Fenghou

Chapter 149 The Tiger's Den
The death of Wang Jian caused an uproar, and the governor Zhang Zhongfu became furious. He immediately found Wanyan Wushu and demanded that Zheng Ping be severely punished. In the afternoon, Wanyan Wushu sent someone to call Zheng Ping over.

In Wang's tent, Wanyan Wushu's back was straight and mighty, and his big copper bell eyes stared at Zheng Ping, "Zhang Dutong accused you of using a knife to eradicate dissidents. Tell yourself, what happened to Wang Jianzhi's death? "

Zheng Ping coldly glanced at Zhang Zhongfu next to him, straightened his back and said, "Wang Jian deserves to die!"

"you--"

Zhang Zhongfu was extremely annoyed, and said to Wanyan Wushu: "Commander, he admitted that he deliberately killed Wang Jian, he."

Wanyan Wushu waved his hand, stopped Zhang Zhongfu's words, and stared at Zheng Ping with sharp eyes like a leopard, "Why did you kill him?"

"He is my subordinate, but he doesn't listen to my orders, and fights against me everywhere. I can't kill him, and I can't transfer him away. This morning in the granary, I accused him of making too slow progress, and he contradicted me again, saying that he is At this speed, if you are not satisfied, you can find someone else to do it, I am really angry, but if the commander thinks that I have done something wrong, he can directly remove me and kill me."

Wanyan Wushu was stunned, "There is such a thing, if you offend the next one, why don't you just kill him?"

"I'm going to ask Zhang Dutong about that!"

Zheng Ping glanced at Zhang Zhongfu, and said with a sneer, "Wang Jian was originally Zhang Dutong's confidant. If Zhang Dutong hadn't supported him, he would dare to talk to me like that?"

Wanyan Wushu turned his cold eyes to Zhang Zhongfu, "Is that so?"

"this."

Zhang Zhongfu yelled inwardly that something was wrong, the fourth prince obviously had the tendency to shield Zheng Ping, he hesitated for a while before he said hesitantly: "It is true that he is from my hometown, but he is not my personal soldier, and I will never shield him, maybe He doesn't know much about military rules, but Zheng Tongzhi's way of killing people with a knife is really disgusting!"

Wanyan Wushu is also a soldier, how could he not understand the problems involved, if there is no one to support him, how could he not be able to deal with the following offenders.

"Okay! That's the end of this matter."

Wanyan Wushu glared at Zhang Zhongfu dissatisfied, and said, "Zhang Dutong should focus on arresting spies and besieging Chen Qing! A certain family gave you three days, half of it has passed now, what will you do by then?" Explain to someone?"

Zhang Zhongfu's back was covered with sweat, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Wanyan Wushu glared at Zheng Ping again and said, "How do you know that there are secret whistles ambush in the granary?"

Zheng Ping rolled his eyes, this might be an opportunity to get rid of the secret whistle.

"Reporting to Commander, this is not a secret. Many soldiers know about it. It has already been spread to the lower levels, but the higher ups don't know about it."

"Do all the soldiers below know?"

Wanyan Wushu was stunned, if these secret whistles were already an open secret, then what's the point of deploying them?
You must know that this kind of secret sentry is a double-edged sword. It shoots the enemy, but it also shoots its own people. A few days ago, an aide was engaged in an inventory of the arsenal, but he was also shot by the secret sentry, especially at night. In fact, the secret whistle couldn't tell the difference between the Jurchens and the Han people, and they all shot and killed them.

"You step back!"

Wanyan Wushu waved his hand impatiently, making the two retreat.

Wanyan Wushu walked a few steps inside the big tent with his hands behind his back, feeling really annoyed, where are the Song army spies hiding?Chen Qing is actually active in the periphery, this person is very courageous, Wanyan Wushu is really afraid that he will do something.

There is also the matter of the secret whistle, if it weren't for the death of Wang Jianzhi, I really didn't know that the secret whistle of the granary had already become an open secret.

I wanted to kill a thousand by mistake, and never let a single person go, what about now?Even if you kill ten thousand by mistake, you can't kill an enemy. What's the use of such a secret whistle?

Wanyan Wushu hesitated for a long time, finally sighed and said: "Pass my order, the secret whistle of the granary camp will be withdrawn!"

Walking out of the Jurchen camp, Zhang Zhongfu glared at Zheng Ping angrily, "Don't think that you can be arrogant because the commander is protecting you, you bastard will fall into my hands sooner or later."

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "You old man, you should think about how to deal with the backstabbing!"

Zhang Zhongfu was taken aback, "What backstabbing?"

"I heard that the news of the spies came from a letter that the Jurchens picked up while patrolling, isn't that right!"

"That's right! So what?"

"Don't you all think it's weird? Those who know about Chen Qing are at least the high-level Song army! If the high-level Song army wanted to betray Chen Qing, they would have betrayed Dashanguan long ago, and he wouldn't send someone to secretly deliver the letter? Wan Didn’t the Jurchen patrol find this letter?”

"It's a bit strange to say that, so what do you mean?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Zheng Ping stepped forward and said in a low voice, "What if this letter was not sent by Da Sanguan, but by our own people?"

Zhang Zhongfu suddenly understood a little bit, someone pretended to be Song Jun's archery letter, and made fun of himself behind his back.

"go on!"

"Who will be the biggest beneficiary if the governor fails to complete the task and is dismissed?"

Zhang Zhongfu narrowed his eyes, "You mean Zhang Linghui?"

Zhang Linghui is the deputy capital commander and a member of Wanyanchang. He is relatively silent and cold in the army.

When Zheng Ping hinted, Zhang Zhongfu immediately thought of this person.

"I didn't say anything, I just chatted with Dutong, please don't think about it, I will leave."

Zheng Ping laughed, turned around and patted his ass and left, leaving Zhang Zhongfu in the messy wind.

He feared that the world would not be chaotic, and fanned the flames everywhere.

Although Zheng Ping's current risk has been lifted, he knows in his heart that the letter is genuine, and there must be something wrong inside Dashan Pass, and he must report this matter to Chen Qing immediately.

Zheng Ping found Wang Hao, the head of the capital, and whispered a few words to him. Wang Hao left the barracks that day and rode to Wucheng Town on horseback.

Wucheng Town is located between Baoji County and Guo County, on the north bank of the Weihe River. The Sishui from Longzhou flows into the Weihe River here. The water and land transportation is very convenient. Wucheng Town has developed commerce since ancient times and has always been an important business town in Guanzhong.

However, after the Jin soldiers attacked the Song Dynasty aggressively, this place also suffered from the destruction of the war and became very withered. There were less than a hundred households left in the big town with more than a thousand households. Come to life.

That afternoon, a caravan of more than ten people came from the north and stayed in the only inn still in operation in the town, Wucheng Inn.

"The guest officer is here to sell medicinal materials!" The shopkeeper said casually while registering.

"How does the shopkeeper know that I sell medicinal materials?" the businessman asked with a smile.

"Now it's only safer to sell medicinal materials, nothing else."

Jin Bing hoarded a lot of supplies to prepare for the war, but there was only a shortage of medicinal materials, Wanyan Wushu issued a strict order, as long as the caravans that come to Fengxiang to sell medicinal materials, they will be exempted from tax, and Jin Bing's harassment is strictly prohibited.

Herb merchants from all over Shanxi Road sensed business opportunities and rushed to Fengxiang one after another. The shopkeeper of the inn received a lot, so of course he knew.

"We came from the same state. I have a companion who came first and made an appointment to meet you at your inn. I wonder if he has come?"

"What's your companion's name?"

"It's called Wu Xin, hard-working Xin."

The shopkeeper flipped through the register, "There is such a person who came the afternoon before yesterday and lives in the easternmost room on the second floor. I'll ask the guy to take you there."

"No need, I'll go by myself, and the shopkeeper will arrange the room for us."

The leader of the caravan came to the eastmost room on the second floor, knocked on the door, and the door opened. Inside was Wang Hao, Zheng Ping's subordinate.

When he saw the leader of the businessman, he was stunned for a moment. After closing the door, he immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Humble Wang Hao, see the leader!"

The drug seller was none other than Chen Qing in disguise.

Chen Qing led his men to enter Guanzhong along the Qianshui River. People on both sides of the Qianshui River could not leave in spring and summer, but in winter, when the river froze, they could walk on the Qianshui River and go all the way into Guanzhong.

They were all hilly and mountainous along the way, and if they didn't meet the Jin soldiers, the Song army hid in a hilly depression about [-] miles north of Wucheng Town.

Wucheng Inn is where Chen Qing and Zheng Ping agreed to meet. Chen Qing was really worried about Zheng Ping, so he came to Wucheng Town disguised as a drug dealer.

Chen Qing sat down and asked Wang Hao, "How is General Zheng?"

Wang Hao smiled wryly, "Perhaps the commander didn't expect that General Zheng has now been promoted to the commander of the Confederate Army, and there are five thousand people under him."

Chen Qing blinked and asked in surprise, "Why?"

"General Zheng was appreciated by Wanyan Wushu, and he was promoted to control in an extraordinary way."

Wang Hao then talked about the fact that Zheng Ping's pulling the boat was appreciated by Wanyan Wushu and promoted to be in charge.

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, "Fatty Zheng didn't have such good luck in the Song Army, and now he leads [-] people. It seems that I have wronged him."

"Report to the Commander, I have a major matter to report to the Commander."

Wang Hao then reported in detail the fact that someone leaked that Zheng Ping was hiding in the enemy army and that Chen Qing's army was on the outskirts.

Chen Qing's face suddenly became very serious.

(End of this chapter)