Chapter 1213 Jiulang's ingenious plan to secure the world
Chapter 1213 Jiulang’s clever plan to calm the world
Baozhou City.
Zhang Hongqing rode his horse to the front of the Zhang family's mansion and asked a general in a low voice.
Although he was speaking in Chinese, he seemed very unfamiliar.
"he is?"
When he received a positive answer, he got off his horse and strode across the courtyard until he reached Zhang Rou's study.
The Zhang family's residence is very large, and it took a long time to walk just this short distance.
"Eleventh Lang."
There were several guards standing at the door. When they saw him coming, they called out respectfully and stepped aside to the door.
Zhang Hongqing pushed the door open and entered the study room, where he saw Zhang Hongfan sitting behind the desk.
In fact, the domineering power of the Great Mongolia that crushed everything in the past had been lost much earlier. Zhang Hongfan remembered clearly that before the Battle of Helan Mountain, he asked Kublai Khan why he did not drive long to Longxi but turned around to search for
Li Xia's decisive battle?
"Don't forget that Baozhou is our hometown." Zhang Hongfan conveyed the matter in a single sentence and said: "As soon as Zhang Hongdao is killed, a signal will be sent immediately for the king to lead troops to attack the Tang army's camp."
The yard is quite large, with two arrow stacks, and a weapons rack in the practice room, but there is nothing else.
…
"Brother Ninth."
He was sent to Hara and Lin as a hostage at a very young age, and at the age of fifteen he was appointed as the deputy commander of the West Palace of the Shangdu Suwei. He was more like a Mongolian nobleman than many Mongolians.
He actually knew one thing very well in his heart, that is, if this battle really started, he had no confidence that he could win.
Zhang Hongfan felt that these words were a bit harsh, so he raised his forehead and came to his senses after a while.
"Yes, Kuro's clever plan."
Zhang Hongfan sighed, his eyes deepened, and said: "There are some things you don't understand. I did this for the good of the Zhang family."
"What?"
She looked at Zhang Hongfan's suddenly angry face and seemed frightened. In the end, she simply covered her face and squatted on the ground crying.
"Ugh...what are you yelling at me? You want to kill Fifth Brother, am I wrong to scold you? You are yelling at me..."
Zhang Hongfan suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Do you think I don't want to surrender and serve the Han Dynasty from now on? It was your eldest sister and fifth brother who rebelled too early and aroused His Majesty's vigilance too early. If you look at the historians, there is always a hidden intention of waiting and watching.
Xin, wait until the Tang army arrives at Zhending Mansion and everyone surrenders. Look at the Dong family again, if it weren’t for me, our Zhang family would have suffered the same fate as the Dong family, do you understand?!"
"Eleventh Lang has shot and killed Zhang Hongdao, and Prince Zong has taken the opportunity to sneak attack the Tang Army's camp overnight..."
Zhang Hongfan pursed his lips and asked, "Can you do it?"
"Is there anyone?"
Zhang Hongqing said impatiently: "I'm not a child anymore..."
"Shiro Shiro, there is something going on in the yard next door. Someone has been sent to check it out."
"Yes, he invited me to meet at Qingdu Mountain tomorrow night."
"Must we kill Fifth Brother?"
"If you want to kill me, just do it...do it! If I, Zhang Wenwan, blink my eyes, I won't be a hero."
Someone hurried over and strode up to Zhang Hongfan.
This is a practice room next to the study. In the past, Zhang Rou used to dance with swords and guns here, and then go to the study to take a nap before meeting guests.
He looked at the night sky and murmured: "Finally a small victory."
"Follow me." Zhang Hongfan called his sister, walked all the way to the small pavilion by the lake, and said, "You are so brave. Your Majesty ordered you to go to Beijing, but you dare to escape."
The footprints were not big and were obviously left by a woman.
"You mean, Zhang Hongdao is dead?"
"Who do you dare not kill? You are no longer the Ninth Brother I recognize."
The maid turned around, and it turned out to be Zhang Wenwan.
"That's right. How can there be irrelevant people in your own home?" Zhang Hongfan said, "Go and do your work."
"Are you afraid of people eavesdropping? If you are upright, who are you afraid of eavesdropping?"
What Kublai Khan said at that time was that artillery was deployed at the top of the cities in Longxi. If they attacked by force, they would suffer heavy losses. It was better to destroy Li Xia's tired army first.
Zhang Wenwan was not surprised. After shouting, she puffed up her cheeks and looked a little angry.
Zhang Hongfan had no choice but to sit down by the lake and let Zhang Wenwan cry for a while before ordering someone to take this brainless sister under his care.
"I don't believe you! My eldest sister wrote to me. She said that my brother-in-law has gathered an army and is about to take over the world. If he wants to protect the Zhang family, he must bring his family to surrender..."
Zhang Hongfan glanced at them quickly and was about to stop them for interrogation when he suddenly caught a glimpse of something from the corner of his eye. When he turned around, he saw a petite figure dressed as a maid walking through the bamboo forest.
He knew that he was not in the right mood recently and was not as calm as before.
"Second sister, stop crying. Tell Ninth Brother, why are you at home? Why don't you follow Second Brother and the others to Yanjing?"
"Yes, Ninth Brother is the most capable. He can go against the whole family and let his friends ransack his home. It would be a pity not to have a surname of Bol."
Zhang Hongqing has not been at home since he was a child and is not familiar with this place, so he couldn't help but look around more.
"Did Zhang Hongdao reply to you?"
Zhang Hongfan was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the wall, as if he had some realization.
"What's wrong?"
His whole body was on alert, and he searched the small courtyard more carefully.
Zhang Wenwan couldn't argue with him, so she burst into tears.
"Did you hear everything I said to Shishiro?"
Zhang Hongfan took out a dagger, threw it casually, and nailed it to a big pillar in front of the corridor. The maid was frightened and stopped in her tracks.
Zhang Hongqing came out of the study and saw several guards with their swords drawn.
Zhang Hongfan sighed and shook his head, saying: "Are you careless? The whole family is in His Majesty's hands, how can we surrender? I thought about it with you, Brother Eleven, and finally had no choice but to do this in order to save the lives of my father and the whole family.
.”
He walked up to the practice room, pacing on the carpet step by step, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes, as if he was measuring.
And now, during Li Xia's Northern Expedition, which city has he truly held on to the end?
"Kuro!"
"turn around!"
"If you don't want to die, just stop!"
Finally, he leaned over, knocked on a floor tile, and heard a hollow sound coming from inside.
"Don't let Zhang Hongdao know that I have arrived, otherwise he will take precautions."
"knew."
"I...I am Sixi, the maid in charge of the kitchen. I still have to go to the kitchen..."
Zhang Hongfan closed his eyes, dismissed the scene of the Dong family being executed and executed from his mind, and took two deep breaths.
Zhang Hongqing left as soon as he said so, and his style was like that of a Mongolian.
"What are you shouting for? How could I kill you?"
Zhang Hongqing was still a little confused and asked: "Brother Ninth doesn't think that Dayuan really can't defeat the Tang army in a war, right?"
I picked up a single sword from the weapon rack, pried it into the cracks in the bricks a few times, and opened it. It turned out to be a secret passage inside.
"Stop crying, I won't kill you. Everything I do is to protect the Zhang family, trust me."
"yes."
"stop!"
He immediately chased after him and drove through two courtyard gates before finally catching up with him.
It wasn't until nightfall, when it was already time for Zhang Hongqing and Zhang Hongdao to meet, that he put down his brush and stood in front of the window, meditating, while waiting for the information to come back.
"who?!"
Suddenly, shouts came from outside the study.
When Zhang Hongfan heard this voice, he breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and smiled, strode forward and said, "Sixi, right? Do you recognize me?"
Zhang Hongfan understood when he saw her like this and said to the guards who came over: "You all get off."
Zhang Hongfan's first reaction was that he was a little confused, and then asked: "What happened?"
Zhang Hongfan's eyes suddenly became alert and he motioned to Zhang Hongqing to take a look.
"You think I do?" Zhang Hongfan asked, "The lives of the whole family are in His Majesty's hands, what else can I do?"
"I just want to stay at my house. What's wrong? No? If you don't, you'll kill me!"
He hurriedly followed a long corridor, turned along the path, and saw a group of maids passing by in front of him.
Zhang Hongfan looked at the study room next door again and murmured: "I actually forgot..."
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The next day.
"I didn't see anyone. Maybe the wild cat stepped on the weapon rack."
"Do you think I want to?!"
Zhang Hongqing raised his hand and said with a smile: "Don't get excited. It doesn't matter to me. I've only met him a few times. I just asked you. As long as you are sure, I will take action."
"Um."
"Brother Ninth." Zhang Hongqing called out, but he spoke in Mongolian, "I sent the letter to Brother Five."
In just a moment, Zhang Hongfan also arrived.
"I'm leaving."
Zhang Hongqing frowned in displeasure and walked to the courtyard next door in person.
"I am requesting your Majesty to try first to see if I can force Li Xia to retreat in my own way." Zhang Hongfan said: "It is best to use your troops to defeat others. It is best if you can defeat the enemy's troops without fighting."
Finally, he found a footprint on the courtyard wall.
"Chase!"
Zhang Wenwan was stunned for a moment.
Looking around again with lightning-like eyes, he suddenly thought of something.
Zhang Hongfan stood alone in the courtyard and glanced at the study room separated by a wall. He judged that the distance between the study room and the practice room meant that nothing could be heard.
"Brother Ninth, I don't understand. Since His Majesty has appointed you as the marshal of the Mongolian and Han armies, why doesn't he let you lead the army to defeat the Tang army directly?"
Zhang Hongfan secretly went to see Zong Wang Wugu, and after returning to the Zhang Mansion, he has been writing hard.
"Kuroro, it's done!"
God knows how hard it was to win this small victory. Tonight, I had to get rid of the rebellious brother with great pain, and I was able to win a small victory.
"I'm going to see Prince Zong. You go and tell Mr. Hao that you can prepare to go to Tangying as an envoy."
"Going to invite Mr. Hao overnight?"
"Yes." Zhang Hongfan picked up the letter he had written so quickly from the table and said, "Giving this to Mr. Hao will help him convince Li Xia..."