Zhang Jiao's ambition is commendable, but no matter how high his ambition is, it won't do much to improve the situation.
The first messenger seemed to be a signal, and three days later, the second messenger followed.
"Dead again?" Zhang Jiao was no longer in an angry mood. Near the moat, there were densely packed arrow shafts. It was obvious that the soldiers had tried their best. They even took the risk and lowered the suspension bridge, but the final result...
Still only got a letter.
"Their armor is too weird..." The soldiers were also very depressed. Anyone who saw a group of unbeatable enemies showing off their power in front of them would not feel better either.
"Forget it." Zhang Jia waved his hands and sighed.
Quyi was defeated miserably because of this armor. He suffered so much loss, and it was also because of this thing. I heard that this armor was made of paper. Ordinarily, armor made of paper should be afraid of fire, but in a hurry, where did the soldiers go?
Looking for rockets? Even if you prepare in advance, it's only August, so you can't keep lighting a brazier at the top of the city.
Besides, rockets are very expensive, how can they be used as ordinary arrows?
"General, this is the letter." The soldier handed over the secret letter and took it solemnly with his jaw open.
The sheepskin was mottled with bloodstains, which clearly showed how desperate the messenger had been. But the sad thing was that Zhang Jia couldn't even tell whether the desperate warrior was trying to complete his mission or just to save his life.
Or something else.
When Zhan Xin looked at it, he opened his jaw and immediately shook his body.
"Tomorrow, Zhongde will go to the house for a banquet at noon. There will be many guests and friends..."
This is clearly the same as the previous letter! Could it be that one is true and the other is false, and the Qingzhou Army has been deceived? Or is it that both are true and the Lord is worried about it, so... Or maybe they are both false? Then Wang
What is the purpose of feathers?
Excited and worried at the same time, Zhang Jia found Xin Pi to pick up the code. When the other party saw it, he immediately smiled bitterly: "This time is different. Tomorrow is ahead. The meaning of Zhong De is the number 'two'.
The other contents of this letter are the same, only the date has changed. The counterattack will be launched in February next year..."
He opened his jaw and was stunned, not only because of the cunning ideas of the shogunate's staff, but also because of the trouble caused by this letter.
One February and one August, which is a difference of half a year, but these two possibilities exist!
Military advisor Ju Shou reminded Yuan Shao more than once that he wanted to overwhelm Wang Yu and Gongsun Zan to join forces and should act slowly rather than urgently. His view was supported by most people in the Jizhou faction; however, Guo Tu and others put forward the opposite view. They believed that Gongsun Zan might not be enough.
However, Wang Yu is hiding in the abyss, so he cannot be given a chance to develop calmly.
As a result, the strategy for Qingzhou evolved into a factional dispute. After the quarrel, the celebrities had forgotten their original intention and only wanted to overwhelm the other party, and opposed for the sake of opposition.
In that dispute, the external faction, that is, the Yingchuan Party, won the final victory. Brothers Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xu You, and Xin Ping all received important positions, while Ju Shuo was deprived of military power, and he was promoted to the top and the secret to the other.
He surrendered and returned to serve Yuan Shao.
But now times have changed, and with the tragic defeat of Long Zuo, Yuan Shao may think of the benefits of Jushu again, and in order to gain the support of the Jizhou faction, he will have to change his tactics. In this way, although the counterattack will still be carried out,
But 80% of the time you have to wait until you are sure of it. This is Jushou's style.
"At least one of these two letters is fake!" Xinpi said categorically: "It's very possible that both of them are fake!"
He opened his jaw and nodded without saying a word.
These two dates have completely opposite meanings. Although Yuan Shao is a soft-hearted person, he will not change it to such an extent. The difference between the two dates is only three days, so he chooses between the two factions.
Therefore, at least one of the letters was fake, but he had no way of identifying which one was fake.
The handwriting is Yuan Shao's own handwriting, and it's exactly the same! The identities of the messengers are also similar. Last time, he was a descendant of the Cui family in Boling, working as a court official in Qingyuan; this time, he was a member of the Li family in Zhaojun, who was in charge of judging marriages.
The subordinates do the work.
Zhaojun should still be in Yuan Shao's hands now, but that's only in theory. Changshan is to the north of Zhaojun. Who knows if the Youzhou army stationed there will take advantage of the situation and move south? And Shenpei participated in the Battle of Longcuo, and his men were killed by Wang.
Is it strange that Yu was captured?
There was a lot of information, but none of it could help Zhang Jaw see the truth, and all of it was specious.
Xin Pi added: "If my guess is correct, there must be someone in the Qingzhou army who has a deep understanding of the internal situation of our army. Maybe he is an insider!"
Zhang Jia felt that this was nonsense. How could he write such a code word if he didn't understand these words?
The problem is not here, but rather, since Wang Yu has such means, why is he exposed so easily? What is his purpose? What benefits does this do to him? If the insiders in the top management are used well, their role will be more than just that, right?
If you want to lure yourself out of the city, why do the two letters have completely opposite meanings? Shouldn't the tone of each letter be more severe than the other to create continuity and force yourself to go to war?
Vice versa, Wang Yu doesn't seem to want to stabilize himself in the city.
So what exactly is he going to do? Is it just to stun him?
He opened his jaw and his head turned into two big ones. He felt that he had never encountered anything so weird and embarrassing in his life. There was more and more information, but he became more and more confused, let alone Wang Yu's
He had no clue what Wang Yu was going to do.
Moreover, his suffering was not over yet. On the next day, the third messenger also arrived.
What makes Zhang Jia extremely excited is that this messenger is alive!
"General, our brothers have been waiting in ambush in the pile of corpses outside the city all night, and they are here! It's a pity that you didn't see how wonderful the expressions on the faces of the Qingzhou cavalry were when the brothers jumped out with their shields and crossbows...
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The sergeant who reported the message happily boasted of his achievements, as if he had only saved a messenger, but as if he had defeated the Qingzhou Army and captured Wang Yu alive.
"Okay, very good. I have taken note of the merits of my brothers. I will definitely ask for credit in front of my lord in the future!" However, it is not surprising to see Zhang Jia, who has always been calm, beaming with joy. The performance of these sergeants is not surprising.
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"Thank you General!"
When the messenger was brought to Zhang Zha, Xinpi also arrived. Zhang Zha did not waste any time and immediately began to interrogate him.
"Who are you? Where are you from? Who wrote the letter?" Zhang Jaw has been in the army since the first year of Zhongping. He has been killed by more than a hundred innocent souls. He is full of murderous aura, as if he is real. He is in charge of the army, and he is at this level.
Above the murderous aura, there was a layer of majesty, and the voice and voice were so stern that even Xin Pi felt his heart skip a beat and a chill run down his spine. You can even imagine how the messenger felt.
"I...I..." In the blink of an eye, sweat appeared on the man's forehead.
"Huh!" He opened his jaw and roared angrily. The man trembled violently, suddenly fell to his knees and cried loudly: "General, I was forced to do this. Please, don't kill me, please spare my life!
"
It turned out to be this pustule! Zhang Jia and Xin Pi looked at each other and saw the same judgment in each other's eyes: Wang Pengju was self-defeating and his strength was exhausted!
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he opened his jaw and shouted coldly: "Get up and speak up. If you don't hide it, I will spare your life!"
"Thank you, General, thank you General! Your great kindness, General... Please inquire, General." Frightened by the aura of opening his jaw, the messenger only shed half of his gratitude. This man is also a smart man. He knew it as soon as his thoughts changed.
After opening his jaw, he answered the original question honestly without waiting for him to ask again.
"Little Cui Geng is serving as the Shaofu in Ling County..."
"Are you from the Cui family in Qinghe?"
Cui Geng's eyes lit up: "General Mingjian, so-and-so is a branch of the Cui family. General, is he the same as any elder of my family..."
"Keep going!" He opened his jaw and said nothing, and gave another cold shout.
"Yes, yes!" Cui Geng shrank his neck, and immediately changed back to his previous self-identity, and told his own experience: "In July, there was a large number of refugees in the country, and they were crazy about harvesting crops in the fields. As a last resort, Lu Lingjun ordered the county to
The soldiers went out of the city to drive them away, but they fell into the treacherous trick of Wang Yu and were captured by the Qingzhou Army..."
These pieces of information were quite old, and Zhang Jia had made a pretty good guess, but he still listened attentively. The old information was also intelligence, and there might be some clues hidden there.
The identity of this living messenger is the best intelligence in itself. Through this person, it is possible to determine Wang Yu’s ultimate goal!
"Just two days ago, a staff member from Qingzhou interrogated Xiao..."
"What kind of person is he?" Xinpi interrupted.
Cui Geng said without thinking: "He is a fat man. He smiles very kindly, but when he does things..."
"Poison Master Jia Wenhe!" Xinpi made a conclusion after only half-listening.
Cui Geng looked at Xin Pi and then at Zhang Jia. Seeing the latter nodding, he continued: "He said... let me pretend to be a messenger and send a letter to the city, and my family will be treated well, even the little one."
It's the same with death. If there's a recurrence, I'll kill them all without leaving any one behind. As I said in advance, who would have thought that the pursuers would suddenly launch arrows halfway, if not, if not..."
I don't know whether it was because he thought about the possible massacre of his family or because he was afraid of opening his jaw to settle the score. He spoke slower and slower. His last breath was stuck in his throat, he coughed a few times, and then burst into tears.
Opening his jaw and ignoring him, he turned to Simpi and asked, "George, what do you think?"
"They should all be true." Xin Pi nodded slowly. The evolution of the battle situation and the false letter were all within his and Zhang Zha's expectations. They were reasonable and should not be false. The reason why Wang Yu killed all the messengers was
Under the city, I am afraid that they are also afraid of the appearance of such cowards, or that loyal people want to reveal the truth regardless of the safety of their families.
In fact, Wang Yu's threat is not very scary. As long as the messenger can be safely brought into the city, Wang Yu will be helpless. He can't kill various aristocratic families because of unfounded charges, right?
In that case, he would never want to take control of Jizhou!
But for the children of these aristocratic families, this threat is still very scary. Even if they are to be liquidated afterwards, they cannot help but worry. It's just that they were lucky enough to catch a coward and come in directly.
"No matter how smart Jia Wen and he are, they couldn't have predicted in advance that this person would be loaned into the city alive by our army. That means..."
"Not bad!" He opened his mouth and nodded heavily, his eyes falling on the fake letter.
Although the letter is fake, you can still get information from it, because the reverse of false information is often the truth!
After so long of conspiracy, the enemy is finally close to the enemy, and the moment when the truth comes to light is right in front of us!
At the sign of opening his jaw, Xinpi picked up the letter, opened it and looked at it, and immediately exclaimed, his voice full of surprise and joy.
"How?" He opened his jaw and leaned forward, making fists with both hands, extremely nervous.
"General, please take a look!" Xinpi spread the letter with a smile on his face and explained leisurely: "Wang Yu is very poor, but Rubi guessed it right. His purpose is..."
Ps. There will be another update later, mainly because I don’t want to leave any suspense. Well, that’s it. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)