The army of Meng Hai set up a large camp, surrounded by spear protection arrays, and the soldiers were exhausted, and they fell asleep after eating a little indiscriminately.

Meng Haigong was uneasy, he knew that Qingzhou was the foundation of Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan would not allow him to go to Qingzhou no matter what, and Zhang Xuan's soldiers would desperately prevent them from going north, on the contrary, his soldiers were demoralized and refused to leave their hometowns.

Although his army was twice as large as Zhang Xuan's, wasn't it the same for his younger brother Meng? The Qingzhou army, which was twice as large as Zhang Xuan, was defeated in a battle, which made Meng Haigong very anxious, he was stared at by Zhang Xuan, what would be the result in the end?

At this time, his son Meng Yi appeared in front of the tent, bowed down and said, "Father, the child is back." ”

Meng Yi is to investigate the attack on today's logistics baggage, Meng Haigong really felt strange, his 10,000 rear army guarded the grain and grass baggage, and was easily torn open by the Sui army, he was very worried about whether there was a ghost in the Sui army, once someone secretly surrendered to the Sui army, when the war came, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"How's the investigation going?" Meng Haigong asked impatiently.

"The child basically found out, the Sui cavalry broke through from the southeast corner, there were 3,000 troops guarding there, led by the general Zhao Shide, when the Sui army broke through, Zhao Shide happened to be not in the team, so that the army had no one to command, and the Sui cavalry easily broke through."

"Where is this Zhao Shide?" Meng Haigong said angrily.

"Father, he was called by the military advisor at that time."

Meng Haigong was stunned for a moment, what did Han Zhishui do with his generals, why didn't he know?

Meng Haigong suddenly remembered that Han Zhishui secretly ordered Shang Huaizhu to go to Jiangdu to assassinate Zhang Xuan's family, and he also bypassed himself, and his heart was like swallowing a cockroach for a while, how many things did this Han Zhishui still hide from himself. What exactly is he going to do?

Meng Haigong's heart began to be vigilant, and he whispered to his son Meng Yi: "You send your henchmen to keep an eye on the military advisor and see how many generals he has personal dealings with." ”

Meng Yi was shocked, "Father suspects the military advisor"

"It's important to guard against people, so it's better for us to be careful."

"The boy understands, and I'll arrange for someone to keep an eye on him. Is there anything else my father commands? ”

"Not for the time being, let's go!"

Meng Yixing hurriedly went, Meng Haigong paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he originally trusted Han Zhishui very much, but since the conflict between the strategic directions of the two sides, there was an indescribable estrangement between them, especially Han Zhishui sent Shang Huaizhu to Jiangdu behind his back, which made Meng Haigong's trust in him begin to be seriously shaken.

Of course, Meng Haigong also knew that at the critical moment against the enemy. There should be no internal strife within him, this will only cheapen Zhang Xuan for nothing, and he should talk openly and honestly with Han Zhishui.

Thinking of this, Meng Hai ordered: "Quickly invite the military advisor to see me!" ”

Han Zhishui was also uneasy, he didn't sleep, he also felt that the morale of the army was low and the army's heart was unstable, which made him worried. Of course, he would not think that the reason for this was the soldier's reluctance to go to Qingzhou, but because Meng Haigong hesitated. Delayed the strategic retreat to the north, resulting in repeated defeats, if Meng Haigong was willing to listen to him and enter Qingzhou as soon as possible, it would never be today's scene, Han Zhishui hated and angry in his heart, but he was helpless.

Soon. Han Zhishui hurried to the handsome tent and walked to the tent door, he tried his best to hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart, let himself return to normal, and then walked quickly to the door of the big tent. "My lord, the lowly position is here."

"Strategist, please come in!"

Meng Haigong also regained his usual smile, invited Han Zhishui to sit down, and asked the soldiers to serve tea, "I'm really embarrassed to invite the military advisor so late and disturb the military advisor's rest." ”

"The king is polite, but he can't sleep when he is humble."

"yes!"

Meng Haigong sighed, "Now the battle situation is not good for us, everyone feels uncomfortable, and I can't sleep too!" ”

"In fact, I don't think Zhang Xuan is terrible, he is nothing more than good at grasping the opponent's weakness, and he can succeed in one blow, the key is that we can't have weaknesses, at least let him not catch it, we can defeat him in turn."

"The military advisor is right, but where does the military advisor think our weaknesses are?"

Han Zhishui said after a while: "Military heart! Morale! ”

Meng Haigong was silent, Han Zhishui said to the point, at this time, Han Zhishui said again: "Today, there was a cavalry attack by the Sui army on the logistics baggage, I investigated afterwards and found that our army did not have many casualties, and the Sui cavalry did not even have a single casualty, did the king think of what the reason was?" ”

"Strategist, please go on!"

"The reason is that our army did not resist at all, and the cavalry of the Sui army fought effortlessly into the baggage army, and the morale was so weak that I couldn't imagine it."

"But I heard that it's because of the absence of the main general Zhao Shide!" Meng Haigong said meaningfully.

"Zhao Shide was there at the time, and I was about to tell him how to strengthen the defenses"

Speaking of this, Han Zhishui suddenly stopped, he suddenly noticed that Meng Haigong had something to say, he stared at Meng Haigong for a long time, "Isn't the king suspicious of me for marrying the general?" ”

"I don't doubt you, but I think there are some things we have to spread out and say clearly, so as not to cause misunderstandings, such as Shang Huaizhu's whereabouts-"

Meng Haigong stopped dramatically, looking at Han Zhishui with a smile, Han Zhishui's face was swollen red, he knew that the matter could not be hidden from Meng Haigong, so he said slowly: "I admit that there is something, I sent Shang Huaizhu to Jiangdu to assassinate Zhang Xuan's family, but I remember proposing this matter to the king, and this matter is not an army battle, but a matter within the responsibility of the lowly authority, so"

"So you didn't tell me and sent someone to assassinate Zhang Xuan's family without authorization, and what was the result?"

Meng Haigong finally couldn't help but roar, "Has Zhang Xuan withdrawn from the army?" He's stronger than ever, he's going to annihilate us completely, he's going to take revenge, you know? He's going to kill me! ”

Han Zhishui looked at the angry Meng Haigong dumbfounded, he felt Meng Haigong's fear of Zhang Xuan from the bottom of his heart, he was secretly frightened, can such a mentality defeat Zhang Xuan?

"The king, please calm your anger, please listen to the humble explanation!"

Meng Haigong also found that he had lost his words, he sat down indignantly, lowered his head and was secretly annoyed, Han Zhishui said again: "He knows Zhang Xuan very well, he is very affectionate, if he succeeds in assassinating his family, he will return to Jiangdu no matter what, and he will suspend the attack, we have won precious time, and at the same time get the support of Meng Qi's army, Yang Yichen will be defeated, we can concentrate our forces to turn back against him, now it seems that the assassination was not successful, so Zhang Xuan did not withdraw his army, and it is a pity to be lowly, If the lowly duty did not report to the king in time, the lowly duty is willing to apologize and promise that there will be no next time! ”

"Stand down!"

Meng Haigong waved his hand tiredly, "I want to stay alone for a while and calm down." ”

Han Zhishui stared at him for a moment, then stood up and left, Meng Haigong got up and walked slowly to the door of the big tent, looking at the south from afar, and couldn't help but sigh a long sigh, is he really so afraid of Zhang Xuan?

At this time, he suddenly saw a flash of fire in the air, he couldn't help but be stunned, and after a closer look, he saw dozens of fires flying through the air and towards the camp.

"No, it's a rocket!"

Meng Haigong shouted and hurriedly ordered: "The Sui army wants to steal the camp, immediately rise up to meet the battle!" ”

At this time, the alarm bell in the south was rushing to sound 'Dang! While! While! The sound rang, the thief army camp was suddenly in chaos, just fell asleep soon after the soldiers were awakened one after another, frightened to grab weapons and rush out of the tent, many people did not have time to put on their shoes, the armor was not neat, the soldiers were very embarrassed.

Outside the camp, more than 100 cavalry of the Sui army once again shot arrows at the camp of the thief army, and the rockets swept through the trench and the spear array 60 steps wide, and shot into the southernmost dozen large tents, the big tents were already on fire, the flames were soaring to the sky, the smoke was billowing out, and thousands of thieves soldiers shouted and rushed to put out the fire.

Pei Xingyan saw that the effect of harassment had been achieved, so he waved his hand, "Go to the west!" ”

More than 100 cavalry followed him and galloped westward

Not long after, sirens were heard from the west, and several large tents on the far side were also ignited by rockets, and the entire camp of the thieves army was in chaos.

This harassment did not subside until the third watch, but just as the soldiers fell asleep, the Sui cavalry began to attack again, this time on a larger scale, thousands of cavalry attacked the slightly weaker defense of the Beiying Gate, and set fire to the guard tower, the two attacks made Meng Haigong's soldiers dare not sleep again, the tents were all dismantled, they stood in the cold wind of late autumn, and waited until dawn came. (To be continued.) )