After leaving the court meeting, Zhang Rou immediately wrote a letter and sent his servants to Shandong on fast horses to deliver the letter. In addition to confirming that the enemy had very sharp firearms, the ministers basically believed that it was the Southern Song army that attacked Yandi.

For more than a hundred years, the Song army has never been able to set foot on Yandi, so the heroes of Yandi feel that Yandi is absolutely impossible to be attacked by the Song army. If it weren't for the proof of artillery, Zhang Rou himself would not have wanted to believe that it was the Song army that launched the attack. After confirming that the enemy was the Song army, Zhang Rou was very uncomfortable in her heart. He was able to accept that the Song army, which had a strong naval army, could attack Yandi from the sea, and after seeing Zhao Jiaren's fleet on the water with Kublai Khan, Zhang Rou admitted that the current Mongol naval army was indeed inferior to the Song army in terms of equipment.

But the Song army easily took a city in Yandi, even if it was just an earthen city, which caused a huge impact. If the Song army really crossed the sea, it sent a huge number of troops and carried a huge number of artillery. If this army starts from Zhigu Village, it will fight under the capital. At that time, could the Mongol army hold the capital?

Of course, Zhang Rou did not write these imaginations of the future in the letter. At this time, he should quickly write a letter to Shi Tianze and Zhang Hongfan, the son of a general under Shi Tianze, and tell them that it was the Song army that was attacking. Previously, because the defenders of Zhigu Village were talking nonsense, Zhang Rou and they were worried that Li Pu sent troops to attack Yandi. Therefore, some of the things that were said in the first wave of news were actually unsafe.

Just as Zhang Rou was preoccupied and preparing for dinner, in the distant city of Qingzhou, the recipient Zhang Hongfan was directing the army to besiege Li Pu's residence in the city. The compound had been built into a strong fortress, and bows and arrows were useless. Zhang Hongfan shouted and ordered his subordinates to drag the captured artillery at the head of the city to Li Pu's fortress.

Zhang Hongfan's subordinates took out a handful of black particles from the gunpowder bag, pinched them with their hands first, and then sniffed them under their noses, before they reported the good news to Zhang Hongfan with a happy face, "Major General, this is the gunpowder of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hongfan strode over, and after taking out some gunpowder particles and checking them, he said with a happy face: "Okay, use this to smash the door of Li Pu, the dog thief!" ”

Li Pu did not buy a gun carriage when he bought artillery, so the Mongolian army did not have the concept of a gun carriage at this time. They piled up earth to make a fort, and after a long period of work, when it was getting late, they finally fired a few shots at Li Pu's gate with artillery. However, the shells did not hit the heavy wooden door, so they had to wait the next day.

As soon as it got dark, shouts rang out on the walls of Li Pu's fortress. "Brothers, fathers, the reason why I, Li Pu, raised the army, is not that Li Pu wants to be the emperor. It was Shi Tianze's gang of shameless Hebei liars who wrote to me first and said that they wanted to do big things with me. I raised troops in Shandong, and Shi Tianze led troops to Hebei to form a righteous alliance with me. I didn't expect that after these shameless big liars deceived me, they immediately brought troops to kill me. Brothers and elders, these letters are all with me, and I will tell you the names of these shameless liars, so that everyone will not be deceived by these people in the future. They are, Shi Tianze! Zhang Rou! ……”

Zhang Hongfan is already somewhat accustomed to such psychological warfare. Since the Mongol army besieged Li Pu and finally used the advantage of troops to gain the upper hand, Li Pu, who felt cornered, began to use this method. Moreover, Zhang Hongfan also found that because he had received this kind of psychological warfare for a long time, he even believed that his father had actually colluded with Li Pu in private perfunctorily. Although there was no investigation of the soldiers in the army, Zhang Hongfan felt that the soldiers probably had thoughts in their hearts.

But this did not make Zhang Hongfan feel that there was anything to be embarrassed about. Everyone is fighting for their own interests, even if Shi Tianze really wanted to resist the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan back then? At that time, the political center of Mongolia was in Horin, far north. It is not uncommon for Yandi, which is thousands of miles away from Helin, to have some disagreements with the marquis of the Han army in Shandong.

Now Emperor Kublai Khan has moved the capital to Dadu, and has used the era name, built the Taimiao, and used the Han Dynasty, and all the systems are moving towards a traditional Han court. Kublai Khan himself was smart and resolute, and as an emperor, there was no problem at all. What was the problem with the Han army princes supporting Kublai Khan?

And what Li Pu is saying now is righteous and strict, when the Han army princes and Kublai Khan fought together in the east and west, and gradually established mutual recognition, he Li Pu was already concentrating on planning a rebellion. took the old accounts from many years ago to seek legitimacy for Li Pu's current behavior, and Zhang Hongfan's judgment was 'Li Pu really can't hold on'!

The young Zhang Hongfan was not under psychological pressure, but Shi Tianze ordered his direct pro-army to surround Li Pu's last fortress, and the rest of the army retreated. Such a considerate approach allowed people in other armies to stay away from the 'spiritual pollution' unleashed by Li Pu. Now is the time when the war is coming to an end, that is, the time to share the merits. In the eyes of people like Shi Tianze, it is normal to be stabbed in the back at this time. When Li Pu rebelled, Shi Tianze's Hanchens who had openly and secretly talked to Li Pu about the rebellion expressed their support for Kublai Khan's killing of Li Pu's Pingzhang political affairs Wang Wentong.

Shi Tianze still remembered the exaggerated behavior of the veteran Zhang Rou, which made him feel some sympathy for Zhang Rou and Wang Wentong in his heart. In addition to the fact that Han Chen wanted to kill Wang Wentong because he had to show his loyalty to Kublai Khan, everyone was also very worried about evidence such as what list Li Pu put in Wang Wentong. Everyone's butts are not clean, and for the sake of the big guys, Wang Wentong must die.

Now that Shi Tianze is the commander of the armies, if some people think that Shi Tianze's death can be used as a stepping stone for their meritorious service, Shi Tianze will not feel strange at all.

Fortunately, it was okay overnight, and the next day the attack battle continued. However, to Shi Tianze's surprise, this last fortress was not easy to overcome. At this time, only Li Pu's family and clansmen were in the fortress, according to those who surrendered, the total number of men did not exceed more than 100 people, but in the battle, the artillery in the fortress was vigorously released outward, and the casualties of the attacking troops exceeded 300, and they did not even touch the edge of the fortress.

Shi Tianze received the report and angrily ordered, "Bring the return cannon into the city!" ”

The subordinates hurriedly replied: "Report to the commander, Zhang Hongfan has already started to be lucky, and now it is almost ready." ”

In this expedition to Li Pu, each Han army sent its own troops. Zhang Rou couldn't leave Dadu, so he sent his most important son to lead the troops. Shi Tianze ordered: "Let Zhang Hongfan come to see me." ”

Soon, Zhang Hongfan strode into the military account. After saluting, Zhang Hongfan said: "Dashuai, I have already transported some return cannons to break the wall, it is probably not possible to rely on people to attack." ”

Glancing at the young Zhang Hongfan, Shi Tianze replied calmly: "Since it has started, it is up to you to attack Li Pu's eight nests!" ”