Liu Yuan and the others discussed together how to break through Linyi City, but what they didn't know was that when they decided on the plan to attack Linyi, there was also a riot in Linyi City.

The main reason for the riots was that Zhang Ren, who had been unanimously recognized by everyone before, had made the strong combat effectiveness of the Jizhou Army hit the lost soul, and disappeared.

Originally, according to Liu Yan's previous idea, on the way back to Linyi, Zhang Ren was directly beheaded to show the public.

However, due to the hard persuasion of Yan Yan and other Shu generals, he decided to postpone this matter for the time being.

When he returned to Linyi City, this matter was once again put on the table by Liu Yan.

But before he could deal with it, the shadow of the Jizhou army appeared outside the city.

This made the princes in Linyi City extremely nervous, although Cao Cao patted his chest and assured that Linyi had been reinforced by him, and it was absolutely impossible for Jizhou's men and horses to attack it.

But now for the Jizhou army, these princes are talking about the tiger and changing color, how can they believe Cao Cao's guarantee, for a while, the princes in the city are everyone in danger.

Under such circumstances, Liu Yan had no intention of dealing with Zhang Ren's affairs anymore, and Zhang Ren was temporarily imprisoned by him in the dungeon of the Linyi City Shoufu.

In the following period, Linyi suffered a series of powerful attacks by the Jizhou army.

Although it is said that every time they defuse the offensive of the Jizhou army, none of them can be regarded as easy.

Especially the Jizhou army's gunpowder siege of the city, none of them thought that Liu Yuan still had such a big killing weapon in his hands.

If it weren't for the inaccurate grasp of the amount of gunpowder used by the Jizhou army that time, this fortified city in Cao Cao's mouth might have fallen into Liu Yuan's hands long ago.

Later, the Jizhou army changed its tricks and attacked Linyi every day, which made Xu Shu, Huang Quan, Xun Yu and other strategists rack their brains every day to ensure that Linyi is not lost.

These resourceful strategists were all forced to panic a little by the Jizhou army, not to mention them as lords.

Now most of the princes in the city, the first thing they do when they open their eyes every day is to pray to the gods and Buddhas, hoping to bless them to survive this day in peace.

There are even some princes who have lost their fighting spirit, such as Yangzhou Mu Yuanshu, this guy has been borrowing wine every day since he was besieged in Linyi City by the Jizhou army.

This unpromising guy is now hiding in his mansion every day, drinking the wine he asked for from Cao Cao, and hugging the singers in the city to have fun, and he has nothing to do at all!

Of course, there are princes like Yuan Shu who are unproductive, and naturally there are some princes who are doing practical things, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are the most typical of them.

If there were no two princes, maybe the so-called alliance of princes would have been scattered by the Jizhou army a long time ago, and where could the current stalemate be maintained.

As for Liu Yan, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other princes, although they are not as dedicated as Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they are also busy like a spinning top every day.

There was no time to ask about other things, so Zhang Ren was locked up in a dark dungeon, which lasted for more than a month.

During this time, except for Yan Yan occasionally coming to see Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren seemed to have been forgotten by everyone, which made Zhang Ren feel a little sad while rejoicing.

He once thought about staying like this, waiting for the lord and others to free up their hands and send someone to show their heads to the public, which can be regarded as fulfilling the righteousness of the monarch and ministers between him and Liu Yan.

But just last night, when Yan Yan came to see him again, he heard Yan Yan's words, which made him hate Liu Yan to the bone at that time.

This father-in-law, who has always been loyal to him, actually moved to kill his old mother and young sister, how can Zhang Ren not hate!

He knew that the reason why Liu Yan wanted to do this was nothing more than because his youngest sister had already married his third son Liu Mao, and now that he wanted to kill himself, of course he would not let go of his younger sister.

Liu Yan himself had four sons, but when he entered Shu on the table, in order to be able to get out safely, he left his eldest son, second son and youngest son in the court as hostages.

Only the third son Liu Mao was left by his side, which shows how much Liu Yan loves and attaches importance to Liu Mao.

Even after entering Shuzhong, Liu Yan set up two family affairs for Liu Mao.

One is the sister of Wu Yi, who entered Shu with him at that time, because some people say that Wu Yi's sister will have a very respectable status in the future, so Liu Yan let Liu Mao take Wu as his wife.

And Zhang Ren's sister was said by Liu Yan to be the same wife as Liu Mao, and the reason why Liu Yan did this was nothing more than to make Zhang Ren die for him.

Zhang Ren didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, although his sister was not Liu Mao's wife, but he married his sister as Liu Mao's wife, and there was nothing wronged.

However, this matter is only rumored in the middle and high-level of Shu, and it has not yet reached the point of announcing it to the world.

Now that he is a guilty person, Liu Yan certainly doesn't want his favorite son to marry the sister of a criminal general.

Besides, he was also afraid that if Zhang Ren's sister wanted to avenge his brother, it might be detrimental to his most beloved son, so he moved his mind to get rid of Zhang Ren's younger sister.

Now that you've done everything, it's better to do it a little more!

Zhang Ren and his young sister Liu Yan didn't plan to let go, and of course he wouldn't care about killing one more old woman.

But after all, Zhang Ren is his general, and he must not let Zhang Ren's mother and young sister die silently.

That's why Liu Yan planned to take Zhang Ren's old mother and young sister over after repelling the attack of the Jizhou army.

When the time comes, he will behead these three people together, so that Zhang Ren's family can be regarded as letting Zhang Ren's family go on the road together, and it can be regarded as not letting Zhang Ren be too lonely on Huangquan Road.

As for how Yan Yan knew about this, Liu Yan's current generals, apart from Zhang Ren, are the only ones who can be of great use.

He did such a thing, of course, he didn't want too many people to know, Yan Yan became the best candidate in his mind, and it was Liu Yan who personally told Yan Yan about this plan today.

At that time, Yan Yan had great resistance in his heart, but because of his loyalty, Yan Yan was unable to open his mouth to refuse Liu Yan.

But after agreeing to this matter, Yan Yan has always felt very guilty in his heart.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Jizhou army outside the city was still quiet tonight, Yan Yan came to Zhang Ren's prison door and repented to Zhang Ren, who was already "stupid".

Although Zhang Ren pretended not to understand anything on the surface, the waves in his heart at this time were already turning over the river and the sea.

After Yan Yan left, Zhang Ren made up his mind, he must not be so stupid and loyal again, since he Liu Yan is unkind, then don't blame himself for being unjust!