That night, Zhang Shumo was sleeping soundly, and there was a quick knock at the door. Hu Kun took the lead in welcoming out, and the person who came was none other than the family member of the General's Mansion.

When Jia Ding saw Zhang Shumo, he said directly: "General Su has invited everyone in the Cao Yuan to enter the mansion to discuss matters, it is not too early, please don't delay Zhang Gongzi." ”

Zhang Shumo was completely sleepy when he heard this, and something big must have happened at this time, so he hurriedly prepared and rushed to the general's mansion with his family.

At this time, the general's mansion was brightly lit, and this time the family directly brought Zhang Shumo to Su Han's study, and there were already many people in the study, but Zhang Shumo was attracted by the person kneeling on the ground, this person was Wen Tao!

Wen Tao was a little surprised to see Zhang Shumo come in, but he was only surprised, and now he didn't have the heart to think about why Zhang Shumo was here.

Zhang Shumo saw that Wen Tao's body was covered with blood, and couldn't help but wonder: If he remembers correctly, Wen Tao seems to be a military marquis of a certain department of the Northwest Army, is he kneeling here covered in blood to fight? No, Wen Tao came with a certain general to receive condolences, he should have left in the afternoon, and now it's just a child, he should still be on the way, is it true that the enemy army has already hit here? Isn't Thanh Hoa City dangerous?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo hurriedly looked at Su Han, but found that Su Han was sitting calmly on the Taishi chair, and the worries in Zhang Shumo's heart were dispelled: Probably not, if the enemy army hits here, how can General Su be indifferent.

After a while, people came over one after another, and Peng Mao finally walked into the study on crutches, and when he saw Su Han, he hurriedly pleaded guilty: "The old decay is late, and I ask the general to punish him." ”

Su Han waved his hand: "If it happened suddenly, you don't have to be polite!" Now that everyone has arrived, let's listen to this military marquis tell you what happened. ”

Wen Tao swallowed his saliva and said: "We followed General Zhang Kui to leave Xu Liangcheng in the afternoon, and when we reached the vicinity of Shilipo, a big tree fell in the middle of the road. So General Zhang ordered us to move away from the big trees, and at this time, dozens of horse bandits rushed out of the woods on the side of the road, each riding on horseback, and surrounded us. ”

"Shilipo is so close to Xu Liangcheng, how can there be such a large-scale horse bandit?" Chen Lin couldn't help but ask

Wen Tao shook his head: "We don't know, General Zhang reported his home, who knew that as soon as they heard the name of the Northwest Army, they launched an attack without saying anything." General Zhang was furious and responded with a beating, but was killed by the opponent within ten moves. A few of us originally planned to follow the general to the death, but after thinking that the other party was so strange, if no one reported it, I was afraid that we would fall for their conspiracy, so we desperately broke through the siege, and in the end I was the only one who came back alive. ”

After listening to Wen Tao's words, Peng Mao looked at Su Chang: "General Su, Zhang Kui is your subordinate, do you know how his martial arts are?" ”

"On par with me!" After Su Chang finished speaking, he added: "The people in the Western Route Army who can win against General Zhang can be counted on one hand, so this group of horse bandits must be unusual, and I have already ordered someone to go to Shilipo to investigate." ”

"Su Chang and I both think that this group of horse bandits is unusual, and it is likely that the enemy army is pretending, I don't know what your opinion is." Su Han asked.

Qin Sheng hurriedly said: "Since General Zhang's martial arts are so good, the bandit who can defeat General Zhang within ten moves must not be a nobody, can there be such a person in the enemy army?" ”

"There are naturally not a few famous generals of Wu Guo and Jing Guo, and it is not impossible to defeat Zhang Kui within ten moves, but how did they bypass the front line and come to the hinterland of our country?"

When Su Chang asked like this, everyone fell silent. If the enemy can slip into the hinterland under the eyes of our troops, will it not prove that the fortifications of the front line are like a fictitious one?

"Could it be that horse bandits from elsewhere are wandering here? Most of the horse bandits are from the green forest, and it is not impossible to have one or two strong martial arts! Lu Lao added.

Qin Sheng immediately refuted Lu Lao: "Didn't you hear that the other party was riding a horse?" I don't give birth to horses, how can ordinary horse bandits have dozens of horses? Besides, if the horse bandits encounter our officers and soldiers are too late to escape, how can they do something to the officers and soldiers? ”

"Maybe it's because of their audacity that these horses were intercepted from the hands of officers and soldiers?"

"Impossible, if there was such a group of daring bandits, we should have heard about it a long time ago, and we would be so clueless?"

The opinions of the people were divided into two factions. Zhang Shumo fell into deep thought: First of all, these people can never be horse bandits, horse bandits are nothing more than trying to make a profit, Zhang Kui and his party are not traders, intercepting and killing them is risky and has no benefits, how can mountain bandits make a loss-making business? But it would be a bit far-fetched to say that they were enemy soldiers. Not to mention whether the enemy soldiers can bypass the defense of the front line, even if the other party can spare it, Xu Liangcheng is located in the south of Qinghua City, in terms of distance, the enemy soldiers should also choose to go to Qinghua City to make trouble, rather than go deep into Xu Liangcheng alone, otherwise wouldn't they be risking their lives?

"Alright, alright!" Su Han stopped everyone's discussion, and then continued: "Now let's not talk about the identities of these people, what do you think we should do next?" ”

Peng Mao stood up: "General Qiyu, my subordinates think that scouts should be sent first to find out the whereabouts of this group of people. It is impossible for a horse team of dozens of people to leave no trace. At the same time, inform the front line so that they can keep an eye on the movements of the enemy country. In addition, the news of General Zhang's death had to be blocked to avoid causing unnecessary panic. ”

Chen Lin also added: "The subordinates think that since the other party has premeditated the interception and killing of General Zhang, they must have learned about General Zhang's movements in advance, so someone from them must have entered Xu Liangcheng to inquire about General Zhang's movements." You can ask people to investigate the inn in the lower city to see if there are any suspicious people staying at it. ”

When Zhang Shumo heard Chen Lin's words, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Have you ever thought about why the other party wants to intercept and kill General Zhang instead of others?" ”

Everyone was a little confused by Zhang Shumo's question, and Wei Shan couldn't help but say: "They are just randomly selected targets, and they just happened to choose General Zhang." ”

Zhang Shumo shook his head: "Since the other party is arranged in advance, it means that they must know the situation in the city." Just like Brother Chen Lin said, since they have sent people into the city to investigate, they must know that many officials who received condolences left yesterday, and some of them were civilian officials. Whether the opponent is a horse bandit or an enemy soldier, they should choose a better target, right? Why did they pick General Zhang, the troublesome target? ”

After listening to Zhang Shumo's words, everyone finally understood what he meant, and Su Han narrowed his eyes: "In this way, the other party may be neither a horse bandit nor an enemy soldier, because their original target is Zhang Kui, and the horse bandit and the enemy soldier will not set a clear goal for themselves!" ”