The soldiers brought Zheng Ping to Wanyan Wushu. Zheng Ping reluctantly clasped his fists and saluted, "You little man, see you, the commander!"
"What's your name? Where are you from?"
"The young general's name is Zheng Hui, from Hejian Mansion."
A Jinbing general came over and whispered a few words into Wanyan Wushu's ear. Wanyan Wushu stared at Zheng Ping sharply, "You are from Hejian Prefecture, how can you deliver food to Pingliang Prefecture?"
Zheng Ping was also very nervous. The person in front of him was the coach Wanyan Wushu, and he was not that easy to fool.
"The villain had a clan brother who did well in the Jingyuan Army, so I ran to join him and became the captain for several years. During the Battle of Fuping, the villain's clan brother died in the battle, and the villain followed his superiors and fled to
Pingliang Mansion, where I married a wife, has been having a hard time recently. It happened that Pingliang Mansion was recruiting young men, so I signed up and was appointed as the commander of the two thousand grain escort army."
"What ability do you have to be appointed as the commander?"
"The villain can control these two thousand people, and they all listen to me."
Wanyan Wushu was somewhat interested in Zheng Ping. He pointed at the big ship with his riding crop, "How could you have thought that placing rolling logs on the ground would make it easier to tow the ship?"
"Reporting to the coach, my hometown is on the seaside. After we build a ship there, we have to lay a layer of rolling logs and then push the ship into the sea. This is common sense there."
"But with so many people, you are the only one who thought of it! Yes, a certain family sees that you can suppress not only two thousand but five thousand people. If you rush to deliver the supplies to the new camp, I will give you a reward!"
Zheng Ping thought he had been exposed, but he did not expect that he would be rewarded in the end, which made him secretly relieved. However, he was also annoyed when he thought about it. Zhang Jun, the top coach of the Song Army, had never paid as much attention to him as Wanyan Wushu.
Wanyan Wushu immediately ordered and promoted Zheng Ping's method, and the transportation of supplies and grain was accelerated. In just five days, Jin Bing's new camp was built in front of Monk Yuan, which was the Jin Bing's previous camp in Monk Yuan.
At the same time, Zheng Ping was promoted to the commander of the Xie Cong Army, and the number of Xie Cong Army under his command reached 5,000. This was a treatment that Zheng Ping could not have dreamed of. It would be great if he was named the commander of the Song Army.
But at this time, Zheng Ping's troubles quietly came.
In a large tent, senior generals of the Confederate Army were holding an emergency meeting.
The Xie Cong Army was also divided into left and right armies. The top general of the left army was Zhang Zhongfu, the commander of the capital. He was originally the commander of the Jingyuan Army. After the Battle of Fuping, he surrendered to Wanyan Wushu.
Because this person firmly opposed the Qi army's entry into Guanzhong, he was appreciated by Wanyan Wushu and promoted to the commander of the capital.
The commander-in-chief of the right army is Li Yanqi, and he has more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers.
Zheng Ping was under the jurisdiction of Zhang Zhongfu. In the big tent, more than a dozen commanders gathered together.
Zhang Zhongfu said solemnly: "I just came back from the commander-in-chief and got a shocking news. Chen Qing's men have infiltrated into the Xie Cong Army. There are two to three hundred people in total. The leader is Chen Qing's confidant General Zheng Ping. The commander-in-chief asked us to follow
Now we will start a strict internal investigation and count all the generals named Zheng."
Zheng Ping slapped the table and stood up and said angrily: "His grandma's surname is Zheng. Am I the first one to investigate?"
Zhang Zhongfu quickly comforted him and said: "Zheng Tongzhi is worried too much. You are a general promoted by the fourth prince himself. How could he suspect you? It has nothing to do with you. I estimate that he brought two to three hundred people, who should be below
Dutou and the like are more likely to be suspected.”
Another commander, Li Nong, said: "I feel that the person with the surname Zheng is definitely wrong. How can any enemy lurking in use his real name? At least he will change his surname to something like Zhang Ping, Zhao Ping, Wang Ping, etc. It is more likely.
"
Everyone laughed and said, "Li Tongzhi is right, he must have changed his name."
Zhang Zhongfu laughed dryly and said: "The coach didn't say what his current surname is. It's because I didn't think carefully. He probably changed his name. Zheng Tongzhi, don't be angry. It must have nothing to do with you!"
Zheng Ping's heart was pounding with nervousness. How could Jin Bing know about such a secret thing as infiltrating the Jin camp? Moreover, he also knew that he had infiltrated the Jin camp and that there was a spy around the commander! Who could it be? It couldn't be Yang Zaixing!
Only this kid is the most suspicious.
Zheng Ping was thinking wildly in his mind, but he said calmly: "There are too few clues, so we can't investigate. I wonder what other clues the commander has provided?"
"There are no details. The commander-in-chief asked us to investigate on our own. We must find Zheng Ping within three days, otherwise none of you here will get anything good."
After a pause, Zhang Zhongfu added: "There is also important information. Chen Qing did not withdraw to Dashan Pass at all. After the Battle of Jiwangpo, he should have evacuated westward. That idiot Wanyan Alupu insisted that Chen Qing
Qing has returned to Dashan Pass, and now he is in great trouble. With Chen Qing on the periphery, we, the Congjun Army, will not have a peaceful life."
Hearing that Chen Qing was outside, the tent exploded immediately. You must know that Chen Qing's reputation is as famous as Wu Jie, surpassing all other Song army commanders. The person Wanyan Wushu fears the most is Chen Qing.
At the mention of this name, everyone in the big tent suddenly became excited.
"Chen Qing is on the periphery, and his target must be the logistics and food camp. We must let the commander know this."
"To strengthen the defense along the transportation route, two thousand escort troops are definitely not enough. We need to increase it to at least five thousand."
Zheng Ping also banged the table with his fist and shouted: "I heard that Chen Qing is particularly good at assassinating generals. Each of us needs to increase his personal guard. Fifty people are definitely not enough. We need to increase it to at least 500 people, and at least 300 people."
"
Increasing the number of soldiers is related to everyone's vital interests! Everyone followed and shouted: "Zheng Tongzhi is right, we must increase the number of soldiers, otherwise our life safety will not be guaranteed!"
Everyone was chatting, Zhang Zhongfu waved his hands and shouted: "Quiet, everyone! Please be quiet!"
The tent gradually became quiet. Zhang Zhongfu glared at Zheng Ping, "We'll talk about the private soldiers later. Let's talk about business first. The commander-in-chief has handed over the task of annihilating Chen Qing to the Xie Cong Army. The two Xie Cong armies on our left and right have to take action.
But at the same time, we want to leave 10,000 people to continue to guard the camp. Which two commanders are willing to stay."
Before Zhang Zhongfu finished speaking, Zheng Ping raised his hand first and said, "The commander asked me to build a new grain and grass depot. I will definitely stay."
"Okay! Zheng Tongzhi is staying, what else is there?"
Only then did everyone react and scrambled to raise their hands to ask to stay. Only when their heads were kicked by a donkey would they want to surround Chen Qing.
"Li Nong will also keep you! You will be responsible for patrolling the perimeter of the grain and grass depot, so you don't have to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Chen Qing."
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After the discussion, everyone came out of the big tent one after another. Zheng Ping walked a few steps quickly, patted Li Nong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I have a bottle of good wine hidden there, let's go have a drink together?"
Li Nong smiled and said: "You are so brave, Zhang Dutong repeatedly ordered you not to drink alcohol, but you actually hid a bottle of wine?"
Zheng Ping curled his lips disapprovingly, "If you have the ability to ban Jurchens from drinking, if you can't do it fairly, just leave us alone!"
"That's right. The Jurchens drink every day, and nothing happens. We Han people will get into a fight if we drink. In such a cold weather, how can we patrol at night if we don't drink?"
Li Nong was in charge of patrolling the outskirts of the grain and grass camp. He also resented the prohibition on alcohol. Since Zheng Tongzhi wanted to make friends with him, he was happy to have a drink.
