Guan Duo's assumption about Dunshe's current situation was completely correct. With heavy pressure on the outside and embarrassment at home, Dunshe desperately needs time to give him a chance to consolidate. He entered Liaoyang alone, and it was objective to find out that Guan Duo would not kill him, and the subjective internal reason that he had to go out was also a great push.

Then there are external causes: dead lips and cold teeth. Liaodong is like the sky, Li Chao is like the earth, and his twin cities are in the center. Li Chaohao said that its own strength is not good, and it can be safed for the time being if it talks about peace and beware; Liaodong is different, Liaoyang is a place, not only related to the fate of Liaodong Red Turban, but also related to the fate of Shuangcheng.

Within a few months, Liaoyang's gains and losses will be clear, and as soon as the dust falls, there will be no room for turnaround. How could he not be involved at this critical time? is still Hong Jixun's sentence: "Where there is room, there are variables; If you can participate, you will have an opportunity. ”

Where do the variables come from? Where does the opportunity come from? One is strength, and the other is vertical. His position is very clear, on the surface close to Guan Duo, after all, Guan Duo is the strongest and has the highest status; In private, Pan and Liu will not fail to woo him, his principle: do not take the initiative, do not refuse, treat himself as a habitable oddity, how to say that he has hundreds of miles of land in Goryeo, tens of thousands of military horses.

Therefore, the opportunity to breathe is the first; Consolidate your position in the military and find allies as the second; He even has the luxury of using this to solve some internal difficulties. It's not impossible to do it, the eight immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers, depending on their means.

The streets of Liaoyang are all paved with stone slabs, and the horses' hooves are trampled on them, and they make a crisp sound. He rode on his horse and recalled what had just happened.

The whereabouts of King Xiao Ming are unknown, Guan Duo is less under the pressure of rescuing Bianliang, and the 200,000 army gathers in Liaoyang to sit and eat food. Wait any longer, as soon as the weather is cold, the battle will be difficult. Listening to his tone, it is most likely to attack southern Liaoning. Although his judgment is the same, the variables cannot be ignored.

Fang Buzhen's sedan chair was not in a hurry, swaying in front, and Deng She patiently followed the side, thinking about how to write the letter to Hong Jixun. Guan Duo gave him a thousand sets of armor, which he could send back by the way.

He walked half the city back to the street where he lived. When I went out in the morning, I was short of time, so I didn't watch it carefully. At this time, it was found that the whole street was not long, and there were more than a dozen families living in front of each mansion, and in front of each mansion, there were soldiers standing guard with a protruding chest and belly, looking at the plaque at the front door of the house, and all of them were officers living in more than 10,000 households in the army.

The house that Guan Duo gave him was at the back, and many soldiers standing guard along the way secretly looked at him and whispered. The eighteen or nineteen-year-old manager, not to mention Liaodong, is also rare in the entire Great Song Army. Bi Qianniu is very dissatisfied, what about playing monkeys? Break free of the bull's eye and look at them fiercely. Dunshe didn't mind, smiling and nodding at them.

When I arrived at the mansion, I looked up and saw that Guan Duo's speed was very fast, and the horizontal plaque on the door of the mansion had been replaced with a new one. Hanging high, gilded four big characters, written: Governor Deng Mansion. The soldiers standing guard at the gate of the mansion ran over to lead the horses, opened the door, and said: "General, when you went out in the morning, a woman came, asking to see the general." ”

"Female?" Dunshe jumped off his horse, threw the whip to his soldiers, and asked, "What about people?" ”

"I'm waiting in the house. The villain asked her to go back first, but she didn't want to leave, saying that Guan Pingzhang called her to come, waiting to listen to the general's dispatch. ”

I sent a maid last night, and today I have another maid. Will there be another troupe the day after tomorrow? Deng She wooed Qing Qianxing, often used this trick, and he was not used to it, so he nodded to indicate that he knew. The soldier asked, "Does the general see her?" ”

Although it was sent by Guan Duo, it was like a gift or a commodity, if you send it, I will accept it, it is enough. Not to see, not in a hurry. Deng She had something to do, and he was not interested for the time being, so he said, "Tell her to wait, and arrange a place to live first." ”

Fang Buzhen's sedan chair had already entered the mansion gate, Fang Buzhen probed out, arched his hand, and said, "Take a step forward in your humble position." Deng She hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Lord Fang, please go, it's almost noon, and we will eat together in a while." Fang Buzhen agreed, put down the sedan curtain, and went by himself. He lives in the west of the mansion, and Deng She lives in the east of the mansion, and the two are not in the same place.

The front of the house was much cleaner, and Deng She instructed Bi Qianniu and said, "You go out of the city and ask Yang Wanhu to come to see me quickly." Bi Qianniu promised, led two personal soldiers, and rode out of the city.

Walked through the courtyard and came to the hall, and before the meal arrived, Deng She wrote the letter to Hong Jixun first. In order to keep it confidential, the two of them agreed on a cryptic password, which can be used in case of emergency.

The password is not complicated, and several possible scenarios are identified first, and different plans for different situations are developed, and the numbers are numbered in order. Then choose a poem that does not repeat the words as a "word test", such as "On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops fall into the soil." Who knows that Chinese food is hard work. When it was necessary to take the first plan, he sandwiched a "hoe" in the letter, and stamped Deng She's seal on the side of the word "hoe", Hong Jixun received the letter, according to the marked word to check the serial number of the plan, you can understand what kind of situation Liaoyang is in now, so as to implement the corresponding plan.

This kind of hidden communication method has been used in the army since the Song Dynasty. Even if it is intercepted or seen by others, it is completely confusing. It can be described as simple and practical, the only deficiency is that the content of communication is limited to a pre-established framework.

If something unexpected happens, the only way to do it is to use another password that has only just started and is not yet familiar. This kind of password was formulated by combining Deng She's observations and experiences, and according to Deng She's proposal, Hong Jixun found a way. It's more complicated. First, according to the official pronunciation, the initials, finals, and tones are numbered in order.

For example: "to the right", according to the numbering order, the initials of "to" can be numbered as fifteen, the finals can be numbered as three, the tone of "to" is to be voiced, and the code is four, then the whole code of the word "to" is "fifteen, three, four", the initials of "right" are numbered as thirteen, and the finals are numbered as thirty-six, and the tone is also to be voiced, and the code is four. Then the command password for "to the right" is "fifteen, three, four; XIII, XXXVI, IV".

The number of the initials and finals is not immutable and can be changed arbitrarily. Not only is it safe, there are no limitations, any content can be expressed; And it can be used regardless of distance. It can be used for letters, melee combat, and night fights, and can also be used in front of the enemy. The fly in the ointment is complicated and troublesome.

The first initials, finals, and tone numbers worked out, around the north of Deng She's growth, the official language is good, and it took three or four days to memorize it.

He is still like that, let alone a sergeant. Most of the soldiers can't even read words, what are the initials and finals? His eyes are black, and he doesn't know anything. In addition, the soldiers came from all over the world, and the popularization of official pronunciation was also a problem. A set of flexible and secure passwords can ensure that military aircraft play a very important role, and we can't retreat in the face of difficulties, so what should we do? Find a way to fix it.

The former can organize secret training for officers above the centurion, and the latter can compile books such as "The Meaning of Eight Syllables" to carry it out; Before Deng She came, Chen Hu, Wen Huaguo, and Hong Jixun had been arranged to start implementation. However, if you want to see the results and use it on a large scale, it will be a month or two later.

The letter to Hong Jixun, Deng She wrote with great difficulty. Because there was something unexpected in it: Bianliang Po and King Xiao Ming didn't know whether he was alive or dead. While pinching his fingers to calculate the initials, finals, and tones, he tried to simplify the text as much as possible, so as not to write a dense number on a piece of paper. I haven't finished writing until it's time to eat.

It was not good to ask Fang Buzhen to wait for a long time, so he was in the wing room and invited him to the table. When Fang Buzhen is not mad, he is still very easy to get along with, talking and laughing, after eating, he has the habit of taking a nap, and he says goodbye.

Dunshe continued to go back and finish the letter. Waiting for Yang Wanhu to come, the soldiers outside the door came to report, and someone sent an invitation, unfolded it, and invited Deng She to the banquet in the evening. The tone is enthusiastic, and the signature is Pan Mei. Pan Mei, Deng She knows, is Pan Cheng's righteous son.

Among the three Pingzhang, Guan and Liu have no brothers, only Pan Cheng brothers. The eldest Pan Cheng, now Quang Ninh; the second eldest Pan Xin, Marshal Quang Ninh Wing, is also in Quang Ninh; The third Pan Ren, the marshal of Luyang Wing, is not far from Guangning. Pan Mei, who stayed in the city, heard that he is now a general manager of the Liaoyang Wing Marshal's Mansion.

Pan Mei came forward to feast on Deng She, firstly, the position is comparable, secondly, the age difference is not much, and thirdly, the identity of Pan Mei's younger generation will not cause Guan Duo's dissatisfaction. Even if he is dissatisfied, he has nothing to say about the interaction between young people. At the same time, it does not lose Dunshe's face. It's a good move. Deng She looked at the invitation for a while, he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and he had a little more confidence in the delicate relationship between the three giants in Liaoyang.

Banquet, he is not ready to go. It's only been two days, and it's time to be stable.

picked up the pen again and wrote a euphemistic letter of refusal, writing: "The general is kind, but I had a hangover last night, and I still haven't woken up today." She, by order to come thousands of miles, the Tartar will not retreat, and the vow will not return to Li. I have heard for a long time that the general is brave, and I have admired him for a long time. The time is long, leave it for the day after tomorrow, you don't feast, you will invite you. "It's sealed, and I ordered my soldiers to select some Shuangcheng specialties and send them together.

His letter, looking at it on the big side, is no problem; Thinking about it carefully, the sentence "from a thousand miles to the order" is the most intriguing. It doesn't matter if Pan Mei can understand it, as long as Pan Cheng can understand it.

Pan Mei counted the head, and throughout the afternoon, Deng She's mansion was lively. There are those who send invitations like Pan Mei, and there are those who come to visit in person. Among the invitations and people who came, there were relatives of the priests, there were neighbors, outsiders like the horse thieves in the past, Deng San's old friends, Deng She's former friends, and even those who claimed to be members of the township party. From the marshal to the hundreds, to the thousands, there is an endless stream.

If the invitation is sent, Deng She will refuse all of them and send them back with gifts; Those who come to visit, regardless of their position, personally go down to greet them. The identity of the visitors is different, the purpose is different, Deng She is clear, but he is not prepared for the large number of visitors. It was expected that he entered the city yesterday, and Guan Duo personally invited him to a banquet that day, which caused many misunderstandings, and he came to stammers as an upstart.

This kind of person who tends to be inflammatory, it is not very useful, and politeness is enough. The focus of Deng She's efforts was on the foreign departments in the military, Deng San's friends, and his former friends. It was inconvenient for him to take the initiative to find them, they were coming, and he couldn't let them go.

The most talked about topic, in addition to reminiscing about the past, is inevitably about the current situation and Goryeo customs. Fang Buzhen rushed over when he heard the news, sat on the side with tea, and interjected a few sentences from time to time. The guests and hosts are harmonious, talking and laughing. Every time someone says goodbye, Deng She must have a gift to give, depending on the person, the importance of the gift.

He brought a lot of Korean women, and in addition to Guan Duo, he kept more than a dozen, and selected those who had a close relationship among the guests and sent them out separately. Goryeo women are famous all over the world, and Deng She brings them all first-class boutiques, all of which are Goryeo eunuchs and wealthy women. There are a few Deng She who know their temperament, such as Wenhuaguo, with unique tastes, and they also have corresponding good goods to offer.

In the middle, Yang Wanhu arrived, Deng She confessed, went out to explain a few words, and gave him the letter. ordered him to go to the wing room to find the baggage officer sent by Guan Duo, hand over the armor and ordnance, and choose a capable commander to escort him.

"After being sent back to Goryeo, will the army come back?" Yang Wanhu asked.

Deng She said: "There is no need to go back. Seeing that there was no one left and right, he said in a low voice, "Tell He Guangxiu that there are many Korean people in Liaoyang City, and they come to the city more often during the last turn." Yang Wanhu responded: "Yes." Seeing the people coming and going in the courtyard, he couldn't help but say: "There are many people coming and going in the general's mansion, do you want the villain to send some brothers over to supplement the subordinates?" ”

Deng She brought hundreds of personal soldiers with him, all of whom were carefully selected, and the rogues under Yang Wanhu's command, a few chickens and dogs, were also among them; It is enough to protect yourself. Besides, it's really dangerous, even if you live in the camp, it's useless. He smiled and said, "No need." ”

Yang Wanhu bowed down to leave, Deng She called him back again, pondered for a moment, and said: "There may be a war in the near future, our army may have to go to the battlefield, you go back to the camp and prepare early." ”

Outside the gate of the mansion, there was a noisy car and horse, and another group of guests came. The leader of the ten thousand households, named Hu Zhong, had a good relationship with Deng San in the past. shouted from afar: "Little Brother Deng? Where? Where? I haven't seen you in a few days, and I miss you to death. ”

Deng She greeted with a smile, took the time to pat Yang Wanhu's arm, and said, "You go, remember, be careful in everything." If anyone in the camp comes to you, be polite and perfunctory. Yang Wanhu said respectfully, led by his own soldiers, and went to find the important officials sent by Guan Duo without mentioning it.

Deng She ushered in the send-off, a lot of noise, until the twilight was deep, and then gradually rested. The last guest was Mao Jujing's personal captain, needless to say, he was also invited to the banquet. Mao Jujing couldn't refuse, and Deng She readily agreed.

After a busy afternoon, Liaoyang was hotter than Shuangcheng, and I was sweating. Deng She took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and before leaving, he remembered the woman sent by Guan Duo. Afraid that Mao Jujing would not be able to answer when he saw it, he retracted his foot, turned back to the hall, and ordered his own soldiers to bring it to watch.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and the soldiers led her. Deng She's eyes were slightly stunned, as if he had seen it somewhere. I saw her jeweled and beautiful, wearing a gold dress, with a high bun piled up behind her head, and a dragon pattern jade comb inserted upside down in the bun. As soon as you enter the door, you will be greeted with a dark smell of ripeness.

Her skirt was very long, and she was more than a foot long; The skirt waist was tucked in, lining the delicate and full figure, she walked in, coldly blessed Deng Shefu, and said, "Cheap concubine Li Aguan, I have seen the general." ”

This kind of makeup and posture is not like a singer and a maidservant, but like a noble lady. Her fingers were slender, and she put it on her waist when she was blessed, and when Deng She saw it, a green jade pendant was revealed from her sleeve, and she found a place in her memory, and suddenly woke up and knew that she had misunderstood. Hurriedly jumped up, returned the courtesy, and said: "I don't know if the lady is coming, it's rude." My own soldiers can't speak clearly, don't blame the lady. ”

Li Aguan came, and it's been almost a day now. Deng She was a first-class concubine for her, and she didn't care about greeting her soldiers, she forgot about her at noon, and she was so hungry that her chest was close to her back, or if it wasn't for Guan Duo's strict order, she would have turned her head and left. At this time, listening to Deng She's explanation, he became more and more annoyed, clenched his pink fist, and only gritted his silver teeth with hatred.

She said coldly: "The general has a lot of things, and the concubine will wait a while, don't worry." ”

reminded Yang Wanhu to be careful in everything, but unexpectedly turned his head and caused trouble. Seeing that her expression was not good, Deng She complained bitterly. just entered Liaoyang, but don't just make an enemy. Since she was qualified to attend the banquet last night, it can be seen that her status is not low. While pondering a remedy, Dun She walked down the hall and stretched out his hand to invite her to take a seat. Said: "What can I do, about some old friends to visit, how can I compare with the lady to come?" I really don't know,...... Don't say it, don't say it, it's my mistake, please sit down, please sit down. ”

Li Aguan said: "The concubine is guilty, and she doesn't dare to sit. As he spoke, he hesitated and looked out of the hall. Deng She observed the words, hurriedly waved his hand and retreated from his own soldiers, and said, "The lady is here, but what is the matter?" ”

Li Aguan gritted his teeth, blessed again, and said: "Last night's banquet, the concubine was rude, and I came today just to ask the general for forgiveness." Guan Duo's original words told her to bow down and plead for sin; To say that the identity of Deng She's chief manager, coupled with the status of the king of Guanbei, is much higher than her husband, she is a woman, and it doesn't hurt to kneel. It's just that she is nearly thirty years old, and her eldest daughter is thirteen this year, how old is Deng She? She couldn't get on her knees.

Deng She pretended to be stunned and said, "Last night's banquet? What is the faux pas of the lady? Li Aguan's face was flushed, he endured it, and when he was about to speak, Deng She laughed, explained for her, and said: "Lord Pingzhang is really, with the identity of a lady, I don't have time to stammer, it's really rude, and I also treat me as my own person, I can't ask for it." ”

Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, there are two subordinates who are good at sycophancy, Yao Haogu and He Guangxiu, and Deng She's ability to speak well and obediently has grown a lot. Li Aguan didn't accept his affection, and said dryly: "The cheap concubine is rude, ask the general for forgiveness." Insisting that Dunshe say the word forgiveness.

Deng She was very bored and said, "I was really drunk last night, I really can't remember." The lady can rest assured, even if there is rudeness, it is a trivial matter, so why worry about it. ”

Li Aguan said: "The general has a large number, and the general has to forgive him, and the concubine is relieved." Clapping her hands, two little guys came in, carrying two bunches of silk and a box, and she said, "I have prepared a thin gift, please accept it with a smile." ”

She was like an iceberg, and when she turned around, her eyes revealing hatred like fire. Deng She had no choice but to accept it, give a look to the soldiers who came up to help clean up, and went out to prepare a return gift.

Li Aguan didn't give him a chance, the gifts were put away, and Wanfu said goodbye. Deng She couldn't stop it, so he had no choice but to send it out, and asked diligently: "I don't know where the lady's house is?" I have some Goryeo specialties here, and some of the jewelry that the wealthy family of Goryeo Xijing gave me is not bad, so I will give it to my lady when I go back. Li Aguan said: "Don't dare to work the general, it's getting late, the general, please go back." ”

Her sedan chair was parked on the inside of the yard, and someone carried it out, and she didn't look at Deng She anymore, and went up by herself.

The curtain was lowered, and she was hungry in her belly, and she made a soft sound at an inopportune time, and she didn't know if Deng She outside the sedan car heard it. She was ashamed and annoyed, thinking of Deng She's lack of face, food and food, and his own soldiers actually led her into the bedroom. Who is rude? What do you think of her, Li Aguan! vaguely guessed that Deng She had indeed misunderstood, and she was angry, she couldn't control a lot, and when she became aggrieved, her eyes suddenly turned red, and tears couldn't stop dripping.

Her sobbing sound came out of the sedan chair, and Deng She knew that this enemy was settled, but there was nothing to be done. has been sending her out of the house, and the pro-soldiers who were rumored to be in trouble knew that they were in trouble, and they shrank their heads and didn't dare to speak. Deng She will not be angry with others, and it is not wrong to say that the pro-soldier reciprocated, but he only blames himself for wanting to be poor.

As night fell, the sedan chair slowly disappeared into the night.

The troublesome soldiers mustered up their courage and said, "General, the villain is wrong, and he is willing to be punished." Deng She knew that he was uneasy, and scolded with a smile: "Dog's ,...... Follow her, don't be found by her, see where she lives. Tomorrow morning, I will send the return gift. I thought, "Li Ah Guan, Ah Guan?" added, "Inquire about her relationship with Guan Pingzhang, who is her husband, and what position she has." ”

If the measures to make up for the dead are done, it depends on God. Deng She could afford it, put it down, no longer thought about it, took Bi Qianniu, and got on the horse to the banquet.

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1. You can write letters from afar, and you can clap your hands in melee combat and night fights, and you can also use it in front of the enemy.

This set of passwords was invented by Qi Jiguang, "write from afar, and clap your hands as a memory when you are near." Probably because it was more troublesome to master this set of passwords, it was not widely used later. However, this communication technology is the earliest cryptography technology in the history of telecommunications, and its communication methods are basically the same as modern telecommunications cryptography.