I can't believe that the sailors under the command of Wang Pengnian, Wen Xiang personally arranged to send a messenger who was a guard he brought from the capital, called Cao Jiugong, the Manchurian Han Army is a white flag person, the ancestor Cao Bao also participated in the Datong massacre, Wen Xiang also fell in love with the loyalty and reliability of his family's generations of slaves, so he entrusted him with the task of defrauding him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Cao Jiugong resigned, but Wen Xiang still didn't agree.

The reason for Cao Jiugong's resignation was, of course, that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was afraid that he would be recognized by Wu Chaoyue and then cut him directly, but what Cao Jiugong never expected was that when he took a small boat to the side of the defense line of Xiangyuankou and was held by the Wu army scouts, he just expressed his intentions, and was immediately warmly welcomed by the Wu army scouts, and was soon invited to the Wu army camp in the outer continent, and was flattered to be personally received by Wu Chaoyue.

Cao Jiugong was even more flattered by the fact that he was still behind, he didn't say a few words when he met, and just after reading the handwritten letter that Wenxiang forced Wang Pengnian to write, Wu Chaoyue immediately ordered a banquet to entertain him, and praised him during the banquet, and gave Cao Jiugong, who was under the banner of Wang Pengnian's personal soldiers, a six-grade martial arts position, and promised a heavy reward.

At the end, Wu Chaocai asked with an eager face: "General Cao, since General Wang intends to surrender, what exactly does he plan to do?" ”

"Back to Wu Dashuai, General Wang, he originally wanted to act as an internal response, to respond to the commander's surprise attack on the camp of the rebel party sailor and the Rakshasa fleet, and help the commander break the enemy in one fell swoop."

According to Wen Xiang's prior instructions, Cao Jiu replied respectfully: "But General Wang also considered that it was too dangerous to do so, in case of leakage, not only his life would be inescapable, but if he was not careful, it might even affect the main force of your sailors." Therefore, General Wang decided that if you can accept our surrender, General Wang will immediately take his headquarters fleet to surrender to Guishun as soon as he has the opportunity, and join the rebel army of King Qin, who is a great commander. ”

Wu Chaoyue laughed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "General Cao, it's also a shame that your General Wang is careful, you didn't ask Ben Shuai to send troops to attack the camp of the rebel party and the Rakshasa people, otherwise Ben Shuai will definitely suspect that you are here to deceive and surrender, and send troops to attack the strong enemy's camp with just a letter, such a dangerous thing, Ben Shuai will never do it." ”

"I have long heard that this traitor is treacherous, and he really deserves his reputation." Cao Jiugong scolded in his heart, and then said more respectfully: "Dashuai, the Rakshasa people force us to rush to the front to fight a tough battle every time, General Wang He has long been very dissatisfied, yesterday Dashuai you issued a warning in advance, saving the lives of countless of our brothers, General Wang He is both grateful and moved, and feels that Dashuai You are a hero who stands up to the sky." ”

"But General Wang, he never expected that he would put his head on the belt of his trousers to investigate the military situation for the Rakshasas, and the Rakshasa people even blamed him for not firing the cannon to force the commander of your army to fire back, and failed to find out the location and number of your artillery, forcing Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei to march against him, General Wang, he was really angry, so he decided to surrender. Please also ask the marshal to be aware and believe in the sincerity of our General Wang's surrender. ”

Wu Chaoyue laughed again and said: "General Cao, you are really too careful, you took the initiative to surrender, and when the time comes, you will lay down your weapons under the supervision of our soldiers, what else can I not believe?" ”

When Cao Jiugong heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Wu Dashuai, that villain will go back immediately and tell General Wang and ask him to lead the army to surrender as soon as possible." ”

"There's no hurry." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "General Cao will continue to eat first, wait a while, and I will ask you to bring a reply letter back to General Wang Pengnian." ”

Cao Jiugong hurriedly agreed, and Wu Chaoyue led Dai Wenjie and Zhang Dejian and other accomplices to leave the guest tent and return to his Chinese army tent. As a result, as soon as he sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army, Dai Wenjie couldn't wait to ask: "Marshal, what do you think?" Is it true or false? ”

"I can't tell yet." Wu Chaoyue shook his head and said: "But there seems to be a bit of a problem with the envoy sent by Wang Pengnian, he is speaking the official dialect of the capital, Wang Pengnian is the chief soldier of Jieshi in Guangdong, and a pro-soldier who is fluent in official language ran out of the account, which is a little suspicious." ”

"Xia Guan also wants to remind the marshal of this." Zhang Dejian, who was born as a head catcher, said: "Also, I also noticed a detail, that Cao Jiugong dusted his sleeves before kneeling when he saluted you. If this action is out of his habit....... ”

"Then he's probably a bannerman." Dai Wenjie took over the conversation and said: "Dusting the sleeves is the first action of the flag people to make a thousand salutes, and the Han people generally do not have this habit. ”

Wu Chaoyue recalled carefully and found that Cao Jiugong had such an inadvertent little action when he saluted him, so he nodded and said: "It's very suspicious, but it's still not sure, Wang Pengnian was transferred north to participate in the war in the third year of Xianfeng, and after eight years of fighting, the soldiers of the department must have changed more than once or twice, and it is not too strange that there are a few pro-soldiers with a capital accent around him." The customs of the Manchurians in the north are relatively large, and it is not impossible for Cao Jiugong to get used to performing a thousand salutes. ”

"But we still have to be careful." Dai Wenjie said again: "Marshal, if this Cao Jiugong really came to surrender for the rebel army, what is the intention of the rebel army? ”

Wu Chaoyue did not answer, but only deduced in his mind the possible changes that might occur when Wang Pengnian led his headquarters fleet to surrender at the mouth of the source - the self-army allowed Wang Pengnian's fleet to dock and enter the port, and Wang Pengnian's fleet might suddenly rush to land on the beach, or it was possible to suddenly attack the sailors' ships hiding in the southern channel of the sandbank, and of course, it was possible to suddenly attack the self-army's batteries along the river.

Soon, a huge question appeared in Wu Chaoyue's mind - if Wang Pengnian really surrendered by fraud, then whether his fleet landed on the beach or attacked the artillery and sailor camp of the army, it was obvious that he would be sent to death in vain! Even if the main force of the Qing-Russian combined fleet can arrive in time to respond, Wang Pengnian's fleet, which bears the brunt of the attack, is also doomed to be doomed?

"Could it be that Wang Pengnian is willing to sacrifice everything in order to get promoted and make a fortune, or is he really the only one to the Manchu court?" Wu Chaoyue once had such a question, but considering that Wang Pengnian was willing to risk violating military law and deliberately not fire a single shot in order to prevent the soldiers from dying in vain yesterday, Wu Chaoyue ruled out this possibility.

Without God's perspective, the thinker Zhao Liewen was also left in Wuchang to defend the city, and Wu Chaoyue really couldn't tell the truth from Wang Pengnian's initiative to surrender. Just combined with the suspicions on the envoy Cao Jiugong, Wu Chaoyue vaguely guessed a possibility, that is, it was not Wang Pengnian's original intention to surrender and deliberately send him to death, but someone was forcing Wang Pengnian to do so. - But unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue still can't confirm this possibility.

In the end, in the case of not being able to distinguish the true from the false, the cautious and suspicious Wu Chaoyue still decided to be cautious, shook his head and said: "No matter whether Wang Pengnian is true or false, we must not take risks in this critical era, we can only respond to all changes with the same!" ”

"Mr. Wenjie, write a letter to Wang Pengnian for me, saying that it is too dangerous to directly lead the army to surrender, and once it is discovered by the enemy in advance, the consequences will be unimaginable, and I cannot send troops to meet him. Tell him to continue to be patient, or wait until I have defeated the Rakshasa fleet before leading my army to surrender, or turn against him in the midst of battle. ”

Dai Wenjie agreed, and hurriedly wrote a letter according to Wu Chaoyue's request, but when he received it, Wu Chaoyue, who had changed his habits a little bit at the moment, suddenly changed his mind, shook his head and said, "I have to add a few more paragraphs." ”

"How many paragraphs are there?" Dai Wenjie hurriedly picked up the pen again.

"Add ......." When the words came to his lips, Wu Chaoyue suddenly thought of such a possibility, and said secretly: "No, if someone else uses Wang Pengnian's signboard to deceive him, then no matter how hard I talk about the letter, Wang Pengnian can't see this letter." ”

"Forget it, don't add it." Wu Chaoyue shook his head, picked up the brush and signed his ugly name on the letter. But when he saw his brush characters that were even more ugly than ghost drawings, Wu Chaoyue suddenly had an idea, and simply wrote in the large blank space behind the letter............

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In the end, Cao Jiugong returned to the Qing army camp with Wu Chaoyue's reply after changing his hexagram, and reported to Wenxiang that Wu Chaoyue asked Wang Pengnian to continue to be patient and not rush to lead the army to surrender at Xiangyuankou. Wen Xiang, who was looking forward to it, was of course disappointed when he heard it, and asked: "Wu thief is so kind, in order not to let Wang Pengnian take risks, would you rather not want Wang Pengnian to surrender for the time being?" ”

"Palindrome Hall, that's true." Cao Jiugong replied very helplessly: "At first, the Wu thief had already promised to let Wang Pengnian lead the fleet to surrender, but then he suddenly changed his mind, saying that it was still too dangerous for Wang Pengnian to do this, and asked Wang Pengnian to continue to endure and wait for a better opportunity to appear." ”

"Traitor!"

Wen Xiang scolded, and then opened Wu Chaoyue's letter to read, but the content written by Dai Wenjie in front of the letter Wen Xiang looked at it, but when he saw the words added by Wu Chaoyue at the end of the letter, Wen Xiang was dumbfounded, and exclaimed: "What is this?" Book from the sky?! ”

"Oh Po Nian Zhou Guan, it is confirmed that my ghost is suspicious of pinching the slag hang, and the cane thief is said to be pinching and arresting the scale ice, and the river is ......."

Looking at the words added by Wu Chaoyue after the letter, Wen Xiangru was reading the Book of Heaven, and he was indeed reading the Book of Heaven, and he didn't understand what it meant at all. But fortunately, at the end of the Book of Heaven, Wu Chaoyue added another sentence in normal words, saying: "General Wang, it's a matter of confidentiality, and some small means have been used, I know you will definitely be able to understand it." ”

Seeing this passage, Wen Xiang only thought about it for less than a minute, and immediately sent someone to call Wang Pengnian in front of him, threw the letter in front of Wang Pengnian, and shouted: "What does this letter mean?" Wu thief's heavenly book, how can you say that you must be able to understand it? ”

Wang Pengnian spent a lot of effort to figure out what happened, knowing that Wu Chaoyue didn't want him to risk leading the army to surrender, Wang Pengnian, who didn't want his corporal to die in vain, was of course secretly happy in his heart, but when he saw the heavenly books written by Wu Chaoyue, Wang Pengnian was also dumbfounded, and said suspiciously: "What is this?" What do you mean? ”

"Ben Zhongtang was about to ask you!" Wen Xiang roared angrily: "Why does Wu Thief say that you must be able to understand? What exactly does this heavenly book mean? ”

"The last general doesn't understand either?" Wang Pengnian replied with a sad face, and when he looked at Wu Chaoyue's book of heaven carefully, Wang Pengnian couldn't help but read silently, "Oh, Po Nian Zhou Guan, check that I am suspicious and suspicious and scum......." ”

"I see!"

Still after reading it out loud, Wang Pengnian suddenly woke up and understood how Wu Chaoyue interpreted this heavenly book, and quickly read Wu Chaoyue's heavenly book by reading out the sound, but as he read it, Wang Pengnian's eyes involuntarily turned red, and his nose couldn't help but be a little sour......

"Who's talking about us in Cantonese?"

The voice of Wu Quanmei, a native of Foshan, Guangdong, came from outside the cabin, and after striding into the cabin, he saw Wang Pengnian talking to the letter in his hometown Cantonese, Wu Quanmei couldn't help but ask, "General Wang, how do you believe in Cantonese to the book?" How could Wen Zhongtang understand? ”

"Cantonese?" Wen Xiang was also stunned, and then suddenly came to his senses, and immediately scolded: "What a treacherous traitor! Writing Cantonese phonetically, no one can understand it except for Cantonese people! ”

"Bishan, quickly translate that passage of heavenly book in Cantonese and tell me what Ben Zhongtang means!"

It also took a while to figure out what happened, and after taking the book and reading it out in a voice, Wu Quanmei's expression couldn't help but feel a little sentimental. Over there, Wen Xiang urged impatiently: "Bishan, tell me what you mean, is there any major incident involving military aircraft?" ”

After sorting out his emotions, Wu Quanmei said to Wen Xiang: "Wen Zhongtang, this text written in Cantonese local pronunciation is translated into official dialect like this. General Wang Pengnian, in fact, I very much suspect that you are a fraudulent surrender, the envoy claims to be your personal soldier, but what he says is an authentic Beijing accent, and there are habits of the banner people in his mannerisms. ”

"General Wang, I also know that even if the envoy is sent by you, he must have been forced to surrender by others. Because even if you succeed in deceiving and deceiving my trust, allowing your fleet to approach the defense line of the source of water, and suddenly attack me, you are doomed to die in vain, using the lives of you and your soldiers as stepping stones for others and cannon fodder for the Rakshasas. ”

"Judging from the fact that you deliberately didn't fire a shot in front of our army's defense line according to my request, I know that you don't want your soldiers to die in vain, we are all people who lead soldiers to fight, and we all know the truth that loving soldiers like sons can make soldiers die for themselves, I understand your feelings. So I dare to conclude that if you really surrender, then you must be forced, and you don't want to do it. ”

"The Rakshasa people have never taken the lives of our Qing people as their lives, and the leaders of the rebellious parties in the capital have never taken the lives of the military and civilians as their lives, but we can't take our own lives as our own lives, even if we are destined to die, we must die worthwhile! Is it worth dying to help the Rakshasa kill the Qing people? Did the Rakshasa people help the rebellious party in the capital in vain? Do you want you to give them the Rakshasas as substitutes for the dead ghosts, and you want to take over a large part of our land, and the Rakshasas want to take all the benefits? ”

"General Wang, I hope you really surrender, if you really lead the army to surrender, I will definitely meet you! I can't help it if you surrender by fraud, but I hope you can think about your soldiers, and don't let them die for nothing. The secret weapon I have arranged at the mouth of the river is not even afraid of the iron-hulled steamers of foreigners, let alone your wooden-hulled sailboats? ”

"In the end, if you really surrender, you must calm down, save your life, and surrender when the time is ripe. If you surrender by fraud, I deliberately wrote this heavenly book in our native dialect, that is, so that you can see my letter, let you understand my good intentions, and do not want to kill you with you to kill the Rakshasa people in vain. ”

"Because I dare to conclude that the person who forced you to do this will definitely not want you to hear my heartfelt words, especially the ...... Wen Xiang who is subservient to foreigners."

"Enough ——!"

Wen Xiang's hysterical roar interrupted Wu Quanmei's translation, pointed at Wang Pengnian's nose and yelled, "It's a good thing you did!" Greedy for life and afraid of death, he deliberately did not fire at Wu Thief's riverside fort, so that Wu Chaoyue saw the opportunity to sow discord! Shake our morale, strain our morale, you are rebellious! Help Kou! ”

Wu Quanmei hurriedly defended Wang Pengnian, but Wang Pengnian was silent, and an unprecedented thought involuntarily came to his heart......