Meng Haigong's army set up a camp, surrounded by spear protection arrays. The soldiers were exhausted and fell asleep after eating something randomly.

Meng Haigong was in a state of ease. He knew that Qingzhou was the foundation of Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan would not allow him to go to Qingzhou anyway. Zhang Xuan's soldiers would try their best to stop them from heading north. On the contrary, his soldiers were in a low morale and refused to leave their hometown. This increase and decline would be enough to completely defeat him.

Although his army was twice as many as Zhang Xuan's army, isn't his relative Meng Dangui the same? The Qingzhou army, which was twice as many as Zhang Xuan, was defeated in one battle, which made Meng Haigong very anxious. He was stared at by Zhang Xuan. What would be the end result?

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

Meng Yi was going to investigate the attack on logistics supplies today. Meng Haigong was really surprised. His 10,000-strong rear army guards, food and supplies, were easily tore open to the defense line by the Sui army. He was very worried about whether there were any inner demons from the Sui army. Once someone secretly surrendered to the Sui army, he would turn against the battle again when the war came, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"How is the investigation?" Meng Haigong asked impatiently.

"I have basically found out that the Sui army cavalry broke into the southeast corner, with three thousand troops guarding it there, led by general Zhao Shide. When the Sui army broke through, Zhao Shide happened to be out of the team, leaving the army without anyone to command, and the Sui army cavalry broke through easily."

"Where did this Zhao Shide go?" Meng Haigong said angrily.

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

Meng Haigong was stunned for a moment. Why didn’t he know what Han Zhishui asked his generals to do?

Meng Haigong suddenly remembered Han Zhishuimi and ordered Shang Huaizhu to go to Jiangdu to assassinate Zhang Xuan's family, and also bypassed him. He felt like he was swallowing a cockroach and felt disgusting. How much did Han Zhishui hide from him? What exactly did he do?

Meng Haigong began to be alert, and he whispered to his son Meng Yi: "Send your confidant to keep an eye on the military advisor and see how many generals he has had private contact with."

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

"We must be careful. We should be careful."

"The boy understands, I will arrange for someone to keep an eye on him. Does my father have any other instructions?"

"Not yet, go!"

Meng Yi bowed and hurried away. Meng Haigong paced back and forth in the room with his hands. He originally trusted Han Zhishui very much, but since the strategic direction of the two sides clashed, there was an indescribable gap between them, especially Han Zhishui sent Shang Huaizhu to Jiangdu with him on his back. This made Meng Haigong's trust in him begin to seriously shake.

Of course, Meng Haigong also knew that at the critical moment of his opponent, there should be no internal strife within him, as this would only make Zhang Xuan free. He should have a frank talk with Han Zhishui.

Thinking of this, Meng Haigong ordered: "Come to see me quickly!"

Han Zhishui was also in a state of ease. He did not fall asleep. He also felt that the morale of the army was depressed and the morale of the army was unstable, which made him worried. Of course, he would not think that the soldiers were unwilling to go to Qingzhou, but because Meng Haigong hesitated and delayed the strategic retreat northward, resulting in repeated defeats. If Meng Haigong was willing to listen to him and entered Qingzhou as soon as possible, it would never be the scene today. Han Zhishui was both hatred and angry, but helpless.

Soon, Han Zhishui hurried to the patriotic tent and walked to the tent door. He tried his best to suppress his dissatisfaction and restore his normal state. Then he quickly walked to the door of the tent, "Big King, the humble rank is here."

"Military advisor, please come in!"

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

"Your Majesty, you're welcome. Bei Zhi can't sleep even if he doesn't."

"yes!"

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

"Actually, Bei Zhi thinks that Zhang Xuan is not scary either. He is nothing more than good at grasping the opponent's weaknesses. If you succeed in one blow, the key is that we cannot have weaknesses. At least we can defeat him if we can't catch them."

"The military advisor is right. Where does the military advisor think our weakness lies?"

Han Zhishui said after a while: "Military morale! Morale!"

Meng Haigong was silent, and Han Zhishui said something about the key point. At this time, Han Zhishui said again: "Today, the Sui cavalry attacked the logistics supplies. I investigated afterwards and found that our army did not suffer many casualties, and the Sui cavalry did not even have one casualties. Did the king think of the reason?"

"Military advisor, please continue!"

"The reason is that our army had no resistance at all. The Sui cavalry rushed into the baggage army with no effort, and the morale was so weak that I could not imagine."

"But I heard it was because the main general Zhao Shide was gone!" Meng Haigong said meaningfully.

"Zhao Shide was with me at the time, and I was about to tell him how to strengthen his defense."

Speaking of this, Han Zhishui suddenly stopped. He suddenly noticed something in Meng Haigong's speech. He stared at Meng Haigong for a while, "Does the king suspect that I have a private general?"

"I don't doubt you, but I think there are some things we have to spread and explain them clearly to avoid misunderstandings, such as where Shang Huaizhu is going."

Meng Haigong stopped dramatically and looked at Han Zhishui with a smile. Han Zhishui's face suddenly turned red. He knew that the matter could not be hidden from Meng Haigong, so he slowly said: "I admit that something is wrong. I sent Shang Huaizhu to Jiangdu to assassinate Zhang Xuan's family, but I remember suggesting this to the king, and this matter is not a military battle, but a matter within the humble power and responsibility, so"

"So you won't tell me, and you'll send someone to assassinate Zhang Xuan's family without authorization, what's the result?"

Meng Haigong finally roared unbearably, "Has Zhang Xuan withdrawn? He is stronger than ever. He wants to completely annihilate us. He wants to take revenge. Do you understand? He wants to kill me!"

Han Zhishui looked at the angry Duke Meng Hai in a daze. He felt that Duke Meng Hai was afraid of Zhang Xuan from the bottom of his heart. He was secretly frightened. Can such a mentality defeat Zhang Xuan?

"Please calm your anger, please listen to the explanation of Huyi!"

Meng Haigong also found himself speechless. He sat down angrily, lowered his head and was angry. Han Zhishui said again: "Bizhi knows Zhang Xuan very well. He values ​​friendship. If he succeeds in assassinating his family, he will return to Jiangdu no matter what, and will suspend the attack. We will win precious time and get support from Meng Dangui Army. Yang Yichen will definitely be defeated. We can concentrate our troops to deal with him. Now it seems that the assassination has not been successful, so Zhang Xuan did not withdraw his troops. It is also a pity that Beizhi did not report to the king in time, Beizhi is willing to apologize and promise that there will be no next time!"

"You retreat!"

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 into the south from afar, and couldn't help but sigh. Are he really so afraid of Zhang Xuan?

At this moment, he suddenly saw a fire flashing in the air. He couldn't help but be stunned. After a while, dozens of fire lights flew across the air and flew into the camp.

"No, it's the Rockets!"

Meng Haigong shouted and ordered urgently: "The Sui army is going to steal the camp, get up and fight immediately!"

At this time, the urgent alarm bell in the south sounded "Dang!Dang!Dang!" and the bandit camp was suddenly in chaos. They were awakened by the soldiers just after they fell asleep. They were so scared that they grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the tent. Many people didn't have time to put on their shoes, their armor was disorganized, and the soldiers were in a very embarrassment.

Outside the camp, more than a hundred Sui cavalry shot arrows at the bandit camp again. Rockets flew through the trenches and a spear formation of sixty steps wide, and shot into more than a dozen large tents in the south. The large tent had already caught fire, flames soared into the sky, thick smoke rolled, and thousands of soldiers of the thieves shouted and rushed to put out the fire.

Seeing that the harassment effect was achieved, Pei Xingyan waved his hand and said, "Go to the west!"

More than a hundred cavalry followed him and rushed to the west.

Soon, an alarm came from the west, and the several large tents on the edge were ignited by rockets, and the entire thief camp was in chaos.
Chapter completed!