Yamazaki Yusuke frowned slightly, inserted his saber back into the scabbard, slowly raised his head to look at Tanaka Nakasa, and asked, "Tanaka-kun!" Why did the Nomura brigade suffer a crushing defeat. ”

Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly replied respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency General, I think that the main reason for the failure of the Nomura Brigade is the leakage of information, which made the Shina people take precautions, coupled with Nomura-kun's negligence, which led to this fiasco." ”

Yamazaki Yusuke nodded and said, "Yes, Tanaka-kun's analysis is very correct. A spy hidden within us, no less dangerous than Liu Hong's martial arts team, Tanaka-kun has already begun to investigate this matter, I don't know what progress can be made. ”

Tanaka Nakasa lowered his head with a look of shame, and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency the general forgives the crime, the humble post has sent people to Raoyang County to investigate the matter, and all the people who have come into contact with this information have been controlled, and then investigated one by one, and indeed found several suspicious people, but they all refused to admit their guilt, and it is not yet possible to determine who is the person who leaked the information." ”

"Humph!" Yamazaki Yusuke snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and said: "Then use torture, I don't believe that their mouths are harder than torture instruments, no matter what, we must find out this spy as soon as possible." If I don't get rid of this guy, I can't feel at ease, so I don't dare to rashly send troops north, and the tragedy of the Nomura brigade must not be repeated again. ”

"Hello! I understand, but I just ......" Tanaka Nakasa said in the end, and couldn't help but start to hesitate.

Yamazaki Yusuke said impatiently: "If you have something to say, why bother to say it." ”

"Hello!" Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly said: "Although these people are the most likely to leak information, what if that spy is not among these people!" After all, we are not completely sure that there must be spies among these people, and if after the torture, some people are beaten into tricks, and we think that we have got rid of the spies, but let the real spies get away with it, isn't it even more dangerous? ”

Yamazaki Yusuke couldn't help frowning when he heard this, nodded slightly and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, before you catch that spy, all of them may be the ones who leaked the information, and even our imperial army may also be mixed with the spies of the Shina people, so it seems that we must think of a foolproof strategy." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the General is wise, if you don't get rid of this guy, you will definitely leave a lot of trouble. Tanaka said respectfully.

Yamazaki Yusuke said thoughtfully: "Then find a way to find him out for me." ”

Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly said: "Actually, this matter is also simple, as long as you try it, you will know the authenticity." ”

Yamazaki Yusuke frowned and asked, "What does Tanaka-kun mean is to deliberately release a false information to test the reaction of the martial arts team?" ”

"Hello!" Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly said: "Your Excellency the general is wise, we can deliberately release a false news attacking the martial arts team, if the martial arts team is on guard, it means that the spy is still there." If the Martial Arts Brigade doesn't know about it, it proves that the spy has been controlled by us, or that the leak of the previous information was just an accident, and the spy may not be lurking inside us. ”

"Yo Xi! Tanaka-kun's plan was very clever, and he immediately ordered all troops to immediately stop all combat operations, quickly assemble in the area of Shenxian and Raoyang, and prepare to go north to encircle and suppress the military engineering team. In addition, I have ordered the officers of all brigades and above and the principal officers of the Imperial Allied Army to come to the headquarters tomorrow afternoon for a meeting, and I will assign combat tasks. Yamazaki Yusuke said with a serious face.

"Hello! Your Excellency the General is wise. Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly responded.

On the afternoon of the next day, Yamazaki Yusuke held an emergency military meeting in his headquarters, at which Yamazaki Yusuke announced the combat order, all the combat units of the Yamazaki detachment and set off the next day, all of them went north, and they must arrive near Gaoguantun Village within one day, and encircle Gaoguantun Village, and the units of the Imperial Allied Army stayed in the Hengshui area of Shenxian County to continue to clear the local Eighth Route Army.

After the order was issued, Yamazaki Yusuke immediately ordered the heads of the troops to go back immediately to prepare for departure, and after another day, the troops of the Yamazaki detachment went north one after another from the Raoyang area of Shenxian County.

However, the main force of the Yamazaki detachment arrived at Raoyang and came to Xian County, but it stopped around the county seat of Xian County, temporarily stationed, and did not continue to march in the direction of Gaoguantun.

And Yamazaki Yusuke also temporarily placed his headquarters in Xian County, that night Yamazaki Yusuke called Tanaka Nakasa to his house to drink tea, Yamazaki Yusuke smiled and asked: "Tanaka-kun, do you have any reaction from the martial arts team?" ”

Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency General, I sent a few elite scouts to the Gaoguantun area to inquire about the news, and found that the martial arts team continued to drill and train as usual, and there seemed to be no abnormal behavior. ”

Yamazaki Yusuke couldn't help frowning, and said thoughtfully: "So, the martial arts team didn't get the news in advance this time?" ”

"Should it be like this?" Tanaka Nakasa said uncertainly: "However, the people of China are very heavily guarded, and our two scouts were spotted by them, and the jade was shattered. In addition, he also sent two defectors of the Eighth Route Army to Gaoguantun Village to join the Wugong team, as the inner line of the imperial army, to find out the news for us, but these two guys entered Gaoguantun Village yesterday afternoon, and they have not yet come out, nor have they passed on any information. ”

Yamazaki Yusuke nodded and said, "These Shina people are also not reliable, don't expect too much from them." Those soldiers of the Imperial Army, did they behave abnormally? ”

Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly replied: "After the meeting yesterday, the lowly officials have sent people to closely monitor their every move, and nothing abnormal has been found so far. ”

Yamazaki Yusuke frowned and said, "Could it be that that spy is not among these people?" ”

Tanaka Nakasa frowned and said, "Well! It's hard to judge for the time being. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Yamazaki Yusuke frowned slightly and said, "Come in!" ”

A devil officer opened the door and walked in, and said respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency General, an urgent telegram has just been sent from the gendarmerie in Raoyang. ”

Tanaka Nakasa, who was sitting outside, hurriedly got up, took the telegram, read it carefully, and then said to Yamazaki Yusuke with a smile: "Your Excellency General, good news!" ”

(End of chapter)