(Cat flutter Chinese) () Although these are reasonable to think about, Ling Yan may have been used to sending scouts to investigate the enemy situation in front of him, so no one reciprocated this time, so he was a little uneasy.

So, for the sake of safety, Ling Yan sent a few fast horse scouts to explore the road first-those fast horses were also given to those scouts.

After sending out the scouts, Ling Yan felt a little relieved.

You Heng saw Ling Yan's thoughts, and said in a low voice, "Brother Xian, do you still have doubts about this trip?" ”

Ling Yan had to nod: "Hmm...... Perhaps, but ...... Come to think of it, maybe there's nothing to worry about. ”

Wen Ping picked up the words: "General Yan, if the last general takes the first step to investigate the situation, the general will follow, so that the front and back can echo each other." ”

Ling Yan originally felt that this was unnecessary, but after thinking about it, although Colonel Zuo was powerful, no one knew how many of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army were more powerful than Colonel Zuo, so Colonel Zuo might not be 100% victorious, and this treasure may not be completely bet on Colonel Zuo.

Thinking so, Ling Yan decided to let Wen Ping take the lead with a thousand light horsemen just in case.

There was nothing unusual on the way to the march, and the scouts sent by Wenpin reported that there was no enemy ambush along the way; And the scouts sent by Ling Yan also said that everything was normal.

At midnight, the former army detectives reported: "General Wen has arrived one mile outside the city of Jiyīn, and there are no soldiers and horses guarding the city. ”

Ling Yan became suspicious, and hurriedly discussed with You Heng: "Brother You, this is ...... What's going on? ”

You Heng also frowned: "Perhaps...... Is it General Zuo who has broken through the city of Jiyīn? ”

Lu Gong was puzzled: "If this is the case, then it will be too easy to break the city!" ”

You Heng also nodded: "What General Lu said makes sense, maybe there is fraud in this!" ”

As soon as You Heng said this, Ling Yan also felt it: "Could it be ...... The left school has already been defeated? ”

You Heng shook his head: "Perhaps...... This thief has rebelled against the enemy, and is waiting for us to ......."

Ling Yan still didn't believe that Colonel Zuo would lie to him: "No, no, General Zuo will definitely not do this!" After saying that, he replied to the scouts: "Go and inform General Wen quickly, don't act rashly, I'll be there soon!" ”

The scouts took the order and left, and Ling Yan hurriedly ordered to speed up the march.

After a short time, another expedition reported that there were no ambushes outside the city, and the gate of the city was wide open, as if there was no one guarding it.

Ling Yan was taken aback, while You Heng said to Ling Yan in surprise: "Brother Xian, there is fraud in this!" Opening the city gates is not normal, and we must not fall for the enemy's plan! ”

At this time, Ling Yan thought of the "Kong Ming Kongkong City Plan to Break Sima Yi" in the story of the Three Kingdoms, although this is a fictional plot of the Three Kingdoms, it may not appear in historical facts, and it may be a strategy used by other generals, but it does not mean that the Yellow Turban Army here will not use this strategy!

As soon as Ling Yan thought of this, he immediately became nervous, and hurriedly ordered the scouts: "Report to General Wen, let him be sure to look outside the city, and don't enter the city rashly!" ”

The scouts hurried away.

Originally, Ling Yan was very nervous now, but the situation of another expedition returning from a short time made him even more nervous: Wen Yan had already led his troops into Jiyīn City!

Wen Ping sent a scout to report back to Ling Yan when he decided to enter the city, so that scout didn't know what happened after Wen Ping entered the city.

When Ling Yan heard this, he was so frightened that he was covered in a cold sweat, and he didn't have time to return anything to the scouts, so he hurriedly ordered the army to advance at full speed, and march to the foot of Jiyīn City within half an hour!

The soldiers and horses marched at full speed, Ling Yan was anxious, and he was also worried about Wen Ping's safety, so he didn't say anything along the way, only wanted to come to the city of Jiyīn as soon as possible.

When he could vaguely see the figure of Jiyīn City in the darkness in the distance, Ling Yan was a little relieved: Jiyīn City was still pitch black, and he could not hear any sound of fighting, nor could he see any corpses of soldiers in front of him.

However, at this time, You Heng's expression was even more solemn, he frowned, and said to Ling Yan: "Brother Xian, there is still no movement in the city, this is definitely not normal, we must be careful!" ”

Ling Yan nodded, his eyes were firmly fixed on Ji Yiyi City, although he agreed with You Heng's reminder, but he still inevitably had some doubts in his heart: If it was really an ambush set up by the Yellow Turban Army, then where is Wen Ping now? Wen Ping led more than 1,000 soldiers, it is impossible to wipe out the whole army in such a short period of time, and if Wen Ping really fell into the Yellow Turban Army's strategy, in terms of Wen Ping's martial arts, it is impossible to obey immediately, even if there is no trace of fighting on the road, then at least there will be some movement in the city, and it will never be so calm!

Ling Yan calculated that from the time the scout reported Wen Ping to lead the army into the city until he came to the outside of Ji yīn City, the distance between him would not be more than an hour, and he had already ordered to hurry up, and it was estimated that this time should only be half an hour - half an hour, even if the enemy army opened the city gate to "catch turtles in the urn", it would be impossible to "catch" so cleanly and quickly! Unless......

As soon as he thought of "unless", Ling Yan felt a little uncomfortable, what he thought of was that unless the other party was a person with a deep martial arts and internal qi, it would be possible to subdue Wen Ping instantly! Wouldn't it be worse if that were the case!

But this thought was just a flash of thought, Ling Yan thought about it, this situation was unlikely, because Colonel Zuo had said that there were no powerful people in the defenders of Ji yīn City, and this city was also located in the middle of nowhere, so there shouldn't be any Yellow Turban masters here, right?

However, since the last scout who reported Wen Ping to lead the army into the city came, no scout has come to report the military situation again, which also made Ling Yan very suspicious!

The more he thought about it, the more confused his brain became, and at this time, Lu Gong made a more practical suggestion: "General Yan, no matter what, let's march quickly!" Maybe General Wen is already in trouble! ”

Ling Yan was urged by Lu Gong to recover his train of thought and hurriedly said, "Okay! Accelerate your march! ”

The soldiers and horses were getting closer and closer to Jiyin City, and Ling Yan's nerves were getting tighter and tighter.

By the time the soldiers and horses came to Jiyīn City not far away, Ling Yan's nervousness had already reached the highest point—the gate of Jiyīn City was still wide open! And it's dark in the city!

Ling Yan hurriedly lowered his voice and ordered the soldiers: "Get ready for battle!" As he spoke, his hand did not touch the handle of the moon-slashing knife on his waist, but he held the pistol behind him with his backhand - in a critical moment, the pistol was indeed much better than the moon-slashing knife.

With Ling Yan's order, the sergeants were all ready to meet the enemy from time to time.

But Ling Yan still didn't see any movement around him, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he left Yang Feng behind him to hold down his position, led Lu Gong and You Heng to the city first, and shouted at the city: "General Zuo? General Wen? ”

Ling Yan's approach, although even he knew that it was extremely unfavorable to him, he really couldn't bear it. He planned to shout first, and if there was no answer from the city, he would lead his army into the city, and he would not be ambushed or not!

But Ling Yan's shout was immediately answered, but not in response, but at the head of the city, dozens of torches suddenly appeared, and at the same time, dozens of soldiers appeared on the head of the city.

Ling Yan was taken aback by this sudden light, he didn't have time to think about anything else, he raised his hand and pointed his pistol at the position of the city - he felt that all the main generals, if they appeared at the head of the city, would almost without exception stand in the middle position.

But this time, Ling Yan miscalculated - he was only halfway through the calculation, that is, he counted that the generals would appear, but he did not appear in the city.

Just when Ling Yan's nerves were tense to the point of tension, the pitch-black gate that was originally open suddenly lit up, and Wen Ping jumped out of the city gate.

Ling Yan was taken aback again, and hurriedly moved the pistol towards Wen Ping, who came out again. This action was a subconscious instinctive reaction, and after he saw clearly that it was Wen Ping on the other side, he was stunned for a moment, and the pistol was put down.

Wen Ping came to Ling Yan and said happily: "General Yan, you are here!" ”

Ling Yan snorted in a daze, and then hurriedly asked, "General Wen, what's going on?" ”

Wen Ping hurriedly said: "General Yan, when I led the army here, I saw that the city was empty, and the city gate was wide open, and I was very suspicious, thinking that this must be a trap for the enemy. ”

Ling Yan nodded, completely agreeing with Wen Ping's opinion, because he came here just now, and when he saw such a situation, he also decided that there were ghosts in it.

"I wanted to ask the general to make a decision when he arrived, and the scouts also rewarded me, telling me to stay where I am and not to act rashly," Wen Ping continued, "but after I stopped at the city for a while, I saw that there was no movement in the city, and I didn't think it was a fraud, so I was impatient, so I decided not to wait for the general to arrive, and went directly into the city." ”

Speaking of this, Wen Ping's face showed self-reproach - no matter what, he also violated Ling Yan's military order, which is why he had this kind of expression.

At this time, You Heng answered without pain: "General Wen, after General Yan heard that you entered the city alone, he was anxious, for fear that something would happen to you, General Wen, so he marched at full speed and rushed here." ”

As soon as You Heng said this, Wen Ping looked even more embarrassed, and hurriedly hugged his fist at Ling Yan: "The last general knows that he shouldn't make a decision without permission, please forgive General Yan!" ”

At this time, Ling Yan didn't mean to blame Wen Ping at all, even if he had any feelings about Wen Ping, it was still admiration for Wen Ping's courage. What's more, he was only bent on wanting to know the follow-up situation now, so he didn't put his mind on this aspect at all: "General Wen, you are not to blame for this...... Please tell the general quickly, and then what's going on? Why didn't the general light up the city after he entered the city? ”

Seeing that Ling Yan didn't blame him, Wen Ping's heart also relaxed a little, and said: "After the last general entered the city, he saw that there were indeed no enemy soldiers guarding the city, and he couldn't even find a single person, so he was puzzled, thinking that this was a flaw deliberately made by the enemy army, ambushed outside the city, and then waited for an opportunity to besiege the city gate. Therefore, the last general ordered all the sergeants not to make any movements, and after seeing what movement was going around, he would find a way to deal with it. At this time, General Yan and you have led the army to come. ”

After Ling Yan listened to Wen Ping's words, he breathed a sigh of relief: It seems that it is really not the enemy's strategy. At the same time, he was also very pleased with the handling of Wenpin, believing that Wenpin was not only brave, but also resourceful.

It was You Heng who asked a key question first: "General Yan, if this city is indeed unguarded, then ...... It seems unreasonable, besides, where did General Zuo go? ”

At this time, Ling Yan already had a reasoning in his heart, so he also felt a lot more relaxed, and did not immediately answer You Heng's question, but after smiling at You Heng, he looked around: "There are indeed no enemy ambushes around here?" ”

Wen Ping said confidently: "I have sent people to investigate, and I have not found any enemy soldiers. ”

Ling Yan nodded, and then answered You Heng's question just now with a smile: "Brother You, I can probably guess what's going on." ”

You Heng and other generals were slightly stunned: "What's the matter?" ”

Ling Yan said with a smile: "I speculate that it should be when General Zuo came here that the Yellow Turban Army abandoned the city and fled. As for the reason for abandoning the city, maybe Sun Xia came here, and after explaining the situation to the Taishou here, the Taishou was timid, worried that Jiyīn City would definitely not be protected, so he evacuated all the troops defending the city, or maybe it was the Taishou here who took a step forward and withdrew the army and left, before Sun Xia came here, the city was already an empty city, and Sun Xia saw that there was no one in the city, so he fled directly towards Dingtao. ”

You Heng and the others thought about it, and they all nodded in unison.

Ling Yan smiled and continued: "After General Zuo came here, he saw that the city was empty, so he continued to lead the army to chase forward. ”

You Heng frowned, showing dissatisfaction: "If General Zuo changes his plan temporarily, he should send troops to return to General Yan!" ”

Ling Yan smiled: "Forget it, General Zuo is bent on attacking the city, so if he is in a hurry, he may forget to send scouts, it doesn't matter." Ling Yan said this, knowing in his heart that even if Colonel Zuo changed his mind temporarily, he would not take the initiative to send someone to explain it to him, which was very in line with Colonel Zuo's character.

Those generals, when they heard Ling Yan's words, their faces showed injustice, but no one said anything.

At this time, Yang Feng also led the army over, and after Ling Yan told him about the situation, he was also surprised, and asked Ling Yan what to do next.

This is also what Ling Yan is thinking about now, he thought that if he was stationed in this city, just waiting for Colonel Zuo's good news, it would not be the same thing at all, so he said to the generals: "Now is a good time to attack the city, the enemy army will flee when they see us, if we don't take advantage of the time when the enemy army is scattered, attack the city in one fell swoop, then how long will it be!" ”

At this time, Ling Yan was in high spirits, so what he said was not free and easy, and finally came with a rhetorical question.

You Heng and everyone else agreed with Ling Yan's words.

Ling Yan was extremely happy, and said: "General Zuo is bent on breaking the city, which is commendable, but he went to attack Taocheng alone, but it is very dangerous, not only is the city difficult to capture, I am worried that even Colonel Zuo and his soldiers are in danger of life!" ”

You Heng and the others seemed to agree with these words, but their faces did not seem to be in a hurry, as if they didn't particularly care about Zuo Xiao's life.

Ling Yan could also see it, and he also knew what You Heng and the others thought, but after all, Colonel Zuo was a capable general under his account, if Colonel Zuo was desperately killing the enemy, he would not move, and see Colonel Zuo rushing to kill alone, then Colonel Zuo would be so chilled! Even if Colonel Zuo didn't feel anything, Ling Yan would feel very guilty and feel sorry for Colonel Zuo.

Therefore, Ling Yan continued to Wen Ping and the others: "If it was Dingtao City before, maybe General Zuo would still be able to deal with it, but now that Sun Xia has fled, I guess that the Taishou of Jiyīn City has also fled to Dingtao, plus the Taishou of Dingtao City, there are too many enemy soldiers and horses, and it is impossible for General Zuo and the hundred and ten guards under him to beat it alone!" Besides, we don't even know who the defenders of Dingtao City are now, if the defender is more powerful than General Zuo, then isn't General Zuo's life in danger? ”

Ling Yan was also very anxious in his heart, after saying these words, he looked at everyone, and the faces of You Heng and the others still didn't seem to have changed much, but fortunately, Yang Feng asked, "General Yan...... So how do we act......"

Ling Yan looked at the other three generals with some expectation, hoping that they would take the initiative to propose, but seeing that You Heng, Lu Gong and Wen Ping were just looking at each other and were silent, Ling Yan was a little helpless, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Now it seems that the only way to immediately enter the army, attack Dingtao, and aid General Zuo is the best policy." ”

Although none of them spoke, they didn't seem particularly active, but no one had any objections, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

Ling Yan had decided to march immediately, so he said to Yang Feng: "General Yang, you lead a small number of soldiers and horses to stay in this city. ”

Yang Feng hurriedly said: "General Yan, the last general is willing to attack the city with the general!" ”

You Heng also said: "This city is not an important place, if you want to send a guard, you only need to send a general from the grasshopper city to come." ”

Ling Yan thought about it, he didn't really want to attack a general like Yang Feng, after all, the future was extremely risky, and the more people he had, the more sure he was, but he was originally worried that if a general was transferred from Grasshopper City to defend here, then Tao Cheng would definitely send troops to attack Grasshopper City, and I was afraid that the number of troops defending the city would be insufficient. But he changed his mind again, Kuai Liang and the others should also be about to arrive in Grasshopper City, with them to help, Grasshopper City should be no problem, and Colonel Zuo also said that Dingtao City may not dare to send troops to attack Grasshopper City.

Thinking so, Ling Yan sent a fast rider to the city as soon as possible, and ordered Zhang Yi to lead his troops to defend the city.

Afterwards, Ling Yan and the others entered Jiyīn City for a short rest. Jiyīn City looks very dilapidated, and the number of households is not large, so you can see at a glance that it is not the kind of city that is valued.

Ling Yan didn't dare to stay in the city for long, and after a short rest of half an hour, Ling Yan immediately led all his soldiers and horses and set off for Jiyīn City.

Ling Yan was worried about Colonel Zuo's safety, so even if he was marching at night, he still urged his soldiers and horses to move forward at full speed.

You Heng reminded: "Brother Xian, Dingtao City is very far away from here, and the future is unknown, and our army's grain and grass are also traveling with the army, which is a taboo thing. "Cat flutter Chinese