Datong, Shanxi.

Datong belongs to the north of Shanxi, close to the Great Wall, and has always been an important gateway to defend against Mongolia's southward advance. The nine borders were set up in the Ming Dynasty, and Datong Town belonged to an important town, and now it is also a military important place for the Ming Dynasty.

Yue Zhongqi's commander's mansion was located in Datong. Since Zhu Yicheng summoned him to Beijing last year, and then left him for a few days, he soon resumed him again and entrusted him with important tasks to rebuild the four towns of Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town and Bietouguan to prepare for war in the north.

Yue Zhongqi has been busy with this matter these days. Now the Ming Dynasty has strong financial resources, so it is not difficult to rebuild the four towns. But at the same time, it also has to arrange defenses, training troops, etc. in various places, which cannot be completed in a short time.

Now, the construction of Datong Town has been initially completed, and the other three towns are also in progress. As for the basic in place, although Yue Zhongqi has not received the will of the court to send troops, she has been paying attention to the situation in northern Mongolia and the movements of the Qing army in the northwest these days.

The Ming Dynasty's intelligence network was extremely effective. Although it was far from the rapid transmission of information in later generations, it was the world's number one compared to this era. Yue Zhongqi had an elite Jinyiwei under his command, which Zhu Yicheng specially assigned to him from Jinyiwei, and was mainly responsible for the collection of intelligence in the north.

In addition to this, the military staff are also equipped to analyze the collected intelligence and judge the possible reactions of the enemy for Yue Zhongqi's reference.

With these, Yue Zhongqi was much easier, and the overall situation was no longer as ambiguous as before. You should know that before joining the Ming army, Yue Zhongqi, as the commander of the Qing army, relied entirely on his talent and keen judgment in wars. As for intelligence, it only relied on scouts and local areas, and the information was transmitted very slowly.

As the saying goes, soldiers are the most important. Wars are the logistics, the strength of both sides, and the information is also the case. Throughout history, famous battles have been like this, and the shadows of these three can be seen.

Now, Yue Zhongqi stood in front of a large sand table and was meditating. This large sand table not only included the four towns he commanded, but also almost the entire northern region. Among them, Mongolia, Gansu and other places were also inside. Colorful small flags were planted in many places on the sand table. This small flag represents a unit. Different colors represent the different belongings of the troops. You can clearly see the arrangement of each unit at a glance.

On the left side of Yue Zhongqi is his staff and the combat room. All the collected information will be summarized there, and a preliminary judgment will be formed based on priorities and then sent to Yue Zhongqi for a final decision.

Of course, there are almost as many daily information as a cow. Not all of this information is useful, and even duplicate information is included. Therefore, this work is not easy. The staff and the war room spend a lot of manpower every day to process it.

"Master!"

Just as Yue Zhongqi was staring at the sand table and was wondering what to do, a consultant walked in quickly.

Yue Zhongqi turned around and the staff officer said, "The urgent report from the Jinyiwei, please check it out."

"Oh..." Yue Zhongqi took it without regard. At first he thought it was just an ordinary report. After all, many reports have been sent by Jinyiwei every day these days, and Yue Zhongqi has also read it countless times. But this time when he saw the content inside, Yue Zhongqi was stunned at first, and then looked up and asked, "Who has seen this thing?"

"When I go back to the Grand Marshal, I have seen it with the humble official and Li Qianhu, who is responsible for receiving it."

Yue Zhongqi nodded slightly and said, "You know the rules, go down."

"Yes!" The staff officer responded quickly and turned around and left.

After the staff officer left, Yue Zhongqi continued to read this thing. This was an urgent report from Mongolia. The source of the information was confidential. Even the generals of Yue Zhongqi's level were conveyed by him. However, because Yue Zhongqi was responsible for the north, Zhu Yicheng gave him the right to share Mongolian intelligence while appointing him. Therefore, when the Jinyiwei in Mongolia had any information transmitted, Yue Zhongqi would also receive a copy.

And now, he is holding this copy in his hand. As for the original copy, he should be almost at the capital now.

The information content is very simple. The above only talks about the Ortai snake at both ends, intending to take advantage of the opportunity of the Ming Dynasty and Russia to win over Mongolia to place bets on both ends and gain benefits from it. At the same time, it was also said that due to the Ming Dynasty, Russia is likely to reduce its original conditions for Mongolia and thus gain support from Ortai.

After reading this item, Yue Zhongqi frowned deeply, walked back to the edge of the sand table, leaned over and looked carefully. After a moment, he seemed to have made up some decision and got up and shouted outside the door.

After a moment, a colonel came hurriedly. The man was named Zhang Qi, who was Yue Zhongqi's old subordinate. He was his guard when he was in the Qing army. Later, he followed Yue Zhongqi to join the Ming Dynasty. He has been following Yue Zhongqi for many years. Now he is Yue Zhongqi's guard captain, and his military rank has also been promoted to colonel.

"Master, the humble position is here." When Zhang Qi saw Yue Zhongqi, he saluted.

"How many years have you been with me?" Yue Zhongqi looked at him and asked.

"If you go back to the general, when the general led his troops into Sichuan, he was with the general. It has been more than eight years now."

Nodded slightly, Yue Zhongqi's eyes seemed to look into the distance, pondering the heroic spirit of her leading troops into Sichuan. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed, and time has passed so quickly.

With a sigh in his heart, Yue Zhongqi turned his gaze back to Zhang Qi and asked with a smile: "You have been by my side for the years. To be honest, I've delayed you a little. If it weren't for this, I'm afraid you would have become a general long ago."

"Master, it is a privilege to be with Master, so why did Master say this?" Zhang Qi didn't understand why Yue Zhongqi suddenly said this, and replied nervously.

Patting his shoulder, Yue Zhongqi said, "Grievance is grievance. I know that you have long wanted to lead the army alone to fight on the battlefield, but unfortunately, because of your responsibility, you have not been able to do it. Otherwise, with your ability, you will be more than enough to be a general, and you will not be just a colonel until now."

"The general... the humble position... the humble position..." Zhang Qi didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Now there is a chance. I want you to be alone. Zhang Qi, are you willing?"

Zhang Qi quickly saluted and said, "The general has ordered a low-level position to go through fire and water without hesitation, so how can he have the word "will"?"

"Okay!" Yue Zhongqi nodded with relief, signaled Zhang Qi to follow him, took him to the sand table, picked up a wooden pole, pointed at several places, and pointed at the Mongolian north of Datong and pointed at: "I will give you a thousand cavalry, carry firearms, Franchise, etc. You will come from Datong north and enter Mongolia, and give me a big thing in these places..."
Chapter completed!