Chapter 554 Secret Letter

After reading the content of the letter, He Shouxin looked up at Wan Shouqi.

This letter, there is no special secret language between the lines, and there is no sign of hidden poems, so since it is a secret letter, there is naturally another mystery.

Although He Shouxin is young, he is a dart master, and he is naturally very clear about all kinds of tricks and tricks in this regard, since he can't see anything famous on the surface, then nine times out of ten, the mystery of this letter lies in the secret writing potion.

In this era, there is nothing uncommon in secret writing potions, He Shouxin is an expert in this area, and it is nothing more than using rice soup and white vinegar to write secret words.

However, different people use different potions, and the way to make the handwriting visible is also different, so you have to ask clearly.

Among them, the most common secret letter written in rice soup is that the handwriting is dry and there is no trace, and the recipient needs to dip the letter paper in seaweed or kelp soup to show the blue handwriting.

If you use white vinegar, it will be a little more troublesome.

First of all, the letter paper should not be pure white, the kind of slightly yellowed with broken gold pattern embellishment is the best, the writer must put several rusty nails in white vinegar in advance, and then dip the rust into the water to write, and the recipient only needs to spray ordinary tea on the letter paper to see the blue ink handwriting.

In addition, in some areas of the south, there are also people who write with the juice of bayberry fruits, and the recipient only needs to soak the letter in honey locust water, and the blue handwriting can also be seen.

He Shouxin even heard that Mongolians living in the steppe area often used milk to write secret letters, and the recipient only needed to bake the letter paper with fire, and yellow-brown handwriting would appear......

Wan Shouqi understood what He Shouxin meant, and immediately glanced at Gu Yanwu.

Gu Yanwu comprehended, immediately picked up a cup of tea, took a sip and gently sprayed it on the letterhead, and in the blink of an eye, in the gap between the lines and sentences, the blue handwriting was immediately displayed......

The small blue block letters are densely packed, and even the margin on the reverse side of the letterhead is there.

"Mr. Wan, thank you so much!"

He Shouxin looked at it carefully, looked up and smiled at Wan Shouqi, "This is a big gift!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the letterhead to Gu Yanwu, who took the secret letter and looked at the contents carefully.

The first part of MeSign is the current situation in Yangzhou City.

Wang Luo said that he has contacted a number of powerful local "village sages" who, in order to protect their lives and property, have taken control of a part of the local army and the strong men in the city, and have protected the important warehouses of the government offices.

It's just that there are too many rebels in the city, and they can't control the whole city, so they can only maintain the situation around the east gate and the south gate, hoping that Wang Shi will enter the city at night and restore order in the city as soon as possible, so as to avoid large-scale riots.

He also specifically mentioned that depending on the situation, Ma Jinbao's plan to burn the city is already on the bow, and with the collapse of order in the city, large-scale arson may occur at any time, and the consequences are unimaginable.

"It looks like the situation is serious......

After reading the letter, Gu Yanwu realized that the situation in the city was already quite urgent.

As he spoke, he handed the letterhead to Yang Yuan, who was quietly guarding the side, and chatted with Wan Shouqi in a low voice.

At this time, news also came from the observation post that there was a faint fire in the city, and it seemed that there was a fire somewhere.

Gu Yanwu's face suddenly had a gloomy face, in case Yangzhou City caught fire, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Not only will the city's remaining food surplus be destroyed, but tens of thousands of people will also be displaced, and they will have to face tens of thousands of refugees who have lost their homes without food or clothing.

In this way, even if Yangzhou City is captured, trapped by such relief pressure, I am afraid that it can only be evacuated from this ruin with refugees, or even retreat to the Yangtze River.

In Gu Yanwu's view, such a situation is like a defeat for Wang Shi.

The second part is about the situation of the defenders in the city, Wang Luo pointed out that Ma Jinbao's battalion and Zhejiang soldiers were mainly concentrated near the west gate and the north gate, and if they set fire, they would mainly flee from these two directions.

In addition, there are rumors that Ma Jinbao and some important officials have fled Yangzhou......

"Sure enough, let him run?"

Yang Yuan, who was looking at the letter, was slightly disappointed.

"Run, run,"

He Shouxin said helplessly, "We are such a small number of people, it would be good to be able to take advantage of the chaos to control the fire, but if this guy really didn't run, it would be even more difficult." ”

At this time, he was already secretly thinking about the plan of action.

In particular, the letter explained that all the people in the city who were preparing to "anyway" had agreed on a code, tied a strip of white cloth on his left arm as a sign, and hung double lights on important buildings that had been controlled, such as the warehouse and the city tower, and hoped that the army would pay attention to identification when entering the city.

Yang Yuan continued to look at the following content, it was about the grain hoarding situation of the Tartars, and the secret letter mentioned that most of the original grain in Yangzhou City had been transported to Yizhen, and most of the several granaries in the city were empty.

"How about we go get the instrument done?"

After reading the letter, Yang Yuan raised his head and suggested, "Otherwise, there won't be enough food." ”

"Let's settle the matter at hand first."

He Shouxin shook his head with a wry smile.

Raiding is indeed a good idea, if the information is true, as long as the action is fast enough, there is still a good hope that a large amount of food will be recovered.

However, the current situation in Yangzhou is obviously more urgent, and they are powerless to take care of it for the time being, and this matter can only be talked about after the arrival of the main force of Regiment Commander Zhang.

What He Shouxin is thinking about is, first, how to control Yangzhou as quickly as possible and prevent this fire from burning; The second is how to face the worst situation, in case Yizhen can't recover the food, maintaining the livelihood of the people in the city is a big problem.

Ma Jinbao's hand-throwing skill is really vicious!

Yangzhou City has developed commerce and trade, and most of the people in the city are engaged in business and industry, relying on the business opportunities brought by Yangzhou as a salt distribution center.

Those big salt merchants are nothing, but the vast majority of the people in Pingtou do not have their own fields and farms outside Yangzhou, and once the city is destroyed, there is no land to go to.

Now, most of the soft on their bodies have been scavenged by the Tartars, plus Ma Jinbao was half buying and half grabbing grain in the four towns and eight fields outside the city before the war, and the grain stocks in the villages and villages near Yangzhou City are estimated to be difficult to even protect themselves, and it is even more difficult for these old and weak women and children to get food......

Outside the current Yangzhou City, the only thing that has a large amount of grain is estimated to be Chen Liuyu's fleet and the logistics base established in Guazhou.

However, although the supply team had hoarded some supplies in Guazhou, it could only ensure the food supply of its more than 1,000 troops for three months.

Originally, they also hoped that by laying down Yangzhou, a trade market for salt and grain, and seizing the local grain stocks, they could somewhat supplement the supply of military rations, but from the current point of view, even if Yangzhou City was taken immediately, there would not be much grain in the city, and it would be difficult to feed the people in the city.

However, if military rations are used to help so many refugees, even according to the low standard of "not starving to death," it will only last for about 10 days at most.

If the refugees are not helped, the military food of the troops can naturally be guaranteed, but if the refugees are allowed to flee and fend for themselves, there will certainly be no fewer people who will starve to death.

In that case, if Hou Ye knew about it, he would definitely be scolded.

Because, first of all, this is the loss of valuable people, and secondly, this kind of behavior of "seeing death and not saving" will seriously damage the reputation of the captive army all along, and it is quite detrimental to the subsequent civil work......

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