At noon that day, Shen Yunfan took Zheng Wanyi and Feng Ling to have dinner together, and found that Zheng Wanyi's attitude towards him was very cold.
"You were fine yesterday, why have you changed your face again today? Women's hearts are so deep..." he muttered.
What he didn't know was that the rumor that he deliberately let go of the barbarian leader in order to enhance his military merit was getting stronger and spread among the army.
Hu Chun and Xie Min even learned of this rumor, and after discussion, they decided to send a letter to the court reporting the matter.
In the afternoon of the same day, Beijing received a letter from Kuai Ma.
Xu Kailin was immediately happy after seeing the letter, and hurriedly summoned several ministers to the palace to report the matter to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Shangshu Shen captured the barbarian leader twice in Jiaozhou, but let him go both times. In my opinion, he deliberately delayed time in Jiaozhou!"
"Will delaying time do him any good?" Wei Qing was puzzled.
"The longer he delays, the more he can say that the military situation in Jiaozhou is difficult when he comes back, and won't he get higher military honors then?" Xu Kailin sneered.
The ministers next to him were all Xu Kailin's men, and they all nodded and said, "You are so disrespectful of the imperial court by committing fraud to gain military honors in full view of the public!"
Several people said something to each other, but in the end they wanted to impeach Shen Yunfan.
Xu Kailin secretly rejoiced that the last time he helped Shen Yunfan during the assassination, it was just a temporary change. He had never regarded Shen Yunfan as one of his own.
Once he has the chance, he will have to kill this political enemy.
So he stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, if you take this opportunity to impeach Shen Yunfan, the power will return to your hands."
These words obviously captured Wei Qing's psychology.
Wei Qing's eyes flickered.
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In Jiaozhou, the barbarian attacks did not stop that day.
First, in the afternoon, they pretended to attack Linxi County, and then moved to attack the rich Beiyuan County. However, they were ambushed by Shen Yunfan again, and Wan Hao was captured again.
This time, he was let go again.
At night, Wanhao still refused to give up and led his army to attack again under Wang Tong's plan...
Over two days and two nights, the barbarians attacked a total of six times. The scale was not large, but they all ended in failure, and Wanhao was captured alive six times!
You know, as a small leader of the barbarians, he has always been at the forefront. He has fought more than a hundred times and has never tasted defeat.
Who knew that in just two days, he would be arrested so many times?
This is a huge shame for him. After all, even catching a wild boar is not that simple, right?
So after being put back for the sixth time, he became furious.
"How could that guy ambush me every time? There must be a spy among us!"
When it comes to the inner ghost among the barbarians, the most likely one is naturally Wang Tong!
Even though Wang Tong is good at talking, he still can't argue in the face of six consecutive defeats!
In the end, the dog-headed military advisor was ordered to be beheaded by Wan Hao, and his head was thrown to Linxi County by the barbarians, with a wooden sign on it that read: "The inner ghost is dead, you can never win again!"
The Jiaozhou Army could not figure out why Shen Yunfan was able to ambush his opponents every time.
After seeing Wang Tong's head, they suddenly realized: "So Wang Zhou is also the spy we sent?"
"Unexpectedly, we have misunderstood Wang Zhoutong all this time!"
When Zheng Wanyi learned about this, she also approached Shen Yunfan and sneered: "I've been working on this for a long time, but someone sent you a message?"
"Hmph, Wang Tong and I have only met twice, do you really believe that he is the mole I sent?" Shen Yunfan smiled, but felt that Zheng Wanyi and the others were too naive.
"If he wasn't a mole, how did you ambush them?" Zheng Wanyi was puzzled.
"It's very simple. I guessed all Wang Tong's thoughts." Shen Yunfan explained, "After Wang Tong escaped, I looked at his resume. He was from a scientific background and was familiar with the art of war, so I expected him to go The barbarians will definitely become military advisors."
"so what?"
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Look at this." Shen Yunfan took out a copy of the Southern Wei War Book.
Zheng Wanyi opened it and looked at it, her face suddenly became very surprised.
"How come the barbarians' attack methods these days are exactly the same as what is written in this military book?"
"Yes, Wang Tong is familiar with the art of war, but he is too rigid and can only talk about war on paper. His attack method almost completely copied the art of war, so I was able to ambush him time and time again."
"So that's it, cleverness leads to cleverness!"
Zheng Wanyi suddenly realized, but then she said sadly: "But now that Wang Tong is dead, what are you going to do next? I tell you, you shouldn't have let Wan Hao go last time."
"If he refuses to accept it, I will naturally let him go."
"Then what if he remains dissatisfied for the rest of his life?"
"Back then, Zhuge Wolong captured Meng Huo seven times and subdued him. Today, I, Shen Yunfan, captured Wanhao six times, just short of the last time. He will always be subdued!" Shen Yunfan said with a smile.
Liufang Wanhao, he naturally has his own considerations.
"Who is Zhuge Wolong? What are the seven captures of Meng Huo?"
"Don't you have this allusion here?" Shen Yunfan scratched his head helplessly and was too lazy to explain, so he changed the subject and said, "Princess, it's getting so late, we should go to bed."
As he spoke, he reached out to hug Zheng Wanyi's waist.
"Playing like a gangster again." Zheng Wanyi glanced at him, turned around and ran away.
"Finally let's go." Shen Yunfan's face turned serious, and he went out to the Jiaozhou Army's barracks.
Hu Chun just sent someone to call him, saying that he had some information to tell, so he had to go there.
In the Jiaozhou Army camp, the soldiers were still discussing the recent war.
"Don't tell me, the imperial envoy is really good at calculating. He can ambush the barbarians every time."
"What's the use? You try so hard to catch someone, but you let him go in the end, right?"
"Yes, we have been let go six times. Everyone has wasted so much effort and achieved nothing!"
"Just like what Lu Xiucai said, the imperial envoy asked us to work desperately on the front line. This is to accumulate military merit for ourselves."
The soldiers were quite complaining about this.
At this moment, Shen Yunfan's voice sounded: "Who told you?"
The soldiers present were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They suddenly stood up and saluted, and hesitantly said: "Your Majesty, why are you here at the military camp so late at night?"
"If I hadn't come to the military camp, I wouldn't have known about such rumors." Shen Yunfan frowned.
He had been busy dealing with barbarian attacks in the past two days, and he had no idea that such rumors were still prevalent in the army.
Now the soldiers did not dare to hide it, so they said: "This is what Lu Xiucai from Linxi County said, we just heard about it!"
Shen Yunfan waved his hand and did not punish these soldiers. He just said meaningfully: "When the dust settles, you will know that I have good intentions."