Zhang Hongfan calmly handled the military affairs of the march, except for Zhang Hongfan's personal attendants, all the generals and colonels felt that Marshal Zhang's command was very good. ~Sui~Dream~Small~ Say~щ~Suimеng~lā Zhang Hongfan knows his own family affairs, and he knows very well that he is really absent-minded at this time.

For example, ten years ago, Zhang Hongfan led his troops to the south, and Zhang Hongfan's brother Zhang Shijie led the army to resist. Today, ten years later, the situation has become that Zhang Shijie led the army to the Northern Expedition, and Zhang Hongfan led the troops to resist. There are also fools in the Mongolian army, who think that the Red Turban Army is not the Song Army. Zhang Hongfan really wouldn't think so, if the Red Turban Army really belonged to the people of Hebei who rebelled on their own, it should have been exterminated by the Mongolian army a long time ago.

At this time, the military affairs were temporarily arranged, and someone brought a young man over. The young man saluted Zhang Hongfan a little timidly, and then said, "Uncle Nine, I don't know what to call me over." ”

"You ......" Zhang Hongfan couldn't say anything after he opened his mouth, which is rare for Zhang Hongfan. After thinking about his words again, Zhang Hongfan said: "I will now arrange for someone to take you to meet your father, and you can bring the letter to him." If he asks me if I have anything to say, you can bring me a message. Is he Zhang Sanlang coming this time to fight Mongolia, or to dig up the ancestral grave of our Zhang family! ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Hongfan waved his hand to take the young man out. Looking at their backs, Zhang Shijie only felt a little fever on his face. Zhang Hongfan still remembers that 20 years ago, Zhang Shijie almost caused a bloody case because of his disrespect for the Mongols. After Zhang Shijie left a letter scolding Zhang Hongfan's father Zhang Rou, he ran to the Southern Song Dynasty.

At the moment, Marshal Boyan was involved by the Song army in the direction of Zhigu Village, and Zhang Shijie's offensive could only rely on Zhang Hongfan to resist. Zhang Shijie did not react to the contact of the Zhang family, and that high-minded posture proved that he had a deep hatred for the Zhang family. Zhang Hongfan can't accept this kind of hatred, let alone Zhang Shijie's attitude of revenge. What the Zhang family does not owe Zhang Shijie is, Zhang Shijie owes the Zhang family.

Sixty or seventy miles away from Zhang Hongfan, Zhang Shijie was commanding the troops to build a military station. The Song army of Zhigu Village asked Zhang Shijie to build seven military stations from Cangzhou to the north, and finally connected with the military station west of Zhigu Village. Once this transport line was completed, the Song army could start from Dezhou and advance at a speed of sixty miles a day to join up with the Song army of Zhigu Village, which was attacking the capital.

Zhang Shijie agreed with the judgment of Zheng Jie, the commander of the Song army in Zhigu Village, that if he gathered 100,000 Song troops a hundred miles away from Dadu, most of them would not be able to hold it no matter what. There were a large number of bags made of straw rope as the foundation of the building, and the military station was built very quickly. In one day, Zhang Shijie's troops built the first military station thirty miles north of Cangzhou.

After resting that night, the troops set out early the next morning and arrived at the predetermined location by noon. Just when the troops were building rapidly, the peripheral vigilant cavalry brought a few people to Zhang Shijie's side. Zhang Shijie felt that a young man in his early twenties looked a little inexplicably familiar, but the memory was so old that he couldn't remember where to search for that face in the corner of his memory.

The guard whispered to Zhang Shijie: "General Zhang, they claim to be all members of the Zhang family in Hebei. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Shijie responded, and turned his gaze back to these Zhang family members.

Both sides seemed to be a little embarrassed, and Zhang Shijie felt that the young man looked at him carefully with extremely straightforward eyes, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. Trying not to see the descendants of the Zhang family, Zhang Shijie asked the middle-aged man led by him, "I don't know what Zhang Hongfan asked you to do." ”

"General Zhang, the marshal of my family asked us to escort your son-in-law over. He was born when you left, and you won't recognize him even if you think about it......"

Hearing the previous words, Zhang Shijie felt that it took a lot of energy to make his brain fight for fate. Because his heart began to beat uncontrollably, he had difficulty breathing, his brain swelled, and all kinds of reactions were depriving Zhang Shijie of his ability to think. But there are some things that don't need to be thought, in the corner of memory, the appearance of Zhang Shijie's first wife was finally remembered.

It was a very quiet northern woman, and what Zhang Shijie could remember was the appearance of his wife holding her son. But the memory was too long, and the wife's face and the son's face were very blurred. All that's left is a familiar feeling.

Finally regained his brain's composure, Zhang Shijie looked at his son and opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't say anything. Seeing Zhang Shijie's appearance, the middle-aged man of the Zhang family stopped talking, but just gently pushed Zhang Shijie's son. However, the young man did not have tears in his eyes, and suddenly rushed forward to hug Zhang Shijie's thigh and shouted Daddy. Instead, he faced Zhang Shijie with an expression as if he had been hurt.

Zhang Shijie, who was full of joy, stepped forward and wanted to grab his son's shoulder to take a good look, but he didn't expect that his hand just touched his son's shoulder, but his son took two steps back. At this time, Zhang Shijie felt as if there were ice water toppings, and the whole feeling became very bad.

In such an embarrassing state, Zhang Shijie's son said: "General Zhang, I am ordered by the ninth uncle to send you a letter. ”

"Oh......" Zhang Shijie responded. Although he was unhappy in his heart, the guilt made Zhang Shijie find a reason for his son. Thinking that he had suffered a lot, he blamed Zhang Shijie who left his mother and son and ran to the south.

At this moment, Zhang Shijie's son continued: "Uncle Nine asked me to bring you a message. Are you here this time to fight Mongolia, or do you want to dig up the ancestral grave of our Zhang family! ”

As soon as these words came out, the air seemed to freeze. The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, he didn't expect Zhang Shijie's son to be so ignorant of how to speak. And Zhang Shijie was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, laughing a few times, but there were tears in his eyes. With a long sigh, Zhang Shijie said, "I know the purpose of your trip. Now you go back and tell Zhang Hongfan, I, Zhang Shijie, am very grateful to him for protecting the ancestral tomb of the Zhang family over the years. However, I, Zhang Shijie, am not a person who forgets my roots, and I will leave the matter of protecting the ancestral grave of the Zhang family to me in the future. There's nothing wrong with Zhang Hongfan! ”

After speaking, Zhang Shijie wiped his tears, dropped a sentence of 'send them away', turned his head and left.

By the afternoon, the station had been repaired. The cavalry of the Red Turban Army also detected that Zhang Hongfan's army was still more than twenty miles away from here. A little caution was taken overnight, and the Red Turban Army advanced cautiously the next day. Zhang Shijie did not go to face Zhang Hongfan, but went straight to the next military station. According to the news sent by Zhigu Village a few days ago, the Song army in Zhigu Village has begun to build a military station to the south, and being able to repair three military stations means that it is closer to the Song army in Zhigu Village.

Those commanders who knew the grievances between Zhang Shijie and the Zhang family were a little surprised, they didn't expect Zhang Shijie to be so tolerant, and they had this kind of thinking because they didn't understand Zhang Shijie's thoughts. Zhang Shijie is desperate to defeat Zhang Hongfan completely, so he seeks the best chance of winning. If he can flank the front and back, Zhang Hongfan will definitely lose.

is that he can't attack back and forth, as long as he captures Dadu, Zhang Hongfan will become a rootless tree without the support of the Mongols, and Zhang Shijie's mastery of the Red Turban Army is real. Regardless of any choice, Zhang Shijie has a chance of winning.

Zhang Hongfan thought that Zhang Shijie would come to fight, but when he heard the news that Zhang Shijie's troops were going north, he strictly guarded the camp. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shijie's department did not stop, but continued to the north. Zhang Hongfan knew the ability of the Song army's military repair station, and immediately sent troops to catch up. The two armies confronted each other, but saw that Zhang Shijie adopted a defensive formation. Zhang Hongfan carefully looked at Zhang Shijie's military formation, and finally snorted, but said nothing more.

The defending side naturally has an advantage, and Zhang Shijie even adopted an extreme turtle formation, defending like an iron bucket. Needless to say, in the center of the turtle shell is the military station that Zhang Shijie is sending people to build. After seeing the Song Army Station with his own eyes, Zhang Hongfan knew that it was no less than an ordinary city.

recalled that the Song army in Zhigu Village was such a turtle stream, which made Zhang Hongfan feel desperate. Not long ago, although the Mongols inflicted heavy casualties on the Song army, they failed to defeat the Song army. And that heavy killing was based on the fact that Mongolia had a large herd of nomadic cattle. It is the Mongols, who consume two or three thousand cattle at a time, and they cannot be replenished immediately. Moreover, the Fire Bull Formation has great requirements for the terrain. When Zhang Shijie finishes repairing the station, he can hide in the station. No matter how fierce the herd is, hitting the wall with its head is bound to lose.

"Scolding!" Zhang Hongfan ordered. At this time, the only means he can count on is to provoke the other party and let the other party come out to fight.

According to the previous methods of scolding, it was naturally all kinds of ridicule and foul language gushing out at the other party. Zhang Hongfan listened to it for a while, but found that this scolding array was extremely civilized. All the shouting is cowards, rats and other non-lethal content. No one directly greets Zhang Shijie's ancestors for the eighteenth generation.

Now Zhang Hongfan felt even more embarrassed. But this is also understandable, both sides on the battlefield have the Zhang family. There is only one Zhang Shijie on the Song army's side, and there are dozens of them on the Mongolian army's side. If it is scolded, there is no doubt that the Zhang family on the Mongolian side will suffer more.

You can't fight, you can't scold. Caught in an awkward position on the battlefield. After another hour of embarrassment, the formation of the Red Turban Army began to change. Just when Zhang Hongfan felt that he might have a chance, he saw that the Song army had withdrawn into the outer wall of the military station that had been repaired. Looking at the outer wall of how tall the person was, showing the golden color of straw, Zhang Hongfan sighed and ordered: "Withdraw the army." ”

Although it was a retreat, Zhang Hongfan still left a flaw behind. Zhang Shijie was as if he didn't see it, and he was not moved at all. Because at this time, only the periphery of the military station was built, and there were still many things to be improved in the military station. Now that there is an exterior wall, Zhang Shijie hopes to let everyone go to rest first. Although it was still February, the weather was still very cold. After allowing the wind to blow in the field for so long, the troops had accumulated considerable exhaustion.

The next day, Zhang Shijie asked the troops to continue repairing. In the evening, the cavalry who had gone to contact the north rushed back. Zhigu Village came, and the Song army was still sixty miles away from Zhang Shijie. Tomorrow they will march thirty miles to build a military station, and this line of communication from Dezhou in the north of the Yellow River will be complete.

Zhang Shijie let out a long breath, starting tomorrow, he can concentrate on dealing with Zhang Hongfan.