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Chapter 279 Sending troops to Taizhou
At this moment, Cui Xin and General Ma were leading people towards the rear camp, and met Zhang Wen and others head-on.

Zhang Wen shouted aggressively: "You two are on duty tonight, did you find the thief?"

Cui Xin stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "General Bing Zhang, the lowly rank has just encountered the thief, and has killed seven Taizhou spies in a battle, but the other party is brave enough to cover up, so he failed to keep the fourth master!"

Zhang Wen was shocked, "What? Zhang Shide really escaped?"

Cui Xin nodded and said, "It should be Fourth Master, and I heard the spies in Taizhou City yelling, Fourth Master Zhang, run, and General Liu Chong will meet you in front. I think there is nothing wrong with it!"

Zhang Wen was overjoyed, wow!Now that Zhang Shide took refuge in Taizhou and colluded with Liu Chong, it was completely confirmed, and now he would have no chance to seek revenge on himself.

No matter how unwilling Zhang Shicheng was, he would never allow his brothers to betray him one after another. Zhang Shide was over.

Zhang Wen quickly put away the joy on his face, and coldly snorted at Cui Xin, "Why don't you go after him? Why are you running back with people?"

Cui Xin hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "General calm down, the back camp is on fire, it seems that it is the place where the luggage, food and salaries are stored, and there is no room for loss. Although these luggage have been handed over to the second master, but now you and the second master have not yet completed the delivery. Therefore It's not only the second master who is responsible for these supplies, but if they burn them all up, the general will have to die at the general's place too!"

Zhang Wen was also shocked when he heard that, that's right, he hasn't handed over to Zhang Shixin yet!
Because he did a lot of tricks behind the scenes, and he still needs time to smooth the account, so he thought of delaying it for a day or two, so that the responsibility for the burning of the back camp can be attributed to himself!

Just now I was only focused on chasing Zhang Shide and forgot about this, and I heard Cui Xin say: "Besides, I don't want to hide from General Zhang, I still dare to take the credit for beheading the spies in Taizhou City. It was taken down, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I don't have the guts to claim credit for it! Besides, Liu Chong may not be there to respond, there are many obstacles ahead, can fourth master go out or not?"

Zhang Wen was taken aback when he heard the words, not bad!

Although Zhang Shicheng said he was going to kill Zhang Shide, he had to die in Zhang Shicheng's hands!What's the deal with other people doing it for you?

Zhang Shiyi died in the melee last time, and he didn't take any action himself, but if Zhang Wen personally took the initiative to kill Zhang Shide today, the nature would be different.

And what Cui Xin said is right, Zhang Shide is still in the camp after all, he must not be pursued, he must be let go, let him go to Taizhou City openly, so that he can be convicted and nailed to death dead!
Zhang Wen turned to Cui Xin without changing his face and said: "Thanks to Cui Pianjiang's reminder, I almost lost a lot because of a small mistake, not bad! The rear camp caught fire, and the scouts in Taizhou City were killing everywhere. It must be the opponent's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Threatening the general's safety, follow me back to the back camp to protect the general!"

Cui Xin, who was following behind, couldn't help but froze. This Zhang Wen was really shameless for shouting slogans. He was big and expert. No wonder this kid was so popular, but he was just a partial general. The difference in level was too obvious!

At this time, the entire barracks was full of shouts and chaos.

Everywhere is busy fighting the fire, and from time to time, the so-called Taizhou city spies attack everywhere.

For a moment, there were shouts of killing and firefighting, and the entire camp looked like a mess.

Zhang Shicheng was lying in the big tent with his eyes closed.

He is extremely cautious, and even when he sleeps, he still wears his armor and keeps his sword by his side.

The sound of shouting and chaos outside came into the tent, Zhang Shicheng suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, put the helmet on his head, drew out his sword, and shouted: "Come on, what's the matter?"

A personal guard came in and said, "General, there is water in the camp, and there seems to be spies from Taizhou City coming in!"

"Spy from Taizhou City?" Zhang Shicheng was stunned, and couldn't help shouting: "Why didn't you report earlier, where is Zhang Wen?"

"General Zhang Wen has already led people to chase after the spies!"

Zhang Shicheng then asked as if thinking of something: "Where is Shixin? Where are others?"

"I just saw the second master go out from the big tent, it seems that he is going to fight the fire in the direction of the rear camp!"

"The back camp is on fire!" Zhang Shicheng was shocked.

His first reaction was not that the supplies, food and salaries in the back camp might be worse, but that Zhang Shide was imprisoned in the back camp. Such a big movement.

Although he didn't know Zhang Shide's situation at this time, his first feeling was that it was a conspiracy colluded by Zhang Shide and the spies.

The purpose of these people in doing this must be to cause riots and facilitate the rescue of Zhang Shide.

Therefore, he quickly made a decision not to pay attention to the spies making trouble, and must not let Zhang Shide go if he surrounded the rear battalion.

After making up his mind, he hurried to the rear camp with his personal guards.

This is a manifestation of the ability of a general at a critical moment. The soldiers underneath are in a mess, and they can only see the fire burning in front of their eyes, or the arrogant enemy in front of them.

But Zhang Shicheng was able to grasp the core in an instant from the perspective of the overall situation.

It can also be said that this is an instinct he has developed, and this instinct will be transformed into his leadership.

When Zhang Shicheng arrived at the back camp, he saw Zhang Shixin wearing a long gown that hadn't been buttoned up yet, so he screamed and directed the soldiers to put out the fire.

"Hurry up, use sand if there is no water!"

There is a small river behind where the rear camp is located, and this is also where Zhang Shicheng's army fetched water for drinking on weekdays, but it was a mess at this time. Although there was water, there were not enough buckets to fetch much water.

In desperation, Zhang Shixin ordered the soldiers to pack sand in cloth bags, and then blow the sand into the fire, which could also achieve the effect of extinguishing the fire.

Zhang Shicheng shouted from a distance: "Shixin!"

Zhang Shixin turned around, and when he saw Zhang Shicheng, he shouted anxiously: "Brother, the fire is too hot, but don't worry, it's already stopped for the most part, why do you have to go into danger yourself!"

Zhang Shicheng strode over and asked eagerly, "Did you see Shide?"

Zhang Shixin gasped and said: "I don't know! I haven't seen him yet. He is in the center of the rear camp. There are open flames everywhere. The fire is too strong. They are isolated inside, and there is no news for the time being!"

As he spoke, Zhang Shixin sighed and said, "With such a big fire, I'm afraid Shide will be burned alive!"

"Burn alive?"

Zhang Shicheng snorted coldly, "I'm afraid he caused the fire!"

Zhang Shixin was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "This is impossible, Shide is under strict guard, how could he set fire!"

"Even if it wasn't him, I'm afraid that most of the people who set the fire have something to do with him. I think the Taizhou city spies are here for him!"

Zhang Shixin was taken aback, feeling unbelievable, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, you... you mean that the fourth brother has a connection with Taizhou City?"

Zhang Shicheng said: "The third brother and Liu Chong have such a deep collusion, Shi De and him get close, what's so strange!"

Zhang Shixin nodded, then shook his head and said: "But the fourth brother is imprisoned, even if he wants to send a message to Taizhou City, he can't help himself, how can this be done?"

"Hmph! Are there still not many spies hiding in the army in Taizhou City? We caught a batch last time, but who knows how many are still in the dark, not to mention that the fourth and third children must have confidantes, and it is easy to pass on the news!"

Zhang Shixin nodded and said: "Brother's analysis is reasonable, but the most urgent thing is to stabilize the fire. After the fire stabilizes, go in and have a look. If you see the fourth brother, you will understand everything."

At this moment, Zhang Wen, who was crying and desperately rescuing supplies in the distance, also saw Zhang Shicheng. He ran over in panic all the way, and first knelt down and kowtowed: "General! The ineffective guards caused the rear camp to be burned, which is really a capital crime!"

Then there was a burst of wailing, tears and snot.

Although Zhang Shicheng said that the logistics work has been handed over to Zhang Shixin, but Zhang Wen has not had time to formally hand it over to Zhang Shixin, so he is still the first person responsible for this matter, so he can't help but panic.

Zhang Shicheng said with a straight face: "Find out, did you find out the cause of the water?"

Zhang Wen hurriedly said: "Every part of the barracks is on fire at the same time, it is obvious that someone deliberately set the fire on purpose, it should be the work of Taizhou city spies!"

"Taizhou city spy, do you have any evidence?"

"Yes! Several teams patrolling tonight encountered Taizhou city spies, and the two sides fought. According to the patrol team's report, the other party even rescued the fourth master!"

"What, Shi De was rescued by Taizhou city spies?"

Zhang Wen waved to a patrolling soldier next to him, "Quick, tell the general!"

The soldier quickly saluted Zhang Shicheng and said: "After the third watch, we just finished changing. We were on patrol after the change of guard, and heard someone from the patrol team blowing the police whistle. We hurried over to support, seven or eight of them were blindfolded. The thieves in front of us were about to escape, but the opponents were all masters of martial arts. They rushed for a while, but failed to stop them from escaping. We rescued the patrolmen we met earlier, and all of them were wounded. According to them, they belonged to Taizhou City. The spies rescued Fourth Master, but at that time the other party was heading west all the way, and there were a few pairs of patrolling soldiers on the road, so it shouldn't be far away!"

At this moment, Cui Xin also rushed to the scene of the fire with his people, "Second Master, are you alright?"

Zhang Wen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Come and tell the general about how the Taizhou spies rescued the fourth master!"

When Cui Xin saw Zhang Shicheng, he quickly saluted respectfully: "See you, General!"

Zhang Shicheng frowned, looked at Zhang Shixin and then at Cui Xin and said calmly, "Why are you here?"

"Tonight will be the chief general on duty. When he heard the call for help, he went forward to check the situation. He encountered the prince of Taizhou City. The two sides fought for a while. Although they killed the spies of Taizhou City, they couldn't stop the fourth master from fleeing. If the camp caught fire, they rushed to the rescue.”

"The spies were killed?"

"That's right, seven or eight people were killed, but the other party was fighting with their lives and desperately covering Fourth Master's retreat, so they couldn't keep him!"

Zhang Shicheng stared coldly at Cui Xin in silence, and then looked up at General Ma next to Cui Xin.

General Ma was Zhang Shicheng's personal guard and was promoted to a partial general. He was placed under Zhang Shixin's command, and his main purpose was to monitor Zhang Shixin.

Zhang Shicheng looked at General Ma and said, "You also tell me what's going on?"

The horse general quickly came out and bowed his hands and said: "General Cui is right. We were patrolling the camp at the time, and as soon as we came into contact with the enemy, they knew that there was no hope of escape, so they shouted 'Let the fourth master go first' and said Liu Chong They were responding outside, and then these people were brave enough to die together. We killed many brothers before killing them on the spot. At that time, the fourth master had already run away. When they were attacked at the same time, they rushed to put out the fire."

"Are you sure it's a spy from Taizhou City?"

"Yes! Although the other party covered their faces, they fought bravely and risked their lives. By the way, their bodies are still there. At that time, they had to deal with the fire, so they didn't have time to deal with them."

"Come on, let's check the body."

Zhang Shicheng didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, turned around and said: "Zhang Wen, you are in charge of fighting the fire, and save as much as you can at all costs. As for food and grass, there is not enough, just continue to grab it! Shixin, you and I will go there !"

Hearing what Zhang Shicheng said, Zhang Shixin's face did not change at all. He said with a smile: "General Zhang Wen is familiar with the layout of the rear camp. It would be best for him to rescue the food and grass. By the way, if the fire weakens in a while, General Zhang, remember Protect the camp that guards Ashide, don’t destroy the scene, maybe you can find some clues.”

Zhang Shicheng nodded in agreement and said: "Shixin is right, remember to protect it well, and investigate when I come back!"

Then he said to Zhang Shixin: "Let's go, Shixin, you are considerate. If you go with me, you will be able to find out the ins and outs of these spies."

At this time, Cui Xin's little leader still led the crowd to stay where he was, and his expression changed when he saw a group of people cheering towards him from afar.

The soldier who had just been taught a lesson quickly stepped forward and said, "Who is it, stop!"

The little boss stepped forward and slapped the little soldier on the back of the head, cursing: "Things that don't have eyes."

Then he hurriedly said: "See the general, I have seen all the generals."

Cui Xin kicked the little soldier next to him, and then said to the little boss, "How is it, no one approached the corpse?"

The little boss hurriedly said: "After the general left, I led the younger ones to stay here and never leave. No one has ever approached the corpse."

General Ma also looked at another soldier next to him, who nodded calmly.

General Ma understood, and nodded slightly to Zhang Shicheng.

Zhang Shicheng said coldly: "Lead the way ahead."

The little boss smiled obsequiously, and hurriedly said: "Please, General!"

He led everyone to the back of the big tent, and sure enough, there were seven or eight corpses lying there in disorder, and there were still some wet bloodstains on the ground.

Even the weapons of these spies were thrown on the ground. General Ma stepped forward to take off the masks of these killers one by one. Zhang Shixin also squatted down to examine the bodies of these soldiers carefully.

He kept looking at his hands and feet for a while, and said in a deep voice: "There are calluses on the palms, and many people also have calluses on the index fingers. It should be caused by holding knives and shooting arrows for a long time. There is no one who can't reach it after ten years or more. With such thick calluses, there is no doubt that they should be veterans in the army, even in our army, it is difficult to find so many veterans, they are all elite soldiers!"

At this moment, General Ma stopped in front of a dead body and let out a sigh.

"what happened?"

General Ma hesitated and said: "I recognize this corpse. This is a veteran of the Taizhou Mansion garrison. I have seen it before. This man's sword skills are very good."

"So are you sure these people are spies from Taizhou City?"

"It shouldn't be wrong!"

Zhang Shixin also nodded and said: "Brother, we don't have veterans of this age in our army, and the few who do exist are all in the army now, so they shouldn't be them."

Zhang Shicheng waved his hand to signal the two of them not to look any further, and then sneered, "Taizhou City, okay! What does Li Qi think of me as a military camp? I act like no one else, come and go whenever I want, bullying people over and over again , pass my order, order all the cavalry, and send troops to Taizhou City!"

(End of this chapter)