Chapter 236 Seeing through the trap
"It's over, everything is over." Feng Ji thought to himself: "It's a matter of fact that Feng Li and the others colluded with the Han family in private, which is a foregone conclusion. However, the lord was blinded by their sweet words. Not only did they not punish them, but they also rewarded and comforted them with kind words. It seems that Yecheng cannot be saved, and I should have made plans early."
Just as Feng Ji was thinking about it on the road, Qian Zhao, who escaped from death, Feng Li and the others were riding back to the north gate. Feng Li looked around and saw that there was no suspicious person following him, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Qian Zhao: "Zi Jing, if you hadn't been smart and decisively killed that small school, then you and I might have lost your head at this moment."
"Be careful!" Unexpectedly, Qian Zhao stopped him: "In public, can some words be said casually? Hurry up, let's go back to the north gate first."
After returning to the city tower at the north gate, Qianzhao beat the idle people and others out, he asked Feng Li thoughtfully: "Feng Li, do you think your lord believes what I said?"
Feng Li frowned and thought for a while, and said in an uncertain tone: "I probably believed it, otherwise we wouldn't have left so smoothly."
Qian Zhao sneered and said, "Yuan Benchu is narrow-minded and suspicious. I guess he is half-believing and half-doubted about what we say. Although he gave us silk on the surface, he was so kind of comforting, but it was just to win people's hearts. I dare say that he must have sent spies to monitor you and me nearby."
"What, there is a spy?" Hearing Qian Zhao say this, Feng Li hurriedly looked around, and asked nervously: "Where is he?"
"I don't know." Qian Zhao replied very simply, "but he must be hiding in a place where you and I can't see him, but he can see you and me."
"What should we do now?" Feng Li, who was silent, asked Qianzhao nervously: "Do you still open the door for Han Tinghou according to the original plan?"
"It may not work tonight." Qian Zhao shook his head and said, "Since Yuan Benchu is suspicious of you and me, how could he let go so easily? Every move of you and me is probably under the surveillance of the people he sent." Speaking of this, he sighed, "It's a pity that when you went to meet with Han Tinghou, you didn't discuss the contact code in front of the city gate. In this way, we can only take risks with our own strength."
"I hope to hear the details."
"You want to send someone out of the city." Qian Zhao said to Feng Li: "Let this person report to Han Tinghou, saying that Yuan Benchu is suspicious of me and the other two. If he attacks according to the plan tonight, he may fall into the trap. Please lead his troops to Yecheng at the same time in two days, and we will open the city gate for him."
Feng Li agreed to the proposal proposed by Qianzhao without thinking. He stood up and went to find a confidant, and fell from the city wall tomorrow and rushed to the Jizhou military camp to report the news.
After Han Zhan learned about the situation of Qianzhao and Feng Li from the messenger sent by Feng Li, he ordered his servants: "Come on, take the messenger to rest. After I finish the discussion, it will not be too late to ask him out."
After Feng Li's messenger left, Han Zhan asked Wenwu who was sitting in the conference hall: "Everyone, tell me, should I enter the city again?"
"Lord," the first person to stand out from the queue to speak was Han Zhan's cousin Xun You. He said respectfully to Han Zhan: "I think this matter is suspicious." Seeing Han Zhan's astonished look, he continued to say, "Everyone knows Yuan Benchu's character. Since he was suspicious of Qianzhao and Feng Li, why didn't he remove them from their posts, but instead let them continue to serve as the guards of the North Gate? Aren't he afraid that these two people really colluded with us in private, and opened the city gate while the moon was dark and windy night to welcome us into the city?"
"The difference in this statement." As soon as Xun You finished speaking, Guo Jia stood up and refuted him, "If there was a trap, Feng Li would not send someone to tell him specifically. I think Yuan Benchu didn't want to remove the two, but considering that our army is now at the city, if there is an internal strife, our army will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."
In Han Zhan's mind, Guo Jia's words were still very important. After listening to his analysis, Han Zhan hurriedly asked: "Fengxiao, how should Benhou reply to Feng Li and others? Should he enter the city as planned, or wait for another two days?"
"Anyway, Yecheng is already our pocket. The effect of entering two days earlier is similar to entering two days later." Guo Jia gave Han Zhan advice: "I think it's better to go two days later."
When he was calling the messenger back to Yecheng, Han Zhan also gave the other party a letter, which was a reply from Qianzhao, Feng Li and the other party, and how to use signals to contact each other at night.
Although Yuan Shao scolded Feng Ji in public, he still had doubts about what Feng Ji said. Although Qian Zhao said it without any hesitation, the school had just reported the letter to Feng Ji and went back to save him and was killed by Qian Zhao. There was no such coincidence in the world. It was precisely because of this that he secretly summoned his confidant Tao Sheng to the backyard.
Tao Sheng hurried to the backyard and bowed to Yuan Shao who was waiting here: "See the lord!"
"No gift!"
"I wonder what's the point of asking my lord to come down in a hurry?"
Yuan Shao was worried that what he said to Tao Sheng would be eavesdropped on others, so he said to him: "Tao Sheng, come here."
After hearing Yuan Shao's instructions, Tao Sheng couldn't help but be surprised and said secretly that Feng Li and the other two were loyal to their lords. How could the lord suspect that they would rebel? However, since Yuan Shao had given such an order, he did not dare to refute, so he could only honestly agree: "Please don't worry, lord, my subordinates will definitely live up to their mission."
Tao Sheng, Qian Zhao and Feng Li also had some friendship. After leaving the provincial governor's mansion, he headed straight to the north gate. The soldiers on duty in the city knew him, and when they saw him here, they hurriedly pointed to the city gate tower and said to him: "Mr. Tao, the two guards are drinking in the city gate tower."
Tao Sheng nodded to the sergeant, quickly came to the city building, and reached out to push open the two closed doors. Seeing Qian Zhao and Feng Li sitting opposite each other, drinking and having fun, he smiled and said, "Okay, you are here to drink and have fun again, but you have never sent anyone to call me."
When Feng Li and the other two saw that Tao Sheng was coming, they quickly got up and bowed their luggage, and greeted politely: "If the Lord doesn't dislike him, you might as well sit down and drink together."
Although Yuan Shao stipulated that drinking was not allowed in the army, that rule was aimed at ordinary soldiers, and it was useless for Qianzhao, Tao Sheng, Feng Li and others. The three of them closed the door and sat inside and drank happily.
After drinking for three rounds of dishes and five flavors, Tao Sheng asked tactfully: "I heard that the lord sent someone to capture the two of them this morning. I don't know what the matter is?"
"What else can it be?" Feng Li muttered: "Say we collude with the Jizhou army..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qian Zhao: "You are drunk, so hurry up and go back and rest." Qian Zhao then said to Tao Sheng, "He is drunk, don't be surprised."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Sheng slapped the table suddenly and said angrily: "Yuan Benchu is narrow-minded and skilled in scheming, and is not a wise ruler. I heard that Han Ting Hou is a hero in the world and is willing to go to serve, but unfortunately he has no way. The two brothers have extensive communication in Taiwan. I wonder if they can point out a clear way?"
"If you want to join Han Ting Hou, this is not a problem." Feng Li suddenly felt confused when he heard that Tao Sheng wanted to join Han Zhan, and then said carelessly: "I have a relationship with Han Ting Hou..."
Although Tao Sheng, Qian Zhao and others were familiar with each other, Qian Zhao was full of doubts about his uninvited arrival today. At this moment, seeing him constantly placing Feng Li's words, an ominous feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and he quickly stopped Feng Li and said, "You have drunk too much, so it's better to go back and rest early."
As he said that, Qian Zhao stood up, helped Feng Li to the door, called out the two soldiers outside and sent Feng Li back to rest. Then he turned around and returned to the room, bowed to Tao Sheng with his fists, and said apologetically: "Brother Tao, Feng Li drank too much today and was talking nonsense. Don't blame him."
"Lord," the first person to stand out from the queue to speak was Han Zhan's cousin Xun You. He said respectfully to Han Zhan: "I think this matter is suspicious." Seeing Han Zhan's astonished look, he continued to say, "Everyone knows Yuan Benchu's character. Since he was suspicious of Qianzhao and Feng Li, why didn't he remove them from their posts, but instead let them continue to serve as the guards of the North Gate? Aren't he afraid that these two people really colluded with us in private, and opened the city gate while the moon was dark and windy night to welcome us into the city?"
"The difference in this statement." As soon as Xun You finished speaking, Guo Jia stood up and refuted him, "If there was a trap, Feng Li would not send someone to tell him specifically. I think Yuan Benchu didn't want to remove the two, but considering that our army is now at the city, if there is an internal strife, our army will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."
In Han Zhan's mind, Guo Jia's words were still very important. After listening to his analysis, Han Zhan hurriedly asked: "Fengxiao, how should Benhou reply to Feng Li and others? Should he enter the city as planned, or wait for another two days?"
"Anyway, Yecheng is already our pocket. The effect of entering two days earlier is similar to entering two days later." Guo Jia gave Han Zhan advice: "I think it's better to go two days later."
When he was calling the messenger back to Yecheng, Han Zhan also gave the other party a letter, which was a reply from Qianzhao, Feng Li and the other party, and how to use signals to contact each other at night.
Although Yuan Shao scolded Feng Ji in public, he still had doubts about what Feng Ji said. Although Qian Zhao said it without any hesitation, the school had just reported the letter to Feng Ji and went back to save him and was killed by Qian Zhao. There was no such coincidence in the world. It was precisely because of this that he secretly summoned his confidant Tao Sheng to the backyard.
Tao Sheng hurried to the backyard and bowed to Yuan Shao who was waiting here: "See the lord!"
"No gift!"
"I wonder what's the point of asking my lord to come down in a hurry?"
Yuan Shao was worried that what he said to Tao Sheng would be eavesdropped on others, so he said to him: "Tao Sheng, come here."
After hearing Yuan Shao's instructions, Tao Sheng couldn't help but be surprised and said secretly that Feng Li and the other two were loyal to their lords. How could the lord suspect that they would rebel? However, since Yuan Shao had given such an order, he did not dare to refute, so he could only honestly agree: "Please don't worry, lord, my subordinates will definitely live up to their mission."
Tao Sheng, Qian Zhao and Feng Li also had some friendship. After leaving the provincial governor's mansion, he headed straight to the north gate. The soldiers on duty in the city knew him, and when they saw him here, they hurriedly pointed to the city gate tower and said to him: "Mr. Tao, the two guards are drinking in the city gate tower."
Tao Sheng nodded to the sergeant, quickly came to the city building, and reached out to push open the two closed doors. Seeing Qian Zhao and Feng Li sitting opposite each other, drinking and having fun, he smiled and said, "Okay, you are here to drink and have fun again, but you have never sent anyone to call me."
When Feng Li and the other two saw that Tao Sheng was coming, they quickly got up and bowed their luggage, and greeted politely: "If the Lord doesn't dislike him, you might as well sit down and drink together."
Although Yuan Shao stipulated that drinking was not allowed in the army, that rule was aimed at ordinary soldiers, and it was useless for Qianzhao, Tao Sheng, Feng Li and others. The three of them closed the door and sat inside and drank happily.
After drinking for three rounds of dishes and five flavors, Tao Sheng asked tactfully: "I heard that the lord sent someone to capture the two of them this morning. I don't know what the matter is?"
"What else can it be?" Feng Li muttered: "Say we collude with the Jizhou army..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qian Zhao: "You are drunk, so hurry up and go back and rest." Qian Zhao then said to Tao Sheng, "He is drunk, don't be surprised."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Sheng slapped the table suddenly and said angrily: "Yuan Benchu is narrow-minded and skilled in scheming, and is not a wise ruler. I heard that Han Ting Hou is a hero in the world and is willing to go to serve, but unfortunately he has no way. The two brothers have extensive communication in Taiwan. I wonder if they can point out a clear way?"
"If you want to join Han Ting Hou, this is not a problem." Feng Li suddenly felt confused when he heard that Tao Sheng also wanted to join Han Zhan, and then said carelessly: "I have a relationship with Han Ting Hou..."...
Although Tao Sheng, Qian Zhao and others were familiar with each other, Qian Zhao was full of doubts about his uninvited arrival today. At this moment, seeing him constantly placing Feng Li's words, an ominous feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and he quickly stopped Feng Li and said, "You have drunk too much, so it's better to go back and rest early."
Chapter completed!