"The children of those senior officials from aristocratic families are really too useless."

This is the unanimous evaluation of the sons of Shi Bao's sons under Shi Bao's tent by poor generals.

"Does Zhang Zhi have a grudge against us? Why can't he hold on to the camp whenever those poor generals attack the camp, and let those mud-legged generals from small families show their might? When we encounter our Luoyang children leading the army to fight, why will he attack and fight us to death immediately?"

This is the depressed place for the children of Zhongzheng, such as Xun Ji, Guo Zhang, Shan Wei and Hu Lin.

The reason why the poor generals of the Jin army despise the children of Zhongzheng so much and the reason why the children of Zhongzheng are so depressed is certainly not without reason. During the two consecutive days of attacks and camp battles, every time when a poor general under Shi Bao led his army to attack the camp, the Han army decisively chose to be a turtle, and let the soldiers of the Jin army attack fiercely and attack hard, but they would not be able to fight hard. At the same time, the counterattack was obviously not fierce enough. Every time, the poor generals of the Jin army successfully attacked the base and launched ant support, allowing Wenhu, Yuanliang and other poor generals to show their popularity and be commended.

However, when it was Guo Zhang and Shan Wei and other Zhongzheng's children leading the army to attack the camp, the situation was completely different. Usually, before Shan Wei and others could push the attacking weapons under the Han army, the Han army's pork incendiary bombs had already soared into the sky, burning the attacking weapons while burning people, burning the Jin soldiers to burn their skins and smelling, and then, the elite Han army wearing double armor decisively launched the battalion to assault, killing the Jin army's troops every time, and blood flew everywhere. Every time, they killed the Zhongzheng's children who cherish their lives and ran away, snatching the road and losing all their faces.

The worst of them was Hu Lin, who was named Baron Fan Yang by Sima Yan. Because he saw that the playmates in the courtyard were pressed to death by the Han army, the Han army had just left the camp to launch a raid. Hu Lin, who was extremely timid, was the first to turn around and escape, causing his army to be defeated instantly, and the most embarrassing battle of the Jin army in the attack on the camp. Then, in order to uphold the military discipline and law, Shi Bao ignored the persuasion of Shi Qiao and Sun Shuo, and did not give Hu Lin's father, General Anbei and Marquis of Lu County, and insisted on publicly ruling Hu Lin forty military sticks, beating Hu Lin so hard that he screamed and hated Shi Bao even more.

Finally, when the large-scale attack weapons were exhausted, Shi Bao had no choice but to temporarily give up on the frontal attack, causing the Jin army, which had many casualties and wounded, to stop and rectify and rest. While building attack weapons again, he thought hard about the way to break the enemy.

At the same time, the Han army did not change the old rules formulated by Zhang Zhi himself. On the morning of the third day, the Han army still released some injured and captured Jin army prisoners back to the camp, and also distributed some candy and instant noodles to them as usual. After reporting the situation to Shi Bao, although Wang Hun and Yang Xin who had been ordered to return to Luoyang to report the order repeatedly, Shi Bao still couldn't bear to blame the soldiers of the Jin army who were captured by the Han army because of their injuries. He gave a casual command and asked them to return to their own teams, allowing the soldiers of the Jin army to know the Han army's captive policy.

By the way, it is the same even if these soldiers are not allowed to return to the team. Because nearly 20,000 released Jin soldiers were recruited in Zitong County, the situation of the Han army treating prisoners well has long been a secret in the Jin army. Therefore, even if Shi Bao deliberately issued a ban order, the Jin soldiers knew that after being captured by the Han army, they would not only not be bullied or abused, but also could eat extremely delicious junk food.

What surprised Shi Bao was a little surprised was that at noon, the personal soldiers outside the tent suddenly came to report that a Jin army soldier who was released by the Han army asked for a meeting, and that there were important secret matters to be reported to Shi Bao in person. Shi Bao felt strange when he heard this, and curiously ordered casually: "Bring him in."

After the personal soldiers sang their promise, a soldier of Jin army with blood-seeking strips wrapped around his head was taken into the tent and bowed to Shi Bao, saying, "My villain, Mo Jiu, have seen the commander."

"What secret matters do you have to report to me in person?"

Shi Bao asked casually, and the Jin army soldier named Mo Jiu looked at Shi Qiao and Shi Chong standing on both sides, and said carefully: "Master, can you temporarily retreat? Someone said that the letter must be handed over to you alone, and you must not let others see it."

"Someone said that the letter must be submitted to me alone?" Shi Bao felt a stern in his heart and asked quickly, "Who is it? Who asked you to deliver the letter to me?"

Mo Jiu did not dare to say anything, but Shi Chong rushed to say, "Let me tell me, we are all the sons of the Grand Marshal, not outsiders. Who asked you to send a letter to my father?"

"So it's a major general." Mo Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly took out a white silk from his arms and said, "This is a letter handed to the villain by the Han Dynasty. He asked the villain to submit this letter to you in person. Please rest assured that the villain did not dare to leak any news, and no one else knew."

If Sun Shuo was quite wise, then it goes without saying that Sun Shuo would definitely stop Shi Bao from reading the letter, but unfortunately, Sun Shuo, who was named the Grand Marshal Cao, happened to be out of the scene with something. The young and energetic Shi Chong was impatient again. Hearing this, he rushed to Mo Jiu and snatched the letter from Mo Jiu to watch. Then he just took a few hurried glances. Shi Chong's face changed suddenly, and then raised his leg and kicked Mo Jiu's chest, roaring: "Are you guys, you are so brave!"

Mo Jiu shouted for justice, and Shi Bao immediately understood something was wrong and asked quickly: "Chong'er, what happened?"

"Father, this ordinary man sent a letter to Zhang Zhi's rebel traitor, slandering you for being named King Ba in East Shu!" Shi Chong shouted angrily: "You also said you should take the opportunity to marching and kill all the children of those aristocratic families!"

Hearing this, Shi Bao's face changed immediately. He quickly snatched the letter from Shi Chong to take a closer look. However, Zhang Zhi wrote in the letter: "Senior Shi, why haven't he done it? I have deliberately attacked the army of those Luoyang children in the past two days, giving you the opportunity to marching and kill these obstacles. Why haven't you acted as promised? Could you have any difficulties? Please rest assured, I have trust in my words. After the matter is completed, you will be the King of Ba, and I will live in Shuxi to become Shu and fight against Jin and Wu together, and never violate each other. I will be the younger brother."

It was only after reading this letter that Shi Bao suddenly understood the real reason why Zhang Zhi deliberately grabbed the sons of Zhongzheng to death in the past two days. He was so angry that he trembled all over, furiously and roared: "Zhang Zhi, you shameless thief! You are such a despicable means, such a despicable means!"

At this time, Mo Jiu, who had been kicked and rolled all over the ground by Shi Chong, wailed again: "Major General, please spare me, please spare me. The reward that the general said later is not worthy of, I don't want, as long as you spare the villain's life."

"What reward?" Shi Chong roared and asked, "Say, let me tell you the truth, what else did Zhang Zhi's shameless boy say to you?"

"The latter general said that as long as the villain sends this letter to the Grand Marshal, the Grand Marshal will give the villain a reward of a thousand gold coins." Mo Jiu replied wailingly: "I also said that I would upgrade the villain to the third level, so the villain took the risk to deliver the letter to the Grand Marshal."

"A reward of a thousand gold? Up to three levels?" Shi Chong laughed furiously, drew out his sword and stabbed Mo Jiu, the young soldier who betrayed the Jin army, and roared: "For you!"

"Sixth brother, wait!"

Shi Qiao's ward off his mouth was a little late. Shi Chong's sword had already penetrated into Mo Jiu's chest, causing Mo Jiu to scream and die on the spot. - In addition, no one would think that Shi Chong was not a virtue, right? In order to fight for wealth, he would smash the coral tree that Sima Yan gave to his uncle. He dared to do anything casually, let alone killing a small rebel pawn.

Back to the point, seeing Shi Chong killing the messenger directly in his rage, Shi Qiao couldn't help but complain, knowing that it would be even harder to explain it clearly. Shi Bao also had some impulse to blame his son, but after looking at his own confidant soldiers, Shi Bao sighed and said, "Forget it, let's take it out and bury it. Today's affairs are as tight as a bottle, and I will release the wind to the outside world. I just say that this little man was bought by Zhang Zhi's thief and humiliated me for Zhang Zhi's thief, so I killed him."

After saying that, Shi Bao burned the letter with his own hands to prevent the letter from falling into the hands of Wang Chen, Liu Yuan and others, and putting himself in a difficult place to distinguish.

Unfortunately, Shi Bao seriously underestimated the intelligence capabilities of Wang Chen and others. Just in the evening, the chief and deputy generals Wang Chen and Liu Yuan came together to ask for a meeting, and they both came with the scepter. As a result, seeing the scepter in their hands, Shi Bao immediately understood that the situation was not good and asked, "Two generals, why are they so grand?"

"Master, at noon, did you kill a soldier?"

Wang Chen's expression was still neither humble nor arrogant, but Shi Bao was alert and nodded and said, "Yes, this is the case."

"Then may I ask the general, what crime did the soldier commit? Why did he suddenly kill him?" Deputy Chief Liu Yuan asked after snatching the conversation.

After hesitating for a while, Shi Bao replied with a tough head: "When he was captured, he was bribed by the pseudo-Han thief army and sent a letter to humiliate me for Zhang Zhi's rebels. He tried to incite me to general me, regardless of the lack of weapons in the attacking base, and continued to send troops to attack the thief army camps and waste troops. Therefore, I was furious and asked Shi Chong to kill him."

"So what about Zhang Zhi's thief's letter?" Liu Yuan asked with a smile: "Can you ask the Grand Marshal to take out the letter and let me wait and see it."

"I was burned by me." Shi Bao continued to answer with his teeth and said, "There are all dirty words and even humiliation of my ancestors. I was so angry that I tore up and burned them."

Hearing this answer, Wang Chen and Liu Yuan quickly exchanged a glance, and then Liu Yuan sneered, "Master, Zhang Zhi's traitors bought the letters sent by the rebels. Is it really just a full of dirty words? How did the officials hear that the letters not only said that you want to proclaim yourself as the King of Ba in East Shu, but also said that you are going to make excuses to marching and kill all the Luoyang children in our army?"

Before Liu Ye's grandson Liu Yuan finished speaking, Shi Bao's face changed drastically and screamed in his heart, "What's going on? How could Wang Chen and Liu Yuan know the content? Oh no, it must be that my husband's confidant soldiers had already been bribed by them, so he told these two husbands what Chong'er said."

Observing Shi Bao's expression, Liu Yuan asked again: "Master, why don't you answer? What exactly is the letter Zhang Zhi's traitor to you? Can the Master tell you truthfully?"

Cold sweat began to appear on Shi Bao's forehead. Shi Bao had already denied it to the end, but when the words came to his mouth, Shi Bao gave up this idea again. Since there was a traitor among his confidant soldiers, if he cheated and denied it, Wang Chen and Liu Yuan would immediately jump into the Yellow River even more and would not be able to wash it clearly. Then Wang Chen and Liu Yuan would only raise their arms and shout, and the generals of the Jin army, who were mostly the middle-aged men, would definitely treat him as the second Zhonghui and chop him down. At that time, even poor children such as Wen Yang and Gong Zun would not dare to speak for him.

After weighing the pros and cons, Shi Bao gritted his teeth and chose to tell the truth, saying: "The two military supervisors forgive me. They blame the child for being impulsive and killing the soldier who delivered the letter, which made me unable to argue. I had no choice but to lie. Yes, Zhang Zhi's letter was indeed a slanderous letter that sowed the disagreement..."

Like a bamboo tube pouring beans, Shi Bao honestly explained the truth to Wang Chen and Liu Yuan, and admitted frankly that he was afraid of being suspicious, so he chose to fabricate lies and said that he would take the initiative to apologize to Sima Yan for this matter and bear all the offenses.

Seeing that Shi Bao was forced to tell the truth, he asked many details like a criminal. When he could not get real evidence, Wang Chen and Liu Yuan could only choose to temporarily believe Shi Bao's explanation and continued to say by Liu Yuan: "Well, since the Marshal has told the truth, we can rest assured. But please remember that since the emperor has temporarily given you the power of fake Jieyue, he can also take it back at any time. Please ask the Marshal to take Zhong Hui and Deng Ai as a warning and never repeat their mistakes."

"Thank you for being magnanimous, the two military officers." Shi Bao bowed his hands and thanked him with a sigh of anger, and said, "Please rest assured that if there is anything similar in the future, I will definitely not dare to continue to be proficient. I will definitely ask the two military officers to come to the scene and deal with it on their behalf."

Wang Chen and Liu Yuan snorted coldly to respond, and then they said goodbye together. Then, after Wang and Liu left the Zhongjun camp, they had just returned to the outside camp. Several Zhongzheng children couldn't wait to come up and inquire about the situation. Wang Chen and Liu Yuan were not polite, and immediately told everyone about Shi Bao's cheating. When the Zhongzheng generals were furious, they said, "Two military supervisors, how could you believe the old car slave's explanation so easily? He was forced to tell the truth. It was obvious that we had already heard the wind and explained honestly. Who knew what kind of dog intestinal lungs was installed in his stomach?"

"Where can we do it without real evidence?" Liu Yuan said helplessly: "Besides, now the enemy is in front of you, and the commander of the entire army is suddenly taken down. If there are any unexpected consequences, who will bear the responsibility?"

"But if we don't take this opportunity to take down this car slave, we will fall into a passive position." Guo Zhang shouted: "If the old car slave follows Zhong Hui, finds some excuses to summon the generals, and then suddenly attacks in the tent and kills us all, then our army of more than 100,000 will be completely finished!"

Liu Yuan was speechless and had to worry about the possibility of this situation. Wang Chen suddenly said: "From today on, no matter what happens, Liu Taipu and I can only take turns to meet Shi Bao. You are also divided into two teams, taking turns to take leave and taking turns to the tent, and not giving Shi Bao the chance to catch us all."

The sons of the Central Master applauded and immediately agreed not to see Shi Bao at the same time from now on. Wang Chen glanced at Liu Yuan who could only nod and cursed inwardly: "If you take out the secret decree of Your Majesty, I will be the second Wei Guan."

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On Shi Bao, Shi Bao also has his own intelligence network. Not long after Wang Chen and Liu Yuan left, the second son Shi Qiao and his confidant Sun Shuo met together. Shi Qiao reported to Shi Bao extremely nervously: "The situation seems to be wrong. When the boy was patrolling the camp, he discovered that the troops of Guo Zhang, Hu Lin, Shan Xia, and Chen Yu were all wearing armor and the tent. It seemed that there were people who were following the boy and Sun Cao."

"Is there something wrong?" Shi Bao was startled, and then said with a wry smile: "It's dangerous. If Wei's father was confused just now and chose to tell lies, I'm afraid that at this time, Wei's father either landed at the head or got into the prison car."

"What does my father mean?"

Shi Qiao asked in confusion, Shi Bao also smiled bitterly, and then told Shi Qiao and Sun Shuo what had just happened. Shi Qiao and Sun Shuo were shocked when they heard this. Then Shi Qiao had a good temper and couldn't help but say angrily: "It turns out that those ordinary men asked the soldiers to prepare for war secretly, to be prepared for you, father. They are so brave that they dare to do such a thing."

"Of course they dare to do this." Shi Bao said with a loss: "If I expected it would be fine, Wang Chen and Liu Yuan might have a secret edict from His Majesty, and I could take down my secret edict at any time, otherwise they would never dare to do this."

The matter involved Sima Yan, and Shi Qiao did not dare to say anything at all. Sun Shuo calmly reminded: "Master, this will definitely not be a solution. Wang Jianjun and others are so suspicious of you and are still by your side... Zhang Zhi's thief has clearly noticed the internal discord between us and is determined to provoke discord. In the long run, I am afraid that you will be unable to defend yourself, and our army will be in a state of great power, revealing flaws, giving the thief army an opportunity to take advantage of."

Shi Bao sighed and asked, "Then are there any ways to solve this problem?"

"The best way is to win a battle quickly." Sun Shuo said quickly: "Don't seek to defeat the enemy in one battle, but only to severely damage the thief army, or to annihilate a thief army. Only in this way can we boost our morale and boost our morale, and at the same time prove that you have no relationship with the thief army. Only in this way can we have hope of dispelling the doubts in the hearts of His Majesty and Wang Jianjun."

Shi Bao was silent and said for a while: "If you want to win a battle as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the army, the only way is to take risks!"

"How is the general planning to take risks?" Sun Shuo asked quickly.
Chapter completed!