While inspecting the military camp, the soldiers came to report that Li Shifu had arrived. Zhang Chi got the news and hurried back to the village hall.
In the village hall, the village general Dang Cheng was waiting for Li Shifu to have breakfast. Hearing Zhang Chi's arrival, he hurried out to greet him.
I saw a tiger general behind Dang Cheng. He was tall and had a square face. Zhang Chi said with a smile: "This general has a majestic appearance and looks like a very special person at first glance. I guess he is General Li Shifu of Yanei."
Li Shifu didn't expect Zhang Chi to recognize him and hurriedly crossed his hands: "Li Shifu, the last general, has met Zuo Yuhou."
Zhang Chi said: "No need to be polite. The general must have been busy all night last night, and it's time to have a good rest today. We are eating in the camp, and after a few minutes, we will break camp and go to the Suide Army. I heard that General Li took Sali to drink last night?" This is a great achievement.”
Li Shifu hurriedly said: "Sa Lihe came to Suide City with only fifty or sixty people, and I took it easily. I was afraid that there would be a large army behind him, so I left the city urgently today and wanted to join the Song army. My father was in the city. I don’t know what the future holds, so I just pretend not to know.”
Zhang Chi nodded. After thinking for a while, he said: "Sa Lihe is the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province. My army is going to fight, so he is not suitable in our army. Let's do this. I will send a general to accompany General Li Shi back to Shizhou and send Sa Li Lihe dedicated it to Xuanfu."
Li Shifu said with a smile: "Now that Sa Lihe has been obtained, Yuhou sent someone to send him to the back. I am a general, and there is my father in Suide City in front of me. He should go to summon the city. Why? How about going to the back?"
Zhang Chi looked at Li Shifu, nodded and said: "That's fine. My army is all the way behind. There is no surprise. Just send Sa Lihe back. General, please have some breakfast and take a short rest, then we should set off." "
Li Shifu was very happy to see that Zhang Chi had a kind attitude and was respectful and reasonable to him. After saying that he was offended, he continued to eat.
Zhang Chi felt a little displeased when he saw that Li Shifu's breakfast consisted of a fat chicken and a bottle of wine. This is before the war. Generally speaking, breakfast in Wang Xiao's hunting army is millet or steamed buns, with a few pickles. Because you may not be able to have lunch during the war, you must eat a lot of dry rice to make ends meet. On normal days, it might be steamed buns and fried dough sticks. In particular, you are not allowed to drink alcohol before a war, which is strictly prohibited in the military.
Zhang Chi has been in the military for many years and has gradually become accustomed to this living habit. Seeing Li Shifu like this, I still felt awkward.
When you get used to drinking wine, you have to drink it every time. If you decide to stop drinking, nothing will happen to you. The most important reason for Wang Xiao's hunting army to ban alcohol is to prevent the soldiers from getting into the habit of drinking, not to prevent people from drinking.
Zhang Chi can drink, but he doesn't like alcohol, and he won't feel uncomfortable without drinking for a day. This is the difference between him and Li Shifu.
Li Shifu had no such idea at all. He ate heartily with a chicken and a gourd of wine.
By the time they finished eating, the vanguard had already set off. Li Shifu stood up, patted his belly and said, "It's just right! I'll go with them! When they arrived at Suide City, they called Dad to open the city gate and captured Suide."
Zhang Chi said: "There is no need to be in such a hurry. How can the army compare with the general when it is marching? You can go and have a rest. It will not be too late to pursue you."
Li Shifu smiled and said: "I have been in the Jin Army for several years, and I have many worries every day. Today, everything is gone, and people are very excited. How can I rest? Why not go with the vanguard and end this matter as soon as possible. To be honest, My father is in Suide City, and I am also very worried."
Zhang Chi said: "In that case, general, please come with me. Today's battle is no different than usual. We will set off with the vanguard group. By the way, I want to review Sa Lihe to see if there is anything unexpected."
Li Shifu agreed and went to the next room with Zhang Chi.
Seeing that Sa Lihe was still gagged, Zhang Chi said: "How can you treat General Sa Lihe like this? Take the cloth out of your mouth quickly!"
The soldier pulled out the cloth from Salihe's mouth, and Salihe opened his mouth and cursed: "Straight mother-in-law, you almost choked me to death along the way! Little Li Shifu, you are not a hero if you take advantage of me! If you have the ability, let me go." If you kill me, we will have a fight!"
Li Shifu couldn't help laughing after hearing this. Just as he was about to let Sa Li go and drink, he heard Zhang Chi next to him: "The war between the two countries is not about idle men scolding each other in the streets and talking about heroes and unheroes? Today you fell into our hands, so you can only let us control you." !”
After saying that, the soldiers moved a chair and put it down in front of Sa Lihe. Zhang Chi stepped forward and sat down, looking at Sa Li and drinking in front of him.
Sa Lihe was stunned. Asked: "Who are you? You are yelling and screaming in front of me!"
Zhang Chi said: "Zuo Yuhou Zhang Chi, who is under Jiang Dutong, has been ordered to capture Suide City."
Sa Li shouted angrily: "Sure enough, Li Yongqi and his son have already surrendered to the Song army. If I had known this, I would have killed his whole family that day!"
Zhang Chi smiled slightly. Said: "Today, general, why do you always say those words that you knew you would have tomorrow? In front of me, those words are useless, they are just for you to vent. General, you are not an ordinary person, why do you say these words to make people laugh?"
Sa Lihe looked at Zhang Chi and sneered: "I have never heard of a person like you, what are you talking about!"
Zhang Chi said: "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. I'll just tell you. As for what to say? Of course it's about how you arrange it and what do you want to do when you come to Suide? If what you say is useful, maybe you can be spared. If you are determined Confrontation, it's hard to say. So far, we have captured two people with the status of generals. Yelv Mawu can be raised, and he can be killed with one knife when he pulls away. Because Yelu Mawu understands the truth, he was caught He said whatever he had to say and never concealed it. But after being caught, Basisu yelled and cursed and refused to answer, so he had no choice but to kill him."
Sa Lihe looked at Zhang Chi and couldn't help but laugh up at the sky: "Son, then you can chop off my head!"
Zhang Chi said: "Whether or not to kill you is up to Xuan Fu to decide freely. Let me ask, it depends on your choice. If you choose to die, what else can you say?"
Sa Lihe sneered, his words full of contempt, and turned his head.
Zhang Chi stood up and said to the soldiers: "Go and call Zhang Dujian from the rear army."
After saying that, he walked around the room. After a while, he turned around and asked Li Shifu: "General, does he have any questions? If not, I will send him back to Shizhou."
Li Shifu said: "There is a question I have always wanted to ask, but I never had the chance."
After saying that, he turned around and asked Sa Li: "You only brought fifty or sixty people into Suide. Did you really not consider what our father and son thought? Fifty or sixty people are too few to be considered as guards. Why? Dare to enter the border areas?"
Sa Lihe got angry after hearing this and was about to refute. After thinking about it, he just snorted and ignored Li Shifu.
Zhang Chi looked on with cold eyes. Seeing Sa Lihe's look, he said, "I'm afraid there will be a large army behind Sa Lihe and follow him. But Salihe was impatient and couldn't wait for the army, so he entered Suide City alone. But he didn't want you. I have been waiting for a long time, and I couldn’t wait even a day, so I caught him.”
After saying that, looking at Sa Li drinking, he was very confident. I sighed secretly in my heart, it seemed that this battle was still unavoidable.
I don’t know how many people came from the Jin army, and whether my own army was enough. Although Li Yongqi presented the city, if the Jin army came in large numbers and combined with the puppet troops from various places, it would not be difficult to gather tens of thousands of people. With only nine thousand men of his own, it will be a fierce battle.
The Song army is advancing from north to south, and the southern line should not reach the foot of Yanzhou City now. If the Jin army comes in force, the pressure will all fall on Zhang Chi's shoulders.
