To add, in Chapter 2, verse 24, it was said: "In 1810, the permanent residents of Paris were 122,000 people" is a historical record. It can be understood as the number of people born in each diocese (similar to the household registration of the Celestial Empire). However, if the Parisian diocese and a large number of unidentified migrant populations are included, the total number of people in Paris should be around 550,000.

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At 4 pm, Major Mardan suddenly received a special task from Lieutenant Colonel Reedes: After nightfall today, he must personally lead all the officers and soldiers of the regiment to cross the Ebro River, sneak into the city of Zaragoza, and encircle the wanted criminals hiding in a monastery.

"Col. Fernando?" The head of the security regiment frowned unconsciously after seeing it, and his heart sank.

Although he had some psychological preparation before, when he asked him to lead the team to arrest the highest commander of the Aragon guerrillas, his former senior, and his savior, this made Mardan feel a little uncomfortable.

Two years ago, Mardan participated in the first Zaragoza defense battle as a captain in the Volunteer Army. In an encounter, Mardan's company was besieged by the French superior forces, and Colonel Fernando promptly led his troops to reinforce and save him.

"Should you call a general? It is a general appointed by the Celtics Parliament. Jose, you should understand the importance of the mission you are performing, not only about you and your regiment, but also me!" Lieutenant Colonel Reedes said earnestly, and the last tone was significantly worsened, which was when he warned Mardan that he was no longer the leader of the guerrilla rebels, but a senior officer serving Duke Hruna.

"Yes, I understand very much!" Major Mardan's expression was gloomy.

The signator of this order was Desai himself who had left Paris shortly. On the one hand, the future Prince of Catalonia attached great importance to the newly formed Norte Aragon security regiment; on the other hand, this was also the ultimate test of the loyalty of the officers and soldiers of the regiment.

"Just understand!" Lieutenant Colonel Redes patted his wife's brother on the shoulder and signaled that he could go back to the camp to prepare.

After Major Mardan turned around, the chief instructor couldn't help but add: "In my opinion, it is not difficult to capture or eliminate a Spanish general who fled everywhere with the strength of the Ministry of Military Intelligence Bureau. In addition to using facts to verify the loyalty of the officers and soldiers of the security regiment, I hope that you can be more proactive and convince your former boss to surrender to Duke Hruna without allowing the military police to arrest him."

Major Mardan nodded silently and left sadly under the gaze of Lieutenant Colonel Redes. A few minutes later, he picked up his military cap and left the chief instructor barracks. When Redes went out for the front foot, another secret door in the room suddenly opened.

After a chaotic footsteps, a familiar face walked out of the dark room. He was Andrew Desai, the Lord of Catalonia who had just rushed to the Zaragoza camp from Paris thousands of miles away.

On the night of the "Paris Assassination", Desai left the Duke of Palma (Campaceres) mansion on the grounds of safety. Under the escort of Lieutenant Jacques and other guards, he took Miss Lieutenant Littisia and Dr. Cava and secretly boarded the ship along the canal of the upper Seine River to the main stream of the Rhone River. Everyone walked south to the Mediterranean estuary, and then took a three-masted clutch that had been waiting for a long time, crossed the Northern Mediterranean, and arrived at the entrance of the Ebro River, Tarragona.

In Tarragona, Miss Litisia said reluctantly to Desai, and was immediately escorted back to Barcelona dozens of kilometers away by guards, at her uncle's house, while Desai and others continued to flow up the river until the military camp in the northern suburbs of Zaragoza.

The long-distance trip of more than 1,200 kilometers was not stopped. Even if Desai and others were simplified all the way, it took 13 days and nights. Although there were beauties around him and the warm fragrance was warm, Desai still couldn't forget his work. Every place he went, there would be secret envoys of the Military Intelligence Bureau boarding the ship and sending backlogs of documents and reading briefs to be processed. Under normal circumstances, the superiors only had less than 4 hours of sleep every day, which made Duke Hruna exhausted and exhausted.

When he arrived at the northern suburbs of Zaragoza, it was noon and Desai did not choose to appear publicly. After only having a brief meeting with a few senior officers of the expedition troops, he hurried to the recruits camp and unexpectedly learned about the conversation between Lieutenant Colonel Reedes and Major Mardan.

There were two people accompanying Desai, one was the head of the division military police and the commander of the military police, Major Pochi; the other was the head of the intelligence department of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Major Passel.

As the chief military police officer, Major Pochi was disgusted by the words that the chief instructor said to his wife's brother before: "Duke, Lieutenant Colonel Reedes has committed a foul. The duty of the security regiment is nothing more than a blockade, and the arrest mission is carried out by the military police."

Major Passel, who was standing by, obviously had a good impression of Lieutenant Colonel Redes, and hurriedly defended his opinion, "But it's understandable, Duke! The intelligence department believes that both Lieutenant Colonel Redes and Major Mardan are loyal to you."

Major Pochi was angry and raised his head and accused him: "Damn, your Military Intelligence Bureau has no right to investigate and enforce the law in Catalonia and the military!"

Major Passel retorted: "Zarragoza is a turbulent border area and there is no problem of law enforcement power. In accordance with regulations, the Intelligence Department of the Military Intelligence Agency has the right to conduct psychological assessments of middle and senior officers of the Expeditionary Force."

Hearing the debate of the two subordinates full of gunpowder, Desai, with a tired expression on his face, said nothing, but just shook his head in his heart.

The Ministry of Military Intelligence and the Military Intelligence Bureau have been entangled in the conflict between the scope of law enforcement and their respective authority for a long time. It has been around since the birth of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The debate has never subsided, and the initiator is Desai himself.

As a crosser, he attached much more importance to the intelligence front than his contemporaries. At the same time, Desai also clearly understood that this double-edged sword would also pose a great threat to the holders, so he always placed the military police and the Military Intelligence Bureau at the same latitude to develop in a balanced manner, allowing each other to maintain competition and restrain each other.

This has also caused countless entanglements in the responsibilities, power and interests of the two major intelligence agencies. After all, resources are always relatively limited within a certain range and time. In order to win the full support of Duke Hruna, including the investment in funds, technology and personnel, the military police and the Military Intelligence Bureau are trying to suppress each other in open and secret competition.

After the establishment of the military police headquarters, the registered troops have expanded to thousands (large brigade), and its power has covered the entire division and military camp. In addition to continuing to maintain military discipline, assisting the Military Law Department in establishing military courts, guarding and defending important military offices (including government agencies), investigating, arresting, interrogating, and even executing various types of spies and illegal officers and soldiers, the Military Police Command and its military police teams stationed in various places will also assist local administrative officials or parliamentary courts to exercise local armed police, act as special functions of the Cabinet Police Department, and maintain local civil public order.

For a period of time, the Military Intelligence Agency, which was born in the military police, seemed to be particularly favored by Desai. Funds, technology and talents were all given priority, and its development made rapid progress. Although it has been carried out under extremely confidentiality, the Military Intelligence Agency has successfully sent hundreds of professional agents (spy) to the entire European continent in less than 10 months. Especially after Paris "acquired" Fouche's intelligence heritage, the Military Intelligence Agency's sphere of influence was everywhere and omnipresent, and major events in European countries could be placed on the Desai case table at the first time. To a certain extent, the Military Intelligence Agency has become the agent intelligence agency with the largest organization, the widest influence, the highest efficiency and the highest professional level at that time.

However, the Military Intelligence Bureau was not without trouble, and there was a big trouble. Since Captain Adam Koror, the full-time intelligence officer of the Polish crown prince, secretly traveled to Warsaw, all the affairs of Eastern Europe, Central Europe and Northern Europe were handed over to the Poles and were directly responsible to Desay. Even the Military Intelligence Bureau boss Colonel had no right to intervene, which obviously sent a strong signal to prepare for the split of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Based on his own interests, Colonel Shener tried to gain greater voice in the upcoming Portugal war, because he acquiesced to subordinate departments with more autonomy, including strengthening monitoring of officers of the expedition division, which further intensified the conflict with the Ministry of Military Police.

On the surface, Colonel Carls, the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and Colonel Shener, barely maintained a harmonious relationship, but the competition between middle and lower levels is getting worse and worse, which is somewhat the result of the two senior officials' condonation. Desai knew this well and did not interfere much. He only acted as a relatively fair referee in balancing the strength of both sides.

"Enough, gentlemen!" Desai made a statement to stop the complaints and responsibilities between the two majors. He continued: "Major Pochi, the mission of the military police needs to be changed. The arrest of the rebel leader can be left to the police force."

For those surrendered officers who were not convinced, Desai hoped that they would naturally show their loyalty and ability, rather than through instigation or suggestion from others. At the beginning, Desai gave Major Marquis Marquis only to siege the defected Marquis Fernando, and the arrest mission was classified as a military police.

However, as Lieutenant Colonel Reedes said concerning his wife's brother-in-law, Major Mardan's mission has become more difficult. The gendarmerie's responsibility is only to secretly monitor, and the full authority of the encirclement and arrest tasks are handed over to the North Aragon Security Corps.

Major Poch asked with concern: "Duke, I do not doubt Lieutenant Colonel Reedes' loyalty, but Major Mardan's guard regiment..."

Desai immediately interrupted the speech of the commander of the military police, "During the operation of the security regiment, your military police force will be responsible for the periphery of vigilance and surveillance. Major Passel, the intelligence personnel installed by your Military Intelligence Bureau in the North Aragon Security regiment will be immediately handed over to Major Pochi for command. If the situation is judged to be the worst, the military police force will be authorized to lead the aftermath, and the Military Intelligence Bureau will assist you without any mistakes!"

"Yes, Duke!" The two young heroes stopped defending and accepted the orders issued by Desai.

After a brief pause, Desai continued to order: "A hour later, tell Lieutenant Colonel Redes to the division command post that I will listen to his action plan for the Southern Aragon area. It takes 30 minutes!"
Chapter completed!