This Li Geng has always studied military battles, and before the Sharp Knife Army recruited 30,000 soldiers, against 40,000 leaders of the Fujian Wokou, how could he fight a defeat?

This was really unexpected, Zhang Yongjie couldn't figure out what was going on. Now, the only way to go back to Fujian is to find out.

Zhang Yongjie immediately took more than 230 soldiers of the Sharp Knife Army, made a detour to Jiangxi, went all the way south, and returned to Longtai City seven or eight days later.

Because of the containment of the Zhejiang battlefield, coupled with the desperate resistance of Li Geng, Liu Yonggui and others, the Japanese saw that Longtai could not be attacked for a long time, so they withdrew to Zhejiang.

Li Geng, Liu Zhifu and others continued to recruit troops, restoring the previous establishment of 7,000 people in the Sharp Knife Army.

It's just that there are only more than 4,000 people left in the elite who know martial arts, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Li Geng still set up a military camp outside the city, and used Longtai as horns to prevent the Japanese from breaking the city.

Zhang Yongjie returned to the Futai Yamen and did not accuse Li Geng, after all, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and no one dares to guarantee that the army will fight, so it will definitely be able to win the battle.

Zhang Yongjie called Li Geng to a place where there was no one and wanted to ask about the specific situation.

That Li Geng lost the battle, his expression was grim, and he felt quite guilty when he saw Zhang Yongjie.

Zhang Yongjie patted Li Geng's shoulder and said, "Seeing the death of my fellow brothers, it is really uncomfortable to be a general. In March, I fought a naval battle with the Japanese Invaders, and six ships of brothers died, but I was the only one who survived. Every time I think of this kind of scene, my heart is like a thousand cuts, and it is very uncomfortable. ”

Li Geng nodded, and said depressedly: "I do feel this way, although I have also seen dead people, but when I see so many dead people, I seem to have no rest in my soul." ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "Don't think so much about it first, sum up your experience well, and strive to win the battle next time." ”

Li Geng nodded and said, "Yes, I look forward to the next battle to make a name for myself." ”

Zhang Yongjie shook his head and said: "The name is not important, the important thing is that our army should win at the least cost." We Ming, we can't die anymore. Therefore remember not to justify thy own name, and to underestimate the enemy. ”

Li Geng was silent for a while, and then said, "Big brother, I suspect that there are traitors in our Sharp Knife Army. ”

Zhang Yongjie hurriedly said: "What basis do you have? ”

Li Geng said: "In the Wuming offensive and defensive battle, the Japanese are like knowing my layout, and they have corresponding countermeasures for every move I make, and the soldiers of my sharp knife army are in a passive state of being beaten. ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "Then who do you suspect this traitor is?"

Li Geng said: "At the pre-war strategic meeting, the participants were: Cao Gonggong, Liu Yonggui, Situ Xiongwu, Yuwen Tiezhu, Zhao Wei, Tang Tao, You Jinda, Zhang Zhi, Liu Shuang, Yan Shixiong and others. The secrets of my Sharp Knife Army have been leaked, and it must be one of these people. ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "Then who do you suspect?"

Li Geng said: "First of all, exclude Zhang Zhi, because he is my own brother, and it is impossible to betray us." Secondly, Cao Gonggong, Liu Yonggui, You Jinda, Zhao Wei, Liu Shuang and others can be excluded. ”

Li Geng followed: "After the defeat, Gonggong Cao continued to run around the various departments to appease the morale of the army and fierce morale, and his heart could never be different. ”

Li Geng said: "Governor Liu used local officials to assist the Sharp Knife Army in the battle, and he also did his best to recruit soldiers and grain and grass, so he could not have different intentions. ”

Li Geng said again: "Eugenda was originally the head of the spy and was responsible for delivering news. He was originally the most suspicious, but since our army drove to Fujian, every news delivered by Eugenda was absolutely reliable, so it was impossible for him to suddenly rebel. ”

Li Geng said again: "Liu Shuang is the brother I brought from Wuchang, I believe him." Zhao Wei is a great hero, and it is absolutely impossible for him to do such a thing. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yongjie immediately said: "So, do you suspect that it is one of Situ Xiongwu, Yuwen Tiezhu, Tang Tao or Yan Shixiong?"

Li Geng nodded and said, "Situ Xiongwu, although Yuwen Tiezhu has lived with our brothers in Wuchang for two years, I can't bear to doubt them, but to be honest, I don't know much about them in the past two years. In the past, it was just by virtue of their relationship with Brother Zhang, so we got along very politely. ”

The polite meaning is that he never puts his heart into his heart. This is not difficult to understand, after all, when Li Geng persuaded them not to learn the 'Mixed Yuan Dragon Divine Skill', Situ Xiongwu and the others did not listen, in the final analysis, Situ Xiongwu and Li Geng did not have a thorough spiritual intersection.

Li Geng said again: "Tang Tao is the general manager personally promoted by Brother Zhang, and I don't know much about him, so I doubt him." And that Yan Shixiong basically doesn't talk to anyone, although it was recommended by Sister Xiao, but it is difficult for me to believe him. ”

Zhang Yongjie thought about it, this Yan Shixiong and Tang Tame, and even himself, all have a common characteristic.

That is, they are the same as themselves, they are all on the list of the 'Jiajing Heroes List' released by the Qinglong Club in the Tang Paradise back then.

This time, the Blue Dragon Society and the White Dragon Society are fighting endlessly, and it is also credible to say that Zhao Qianli bought several characters on the 'Jiajing Hero List' list and disintegrated the power of the Blue Dragon Society.

I just don't know which of these two people colluded with Zhao Qianli to do such a bad thing of treason and collaboration with the enemy.

Li Geng proposed: "I racked my brains for this matter, and I couldn't tell who it was. At present, it seems that these two people are the most suspicious, in order to avoid the next military leakage, I suggest that the eldest brother directly assassinate these two people, so as not to spoil the big thing. ”

Zhang Yongjie didn't seem to believe his ears, and Li Geng actually asked him to kill Tang Tao and Yan Shixiong together.

Li Geng said: "I can't find out this matter clearly, only one brain is killed." ”

Zhang Yongjie said with a black face: "Don't talk nonsense. ”

Li Geng took out a dagger from his arms and said: "I am now armed with a sharp weapon, and my murderous intent is suddenly rising, I can't wait to cut this traitor with a thousand knives to vent the hatred in my heart." ”

Zhang Yongjie glanced at the dagger in Li Geng's hand, and his mind sounded that in Mingyang Palace, Li Ling took out a dagger with a mechanism and cheated himself to death, and immediately had a plan.

Zhang Yongjie said: "Don't panic, let's find a way to give it a try." ”

When Li Geng saw Zhang Yongjie and said that he wanted to find a way to give it a try, he immediately came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, how are you going to try?"

Zhang Yongjie said: "Tang Tao and Yan Shixiong, compared with these two, who do you think is more suspicious?"

Li Geng thought for a while and said, "According to my years of experience in looking at people, Tang Taming's suspicions are even heavier. ”

Zhang Yongjie saw that Li Geng was a little arrogant, and immediately said: "This is a big matter, don't brag about it in this stall." ”

Li Geng also knows that according to my years of experience in seeing people, there is a suspicion of boasting, which undoubtedly means that he has read countless people.

Li Geng thought about it seriously, and then said: "I think Tang Taming is more suspicious, but this is my feeling, maybe it's not accurate." ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded and said: "In this way, you go to those people who are performing arts in the rivers and lakes and sell a prop dagger, the kind that the dagger can be inserted back into the handle." ”

Li Geng said: "What's the use of asking for this?"

Zhang Yongjie said: "Let's find an opportunity to hold a military meeting." At this meeting, Eugenda took this prop dagger and stabbed me. ”

Li Geng didn't understand what Zhang Yongjie meant, so he asked, "What is this going to do?"

Zhang Yongjie said: "According to my martial arts, whether it is for Zhao Qianli or for the Japanese Kou, it is a huge threat, so I believe that they want to get rid of themselves all the time." ”

Li Geng does not deny this, after all, Zhang Yongjie's martial arts have reached the pinnacle and he is almost a leader in the world.

Zhang Yongjie continued: "If Eugenda stabs me, I will pretend to be seriously injured, and knock Eugenda unconscious, and then say that it will take a certain amount of time to heal, and then you will order the news to be blocked, and all participants are not allowed to leak the news. ”

Li Geng nodded and said, "Then what should I do next?"

Zhang Yongjie said: "Since you judge that Tang Taming is more suspicious, after the dissolution is announced, you will immediately find a reason to recall Yan Shixiong to the big tent, and I will immediately knock Yan Shixiong unconscious and control it." ”

Zhang Yongjie continued: "If Eugenda stabs me with a real dagger, it will prove that the traitor is Eugenda. ”

Zhang Yongjie said again: "If You Jinda is not a traitor, and the Japanese or Zhao Qianli came to Longtai to assassinate me recently, then it proves that Tang Tao passed on the news of my injury, so that you can judge that he is a traitor." If there is no movement on the part of the Japanese or Zhao Qianli, it proves that the traitor is Yan Shixiong. ”

Li Geng thought for a moment and said, "Big brother, your method is not rigorous. What if this traitor is someone other than Tang Tao and Yan Shixiong?"

Zhang Yongjie said: "Didn't you say that Tang Tao and Yan Shixiong have the biggest suspicions, and you still want to serve the two of them together, what do you mean now." ”

Li Geng said: "That's just angry talk, although the two of them are the most suspicious, they can't be completely sure that the traitor appears in the two of them." ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "Then let's not worry about this matter first, slowly find a way, and find an opportunity to correct this traitor." ”

Li Geng said in frustration: "If we don't find out this traitor, then the Japanese will know the layout of my sharp sword army at any time, then it will be easy to eat a defeat." ”

Li Geng said: "So this matter can't wait, let's just modify it, not only control Yan Shixiong alone, but control everyone except Tang Taming, and leave Tang Tame alone, so that Tang Tame can be tempted." ”

Zhang Yongjie said: "What if Tang Tao sees that everyone else is controlled, and he becomes suspicious and refuses to leak the news to the Japanese Kou?"

Li Geng said: "It's easy to do, I'll arrange for Tang Tao to go to Hua'an to defend the city first, and then we will have a meeting in two days, and assassinate the eldest brother at the meeting." With such an arrangement, Tang Taming didn't know the situation of the Longtai headquarters, and he would definitely not be able to guard against it. ”

Zhang Yongjie nodded in approval, and the two felt that there would be a big show to test whether the spy was Tang Tame.

But the two brothers, although they have been planning for a long time, did not expect that if Tang Tao was not the traitor and did not convey the news of Zhang Yongjie's injury, this could not be ironclad evidence that Yan Shixiong was treason and collaborating with the enemy.

Moreover, Zhang Yongjie's plan, everything is based on the fact that Tang Tao is a traitor, and there is no inevitable causal relationship between the conditions and the result, so the plan is not rigorous, and it is very likely to be misjudged.

Fortunately, Zhang Yongjie and Li Geng's plan has not yet been implemented, so Gonggong Cao has already corrected the traitor.

That traitor is indeed Tang Tame.

Father-in-law Cao is a middle-level eunuch of the East Investigation Factory, what does the East Factory do? Catching the wind and shadows, and planting eyeliner is the good hand of the East Factory.

The offensive and defensive battles of Wuming were particularly difficult, and all of Li Geng's operational deployments were well known by the Japanese Invaders. Therefore, Gonggong Cao also suspected that someone within the Sharp Knife Army had leaked secrets to the Japanese Invaders.

And there were only a few people who attended that pre-war meeting. Therefore, Gonggong Cao immediately screened his cronies, planted eyeliner around these people, and investigated their every move.

Even Li Geng, the commander and the deputy general manager of the Sharp Knife Army, was monitored around the clock by the eyes arranged by Grandpa Cao, and no matter how much trouble came his way, it was difficult to escape Grandpa Cao's speech.

Tang Taming was when he was writing a secret letter, and he was caught by Gonggong Cao and others, and the stolen goods were obtained irrefutably.

Zhang Yongjie actually didn't want to believe that this Tang Tao was a traitor, after all, when he competed with Du Qianlin in the big bamboo forest in Yuzhou, Tang Tao still intended to help him.

Therefore, Zhang Yongjie has always been full of good feelings for Tang Tao in his heart. Therefore, on the day when the Sharp Knife Army was formed, Zhang Yongjie promoted Tang Tao to the position of general, hoping that he could kill the enemy on the battlefield and make contributions.

But in the face of real evidence, Zhang Yongjie had to believe that this Tang treason and collaboration with the enemy.

The ironclad evidence is a secret letter, which reads as follows:

Recently, the military camp has been strictly controlled, and contact has been suspended.

The content is simple, but it is ironclad.

Of course, Tang Tao also knew about the matter that Gonggong Cao sent someone to monitor, so he deliberately found an opportunity to avoid eyeliner and quietly write this secret letter.

Tang Tao didn't expect that this Gonggong Cao didn't just send an eyeliner, at least five eyeliners were arranged by Tang Tao's side to monitor them around the clock and in all directions.

After all, it is a character of Dongchang, how can it not have a few brushes?

Gonggong Cao took Tang Tame out of the prison and immediately shouted: "You guy, colluding with the Japanese and the enemy, treason and collaboration with the enemy, the most evil." ”

Everyone looked at the tame appearance, and the skin that had been destroyed by the people sent by Gonggong Cao was no longer human.

However, in the face of such traitorous collaborators, the generals in the army were all angry. If there was no Tang taming treason and collaborating with the enemy, it would be impossible for our sharp sword army to lose 20,000 soldiers.

That's more than 20,000 Ming men, and they were reimbursed on the battlefield like this.

Therefore, Duke Cao used all kinds of means to beat Tang Tame in prison for one night, and none of the generals realized that Duke Cao's punishment was wrong.

On the contrary, they also felt that Tang Tame's price was too light, at least he was now sound with his hands and feet.

According to the meaning of the generals in the army, this Tang tame should be cut into a stick, which is reasonable.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yongjie pondered for a long time.

This person's heart is separated from his belly, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and his ability to recognize people is really shallow.

Isn't it blind to entrust a person like Tang Tao with a heavy responsibility?

After Gonggong Cao announced the results to the generals, he put Tang Taming in prison, and prepared to report to the ministry with Ling Chi's criminal law, and after the approval of the ministry lord, he could be executed.

Zhang Yongjie decided that he would still find a time to ask Tang Tao about his motives, so as to increase his experience in knowing people.

ps: In fact, Tang Taming is not right, as early as when the big bamboo forest in Yuzhou was competing, I laid the foreshadowing. It's just a matter of structural layout, and I haven't been able to talk about Tang Taming's affairs well. can only mention Tang Tame's motivation in the next chapter, and by the way, Tang Tame's partner character will be introduced.