"Hahahaha, Master Shen is really good at joking..." The soldier next to him laughed dryly.
Wan Hao also sneered: "Stop playing tricks on me, you insidious villain."
"Let him go quickly, don't you understand?" Shen Yunfan said impatiently.
Hu Chun looked weird and asked, "Master Shen, are you kidding me?"
"Of course, let him go quickly."
"This..." Hu Chun couldn't understand, but he didn't dare to disobey the Shangguan's order, so he could only wave his hand and said: "Let him go!"
The soldiers then retreated, and Wan Hao stared at Shen Yunfan with surprise in his eyes. He really couldn't understand why Shen Yunfan let him go.
"Since you don't accept it, I won't arrest you. You can go." Shen Yunfan waved his hand.
After hearing this, Wan Hao was still vigilant. He slowly retreated to a safe distance, then turned around and ran away. It didn't take long before he ran back into the forest.
When everyone saw this, they all sighed and said in unison: "This is like letting the tiger go back to the mountain!"
Zheng Wanyi looked dissatisfied and asked in a low voice: "It was so hard to catch him, why did you let him go?"
Shen Yunfan did not answer, but said in a roundabout way: "Princess is so smart, she should be able to understand."
Hearing this, Zheng Wanyi frowned and fell into thought.
Now that Wan Hao has been let go, the morale in the army is very low. Even General Hu Chun is very dissatisfied with this matter. How can we let go of the results we have finally achieved with great difficulty?
When Shen Yunfan saw this, he shouted: "Anyone who participates in the battle tonight can go and receive ten taels of silver!"
It is said that a brave man must be rewarded with a heavy reward. With the reward, the soldiers were really happy.
Shen Yunfan then arranged: "You continue to go to the ambush place tonight, hide, and don't make any noise!"
"Ah? The barbarians have retreated, do we still need to continue to ambush?" Hu Chun was confused.
"Just do it."
"As ordered." Hu Chun scratched his head and had no choice but to call everyone back to the ambush location.
…
In the mountains and forests, the embarrassed Wanhao returned to the small town and almost chopped Wang Tong on the spot.
However, Wang Tong is a good talker, and he can save his own life with just a few words, and even continues to serve as Wanhao's military advisor.
"Brother Wan, that kid is really arrogant if he dares to let you back! Let's fight back tonight and we will definitely take his life!"
"Okay!" Wan Hao also felt that this strategy made sense, so he agreed, organized a thousand people as Wang Tong said, and set off in the middle of the night.
This time, Wang Tong was full of confidence.
Although he was ambushed not long ago, he had studied military science since he was a child, but he didn't take Shen Yunfan seriously! This counterattack was a strange move, and he thought Shen Yunfan would never have expected it!
The group of people returned the same way, almost following the previous template, and charged down again.
As a result, Wan Hao led the talents and ran out for a mile. Suddenly, there were sounds of charging and killing all around. Thousands of Jiaozhou troops rushed out and fought with them.
The scene of this ambush was clearly the same as before!
On the mountain, Wang Tong was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
"Damn it, don't Jiaozhou Army sleep at night?"
No matter how much he complained, the barbarian army was naturally defeated on the spot when facing an enemy several times their own, and Wanhao was captured again.
Shen Yunfan yawned, came out of the room and said with a smile, "Hey, you're back so soon?"
"Despicable villain!" Marriott yelled as before.
"Still not convinced?"
"You don't dare to confront me head-on, of course I won't accept it! I will never accept it, and I won't accept it in the next life either!" Wan Hao was so angry that veins bulged all over his body.
"Okay, then you can go." Shen Yunfan waved his hand, "Let him go."
"Let it go again?" All the soldiers looked at each other, thinking that the imperial envoy was playing a trick on them?
"Everyone stayed up all night, not just to play house." Someone complained dissatisfied.
Shen Yunfan said calmly: "Each person will be rewarded with twenty taels."
"Let them go, let them go!" All the soldiers' expressions changed instantly, with uncontrollable smiles on their faces. After all, who can't live with money?
Shen Yunfan thought to himself, fortunately the bandit campaign the day before yesterday brought a lot of money, otherwise he would not be rewarded now.
After Wan Hao fled in embarrassment, he called the soldiers to go back to rest, and then he went back to sleep.
This time until dawn, no barbarians dared to invade. They were obviously afraid of being ambushed.
But early in the morning, people in the county were talking about what happened last night.
"I heard that the imperial envoy captured the barbarian leader twice last night, but he released them all!"
"Ah? Why didn't you kill the barbarian leader?"
"Who knows? If you let the tiger go back to the mountains, there will be endless troubles!"
When everyone was puzzled, a well-mannered young man came out and said seriously: "I know why."
This person is Lu Xiucai from Linxi County. He has a top diploma in the county, at least much better than the illiterate people in the county.
Everyone looked at him and asked, "Why?"
"It's very simple." A mocking smile appeared on Lu Xiucai's face, "The imperial envoy came to Jiaozhou for merit. If he defeats the barbarians at once, his mission will be over and he will have to return to the capital."
"However, if he can prevent the barbarians from killing and keep the troubles of the barbarians hanging over Jiaozhou's head, he can stay in Jiaozhou as an imperial envoy to deal with the troubles."
"The longer he stays, the greater his military exploits will be. Now, do you understand?" Lu Xiucai sneered, his tone full of disdain for Shen Yunfan.
Everyone suddenly understood and said with indignation: "For their own selfish interests, we are always threatened by barbarians. Such people are really selfish!"
"That's right, it's too much!"
"Keep your voice down so that no one can hear you."
"If this is heard, you will be beheaded!"
In the darkness, Zheng Wanyi listened to everyone's discussion, her expression flickering.
"After working on it for a long time, it turned out that Shen had this plan. He is just like those old foxes in Zheng State. They are both selfish and corrupt officials. I really think too highly of him..."