The Beacon of Kyushu

Suddenly, a soldier staggered into the hall, shouting: "General Liu, something bad is going on! You... please send troops quickly to rescue Lord Kou. If you are late, I'm afraid the Kou will be killed." Your Excellency...will also die for the country!"

The four people in the hall followed the sound and saw that the soldier was dusty and covered in blood. Only the letter in his hand was not stained with blood. They were all shocked.

Liu Cheng stood up from his chair instinctively and said anxiously: "Tell me quickly, what happened to Mr. Hou?"

"General Liu, Mr. Hou fell into the enemy's trick and has died outside Beining City. Mr. Kou is also surrounded by the enemy in the city and is in danger!" He handed the letter to Liu Cheng with both hands and said, "This is You will understand after reading the letter for help that Lord Kou sent Xiao to risk his life!"

Liu Cheng quickly took the letter and read it from beginning to end. His face suddenly turned pale, "It's terrible! It's completely terrible now! No wonder Mr. Hou didn't send a reply for so long. It turned out that such a big thing happened." !”

Sun Quanxing asked: "General Liu, what exactly was written in the letter? I have only been away from Mr. Hou for a few days. Could it be that he..."

Liu Cheng said in a trembling voice: "The letter said that a few days ago, the Beining garrison faked a surrender. Master Hou and Kou Tongpan were not aware of it and were lured into the city. Late at night two days ago, the garrison secretly informed Jiang Juwang, who was stationed near Beining. Li Ying Wai cooperated and killed Master Hou. Kou Tongpan, surrounded by soldiers, retreated to the nearby barren mountains. Now he is surrounded by enemy troops and his life is always in danger! "

Sun Quanxing stamped his feet and said: "General Liu, let's lead our troops to break the siege of Tongsuan, otherwise once the imperial court blames us, we will all be doomed!"

Liu Cheng shook his head, handed the letter to Wan Jianfeng and said: "Wan Shaoxia, please help me check if there is anything fishy in this letter. Don't fall into the enemy's trap easily."

Wan Jianfeng took the letter and said with a wry smile: "Hahaha, tiger painting, old tiger painting, it knows me, but I don't know it! Not to mention the words on this letter, I don't recognize even half of the words on it, even if I don't recognize it, I know every word, but I can’t understand the elegant writing!”

Murong Yunyao snatched the letter, read it carefully, and said: "The calligraphy on the letter is indeed Brother Pingzhong's handwriting. This girl must recognize it correctly! Let's lead the army to rescue him as soon as possible, otherwise we will be late. , but it’s too late to regret it!”

"What Miss Murong said is absolutely true, we will send troops right now!" He said and strode out of the hall, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly felt that his sleeve seemed to be grabbed by someone. He turned around and saw that the person pulling him was Wan Jianfeng. He couldn't help being slightly startled, "Wan Shaoxia, you..."

Wan Jianfeng said: "General Liu, we can't go!"

Liu Cheng asked in confusion: "Master Wan, why can't we go?"

Wan Jianfeng pointed at the letter and said, "I thought about it for a moment, but there's something wrong with this letter!"

Liu Cheng said: "Didn't you just say you couldn't understand? Why are you saying something is wrong now?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said, "Haha, although I can't quite understand the content of the letter, I can still understand the seal on it!"

Liu Cheng thought to himself: "The letter is indeed the seal of Kou Tongpan! Didn't you see the four characters 'Kou Pingzhong Seal'?"

Wan Jianfeng seemed to be angry and laughed, and said helplessly: "General Liu, can't you have a bright idea? You don't even think about any official who writes a letter asking for help and does not have an official seal on the letter, but a private seal. Besides, If it says Kou Ping Zhong's seal, it must be Kou Tongpan's seal? If the enemy engraves the words 'Wan Jianfeng Seal', does that square seal belong to me?"

"Wan Shaoxia is right, we must not be fooled!" Liu Cheng nodded, sat back in his chair, and said loudly: "Come here, lock up this soldier who delivered the message to me. Without my order, who can You are not allowed to release people without authorization!”

Upon hearing the sound, the guard at the door quickly walked into the hall, grabbed the arm of the messenger soldier, and pulled him out of the hall. Upon seeing this, the soldier who delivered the letter shouted: "General Liu, this letter is true! You have to believe me! The safety of Lord Kou and the tens of thousands of troops on the middle route is entirely in your hands. You must not ignore death!"

Seeing the soldier who delivered the message being pulled out, Sun Quanxing said anxiously: "General Liu, do you want to conserve your strength and seize the first credit after Lord Kou dies for his country? If you insist on doing this, don't blame me for sending a letter to the official. At home, let the officials punish you!" Wan Jianfeng looked at Sun Quanxing and said: "General Sun, I remember that you are always dissatisfied seven times, angry eight times, and unambiguous one hundred and twenty times. If you want the truth to save us, why don’t you bring your men to save us?”

Sun Quanxing glared at Wan Jianfeng and said: "You damn beggar, I only have three thousand men under my command. If you ask me to save people, aren't you asking me to die?"

Murong Yunyao also said: "You stinky beggar, do you want to see brother Pingzhong die just based on that unreliable evidence? If he really dies, I can't spare you!"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "Hey, just now I said that my brother Ping Zhong is innocent, but now you are so anxious. But no matter how anxious you are, even if you are so anxious that you want to kill me with a sword, I can't watch what's ahead of me. Fire pit, take General Liu and the entire Eastern Route Army and jump into it!"

Murong Yunyao was already impatient, but when she heard Wan Jianfeng making fun of her, her heart suddenly became angry and she actually pulled out the long sword in her hand. However, instead of killing Wan Jianfeng with one sword, she strode out of the main hall and disappeared into the sky on tiptoe.

Wan Jianfeng hurriedly chased him out and floated on the wall. When he looked around, there was no trace of Murong Yunyao. Wan Jianfeng stomped his foot so hard that several tiles from the wall were knocked off, "This little witch is really making me mad! If I, the young hero, go to save you, Doluo Village will have to do it if you can't." Something happened, but what will you do if you stay in Duoluo Village?"

Liu Cheng also walked out at this moment, stood under the wall, raised his head and said: "Wan Shaoxia, didn't you just say that what was written in the letter was false? I think even if Miss Murong really went to Beining, she must be safe and sound. You should stay in Duoluo Village, otherwise the East Route Army will be in trouble!"

Wan Jianfeng nodded and said: "General Liu, if you insist on letting me stay, then write a letter to Mr. Hou immediately, otherwise the King of Heaven will never want to keep me!"

Liu Cheng said hurriedly: "Okay, Wan Shaoxia, don't worry, I will write it now!"

Wan Jianfeng sighed and looked in the direction of Beining City, his eyes full of worry.

A hundred miles away, Beining City.

The midday sun scorches the earth and burns everyone's heart.

Hou Renbao was sitting in the study room of the government office, looking anxiously towards the Baiteng River, and kept sighing, "Well, when I was in Yongzhou before, I often heard people mention Liu Cheng, saying how heroic he was and how good he was in both civil and military affairs. It's all bullshit! Even if you can't defeat Bai Tengjiang, I have written you so many letters in the past few days, so you should at least reply to one!"

"Dang, Dang, Dang..." Suddenly there was an unhurried knock on the door outside the study, interrupting Hou Renbao's thoughts. Hou Renbao glanced at the door angrily and blurted out: "Who is it? Stop knocking! Come in if you need anything."

Following his words, the door was slowly pushed open, and Wang Shaozuo walked in with a smile, "Sir, what's wrong with you? I think you don't look straight, but you are sick!"

Hou Renbao shook his head and said: "Who do I think it is? It turns out to be General Wang. Do you have anything to do with me?"

Wang Shaozuo asked tentatively: "Sir, I wonder if General Liu's side is going well. Has there been any good news recently?"

Hou Renbao sighed and said: "Well, to be honest with General Wang, I am worried about this matter! You said that although General Liu did not attack Bai Dangjiang in the past few months, he at least knew how to write letters to ask for help, but now there is no success. , and he didn’t ask for help. I wrote to him to ask about the situation, but he didn’t reply. What’s going on!”

Wang Shaozuo said, "Sir, in my opinion, he deliberately did not communicate with you."

Hou Renbao asked in confusion: "Why?" (End of Chapter)