On the first day Zhang Wen arrived at the rebel camp, he felt that the relationship between the middle and upper echelons of the army was complicated, which could be judged from the delicate relationship between Sect Leader Han and Han Amei. In the following days, Zhang Wen did not make any further suggestions, he only gradually understood the army with his eyes and ears.

The situation is even worse than Zhang Wen imagined, an army with chaotic armor and armaments, but there are many factions, and the middle and lower classes are even more chaotic, and some soldiers don't know who they should directly obey orders, and their situation is unbelievable in an army with "military orders as big as a mountain". After Zhang Wen saw such a scene, his confidence suddenly lost and he had no fighting spirit at all.

In fact, Zhang Wen was extremely depressed, this was an army worse than the Ming Dynasty soldiers; In the past, Zhang Wen thought that the local government soldiers could not be used in the battle formation at all, but now the troops in front of him were completely a rabble. Rectifying an army is not effective in a few days and half a month, not to mention that Zhang Wen has no right to make a decision at all, so Zhang Wen doesn't think it's interesting to follow a group of people to death.

Every day at sunset, Zhang Wen would stand outside the tent and look north for a long time. For the first time, he felt that those Qiongtai Gaoque were getting farther and farther away from him, and those Xiongguan fortresses were gradually moving away. He is like Zhang Qian looking at Chang'an in the far west and looking east, sad and lonely...... Zhang Qian has faith, while Zhang Wen is desperate.

Zhang Wen was sick, and he was so hot that he could almost boil eggs. A foreign place did not make him unaccustomed to the water and soil, and the escape from death did not make him collapse, but here, the loss of hope made him completely sunk.

He can't eat, in addition to drinking medicine, he drinks a lot of hot water every day, and the people who take care of him say that it is good to drink more hot water when the wind is hot. Zhang Wen was forced to continue to pour water, which made him weak. When someone finally poured water on him, Zhang Wen couldn't help but say, "Can you add some salt to the water?" I can't stand it without salt. ”

"Okay, you wait, I'll get someone to add salt to you right away." A woman's voice said.

Usually taking care of Zhang Wen is a descendant, but at this time he became a woman, Zhang Wen tilted his head to look, and when he saw that it was Han Amei, Zhang Wen sat up slowly and said: "There is nothing strong on the body, please forgive me for being rude to the holy aunt." ”

"You're sick like this now, what are you polite?" Han Amei stretched out her hand to touch Zhang Wen's forehead, but she stretched out her hand, but retracted it. She said again: "Why are you so sick, is it because the quilt is thin, or are you not used to eating?" ”

Zhang Wen shook his head and said, "It may be that the water and soil are not adaptable, and the body can't stand it, so it's okay to nourish it." ”

At this time, a person walked in outside the tent, who was taking care of Zhang Wen's descendant, he brought a bag of salt, poured some into the cup, and then brought the cup over to let Zhang Wen drink water. Zhang Wen took a sip and asked, "What time is it now?" ”

Han Amei thought for a while and said, "The sun is about to set, it's almost unitary time." ”

"You help me up." Zhang Wen pointed to the guy and said, "People sleep all day long." ”

Han Amei didn't stop Zhang from asking, but said: "You have to be good at giving birth and recuperating, and you can recover as soon as possible, and more than 10,000 people here are relying on you." ”

Zhang Wenxin said that it was useless to rely on me, but he didn't dare to hit them like this, and only said: "The suggestions I said in front of Sect Master Han last time, I can't personally operate them one by one, and I have to rely on General Mu and other generals to do it, rectify the army, rectify military discipline, without military discipline, you can't order it, no matter how good the layout strategy is, it's useless......"

With the help of the attendant, Zhang Wen got out of bed softly, he took the attendant's arm, walked to the door and looked into the distance, breathing a few breaths of fresh air, in fact, he couldn't see anything, except for the heavy mountains. It's just that Zhang Wen seems to have formed a habit, and he always feels that looking at the north will make him feel more comfortable, and he is a little longing.

He wanted these people to let him go, but it was obvious that this was impossible, and he couldn't run far in a hilly and mountainous area with such a rugged road, not to mention that there were no sentries anywhere within a radius of the army.

Han Amei suddenly asked, "Zhang Wen, what are you looking at?" Don't tell me you're watching the sunset, the sunset is over there. ”

"I miss Jingshi a little bit, my hometown is there, and Jingshi is the imperial city." Zhang Wen muttered.

Han Amei said a few words of relief, she lowered her head and thought for a while, and said: "Yesterday we received a news about Jingshi, Ye Xianggao, the minister of the imperial court, was beheaded in Xishi. ”

"What?" Zhang Wen was taken aback, his eyes widened, staring at Han Amei, his forehead was cold, and the wet sweat was blown by the cool breeze, "You...... What did you just say? ”

Han Amei was also surprised by such a big reaction to Zhang Wen, and she repeated again: "Ye Xianggao was tried and beheaded by the Ming court for treason, and Gu Binglian, a member of the eunuch party, served as the first assistant. Zhang asked don't worry, you should be glad, although Ye Xianggao was not killed by you, but it was you who stabbed Ye Feng's hornet's nest that led to this overthrow in the court, so Ye Xianggao's death also has something to do with you; Ye Xianggao is Ye Feng's grandfather, now Ye Feng will definitely hate you to the bone, if you are still in his hands now, you will definitely be murdered by him. Ye Feng will definitely regret sending you to Wannian Tower now, this is your luck......"

Zhang Wen fell to his knees with a thud and cried loudly at the north, but there were no tears, it looked like a fake, but in fact he was really uncomfortable and panicked.

Several white-clothed guards had gathered around Han Amei, Han Amei was embarrassed and angry, pointed at Zhang and asked, "Quickly pull him into the tent!" ”

Zhang Wen was dragged into the big tent, and he still fell to the ground and didn't want to get up, and he howled. Seeing that his forehead and nose were worn on the ground, Han Amei couldn't help but say angrily: "Ye Xianggao is Ye Feng's grandfather, what does it matter to you if he dies?" What are you crying for him! ”

Zhang Wen cried for a long time, and when he was tired of crying, he said: "Ye Feng is Ye Feng, Ye Xianggao is Ye Xianggao!" Since I had the first assistant, there have been party disputes, but now I have actually reached the situation where the first assistant is being killed in office! ”

Han Amei was stunned, she sighed and said, "So the court is rotten, why do you bother to look at them again?" Okay, let's look at Ye Feng and Ye Xianggao separately, Ye Xianggao is a loyal minister, what will happen now? The informant said that before he was arrested, he knelt at the noon gate for two days and two nights, shouting words such as receiving people's hearts and speaking the way, which is chilling! ”

An Liaomin, Tongyan Road, clear taxes, and collect people's hearts. The twelve-character political proposition is the ideal that Ye Xianggao insisted on all his life to save the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Wen remembered that at the beginning of the succession of the new Son of Heaven, Ye Xianggao was in charge of the cabinet, with a lofty spirit, elegant beard, square appearance, uprightness, and loud performance, lofty ambitions, and the ambition of the Zhongxing Dynasty was bound to win. It was as if it was born yesterday.

Zhang Wen cried out his chest. In less than two years, there was no sign of ZTE, and Ye Xianggao's soul returned to Jiuquan.

Zhang Wen's body was weak, and after some tossing, he couldn't support it and fainted. So he didn't know that after a few days in a daze, he lost a lot of weight.

After he sobered up, the high fever on his body subsided, but he had no energy, he thought for a long time, ate some porridge, and asked someone to call the holy aunt Han Amei.

After Han Amei entered the tent, she glanced at the empty bowl next to her, and said coldly: "I thought I had spent so much effort to get a useless person back." Huh, you figured it out? ”

Zhang Wen slowly got up from the bed and said: "Holy Aunt, I'll give you a real answer, the team in your hands is sent to death when they go out, and whoever leads it is the same, I can't help it." You also have some connections in the rivers and lakes, so I think it's better to plan for yourself...... You see that we have no grievances and no hatred, and Miss Shen has a good relationship with you, can you let me go. I don't want anything more than to find a place to hide with my own woman. It's not that I have the ability to change things in the world, it's better to live my life well than to do it in vain......"

Han Amei was shocked when she heard this, her face was full of anger, she pointed to Zhang Wen's nose, and was so angry that she was almost speechless: "You...... You ......"

Zhang asked: "I didn't lie to you, the battlefield is fighting with combat power, at least I Zhang asked to fight like this, the difference is too far; The major parties in the imperial court are relatives of the emperor and the country, and the roots are deep, and it is not something that my little Zhang Wen can change. Both of these are the same truth, if you want to change, you are acting against the sky, and I don't have that ability. Why do you have to be strong? ”

"You rebelled villain! How did you promise me in Tingzhou? You ......" Han Amei's body trembled with anger, and she wanted to scold more ugly words, but she didn't know where to start scolding for a while.

Zhang Wen was stunned and said: "I just said to try it in Tingzhou, but you didn't tell me that the people here look like this!" I don't want to be this bird official anyway, and I don't lack living silver now, so I have nothing to blame! It doesn't matter if it's a villain or an adult, it's the same anyway. ”

Han Amei was extremely angry, and immediately understood Zhang Wen's thoughts, but she was not angry, she said: "I know that it is not easy to be admitted to the Jinshi, so you will leave the official career?" ”

Zhang asked: "At the beginning, I had other plans for being admitted to the Jinshi, but then my wish was fulfilled, and I wanted to do my best for the country, but now the country has no choice, and I don't need to wait for anything, what do I do as an official?" Now that I have money and land, what am I still doing in officialdom with trembling and walking on thin ice? I know you will force me, but it's useless to force me, there is really no way to force me, there is really no way to do this war, I can't hold out for long when I see your food and grass, everything is over, you and I will accept our fate......"

Han Amei stood up and said coldly, "You have a good rest for two more days, and then tell me when you figure it out." ”

"I've figured it out, and I'm telling the truth now."

Han Amei didn't answer either, and walked out of the tent.

Zhang Wen was left in the tent, after his illness was cured, he could eat, and his body recovered quickly, after all, he was young, if it was not a serious illness, he could quickly recover his body and bones after eating. But Zhang Wen showed a very bad thing, the guard at the door of the tent did not let him out.

If you don't let it out, you won't let it out, Zhang Wen will keep it inside. Every meal is delicious and delicious, but he lasts less than a day like this, and he can't bear it anymore, and it's really painful to have nothing to do. So Zhang Wen asked the guards to find a few books and send them over, whatever the book is, as long as it is printed.

The next day, they actually delivered a book. Zhang Wen took a look at the title of the book: "Fulu Lingyan Chronicles", this book was written by Ye Xianggao. He was a little puzzled, suspecting that it was Ye Xianggao's book that Han Amei deliberately asked someone to find. But it's all the same, Zhang Wen is okay and uses it to look through to kill time.

Zhang Wen soon found that there was a handwritten text at the end of the book, and if he looked closely, it was a handwritten text about Ye Xianggao's life and political views. Although Zhang Wen already knew what Ye Xianggao had done in his life, he couldn't help but reread it at this time.

The ups and downs of this Zaifu talent can fully illustrate his belief in Confucian behavior: he knows what he can't do. In fact, he has been an official for so many years, and he has not gained any benefits except for fame. After thinking about it, Zhang Wen was even more convinced that Ye Feng had done something, and Ye Xianggao didn't know about it.

When Zhang Wen reread these things, he naturally felt a lot of feelings, and often sighed loudly.

At this moment, a person suddenly walked in outside the door, Zhang Wen looked up and saw that it was Han Amei again, so he said casually: "You locked me here, what do you want?" ”

Han Amei sneered: "How is it? Mr. Zhang, how do you feel when you read this book? ”

Zhang asked, "I don't have any feelings." ”

Han Amei said: "The latter article was written by an unknown scholar in Jiangnan. I also read it, the man said that Ye Xianggao was ordered to be in danger, and there was not much room for him to exert himself, he was old and serious, summed up the lessons of many people in the previous dynasty who failed to innovate, and finally chose the twelve-character proposition, but such a move had no effect on serious illness, so it did not succeed, and now countless people with lofty ideals want to do their best but have no chance. And Master Zhang is in a high position, and he has such an opportunity but is so decadent, which is really sighing! ”

Zhang Wen was silent, he was thinking that he was probably not an idle person, but the situation in front of him was too chilling, it was equivalent to someone carrying a decomposing corpse up and saying to you: Save it.

Han Amei continued to persuade Zhang Wen, she knew that Zhang Wen was depressed and disheartened, and wanted to arouse Zhang Wen's fighting spirit and help them somewhat. Because Han Amei is also in difficulty now, if she is defeated by Ye Feng, other paths may be gradually cut off, and I don't know how she will live in the future.

Zhang Wen finally said: "I just want to do my best, but I don't have a chance, and you won't let me go." ”

Han Amei said: "You help us defeat Ye Feng on the battlefield!" ”

Zhang Wen spread his hands and said, "Why can't you face reality?" If you want me to say it, you will believe it, and after I look at your barracks, I will understand: no way! ”

Han Amei said: "I don't care if there is a way, I have to do all my best!" It's not easy for us to find someone like Master Zhang, and now that we find you, we have to help us, whether it works or not, you have to try! ”

Zhang Wen looked at Han Amei in a daze, and suddenly felt that her current appearance was very familiar, and he seemed to have faced such a situation, Zhang Wen sighed and said, "Okay, just rely on your courage not to give up any opportunities...... To put it mildly, I don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin, so I'll try my best! ”

Han Amei suddenly laughed, she said happily: "I know that you are not someone who will give up easily, as long as you adjust, you will definitely help us!" ”

Zhang Wen shook his head, stood up and said, "Has General Mu begun to rectify the relationship between the upper and lower levels in the army?" Which team a soldier belongs to, which flag a certain team belongs to, and which flag belongs to which general control must be clearly and clearly distinguished, and there can be no ambiguity. There can be no ambiguity in military discipline rewards and punishments, and if you violate military law, your son's father can't protect him! ”

Han Amei turned around and said, "You go and call Mu Xiaoqing." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Mu Xiaoqing rushed over in a military uniform and reported to Han Amei, who asked Zhang to ask. Mu Xiaoqing said: "Our righteous army is not such a formation, squads, brigades, leaders, battalions, such a division, these days will have been sorting out this relationship, but it is very tricky, for example, there is a leader in the front battalion, one person accounts for the strength of the two leaders, and the following are all mixed, and they can't move." ”

Zhang Wen glared and said, "Why can't you move?" ”

Mu Xiaoqing said: "That person's father is a celebrity around Sect Master Han, who saved Sect Leader Han's life. ”

"Why can't it, this is a military camp, there is a clear distinction between the top and bottom, his position is lower than yours, he has to listen to your orders, otherwise how will the military orders be executed? This man disobeyed the military order, and according to the law...... According to military law, beheading, immediately beheaded to set an example! ”

"This ......" Mu Xiaoqing looked at Han Amei.

Han Amei pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, I can go and explain the truth to the sect leader, and then let the leader below obey the dispatch." ”

Zhang Wen was stunned and said: "The next simple order will have so many twists and turns, and when it starts, will it take ten days or half a month to arrange it?" I understand your hardships, but there is not much time now, you have to take strong medicine to have some hope, if the Holy Aunt listens to me, let Mu Xiaoqing cut people directly, and whoever dares to take the lead to provoke the authority of the peak in the future will take the risk with his head! ”

Han Amei hesitated for a moment, looked dazed, and said, "Okay, just listen to you!" Mu Xiaoqing, you go and pull people out and cut them! ”

Mu Xiaoqing said with a bitter face: "What if I go to get people and they don't listen?" In case of a big disturbance or a mutiny......"

Zhang Wen glanced at Mu Xiaoqing angrily, "I really don't know how you, the lord, led this army and horses, if you don't go, I'll go!" Zhang asked, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring your sword!" ”

Mu Xiaoqing didn't know what to do, so he had to take off his saber and hand it over, Zhang Wen grabbed it in his hand, "What's the name of the leader?" Take me to recognize people. ”

"Wang Datong."

Zhang Wen and Mu Xiaoqing and others left the Chinese army, and on the camp outside, some battalions were training, and some were staggering around. Mu Xiaoqing took Zhang Wen to find the camp where Wang Datong's leader was located, where the people were not in good clothes, some were lying in the sun, some were roasting game, and some were openly gambling, a chaotic scene.

They walked to the front of the camp, and the sergeant at the door knew Mu Xiaoqing, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Humble rank to meet General Mu." ”