2013 is here. I wish you a happy New Year, all the best, and many red envelopes!

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The hotel ready to welcome the Celtic messenger is less than 300 meters away from the headquarters, and you can see it when you turn out to a street. This is a three-story building with a neat appearance. There is also a working fountain in the courtyard. Whenever the sun shines through the pool, it will emit dazzling light.

The second and third floors of the hotel provide accommodation for tourists, while the first floor is a bar that doubles as a restaurant. The interior decoration is good, obviously for officers or rich people in the town.

When the soldier in charge of leading the way came to the hotel's owner's wife, Jacques gave him a few copper coins and asked him to get out of here quickly. The soldier turned around happily and left. There seemed to be an extra bottle of Portuguese wine in his backpack, perhaps it was the generous gift from the boss's wife.

"A handsome master, do you need someone to accompany me?" The coquettish proprietress twisted the bucket waist and tried to tease the young nobles from other provinces. It was 10 a.m. At this time, the waitresses in the store were tired all night and were still lying on the bed, waiting until noon to come to the bar to attract customers.

Jacques shook his head very firmly and refused. He had no sexual interest in the old woman who was too plump or obese. If there was a young and beautiful girl in front of him, he could try it and use sex-love to relieve the fatigue of the journey. Now, he said indifferently: "Give me a room to rest first, and after 1 hour, I will come down to have a meal by myself."

When the boss closed the door heavily, Jacques was already lying on the clean white sheets. The room was very large, the light was very high, and the sanitation conditions were good. The mothballs stored in the corner of the wall drove away the annoying bed bugs and cockroaches. Since it was morning, the officers or municipal officials who were working had not gathered in the bar and were noisy, the entire floor seemed extremely clean, which was just right for Jacques to sort out the information they had learned and think about his next action.

On June 20, the Intelligence Department lifted the blockade of the news of the Montijo Town (Massacre) incident on the third day of capturing British spies. Of course, the announcement issued to the public was carefully modified by Major Passel:

The cause was that the mob in Montijo town killed five soldiers of the Desay Division, and the occupation forces retaliated against the town in law; the result was that half of the mobs were shot dead by the French army on the spot while resisting, and hundreds of prisoners, mainly old and weak, were being transferred to a quarry in the southern suburbs of Merida. Of course, this was just bait, and there were no survivors of Montijo town in this world.

According to common sense, Geista and others who stayed in Barros Town would learn about the above facts two days later and would inevitably take revenge or rescue actions. In order to attract Geista to send troops to rescue the surviving townsmen who were imprisoned in the quarry, General Desay even ordered that the messenger entering Barros Town from the north would not be blocked.

But what is incredible is that until today, on June 25, the Spanish rebels in the town of Barros had not assembled or mobilized. Before arriving in Barros, Jacques had passed several battalions and barracks along the way. He noticed that the soldiers were playing and fighting as usual, or casually collecting food and grass. Even inside the rebel command post, there was no tension in the upcoming battle. The fragrance of red wine or gin was everywhere inside and outside the command. I believe someone was listening secretly in the room, but no one stopped it.

According to the Military Intelligence Agency's character description of Geista, although this Spanish general has always been arrogant, arrogant and self-protectional, and has the title of a defeated general, he will never sit idly by and watch the tragic fact that his relatives were slaughtered innocently. In order to appease the people, he gave an explanation to the Cádiz parliament that he must use military means to fight back against the French massacre, unless the Spanish general is willing to give up his political life, or has not received any relevant information, or has lost his life?

Thinking of this, Jacques decided to stroll around the town, but before that, he had to fill his stomach in the restaurant.

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After sending the messenger away, Major Alonso took out the letter from the parliament of Cadiz from his arms and opened it with a paper cutter.

"Damn it, I'm asking for troops again!" Major Alonso had an obvious angry and helpless expression. After staying in the empty room and pondering for a long time, he got up and left the duty room, followed the stairs of his left hand to the second floor of the command post.

The floor is heavily guarded, from the stairway passage to the second floor corridor, to the room at the top, there are three pavilions guarded by fully armed soldiers. Seeing the major arrive, a soldier hurriedly opened a door leading to the bedroom, and when he entered, he immediately closed it.

Under the dim light, an old man who was unconscious was still lying on the bed, his teeth were closed, his hands were firmly held, his limbs were spasms, and his snoring was as quiet as a living dead. Doctors and priests guarded the left and right sides of the patient, doing what they could do but pitifully few things: try to reduce the patient's pain as much as possible, or pray devoutly to God.

And this patient is General Gesta, who was still alive two days ago.

After learning about the bad news that the relatives in Baros were massacred, the elderly General Geista suddenly fainted in the room and was unconscious. When the doctor came to treat him, Geista became tilted, his mind was turbid, his language was not good, and hemiplegic stroke symptoms were revealed. Now the Spanish general can only lie in bed and waste his days and can no longer perform his duties.

After seeing this, Major Alonso made a quick decision and asked the doctor to conceal the commander's stroke and set up a post on the floor. In addition, the adjutant also invited the church priest to confess and pray to the priest on the excuse that General Geista wanted to confess and pray to the priest for several days. During this period, others were strictly prohibited from disturbing each other. The relevant military affairs would be General Yageo, General Bronda, and Major Alonso, and the three of them worked together to deal with it.

In order to prevent the officers and soldiers from learning about the massacre in Montijo, and taking spontaneous and radical actions, the three-person committee also sent their subordinates to strictly block the entry and exit passages from the north and west of Barros Town, and prohibited passing merchants or messengers from spreading the news about the massacre to Barros Town to avoid causing a major riot.

Rather than saying that the three members were guarding against officers, soldiers and the people, everyone knew in their hearts that the real target of their embankment was another general, the cavalry commander Galicia. When the Montijo incident occurred, Galicia's mother lived in the town. In addition, Galicia was also the illegitimate son of General Gesta. Otherwise, a child who was not aristocratic, would not have a high-ranking military rank.

In the eyes of traditional Spanish noble officers, Galicia is an uneducated bastard. He is energetic, rude, ambitious, and vengeful. In a family dispute 10 years ago, he waved his fists and knocked down four half-brothers in a row, one of whom was still lying in bed for nearly a month. After this, Galicia became more and more hostile to the family because when he was 22 years old, he was brought to the army by General Gesta.

In the army, Galicia became a brave and combative reputation. Because of his lowly background, Galicia was excluded by other noble officers, so he simply put down his figure and made good friends with ordinary soldiers. With his courage and enthusiasm, he won the love and support of the mud-legged men. In a fear of the old general, Galicia was awarded a captain officer three years after joining the army.

In 1805, in a Spanish battle against Portugal, a small team of cavalry commanded by Captain Galicia took down a castle on the Portuguese border and captured 500 prisoners of war. When the Peninsula War broke out a few years later, Galicia returned to his father General Gesta to fight and command a cavalry regiment. He once participated in the famous Battle of Bailan as a reinforcement of friendly forces, successfully blocked the 20,000 French retreat route. Several brilliant victories promoted Galicia's rank to a cavalry brigadier general.

In the Battle of Talawel last year, the only outstanding feature of the Spanish army, which suffered heavy losses, was the cavalry unit commanded by Galicia. The illegitimate son refused to retreat despite General Gesta's orders, but instead attacked privately. Although he failed to eventually attack the French defensive positions, he accidentally saved a Scottish infantry regiment besieged by the French army.

After the war, just when General Gesta was under pressure from other officers and considered removing Galicia from his military post, a letter of thanks from British allies and the ensuing large number of military aid made Galicia a blessing in disguise. Not only was he not severely punished, he was commended and promoted to cavalry major general, and then commanded the entire cavalry unit.

Although Galicia, who received his father's support and had a high reputation among the soldiers, had a conflict with the noble officers. When Captain Gibson was the command post of the town of Barros, he came to the command post of the town of Barros to lobby the Spanish army to fight against the French division stationed in Badajos, Galicia, who advocated responding to the request of the British envoy, fell into isolation and helplessness.

Whether it was General Yageo, the chief of staff, General Bronda, the infantry commander, or even Major Alonso, his father's adjutant, all opposed it in unison. Replacing national interests with personality and emotions and opposing it for the sake of opposition was originally the "fine tradition" of the Spanish nobles. Due to the public's anger, Gesta had no choice but to remove the position of commander of the Galician cavalry and ordered him to organize a cavalry grain collection team to collect military supplies and fodder in nearby towns and villages.

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After a while, Major Alonso did not consult the doctor and the priest about General Gesta's recent situation. It was from the solemn and helpless eyes of the two, and knew that there was no sign of improvement in the condition of the disease and would even worsen further.

The major left silently without saying a word and turned to General Yageo's room, but found that General Bronda was also there. General Yageo was the main military assistant of Commander Gesta. He was tall, strong and powerful. He was like General Gestal and focused on personal appearance and had a straight military uniform anytime and anywhere. General Bronda was an infantry commander, from Mexico. He was born as the owner of the colonial estate, not tall, dark skin, and his face was covered with lush hair.

"A messenger from Cadiz came and asked us to send troops to cooperate with the British and take the initiative to attack Desai's troops." Major Alonso presented the letter to the two generals for a review.

"General Bronda, what do you think?" General Yageo asked his comrades beside him, who was igniting his pipe with great difficulty. Bronda was indifferent and did not answer. As an infantry commander, his simple mind was more willing to accept the orders of his superiors, rather than letting himself analyze the information and make judgments.

When the Chief of Staff’s inquiry looked at Major Alonso, the latter shook his head and said, “Sorry, I don’t know, the General is still in a coma. In addition, this afternoon, the Galician grain collection team will return to the town, and we can no longer block the news, so, the two generals, we must make a decision no matter what!”

Admiral Gesta, who became a living dead man on the hospital bed, could no longer restrict his brutal and aggressive illegitimate son. No one present could have expected Galicia to do anything stupid after learning that his mother and his relatives were massacred by the French. After the French army suffered repeated defeats, Admiral Gesta and his commanders have always adhered to the same principle, and they would rather be scolded by the people as an incompetent warlord than to fight with the French, and would have to wait until the situation is clear before talking about it.

So General Bronda made a suggestion: "As long as the bastard Galicia is not allowed to re-elect the cavalry, my officers and I will support any decision." As he said that, he also touched several of the once injured ribs. This was the shame left to him by the damn illegitimate son in the duel arena in the central garden of Seville after the outbreak of the Peninsula War, and the shame that the damn illegitimate son left to him in the duel arena of the central garden of Seville.

Soon, General Yageo made several decisions as the chief of staff: "Major Alonso, please issue an order to accuse Galicia and his grain collection team of the murder of innocent civilians; General Bronda, your person is responsible for the secret arrest of Galicia and his detained in the basement of the church, with strict supervision and no contact with outsiders; Finally, I will call a meeting of first-level officers tomorrow morning for the group to be held in the morning of the morning. In addition to announcing the commander's condition, I will also follow General Gesta's instructions and lead the troops to move 25 rigs south from the town of Barros (about 120 kilometers) and re-arrange the defense in the Verva River."

"What if Galicia resists?"

"You can shoot on the spot, and Admiral Gesta's family will thank us."

"Where is the Nacadiz messenger?"

"First send someone to put him under house arrest in Barros, and prevent him from returning to Cadiz, and move him to the Verva River with us. Please be careful, don't make the illegitimate son of the MP Cadiz. Except that he cannot leave the town, all conditions are acceptable!"
Chapter completed!