Chen Jiang and Yu Ze, under the leadership of Sun Yan, came to the courtyard of the Taishou Mansion. Sun Yan turned his head and said apologetically to the two of them: "Two generals, please wait for a moment again, and wait for me to report to General Gongsun." ”

"Go, go, go." Chen Jiang knew that this was a procedure that had to be followed, so he waved his hand at Sun Yan and said reasonably: "The two of us are waiting here." ”

After waiting in the courtyard for a while, Sun Yan walked out of the hall, came to the front of the two of them, nodded and said, "Two generals, General Gongsun is invited!" ”

The two came to the main hall and saw Gongsun Fan sitting in the middle, although they were extremely dissatisfied with him in their hearts, but no matter what, the other party was the younger brother of their lord, so they could only step forward side by side to salute and say respectfully: "The last general will see General Gongsun." ”

"Excuse me!" Gongsun Fan waved his hand at the two of them, and said impatiently: "Today, Li Shao led his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, but was defeated by the soldiers and horses of Guan Zhang and the others. General Ben brought you here to ask, do you have any way to retreat from Guan Zhang's army? ”

Chen Jiang and Yu glanced at each other, then shook their heads and said, "General Gongsun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are excellent in martial arts, and no one in the city is their opponent. In the opinion of the general, we can only hold on behind closed doors until they run out of food......"

"Wait for the Jizhou army to run out of food?!" Before Chen Jiang's words were finished, Gongsun Fan snorted coldly and said, "Don't you know that the grain and grass from Jizhou are being transported to Qingzhou in a steady stream?" Not to mention the 30,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, even if the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves who surrendered in the early stage, they still have enough food and grass supply. ”

"General Gongsun," Yu took a step forward and said to Gongsun Fan, who was sitting in the middle, "Anyway, if we want to defend the city, we can only keep our doors closed. As long as we can hold on for two months, the lord's reinforcements should be there. ”

"The lord's reinforcements?!" Gongsun Fan sneered twice and said, "Don't forget, the three brothers Liu Bei led tens of thousands of troops to rescue Qingzhou. As a result, not to mention the loss of tens of thousands of troops, Liu Bei was also captured in Yecheng, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became the pawns of Jizhou. Do you think that under my brother, which other generals can be as brave as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei? ”

"Out of the city to fight, our army is not the opponent of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." Chen Jiang stubbornly said: "If General Gongsun is not willing to defend the city, it is better to simply surrender Jizhou." ”

"Presumptuous!" Without waiting for Chen Jiang to finish speaking, Gongsun Fan slapped the several cases in front of him hard, and said in a stern tone: "Even if General Ben dies in battle, he will definitely not surrender Jizhou." ”

"Since General Gongsun is unwilling to surrender," although Chen Jiang had a good personal relationship with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he was each his own master at the moment, so he said resolutely: "Then the last general is willing to wish you a helping hand and fight to the death with the soldiers and horses of Jizhou." ”

When Gongsun Fan heard Chen Jiang say this, he secretly thought that from the time the two of them entered the door to the present, what they heard the most was this sentence, there were originally more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, Li Shao went out of the city to meet the enemy and lost almost 8,000, and half of the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were Chen Jiang and Yu Ze's subordinates, and he couldn't mobilize them at all. At this moment, Chen Jiang and others have made it clear that they are willing to be in the same boat with them, so the next thing will be easy to do.

In order to let Chen Jiang, Yu Ze and others work for themselves, Gongsun Fan said hypocritically: "General Chen, General Yu, this general has been deceived by Li Shao, a traitorous villain, and you have been wronged. Now that your soldiers and horses are on standby in the barracks, you should go back to the barracks as soon as possible and lead the soldiers to the city wall to defend. ”

Hearing Gongsun Fan say this, Yu Ze's eyebrows couldn't help but rise, and just when he wanted to have a seizure, he was stopped by Chen Jiang. Chen Jiang arched his hand to Gongsun Fan and said, "The last general will obey the order." The last general went back to the camp and took up his men and horses, and went up to the city wall to defend the city. The end will be retired! ”

After the two withdrew from the Taishou Mansion, Yu Ze grabbed Chen Jiang and asked puzzledly: "Brother Chen, you almost died under Gongsun Fan's hands, why do you still have to work for him?" ”

Chen Jiang looked at Yu Ze and said with a wry smile: "Don't you understand, if we don't send troops to defend the city, it won't be long before Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses can capture the city." Once the city is broken, do you think we can be left alone? He raised his hand and patted Yu Ze lightly on the back twice, adding, "Let's go back to the barracks early, and lead the troops to the city wall, no matter what, we can't let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's men and horses rush into the city." ”

"Brother Chen," Yu Ze heard Chen Jiang say this, and couldn't help but ask with some confusion: "Aren't you and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have a good personal relationship, why do you have to meet them in battle?" Gongsun Fan is not benevolent, so don't blame us for being unjust, we simply opened the city gate and let the Jizhou army enter the city. ”

"Yu Ze," Chen Jiang heard Yu Ze say this, and hurriedly covered his mouth, looked left and right, and saw that no one nearby noticed him, so he lowered his voice and said with a solemn expression: "No matter what kind of contradiction there is between us and Gongsun Fan, please remember one thing, he is always the subordinate brother of the lord." Since the Lord has sent us to assist him, we must follow his commands. Just now, you said that it was okay in front of me, but don't say it in front of others, otherwise you and I will be killed. ”

"Don't worry, Brother Chen." Yu Ze said to Chen Jiang: "I am just complaining in front of you, and I will never say such a thing in front of outsiders." ”

"It's not too early, you and I will quickly return to the barracks." Chen Jiang urged: "Immediately organize soldiers and horses to defend the city on the city wall, and don't let Guan Yu Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses take the opportunity to attack the city." ”

After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei defeated Li Shao and captured thousands of Youzhou soldiers, Zhang Fei also asked Guan Yu: "Second brother, the Youzhou soldiers are newly defeated, and the defenders in the city must be panicking, we might as well attack the city now, right?" ”

Who knew that Guan Yu considered that Chen Jiang and Yu Ze in the city were his friends, and if he ordered the soldiers and horses to attack the city at this moment, he might meet the opponent's soldiers, so after hesitating for a while, he said to Zhang Fei: "I will wait and collect the troops and return to the camp, and when the lord's army arrives tomorrow, it will not be too late to talk about the siege." ”

After camping in the south of the city, Guan Yu came to the outside of the village, looked at the city in the distance, saw countless figures shaking on the head of the city, guessed that it must be the defenders in the city who were arranging the rolling wood and stones, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, thinking that after all, it was inevitable to meet the familiar people, if the other party fell into his hands, would he kill or let them go?

"Second brother, I know what you're thinking." Zhang Fei walked to Guan Yu's side and said to him: "Although Chen Jiang and Yu have a good relationship with us, but now they are their own masters, if you don't kill them during the war, they will kill you, so don't be depressed anymore." ”