The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Fan returned to the army with the soldiers who went out, so he naturally had to finish his work as the master.The small soldiers recruited to count the battlefield recorded: "In the first year of Longqing, on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Tartar patrols were wiped out in the south of Hetao to protect the whereabouts of the army. 87 enemies were wiped out, 14 were captured, and 600 horses were captured. No one escaped. Our army dispatched 20 cavalry, three of them were killed, [-] were injured, seven of them were seriously injured and could not fight any more, and none of them were in danger of life."

"Master Bo is really hardworking!" General Liu began to work after seeing Zhang Fan came back. Hearing Liu Yong's description of Zhang Fan at that time, he immediately became more fond of Zhang Fan.

"Your Excellency, you praised me!" Zhang Fan recorded the situation of the battle, and said to Liu Jinquan, "Your Excellency was able to quickly dispatch soldiers to wipe out the Tartar patrols, so that the army could not be exposed. You really are a general." Demeanor."

"Hehe..." Liu Jinquan was a little embarrassed when he heard Zhang Fan's words, "I have also read some art of war, after all, I still understand the principle of 'soldiers, important affairs of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival'" .”

Zhang Fan wanted to laugh when he heard Liu Jinquan drop his book bag awkwardly, but then he thought, it is understandable for a general to read the famous lines from "The Art of War".

"How does the general plan to question those captured Tartars?" Zhang Fan asked.

"What else can I do? There is only torture." Liu Jinquan sighed and said, "I am not a cruel person. They were willing to tell me the information I want. It would be a pleasure to kill them together. It's just the Tartars." You guys have always been stubborn, and each of you will not die if you don’t see the Yellow River, so I can’t do anything about it. But I’m also afraid that those civil servants in the court will panic and make trouble for us!”

"I know, the general doesn't need to say too much, I know how to report to the court, the general just do it." Zhang Fan had an expression of "I understand".

"Then thank you very much, Master!" Liu Jinquan thanked Zhang Fan with his fists cupped. After speaking, without any further words, he led the soldiers into a tent with the dozen or so Tartar captives.Not long after, there were screams and curses from inside.

Perhaps because he couldn't adapt to this situation, Zhang Fan stayed away from that place.It was almost ten minutes past midnight, and most of the surrounding soldiers camped to rest, and several groups of people were patrolling around.In this frigid weather, no one dared to light a fire in the wild, for fear of being discovered by other Tartar patrols and revealing their whereabouts.We only lit some small bonfires in some big tents, cooked some hot soup or something to satisfy the soldiers’ hunger and cold, and we must always pay attention not to set the tents on fire!Zhang Fan was sitting by the campfire in a big tent, holding a bowl of broth that Wang Degui gave him.The meat is a wild boar, which was hunted by some soldiers during the daytime march, but one pig can feed 5000 people, and each person can drink a bowl of hot soup at most to warm their bodies.Zhang Fan, as the leader of the army, was lucky to have a piece of lean meat cut from the back seat of a pig in his bowl, which was not available to ordinary soldiers or low-ranking officers.Wang Degui, the new General Banner, did not have the qualifications, so he could only look at the meat in Zhang Fan's bowl, drooling, envious in his eyes.Zhang Fan looked at him and handed over the bowl in his hand.Wang Degui didn't dare to take it at first, but after seeing Zhang Fan's encouraging eyes, he took it boldly and started to gobble it up.

"Thank you, Master Bo." Wang Degui wiped the remaining soup from the corner of his mouth contentedly, and then found Zhang Fan looking at him amusedly, "Damn it, I ate Master Bo's meat, this... this..."

"What about this and that, I gave you the meat, why should you apologize to me?" Zhang Fan said.

"However, it's so cold that many people can't eat meat. They can only eat the cold dry food, and at most they can have a hot bowl of soup. But I..." Wang Degui said darkly.

"It's not your fault." Zhang Fan said, "It's not because I've known you for a long time that I gave you the food, it's just that you are beside me now. If there is another soldier sitting beside me , I will also give him food. After all, I don’t need to go to battle to kill the enemy, I just need to write, eat some dry food and drink some hot soup every day.”

"..." Wang Degui, who has never read any books, didn't know what to say. Although Zhang Fan said that the meat was not specially given to him, he could understand Zhang Fan's meaning, and the emotion on his face became deeper and deeper. .

At this moment, a soldier dressed as an orderly entered the tent, saw Zhang Fan and said, "Liu Shen is about to hold a military meeting to deploy operations, and I invite Master Bo to go."

Hearing this, Zhang Fan stood up, told Wang Degui to rest well, and followed the messenger to the army tent.

Entering the big tent, I saw a bonfire lit in the tent, the generals in the army had already taken their seats, but Liu Jinquan was not there, only Zhou Biao was sitting in the deputy's seat.Zhang Fan met with a salute, and took the seat of the master. He had already prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, ready to record at any time.

Although it was already late at night, Zhang Fan saw that all the generals present were full of energy.After waiting for about a stick of incense, Liu Jinquan walked into the tent.Seeing the serious expression on Liu Jinquan's face, Zhang Fan didn't know what happened.The generals who sat down were also silent, waiting for Liu Jinquan to speak.

Liu Jinquan came to the main seat and sat down, pondered for a while, and then said: "At this time, I invite you to come here because there are important matters to discuss."

After Liu Jinquan said this, he saw that everyone in the ground was waiting for him to speak, thought for a while, and said: "I just learned from some captured Tartars that the Tartar tent is not far from here, and we will march with all our strength." , can arrive in half a day."

"General, do you want me to wait for the night attack?" someone said.

"General, give the order!"

"Yes! General, give the order!" Everyone said one after another.

"Don't make any noise, my lord is free to order." Zhou Biao yelled to stop the crowd who were eager to beg for orders.

Liu Jinquan looked at the generals present and said, "Don't be anxious, everyone. Our army has come from a long distance. After a day's journey, we are exhausted. Today we need to take a good rest. We will set off tomorrow morning and hide around the main tent of the Tartars. An attack will be launched at dawn the next day. There are 1 guards around the main tent of the Tartars. In order to prevent the Tartars from discovering us, each army must send more troops. Once the soldiers patrolling by the Tartars are found, we will wipe them all out. Don’t let any one go. .”

Seeing the order that Liu Jinquan had issued, everyone suddenly agreed.Liu Jinquan dismissed everyone, and left Zhang Fan behind.

"Your Excellency told me to stay here, but what do you want to tell me?" Zhang Fan asked after seeing the seriousness on Liu Jinquan's face.

"Zhang Zhubo, sit down first." Liu Jinquan pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Zhu Bo heard what you just said, and we are not far from the Tartars! Sigh..."

"Isn't this attack the purpose of our army? Why is your lord sighing? Is it because he is afraid that the [-]-strong army of the Tartars will fail?" Zhang Fan asked.

"Although the [-] Tartar army is difficult to deal with, this is not what I am worried about. I heard some things from those Tartars." Liu Jinquan said helplessly.

"Could it be..." Zhang Fan seemed to think of something.

"That's right, it's really the matter Mr. Wang mentioned before leaving."

"Could it be that there are really spies infiltrating the middle and high levels of our army?" Zhang Fan asked nervously.

"It would be fine if they were spies. Some of the Tatars we caught had been the personal entourage of Baals, the leader of the Tatar army, and had seen the person who tipped him off." Liu Jinquan said.

"Since I've seen it, isn't it easy? As long as I know the name of that person, can I ask Mr. Wang to arrest that person and bring him to justice soon?" Zhang Fan said.

"This matter is not that simple." Liu Jinquan said, "The tartar said that he did not know the person who came to inform him, but he was sure that he was a Han Chinese, and from what he said, he was a military officer of some status."

"This...is this someone collaborating with the enemy?" Zhang Fan didn't expect it to be like this.

"I'm afraid it is." Liu Jinquan also expressed regret.

"Can the Tartar see that person's face?" Zhang Fan immediately thought.

"I have seen it, but he said that the person is not a member of our army. The appearance he described is somewhat similar to that of [-]% of the members in the army." Liu Jinquan said, "But this is more troublesome. The person must be under the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi. Officer. Now that the various armies in Shaanxi are mobilizing, finding this person is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"What is your lord going to do?" Zhang Fan asked.

"I have sent someone to report this matter to Mr. Wang quickly, and I think I will be back tomorrow afternoon!" Liu Jinquan said, "Now I still need Mr. Xing's military order, and there is nothing I can do about it!" After finishing speaking, he Long sigh.

After waiting for the meeting, Zhang Fan saw that Liu Jinquan had fallen silent, so he had no choice but to withdraw from the big tent to recharge his spirits for tomorrow's march.But after listening to Liu Jinquan's words just now, Zhang Fan was full of thoughts, and he couldn't fall asleep. He lay down in the military tent for more than an hour before he could fall asleep.