It was already after three o'clock. When we got down to Caicheng City, Zhang Jun, Zhang Taiwei, who was awakened in the middle of the night, took Zhao Ding and Zhao Zhizhou to look at the city for a long time. However, he suddenly turned his head to look at his son-in-law beside him and raised his voice.
Voice inquiry.
"Lord Taishan." Tian Shizhong, who was fully armored, immediately bowed his head to face him. "My son-in-law has been at the top of the city and saw clearly. Although the Jin army was very powerful and came in a hurry, it obviously lacked equipment. The roar for half a day was only on the periphery.
It was just throwing arrows, and only four or five places where the moat was narrow were able to climb the city, but the Han army came to die in vain... Therefore, the son-in-law thought that it must be a feint attack, so he just ordered that the watchtowers everywhere have a clear view of the enemy's situation, and there is no waste.
Arrow."
"You did the right thing." Zhang Jun nodded repeatedly. "And that's what I thought too. But when fighting at night, we must beware of Jurchen elites suddenly mixing in, or raiding the west of the city that we have never touched before, and catching us by surprise. We must also be on guard.
Liu Guangshi's old troops are used to breaking up and fleeing, and they will ruin the situation by being surprised...be careful."
"Don't worry, Lord Taishan!" Tian Shizhong quickly replied. "My son-in-law has always been in the city, nothing can go wrong!"
"That's good!" Zhang Jun continued to open his mouth. "You stare back and forth from the top of the city. Zhao Zhizhou and I will go back to the city and open the door to drink and eat food to calm people's hearts. Then let Liu Bao introduce a thousand people to the most powerful
The old brothers who fight are waiting, ready to support at any time!"
"Master Taishan's arrangements are very appropriate." Tian Shizhong remained calm.
"You two, don't take any reassurance pills from me, Baibao Dan!" Zhao Ding is such a smart man. He has long heard that these two people's one-on-one answers were actually meant for him, but he didn't care.
He pointed directly at the firelight in the direction of Henan on the city and couldn't follow up. "I have always seen what happened in the city with my own eyes, so I can trust you, but what is going on in Henan? Maybe you two have something to say?"
"Well, Zhao Zhizhou knows that the repair of the inner crossing is difficult, and no matter what happens in Henan, we can't take care of it for the time being!" Zhang Jun shook his head helplessly when he saw this, but simply turned around and left as he said it. "But anyway, there are Po Han.
There is such a large fleet on the river. With his ability, even if one or two Meng'an sneak across, how can they not be able to support them?"
Tian Shizhong bowed his head again to face him. Zhao Ding was also discouraged when he heard this, but he could only stamp his feet, then turned around to catch up.
However, just a moment later, Zhang Jun, Zhang Taiwei and Zhao Ding and Zhao Zhizhou had just returned to the central palace of Xiacai City. Before they had time to hold a night banquet to calm people's hearts, it was almost visible to the naked eye that there was another rise in the direction of Bagong Mountain in Huainan.
After hearing the news, the two of them did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly climbed up to the city wall tower outside the southeast water gate, and then looked at each other from a distance. After careful observation, they only saw the water village on the west channel of Bagong Mountain on the other side of the river.
, patches of fire started to spread strangely towards the valley of Xiashi Mountain further west, and I don’t know what happened!
"Withdraw your troops!" At the same moment, on the Huaihe River embankment, which was probably only two or three miles away from Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding, General Ali of the Jin Army and Commander Ali stood on his horse and watched for a long time, but he suddenly said: "Fourth Prince.
What do you think of interfering with General Lu Bu?"
"I also think it's time to withdraw our troops." Another captain, Nian Lubu, seemed to have come to his senses, but he couldn't help but feel a headache.
"What do you mean?" Jin Wushu was confused but also got angry. "It was the two of you who said you wanted to feign an attack, and it was the two of you who said you wanted to withdraw your troops, but you didn't make it clear to me, the commander, anyway?"
"Nothing!" Ali sighed. "I'm afraid that the Song Army also noticed that there should be an army like Shu Lie on the south bank, so the fire was not set by Shu Lie to attack, but the Song Army had the same intention as us and deliberately set the fire on their own.
Lure him to attack, but at this time Shu Lie must have been exposed again, and was severely blocked by the Song army in the mountain nest to the north!"
"Think about it." Nian Lubu, who was next to him, actually shook his head. "Han Shizhong was recognized as a brave general by the Three Kingdoms as early as when he destroyed the Liao Dynasty. He has always been bold and daring to fight. With his personality, if he ran into a fierce enemy on the way,
An, naturally he would think that there was another fierce An in the west, and then take the initiative to fight, but the officials of the Song Dynasty saw that they were not willing to listen to others. "
Jin Wushu opened his mouth, only to feel a tightness in his chest.
"Fourth Prince, I don't blame you for this, but my strategy was a bit short, otherwise I wouldn't have helped Song Jun to deceive Shu Lie!" Upon seeing this, Ali was extremely frank.
"Why do you expect you to admit your mistake?" Jin Wushu's face turned red, but he didn't know whether it was from embarrassment or from the fire. "In the final analysis, I was the one who sent Shu Liesu, and the fire started on its own before you suggested it!"
Zan Lubu and Ali looked at each other, but neither of them meant to add fuel to the fire.
However, as the three of them stood still and watched for a long time, seeing that the fire never came back, Jin Wushu had no choice but to order the feint troops and horses to return to camp to rest.
And the night retreat of tens of thousands of troops is so cumbersome. By the time the sporadic fighting around Xiacaicheng ended, it was actually close to the fourth watch, and even the sky in the east had turned slightly white... I don't know why, until this time, the
Han Shizhong, who controlled the Huaihe River, just thought of sending a small boat to the water gate of Xiacaicheng and delivered a letter to the city.
The letter is very short. First of all, it is of course a greeting. The beautiful writing style shows that it was not written by Han Liangchen. Then it mentions that Han Shizhong trapped the Jin army on the island in the middle of the Huaihe River next to Juejian Town.
An (Team of Thousands, Captain of Thousands); but at the end, he mentioned that he was 'preparing' to lure the enemy to another possible Jin army in the west of Huainan... but to let Taiwei Zhang arrive early
Make preparations to avoid being frightened 'when the time comes'!
"What a fucking idiot!"
Zhang Jun didn't close his eyes all night and was already exhausted. At this time, he and Zhao Ding crowded around the brazier to read this letter, but finally became furious. "I have suffered all the pain and fatigue! But the flesh has let this guy
Eat them all!”
Since Lieutenant Zhang was so angry, he and the surrounding officers who rushed here, including Tian Shi and Liu Bao, naturally started to speak obscenely and denounced Han Shizhong.
Besides, the style of the Song Army has always been like this, and everyone was mixed up from the Western Army. Over the years, I don’t know how many really shameful things I have seen. In addition, the official family is opposite at this time, so the Po Han Wu can only
It was just a show of prestige in this way, after all, it was not really a beggar-thy-neighbor behavior, so after a while of foul language, everyone did not take it seriously and prepared to leave with Taiwei Zhang swearing at him.
However, at this moment, Zhao Ding, who had already read the letter several times but had remained silent, suddenly became angry and became furious on the city with a fierce voice:
"Submit a letter to impeach him! The entire city team and the above officers joined me to impeach Han Shizhong! When did this happen? It's still the Western Army's sectarian view. I don't believe that the officials deliberately asked him to delay sending the letter until now!
If the officials don't let Han Shizhong explain this to our Xia Cai, I, Zhao Ding, the prefect, will be the first to jump off the water gate tower!"
Below Captain Zhang, all the officers in Xiacaicheng who were about to disperse all turned back and became silent.
"Brothers, Zhao Ding, who is more than forty years old, is still wearing his green robe that has not been changed for an unknown period of time. He is standing proudly in front of the brazier on the city. However, he has no civil servant posture. Instead, he directly pats his chest and points to each other.
Heavenly speaking, his words can be said to be sincere. "But as long as I, Zhao Ding, stay in Xia Caicheng for one day, I will never let you suffer the slightest injustice... I am not good at fighting, but for such trivial matters, I, the dignified magistrate of Shouzhou, are...
It’s obligatory!”
"Should have thought of it earlier!"
Amidst a burst of praise, Tian Shizhong shook his head repeatedly, but whispered to his father-in-law. "Now in Shouzhou, on both sides of the Huaihe River, there are already crouching tigers, hidden dragons... Why not let Zhao Zhizhou take charge of the military rations in the future?"
"I have suffered all the pain and fatigue..." Zhang Jun muttered half a sentence in a low voice, but looking at Zhao Ding's dirty robe, he didn't say the second half of the sentence. Instead, he instinctively changed the subject. "
Now that things have come to an end, let’s share the joys and sorrows together!”
ps: Thanks to the old book friend Shangmeng, this is the 31st cute episode! I thank you for Xiaojiu!