Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289 The Disturbance of a Letter

After the first battle in the canyon, because Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Kuai Yue, Han Dang and others led troops to help, Cheng Pu, Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi and others were saved.

Two days later, the group returned to Leiyang City with more than 7000 soldiers and horses.

Cheng Pu was seriously injured. After being treated by doctors, his life was no longer in danger, but he was in a coma when he came out of the canyon, and he has not woken up yet.

After Sun Ce and Zhu Zhi were treated, they had no problem walking.

No, in the mansion, Sun Ce and Zhu Zhi are telling Han Dang, Kuai Yue, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others about the whole process of the war, from the siege of Bian County to the battle in the canyon.

"That is to say, our army has invested a total of [-] soldiers and horses in this battle..." Han Dang concluded after listening to Sun Ce and Zhu Zhi:
"Zhu Zhi had [-] defenders in Bian County. After being besieged by the enemy, Cheng Pu and Bo Fu went to support with [-] soldiers and horses after learning the news. Finally, General Guan Yu and I led [-] troops. Soldiers and horses support.

Of the 7000 soldiers and horses, after this battle, there were more than 5000 left, which means that we lost more than [-] soldiers and horses in the first battle.

Moreover, half of the [-] soldiers and horses are elite soldiers! "

Kuai Yue thought to the side: The loss of [-] troops after the first battle was probably Sun Jian's biggest loss after he took over Jingzhou. It is estimated that Sun Jian will be furious this time, and there will be even bigger wars.

Sun Ce bowed his head, speechless.Zhu Zhi said: "This war started because of me. When the lord arrives, let him deal with it."

Sun Ce disagreed with this, and argued: "Uncle Zhu's fault was not the fault of this battle. In fact, the enemy's ambitions plotted against us in Jingzhou. This battle is inevitable. However, we did not know the enemy's background and strength beforehand, and let many soldiers die. There is also an unshirkable responsibility.”

Seeing this, Liu Bei smoothed things over and said: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. The two generals don't need to blame themselves too much. The most urgent task is to defend Leiyang City, and wait for the arrival of Wu Chenghou to make plans."

At this time, Kuai Yue said: "Since the enemy let us out of the canyon, I believe they will not attack in a short time. In addition to defending Leiyang City, we should also secretly send people to inquire about the details of the enemy, so as to know ourselves and the enemy. Can win every battle.”

Everyone agreed that now Leiyang City was taken over by Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi and others were recuperating, and the battle report was sent to Sun Jian quickly.

Ten days later, Zhang Liao sent someone to Leiyang City to deliver a letter, um, a paper letter with an envelope, written by Jia Xu himself to Sun Jian.

There are seven large characters on the front of the envelope: "Wu Cheng Hou Sun Jian personally signed."

At this moment, the letter is already in Han Dang's hands, because Sun Jian and the army have not yet arrived, so Han Dang looked at the words on the envelope and did not dare to open it without authorization. how to open.

Han Dang called Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi, and Kuai Yue, and showed the letter to them.

"This is a letter sent by the enemy general. It is said that it is a letter written by their general to the lord, and the lord needs to open it in person." Han Dang said: "It is still a few days before the lord can lead the army to Leiyang City. Put it here for now.

But, take a look, this letter is very strange, it is not bamboo slips, nor silk or parchment.I'm worried that there may be fraud in it, you should also take a look. "

The envelope was first in Sun Ce's hands. Sun Ce looked at it carefully, shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before."

Zhu Zhi looked at Ye and shook his head.

Kuai Yue took the envelope and touched it carefully, then looked at the seven characters on it, guessed in his heart, and said, "It's a bit like Caihou paper, but Caihou paper can't be used for writing. It will melt. Moreover, Caihou paper is cumbersome to make and consumes too much.

It must be a new kind of paper that can be used to write words.The inside is bulging, and the true letter should be inside. "

The paper of the envelope is khaki-colored, which is similar to the color of Caihou paper, but Kuai Yue has seen Caihou paper and thinks it is not as rough as Caihou paper.

"Caihou paper?" Zhu Zhi heard about it, and touched the envelope again: "Sure enough, it has the feeling of Caihou paper, but it is more delicate and smooth, and can write on it. I didn't expect there to be such a new paper, which is better than bamboo slips." I don't know how convenient it is?"

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Kuai Yue's heart was slightly shocked, and he thought: Yes, if this kind of paper replaces the bamboo slips, what will happen to the scholars all over the world when they read and write?
He kept this matter in his heart, thinking that if this kind of paper really came from Jiaozhou, he would like to take a look to see if it was easy to make.

Several people checked it carefully and found nothing wrong, so Han Dang carefully put away the letter.

A few days later, Sun Jian finally led an army of [-] to Leiyang City, accompanied by Pang Ji and others.

As for Zhao Xu, Kuai Liang, Zu Mao, etc., they were in Xiangyang City of Nanjun, defending Yuan Shu of Nanyang County.

"Is there any change in the enemy army?"

As soon as Sun Jian entered the city and came to the mansion, he asked: "The thief dares to kill my fifteen thousand soldiers, and he will definitely make him pay a heavy price!"

"Report to my lord, the enemy army did not go north after occupying the county seat. Moreover, a few days ago, the enemy general sent a letter, saying that their general personally wrote it to the lord."

Speaking of which, Han Dang took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Sun Jian, saying: "It says that the lord must personally sign it, but the lord can rest assured that he will check it repeatedly and find nothing wrong."

Seeing the envelope handed over by Han Dang, Sun Jian held it in his hand and looked carefully, wondering, "What is this? The words on it are a letter from the enemy general to me?"

Han Dang said: "My lord, Zhengzhengxin should be inside."

"inside?"

Sun Jian wondered, how to open it?Hesitantly, the envelope was sealed very well, and I couldn't find the opening for a while.In a fit of anger, Sun Jian tore the envelope in half. Sure enough, there was something inside, but it had been torn in half.

This scene was watched by Han Dang, Cheng Pu (barely able to walk), Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi, Kuai Yue, Pang Ji, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others present.

"Cough... this should be the enemy's suspicious formation, and I want to see this joke!" Sun Jian was slightly embarrassed, and took out the letter that had been torn in two and put it together, but he was stunned again: "It's all written. What is it, shit doesn't make sense, are they trying to humiliate me with this? Damn it!"

Everyone was surprised and puzzled, could it be that the enemy sent this strange letter just to humiliate Sun Jian.Out of curiosity about the content of the letter, Kuai Yue asked: "Master Hou, can we take a look at the content of the letter?"

"Crack!" Sun Jian slapped the two halves of the letter on the desk, and said, "Look at it, there's something written in it, but it doesn't make sense!"

Sun Jian was so angry that he realized that the letter was used to humiliate him.

Everyone gathered around to take a look, and their first reaction was also stupefied.

Zhang Fei, who couldn't read a few big characters, saw that the paper was full of things he didn't know, and immediately lost interest, and turned back to sit.

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(End of this chapter)