It was still dark, and there was still a hint of fish soup smell in the tent.
The smell came from a clay pot. It was the fish soup sent by Li Heng in the evening. He said it was a few herrings caught in the Yellow River yesterday. It tasted really delicious.
After Zhang Hongfan finished eating, he put the clay pot aside and forgot to ask anyone to clean it up.
I didn't feel it at first, but when I left the tent and came back, I smelled the fishy smell of soup residue.
I can’t care about this little detail for the time being...
Where Zhang Hongfan's eyes fell, he saw a letter placed on the desk.
The envelope was written "Brother Zhang Jiulang Zhongchou", and a column of small characters next to it read "Brother Li Xia Shou Su".
The fire was burning brightly, reflecting half of his face, which made him look a little gloomy.
"Brother Ninth, please tear it apart."
Zhang Hongzheng first stretched out his hand to warm himself up by the stove, then moved to sit across from the table, looked straight at the letter, and said, "I'm curious about what Li Xia can say to Ninth Brother."
Zhang Hongfan didn't move or speak.
Zhang Hongzheng muttered again.
"I'm also very curious about Li Xia. What kind of person is he who can kidnap the eldest sister away? In just a few years, he became famous all over the world, attracting our army of 100,000 to attack him. He..."
"How did the letter come?"
Zhang Hongfan didn't seem to hear Zhang Hongzheng still talking, and just asked questions as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I saw it as soon as I returned to the tent." Zhang Hongzheng said: "It's placed on my bed, which is strange. Why didn't you just hand it to Brother Ninth directly, but instead handed it to my account?"
"When were you not in your tent tonight? Did you leave just after hearing an enemy attack at night?"
"No, I have been gambling with the soldiers in the garrison... Oh, no, I have been chatting. I have been discussing military affairs with the soldiers."
"That means you were out of the tent all night?"
"If you put it this way, it seems okay."
Zhang Hongfan looked thoughtful, staring into Zhang Hongzheng's eyes, and said: "Tenth brother, tell me the truth, have you been secretly communicating with Li Xia? You saw Wang Xun outside Jinan City at that time, right? Five
Brother, please ask him to contact you?"
"No." Zhang Hongzheng said: "I didn't see Wang Xun at all. He sent people here and was killed by you, Brother Ninth, wasn't he?"
"Can I trust you?"
"Believe it or not."
Zhang Hongzheng just lay down on the carpet, looking indifferent.
"If fifth brother wants to doubt me, I will go back to Baozhou in the worst case. Is it interesting to talk about defecting to the enemy all day long? There are so many people who have defected to the enemy, and fifth sister-in-law has also gone to Hanzhong. How can I not doubt the Yan family? Lian Xixian defected.
How many more members of the Lian family have been punished? Why do you blame me, the Zhang family, all the time? We agreed to guard the place for generations, but now we have to change our minds. Ha, dad is still here."
Zhang Hongfan sighed helplessly.
He knew what Zhang Hongzheng said was right. Kublai Khan would not dare to touch the Shuntian Zhang family if Zhang Rou was still alive. Zhang Hongzheng could just go back to Baozhou and lie down without worrying about anything.
But what about the future?
Now that Zhang Rou is gone, who will still have the credit, the prestige to convince the public, and the long-term prosperity of the family?
The other brothers could stir up trouble and stay out of things, but Zhang Hongfan wanted to make contributions as soon as possible.
"I'm not doubting you, but I want to clean up this mess so that others won't doubt us. Do you understand?"
"Brother Ninth, please clean it up. Either open this letter and read it, or burn it. Why should I be interrogated?" Zhang Hongzheng was still lying on the ground, looking a little impatient.
Seeing this attitude, Zhang Hongfan was sure that the person in the army who had tipped off Li Xiama was not really him.
"Okay, you go and have a rest, I'll take care of it."
"Brother Ninth, do you really want me to read it if you don't want to open it?" Zhang Hongzheng stood up, still curious about Li Xia's letter.
"go out."
"Okay, so Ninth Brother wants to burn it?"
"go out."
~~
The elder brother sitting by the desk seemed calm and calm, and drove the nagging younger brother out, but did not open the letter afterwards.
After sitting there until daylight gradually dawned, Zhang Hongfan stood up, called a soldier, and ordered: "Go and see if Commander Shi has returned to camp."
"Report to the general, Commander Shi has not returned to camp yet."
"Go take a look, it should be soon."
"yes."
Only half an hour later, the soldier ran back again, with a look of awe for Zhang Hongfan in his eyes, and said: "Report to the general, Shi Shuai has indeed returned to camp, and I want you to go see him immediately..."
The letter on the desk was picked up by Zhang Hongfan.
After rushing all the way to Shi Tianze's big tent, the envelope was handed to Shi Tianze without even opening it.
"Commander Shi, please see, there is someone in the army secretly communicating with Li Xia and trying to frame me."
Shi Tianze rushed back to the camp, originally intending to interrogate Zhang Hongfan, but he did not expect that Zhang Hongfan would be the first to take the initiative to confess.
He took the letter from Li Xia, looked at the handwriting on it, and was stunned for a moment.
Suddenly he remembered that a year before Meng Gehan died, he also received a letter from Li Xia.
Four years have passed, and now that I think about it, the words in the letter are still fresh in my mind——
"Is it enough to kill Niulin and Wang Dechen? If it is still not enough, I dare to ask Mr. Shi, who else needs to be killed?"
So far, not only Niu Lin, Wang Dechen, but also Meng Ge Khan are dead, and Liu Heima and Lian Xixian have surrendered to Li Xia one after another.
Such a powerful young man must be cautious.
…
"Shi Shuai?"
Zhang Hongfan waited for a long time, but when Shi Tianze didn't reply, he couldn't help but remind him again.
Shi Tianze came to his senses and threw the letter in his hand into the stove, as if the letter was stained with plague and could not be touched.
The stove quickly devoured the paper and turned it into ashes.
"After reading this letter, I understood that Li Xia is still fighting for the Zhang family. This is his plan to alienate the Zhang family. Don't fall into it."
Zhang Hongfan looked at the fire for a while, then turned to Shi Tianze and bowed deeply.
He also breathed a sigh of relief and was very happy.
Anyone who reads this letter must be suspicious. Fortunately, the letter was delivered in time today, and Shi Tianze is not stupid. Otherwise, if he hesitates even a little bit, he will definitely fall into Li Xia's alienation plan.
"Thank you Shi Shuai for trusting me."
"I once doubted you and told you that Prince Zong and I would move to Fenyang Ferry with a small number of troops. In fact, we set up an ambush and waited for you to give Li Xiatu a message to lure him over... However, the ambush was unexpectedly attacked overnight.
We came down and lost more than 3,000 soldiers and horses. In the final analysis, my opponent was smarter than me, and the game I laid was completely seen through."
As he said that, Shi Tianze's face became darker and darker.
There was thought in his eyes, and he murmured to himself: "How can we find this person out?"
Zhang Hongfan muttered: "With all due respect, Shi Shuai cares too much about this traitor."
"what for?"
"Our army has tens of thousands, which is several times more than Li Xia's. As long as we attack the pass, Li Xia will be defeated. And if we are worried and hesitate because of a mere traitor who tipped us off, wouldn't we be playing into Li Xia's plan?
?”
Shi Tianze shook his head and said: "It's not hesitation, it's just that Li Xia has been prepared, and our army... the people are not unified."
These last four words may not necessarily refer to just tipping off.
From the time they attacked Li Fen, all the princes did not want to suffer too much loss, so they chose to besiege the city and "kill it with time."
Zhang Hongfan wanted to change this style of play. He took a step forward and said, "What Li Xia lacks most right now is time. He wants to divert Guanzhong's manpower and material resources to strengthen the walls and clear the country; he wants to hold us back until Brother Alibu counterattacks so that we can withdraw our troops."
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Then we should not give him this time, we should not be afraid of him, but should annihilate him in one fell swoop with the power of thunder. This is also the reason why the Great Khan decided to send troops, to defeat cleverness with strength and show the power of his troops, those who dare to have different intentions
Talented people naturally don’t dare to take any more action.”
He didn't put it euphemistically, but he meant that Shi Tianze was too steady in fighting and too forward-thinking...
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