On the afternoon of 19 February, Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Datong, led 2,000 soldiers and horses to arrive outside the west gate of Ulzhou with Wang Dan. ”

Wang Xun asked Wang Dan, "Commander Wang, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Dan didn't have a clue, so he hurriedly rode forward and came to the city, but when he saw the city gate open, there were celebratory firecrackers everywhere under the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city were also happily talking about something one by one with their blades.

Wang Dan was furious, he had already ordered the three gates of Ulzhou to strengthen the garrison, prohibiting the opening of the city gates, and idlers were not allowed to enter and leave at will, but obviously, his order became a dead letter.

The soldiers on the city gate also found the black oppressive men and horses on the west avenue, and saw that the commander Wang Dan led his personal guards to the city gate, and the hundred households guarding the city hurriedly went down the city tower and saluted.

Wang Dan said coldly: "What's going on, the Tartars are on the side, the old man has issued a strict order to prohibit the opening of the city gate, you dare to disobey the military order, you don't want to live, right?" ”

The hundred households guarding the city hurriedly said: "The commander makes the adults angry, the Tartars have been defeated by Jiang Qianhu and his troops, and the people in the city are celebrating because of this, Zhou Zhizhou asked to open the city gate and let the people outside the city enter the city to celebrate, and the father-in-law of the army in the town also agreed." ”

Wang Dan was stunned and said, "What? Jiang Bin defeated the Tartars? ”

Defending the city, Baihu said: "Yes, last night, Jiang Qianhu attacked the Yangyuan Tartar Barracks at night, beheaded three hundred and thirty-six levels, and greatly boosted the army's prestige." ”

Wang Dan almost didn't fall off the horse, what the hell is going on? Didn't Jiang Bin surrender to the Tartars? Why did you break through the Tartar barracks and return victorious? Soon Wang Dan realized the seriousness of the problem, and he was still followed by the soldiers and horses of Wang Xun, the chief soldier of Datong, and ran to Datong by himself, saying that Ulzhou was in danger, patting his chest and saying that Jiang Bin had defected to the enemy, what should he do now?

Wang Xun soon got the report that Ulzhou was victorious, and the officers and soldiers of the Thousand Thousand Households led by Jiang Bin of the North attacked the enemy camp and returned victorious, and a big stone in Wang Xun's heart fell to the ground, and there was no mistake. However, when he looked at Wang Dan, Wang Xun's face suddenly became gloomy.

"Lord General Soldier, there must be a secret in this, how dare the subordinate deceive Lord General Soldier......" Wang Dan said in a pale and weak defense.

"Hmph, advance to the city, this official will figure out what happened." Wang Xun replied coldly and led his troops into the city of Ulzhou.

The news of the arrival of the Datong army Wang Xun led the troops to Ulzhou soon spread throughout the city, and the officials of Ulzhou gathered in the square in front of the Yamen of the Ulzhou Guards to greet the chief soldier.

Wang Xun got off the horse and returned the salute with a smile, and after a few polite words with Zhizhou Zhou Yuan and others, he said loudly: "When the official was outside the city, he heard the gongs, drums and firecrackers in the city resounding in the sky, and I thought it was to welcome the arrival of the official, but I didn't expect it to be another thing. ”

Zhou Yuan hurriedly said: "This, I really didn't know that the chief soldier was coming, and the reception of the lower officials was not thorough." ”

Wang Xun Ha said with a smile: "Just kidding, when I heard about the victory of Ulzhou Wei, the official couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the etiquette of welcoming was not as grand as welcoming the official with a big victory, is Jiang Qianhu of Ulzhou Wei here?" ”

Jiang Bin stepped forward and saluted with his fists: "Humble Jiang Bin greets the chief soldier." ”

Wang Xun approached slowly, looked at Jiang Bin with a majestic look, and pointed tallly: "Good job, Jiang Qianhu is worthy of being the fierce general of Ulzhou Wei, and this time he can show his face." ”

Jiang Bin said loudly: "Thank you for the praise of the chief soldier, being loyal to the saint and defending the border for the imperial court is a matter of humble duty, and humble duty is not to show your face." ”

Wang Xun said with a smile: "That's right, I heard that the results of the battle were brilliant, tell this official." ”

Jiang Bin raised his head and said: "In this battle, 336 enemy heads were killed, 71 war horses were captured, more than 200 sets of armor and weapons were captured, and 63 people were killed and 32 wounded. ”

Jiang Bin stretched out his hand and pointed to the east, only to see a long wooden pole erected on the east side of the square, on which hundreds of black human heads hung like yo-yos, this is the rule in the border town army, the head of the beheaded Tartar should be hung in front of the military office for three days to show off his merits.

Wang Xun smacked his tongue and said: "It's so powerful, it's an out-and-out victory, the wounded must be treated in time, the dead must be reported to the bereavement pension, and the official of this battle must be reported to the court to ask for credit for you." ”

Jiang Bin arched his hand again and said, "Thank you Lord General for your cultivation." ”

Wang Xun glanced at Wang Dan, who was standing silently on the side, and said coldly: "Commander Wang, is there something we should talk about alone?" ”

Wang Dan sweated profusely on his head, and said busily: "Yes, yes, Lord General Soldier, please enter the yamen for tea." ”

Wang Xun snorted and said: "Let Jiang Qianhu also come, and the Fang Baihu of the Ulzhou Jinyi Wei Hundred Households you said also come, let's explain some things face to face." ”

……

In the military hall of the military office, Wang Xun sat at the top, and Wang Dan, Jiang Bin, and Fang Datong stood at the bottom, and the atmosphere was extremely dull and tense.

"Jiang Qianhu." Wang Xun said.

"Humble duty!"

"Someone said that you intended to take refuge in the Tartars, and disobeyed the military orders, do you have anything to say?"

Jiang Bin glanced at Wang Dan angrily and said in a rough voice: "Lord General Soldier, I have heard such rumors for a long time, and it is obvious that someone has framed me and wants to disturb the heart of my Ulzhou army; The lowly position is that he did not find out who was spreading rumors behind his back, otherwise the lowly position would have broken his body into thousands of pieces! The rumor-mongers must be Tartar spies. ”

Wang Xun waved his hand and said: "You step down, the facts are clear, Wang commands, it's time for you to explain." ”

Wang Dan had beads of sweat rolling on his forehead, and said in a dumb voice: "Lord Commander, the lower official received a report that he had counted all kinds of abnormal behaviors of Jiang Qianhu, so he came to the conclusion that Jiang Bin had defected to the enemy, but it was not a deliberate rumor spread by the lower official. ”

Jiang Bin shouted angrily: "It turns out that you old dog is making trouble and your grandmother." Jiang Bin held the handle of the knife in his hand, and he had the posture of drawing a knife and slashing.

Wang Xun shouted: "Jiang Bin, do you want to commit it?" The official is investigating the matter, and the facts will soon become clear. ”

Jiang Bin puffed out his eyes and stepped aside angrily, glancing at Wang Dan.

At this point, Wang Dan also let go of it, so he counted Jiang Bin's various abnormal behaviors, and told all the things about Fang Datong's three visits to reveal the news to him, at this time, he couldn't take care of anything, and exculpating himself was the top priority.

After listening to this, Wang Xun asked, "Jiang Qianhu, how do you explain what Commander Wang said?" ”

Jiang Bin shouted: "I didn't expect that the lowly position was dedicated to fighting against the Tartars, but someone was stuck in the back, which is chilling to think about; I blocked the main road in the north of the city in order to prepare for a surprise attack on the Tartars, and I knew that there were the eyes and ears of the Tartars in the city of Ulzhou, and blocking the road was to prevent the Tartars from reporting on the movements of our army; At that time, the whole battalion of soldiers was preparing for battle, and everyone was tense. As for the fact that the king's commander suddenly summoned me back to the city to report on my work, I can only say that I will not be subject to the outside world, and when the war is tight, let alone the order of the king's commander, it is the order of the commander-in-chief, and I am afraid that I will not return to the city if I am lowly in my position. ”

"Presumptuous! You also disobeyed the orders of the general army, and you were too arrogant. Wang Dan hurriedly seized the opportunity to shoot bricks.

Wang Xun said disapprovingly: "The battle between the two armies is to adapt to the situation and seize the opportunity, and the generals should have the right to make decisions before the battle, this is a good general; It's the king's commander, you said that Jiang Bin took refuge in the Tartars because of these incidents, this is too hasty. ”

Wang Dan turned to Fang Datong and said, "Fang Baihu, you have something to say, the words you said to me when you came to my mansion three times, as well as the information that your brothers spied on, were all clearly told by the Chief Soldier." ”

Fang Datong rolled his eyes and said, "Commander Wang, what are you talking about?" What did the lower official tell you? ”

Wang Dan was stunned and said: "It's not what you said, Jiang Bin talked secretly with the Tartars, reached a surrender agreement, and designed to seize Ulzhou with the inside and outside, and also set up an ambush net to ambush me." Didn't you tell me that? ”

Fang Datong sneered: "Commander Wang, your imagination is too rich, how could I say these words to you?" Yes, I visited the adults three times, but didn't all the things I talked about in the study about the large-scale tea tartars in the city? I don't have enough people in the Jinyi Wei Baihu Office, and I want to ask an adult to help, how dare you say that you are despicable and frame Jiang Qianhu? It's incredible. ”

"You...... You despicable and shameless villain, you ......" Wang Dan almost fainted in anger, Fang Datong vetoed everything he said, Wang Dan suddenly felt that he had fallen into a conspiracy once.

Wang Xun's face was ugly, and he said coldly: "Commander Wang, there are others present when you are talking, what's the use of arguing like this." ”

Wang Dan snorted: "It's all a secret conversation in the study, how can anyone else be present, how can the officials not be careful about such things, if it spreads, there will be no chaos in the city." ”

Wang Xun said: "That is to say, Fang Baihu said that no one knew those words, right?" ”

Wang Dan bowed down and pointed to the sky and said: "I, Wang Dan, will never dare to deceive the chief soldier, but my Wang family ancestor swears that the chief soldier, if it weren't for the lower officials who felt that the matter was important, how could the lower officials rush to Datong Mansion overnight to ask for the help of the chief soldiers?" ”

Fang Datong suddenly said coldly: "I heard that Commander Wang has always been at odds with Jiang Qianhu, forcing Jiang Qianhu to make a military order to exterminate the Tartars. ”

Wang Dan shouted: "Okay, you are a poisonous snake." The old man fell for you. ”

Wang Xun watched coldly, and faintly felt that things were a little strange, but in any case, this time it was Wang Dan's fault, Fang Datong said that there was no way to investigate whether he said those words, this is Wang Dan's fatal rib, Wang Dan and Jiang Bin will inevitably not be able to coexist in Ulzhou City in the future, if this matter is not settled, it may endanger the safety of the border town; Jiang Bin has made great contributions, and some of them seem to be the victims, and for the stability of Ulzhou, they can only start with Wang Dan.