Si Shao hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said happily: "Zhang Si, thanks to you this time, you were able to defeat that Wang Ziying and capture Shuli City, you have made great contributions." ”

Zhang Shixing said modestly: "Father-in-law, it is still Brother Ba Zhi's proper command to build this miraculous feat." ”

Ba Zhi said with a smile on the side: "Brother-in-law, we are a family, so don't push each other." ”

Si Shao hugged Ba Zhi and Zhang Shixing, and said with emotion: "With you two, my family's big things can be accomplished." ”

At this time, Huaizhong, the son of Ba Zhi, stepped forward to greet Zhang Shixing and said, "Meet my uncle." ”

Huaizhong is still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, not very old, but he is a young man.

Zhang Shixing helped him up, glanced at Ba Zhi a little strangely, and said secretly in his heart: Does Huaizhong want to participate in state affairs at such a young age?

Ba Zhi seemed to see through Zhang Shixing's thoughts, and smiled at him: "Brother-in-law, sit down and talk, let me talk carefully." ”

Everyone sat down in the order of eldest and youngest, and Ba Zhi cleared his throat and said, "Brother-in-law, you have just arrived in Shuri, and I will introduce the situation again from the beginning." ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "Big brother, please speak." ”

Ba Zhi said slowly: "There are 10,000 households in my Shannan country, with a population of 50,000 or 60,000 and 3,000 or 4,000 soldiers. After I defeated Wang Ziying, I collected the remnants of the army and joined forces with my left city, and won a total of 3,000 victorious soldiers. Since the king of Shannan Chengtian was living abroad, the country could not be without a king for a day, and my father was elected as the regent of the general power according to the division. The general ordered me and Huai Zhong and my brother-in-law to lead the three thousand soldiers and horses, we imitate the Ming system, divided into three governors of the left, middle and right, I am the governor of the left army, Huai Zhong is the governor of the Chinese army, brother-in-law you are the governor of the right army, each of you leads a thousand soldiers, so arranged, brother-in-law, what do you think? ”

Zhang Shixing really laughed when he heard this, the three thousand soldiers and horses couldn't even get together a guard station, and they dared to call the three governors, which was really a bit arrogant. But after all, he was an outsider, so he couldn't evaluate it, so he had to give it up: "It's very appropriate for the eldest brother to arrange it like this." ”

Ba Zhi nodded and said, "That's very good." Then let's talk about what to do in the future. ”

Although Si Shao is a general, it is actually Ba Zhi who is the abbot of the country.

Ba Zhi continued: "Twenty miles to the north of our Shuri City is Putian City, the capital of Zhongshan Kingdom, and thirty miles to the southeast is Dali City, and Wang Ziying and his son fled to that place. When they heard that King Chengtian was living abroad, they proclaimed themselves King of Shannan and clamored to take back Shuri Castle. Huaizhong and brother-in-law, do you think we should send troops to Zhongshan first, or take Dali first? ”

Huai Zhong replied first: "Father, of course, it is to send troops to Dali first, take advantage of the enemy's new defeat, attack it in one fell swoop, and eliminate future troubles forever." ”

Zhang Shixing asked, "How many soldiers and horses does Wang Ziying's department have?" ”

Ba Zhi glanced at Zhang Shixing and said, "It should be less than a thousand." Brother-in-law, I heard that you shot down Wang Ziying's war horse that day, but let his father and son escape, it's a pity. If you had killed both of them then, we wouldn't be in the trouble we have today. ”

Zhang Shixing's face turned red and said: "I was about to do it, but when their rescue came, I was alone, so I had to give up." ”

Si Shao waved his hand and said: "Don't mention the past again, I also think that the top priority should be to pacify Dali City first." ”

Zhang Shixing didn't speak, just nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, Na Ba Zhi smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "I thought that I should attack Putian City, the capital of Zhongshan Kingdom, first." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked and said, "Why is this? ”

Ba Zhi said: "We have taken Shuri City and driven away the king of Shannan, Chengtian, and the king of Zhongshan Chadu will be frightened. If we send an army to attack Dazato Castle, he will definitely send troops to attack Shuri Castle, and we will be in danger of being destroyed by the enemy. If we send troops to attack Zhongshan Kingdom, then Wang Ziying's father and son have few soldiers, and they will not dare to attack Shuri City. We have no worries. The most important point is that Wang Ziying has two sons, the eldest son Wang Dabo is fierce and powerful, and the second son Wang Yingzu is smart and clever. If we go to attack Dali Castle, the three of them will be united, and if we go to attack Zhongshan, their father and son will have internal strife, and then we will go back to Dali Castle, and it will be very easy. ”

Zhang Shixing was greatly admired after hearing this, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said: "Big brother, your strategy is quite like Cao Cao's watching the fire from across the strait during the Three Kingdoms. ”

Ba Zhi laughed and said: "Brother-in-law, you are right, this is one of the stories of the Three Kingdoms that my sister explained to me, and I was inspired to come up with this plan." ”

Si Shao said: "Since this is the case, you can give the order." ”

Ba Zhi stood up and said sharply: "Where is Zhang Si, the right capital governor?" ”

Zhang Shixing also got up, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "The end will be." ”

Ba Zhi said: "You and I led the left and right armies to attack Putian City, the capital of Zhongshan Kingdom. ”

Zhang Shixing responded: "Obey." ”

Ba Zhi said to his son Huaizhong again: "Where is Huaizhong, the governor of the central capital? ”

Huai Zhong stood up and said, "The last general." ”

Ba Zhi said to him: "You lead the men and horses of your headquarters to stay in Shuri Castle and Zuoshiki Castle to protect the safety of the general, and to guard against the sneak attack of Wang Ziying's troops in Dali Castle from behind. ”

Huaizhong arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

So Ba Zhi and Zhang Shixing ordered 2,000 troops and horses in their headquarters and marched to Putian City, the capital of Zhongshan State.

Zhang Shixing looked up, only to see that the Putian city wall was several zhang high, there was a trench dug under the city, the city gate was closed, the suspension bridge was suspended, and his army had no siege equipment, only dozens of ladders, it was estimated that it was not high enough, and it needed to be re-tied, so he said to Ba Zhi: "Zuo Dudu, I don't know how many troops are stationed in this Putian City?" ”

Ba Zhi thought for a while and said, "About two thousand people. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Zuo Dudu, you see that the city wall of Putian is high and deep, our army has no siege equipment, and the number of the opponent's defending army is similar to ours, if we want to attack forcibly, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses, it is better to return to the capital of the army and make plans again." ”

Ba Zhi shook his head and said: "Since we have already sent troops, we can't return empty-handed, otherwise it will be quite bad for the people to laugh at and affect the overall situation." Besides, if we return to the capital of the army, the Wang father and son in Dali City will be vigilant and will not attack each other and form a civil strife. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "In this case, we will camp under the city, on the one hand to build siege equipment, on the other hand to besiege it, and when the city is exhausted, we will attack the city again." ”

Ba Zhi said: "This plan is very good, but it needs to cost us a lot of food, since we have come to Zhongshan, we should be the enemy because of the food." In this way, I will lead the left army to sweep the villages near Putian, collect grain and grass, and you lead the right army to build siege equipment and besiege the city, if the enemy dares to go out of the city to attack, you and I will attack before and after, and the enemy army will be defeated. ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "Okay, just follow my brother's words." ”

At this moment, in the Putian City, the king of Zhongshan Chadu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth on the main hall, and hundreds of civil and military officials were prostrate on the ground, and they didn't dare to take a mouthful.

Chadu pointed at them and scolded: "On weekdays, you are pampered and arrogant, but now that the soldiers are coming to the city, you are all turtles with shrunken heads? Not a single man dared to lead his troops out of the city to meet the enemy. ”

Changshi Cheng Fu kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, you don't know, there is a person under Ba Zhi, named Zhang Si, this person is from the Ming Dynasty, brave and good at fighting, Ba Zhi married his sister to him, it is by relying on him that he won more with less, defeated Wang Ziying, the king of Shannan, and expelled King Chengtian, none of us here is his opponent, so we can only hold on and dare not meet the enemy." ”

Chadu said angrily: "What is the origin of this Zhang Si, we asked the Ming Emperor to send someone to arrest him." ”

Cheng Fu said: "Weichen also sent someone to Daming to inquire, but I haven't heard of such a number one person, maybe he used a fake name." However, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, if there is someone from the Ming Dynasty in our country, maybe we know him, so we can deal with him. ”

Chadu thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "Yes, there are really people from the Ming Dynasty in our country." ”

Cheng Fu asked strangely, "Your Highness, who is he?" How I don't know. ”

Chadu snorted and said: "That was the old thing more than ten years ago, at that time you were not a long history, I was still the son of the lonely king, this person ordered the land to protect the slave, it was Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who sent him to my Zhongshan country." ”

Cheng Fu suddenly realized: "I see. He hurriedly ordered his men to summon the slaves of the land to the temple.

It has been 14 years since he was sent to the Zhongshan Kingdom in the Ryukyus in the 21st year of Hongwu, and he has changed from a young man to a middle-aged man with gray temples, because he grew up in the grassland and was good at riding and shooting, so he was responsible for raising horses for the king of Zhongshan.

He came up to the palace and kowtowed to Chadu, the king of Zhongshan, and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what is the important matter of calling the little one to come?" ”

Chadu said: "When you were in the Ming Dynasty, did you recognize a person named Zhang Si?" ”

When Di Baonu heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, there are thousands of people in this Ming Dynasty, how could he recognize a person named Zhang Si, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to kowtow and say: "The villain doesn't know." ”

Cheng Fu reminded him: "This Zhang Si, who is in his thirties, strong in martial arts, good at using soldiers, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and a tall figure, should be a loyal minister of Emperor Jianwen, don't you really have a little impression." ”

Di Baonu thought about it carefully, and said to himself: "This Zhang Si, if he is in his thirties now, he was only fourteen or fifteen sixteen more than ten years ago, he is strong in martial arts, and he must be a nobleman, and the children of the Zhang Wen family of Huining Marquis are not so old, and later I heard that his family was beheaded all over the house, and there was no descendant left." ”

Chadu waved his hand impatiently and said, "No matter how much, he is outside the city now, you go out to meet him for a while, and you will know the details." Then we'll talk about what to do. ”

The earth protector kowtowed and said, "The villain obeys." ”

So Di Baonu rode a fast horse out of the city and came to the camp of Zhang Shixing. After he left the city, the gates were closed again, and the city was filled with archers to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Di Baonu secretly smiled bitterly, it seems that he is an outcast, if he is caught or killed by the other party, Zhongshan Wang Chadu is indifferent.

Before he hit the horse to the camp, Zhang Shixing ordered his subordinates to dig a trench and set up a wooden fence in case of accidents.

Seeing this, Di Baonu raised his hands and shouted: "I am the envoy of the king of Zhongshan, and I want to see you Zhang Dudu to speak." ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he immediately flew on his horse, galloped out of the camp, came to the land security slave, and asked: "I am Zhang Si, the governor of the right army of Shannan Kingdom, who are you?" ”

Di Bao Nu looked him up and down, clenched his fists and said: "My name is Di Bao Nu, I am from Daming, I heard that Zhang Dudu is also from Daming, I just want to reminisce about the past, and there is nothing else to do." ”

After Zhang Shixing heard him say that he was a land security slave, he couldn't help but be surprised.