Chapter 273: Evil for Evil, Greedy and Shameless Zhang Shanfu
The army walked for more than half a month before coming to the vicinity of Lingzhou.
The city is backed by the Yellow River, and dozens of miles to the east are full of dry canals.
This is a water conservancy project for the Tangut people, but for the Song army, there are some obstacles.
Not far from the ditch, you can see the Song military camp tents together, there is no end in sight, and the banners of "Song" and "Yang" are fluttering in the wind in the village.
A pot-bellied middle-aged general with many lieutenant generals and colonels greeted Cao Bin outside the camp.
She Lao Taijun and other female generals of the Yang family are also among them.
This middle-aged man is the generalissimo of this western expedition, Zhang Shanfu.
He was the cousin of the late Empress Zhang and the niece and son-in-law of the Empress Dowager.
Compared with Pang Yu and Pan Bao, the two "national uncles" who contain water, he is a serious royal relative.
Seeing this, Cao Bin stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture, and the long army behind him immediately slowly stopped.
Seeing him kick off the horse, Zhang Shanfu opened his arms far away and laughed:
"Juncai, I hope you are like looking forward to Ganlin, and now you have finally arrived!"
"There are talented people here, and the destruction of Western Xia is just around the corner!"
Seeing this, Cao Bin's face changed, revealing a brighter smile, taking the initiative to hug Zhang Shanfu, and said modestly:
"The marshal has an overreputation, and the younger generation is just a stupid person, how dare he be a marshal with such a reputation?" ”
"Marshal Zhang again, it's the nightmare of the Western Xia people!"
Zhang Shanfu was hugged by Cao Bin and looked confused.
Made, how is this kid more enthusiastic than me? Could it be that there is also a Tao in his heart?
Thinking of this, he immediately became vigilant.
The two of them didn't know each other well, but at this moment, they were like relatives, and everyone felt a chill.
At this time, Zhang Shanfu suddenly said:
"Hey, I heard that the army is rich in grain and grass, and the army supplies ......."
Before he could finish speaking, Cao Bin said fiercely:
"Marshal, there is not enough food and grass in my battalion, and the supply in the army in the future will depend on Marshal Zhang!"
Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, Cao Bin was on guard from the beginning.
At this time, hearing Zhang Shanfu's voice, Cao Bin knew what he had in mind.
Directly came a preemptive strike!
Zhang Shanfu was hugged by his huge force, and he was out of breath, and hurriedly slapped Cao Bin's armor and said:
"Let go, let go, let go......."
Seeing that Zhang Shanfu rolled his eyes, everyone reacted and hurriedly said:
"Uncle Zhongjing, stop it, the marshal is about to be strangled to death by you."
When Cao Bin let go, Zhang Shanfu relieved his breath for a long time and almost died on the spot.
Without waiting for him to accuse, Cao Bin hurriedly apologized:
"I didn't expect the marshal to be so frail, hey, sin and sin!"
Zhang Shanfu looked at Cao Bin's eyes, he was already a little afraid, and he didn't have the heart to fart with him, so he hurriedly arranged the camp and ran away.
Sister Yang looked at Zhang Shanfu's back, couldn't help but smile, and said fiercely:
"Well deserved!"
At this time, Mrs. She said:
"Uncle Zhongjing, you might as well come and sit in my camp."
Cao Bin was trying to understand the situation in Lingzhou, so he happily agreed.
Seeing that the faces of the female generals of the Yang family were gloomy, Cao Bin asked:
"What is the old lady's teachings?"
Seeing She Taijun's signal, the articulate Yang family Sanniang opened her mouth to narrate.
It turned out that after the Yang family borrowed grain and grass from Cao Bin, they almost broke the city and destroyed the village, and soon arrived at the city of Lingzhou.
On the way, they also got some grain and grass in Mingsha County.
When they rushed to Lingzhou City, the guards in the city were caught off guard, and they didn't even have time to block the city gate, and they were about to be captured by the Yang family.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Shanfu sent an envoy to strictly order the female generals of the Yang family not to attack the city, and they must wait for their arrival to besiege Lingzhou.
The female general of the Yang family was almost not.
But Mrs. She hesitated again and again, and finally did not dare to disobey Zhang Shanfu's order.
In order to grab merit, Zhang Shanfu directly crossed the Hanhai Desert and ran to Lingzhou City in a few days.
Then, the female generals of the Yang family were assigned to the periphery of Lingzhou and asked them to intercept the Western Xia reinforcements.
This is clearly an attempt to snatch credit.
Lingzhou was the most important gateway to Western Xia, and the achievement of breaking the city was second only to attacking the capital of Western Xia.
What's even more excessive is that Zhang Shanfu took advantage of the fact that when the female generals of the Yang family moved to the camp, he used his identity as a generalissimo to snatch more than half of their grain and grass.
These days, Zhang Shanfu has been attacking the city, and the female generals of the Yang family are not allowed to participate at all.
Hearing what happened, Cao Bin couldn't help but be a little speechless.
Can this be tolerated?
"The old lady will let Zhang Shanfu be the power?"
The eldest lady of the Yang family said helplessly:
"Zhang Shanfu is the commander of this expedition to the west, if we disobey the order, wouldn't it be disloyal?"
"Once he sues the court, most of the officials will blame my Yang family."
"What's more, he fought with the Western Xia generals and was defeated several times, after all, there is still a chance for us to make meritorious contributions......"
Old lady She said with some embarrassment:
"So my Yang family still has to borrow grain from Uncle Zhongjing!"
"There is only half a month's worth of grain and grass left in the camp."
After saying that, she added: "The old body is willing to write another IOU." ”
Cao Bin: "......"
At this moment, Lu Zhishen suddenly broke in and scolded:
"Uncle is not good, Zhang Shanfu brought people to our camp to grab food."
Eighth Sister Yang said angrily:
"Zhang Shanfu is too much, he already has a month's worth of grain and grass in his camp, if he takes it away, what will we do?"
When Cao Bin heard this, he was a little depressed, and I said why did I become a sweetheart.
So you're waiting for me here.
Sanniang of the Yang family said: "Cao Bin, only you can restrain him......."
She Taijun waved his hand: "Sanniang, don't arch the fire, let's help Cao Bin stop Zhang Shanfu together." ”
Hearing this, Mu Guiying breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Actually, we shouldn't have backed down a long time ago, even if we resist the order, we have to go to the court to debate."
Cao Bin didn't have as many scruples as them, so he got up and said:
"Made, he bullied me, I'm not used to him!"
After saying that, turn around and leave.
Seeing this, She Taijun hurriedly persuaded: "Cao Bin, don't be impulsive......"
As he spoke, he hurriedly followed with the female general of the Yang family.
When he arrived at his own camp, Tong Guan was holding a holy decree and shouting proudly:
"Dare to rob our Yan Yan Army's grain and grass, the court has already made a decree, and my Yan Yan Army will not accept anyone to control it."
Zhang Shanfu's face was a little ugly, and he scolded:
"Tong Guan, you dead eunuch, aren't you the commander of the Hedong Army, why did you run away to the Yan Army as a dog?"
He originally wanted to take advantage of Cao Bin's absence to bluff Cao Bin's subordinates, and get the grain and grass first.
I didn't expect Tong Guan to be in Cao Bin's army, which was a miscalculation.
What I didn't expect was that Cao Bin also got a license, and he was really a bastard court.
Tong Guan jumped to his feet and scolded:
"I'm in the same army with Uncle Cao, can I manage you?"
He is also a person with backers, and he does not dick Zhang Shanfu at all, not to mention relying on Cao Bin to atone for his sins, of course, he must express his loyalty.
Seeing Cao Bin and others arriving, Zhang Shanfu's face changed, and he said:
"Juncai is here, Ben Shuai is just in case, since Juncai has this holy decree, then don't bother."
"When the grain and grass in my camp run out, you must borrow me, and take your leave...... Farewell!"
Seeing him with a smile on his face, Cao Bin was a little speechless, Nima's, what a smiling tiger.
Eighth Sister Yang said hatefully:
"See, this bastard will grab credit when he encounters it, and he will take it when he encounters benefits, he is greedy and shameless."
"You have to have someone like you to restrain him......"
Cao Bin was speechless, what kind of person am I?