Fenyang Ferry is not in Fenyang County, but at the estuary where the Fen River merges into the Yellow River, on the east bank of the Yellow River, between Longmen Ferry and Wuwang Ferry.
To the east of Fenyang Ferry is Rongzhou.
Shi Tianze has led a group of personal guards to quietly settle in Rongzhou City, and has some free time to drink with He Bichi.
"Hejin County, Longmen Ferry, Ronghe Town, Fenyang Ferry, Zhangying, Jiamakou... all the suspicious princes in the army have received different news. It just depends on where Li Xia has made sneak attacks in the past few days."
"Why is Xianggong Shi sure that Li Xia will attack by surprise?" Hebi Chidao said: "We have a hundred thousand troops, and we can easily end this battle by rushing into Guanzhong. The Great Khan is still eager to conquer Brother Ali."
Shi Tianze said with a smile: "The Han people have a saying, 'Haste makes waste', which means that if you want to go fast, you will get into trouble. Just like riding a horse in a hurry, you will often fall off the horse. Li Xia is very good at using horse tripping ropes. Liu
Zhenghe A'shu was running too fast and was tripped off his horse."
Mongolian lacks many idioms and allusions, and only using such metaphors can make it easier for people to understand.
Sure enough, after one sentence, He Bichi understood the situation and knew that Shi Tianze would fight safely and pay attention to Li Xia.
"Back then, Xianhan led an army of 100,000 to attack Shu." Shi Tianze considered his words and said slowly: "Li Xia also relied on sneak attacks to defeat us."
He remembered very clearly that Li Xia first attacked Shi Shu secretly, then disguised himself as Shi Ji and passed through the Mongolian encirclement, attacked Wang Dechen secretly, and finally attacked the Mongolian army camp.
The Battle of Diaoyu City left an indelible memory for Shi Tianze. He still remembers that he led his troops to flee in a hurry...
Pulling his mind back, he took a sip of wine and felt that it was burning from his throat to his stomach. He was no longer so cold, and then he continued: "Now in our camp, there is a noble prince with a high status who is attacking Li Li, who is good at sneak attacks."
Xia leaked the information. If we don't find this person, how can we feel at ease?"
This sentence also explained why he was sure that Li Xia would come for a sneak attack.
"Li Xia will definitely come. This is his usual style of play and his only chance to win. He will definitely want to sneak attack us and kill the clan king and me."
He Bichi already understood.
Especially the last sentence made him fully support Shi Tianze's approach.
If Shi Tianze hadn't explained clearly, He Bichi would have handed over the war to Shi Tianze, but he would still be confused in his heart.
A patient explanation like this can avoid a lot of trouble in the future.
"Then, you can know who the weasel among the wolves is by looking at where Li Xia made his last sneak attack."
"yes."
Shi Tianze was tired of talking and simply responded.
He Bichi leaned over and said: "This Rongzhou City is closest to Fenyang Ferry. You are waiting for Li Xia to attack Fenyang Ferry because you suspect Zhang Hongfan."
"The Great Khan trusts Zhang Hongfan very much, and I trust him too. But apart from him, it's hard for me to think of anyone else in the army. For this expedition, the generals were all personally selected by the Great Khan."
When Li Fen was put down, most of the troops of the Seventeenth Route were led by the younger generation of the prince's family, because this was an opportunity to show off.
These generals were all selected by Kublai Khan to succeed him as prince, and they were trustworthy enough.
Shi Tianze really couldn't figure out who it was.
The key is to have the strength to send a letter horse to deliver the message from Shandong to Guanzhong in such a short time, and the status must be not low.
If it must be said, it can only be Zhang Hongfan, or someone in his camp, such as Zhang Hongyan and Zhang Hongzheng.
He Bichi didn't care who the traitor was and asked, "Did you set up an ambush and wait for Li Xia to attack?"
"Yes, it's not just at Fenyang Crossing. No matter where Li Xia comes to attack, he will be ambushed."
"Then after ambushing Li Xia, Guanlong has been captured, and can we report to the Great Khan?"
"That's what it means."
"good!"
He Bichi laughed loudly and drank peacefully. After chatting with Shi Tianze, he even told him to give Li Heng a chance to make meritorious deeds.
Because Li Heng is also considered his domestic slave.
Li Heng's father, Li Weizhong, was adopted by Hesar back then.
Hesar had more than forty sons, among whom the most outstanding heir was Brother Yixiang. Brother Yixiang also adopted Li Heng.
And Hebichi is also the son of Hesar and the younger brother of Brother Yixiang.
If Tachaer married his sister to Li Fen in order to maintain his fiefdom in Shandong, Brother Yixiang sent his slaves Li Weizhong, Li Heng and his son to Shandong for the same purpose.
He Bichi wanted to protect his brother's interests.
When talking about Li Heng, Shi Tianze suddenly thought of something and asked: "Is Li Heng from the Xixia royal family?"
"The country of Xixia has been destroyed a long time ago. How can there be Xixia anymore?" Hebichi was a little drunk and said casually: "My brother's slave is loyal and he should be rewarded."
Shi Tianze would never disobey him, and he would comply with any request. Afterwards, he drank to his heart's content with the sect king, and then returned to his residence. Before going to bed, he was busy with military affairs.
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"Commander, there is an urgent report from Wuwangdu Camp. Three thousand soldiers of the Song Army left Xiayangdu at night, crossed the Yellow River on ice and attacked the camp. They broke into the southeast corner of the camp and burned a warehouse of grain..."
"Southeast corner?" Shi Tianze shouted angrily: "How did the Song army circle from the west to the east?"
"I don't know what will happen next."
"check."
"yes."
"Have you surrounded this Song army?"
"General Hao has led troops to encircle, but... the Song army penetrated the left wing. It was too dark, and for a while..."
Hearing that the situation was so bad, Shi Tianze calmed down and walked to the map, frowning in thought.
Drawn in the center of the map is a Yellow River running from north to south, with Xiayang Ferry and Wuwang Ferry on the east and west sides of the middle section of the Yellow River.
He drew a circle with his finger in the middle section of the Yellow River, hesitated for a moment and moved north, stopping at Fenyang Ferry, passing two place names, and landed on the three characters "Longmen Ferry".
"Longmen Ferry or Fenyang Ferry? You will die if you come here."
Shi Tianze murmured to himself, thought about it again, and realized that he had not missed any details in his ambush, so he arranged for the detective horse to continue to find out the news.
He returned to the back hall, brought out two spiritual tablets, and placed them on the table. He began to prepare the sacrificial utensils in an orderly manner, as if he was preparing to use Li Xia's head to commemorate his two dead nephews.
The incense burner was placed, and it was straightened gently.
Three sticks of incense are placed in the incense burner.
"Ziming." Shi Tianze poured a glass of wine casually, "If you have a spirit in heaven, let Li Xia die tonight."
After pouring another glass, he turned to Shi Quan's spiritual seat and was about to speak.
"Bo Heng, you..."
"Commander!"
A warning interrupted Shi Tianze's heart-to-heart talk with his nephew. He turned around and had a premonition that something was wrong because of the probing look on his face.
"Song Army...Song Army detoured and attacked Fenyang Ferry..."
When he heard this, Shi Tianze was still thinking that this was not bad news.
Li Xia fell into the trap and attacked Fenyang Ferry, but he didn't know that he had already laid an ambush.
However, Tan Ma continued to talk.
"In the ambush in the north, General Sundutai's troops suffered heavy losses."
"Wait a minute, what do you mean? What do you mean that the Song army sneaked into the ambush north of Fenyangdu? A sneak attack ambush?"
"Yes, General Xundutai said that he was preparing for an ambush with all his strength. He didn't want the Song army to come out from the Baiyu Valley behind, and it would be difficult to... resist, and be... defeated."
"How many casualties are there?" Shi Tianze asked.
Xudutai led 5,000 soldiers and horses. He was supposed to attack Li Xia together with others, but now he became the first to be defeated by Li Xia.
The number of casualties will affect how much Li Xia can draw back the strength of both sides.
"No...I don't know, I'm afraid it's a big defeat."
"Send my military order, and the nearby soldiers and horses will pursue the Song army with all their strength..."
"..."
Shi Tianze gave orders, but in his heart he no longer had any hope of defeating Li Xia tonight.
He wandered alone in the hall, his eyes becoming more and more confused.
"How did Li Xia know that I had laid an ambush? Fenyang Crossing? Is it Zhang Hongfan?"
Wuwangdu, Mongolian army camp.
Zhang Hongfan was ordering his soldiers to be on alert.
Tonight, a small group of Song troops attacked the camp and burned a small warehouse of grain and grass.
This amount of food and grass is not much, but it is quite strange why the Song army was able to attack the camp and retreat without any damage.
It is obvious that there must be Li Xia's detailed work in the army, and his status is not low...
It was not Zhang Hongfan's defense area that was attacked. His camp was to the north of the main camp. At this time, it was best to defend his camp.
After arranging the defense, Zhang Hongfan returned to his barracks to rest, but saw Zhang Hongzheng running from the side with a strange look on his face.
"Brother Ninth, what do you think this is?"
Zhang Hongfan turned his head and saw the letter in Zhang Hongzheng's hand. Before he read the content, thinking about tonight's attack on the camp, he suddenly understood what it would be, and his expression suddenly changed.