"Raised by a son of a bitch, you actually dare to help Wu rebel thief army to deceive Lao Tzu?!"

Hearing Zhang Guoliang's angry shouts, his own soldiers immediately drew their swords and guns and pointed at Luo Shaojin, the messenger of the Tai'an Qing Army, Zhang Guoliang's eldest son Zhang Yinqing even put the revolver directly on Luo Shaojin's head, so frightened that Luo Shaojin almost peed his pants on the spot, and quickly knelt down on his knees, and shouted in a weak and panicked voice: "General Zhang, wronged, the small one has a hundred guts, and he doesn't dare to lie to you." ”

Shouting this, Luo Shaojin, who had been strictly screened from more than a dozen candidates, suddenly found that something was wrong, and hurriedly added: "Also, what did the little one lie to you?" The little one is just sending a letter for Liu Zhentai? ”

Carefully observing Luo Shaojin's expression, Zhang Guoliang, who was definitely bold and careful, first sneered, and then put the saber in his hand on Luo Shaojin's neck, and then sneered and said: "Pretending to be quite like, Lao Tzu asked you, what kind of official did the Wu Rebel Thief Army promise you, how much gold and silver, so that you are willing to come to Wu Rebel Thief Army to fool Lao Tzu?" ”

Fantasizing about the tragic scene of his wife and children being brutally executed by Wu Jun, Luo Shaojin, who is very good at self-hypnosis, was full of tears and mourning, and said tremblingly: "General Zhang, did you misunderstand La?" The small one is a person from the Qing Dynasty, and he is a personal entourage of our Shandong Liu Zhentai, how can he come to deceive you for the Wu rebel army? Little me, like you and Liu Zhentai, can't wait to kill the Wu rebel army with my own hands? ”

Careful observation did not find any flaws, but Zhang Guoliang still refused to be gullible, and said with a cruel smile: "Pretend, continue to pretend, it is indeed good." It's a pity that no matter how much you pretend to be, you can't fool Lao Tzu, because there is a loophole in Liu Yingjie's handwritten letter forged by Wu Rebel Thief Army! ”

"Liu Yingjie's handwritten letter forged by Wu Rebel Thief Army? It's strange, this letter was obviously written by Liu Zhentai himself? Luo Shaojin couldn't help but show a look of surprise, and asked in surprise: "General Zhang, what loophole?" Can you explain the point? ”

Crookedly, Luo Shaojin's natural reaction couldn't help but reveal further misled Zhang Guoliang's analysis and judgment, but Zhang Guoliang still didn't dare to take it lightly, and asked with a sneer about the doubts in his heart, and said, "Okay, let you die and understand." Let me ask you, Liu Yingjie is in Tai'an City, how did he know about the fact that the Wu Rebel Thief Army sent people to infiltrate the mountain road of Zhangxia Town to spread false news? Do you know so much? ”

Fortunately, this question has long been considered by Wu Jun, and He Qinghan, who gave advice to Hu Huaizhao, has already prepared a reasonable answer for Luo Shaojin, so Luo Shaojin did not panic, and immediately replied: "It was discovered by President Qiu Lian, Qiu Mingyi, and the regimental training under President Qiu Lian was patrolling in the mountain road, and met the fine work sent by the Wu rebel thief army to spread false news, and heard the lie that Tai'an City was broken by Wu thieves, and was almost deceived by Wu thief's fine work, and later those group exercises reported the situation to General Qiu Lian. Qiu Lian always felt that the situation was wrong, so he hurriedly reported the news to us Liu Zhentai, so we Liu Zhentai came to contact General Zhang with a letter, please general, you must not be fooled. ”

Qiu Mingyi, one of the leaders of the two major regiments in Tai'an, Zhang Guoliang had seen it before, and the impression left on Zhang Guoliang was not bad, so Zhang Guoliang couldn't help but believe it three more points after hearing it, but the matter was too big, Zhang Guoliang still didn't dare to judge lightly, and raised his knife and shouted: "What nonsense!" The group training under Qiu Mingyi's hands happened to meet the meticulous work sent into the mountain road by the thief army, is there such a coincidence in the world? Say, "Who sent you?" Where are the ambushes of the Wu rebel thief army? Don't say anything, Lao Tzu slashed you with a knife! ”

"General Zhang, you are wronged! The small one was really not sent by Wu's rebel army, but the small one was sent by Liu Zhentai to deliver the letter! ”

Up to now, Luo Shaojin still dared to change his mouth and let go, he just shouted loudly, Zhang Guoliang was full of anger, and asked loudly: "Do you tell the truth?!" ”

"What the little one says is the truth......

"Whew", before Luo Shaojin's words were finished, Zhang Guoliang had already cut it down with a knife, Luo Shaojin's soul was scattered, he never expected Zhang Guoliang to say that he would do it, he immediately peed his crotch, and subconsciously screamed, "It's over." ”

The tip of his nose was cold, and the tip of Zhang Guoliang's knife just brushed the tip of Luo Shaojin's nose, leaving only a shallow blood mark on Luo Shaojin's nose, and then, before Luo Shaojin could figure out the specific situation, Zhang Yinqing next to him pointed a revolver at his head again, and shouted: "It's still too late to tell the truth, are you sent by the Wu rebel army?" ”

"It's not! Treat unjustly! ”

"Bang!"

Luo Shaojin, who was determined not to tell the truth, yelled and replied, in exchange for Zhang Yinqing's unceremonious hand and a shot, Luo Shaojin fell to the ground in response, prostrate on the ground and shouted in pain, "General Zhang, wronged, wronged!" I wasn't sent by the thieves, I wasn't sent by the thieves......! ”

Still lying on the ground and moaning in pain for a long time, Luo Shaojin found that he didn't seem to have any major discomfort except for the wet crotch of his pants, and after turning his head in confusion to take a closer look, Luo Shaojin quickly found that there was a small crater that had just been punched behind him, and then when Luo Shaojin looked up with difficulty, he happened to see Zhang Yinqing's hand stretched out to him, and said with a smile: "Get up, I'm sorry, the enemy situation is unknown, I have to do this." ”

"Fuck me!" Luo Shaojin suddenly felt like crying, and said in his heart: "It's thanks to Lao Tzu to take care of his mouth, otherwise, Lao Tzu would have died today." Zhang Guoliang and his son are really more ruthless than the other, scaring people to death. ”

Although he was very embarrassed by Zhang Guoliang's father and son and was so frightened that he peed his pants in public, but he survived this difficulty in the ridicule of the Qing soldiers in Jinan, Luo Shaojin basically won the trust of Zhang Guoliang and his son, and He Qinghan's response to Luo Shaojin was also relatively perfect, so Zhang Guoliang quickly believed Luo Shaojin's words - the night before yesterday, the Wu army did launch a fierce attack on Tai'an, and indeed tried to blow down the city wall directly with gunpowder, but because the city wall was strong, it did not succeed. Although the Qing army of Tai'an failed to go out of the city to raid the temporary dam of the Wu army, they still held the city of Tai'an, and they are still in a confrontation with the Wu army, and the Qing army still has hope of keeping Tai'an.

"Continue to the south, carefully guard against the high ground on both sides, and then send fast horses to go first, let the Great Wall Post keep an eye on the south, and collect as much intelligence as possible about the Wu rebel army. Besides, keep an eye on Luo Shaojin, and also ask the Great Wall Post to keep an eye on those thieves and spies who reported false letters. ”

After believing Luo Shaojin's confession with some reservations, Zhang Guoliang continued to rush south with the Qing army, while carefully guarding against possible ambushes of the Wu army, and at the same time rushing to the Tai'an battlefield as fast as possible to reinforce them. However, to Zhang Guoliang's surprise, he had only walked ten miles to the south with the army, and the messenger sent to contact the Great Wall Post reported back to Pegasus, saying that a small force of the Wu army had attacked the Great Wall Station, killed the Qing army and burned the post station, and several defeated soldiers of the Tai'an Qing army who had fled to the Great Wall Post had disappeared. Zhang Guoliang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "What about the Wu rebel soldiers?" What did they do after burning the inn? Also, has a large group of Wu rebel thieves been found in the south of the Great Wall Station? ”

"Yu Titai, the thieves retreated after burning the post station, the small ones didn't dare to go too far south, and they didn't dare to be sure if there was a large force of Wu rebel thieves south of the Great Wall Station." The messenger answered truthfully.

Zhang Guoliang was silent, hesitating in his heart, and Zhang Yinqing next to him was also confused, and said: "Strange, why did the thief army come so far to fight the Great Wall Station?" Although the Great Wall Station is also quite important, it is only a small post station after all, and the Wu rebel army can't take such a big effort to attack it? Could it be that the Wu rebel army wanted to ambush us in the south, so they killed the Great Wall Station, so that the people of the Great Wall Station could not detect their ambush soldiers? ”

"It's possible." Zhang Guoliang nodded, and said again: "But Qing'er, have you considered such a question?" If the Wu rebel thief army really wanted to ambush us and send troops into the mountain road at night, why did they need to go to such great lengths to raid the Great Wall Post and tell us directly, saying that their army had already appeared in the mountain road? ”

"Father, do you mean that Wu's rebel army is false, deliberately bluffing to intimidate us and trick us into retreating north?" Zhang Yinqing understood what Zhang Guoliang meant.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Zhang Guoliang came to a conclusion and after thinking about it again, Zhang Guoliang said: "In this way, divide the army into two groups, I will lead a team first, and you will lead a team to walk behind, and keep the interval between each other at about five miles. ”

Zhang Yinqing agreed, and volunteered to walk in front and take the greatest danger, but unfortunately Zhang Guoliang was both a father and knew how much ability his son had, so he did not hesitate to refuse Zhang Yinqing's kindness, and insisted on taking four battalions of troops to open the way in front, while Zhang Yinqing took three battalions of troops and people's baggage to walk five miles behind and follow from afar, ready to rescue each other at any time. After crossing the Great Wall Post that was captured and burned down by the Wu army, Zhang Guoliang decisively slowed down the southward movement of the whole army, preferring not to finish the mountain road today than to risk the danger of rushing south.

He has walked this mountain road many times, and the old military affairs Zhang Guoliang is very clear about the geographical situation south of the Great Wall Station, and knows that if the Wu army wants to ambush the self-army, there are only two ideal battlefields, one is the Cipen Mountain a few miles south of the Great Wall Station, and the other is the Mimian Mountain next to the head of the world, and as long as the self-army crosses the Mimian Mountain, it will be immediately high in the sky and let the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish can jump, and the advance can be attacked and retreated, and the Wu army does not want to have the opportunity to surround the self-army again. Therefore, in addition to sending a large number of scouts to closely explore the mountains and forests near Cipen Mountain, Zhang Guoliang made up his mind early and decided to set up camp and rest after only rushing to Mimian Mountain that day, and then decide on the next battle plan after finding out the situation in Tai'an.

After Zhang Guoliang took the front army through Cipen Mountain, the rear army led by Zhang Yinqing also crossed Cipen Mountain very smoothly, and at the same time, there was no movement in the forest of Fenghuangtai Mountain, which was not very dangerous on the west bank of the Beisha River, and Zhang Guoliang was even more relieved, so he continued to take the army slowly south, almost step by step to the north bank of the current Jieshou Village - the north bank of the Beisha River from east to north.

Then, after repeatedly confirming that there was no ambush of the Wu army on the Mimian Mountain in the south, Zhang Guoliang led the army to carefully cross the Beisha River, which was not too large, and stood on the south bank of the Beisha River. After Zhang Yinqing crossed the Beisha River with the rear team, Zhang Guoliang immediately rushed to the Mimian Mountain Heights with the front army, and broke away from the last battlefield that could also be ambushed by the Wu army. ”

Is it really no danger? Even Zhang Guoliang's son Zhang Yinqing disagreed with this question, and after leading the rear army to successfully climb Mimian Mountain in the sunset, as soon as they met, Zhang Yinqing immediately asked: "Father, do you think things are a little weird?" We came south to save Tai'an with such fanfare, why did we all go to Mimian Mountain? Haven't encountered the Wu thief's army to intercept and block it? ”

"What's so strange about that?" Zhang Guoliang asked with a smile, and said: "Now that the Wu rebel army has to protect the dam fortifications and attack the city with the main force, then can it still divide the extra soldiers and horses to intercept us going south?" ”

"But that's why thieves should divide their forces to intercept us?" Zhang Yinqing said: "If the Wu thieves need to buy time to attack the city, and their bluff does not stop us, then the most correct choice for them next should be how many troops should be divided to block the mountain road and continue to buy them time?" ”

After that, Zhang Yinqing pointed to Beishahe not far to the north and said: "Not to mention anything else, as long as the Wu thief divides two battalions of soldiers and horses, or even as long as he divides a battalion to garrison Beishahe, he can block us for at least a day, but the Wu thief didn't do this, isn't it strange?" ”

Zhang Guoliang's face with a thick beard began to look ugly, and he said after a while: "Do you suspect that the Wu thief is deliberately trying to let us go out of the mountain road, let them hide in other places and ambush our soldiers to take the opportunity to cut off our return route, and kill us here?" ”

"That's what the kids are worried about." Zhang Yinqing replied worriedly.

"The Wu Rebel Thief Army is so confident, do you think they are sure that they can annihilate us in the open area?" Zhang Guoliang asked with a smile.

"The father forgives the sins, and the more the child thinks about it, the more worried he feels." Zhang Yinqing pointed to the east of Mimian Mountain, and said in a trembling voice: "There is yellow water over there, and you can't see a single grain for hundreds of miles, and the south is the territory of the thief army. If our north is blocked again, and the army can't enter Tai'an City, even if we are in the open area, we may be dragged to death by the Wu thieves' pursuers. ”

Zhang Guoliang's black face began to turn white, and after thinking for a while, Zhang Guoliang suddenly yelled: "Quick, come on, bring that Luo Shaojin!" ”

Of course, Luo Shaojin did not appear in front of Zhang Guoliang again - the sky just began to darken, and Luo Shaojin, who went to relieve the big hand, disappeared. But Zhang Guoliang's request was not for nothing, at least when the soldiers reported that Luo Shaojin was missing, at night, a huge river of torches appeared within the field of vision of Zhang Guoliang's telescope, and in the telescope, there were an unknown number of Wu cavalry.

"The ruthless Wu rebel thief army, in order to let me be fooled, actually arranged an ambush in the open area at the exit of the mountain road! The self-confident Wu rebel army actually wants to fight a war of annihilation on the plains and eat my army! ”

Sighing at the confident tactics of the Wu army, Zhang Guoliang's finger joints were white, not only hating the Wu army's vile and shameless, cunning and vicious, but also had to be the calm and confident commander of the Wu army, who was willing to give up the favorable terrain in the mountain road and choose the battlefield of ambush and annihilation of the Qing army in an open area.