Since the bandits crossed the Yishui River to attack the city, Gao Mingheng stayed at the city. He was over 60 years old and for a long time, his health was inevitably a little unbearable. That night, after the constant persuasion of everyone, he agreed to walk down the city. But he did not leave much, and found a private house outside the west gate to temporarily live, only more than 300 steps away from the city gate.

Gao Mingheng was like this because he felt that he could respond in time when something urgent happened. But the actual situation was that the person who was actually responsible for the city defense was a nine-rank inspector named Yan Zhengyuan in Yizhou City, and Zhao Qin and others who later led his troops to arrive. However, Gao Mingheng was once the governor of Henan, and he had a good reputation whether he was an official outside or after his retirement. When the thieves approached, he spent all his family money to recruit soldiers and became the leader of Yizhou City. His role was more similar to a flag in Yizhou, which could stabilize the hearts of the people in the city and inspire the morale of the soldiers.

That night, not long after Gao Mingheng lay down, a low knock on the door came to the door. He put on his clothes and saw Zhao Qin standing in the yard with several generals. His face changed and he asked anxiously: "Mr. Zhao Qian, what happened? The thieves outside the city..."

Zhao Qin bowed and said, "There is nothing outside the city, so don't worry Mr. Gao."

Gao Mingheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "That's it?" The fall of Kaifeng City left a shadow in his heart, and the good city was broken overnight. Although Yizhou City is a major city, its solidity is obviously not comparable to Kaifeng City. He was afraid that he would repeat the same mistake and suffer the disaster of falling into the city again.

Zhao Qin said: "Mr. Zhou sent a messenger. He just entered the city and reported to the adults if there was any situation." As he said that, he turned around and looked back.

A soldier on the back hurried forward, knelt down on one knee, and raised his sleeve in his hand high.

Gao Mingheng took it and opened the cuffs, and a golden imperial edict appeared inside. His face changed suddenly and he quickly opened it, which was the decree of appointing him as the governor of Shandong. "This is, this is..." Because he was too excited, Gao Mingheng's tone was trembling.

The soldier clasped his fists and said, "The Lord issued an order to appoint the governor of Shandong. Because the bandits were in great power and were worried about any dangers on the way, the father-in-law who sent the order stayed in Laizhou for the time being. After the encirclement here, he would send a message to the Shandong prefectures."

Zhao Qin and others hurriedly bowed to express their congratulations to Gao Mingheng.

Gao Mingheng's expression was excited, and his whole face was particularly bright under the light of the fire. Although he was not very addicted to the official, he could even say that he was disappointed with the court, but the official paid attention to a good start and ending. Before his death, he was in a high position; after his death, he was given a posthumous title. This time he returned home due to sin. Based on his current age and the sin of losing Kaifeng, it was difficult to be re-activated. But things suddenly turned around, and happiness came a little unexpectedly. "So besides this news, does Dushu Zhou have anything else to tell Gao? When will the reinforcements come?"

Zhao Qin said: "Please read Gao Futai, this is written by Dushuai Zhou to you."

Gao Mingheng took the two pieces of paper handed over by Zhao Qin. He looked at Zhao Qin and looked at him strangely and said, "Mr. Zhao Qian, one, one, two, four, three, six, nine, what are these numbers? Did you get the wrong one?"

Zhao Qin replied a little embarrassedly: "Gao Futai is the one below, and the one above is the plain text sent by Dushui Zhou. Each number above has corresponding Chinese characters, which is a countermeasure to prevent the letter from falling into the hands of the thieves. The Ke Liao army adopted this method of sending messages. It has been translated, so you can read it directly."

Gao Mingheng still didn't understand it very much, but at this moment he couldn't care so much. He reached out and opened the second piece of paper to look at it. The more he looked, the ugly his face became. "Mr. Zhou meant that we should continue to hold on until we led all the thieves to the city of Yizhou."

Zhao Qin nodded and said, "I think the commander wants to annihilate the bandit army under the city of Yizhou in one fell swoop to completely eliminate the thieves in southern Shandong."

Gao Mingheng frowned. He believed in the letter that reinforcements would arrive in time. But the later the rescue came, the more the price Yizhou had to pay, which he didn't want to see. Not to mention, under the fierce attack of the thief army, who dared to say that Yizhou City would not be broken? But Zhao Qin was a subordinate of Zhou Xian, and it was hard to say in front of him. Gao Mingheng just asked: "Mr. Zhao Qian, is this a bit too risky? Can we really wait until the reinforcements arrive?"

Zhao Qin replied: "The city of Yizhou is strong, with 800 soldiers in the city and 4,000 young soldiers. If these people are used to defend the city wall on the west, and other old and weak defend the other three walls. Although there are many bandit soldiers, it is difficult to break the city. But if the bandit army has reinforcements, it will be difficult for subordinates to guarantee it. But since General Zhou said that reinforcements will arrive in time, we must have been prepared for this situation. We only need to guard the city tightly. Gao Futai, I suggest that this letter be passed on to the whole city to boost morale. At the same time, the soldiers will be feasted to make them more confident in this matter."

Gao Mingheng nodded, "Just as Mr. Zhao Qian said! Judge Liu, you will assist you in this matter and must be done."

Wang Jun held Zheng Longfang's letter of help in his hand and laughed happily, "Old Prime Minister, Zheng Longfang actually asked us for help. Think about how arrogant he was at that time, but this letter was written so humble. It was really thirty years from Hedong to Hexi!

Xiang Lei Chao also smiled and said, "Zheng Longfang was trapped in several cities and Linqu was trapped. This time, Zheng Longfang was really anxious. Before the Denglai official army moved in March, he took action to fight him. It is no wonder that Zheng Longfang threw away his armor and abandoned his armor."

Wang Jun nodded, "Old Xiang, what do you mean! Should we send reinforcements?"

Xiang Lei Chao said: "Reinforcements can be sent, but not at this time. Although Liu Zeqing gave the head a general position, he valued the strength we have, not trusting us. It is not wise to lose our strength in order to rescue Zheng Longfang. But after Zheng Longfang retreated, it will be our turn next. From this point of view, he has to help him."

Wang Jun muttered in a low voice: "Old Xiang, you always say half of your words and leave half of your words. It's so unpleasant. Just say it! What should we do!"
Chapter completed!