax the outside and tighten the inside." Du Chenyu gave a serious order.

"Report, there is an emergency," said a delivery errand boy in Baizhang County.

"Come in," he said.

"Li Er, come and meet Master Chenyu. If you have anything to say, you can tell Master Chenyu directly. Master Chenyu, this is Li Er, the leader of the Baizhang underground organization," Shen Shiyu introduced.

"Meet Mr. Chenyu, Secretary General. I came from Wuyin. I met Mr. Chenyu in Wuyin. Mr. Chenyu has always been my idol," said Li Er.

"Okay, okay, we are all old brothers. What information do you have?" he asked.

"Reporting to Master Chenyu, I just got the news that at five o'clock this morning, a large number of Tongping militiamen began to enter the city, no less than 300 people. Unusual movements of joint defense teams appeared in many places. Li Long stationed in Majiadu has switched guard with Zhuanyaobao. I came here in person to report as soon as I got the news. At present, the speed is still ahead of the switching team," said Li Er.

"A battle is inevitable. Teacher Yang Chaoyi has received the news, which means he intends to bypass him. Also, the Yang family is making temporary preparations to launch a surprise attack." He jumped off the chair and walked to the map. In front of him was a simple sand table map of 11 regiment areas covering an area of ​​100 meters.

"Fifth brother, hold a meeting immediately and notify Hu Haisheng, He Chaowu, Chen Jinhai, the staff, and you two to come to the command room for the meeting," he said.

"Mr. Shen, you will be responsible for chairing the meeting, discussing a feasible battle plan for me, and formulating a plan," he ordered.

"Yes, Master Chenyu, I'll do it right away." Shen Shiyu replied

A few minutes later, several leaders gathered together and began to discuss. Generally speaking, their current territory was built up and was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Only a few thousand joint defense teams could not cause them much damage. This was the consensus. The only weakness was the Baizhang base. They would concentrate their forces to attack, and they had no heavy weapons. As long as they did not transfer regular troops from Guangyuan County, after detailed deductions, it would not be difficult to defend. However, there was no good way to break the deadlock. After all, they currently had too few available troops and a serious shortage of guns.

Chen Jinhai kept watching without expressing any opinion. He was measuring the distance alone beside the map. "Captain Chen, what do you think?" he suddenly asked.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Chen Jinhai raised his head and asked, "Is there a small path in the Wuying area that leads to Tongpingbao?"

"That's a good idea. The best defense is offense. Let's go straight to the nest. That's a good idea." He praised directly.

Shen Shiyu took the stick in his hand and went straight down from Banqiao to Zhaojialiang and then to Yezhugou to Tongping Fort. "Unfortunately, we don't have enough troops. If a surprise attack was sent from here to take Tongping directly and surround the Yang family's lair, they would definitely retreat to defend," said Shen Shiyu.

Everyone looked at each other, and there was no particularly good solution. Banqiao only had Xue Chen's squadron, so they had to defend Banqiao's own nest and attack someone else's home.

"For now, everyone just needs to do a good job in defending our Baizhang base. Don't worry about other things. I will make the arrangements," he said.

"Report, Master Yang Chaoyi is here for a visit," someone came to report. Master Yang never comes to visit for no reason. It seems that this sudden attack from all sides has made him unable to sit still and he needs to come and see for himself. After all, we all prosper together and we all suffer together.

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