Du Qi was silent. He was also conceited and wise www.biquge.info he had cooperated with Cao Ren for so long, and he knew that the other party was not a scheming person. But a mountain is even higher, and when someone who is better at scheming appears, Cao Ren can only cry out in vain, what can he do? We can only wait together.

This is half a month.

Fenggao County is not far from Changyi City, but because of the detour, there is also a risk of being intercepted, so Cao Ren did not expect a response anytime soon.

However, I don't know if God bless or what. After being trapped for more than two months, thirteen days after the dead soldiers who broke through the siege left, Fenggao County actually ushered in a messenger from Changyi City, bringing Cao Cao's handwritten letter!

"Where is the messenger?" Cao Ren hurried to the letter, and before he could read the letter, he asked the messenger first.

Faith is dead, people are alive, and in a sense, this messenger is more valuable than Cao Cao's own letter. It is not uncommon for a messenger who has traveled a long way from Changyi City to receive more valuable information from him.

"Man is dead...... "The defender of the city pointed to the city, and a corpse fell there on its back, scarred, with several feathered arrows stuck in front of and behind him, one of which pierced the left chest, which should have been a fatal blow.

The narrative of the defending sergeant confirmed Cao Ren's guess.

"At first, I saw only a puff of smoke, but after a while, I saw that it seemed as if someone was chasing each other, and then this person appeared. At first, he was riding a horse, and then the horse was probably tired to death, or it was possible that he was hit by an arrow, in short, he suddenly fell, he ran desperately to this side, the city gate could not be opened, and his subordinates had to fall down the rope, but before he could do so, the northern rangers caught up, and before he died, he put the letter in the basket......"

During the narration, the officer on duty looked trembling, and he found that General Cao Ren valued this messenger very much, for fear of being angered. You must know that the atmosphere in the city has been very bad recently, anxiety and uneasiness are the norm, and even people with graceful manners like Du Qi joining the army seem very irritable, and it is not okay to be careless.

"You are not to blame for this." Fortunately, Cao Ren didn't get angry, just nodded lightly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The sergeant's eloquence is ordinary, and the narrative is not focused, but the scene at that time is not difficult to imagine, even if Cao Ren himself is on the scene, he can't do better.

After the dead men who broke through the siege left the city, the southern gate was not blocked again, but even if it was not blocked. It also takes time to open and close the city gates. Li Yi was not resolute in attacking the city at all, and he didn't even deal with the moat outside. The messenger seemed to have swam over on his own, and it was estimated that the drawbridge had not had time to be released, or at least dared not to let go.

After all, the current situation is unclear, who knows if it is a real messenger or a dead soldier from Hebei who cheats the door? If the city gate is really opened by fraud and is swarmed in by the iron cavalry of the northern frontier, it will really be a general trend.

Li Yi was reluctant to suffer casualties and the army attacked, but he didn't want to be consumed by Cao Ren by taking advantage of the geographical advantage, it was not that he didn't dare to fight! If the city gate is solved, he must become decisive at once, and Cao Ren is not confident that he can block the other party. Just like when it was in Laiwu, when the Northern Xinjiang Army was really fearless of casualties and launched a fierce attack, Laiwu City could not stop the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army at all. Although Fenggao City was taller than Laiwu City, it was limited, and Cao Ren did not think that the city wall would be a moat to block the advance of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Therefore, the practice of the soldiers defending the city is understandable, but there is a problem, Cao Ren cannot confirm the authenticity of the messenger, and the only thing that can distinguish the truth is the letter.

But......

Again, faith, after all, is dead. I can't speak, and the information I bring is incomplete, and it may not be reliable!

After thinking about it, Cao Ren couldn't think of any good way for a while. He could only point to the city and command: "Call more people to come and see if anyone has seen this person." ”

Sending a letter is a life-threatening thing, and people with status will definitely not come, and people with no identity are naturally unknown. Although there are many people in Cao Ren's army, the hope of recognizing the identity of the other party is also quite slim, and he has the right to be a dead horse and a live horse doctor.

"Whoa!"

Seeing the guards take the order and leave, Cao Ren took the letter and went down the city wall, he was going to find someone to read the letter. The probability of this kind of letter being intercepted is very high, and in order to prevent the leakage of military information, it must be encrypted, and in Cao's army, this kind of thing is generally the responsibility of the army.

As soon as he got out of the city, Cao Ren saw Du Ji hurrying over, and asked with a happy face: "Zixiao, where is the letter?" Where is the Messenger? ”

"The letter is here, the messenger has ......," Cao Ren shook his head and handed over the sheepskin in his hand.

"Only faith?" Du Ji's face suddenly sank, and his joy darkened, what Cao Ren thought of, he also thought of, without the corroboration of the messenger, it is difficult to say whether this matter is true or false.

In silence, he took the secret letter and took a closer look: "Zhong De will go to the banquet at noon tomorrow, and there will be ......many guests and friends," he turned a little pale, and explained to Cao Ren: "It's our army's secret words that are correct, but it's ......"

Cao Ren asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

"It's not a problem," Du Ji shook his head, his expression solemn, and he pointed to the parchment and explained, "but this code is the same ...... used in the past."

Zhongde is the word of Cheng Yu, and there is only one "Zhong" word obtained here, which should be read in reverse at noon tomorrow, which is the meaning of the month, and these two sentences indicate the time, that is, mid-autumn. Passing through the palace to go to the banquet, the guests and friends are very numerous, which means that the princes of the Quartet go to help.

"Generally speaking, these secret words were agreed upon before the war, and this set of secret words was used by the princes of the main guild alliance last year when they attacked Hebei, and they were somewhat out of place. But on the other hand, before this war, the lord did not issue a new code, and it is understandable to use this set. ”

"Before the war this year, Ji also received a set of code words, but this set of code words is relatively brief, and it can't express too complicated meanings, and the incident happened suddenly, and the lord used the previous code words It was also helpless, but the problem was ......"

At the same time, it also brings a lot of doubts, and in recent times, the choices faced by Cao Ren and Du Yi are basically based on this routine. When he encountered something, he questioned that Du Ji was already about to form this kind of conditioned reflex.

Cao Ren's brows also furrowed, after paying so many sacrifices, it was easy to look forward to the news, if he missed it because of suspicion, wouldn't it be a pity? What will he face in the future, to meet his brothers who died for this?

Among the dead soldiers last time, several were slightly injured and hid in the field for a while, and the survivors who escaped at night brought back some information about the death squad.

The road to break through is only fifty miles away, but it is a thorny road. Every mile walked, at least three brothers had to be left behind, and by the time these wounded soldiers fell behind, the distance was only two-thirds of the way, but the attrition had already reached half, which can be described as blood spilled step by step!

How many people will finally break through and arrive at Changyi City, thirty percent, two percent, one percent, or even less? Cao Ren couldn't think of it, and he didn't dare to think about it, he only knew that the sacrifices made by these hot-blooded men should never be wasted!

However, it is equally difficult to distinguish the truth of the secret letter in your hand. He only felt as if there were two more wrestlers in his head, tearing him in diametrically opposite directions, leaving him in a dilemma, and he was about to go crazy.

"General, General, someone recognizes the messenger!" Relatively silently, a person suddenly ran from the head of the city, shouting as he ran.

"Who is he?" Cao Ren and Du Ji asked in unison.

"He is Wang Ping of the Taishan Wang family, and he is the son of the Prince's Day!"

"Taishan Wang's family? Prince's Day Clan? That's another tangled answer.

Taishan is the Mount Tai of later generations, that is, this place. The Wang family is one of the powerful lords in Taishan County, and there are people in the family who have been officials for generations. Wang Kuang can be said to be the leader of the Wang family, and he was one of the eighteen princes of Dong.

It stands to reason that as the local gate lord of Mount Tai, the Wang family must have suffered losses under the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Qingzhou Allied Army this time. However, the Wang family had a grudge against Cao Cao, because Wang Kuang was attacked and killed by Hu Muban's relatives and Cao Cao.

It is possible that after this Wang Ping fled to the rear, he was captured by Cao Cao and arranged this unlucky errand; It is also possible that he came to deliver the letter as a dead soldier in order to avenge Wang Kuang's killing that day.

Cao Ren can't judge what the truth is, it's not that he doesn't have enough IQ, but that he doesn't have enough intelligence!

After hesitating for a long time, in the end, he still couldn't get the point, and Cao Ren could only convene the generals again. This time, he summoned the county magistrate and other officials of Fenggao County together, thinking that more people will have more strength.

If Li Yi was here, he would definitely tell Cao Ren in a serious tone that to make this kind of decision, the fewer people involved in the decision-making the better, not the other way around.

In fact, if Cao Ren didn't have so many wisdom, instead of trying to judge Li Yi's plot from the clues, but purely relying on intuition, Li Yi's methods would have no room to play at all.

It's a pity that Cao Ren didn't have the opportunity to get Li Yi's guidance, and although he realized his shortcomings to a certain extent, he couldn't correct them. The more sacrifices he makes, the less he dares to gamble and prefers to find a safe way to deal with it. As a result, it can only be disappointment.

At the military meeting, everyone insisted on their own words and quarreled.

The generals are inclined to fight. I can't bear it, I don't need to endure it anymore, just rush out and fight to the death. Anyway, if Cao Ren's judgment is correct, there will be a big war in the Central Plains, even if there is no way to contact the rear, it can be regarded as contributing to the overall situation if he can fight out part of the strength of the Northern Frontier Army. If you are lucky, you just hit Li Yi's weakness, and you will pick up a bargain.

The civil servants tend to keep it!

They thought that even if they couldn't contact the rear, as long as there was a nail in Fenggaocheng here, they could somewhat contain part of the strength of the Northern Frontier Army, so that they didn't dare to take it lightly at any time. When they get in touch with Changyi City, they can cooperate with the main force to fight the Northern Xinjiang Army.

What both sides said made sense, and Cao Ren thought about it repeatedly, but the result was that he was even more confused.

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