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Chapter 30: Taking Puyang Out of Wisdom (2)

When Liu Yixuan saw the Song army opposite retreat, he found out that the old general Zongze had seen the meaning of the letter and was secretly happy.

Wanyan Xueer was even more surprised when she saw the Song army withdrawal, and she was puzzled. She thought that the Song army was weak and incompetent, and was frightened by a threatening letter.

The two of them packed up their troops and returned to the city. Wanyan Hong hurried over to salute Liu Yixuan and said, "I didn't know the young master and the talent the day before yesterday. I'm so offensive. I hope the young master Haihan!"

When Liu Yixuan saw Wanyan Hong treating each other with courtesy, he felt uncomfortable for a moment because he was a general of the enemy country after all, an enemy who was incompatible with the Song Dynasty. However, as a spy, Liu Yixuan had to pretend his identity. He quickly replied with a smile: "Young prince, you are polite, the trick of the devil is not worth mentioning!"

"It seems that Mr. Liu is indeed a genius among the Song people. However, King Song is stupid and cannot appoint young talents like Mr. Liu. As long as Mr. Liu can continue to serve my Great Jin Kingdom, when my father comes back, I will report to him and give you an additional official position and reward!" When Wanyan Hong saw that Liu Yixuan could use a letter to retreat from the enemy's troops, he also regarded him as a counselor like Li Sheng and Kong Ming, and wanted to gather him over and use it for his own purposes.

Liu Yixuan naturally knew Wanyan Hong’s intention, but he would not be a traitor easily, so he had to smile and said, “thank you, general. I can’t help but serve the general!”

Wanyan Hong remembered the bet on the city tower just now. This time, he seemed to have lost, so he asked: "Junior Liu and Mr. Liu were betting on the city tower just now. I once said, if I lose, you can make any request to me. As long as I can make the decision, I will reward you! Mr. Liu, I wonder what reward you want?"

Liu Yixuan and Wanyan Hong bet that he was completely using the method of provoking generals. He was afraid that Wanyan Hong would not be able to contact the Song army outside the city, so he took the risk of betting. This time he won, but he didn't think about what reward he wanted. However, when he saw Wanyan Hong keep his word and was also a gentleman, it was a pity that he was a general of the enemy country.

Liu Yixuan didn't know what to say, so he just stared at Wanyan Xueer. When Wanyan Xueer saw Liu Yixuan aiming at him, she quickly blushed and lowered her head gently.

"Your sister..." Liu Yixuan said softly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he hesitated again.

When Wanyan Hong heard that Liu Yixuan was going to hit his sister's attention, he immediately frowned. Although he felt that this scholar in Song State had some talent, he was far from qualified to be his brother-in-law. Besides, in the eyes of these Jurchens, the Han people are cowardly races and cannot marry them.

"What? Do you want to hit my sister's attention?" Wanyan Hong glared at her eyes, obviously not a good expression.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Yixuan immediately changed his words and said, "No, no, how dare I? I mean, your sister... kept locking us master and servant in the study of the government office, which made it very inconvenient for us. I want to ask the general, can we let us go?"

"Oh, it turns out that this is the matter. It's easy to say. Since you have become our clerk and an official in the government office, you will naturally not detain you again!" Wanyan Hong turned around and said to Wanyan Xueer: "Little sister, since Mr. Liu has made great contributions, don't send anyone to guard them again!"

Wanyan Xueer said: "Okay, but they can't live too far, they have to be on call!"

"Okay, then let's arrange for them to live in the inn on the east side of the government office!" Wanyan Hong said.

"Why is it an inn? We want to find a place to live by ourselves!" Liu Yixuan knew that they were worried about themselves, fearing that they would secretly monitor their whereabouts. In that case, it would be inconvenient for his next plan.

"How can that work? The Song army is now besieging the city. We need someone like you to act as an envoy to contact the Song army. If you run away or hide, where will we find someone like you?" Wanyan Xueer said.

Liu Yixuan had no choice but to agree to their request. "Okay, just the inn is the inn, it's better than that dark and small study!"

...

Not to mention how Liu Yixuan deals with the enemy in the city, just talk about Zong Ze's order to withdraw his troops.

Hu Yanqing, Yuan Mengqi, and Wang Zichun were originally ordered to go to the city to call the formation. They planned to kill one or two enemy generals in front of the formation to destroy the might of the Jin people. Unexpectedly, Liu Yixuan sang this in front of the formation, and the three of them returned in depressed and returned in depressed.

Hu Yanzhuo came into the tent and asked Zong Ze: "Marson, we are cursing under the city, why did the Jin retreat?"

When Zong Ze saw the three generals come back, he took out Liu Yixuan's letter and said, "This is a letter sent by Mr. Liu. If you read it, you will naturally understand."

The three of them took the letter and read it, and the letter read:

"The wealthy master is virtuous and superior to heaven, and Ye Sihuang's grace has not been asleep for a long time.

There were thousands of soldiers stationed in the East City, and the food and grass were accumulated in front of the gate.

Fire leveraged the wind to burn Han territory, and raised troops to destroy the Central Plains.

The city walls are as solid as iron, and the destruction is only in the middle of chatting and laughing!”

After reading the prince, he understood Liu Yixuan’s intentions, and then smiled knowingly and said, “Oh, so that’s it. Brother Liu is really smart. It’s really admirable to send us information in this way!”

However, Hu Yanqing's martial arts man was born, and he did not see the information implicit in the letter. When he saw Wang Zichun saying this, he felt even more cloudy and mist. He hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what did you say in the letter? No matter how I look at it, I'm flattering the Jin people!"

When everyone saw Hu Yanqing was puzzled, they laughed at him. When Hu Yanqing saw everyone laughing at him, he scratched his head and said, "You are all people who have been to the Imperial Academy, why do you laugh at me as a rough man? This letter wrote a flattering poem, how can you find any information?"

Prince Chun hurriedly stepped forward and pointed it at him, "General Huyan, look carefully again. Mr. Liu's poem is a 'hidden poem'!"

"Hidden Poem?" Hu Yanqing looked at the first words of each line of the poem again. It turned out to be a hidden poem. When it was connected, it was: "The east gate of Jin (today) night, the fire broke out in the city!"

"Oh, so that's what it means. Huh, you scholars can actually play with these tricks!" Hu Yanqing said with a smile.

Zong Ze said: "Young Master Liu stole the enemy ship overnight and today he sacrificed his life to sneak into the enemy camp. It is true that he is both wise and brave. It is also a blessing for the country to have such a young talent in the Song Dynasty! Although this kind of hidden poem is a common word game played by our Central Plains literati, the Jin people have not seen it. You are a clever use of the name of sending letters to advise our army not to forcibly attack the city, which shows his good intentions.

Everyone, please come to see what Mr. Liu said in his letter, 'Tonight the East Gate will be burned,' it shows that he is going to set fire in the city tonight. He wants us to attack the East Gate overnight while the city is inflating fire!"

Only then did everyone understand the true meaning of Liu Yixuan's letter, and they all secretly admired his wit and talent.

"Oh, so that's what it means. Mr. Liu is worthy of being the descendant of the prime minister. He really dares to think and do it!" Even Ma Menglong, the governor of Runan, who has always been prejudiced to Liu Yixuan, secretly exclaimed.

Just as the generals were admiring, Zong Ze stood up and said, "All the generals obey the orders! From now on, the villages will strictly guard the gates and will not go to fight privately. After dark, the generals can lead their troops to gather at the east gate secretly. The first update is to make a meal, and the second update is to raise troops. When the fire in the east of the city is on fire, they will come out from all directions and go straight to Puyang!"

"Get orders!"
Chapter completed!
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