Chapter 786: Guaranteed Replacement if Fake

"Well"

Ma Teng looked at the letter presented by Matthew and smiled.

"Yes."

Ma Xiu said happily: "Does father have a solution?"

Ma Teng nodded and ordered: "Summon the military secretary."

"Here!"

The personal guards left in response. After a while, a scribe came over and bowed to Ma Teng: "I wonder what General Ma has ordered?"

These scribes were all from poor families. When Liu Ye was in charge of Guanzhong, he ordered the recruitment of students from poor families as secretaries in the army. The pay was quite generous, so many unsuccessful scholars joined the army. After all, the selection of talents in the Han Dynasty was still based on the inspection system, which is the so-called "recruitment of filial piety and integrity". Although it was said to recommend local people with outstanding morals, they were generally used by wealthy families to install their children, so that later Cao Cao Suffering from the fact that there was no one available, he issued an order to seek talents and advocated meritocracy, which inevitably offended the aristocratic family.

Naturally, Liu Ye's methods were not so radical. Children of aristocratic families still had to use them, but talented people from poor families also had to be employed. Anyway, the military power was firmly in his hands, so he directly added them to the army.

"Come up and take a look. Is it possible that the handwriting on this letter is imitated?"

Ma Teng waved, and the secretary stepped forward, respectfully picked up Lei Tong's letter, looked at it for a few times, and replied: "You are not talented, you should be able to imitate six or seven points."

"Well, then you should listen to what I said and change it."

Ma Teng ordered, and the secretary wrote on the side. Although Lei Tong's previous letter stated that Ma Teng would lead his army to attack the city, he did not express his pressure. He just asked Yan Yan to continue to guard Fuling. .

But Ma Teng said: "The number of enemy reinforcements exceeds 10,000, and they attack Jiangzhou day and night. The soldiers in the city have suffered heavy casualties. General, please be sure to send reinforcements, otherwise Jiangzhou will be in danger!"

The clerk's forehead was sweating and his writing was erratic. Shortly after Ma Teng finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief and finally finished writing.

Ma Teng turned to Matthew and said, "You tomorrow"

Matthew nodded excitedly.

The second day.

The sun slowly rose above the horizon, spreading golden light over Fuling City, and the tens of thousands of troops inside and outside the city also woke up.

The soldiers above the city were on strict alert. Although the Liangzhou army outside the city had not made any plans to attack the city, they did not dare to relax.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the city.

"what happened?"

"I don't know. There was a commotion in the enemy camp. I don't know what happened."

While the Yizhou soldiers on the city wall were talking, they saw a commotion in the Liangzhou Army's barracks outside the city. Several riders were charging into the Liangzhou Army's barracks. The clothes and armor they wore were obviously those of the Yizhou Army. , while the Yizhou soldiers were excited to see this scene, they couldn't help but feel worried for these brothers.

"Kill out, quickly!"

The three Yizhou Army cavalry were shouting and screaming in the Liangzhou Army, charging left and right. The Liangzhou Army was naturally angry that just three people rushed to the formation, so they surrounded and killed them. However, the three Yizhou Army cavalry were always able to find a way out, and they managed to escape from the encirclement and interception of a group of Liangzhou soldiers and rushed towards Fuling City.

Seeing the three cavalrymen rushing over, the Yizhou soldiers on the top of the city couldn't help but cheer loudly, but the officers among them were embarrassed. Should they open the city gate for them later? If the city gate is not opened, these three brothers will most likely not be able to get out. If the city gate is opened, it will be bad if the Liangzhou Army catches the opportunity.

Three Yizhou cavalrymen came galloping over. The horses were afraid to cross the trench when they encountered it. However, under the urging of the three knights, they still crossed the trench and galloped towards Fuling City.

Without saying a word, the leader of the Yizhou cavalry took out his horn-riding bow, aimed it at the top of the city, and shot an arrow.

Whoosh!

I saw a heavy arrow nailed to the pillar of the city tower, with a letter tied to it. Then the three Yizhou cavalry turned around and left without saying a word. The Liangzhou army naturally refused to let them go. He mobilized troops and horses to pursue them, not intending to let them go.

Although the Yizhou soldiers at the top of the city were worried about the life and death of the three comrades, they could not open the city gate and fight out, so they could only pray silently.

A military prince stepped forward, grabbed the arrow, and tried hard to pull it out, but could not pull it out. The arrow was very hard, so it penetrated the pillar quite deeply. He finally pulled it out and took down the letter on it. , hurriedly presented it to Yan Yan.

The county government office in the city.

Yan Yan unfolded the letter in his hand and read it from top to bottom, frowning deeply.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the hall, and a black-faced general rushed in. It was Wu Lan.

"General!"

Wu Lan said loudly: "But did Jiangzhou send a letter to the general? What did the letter say?"

Yan Yan nodded: "Yes, Lieutenant Lei said that Liangzhou Army Zhenbei General Ma Teng led tens of thousands of troops to surround Jiangzhou City. Now they are attacking every day, and they are already unable to hold on."

"What?" Wu Lan couldn't help being surprised. Jiangzhou was an important town in Bashu. If something went wrong, the consequences would be disastrous. But now Lei Tong only has 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. If Jiangzhou is captured, the enemy army will not only be able to unite and attack Fuling, but even force Chengdu.

Without any time to think about it, Wu Lan cupped his fists and said, "Please general allocate 3,000 soldiers and horses to a certain person, so that a certain person can rush into Jiangzhou City at night and join forces with Lei Tong."

Yan Yan frowned: "Are you qualified?"

Wu Lan has always been reckless in character, so Yan Yan usually takes him with him and listens to his instructions under the tent, rarely letting him lead the army alone, so after hearing this request, he couldn't help but frown a little.

Wu Lan said loudly: "There are still more than ten thousand enemy troops outside Fuling City. The old general must personally guard it. Who else can I do to rescue Jiangzhou?"

Yan Yan pondered for a while and then had to say: "Okay, I will order you to lead three thousand troops and horses back to Jiangzhou to assist Jiangzhou, but you will obey my orders in everything, like this, like this. Do you understand?"

Wu Lan cupped his fists and said, "Here!"

That night.

The Liangzhou Army was brightly lit, but the soldiers on patrol could not help but feel a little slack. After all, the Liangzhou Army did not take the initiative to attack the city in the past few days, and the Yizhou Army in the city did not take the initiative to attack either. Therefore, the two armies were at peace for a while. If nothing happens, the Liangzhou army can't help but slack off.

The Liangzhou soldiers on patrol couldn't help but yawned and cursed why the next group of soldiers didn't come to take over.

And at this moment——

"kill!"

The two east gates of Fuling City suddenly opened, and the Yizhou soldiers in the city suddenly came out. They were in the dark, and they didn't know how many people there were at the moment. Each of these Yizhou soldiers had torches in their hands, and there were countless torches high in the sky. lift.