Outside Longcuo County, Bohai County, Liu Lan's big tent in the army.

There are only three people in the tent, Liu Lan, who is dressed in military uniform, is sitting on the main seat at this time, and Xu Chu is standing behind him, and Tian Yu is sitting on the right side, at this time Liu Lan's right hand fingers frequently hit the low machine in front of him, every time he knocks, it will make Tian Yu's heart chuckle, shaking his heart, although he knows that De Ran Gong is waiting, waiting for an appropriate time to give Longcao County a fatal blow, but such an aimless waiting will make people extremely nervous, he would rather fight at this moment, than wait here.

This is the second day of the army coming to Longcuo, after successfully setting up camp yesterday, Liu Lan issued an order to besiege the city today, but did not give the order to attack, for a small county like Longcuo, wanting to defend the city is tantamount to a fool's dream. It can be said that now is the time for the two sides to compete for will, as long as Zhang Jaw takes the lead and can't sit firmly, revealing his feet, then Liu Lan will grasp the fleeting opportunity and give him a fatal blow.

On the day Liu Lan came to Longcuo, he had to secretly rejoice that such a low city wall as Longcuo was completely an undefended castle, which was easy for Zhang Jaw to capture, but why was it not easy for him to attack? At the same time, he had two doubts in his heart, one was why Gongsun Zhan chose this place to store grain, and the other was what Zhang Jaw would plan to do when he insisted on holding on to it with no chance of winning!

Zhang Jaw will definitely choose to evacuate, but at this time, Liu Lan has a trace of doubts, under such strict observation by the sentinels, why didn't Zhang He run, and even there was no movement in Longcuo County, which made him a little unpredictable for a while, could it be that Zhang Jaw was going to play some tricks?

But fortunately, Liu Lan has time to wait. When he messed up, he now had an absolute advantage anyway. It's a sword. This allowed him to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, but only the most intimate people knew how seriously he took this battle. He pays more attention to the outcome of the battle than Gongsun Zhan, because it is not only related to countless lives, but also related to the rise and fall of the Zhen family.

And the success or failure of this war, how this war helped Gongsun Chan to exchange the greatest benefits at the lowest cost, and consume Yuan Shao's vital strength from it, has become Liu Lan's most important topic from the beginning of the war, so he does not plan to consume any soldier in a battlefield like a meat grinder like siege warfare.

"It's time to remind them!" Lu Long, who was beating the dwarf machine, suddenly stopped the movements of his hand and said to Tian Yu.

"What do you mean?" Tian Yu didn't dare to look at him uncertainly, unsure whether the word reminder in his mouth was a siege or something else.

"Smash it with a catapult. Just remind you to open your jaw! ”

In his memory, the catapult (thunderbolt) should have been invented by Liu Ye during the battle of Guandu, but he didn't expect that at this time there was already a catapult in the army, such a rudimentary siege weapon, but its siege effect obviously did not have the power of the thunderbolt, not only inconvenient to attack, the attack distance was close, and the hit rate was extremely low, and sometimes there would be a situation of smashing his own people, but at this time, for him, this catapult has become the best warning weapon. He had an even bolder idea in mind, because in later generations catapults were called catapults. If this is the case, then it must be a siege weapon that can be moved at will, like a mountain cannon, just like a chariot, so could he have put a cannon mount on a catapult in the future? After returning to Liaodong, you must talk to Ou Yejian about this matter.

At the same time that Tian Yu left the tent. Zhen Yan stepped into the account again and said, "Lord." ”

"How? Long Minato or no movement? ”

"Yes."

Zhen Yan paused, and said with a gloomy face: "This jaw won't play any tricks again!" ”

"If you don't know, don't think about it. It's good to keep the same for all changes. Although he said this to Zhen Yan, Liu Lan felt more like he was comforting himself. Zhang Jaw is too scheming and cunning, but at this time he has the ability to go to heaven and earth. It's useless anymore.

If there is no movement tomorrow, he can only attack Long Minao, this is the last thing he wants to happen, if he really arrives in such a field, then he really wants to fight with Zhang Jaw to break the net, suddenly looked up at Zhen Yan, and asked as if he was taking the exam: "If you come to lead the troops tomorrow, how will you attack the city?" ”

He has experienced a lot of siege warfare or field warfare for Liu Lan over the years, and he also has some experience, but there is no good way to do siege warfare.

Zhen Yan shook his head helplessly, he naturally understood the lord's thoughts, and said: "The method of siege is useless; The inside should be taken from the outside, and the two are used around; There is no food in the city, so we will attack in three ways, and our army can only attack one way at this time......"

After a pause, he continued: "There is also the intention to deter the enemy, and the army will surrender in the future, but judging from the current situation, Zhang Jaw will never surrender so easily!" ”

"Not bad......"

Before Liu Lan finished speaking, he saw Tian Yu hurriedly lift the curtain and enter, and said: "Deran Gong, Longcao County hanged a messenger, saying that he wanted to surrender!" ”

Slapped in the face? Liu Lan and Zhen Yan glanced at each other, they both looked at each other, and even asked suspiciously in their hearts: "Captain Tian, do you say it again?" ”

"Long Minato, please surrender!"

Tian Yu couldn't hide his excitement, but he also had a trace of worry in his heart, but the supreme commander of this expedition was Liu Lan, as for whether Long Minao's surrender was true or not, then it should not be himself who should be considered, but Liu Lan, and his mission was just to remind him from the side.

Liu Lan Huoran stood up, stomped a few steps on the spot with his back hand, frowned, and said to himself, please surrender? Could it be that the open jaw is going to make some tricks that can't be done? looked at Tian Yu and Zhen Yan, wanting to get the answers they wanted from the mouths of the two of them.

"I thought it was a plan, and if you really want to surrender, you can just open the gates, why so?" Xu Chu reminded in a low voice beside him.

"Zhong Kang's words are not unreasonable!" Liu Lan knows Xu Chu, although this person is ashamed to speak, but every time he says it, he can hit the nail on the head.

"Why don't you see the messenger making judgments?" Tian Yu spoke: "At that time, we can make arrangements according to what the envoy said!" ”

"I also agree with Captain Tian's proposal!" Zhen Yan echoed on the side.

"It's okay, the messenger is coming!"

As soon as the words came out, Liu Lan suddenly thought of some movie plots that he had seen in later generations. He continued: "Command to go down and send swords and axes to line up outside the tent." Let's give the envoy a dismount first! ”

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Soon, the envoy from Longminao County was brought, and it was a man in his thirties. A typical Hebei man, wearing a county lieutenant's uniform, although it is the middle of winter, his forehead is frequently oozing sweat, and his calves are trembling very vaguely, if it weren't for Liu Lan and Zhen Yan at this time swapping identities and sitting on the first place, he would not have seen this scene anyway.

It seems that this person was frightened by the formation outside the tent.

The county lieutenant of Longminao seemed to have come to the palace of the king of Hades, and his calves and stomach were swinging. Kneeling in the middle with a plop, he cried: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life!" ”

"Are you the county lieutenant of Longminao County?" Zhen Yan sat on the main seat, with a majestic posture, looked at the person in the uniform of a county lieutenant, and said sharply.

Liu Lan was very dissatisfied with the performance of the county lieutenant, how could the magistrate in charge of public security in a county be so bad, how could he not sigh about the corruption of the Han Dynasty. The county lieutenant knelt on the ground and replied tremblingly: "The next official is Wang Fu, the county lieutenant of Longcuo, I don't know what this general is called?" As he spoke, he secretly glanced up and squinted. When he saw the people on the seat, he was stunned, he never imagined that Gongsun Chan would send such a young general to come to Longcao.

But he would never dare to bully the other party's youth, after all, a young man of such an age can be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, if this person is incapable, he is a mediocre person. He never believed it in his heart.

"You don't even know who led the troops to surround your dragon minao?"

Liu Lan let out a sneer on the side, slapped the case and said, "Didn't he tell you when he sent you here?" Pointing to the outside of the tent, he said: "The banner outside the tent clearly writes the name of my lord!" ”

Liu Lan's move really scared the county lieutenant Wang Fu enough, and his legs were weak again. 'Bang' 'Bang' kowtowed: "The lower official is guilty, the lower official is guilty!" Secretly looked at Liu Lan. Seeing that he had a posture of dissipating his breath, he took a breath and said, "The thief will leave three days ago. Therefore, the villain does not know the name of the general! As he spoke, he peeked at Zhen Yan again.

What the? Jaw left three days ago? Everyone was taken aback, but Liu Lan always looked calm and calm, staring at him sharply, as if he could see through his heart, and said, "Then why don't you open the door and surrender early in the morning?" And wait until today to dedicate the city? ”

He didn't believe that the timid county lieutenant told the truth, he preferred to believe that this was another trick by Zhang Jaw, if so, the county lieutenant Wang Fu was by no means an ordinary person, because this person pretended to be too similar.

"The lower official and the county order wanted to open the door and surrender yesterday, but the county nobles refused, and they came after discussing all night!" Wang Fu didn't even have the courage to wipe the cold sweat from the corners of his forehead, and he was stared at by this heroic general as if he was on his back, and even his breathing stopped in his eyes.

"Why didn't you want to at first?"

Zhen Yan looked at Wang Fu, the timid county lieutenant: "Why do you want to do it at this time?" ”

"The evil that Shao Jun did in Longcuo is outrageous, and the nobles in the county are afraid that the army will anger the people in the county when it arrives, so they refuse to sacrifice the city!" Wang Fu kowtowed again, and pleaded: "I hope that the general will be pitiful, although my county is small, but we still raised 10,000 taels of gold, I am willing to be the capital of the county, and please ask the general to smile!" ”

Zhen Yan looked at Liu Lan as if asking, he had believed it in his heart, and after a while, after Liu Lan looked at it, he said: "You step back first, let me wait for discussion!" ”

"I hope to refuse to think about the common people, the lives of the people in this city, if the general agrees, we will immediately open the city and surrender!"

Wang Fu got up and shouted frantically: "If the general doesn't allow it, the people of our county are willing to die to the last person!" Although he said this loudly and generously, his cowardice had already been exposed by human nature.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to be a hero, pretend to be generous!"

Liu Lan waved his hand and scolded impatiently: "It's not impossible to agree to your request, but I don't know when you will surrender?" And how is the surrender law? ”

Wang Fu's hanging heart finally fell, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "As long as the general is willing to give the lives of the people of the whole county, how to sacrifice the city, and when to sacrifice the city, everything is up to the general!" ”

Liu Lan nodded to Zhen Yan, only to see Zhen Yan say: "Okay, I will agree, you go down first, I will discuss it later, and I will inform you then!" ”

When the county lieutenant Wang Fu saw that the lord was about to agree, the big stone in his heart immediately fell to the ground, and after bidding farewell to everyone, he retreated happily.

The county lieutenant left, Zhen Yan hurriedly got up, and gave up the main position to Liu Lan before saying, "How much does the lord think what this person said is credible?" ”

Liu Lan was silent, but looked at Xu Chu and said, "How credible does Zhongkang think it is?" ”

"According to the general's opinion, it is ten percent credible!"

"Oh?"

The corners of Liu Lan's mouth lifted a trace of arc, then nodded, looked at Tian Yu again, and said, "How credible is this person?" ”

Tian Yu swore and said: "Eighty percent of the certainty, the dragon will fall!" ”

Liu Lan looked at Zhen Yan again and asked with a smile: "In your opinion, how credible is this person's words?" ”

"Fifty percent!"

"Haha"

Liu Lan smiled loudly and said to Zhen Yan: "You are still too conservative, I expect that what this person said is very credible!" ”

For the people to solve their doubts, if the jaw really uses a plan, how will the city be sacrificed, and when the city will be dedicated, so that this person will inform us and others, if he makes such a request, I must be suspicious, but he wants us to be the master, so the surrender must be true! ”

So we're going to go into town right away! In order to prevent accidents, Tian Yu thought that he would respond outside the city, and Zhongkang Zhen Yan and I led the army into the city! Seeing that Tian Yu was about to speak, knowing that he had to reject his proposal, Liu Lan said with a full face: "The country has to say again, with Zhongkang on his side, even if Zhang Jaw is really in Longcuo, he is not afraid of him, not to mention that he has left Longcuo, that is, there is something strange in the city, and you can rescue him quickly." ”

"No!"

Inform the county lieutenant of Longcao of the resolution, and the county lieutenant of Longcao hurriedly entered the city while sending the money, and in less than half an hour, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and other officials opened the city and begged to surrender, and they were greeted for several miles and handed over the household registration atlas and other things to Liu Lan.

Liu Lan didn't really want to occupy Longcuo, and after politely refusing, accompanied by a group of civil and military generals, he entered Longcuo County.

As soon as he entered the city, the county commander took Liu Lan straight to Guo's mansion, all the way through the corridor and hall, and came to the inner courtyard to rest, so he couldn't help but be hospitalized.

With Zhen Yan on his side, Xu Chu was also relieved, arranged soldiers to guard outside the mansion, and was about to return to the mansion when he saw a person not far away sneakily looking into the mansion, his nerves tightened, and he quietly went around behind this person.

This person was looking out, and suddenly felt that someone slapped him behind him, the corners of his eyebrows twitched slightly, he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but at this time, someone appeared behind him but did not find it, it was expected that the person must be a master, and he didn't dare to make any superfluous moves at the moment, just slowly turned around.

When he saw the person behind him, he immediately recognized that it was the general under Liu Lan who he had looked at from a distance before, and he saw that he had a folding iron knife pinned to his waist, staring at himself with a smile, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "General, this is ......."

"Have you seen enough? If you've seen enough, come with me! (To be continued.) )