Chapter 406: Framing Daniel Zhang
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After a while, his clothes were torn and covered in blood, and a middle-aged man limped in. Ask the secret prince to give death! ”
The person who came was Wang Bodang, who was originally a heroic man, but now his appearance is extremely tragic. The crowd barely recognized him.
"Wang Bodang, what's wrong with you? What about your troops? When Li Mi saw Wang Bodang like this, he felt bad.
"The last will be damned! The day before yesterday, when we set up camp fifty miles outside Jindi Pass, we did not expect that a large number of Zhou troops were lying in ambush nearby, with more than 100,000 people. Then, while our army was encamped, a sneak attack was launched. Although the last general and the ten thousand soldiers resisted desperately, the final result was ......" Wang Bodang couldn't help crying when he said this.
"Yuming! I swear to you! Li Mi popped out a few words from between his teeth. For a while, he forgot to ask Wang Bodang if he had marched overnight.
At this time, Xu Shiji was very fine, and he asked with some doubts: "General Wang, have you really encountered more than 100,000 Zhou troops?" ”
"It's true!" Wang Bodang actually knew that he was exaggerating a little, although he couldn't see how many enemies there were at night, but judging from the fighting situation, the Zhou army would not be much more than him. It's just that if he doesn't exaggerate the enemy's strength several times, how can he explain that he has lost so badly? It is impossible to say that he was incapable of fighting and neglected to take precautions when he set up camp.
"That's a little strange: as you said, there are still fifty miles away from Jindi Pass, and that day is the day when Jindi Pass is lost, it stands to reason that at this time, the main force of the Zhou army is still in Jindi Pass, and Yuming can actually draw 100,000 troops to ambush you?" Xu Shiji asked with a frown.
"Yes! How did he know that we had sent 10,000 cavalry to the aid of Jindi Pass? And find your place so quickly? Shan Xiongxin also asked with some suspicion.
When Wang Bodang heard them ask like this, he knew that it was bad, he and these two people had been wrong, and if he had the opportunity to fall into the well, they would naturally not let it go. Although he deliberately dressed up so embarrassed in order to be punished lightly, as if he had escaped death after a bloody battle, it seemed that it only had some effect on Li Mi, but it had no effect on Xu Shiji and Shan Xiongxin.
Thinking of this, he had an idea and decided to shift the responsibility to others.
"King Wei, Xu Junshi, General Shan, Wang suffered such a fiasco, and when he fled back, he also learned from the pain and thought about it carefully. I thought it might be that there was a traitor in my troops, and he informed Yuming of the intelligence of our army, so that guy was able to ambush near the camp site of our army so quickly, and then sneak attack successfully! Wang Bodang immediately did not change his face and threw out the statement that there were traitors in his army without a beat.
"Bodang, then you can suspect the object in your heart? It stands to reason that such a thing as camping is not known to ordinary middle- and low-level officers and soldiers. When Li Mi heard Wang Bodang say this, he felt a little sympathetic to him. In the case of betrayal by a traitor, and encountering an ambush by an enemy army twice as large as himself, even a god will inevitably be defeated.
Wang Bodang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly threw Daniel Zhang out and said, "The matter of the subordinate camping was discussed with the adjutant general Daniel Zhang, and he did not mention it to other officers. If someone betrays our army's military intelligence, then it can only be Daniel Zhang! ”
He also thought about blaming Daniel Zhang for it. The relationship between this person and him is only average. There is neither a deep friendship, nor any fetters, saying that suspicion of this person will not be considered by others as a personal vendetta.
And Daniel Zhang, as the adjutant general of the cavalry of the Wanwei Army, was fully qualified to know the marching line and encampment point of the large army. And the most important point: Daniel Zhang has been captured by Yuming.
If he surrendered Yuming, he just confirmed the fact that he said that Daniel Zhang was a traitor. And if he refused to surrender, most of them would have died under Yuming's knife at this moment, becoming a headless corpse...... And the dead man naturally has no way to argue with him.
"What? Will Daniel Zhang also be a traitor? "Shan Xiongxin really doesn't believe it, this is an old brother who has been there since the establishment of the Wagang Army. If this person is really a guy from the morning and dusk, he can surrender as early as when the Sui army encircles and suppresses him. How can I always follow it until now.
Xu Shiji also frowned and said, "General Wang, do you have any evidence?" You can't talk nonsense about this wronged brother! ”
"Surely he was not wronged! Although this person is also the old brother of our Wagang Army, he has always worked under the original leader Zhai and has not had much contact with King Wei. And the big leader Zhai is now dead, Daniel Zhang cherishes the old master, secretly disagrees with the secret duke, and tries to connect Yuming and avenge his old lord Zhai Hongrang, which is also possible! Wang Bodang's mind turned sharply and made up a lot of reasons.
After Li Mi heard this, he was also a little moved. Although he knew that what Wang Bodang said was not necessarily the truth, it was also one of several possibilities.
Although Daniel Zhang chose his own side when he fought with Zhai Rang. But it is possible that he saw that he had the advantage at that time, so he surrendered...... Now in the battle between himself and Yuming, he is the disadvantaged side. It is also possible that this person will change his mind and secretly switch to Yuming. ”
At this moment, the soldiers outside the door hurriedly came in and reported: "Report to King Wei, General Daniel Zhang has returned!" Say I want to see you! ”
"What? Daniel Zhang actually came back? When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, wondering if this guy had already been captured. Why would Yuming let him come back?
"It seems that I heard that the other captured soldiers of our army, all who refused to surrender, were all beheaded by Yuming's order. But this Daniel Zhang can come back, I'm afraid that ......" Although Wang Bodang did not finish speaking, everyone could hear his jealousy and suspicion of Daniel Zhang.
"Let him in first! But take precautions! Li Mi said to Shan Xiongxin: "When Daniel Zhang enters the account, he must check it, so as not to bring assassination tools such as sleeve arrows and short crossbows. ”
His first reaction was that Daniel Zhang might have been sent back by Yuming to assassinate him.
Shan Xiongxin nodded hurriedly, and then went down to arrange for the guards to enter the tent to guard, which made there be eight more guards in the big tent at once, which is rare in the history of the Wagang Army.
A moment later, Daniel Zhang was escorted by four pro-soldiers to the door of Li Mi's tent.
Daniel Zhang was also very angry at this time.
Although he did not expect a heroic welcome scene, when he returned to Mi Gong's camp, he found that the situation was very strange, and no one from the Wei army from Li Mi down to the camp gate came to greet him. After drying him for a long time, four personal soldiers came to "pick up" him to the camp.
But it's not so much a greeting as an escort. Especially when entering Li Mi's big tent, the four soldiers also checked him up and down, which made Daniel Zhang extremely angry in his heart.
He finally held back his anger, and after entering the big tent, he saw that in addition to Li Mi, Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bo had already gathered in the tent. And what surprised him even more was that there were eight soldiers with big shoulders and round waists in the tent, standing in front of Li Mi with sharp blades in their hands.
At this time, when everyone saw him come in, they kept staring at him, but they did not have a soft eye.
"Daniel Zhang, you're finally back! All right! I thought you were beheaded by Yuming! Wang Bodang said with a smile.
Then, he questioned in a blatant tone: "But Daniel Zhang, I heard that other soldiers of our army, all who refused to surrender, were beheaded by Yuming, but you became an exception, not only survived, but also released." What is the reason for this?"
After Daniel Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he really didn't think clearly why Yuming wanted to let him back.
At this moment, Li Mifang said, "Daniel Zhang, do you have anything else to explain?" By the way, General Wang's 10,000 cavalry was ambushed when he was encamped, did you go to report to Yuming? If he lets you back, I'm afraid he wants you, a shameless fellow, to assassinate me, right? It's just that he didn't expect me to take precautions and take all your weapons! ”
After that, when the other side entered the camp with Daniel Zhang, the unloaded weapon was thrown out and thrown on the ground.
The sound of those weapons was "ding", including long weapons such as swords and spears, as well as short weapons such as daggers and knives. One of the knives was inserted by Daniel Zhang in a seam pocket of the trouser tube, and it was not easy to find without careful search.
Daniel Zhang suddenly realized at this time that Li Mi and the others regarded themselves as traitors and suspected that they had surrendered to Yuming, so they were released.
An angry and unwilling expression suddenly appeared on his face, because he had never surrendered to Yu Ming at all, and even when Yu Ming wanted to surrender him, he sternly refused.
Moreover, looking at Wang Bodang's treacherous expression, Daniel Zhang guessed that it was most likely his boss who wanted to shirk responsibility, so he deliberately poured dirty water on himself in order to excuse himself for delaying the military plane and leading to a fiasco.
So, he roared: "Wang Bodang! I understand: it is obvious that you did not act according to the plan of Xu Junshi and refused to march overnight, resulting in the failure to reach Jindi Pass on time, so this strong pass was lost...... Now you want to blame me again! I'm fighting with you! ”
After saying that, Daniel Zhang waved his fist and rushed towards Wang Bodang.
His movements and deafening sound made the generals and soldiers standing nearby startled by the roar, and the eight personal soldiers who served as guards instinctively raised their sabers and spears and aimed at Daniel Zhang.
And Wang Bodang was caught off guard and was caught by Daniel Zhang.
Daniel Zhang grabbed Wang Bodang's neck tightly and tried to strangle the bastard who framed him.
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