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Sima Yi continued: "The people of Yecheng are panicked, and Xiahou Xi has only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and with such a situation, it is really unknown how long he can hold it. If it is delayed for a long time, when the Han army breaks through the city, you and I will become prisoners of others, and our identities will be very different. ”

Sima Yi's persuasion again and again made Chen Qun gradually make up his mind, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, according to what Zhongda said, it will take ten days." ”

Sima Yi's face was happy: "Since this is the case, then we will act separately and secretly contact our henchmen first." Changwen, I heard that a few of the guards at the East Gate are your protégés and former officials, and these people should be well encircled, and they will come in handy when the time comes to seize the gate and sacrifice the city. ”

Chen Qun nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have my own measure." ”

Sima Yi said again: "Also, we have to find a way to contact the Han army outside the city, let's just say that Xiahou Xian's precautions are tight, and it takes ten days of preparation time before we can seize the gate and sacrifice the city." ”

Chen Qun was worried: "The density of Xiahou Xian's patrol of the city is more urgent than the last time, and it is not easy to send people out of the city to contact." ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "Didn't the Han army shoot books into the city to disturb people's hearts, then we can follow the same example, just like Xiahou Xi said that he wanted to return the color to the psychological warfare of the Han army, and also wrote thousands of letters of persuasion to shoot at the Han camp outside the city." At that time, the chief can also use the code language to hide the words of contact in the persuasion book, and then he can fake Xiahou Xin's hand and give the book to Fang Shao for us. ”

Chen Qun couldn't help but smile when he heard this, pointed at Sima Yi and said sarcastically: "Zhongda, Zhongda, you are really a cunning wolf. ”

Sima Yi laughed when he heard this, and said very proudly: "It's better to be a wolf than a lamb to be slaughtered, thank you Changwen for your false praise, haha——"

The two of them summed up for a while, and Chen Qun got up to say goodbye, and in order to prevent people's eyes, Chen Qun deliberately went out of the back door and rode back to his house on an inconspicuous horse waiting there.

When he returned to the house, night had come, and the family had already prepared a meal, and the family waited for him to come back before daring to use chopsticks.

"I've heard about dinner, so eat it yourself." Chen Qun had a mind and no appetite, so he dropped such a sentence and transferred to the study.

Back in the study, Chen Qun knelt in front of the desk, staring at the white paper on the desk while grinding ink. After a while, the ink had been studied, and Chen Qun picked up the pen and began to write without hesitation.

After a while, as soon as the book was written, Chen Qun put down his pen, held the book in front of him and studied it carefully for a long time, the corners of his mouth showed a slight smile, and muttered: "Xiahou Yuanrang, you would never have dreamed that it was you who personally sent this letter to your enemy." ”

"Father, let's have some snacks."

Chen Qun admired his proud work, and suddenly heard a familiar voice from the door, looked up, but saw his son Chen Tai walking in with a plate of snacks.

Chen Qun casually put the letter with the code words on the table, and said with a faint smile: "Uncle Xuan, why are you here?" ”

Chen Tai walked closer and put down the plate of dim sum: "I was afraid that my father would not have enough to eat outside, so I brought my father something to eat." ”

"Okay, good, it's rare that you have a heart."

Just when Chen Qun was eating snacks, Chen Tai casually picked up the letter on the side of the case, because the letter was written by Chen Qun in code, so he was not afraid that his son would see what was famous, if he deliberately did not show him, it would seem like a "thief with a weak heart", so he pretended to be indifferent.

At this time, Chen Tai was only in his early twenties, and he looked like a fledgling yellow-haired boy, but his eyes were not inferior to his father in sharpness.

Looking at it, Chen Tai's expression suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed, "Father, are you going to descend to Han?" ”

Chen Qun was taken aback, and almost swallowed a snack, obviously he underestimated his son's wisdom, but he didn't expect this kid to be able to see the clues.

Chen Qunteng stood up, walked to the door in a few steps, covered all the doors and windows, and then said with a calm face: "How dare you say such a big rebellion, don't you know that trouble comes from your mouth?" ”

Faced with his father's lesson, Chen Tai seemed a little indignant, he pulled up the letter in an uproar, and said with a straight face: "Father, when did the son talk nonsense, the secret words hidden in your letter are clearly to subdue the Han, and if you can hide it from others, how can you hide it from your son." ”

Seeing that the "conspiracy" was exposed, Chen Qun had to sigh: "Atai, my father also had to do it as a last resort, I did this completely for the sake of our Chen family and the interests of our Shi clan, I hope you can understand the painstaking work of being a father." ”

Chen Tai frowned and said: "Father, the Cao family treats our Chen family and many scholars very well, and even my father's "Jiupin Zhongzheng System" has been used, which can be said to be completely on the side of the Shi family. ”

"So it's nonsense!" Chen Qun shouted angrily, obviously angered by his son's excessively fierce words, and he said with a straight face: "Back then, my father was obedient to the Cao family, because the Cao family supported the Han Emperor and defended the orthodox dignity of the Han family. Cao Gong stood on behalf of the Han Dynasty, and the reason why I supported my father was not for the future and destiny of the people in the world and our scholars, but since the establishment of the Great Wei Dynasty, there have been successive failures, the people have been said to be poor, and the land and fertile land of our scholars have continued to fall and be lost. What does this mean? It shows that the Han family's destiny is endless, and what is wrong with the father obeying the destiny now. ”

Chen Qun found a very high-sounding reason for himself, but this reason could convince himself, but it could not convince his smart son.

Chen Tai ignored his Lao Tzu's words, and persuaded bitterly: "Father, now that the Central Plains is still there, Hebei has not been completely lost, and His Majesty has also woken up, the momentum of victory or defeat is not yet known, even if you want to imagine the future of our Chen family and the scholar clan, it is a bit too hasty to choose to fall to the Han Kingdom at this time." ”

At this time, Chen Tai has nothing to hide, after all, Chen Tai is his eldest son, and if he implements the plan of surrendering the city soon, of course his son cannot stay out of the matter.

Chen Qun then said: "Atai, at this time, I won't hide it from you as a father." I have agreed with your Uncle Zhongda, if His Majesty's reinforcements cannot arrive in Yecheng within ten days, it means that the strength of Great Wei is approaching, and you and Uncle Zhongda will have no hesitation, and you should be mentally prepared earlier. ”

"Father's ......"

Chen Tai still needed to be persuaded again, but Chen Qun brushed his sleeves and said: "This matter is a father's mind, you don't have to say much, I still have something to do, you go out first." ”

Seeing that his father was decided, Chen Tai knew that he could no longer persuade him to change his mind, so he could only sigh and get up and leave.

………… Three days later.

At dawn, the sun had not yet risen, and the heavens and the earth were still shrouded in mist.

Suddenly, the north gate of Yecheng, which had been closed for a long time, quietly opened at such a quiet moment.

More than 100 light horsemen quickly slipped out of the crack in the door, the horses' hooves wrapped in cloth, and the four hooves stepped on the grass like flying, galloping towards the direction of Hanying.

Although Fang Shao has repeatedly made strange plans, prudence is his original surname, and even in such an absolute advantage, he still does not dare to relax.

Therefore, even at night, the outskirts of the camp were widely distributed by ranger scouts, so when the more than 100 Wei cavalry were still several miles away from the camp, the scouts rushed to the camp to warn.

The sleeping soldiers were quickly awakened, hurriedly but methodically entered the battle post, and when more than 3,000 soldiers were lined up beyond the heavy antlers, the enemy cavalry had rushed to more than 200 steps outside the camp.

A sabotage battle seemed to be about to begin, but at that moment, the enemy cavalry suddenly stopped and launched a long-range arrow attack on the Han camp beyond the effective killing range.

Firing arrows at such a long distance, even if the enemy is hit, it will be at most a little bit of skin, and such a move of the Wei army is obviously a bit unreasonable.

But soon the Han army understood why the enemy had done this, because the arrows they fired were still tied to scrolls of letters.

After shooting more than 2,000 arrows, the more than 100 Wei cavalry quickly turned back before the cavalry of the Han army could attack.

After a cup of tea, a letter folded from an enemy arrow was placed in front of Fang Shao's desk.

Fang Shao rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked at the letter unhurriedly, and after a while, he gradually smiled. At this moment, Ma Jian also hurried in with the same letter in his hand, and excitedly shouted: "Da Sima, Chen Qun has replied, and he promised to surrender to the East Gate in ten days." ”

Fang Shao put the letter back on the desk and sneered: "Ten days, hehe, it seems that he still has a glimmer of hope for Cao Ying, and wants to drag it out for ten days to see if Cao Ying can come to the rescue." ”

Ma Jian also smiled: "Yesterday there was news, Cao Ying really crossed Baimajin, and now he is crossing the river from Juan County, it seems that he really wants to take a detour from Hanoi County to save Yecheng, but General Anguo has captured Chaoge, Cao Ying is not more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not easy to break through Chaoge." ”

Fang Shao snorted and said lightly: "If Cao Ying wants to take a long detour, let him go around, then let's spend another ten days, wait for Chen Qun's last glimmer of hope to be shattered, and give Yecheng to us." ”

………… Thousands of miles away, the ferry port of Juan County.

Because Bai Majin's ferry was burned by Jiang Wei, the Wei soldiers in front of him could only cross the river on a rough raft, and the speed of the northern crossing was quite slow, and two days have passed now, but there are still 5,000 soldiers and horses who have not yet crossed.

Looking at the rolling Yellow River, Cao Ying's face was solemn, at this time, it seemed that he had returned to the stormy era of the Battle of Guandu, and the situation at this time was not much more optimistic than back then.

"Wenhe, do you think our strategy will succeed this time?" Cao Ying suddenly asked.

Jia Xu was silent for a long time, and said lightly: "The minister doesn't dare to guarantee whether he can succeed or not, it depends on whether God still favors my Great Wei." ”

(To be continued)