"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 late forties, with a slightly chubby figure and a simple and honest face. He gave people the impression that he was harmless and it was easy to ignore him. , this should be the pattern of passerby A.
"Yes, General." Colonel Fodeles, the newly appointed director of the Intelligence Division of the Theater Command, replied. The previous director of the intelligence department, Colonel Kofist, was very unlucky. During the assassination of the Gray Tower mage that year, in order to make it easier for the intelligence director to flatter the newly appointed supreme commander of the theater, General Alges, he had sex with him. Very close. As a result, two explosive fireballs fell around them, and he became one of the senior officers killed in the assassination.
Claude originally wanted Bockar to act as the intelligence director, and his rank of lieutenant colonel at that time was barely qualified. It's just that Bockar refused Claude's request, and he preferred to hang around outside in various identities. Joining the Intelligence Service was just because it brought him identity convenience. He didn't want to have to stay in the office to analyze intelligence coming from various places. Therefore, he bluntly told Claude that he preferred to act outside as a shareholder of Bison Trading Company, so that he could make money and collect intelligence in this business.
This Colonel Fodeles was originally Bolognik's adjutant, and later served as the head of the Intelligence and Communications Department of the Rock Legion. After Colonel Coffist was unlucky enough to receive the lunch, General Bolognik promoted him to the Intelligence Division of the Theater Command, where he served as Acting Director. Now he is ordered to cooperate with Claude in leaking top-secret information to the Nikancha people.
Colonel Fodeles pointed 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 Nikan Cha country." He is from the Bak settlement. He is one of the few people in Nikancha who can understand the Hebraic script. It is said that when he was a child, he followed his mother as a servant in an immigrant family of a teacher from the kingdom. When the teacher was teaching his two children to study, he would not Mind if he was reading and writing next to me. When he grew up, he was favored by employers because of his literacy, and received a good salary.
No matter how honest others look, it is easy for others to believe them. But his character is the same as that of the Nikancha people, very cunning and easy to take advantage of. Every time he was hired, he would be honest for a period of time, but soon his temper would relapse, and he would repeatedly steal property from his employer's house. He would eventually be discovered and punished. Over time, he developed a bad reputation in Vibato Port, and no one wanted to hire him. He had to earn some money by writing letters and working as a guide in the dock area.
Before the Third Colonial War, he was captured by the Hicks as a slave. Because he was literate and could do accounting, he served as a steward in the settlement camp. He used this position to make friends with the elders and leaders of the Chabak settlement, and helped a lot when the Nikancha people launched a rebellion. Later, the Nikancha people established an independent country, and he was appointed by the Presbyterian Council as an accountant in charge of logistics. Now he is secretly presiding over and responsible for our arms transactions."
"It's impossible for him to be the leader of the caravan. 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 how he was related to him. He looked like a caravan steward, and his dress and movements were clearly the standard of a groom. Flashdance..
"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 and our logistics department for the first time to trade those goods." During the ammunition quota, they were very interested in the standard equipment of our army, such as those kettles, charged horns, waterproof matchlocks and other military supplies. They said they hoped to imitate our army and establish a more regular armed force.
After asking for instructions from above, the logistics department believed that these items could be sold. However, after we quoted the price, their supervisor always said that they needed to consider it and could not decide on the spot, or they would need to send someone out and come back before deciding whether to buy it or not. This alerted the logistics officer and informed us. After secret observation, we discovered that the person who could make the final decision was this middle-aged Nikancha man dressed like a groom. We immediately launched an investigation into this, and finally it was Colonel Bokoar who investigated the details of this bird 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 territory in the town and bring them back. He has a maid in the town. Lover, 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 as well."
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 knew him knew that this old man named Peak was the most capable veterinarian in the theater command. Even though he was not a regular soldier, the five generals from the theater headquarters were 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 grass It is very similar to 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. It also 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 be fine in about four or five days." never mind."
"Oh, I thought there was no big problem with it, it was just a little diarrhea. 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 only need to move it a little bit. You can understand what I mean," Claude said with some reluctance. Flashdance..
"Don't even think about it." The old man was very angry. "It's stretched like this and you still want to ride it on the road. This time, its vitality has been seriously damaged. If you ride it again, it will be useless in this life and never again." I can’t get into battle and I can’t be a war horse anymore.”
"Forget it," Claude felt a little ashamed when the old man said it. He turned to his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Anders, and said, "Anders, go to Veblen Manor now and bring my blue and white horse over. In the past few days, Just ride it. By the way, I told my Kaifuni that I will be out inspecting the troops to check the training status these days, so I won’t be going home. By the way, you asked Kaifuni to help me pack my changing underwear and nightgown. Also, go to my study and bring over the Willink's War Chronicles 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 looked at the things he was holding in his hands in embarrassment. In the left hand is a black briefcase that all adjutants must carry, and in the right hand is a tightly wrapped document file. It is worth noting that the gray cover outside the document file also has the word "Top Secret" written on it.
Claude understood his adjutant's difficulty very well. He stretched out his hand, "Give me that file. You can't take this outside. Just go to my house. I will prepare the carriage and put this file in the carriage."
Lieutenant Colonel Anders handed the top-secret document file in his hand to Claude, saluted to 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 and said, "Gemmy, go and tell the guard team to get ready to go 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 on patrol this time. I always feel something is wrong without him around. He is not as smart as he is when riding other horses. Like the blue and white horse in my manor, it likes to have a little temper and get into trouble when driving long distances."
Old Peak shook his head, "I've seen your blue and white horse too. Although it's a good horse, the jockey responsible for training it was pampered by the noble bloodline during the training process, 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, the general, would be wronging it by using it as a war horse.
Let's go, Black Lightning is over there. She is not a horse racer, but she is a warlike horse with human nature. By the way, take down the bag of sun-dried wheat hanging on the pillar next to the hay pile in the stable. I'll get a few more eggs. It's time to feed it. You can cultivate it more. emotion. If you’re not around these days, I guarantee it will miss you haha”
Old Pick went to get the eggs from the small house next to the stable, while Claude went to get the wheat hanging on the post. However, the bag was a bit heavy, and Claude couldn't take it off with one hand, so he conveniently put the top-secret documents and files in his hand into the empty manger under the pillar, and used both hands to lift the bag off. 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, saluted and reported to Claude, "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." Cha Niao Niao 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 victorious in every attack and has never lost a single battle.
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, so he doesn't need to carry folders and wallets as a general. So he sent the adjutant and the personal guards around him to go out to do things, and he took the top-secret document file. But as soon as he was done, he put it aside casually. When the guard came over and told him that the carriage was ready to go, he had forgotten that he still had the top-secret document file and hurried on.
This kind of thing is very common. When Cha Niao Niao was hired in the past, he often found that those employers had this problem. As things became more and more urgent, they would often forget where they put their things. He used this to make a lot of extra money for himself, but unfortunately those employers would eventually remember it, and they would doubt himself if they couldn't find it. Several times, he was caught carrying the stolen goods with him before he could handle them in time because of the solid evidence. been punished
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. Zainiaoniao walked over and picked up a square rattan basket. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to his actions. 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 rattan basket, and use the fodder on it to feed the donkeys of his caravan.
Just like those ordinary horsemen, Zatiaoniao made four trips in total. Together with the other three grooms of the caravan, they fed all the donkeys in the caravan. Finally, as usual, Zha Niaoniao led his big donkey out of the gate of the yard and walked towards the south of the town. The soldier guarding the gate met him and greeted him loudly. The guards here all know that this Nikancha groom has a Nikancha lover in the town who works as a maid. Every time the caravan came to Lanhu Town, this Nikancha groom would 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. He carried a large bundle of newspapers from the direct jurisdiction on his donkey, all of which were old newspapers published in the past few months. There was no difference in his behavior as usual when traveling in caravans. The guards all knew that the 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 serialized knight legends and gossip news in newspapers. After returning home, he will tell people the knight legends in newspapers as stories in the tavern. This will gain the respect of many people, and Get free drinks. Perhaps it was already known that there was nothing unusual happening at the theater headquarters, so ChaNiaoNiao behaved very normally and calmly.
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. Then they went to the soldier canteen at the headquarters to get a meal and returned. eat. As caravan members from the Nikancha people 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 hurriedly drove to the gate of the yard and stopped. General Claude, who had left at noon, took his adjutant and guards and dismounted. He 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 that, Old Peak touched his half-bald head and said, "General, I remember that you didn't have any documents or files in your hand when you fed Black Lightning."
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 to Wei." Let’s go to Burren 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 Mafucha 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 birdwatcher. There are slight differences in the way it is packaged. The seventeen newspapers from the jurisdictions of various countries on the west coast are missing the most critical two. They are all about the prospect analysis of the Hicks Kingdom's lease of Rodex Bay Colony and prediction of the outcome of the war. In addition, the intelligence analysis briefing I prepared was also copied, leaving traces of copying on it." Fodeles The colonel replied firmly.
Claude nodded, "We need to wait patiently. 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 just need to hide it from them and deny any news about the Hicks Kingdom."
"We understand, General, don't worry," Colonel Fodeles replied.